Spiritual Wellbeing
Working with
energy
Circle 4 (9-2-04)
I would like
to welcome everyone along to today’s Circle;
thank you all for taking time out to come along.
This Circle is about working with energy and
how we can create a more balanced outlook by
using our energy and the energy of the planet
i.e. from the plants, trees, sun, rain etc.
Before we begin,
I would like to say a short prayer:
Eternal Father
and All The Angels,
We thank you for bringing us all here together
today
To learn your loving, good way
We dedicate this prayer
To the sick, the infirm and the needy
To those at war we pray for world peace and
their safe keeping
We pray for preservation of the earth and all
upon it
Including the animals, the birds and all nature
So be it
I shall now read
the lesson for today and when I have finished,
I welcome any questions that you may have. Please
indicate if you wish to ask a question by placing
a ? into the room and your questions will be
answered in turn, thank you.
It is ancient
belief that our body that houses our soul was
created from elements that were taken from the
earth, water, minerals, proteins and other essential
ingredients that made us so we could live comfortably
on earth. In synergy the earth works with our
body providing oxygen so we may breathe and
water so our bodies may be hydrated, plants
so we may eat and be well, herbaceous plants
and fruits for medication and wellbeing and
of course animals were placed here for us to
eat and provide us with other essential nutrients
that our bodies require.
Each organism
gives off energy as do we and it is meant that
we exchange energies and give back to the earth
what the earth gives to us. For example, it
is said that if a person has breathing difficulties,
it is good to keep plants around as they omit
oxygen and in turn they use the carbon dioxide
that we breathe out. In fact we are exchanging
this energy constantly with nature but sadly
we are also becoming destructive and we are
destroying trees, plants, wildlife needlessly.
The time has now arrived whereby more people
are becoming more aware of the damage that has
been done and we are trying desperately to put
this right. A good example is that of the ozone
layer whereby we are using products that gases
that are less damaging. We are also recycling
paper so that less trees and forests are saved.
We are recycling water and scientists are developing
bio-degradable packaging. This is all a very
positive step forward.
How can we continue
this process of exchanging energies to improve
our own wellbeing?
Let us take a
closer look at nature and the qualities that
it brings. Nature does not have ego, it does
not hate and it does not judge, or lie or cause
pain. The energy that comes from nature is pure
and good and wholesome. I would like to show
you a small meditation if I may so that you
may understand how the exchange of energy with
nature can be so beneficial for your own wellbeing;
this shall only take 5 minutes and you will
feel refreshed and vitalised.
Visualise if
you would that you are sitting in a beautiful
country garden. It is a beautiful day with just
a warm breeze and you are sitting on the lush
green lawn. Begin to focus on the beauty of
nature around you, keep focusing and begin to
feel the wonderful energy, so pure and everything
that is good. As you focus begin to see and
feel this energy that nature is omitting and
breathe this in and when you breathe out visualise
that you are giving back to nature the very
ingredient it requires for it to survive. Let
this exchange continue for a while longer and
you will soon begin to feel good inside. This
is a wonderful meditation and a wholesome one
too, working with and appreciating the beauty
and wonder of nature, indeed what could be better!
For those who
do not have a garden, you can make your own
indoor garden with just a few nice potted plants.
The objective is exchange with nature and it
does not require a huge park or garden. Make
this part of your daily routine, just 10 minutes
per day is perfect and more if you wish. This
routine is as effective and relaxing as a warm
scented bath.
When we are fed,
watered and nurtured we grown into happy human
beings and the same will apply to nature. It
is not unknown for some people to talk or sing
to plants and tests have shown that plants who
receive such attention thrive more than those
who do not. The same applies to animals, our
pets who love us unconditionally and who welcome
us home. Of course animals have a different
kind of energy to plants and we exchange love
with them. We love them and they love us back.
We harm them and they become intimidated and
rebel. It is a known fact that animals have
a calming influence on us. They can make us
feel guarded and safe and loved. This brings
us to another meditation or if you have a dog,
cat or other animal that you can pet for real,
then please use them during the following meditation.
Please visualise
that you are sitting by a warm cosy log fire
on a big fluffy rug and your favourite pet or
animal of your choice is beside you, (this can
be a Siberian Tiger if you wish!). Begin by
visualising that you have both eaten a hearty
meal and have drank fresh water and now you
are both content just to sit together so that
you may feel the love and respect you have for
one another. Imagine then that you are stroking
your chosen animal and it purrs with contentment
and in turn this makes you feel contented. Let
that wonderful feeling or energy wash over you
making you feel good and whole. Feel also the
love and respect that the animal gives to you,
feel that trust and everything that is good
and wholesome. This is a wonderful way of exchanging
energy with animals and is also a lovely meditation
for those days when you are feeling unloved
or unappreciated as we do from time to time.
Last but not
least we come to exchanging energy with our
fellow human beings. Human beings are the most
complex on the planet and therefore the energies
exchanged are also complex and are often misunderstood
and misused. We all feel that we know and understand
how others are feeling and often we base this
judgement upon how we ourselves are feeling.
We bounce our energy all over the place when
we are happy and when we are sad our energy
quite literally sticks to us and we feel we
need to give ourselves a good shake in order
to shake it off. So, what happens if someone
comes along full of bouncy happy energy while
we are stuck with our sticky unhappy energy?
Well, our sticky unhappy energy sticks to their
infectious big happy energy and gets absorbed.
This is what happens when we walk into a room
and feel a sad negative energy, there we were
feeling nice and happy and bouncy and now all
we feel is sticky and sad. What we do to prevent
this sticky energy from attaching itself to
our happy energy? Well, we continue to think
happy thoughts, we can smile, joke, hug and
do all the things that make us feel happy as
human beings. The negative sad energy will begin
to either drop to the ground where it will be
absorbed into the core of the earth and burned
in the great fire or we can send it to the light.
Keep smiling and being positive though because
there may be a tad of sticky energy still around
ready to attach itself into your happy energy,
always be prepared and think happy thoughts.
This is just one way that we can stabilise our
happy energy.
Imagine now if
you could see the energy of two people stood
together. Visualise them as they walk up to
one another in a happy mood. They shake hands
or exchange hugs and their happy energy surrounds
them. Watch as they make each other laugh and
watch also how the good energy is transferred
from one to the other. Imagine now that one
of them becomes angry and begins to pull their
energy into them in turn making this sticky
energy. Then visualise the sticky energy pulling
on the good energy and as the argument progresses
the other person also begins to make his or
her own sticky energy while the good energy
is being absorbed by the person who started
the argument! Eventually, they will both end
up with the sticky sad energy attached to them.
How do we neutralise this situation? We can
do a number of things, one stop the argument
or nip it in the bud. Two, we can begin to think
happy loving thoughts or three step back and
think happy loving thoughts and walk away hence
making a distance from the sticky sad energy.
The lesson here is quite simple, good energy
is more positive and powerful than sad sticky
energy. So therefore, we DO have the CHOICE
to walk away or be in control of how other human
beings can make us feel i.e. happy or sad. We
CAN change the situation if we do so choose.
Balance is the
key to feeling happy, fulfilled and this enables
us to think and perform more clearly as human
beings in order to see and learn our lessons.
Remember, nature and the animals have something
to teach us, and what they teach us is unconditional
love, forgiveness, understanding, patience in
fact they teach us all that is good. They are
a benchmark or example to us all and if we can
use our energy as effectively as nature and
the animals do, then we shall all be happier
and healthy.
Keep in mind
two people getting on well together and think
of all that lovely positive energy flowing between
them. If a third person should join you and
they are feeling sad or unhappy, remember to
keep that positive energy flowing while being
empathic to their situation. Remember also that
hugs, tenderness, listening and understanding
are also energies that are powerful and good.
Protect yourself always with good energy; imagine
it is a shield around you that no one can penetrate
unless you let them!
We are all given
the gift of choice, choose wisely and be happy!
Written by
Spiritgail, Designed & Edited by Sol
© Mystic Familiar 2003
