Who Stole My Chi?

Have you ever been around people that you don't feel quite comfortable with?  Or you may feel drained out when your are with them for an excessive period of time, often for some unknown and inexplicable reasons even if you try to make it rational?  If that is the case, then in your opinion, you may think that that person is feeding off your energy and intoxicating you.

Everything, whether as a part or whole, is about balance.  And every one of us is also looking for that equilibrium whether we are aware of that or not.  When a person is deficient in certain aspects energetically, he or she may have to compensate that externally from another individual in an unconscious manner.  The opposite party could thus have a feeling that his or her energy is being "robbed".  Another way to interprete it is that when one person become overly attached or dependent on another, they have formed a dysfunctional emotional cord.

If the above situation occurs, there are alternatives to how you can yield a more desirable outcome.  The most efficient way, though may not be something that is best for soul growth, is to keep a distant with those people who are not "serving" you.  Well, at least for a period of time until you are able to replenish your own chi.  Another way, and a compassionate way too, is to look within yourself.  Likes attract likes.  We resonate with what and who is aligned with our energy, path and purpose.  What we manifest is an aspect of our most powerful and heartfelt intentions for ourselves and our lives.  If that is the truth and that the external world is indeed a mirror of your inner landscape, how have you attracted this "toxic" person to your life and how can you work on yourself to overcome that?  How does your view on that person reflect on how you see yourself?  And what does his or her qualities remind you of yourself?

Your success in making that self-transformation will allow you to have a different take on the situation, and can only make you more inclusive.

Does Wisdom Come with Age?

Well, perhaps not.  By observing young babies and children, it may allow you to see this in a different light.  From them, you can witness authenticity, curiosity and vulnerability at its best.  The personae of young children is just beginning to develop as they do not yet need to put on a facade and display themselves artificially.  They speak from a genuine heart and not from an intricate mind.  They are keen to know about everything and with completely openness.  And with limited life experiences, they have not yet formed pre-conceptions or judgement like adults.  They are also not afraid to be vulnerable and if needed, they will laugh and cry as if there is no tomorrow.  But there is something else about young children that deserves admiration.  It is the fact that they can allow their experiences to become a memory but without the emotional baggage.  Well, at least up to a certain extent before too many traumas come into their lives and become gaping wounds in the psyche.

Let us now ponder for a moment.  If a memory is associated with a thought and hence a feeling, how much truth is in that initial thought?  And how much are we reinforcing our negative emotions?  Are we carrying those emotional baggages in a false reality caused by distorted thinking?  By challenging that, maybe we can also spring clean our emotional closet and live with the wisdom of a child.

Vision is the Art of Seeing What is Invisible to Others

The captioned quote is an inspirational one which is attributed to Jonathan Swift, the 17th century satirist most famous for writing Gulliver's Travels.  While this is a much borrowed quote, it is often used to motivate others to be a visionary, think Nelson Mandela, Nikola Tesla or Steve Jobs.  It certainly encompasses insight and foresight which are penetrating and can bring about immense transformation and creativity.

True vision, however, is beyond that.  It is being able to see through our experiences in life, and not wearing the filtered lens that we are so accustomed to.  It is being able to see how distortion have led to disharmony within ourselves and with others, and not freeing us from fear and judgement.  It is being able to see with an aerial view in all encounters, and not focusing on the aspect that we have chosen to put our mind to.

And our biggest distortion?  The delusion of separation, that there is a "you" and "me"..