Old Energy

Thoughts & Insights
Issue #11 November 9, 2008 - www.ThinkItOut.net

The Grasp of Old Energy

I don't know about you, but I feel as is if there is some wicked nasty being clawing at my back of late. The feeling comes and goes ... it was horrendously strong last night.

What is it?

It is the old energy, the old ways, the last throes of those who won't release their grip on the zone of acceptable misery.

These beings like things just the way they are, but they won't admit it, no. To talk to them, they complain about everything, make you believe they are all for change. Misery, unfairness, and negativity permeate their being; but suggest change, suggest action and watch out. The tide will turn so fast, you could get swept out to sea.

Words and arguments telling you "that's not the problem," then "that is the problem." "You are wrong" one second, and "you're right" the next. "That will never work," "you're not listening to me," "that's what I just said," "you don't know what I'm going through ...". Talk about talk in circles, these are the masters. Nothing makes sense. And you feel is if you've been hit by four Mack trucks by the time you finally getaway.

What they're doing is making up every excuse in the book not to change while building the illusion that they are actively trying everything in order to achieve change. Listen carefully. The words point toward you and the rest of the world as causing the misery, and it is you and the rest of the world who need to change.

None of these old energy people knows what to change, but they do know that "somebody must change it for them their way." Yet, in their minds, they have tried everything. They have changed so much in their lives, and nothing good has come of it.

What have you changed, you might ask?

Oh, do you have nerve.

A dialogue of how they have changed their outlooks, their actions, their behaviors, and their opinions often spills from very convincing lips, but look deeply good people. There has actually been no true change at all from the old energy. The thoughts were there, but there was no carry through, no action, no commitment. The words of misery, unfairness, and negativity continue to fall from these irresponsible lips.

Old energy beings either refuse or simply cannot see themselves in the mirror. They live a life of taking. They are what I have come to call Energy Vampires. They seek out other people, people who are making their way through the paths of life, and they bleed you dry of your energy. Try talking to one, and you feel it; the energy just draining out of you with every word that spouts from their lips.

I don't believe it's conscious, not at all. I believe old energy beings are here to teach the rest of us how to grasp and live actively in the new energy. It is through living with them and only through them that we can learn how to navigate with assurance and action and productivity in the new.

The difficult part, lately, is what feels like a continuous barrage of old energy, akin to a tidal wave looming overhead. Just when you think you have made it past all the challenges, just when you feel like you can breathe ... bang! Here is another seemingly old challenge shoved into your gut or thrust upon your shoulders. Just when you believe you cannot take any more, this world throws another lesson, another test down at your feet.

And you must take it up. You must accept the challenge in order to move on. Elsewise, you will begin to absorb the old energy and fall backward in your path. Deny the challenge and the despair grows exponentially. It is much, much easier to take on the next challenge, then to allow yourself to slip back.

But what do you do when you feel you just cannot fight anymore? The old energy feels so strong right now. Why? What is the point of continuing to take up the challenge when you are struggling in what seems like every moment of every day? What do you do?

Stop fighting. Yes, stop fighting. That does not equate to dropping challenges, or falling backwards. By fighting, by rising up against it, you are empowering it. You are giving it energy in your desire to face it down. That in itself is old energy. That is not the way to take up this challenge in this new energy. The path is clear if you let yourself see a new way. Open your mind to thoughts and ideas that seem impossible, yet keep coming to mind. Unlearn the old. These thoughts of not fighting keep coming because you need to trust them. There is a better way. Trust that what you've known before is not absolute, and may look different altogether if you just let it.

Most of the time, you can find the way just by turning inward. Silence yourself and your defenses and your need to "fix it." Turn inward and listen quietly. Just the peace of self awareness can open up the dam that has been causing your angst, your frustration, your growing despair and hopelessness. Allowing life to happen can bring the answers and fulfill the needs without a fight.

Importantly, do not allow yourself to look outward for the answers. They will not come from the outside. They will not come from others. Your long term answers are alive and well inside of you. Stay strong and trust yourself. Make your decisions, choices, and actions for you. Commit to them. Maintain your personal boundaries, don't try to fix for others not asking for help. Don't overextend yourself. Help when asked for help, ask for help when you need help. Stay balanced in every direction, and you will navigate these turbulent waters of transition and change with much more ease and much less angst.

Master your own energy, learn to be, and allow your life to unfold. Everything happens exactly the way it is supposed to happen.

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