Learning to connect with your authentic nature moves you into a personal energy flow that affects your entire life in a strong and positive way. Our personal energy system is the means through which we  directly contact and receive information regarding the people, places and things we come into contact with. Our higher nature or authentic self communicates with us through this energy system. Most people call this intuition.

We are in constant contact with information from our higher nature but tend to not understand it, discount it or ignore it. Emotional reactions to people and events, half formed or unexplained feelings, hunches are all ways that our psyche is trying to inform us of the true nature of our interactions. Our thoughts, wishes, desires and attitudes are all also a part of this mix. This can make it tricky to sort out what message is coming from which source. 

Working with your personal energy system so that it becomes more open, clear and flowing helps you to be more clear and in tune with the truth of things…helps you to move past the tangle of fears, old beliefs and conditioned reactions to live more freely from your true center –your authentic self.

It can be useful to have some cognitive awareness regarding the competing messages that crowd our inner world! The following chart may be helpful in sorting out the various “voices in your head”!

Normal Awareness                                       Higher Awareness

 Five Senses                                                        Senses Energy Fields

 Processes via Nervous System                  Experiences Directly

 Interprets via rational mind                       Processes via energy system

 Filters via past experience                          Direct ‘now’ experience

 Me centered, mechanical                             Heart centered

 Concern based in survival                           Spiritually aware

 Cause and effect                                               Non-linear awareness

 Three dimensional                                          Awareness of other dimensions

 Sequential time                                                 No limits to time & space

 Orderly, predictable                                       Not dependent on logic

Future= know present, remember past          Point of power in present         

Being aware of these differences can help you observe yourself throughout the day and help move you to make different choices about where to “live from”.       

We’d love to hear what you notice!

This is interesting, I particularly like the quote from Robert Kenenedy!

 From Radio Free Europe

Where’s The Best Place To Live? Prosperity Index Offers A Few Surprises

Believe it or not, this is not the best place in the world to live. You may be surprised at which country ranks at the top of the list.

The quote below comes from Marianne Williamson and her book, A Return to Love. 

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”

On our radio show, Monday Nov. 2, 2009 at 10 A.M. on the Diva Toolbox, we will be discussing:

What is personal power?

Why DO we fear it?

How do we release those fears?

What is the connection between personal power, energy & consciousness?

How can we become more empowered from the inside out?

We would love to have you join us http://www.divatoolbox.com/diva-toolbox-radio-/hosts/2007-peg-donahue-and-karen-kallie-living-energy.html and share your thoughts and questions on this topic OR if you would like  add your comments or questions here in the comment box! Remember, all shows are recorded and archived so you can listen at your convenience if you are not available at the time of the call.

Simply put, using an energetic approach in our lives facilitates movement from where we are to where we want to go! It matters not if your goal is better health, improved relationships, greater satisfaction in your work life, a deeper feeling of purpose and meaning, enhancedintuition or spiritual connection, an energetic approach can help.

 Working with energy goes to the root of problems and obstacles and provides positive solutions that often work more gracefully and easily than the more common ego centered methods. Energy work is truly a way to change from the inside out—and like it or not, we all know that is the only really effective approach to the issues and obstacles in our lives!

 Another benefit of using energetic techniques in our lives is that they help to bypass the natural resistance to change that we all hold–even if we are unaware of it. So, energy ‘work’ helps to eliminate the struggle that often impedes the flow of change. Ease and grace replace force & will power.

An energetic approach assists with the proper focus of the mind that helps to  build healthy energy that can then be directed more precisely toward our goals.

Other benefits of energetic approaches include: discipline of the mind, release of exhausting thoughts, quieting of turbulent emotions, and a growing ability to recognize the voice of our higher nature.

 An energetic perspective allows you to more easily embrace both your humanity and spirituality. Energy is the bridge between the two. Connecting with and learning to manage  your subtle energy allows for a greater opening to your spiritual connection while at the same time helping you to be grounded and successful in the world of matter.

With the stress and pace of life accelerating with no end in sight, we are all in dire need of methods that can more easily help us to create more satisfying lives, better relationships and a more harmonious world.

Clearing, unblocking and balancing our personal energy systems  allows us to build in a positive direction and create more of what we do want in life rather than getting caught in repetitive cycles filled with what we don’t want.

As seen in the video in the previous post, our observation and attention do matter–far more than we  ever knew! There is great freedom in knowing that you can learn how to operate in a new way and open up to a life that contains more ease, grace, fluidity, happiness, joy and health than you may now experience.  

How will you use your energy today?  

What do you want to experience as the dominant inner environment for today?

What will you do to make this happen?

A great clip discussing levels of mind and why you should care!

The state of our energy has a lot to do with how we feel and experience our lives. When our energy is strong, free flowing and of optimal frequency we feel wonderful, resilient and able to manage our lives from a position of strength, ease and happiness.

 There are many things in our daily lives that can weaken or deplete our energy. Heat, artificial light, dissonant, loud or harsh sound, electricity, computers, and junk food are some examples.

In addition, stress, blocked negative emotions, unhealed emotional trauma, negative thinking, worry, fear, and toxic interactions with others also unbalance our fields. Examples of the latter are: people and situations that do not honor who you are, respect you, or contribute to your well being. Remember the questions in the previous post regarding how we experience energy? There was a question about being been around someone who feels wonderful as a result of your interaction, but you feel exhausted, stressed or out of sorts. Being aware of your own energy and caring for yourself from that perspective helps you to eliminate the effects of stress on you.

Another fairly typical situation we all experience is when we find ourselves doing something we really did not want to do, that was not in accord with who you are or where you wanted to be.  Have you ever gone along with someone or something and felt a sense of inner tension because you didn’t want to participate or you didn’t believe in what you were doing? We all have at one time or another. But when we begin to understand that these types of situations weaken the field, perhaps it becomes easier to choose more wisely, on our own behalf or at least self correct after the event. A weakened auric field leaks energy.  That is not healthy for us and ultimately not good for the others involved either.

Begin to observe your day and see where and how you can include more energy awareness and strengthening activities and reduce energy drainers. Keep a small notebook with you to jot down reminders, notes and ideas to implement when possible. Commit to changing one thing a day to bring your ideas from the realm of thought or intention into reality!

In a previous post I made mention of Secondary Attention as an aspect of mind that focuses more on the spiritual, inner world as opposed to the more common mind that focuses on external realities. We certainly need that outer focus and the aspect of mind that facilitates it, but that is not all of who we are and it is not what may be most needed at this juncture in time as we are being challenged to evolve, stretch our limits and create a new world that works for all of humanity’s support, nurture and survival.

First Attention

Our five senses draw our attention to the outer physical world. When we have an outer directed focus we look for our inner needs to be filled through material sources. This is usually a short lived and unsatisfying solution. You may have experienced this at some time in your life! Interestingly (and painfully!), this orientation tends to lead to blame, criticism, judgments, and compulsivity (repetitive behaviors expecting a different outcome).

 From a spiritual perspective being outwardly directed tends to produce reliance on a spiritual being external to ourselves. We beseech this Great Being to bestow favors upon us –and we continue to define ourselves through the physical, roles and material possessions–a limited consciousness that has limited results. In addition, it a mindset that begins and ends in fear—never particularly useful! Such a mindset, or perspective, leaves us up one day down the next as there is no real inner center to hold on to. Like it or not, change is inextricably woven into the fabric of life and a consciousness that is deeply focused on and attached to the outer world does not help you to move gracefully through cycles of change. AND such a focus certainly does not help to increase your capacity to function in the world in a meaningful way that leads to peace, joy & happiness!

 Second Attention

Second Attention can be likened to your intuition, gut feeling, inner knowing or sixth sense. This sense is about an inner awareness that can assist you to resolve issues, release struggle and longing and receive the true fulfillment of your deepest desires.

Developing this aspect of self is an inner path allows you to (1) examine thoughts, feelings and beliefs that lead to problems and root them out at the core which is far more effective than struggling against the consequences of living with an unexamined mind, (2) open the way to more creative problem solving, (3) expand your consciousness beyond the physical and material world and awaken you to who you truly are, (4) help you to transcend limitations, expand creative ability, and step into your true power. And in the process you can also gain increased tolerance, ease of being, happiness, understanding and vitality!

 Expansion of Second Attention

Proper alignment and attunement of the energies of body, mind and spirit goes to the core of developing second attention through a clear and present awareness. This awareness allows you to know what is good for you, and helps to attract to you those things that assist you to be happy and healthy. You also become more conscious of what robs you of your natural healthy state and eliminate the sources of your struggles.

 Developing your inner awareness and learning how to manage your energy involves learning to listen to your body and mind in a new way that helps you to create health and happiness from the inside out! It is also about bringing balance to your life, fulfilling a basic need for purpose and meaning, as well as opening to the wisdom available to you. Educating yourself about how to work with energy can also aid you in riding the waves of life more gracefully. We all have an innate capacity for joy, pleasure, harmony and a balanced spiritual toughness (resiliency) that goes largely untapped. These inner capabilities can help us to find pleasure in everyday life.

 As a culture we are grappling with yearning for deeper connections within ourselves, with each other, and the world around us. We also are facing challenges that go beyond the capacity of the common mind to rise to and move beyond. We need a higher perspective and more highly creative solutions to birth a sustainable new world. A new human has been posited to be a part of creating that new world as well as being an inhabitant of it. Inner development is needed to fulfill those realities. Learning to develop our mind and its abilities, to masterfully navigate our mind-body systems, and work with personal and universal energy we can accomplish these tasks.

Skill Building: Develop your Second Attention

  1. Do you ever get exhausted after spending time with certain people?

 People who lack energy look outside themselves to “recharge their batteries.” When you are with them, they can take your energy to replenish theirs.

 2. Have you ever felt someone staring at you?

 We emit large amounts of energy from our eyes. When someone is staring at you, you are literally feeling their energy.

 3. Have you ever felt an instant dislike for someone?

 We are always “reading” other people’s energy fields to see how compatible they are with ours. Just as some substances – like oil and water – don’t mix well, when you feel an instant dislike for someone, your energy field isn’t mixing well with theirs.

 4. Do some people excite and energize you more than others?

 People who have energy reserves tend to extend and exchange their energy with others. When you’re with someone who excites you, or whose energy mixes well with yours your energy level is boosted, you feel more energized.

 5. Do you ever know how someone is feeling before they tell you?

 People emit information about themselves through their energy fields. When you can sense how someone feels, you are picking up and decoding this information.

 6. Do you ever experience different feelings in different rooms in your home, or in other people’s homes?

 Environments have an energetic” blueprint,” just as people do. Often this is a result of the emotional exchanges that have gone on in that space. When you get a feeling from a place, you are picking up on this residual energy.

 7. Have you ever had an initial impression that you talked yourself out of, only to find later that you were correct?

 We pick up on energy and register impressions/information unconsciously. When you don’t act on a hunch, it’s because your unconscious mind picks up on the energy associated with the hunch, but, because your conscious mind can’t see or measure your thoughts, it rationalizes it away.

 The above are all examples of knowing that emerges from Second Attention.

 You may want to play with sensing how the different places you inhabit in a day feel when you get out of your mind and settle down inside to simply directly experience them.

Be aware of how your sense impressions feel when you quiet your mind and just allow yourself to ‘be present’ with them.

 We would love to hear about your experience in the comment section!

Join us as Living Energy takes to the airwaves! Peg and Karen will be hosting a weekly Internet radio show on Diva Toolbox Radio starting next Monday, Oct. 26, 2009 at 10 A.M.. Tony Pace will be joining us from Las Vegas as his schedule allows.

On the broadcast we will be talking about bringing an energetic perspective to your life in order to live more fully, freely, joyfully and healthily. We will be presenting information, sharing our perspective and experience about living energy and we hope you will join us with your questions and experience as we all explore how to live more fully, and enrich and enliven ourselves and our lives from the inside out.

About the Diva Network

Diva Toolbox ™, LLC launches an Internet radio station to inspire, educate and empower women with the information they need to succeed.

Divatoolbox.com is a multipurpose site. It is an information portal to topic-based articles and advice from subject matter experts and life experience stories from “everyday” women.

It is also an outlet to showcase women that have dedicated themselves to inspiring others – known to the public or not.

“The mission of the website and Internet radio station is to empower, educate, and entertain women,” said Janet Powers, Chief Executive

It seeks to provide insight into issues that affect women, to inspire women to achieve, to educate women in both practical and intellectual subjects, and to create a supportive and nurturing community.”

“The motto of the Diva Toolbox™ is, Within you lies the ability to do anything. Find it?,” Janet said. “ I live by that motto and hope that other women will find inspiration in this message.”

To access the show(s) go to:  http://www.live365.com/stations/divatoolboxradio

or  http://www.divatoolbox.com/diva-toolbox-radio-/

and click on Diva ToolBox Radio in the left sidebar listing….Living Energy is in the broadcast listing.

Several of the most recent posts on this blog reference energy, science of consciousness and the power of mind. While the science is very fascinating and even mind boggling, unless we have a way to turn the information into practical use, it remains on the realm of ideas and lab experiments and of no relevance to everyday life.

Admittedly all the data is not in regarding energy and consciousness, but the new science has corroborated enough of what is contained in ancient perennial wisdom to begin using it  to live more healthy, peace filled and joyful lives! The work of the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS), Lynn McTaggart, Deepak Chopra, Greg Braden, Bruce Lipton and many more are all showing the way–and will continue to do so as new awareness and discoveries unfold about life, the universe and everything!   

Our mission with Living Energy is to provide both information and tools to facilitate the process of bringing the theory of energy and consciousness out of the realm of the conceptual and into the realm of practicality to help us all create happier, healthier, more peace filled and posperous lives.

Knowledge of the new science is of course helpful, but it is really only a first step toward benefitting from this information. A helpful next step is to open to a personal experience and awareness of the movement of energy and consciousness in your own life. This can feel like a bit of a challenge as you wonder where to begin, afterall energy and consciousness are a bit like electricity and the wind—they are invisible! We do however observe their movement through their effects. And,we do sense and feel them. So it is with energy and consciousness. We can develop the ability to directly experience them. Even though they are not visible , they are still very real and can be experienced. In fact you do experience them all the time, you simply do not recogniize it as such. In addition to this lack of recognition there is also a  lack of awareness regrading how to harness these abilites in order to benefit more positively from them.

One way to begin this process of recognition and expansion of ability to mange energy and consciousness is to think about your mind as possessing two diffent kinds of attention. Primary attention is the one you are most familiar with. This attention is directed outward. You pay attenion with it all day long as you direct your focus on computers, TV, people, and outer events. Even the stream of thoughts running unceasingly (and perhaps unnoticed as they tend to become background hum) through your mind are all in the province of first attention.

Secondary attention is a more of an inward experience. It is deeper, more peaceful and below the chaos of the common chattering mind. It is subtle and allows you to attune to deeper levels of awareness of yourself, your environment and the universe!
Techniques that are helpful in developing second attention are : meditation, deep relaxation and contemplation. These practices can help you become more aware of the subtler levels of your reality, the qualities and movement of energy and consciousness in your life.

Another simple way to begin to tune into the world of energy and expanded consciousness is to become aware of your thought patterns and notice not only what they are but how they affect you. Thoughts are are a particular frequency of energy and they in turn produce another type of energy….feeling or emotion which then affects your denser energetic being—your body. So you can play with thought energy, experiment in your personal laboratory and see how you are creating your daily experience: thought>>emotion>>bodily experience. You may even begin to pick up on how your inner states affect how others respond to you!

Once you develop more awareness regarding energy and consciousness you become freer to make choices that nurture and support you rather than drag you down and create havoc with you health, life, work and relationships.

In the next post we will delve deeper into the specifics of cultivating secondary attention: what it means, feels like and how you can use it to create a more whole, healthy and prosperous life!

“All truth passes through three stages: First, it is ridiculed; Second,
it is violently opposed; and Third, it is accepted as self-evident.”
– Arthur Schopenhauer