How Do You Keep Yourself Together?
What do you do to keep your energy “on song” day in and day out?
I do not know about you, but when people ask me how I have been, all I can really think to answer, honestly, is “up and down”. I would love to play along with the surface level niceties of life, and just pretend that things have been fantastic all the time. But, it is just not realistic.
Don’t get me wrong. I am pretty lucky, as far as it goes. I have a nice life. And, I actually spend a lot of the time feeling pretty darn grateful about it.
I just think that we are confronted on a daily basis with quite a lot of negativity, and energy competition, that it is pretty well impossible to stay even all the time.
I would love to be the one that sits here and tells you with a straight face that all you will ever need is Reiki. And, that actually could be true, if we were the kinds of reiki people like Hayashi or Usui, or maybe even William Lee Rand. But, for people like you and me, just Reiki and nothing else, is probably not enough.
I am not talking about anything fancy (although at the end of the post I would like to share with you an ayurvedic secret), I am interested in what little things you do to keep yourself on track each day.
Obviously, being reiki people we are at an advantage and keeping a strong connection to reiki is one of the biggest things we can do.
What else, though. What have you found is good?
My wife, Donyo, for example, spends a couple of hours each day outside on our property, gardening and getting her hands dirty in the soil. Which is great for our little kids, and for me (who works from home, and appreciates the space and quiet).. and she says it keeps her literally grounded.
What do you do, to keep yourself balanced?
Something I do, is to check in during the day with my teachers, in some way. I look up a website, read a page from a book, or just glance over at a picture on the altar, and I try to do it every hour. It helps me remember which way my inner compass points (or could be pointing).
The little ayurvedic secret that I would love to share, helps me almost more than anything else, combined. It is a simple herb, called Brahmi.
Some of the things it is said to do:
# Improves short and long-term memory, may help to increase intelligence
# Reduces depression, promotes longevity, and decreases senility
# Treats the symptoms associated with ADHD
I cannot vouch for ADHD, (or the senility for that matter) but, I can tell you that the memory and intelligence stuff is 100% accurate. It is brilliant stuff. I first saw it on a late night infomercial here in Australia (I know, very credible..) which was basically just a story about this Aussie rugby player that had suffered a brain injury, as a result of which he had significant memory and concentration issues. Long story short the Brahmi worked miracles with him, and I was impressed enough to pull out the credit card a give it a try.
This stuff is awesome. Give it 4 weeks to really work. (Although, the first time I started taking it I noticed a huge change after about 3 days..) And you will be amazed.
If you have any little tips or tricks that you could share with other Reiki Blogger readers, I would love to hear them.
What a great post, TC! I am terrible for keeping a regular practise and let life take me over time and time again - I am a truly typical human hehe! But when I *do* remember to take the time to ground and centre myself I find three things help me. The first is music. I cannot play an instrument and I hate to sing and dance when people are around but when I do manage to find the time to let go I find listening to a beautiful and inspiring piece of music does me wonders. When the words move me and the music vibrates through my body I find myself singing along and my mood changes dramatically. The second is writing. I love to write and for me sitting and letting my creativity flow is akin to letting the energy of Reiki flow… the energy just flows through me from source and it fills me with peace and gratitude. The third is to think of my friends and those people I have met who have inspired me. This is like a lazy person’s meditation - not quite the depth I’d aim for with meditation which I am very bad at achieving but focussing on them and their love makes me realise how much I have in my life and how beautiful life is and all those things which have brought me down or made me feel less than perfect just float right away. After any of those three I find myself able to look at life from a new and balanced perspective again. Lots of Love to you and your family, Tc!
Thanks Amanda. I really find music is helpful too. I sometimes think about music and wonder if the challenge is choosing “good” music. Music that is helpful and constructive. Because, especially when I feel down, I can easily put on some depressing love songs and wallow in my own self pity. Sometimes I think it is really helpful to deeply “feel” an emotion. The challenge with the path is discovering when we are “wallowing” and when we are deeply experiencing the emotion, for the purpose of healing and moving on..
And I think the difference lies in whether there is latent anger in the emotion, or jealousy, or whatever.. when we are going deep into the emotion we should be getting past those “blanket” type emotions, that cover up the pain.
Oh that is SO true! Sometimes I find it difficult because I cannot find any music to suit how I’m feeling and I get so frustrated!! As a writer I always marvel at songwriters who can add that extra depth to their work because words can be so limited but music just touches the soul on so many levels. One of my favourite bands is called Bliss and they are well known in the spiritual groups in the UK. I met the lead singer last weekend and heard her singing in a small room full of people and it was amazing just how much more powerful it was in person to on a tape - I cried because it moved me so much.