Personal Energy Leaks

Everything in life that draws our attention places a demand on our personal energy. This suggests we need to be careful what and how much we attend to during the day.

Contrary to what we might believe or feel at times, neither our attention nor energy is unlimited. This suggests that we need to set priorities in terms of where our energy is directed. Energy conservation is a good thing at times.

Another trap to watch out for is how our unconscious mind places demands on our personal energy supply. Unresolved and troublesome issues in our unconscious can create some pretty big energy leaks.

This analogy may help to illustrate my point. When you get a few minutes some day, right click on the toolbar at the bottom of your computer screen. If you are running Windows, you will see something called the "Task Manager" listed on the pop-up screen that opens. Click on Task Manager and behold the significant number of software programs that are running in the background of your computer. You will be amazed at all the stuff that is running on your computer that you didn't even know about.

Some of these programs are non-essential programs to have running all the time. Others you must keep going if you want your computer to work properly. You can close the non-essential programs that you don't want to run that are sapping memory (energy) from your computer. You will also find it interesting to note how much memory some of the "big" programs require.

People and their personal energy are the same way. They have lots of behind the scenes programs that are running and making demands on their energy supply. If you are like me, you can close some of these "programs" down by increasing your awareness of what you're thinking or doing. Meditation is a great way to provide insight into what programs are running on your personal energy computer.

The other key is energy generation. How's your personal powerplant? Mine works a lot better when I meditate and when I get some hard physical exercise on a daily basis. Both give me a nice "re-charge." Don't forget to re-charge your personal battery on a daily basis.