Using Your Energy Credits Wisely
Date: Feb. 2, 2005
From: MJS
Caroline Myss on her audiotape “Spirituality and Power” gives this image, which I think is very useful. She says that each day we get 100 units of energy to spend any way we wish. If you are encouraging in yourself rehearsals of past offences by others, as from your family, friends or co-workers, then you probably spend 60 credits on that alone. Then you might spend 20 credits being angry over the slights of clerks and other drivers on the road. You may chronically spend energy feeling guilty over past events, long out of the minds of others, or worrying about what others think. Then you might spend some more on your spouse or children, just in being upset about today’s events. Whatever is left then, (maybe 10 credits?) that is available to spend on creativity and love. So her main counsel is to forgive. Forgive everyone everything, including yourself. Just let it go, not for their sakes, but for your own sake. This is the teaching of Jesus too. “Forgive us as we forgive others.”
I think she is right. But this is not as easy to do as it sounds. I still remember being slighted by a friend when we were sixteen, among other offences. How do you “let go” of really terrible things, like marital infidelity, misuse of family funds, or deceitful children into drug cultures or other addictions?
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From: MJS
Caroline Myss on her audiotape “Spirituality and Power” gives this image, which I think is very useful. She says that each day we get 100 units of energy to spend any way we wish. If you are encouraging in yourself rehearsals of past offences by others, as from your family, friends or co-workers, then you probably spend 60 credits on that alone. Then you might spend 20 credits being angry over the slights of clerks and other drivers on the road. You may chronically spend energy feeling guilty over past events, long out of the minds of others, or worrying about what others think. Then you might spend some more on your spouse or children, just in being upset about today’s events. Whatever is left then, (maybe 10 credits?) that is available to spend on creativity and love. So her main counsel is to forgive. Forgive everyone everything, including yourself. Just let it go, not for their sakes, but for your own sake. This is the teaching of Jesus too. “Forgive us as we forgive others.”
I think she is right. But this is not as easy to do as it sounds. I still remember being slighted by a friend when we were sixteen, among other offences. How do you “let go” of really terrible things, like marital infidelity, misuse of family funds, or deceitful children into drug cultures or other addictions?
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