Your Source Energy is the life force that radiates to you and from you, running through all of creation. It is the Energy that connects all living creatures.

The term Energy has been widely used by writers and practitioners of various esoteric forms of spirituality and alternative medicines. It has been used in reference to a variety of phenomena, sometimes supposedly perceptible to observers who have (usually) undergone some form of training or initiation.

Quantum Physics teaches that nothing is fixed, that there are no limitations, that everything is vibrating Energy. The Law of Attraction teaches that this Energy is influenced by our thoughts. It is shapeable, formable and moldable. As Creators, we shape, form, and mold the Energy of our feelings and thoughts into our current and future realities.

Your Source Energy, also known as your Spiritual Energy, is often closely associated with the metaphor of life as breath—the words “qi,” “prana,” and “spirit,” for instance, are all related in their respective languages to the verb “to breathe.” It is also often seen as a continuum that unites body and mind.

The experience of Spiritual Energy is described differently, depending on the tradition or practice in question. Sometimes, it is described as a physical sensation similar to the movement of breath in the body, sometimes as visible “auras,” “rays,” or “fields,” and sometimes as audible or tactile “vibrations.” Spiritual Energy is also usually associated with feelings of bliss or contentment, as in the pleasurable sensations of “kundalini,” the ecstatic states of certain forms of meditation, and the “oceanic feeling” discussed by Western scholars such as Freud and Rolland.

Spiritual Energy Centers

It is believed that everyone has Spiritual Energy Centers known as Chakras. Chakra is a concept referring to wheel-like vortices which, according to traditional Indian medicine, are believed to exist in the surface of the non-physical mirror of man. The Chakras are said to be “force centers,” or whorls of energy permeating from a point on the physical body, the layers of the subtle bodies in an ever-increasing fan-shaped formation (the fans make the shape of a love heart). Rotating vortices of subtle energy particles, they are considered the focal points for the reception and transmission of physical and non-physical energies. Seven major Chakras, or energy centers (also understood as wheels of light), are generally believed to exist located within the subtle or non-physical body. Each energy center vibrates at a frequency of color and sound.

It is typical for Chakras to be depicted as either flower-like or wheel-like. In the former, a specific number of petals are shown around the perimeter of a circle. In the latter, a certain number of spokes divide the circle into segments that make the Chakra resemble a wheel. Each Chakra possesses a specific number of segments or petals.

These energy centers circulate our life force, or Source Energy, and are our direct link to Source Connection and to our personal guidance system. When this energy system is open and balanced, we are in harmony with ourselves within the Universe. We can know ourselves as creators, creating through breath, color and sound. We are one with Source Energy and on our personal Leading Edge of creation.

Stay tuned in for a simple overview of the Chakra system.

Sources Referenced: Wikipedia – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chakra

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What I’ve noticed is that when we’re out of balance, it becomes so easy to perceive the varying relationships we have – with our family members, our staff, our boss, our clients, as competing demands. These demands compete for our attention, our time and our ability to meet their expectations. When we’re out of balance, we tend to view ourselves as falling short on some level of meeting these expectations (especially us high achievers). What typically ensues is a spiral of self-criticism, anger at those close to us for not “getting” how overwhelmed we are and increased levels of stress and anxiety which often results in physical symptoms ranging from the less serious to more significant.

So how do you go through change and life with more ease – and a greater sense of balance – while still feeling good about your accomplishments? (I put that in again for all of us high achievers).  A few years ago, I became interested in this question and focused my doctoral research at Columbia University on how successful entrepreneurs learned to make the shift from corporate life to business ownership.

One interesting finding from the research was that although most described their experience of this significant work life transition as the painful experience outlined above – a select few referred to their change as “liberating” and “empowering.” A shared trait among those who experienced this transition positively was a fundamental belief in their own ability to be successful and faith in being connected to and supported by something greater than themselves. Some referred to this aspect greater than themselves as an entity such as “God” or “Spirit” and others emphasized principles or universal laws that they viewed as supportive and inspiring. They all continually drew on their relationship to this aspect greater than themselves to build their self-confidence and to sustain them as they took risks and faced challenges. They also reported that this aspect greater than themselves supported them in maintaining a greater sense of balance and higher levels of satisfaction with their success.

It has been my own experience personally as an entrepreneur striving to maintain balance and in observing my clients, that identifying your own beliefs which sustain and inspire you, and actively cultivating a relationship with this aspect of yourself – is the key to creating greater ease during change and feeling more confident in your decisions and actions.

Consider for yourself how you may more actively cultivate this relationship in your life to experience greater ease, joy, and balance.

Reflective Journal Activity:  Identifying your core beliefs that support and sustain you.

Find a comfortable private space where you will be uninterrupted for 30 minutes. Bring a journal or notebook and a writing instrument.

Bring to mind a time you took a risk or stepped out of your comfort zone. Write out a brief description of what happened, who was involved, and what you felt. Ask yourself, what were you really caring about in that moment? What inspired you to take that risk? What were you telling yourself at the time that supported you in taking that risk? Allow yourself to just write freely for a few minutes. Next, underline key words and themes that stand out to you. Now write out a few key belief statements that you see related to these words and themes. You may wish to return to this journal activity over the next few days as you further define some key beliefs that support you.

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Dr. Christina Luddy Colton

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