Inner Light

All of your relationships affect your energy balance either positively or negatively. I’m sure you know which people fall into which category. The ones who drain your energy are the chronic complainers, those with bad attitudes, and the energy vampires.

Here are a few things you can do to keep your energy balanced:

1) Limit your time around those people
Whenever possible, don’t spend a great deal of time with the people you know will bring your energy down. It’s not much fun to be around someone who is always complaining or talking bad about others.

2) Shield yourself
When you can’t avoid negative people, visualize a shield of pure white light surrounding you. This shield allows no negative energy to penetrate it, thus protecting you and your energy level.

3) Cut etheric cords to toxic people
When you form relationships to people, there are etheric cords that connect you to that person. If the relationship is especially negative, the other person can use that connection to drain your energy. You can cut this cord by visualizing yourself cutting it or by asking Archangel Michael for help to cut it with his sword.

These methods will help you keep your energy levels high as you go through different situations with different people. In order to operate at your best, it is important to be aware of the people in your life and which relationships serve your highest good. Sometimes, in order to move forward and grow, we need to let go of the people who hold us down.

As you learn to take personal responsibility over your life, one of the biggest lessons is emotional control. Like most people, you’ve probably gone through your life reacting to situations and your environment, rather than responding in a more proactive, responsible manner. It’s a subconscious reaction to say,

“That person makes me so mad!”
“This person makes me sad.”
“This person makes me feel so fulfilled.”
“That person makes me happy.”

But in fact, nobody can control your emotions except for you. By allowing someone else to “make” you feel a certain way, you’re in effect giving your power to them. There is always a choice in how to respond to situations. On the surface, being in a relationship where you feel that someone “completes” you or “fulfills” you may look like a wonderful thing. I’m not saying it isn’t, but I would challenge you to ask yourself, “Can I be complete or fulfilled without having to be in a relationship?” If the answer is no, then you are giving another person the power to control your happiness. Do you really want to let someone else be responsible for your joy?

Likewise, if you are confronted by a situation that elicits an immediate negative emotional response, take a step back and ask yourself,

“How else can I react to this?”
“WHY am I reacting like this?”
“Is there a better response?”

You and only you should be in charge of your emotions, whether they be positive or negative, because only you have the power to change them.