Only love is the solution! I'm discovering so much about love ~ the energy of life. Things that I've known, but not been able to put fully into practice before. On a very physical level, I've found that when I've had period cramps, my sacral chakra has closed. Each time I visualise opening the chakra up the cramps go away. Literally the pain signifies the energy is not flowing. On a mental or emotional level, when I have experienced tension (which I also feel as physical pain within me) with others recently, again it is because at least one of us has 'closed' a part of ourselves down to the other. In these instances as soon as we open ourselves up to communicating with each other and letting the flow of energy express itself in a loving way, then the pain disperses and solutions become possible. All of life is energy. Eastern principles of yoga, martial arts and traditional medicine practices such as acupuncture work with the flow of life force energy, instead of blocking it. In the West our main form of allopathic medicine and our military thought tend to work on blocking the flow of energy in different situations rather than flowing with it, which can feel violent and which does not provide sustainable longer-term solutions. More and more I am learning to use my body as a guidance system and learning to open my energy to the flow of life. We close our energy through fear (conditioned responses) but what would happen if we learned to open up our energy in all situations? True energy masters can literally turn around dangerous and seemingly life-threatening circumstances, through flowing with the energy and taking it in different directions to those expected. To master energy in this way make take much time and practice, but we can maybe all start with opening up in little subtle ways in situations in which we may have closed down or reacted negatively previously. As the saying goes, "if you do what you've always done, you'll get what you always got". This statement reflects perfectly the downside of reacting to what life brings us in old, predictable and stagnant ways. Reacting in new, more positive ways can bring us beautiful new experiences. Let's make 2016 a beautiful year by opening up our energy. There is great meaning to the statement 'go with the flow'. This does not necessarily mean taking whatever life throws at us, but instead opening up our energies to flow positively with events and find unexpected outcomes through remaining open and curious, rather than shutting down through fear. Wishing everyone a fantastic year!
