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Energy
First of all we need to be ready to assume that our
lack of Time/Space and Money are mere beliefs, very well rooted beliefs, I must
say, but then again, mere beliefs. Furthermore, we have to be ready to admit
that most of what we believe to be true about the world, about life, about
society, about us, are mere beliefs. That’s exactly it. They are thoughts,
attitudes, opinions, learnt values, which we believe to be true. Doesn’t it
seem strange to you that all of those fixed behaviour and thought patterns vary
from society to society, from group to group, from family to family and even
from person to person? Where is truth in all of this? Does anyone own it? The
actual idea of owning the truth removes the possibility of its existence,
because no one can possess that which Is, in the same way that the air cannot
be possessed. Anyhow, this theme of ownership is a subject for another book.
Let’s stick to Time/Space – Energy… for now.
What I propose here is a new point of view.
Have you ever thought that time is energy? That space
is energy? That money is energy? And that each human being is the consciousness
that uses that energy? In other words: Time, Space, Money and everything it can
buy are limited by the energy we put into manifesting them.
Beliefs
The idea that time is not linear had already been
proven by Einstein through his Theory of Relativity, which we all know very
well from our own experience. It is common sense that when we do something that
we like, such as going on holiday, for instance, time seems to go by too fast
and when we do something we don’t like, such as waiting in a queue, time seems
to stand still. The same 10 minutes of fun at an amusement park and of waiting
in a queue, seem infinitely different. The strange thing is that we have
managed to invert the apparently natural order, which would be that the 10
minutes of fun should logically last longer than the 10 minutes in the queue!
We have come to believe that “that which is good ends
fast”, that work requires effort and that we can get nowhere without work –
this is, without effort, and therefore that which takes up more of our time is
effort and not “what’s good”. What if work were to become the good stuff, not
needing to end fast?
We have also come to believe that in order to deserve
“that which is good” and “ends fast”, we need to put in a lot of “time”, in
other words ENERGY, which in this case represents EFFORT. That’s why that which
is dull, uninteresting, burdensome, hard, seems to last a lot, and that which
is nice, simple and fluid seems to last very little.
So, if energy is effort, and time, space and money are
energy, then time/space are an effort as well as earning money and keeping it
in your wallet!
What if energy
isn’t that tiresome, jittery thing? What if it’s soft, sweet, flexible and
loving?
And what if instead of painful electric shocks, energy
is Light that sheds light, warms softly, embraces and supports?
Remember: whatever you think energy is, is what you
think about time, space and of course, money!
We have all witnessed that the amount of effort we put
into work doesn’t mean quality of life. For many, it doesn’t even mean economic
comfort, and for those who do have it, most of the time it doesn’t mean living
life in Joy, Fulfillment and Balance.
What are we putting our energy into then? Where are we
putting our time, our money? How is our space?
We have come to believe that laziness equates with not
working, in other words, not making an effort. But please bare with me here:
isn’t laziness not wanting to see that effort doesn’t work, and not wanting to
have a look at everything else that doesn’t work and choosing to change that?
None of this is linear. So, as the concept of
time/space is illusionary, just like all illusions it can be manipulated,
transformed, recreated…
Have you ever imagined the possibility of living your
life with time for everything that is truly important to you, with the space
you really want and with money for everything you really need, without any
stress at all, no worries, no anxiety?
Redefining Yourself
First, define what is truly important to you, what’s
truly necessary, what are your priorities in your life. It entails a bit of
work at first, I must admit, which only proves how much futility and
unnecessary worry you carry around!
Too much for you? Ok, then keep your lack of time,
space and money, but please don’t complain. The choice is and always has been
yours. Nevertheless, please allow me to show you a bit more of this new point
of view. Don’t feel obliged to try, though J
Let’s proceed…
First we need to separate what really matters form
what doesn’t matter at all. When we eat a yoghurt we don’t keep all of the
empty cups, unless we are going to use them for something useful, isn’t it so?
When we clean our mouth at the table we don’t keep the dirty napkins either, do
we? And when we grow up we don’t keep on dressing the clothes we used as
children, they don’t fit us, do they?
As we awaken, mature, grow up, we adopt new habits,
new perspectives, new ways of perceiving smell, or hearing, of feeling and
tasting the world. That’s why never and always are just words, impossible to
achieve in physical existence. Nothing is impossible in the world, in the same
way there is no always or never.
After this very burdensome task for the ego, which
hates to be questioned – I am referring to the task of eliminating that which
serves no longer and clearing that which is really important – we open up the
doors to new possibilities. The New can only be born when the old has left a
vacancy, by removing itself. Otherwise the new just stands at the door, waiting
patiently.
When you have finally x-rayed your life, realizing
when you feel suffocated by the anxiety of lack of time/space and money – then
you will have realized what you need and what you don’t need. As it is a huge
task, you can take note of what you discover about the way you have been living
your life. This way you can reread and eliminate what doesn’t serve you
anymore, by erasing or scratching out each line you want to. Start paying attention
to your day, from the time you wake up to the time you go to bed. Watch
yourself living your life, see how you perform your work, your relationships,
your leisure.
Write down the areas of conflict, tension, anxiety,
stress, either from you to yourself, or from you towards others.
If you don’t really want to go too deep into this
rediscovery of your life, at least look at the amount of anxiety and stress
generated by the supposed lack of time. When and how are they generated?
Further even, why? Is there a moment of peace in your day? Can you feel inner
Peace at any given moment? When and how?
If your answer to most of these questions tends
towards tension, then time is certainly never enough, space is tight and money
is scarce.
Flowing or fixed?
Time, space and money are nothing but the energy we
put into them. Energy is infinite, it’s what moves the physical Universe and we
can either use it in our favour or waste it. If you want to know how to use
your time better, have a look at the tons of energy you waste in anxious and
conflicting tasks, situations, thoughts, attitudes. Energy is fluid, it can’t
be segmented or contained. Do you feel your life is fluid or fixed?
If you feel it’s fixed, and since energy is not fixed,
and since time is energy, that’s very simply why you lack time – you lack flow.
If you want to change the way in which you live your
space, have a look at it. Have a look at the drawers, the shelves, the
cupboards, the wardrobes… All of the rooms in your house, including the attic and
the garage. Is it all full of stuff you really don’t need? Is it tidy or
untidy? When you look around you what do you feel? All of this has energy in
it, either fluid or stagnant – feel…
Ah, and money is also fluid, just like time and space.
It’s all just energy.
Whenever you say “I don’t have time”, “I don’t have
space” or “I don’t have money”, you are saying “I don’t have energy”. Not
having energy is not using it fluidly, flowing with it. It’s like rowing
against the tide, it’s tiresome, useless, you never seem to get anywhere. It’s
like being caught up in a stagnant swamp, with so much mud and water around you
that it’s hard to get to the shore.
How can I become fluid, just like energy which is
time, space and money?
The first step, I repeat, is to observe and
consciously define where the tension, stress, anxiety, conflict are, so that
you can then establish priorities and throw out that which is useless.
Actually, before anything else, establish priorities. Only after you have a
look at what is really important in your life, can you understand if there is
tension and where it is. This means that after defining what’s important for
the first time, this needs to be repeated, after realizing where there are
points of inflexibility and anxiety – which means waste of energy.
All of this shall surely be repeated several times, as
we have a look at the real reasons for our lack of time and the way we live our
lives. This is what allows us to gain clarity as to what we want and what we
don’t want anymore.
Though being fluid may seem easier to begin with, we
have much more practice at being rigid, many lifetimes of training! So be
patient with yourself.
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