Universal self-care starts with us today, now and in every moment. We are being called to become conscious of our energy. If we look at our body-spirit energy as a bank filled with golden energy coins, where are our precious golden energy coins going? Are we giving all of it to one aspect of our lives, perhaps to a job that is demanding or to a family member who is ill?
I talk about this from a place of experience. Having a family member who has struggled with mental illness, spiritual crisis and addiction for quite some time, I have firsthand experienced giving up all my golden energy coins for another being. Feeling that if I perhaps invested all my gold coins in his healing bank that he would heal and be cured. The opposite happened. Since I did not have any gold coins left to spend on my self-care, on my health, integrity or even having fun, I myself then became ill! My immune system was so depleted, I did not feel that I would ever re-gain my youthful soul again and my family member worsened as well.
After a few years of seeking alternative medicine, and working with a healer that taught me about becoming conscious of my energy and protecting myself, I was able to re-claim my gold coins. I call this act, centered prayer. From a place that is grounded, protected and in integrity I was able to give love from a place of balanced self-care versus unconscious resentment. This family member of mine is on a healing path of his own accord now. From a place of his own personal power instead of mine, he has asked for help and is stable and present for the first time in 10 years! I feel I can truly be more helpful to him now than ever before.
I wanted to share this miracle with all of you. I can just imagine that everyone of you out there has at least one place in your life that you may be investing too many of your golden energy coins. Check out Karla McLaren's books and audio cassetes if you are interested in pursuing ways of protecting yourself energetically and coming from a centered place of giving. Carolyn Myss, author and medical intuitive is another amazing resource for reading about energy protection, boundaries, sacred contracts and spiritual self-care.
