Working with light?

millergrls wrote:Does working with light tend to leave you exhausted?  And are there way to prevent this?

Recently, I decided to go shopping at a metaphysical store and found a book.  I picked up this book and began reading.  I know that this sounds odd...but a wonderful feeling of love and joy overtook me.  it is hard to described how peaceful and loving it felt.  It is a great book.  (of course I realized that it is a third book of the series so I had to order the others).  It is a book on spiritual growth, connecting with your higher self as well as working with love and light.  I have been practicing my energy work working on drawing light to me and then expanding it outwards to others.  I feel this overwhelming need to make others feel better and good.  However I have felt exhausted.  It doesn't matter whether I have had five hours of sleep or ten I am still just exhausted.  Yesterday I woke up and within two hours I was back to sleep.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Violet wrote:It might be useful to 'close down' when you're not doing spiritual work, and reopen when you are, it might allow you to get proper rest in between  :flo:

Detlef wrote:

Violet wrote:It might be useful to 'close down' when you're not doing spiritual work, and reopen when you are, it might allow you to get proper rest in between 

The Daoists go to great length to emphasize this and explain how to do it.

Detlef wrote:The question would be, did you exhaust your own energies, or do you [url=#]continually[/url] leak energy after your energy work.
(By the way, I don't agree with the premise, reasoning, why you do this in the first place, but you can do what ever you feel is right for you)
So, having a look at you, or better, having someone look at you, it is that you [url=#]continually[/url] leak energy, hens you are and feel exhausted.
I will not try to teach you Daoist Yoga, it would take years and even the basic Micro cosmic orbit would take a wile.
So I give you something very simple and basic. When you extent your energy it would happen at one of the energy centers or chakras as some call it.  If you open them then you need to close them again. Most likely it would be the heart center.
I gave this method to people, who entered a crowded room and felt overwhelmed.
If you spread thumb and index finger on both hands, and bring them together, you will have something of a diamond shape, and if you bring both hand closer and closer, the gap will get smaller and smaller until it is closed. Now you do this in front of the chakra, energy center you need to close, with the focus of closing it. Every energy center has two openings, front and back, except the top and the bottom ones. (this is not entirely correct, but it will do for now) So closing both sides would be suggested. I know, doing this at the back of the heart center is a little difficult, so use a little bit more focus in closing it. Ultimately, focus is all you need, the hand give you a focal point.
I hope that will help.
(Just make sure you never use your own energies, it will weaken you and you will become ill over time)

Detlef wrote:If you feel uncomfortable in larger crowds or groups, close the Dantian or third chakra, front and back, it is located just on or two inches above the belly button. It is easily done wile in the crowd without drawing any attention to yourself.