Non-Emotional Spirit Sappers! by Janice Taylor, Life & Wellness Coach and 50 pound big-time-loser.
Sometimes things get in our way and weigh us down, stop us from moving forward, muck up the works and inadvertently send us to the fridge, and these things may have nothing whatsoever to do with our emotions.
Some of these non-emotional spiritual sappers fall below our conscious radar and are computed by our subconscious. So take a moment to stop, be aware, look around, listen, and take note.
What is seriously sapping your spiritual energy? Your resolve? Your energy?
Top Seven Things that Sap Your Spiritual Energy
1. CLUTTER silently gnaws, bites, and nibbles away at your calm center as it takes up valuable air and space.
What to do? Clean up, of course! Make order (humans love order). Read "Miracle of Clearing Proportions."
2. LOUD NOISES grate, aggravate, annoy and irritate and can wind you up and drive you mad!
What to do? Wear ear plugs! From $1 to $187.50
3. AIR POLLUTION can negatively impact on our health, cause coughs, burning eyes, breathing problems and even death (which would surely sap spiritual energy).
What to do? True, we have no choice but to breathe, however, we can avoid high-traffic industrialized areas on poor air quality days (my head is spinning that we've created such a planet). Protect yourself and the air you breath!
4. DEHYDRATION dries, shrivels and depresses. Our bodies are more than 75 percent water, our blood is more than 80 percent water, our muscles more than 75 percent water and our brains more than 76 percent water! We NEED water to think!
What to do? Bottoms up, plain and simple. Drink 6 to 8 glasses every day! Our Lady has plenty to say on the topic!
5. WORRYING clutters the mind, drains, takes up valuable thinking time and carries some heavy-duty negative health effects with it.
What to do? Meditate, listen to music, chant!
6. SLEEP DEPRIVATION brings on feelings of irritability, impatience and depression. It weakens the immune system and leaves dark circles on ones eyes.
What to do? Get a good night's rest! (Duh!) Stanford U. has some tips on sleeping!
7. TELEVISION deadens the mind and puts you into a non-active, non-thinking state. You disappear all right, but not in a good way.
What to do? Escape into a book. Or into something interactive that teaches. I highly recommend EdHeads.org. Have FUN!
Spread the word, NOT the icing,
Janice
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Sure there is lots good on tv...I love all the history channels, National Geo etc....however it is all one-way communication...people need people (B.Streisand, 1969)and if you are lucky to find someone who nourishes you you are awful lucky or blessed. My stepson, even if I am talking nourishes me by his presence...he is appreciative, calm, understanding and always seems to understand , even without verbalizing , what I am going thru...my wife and son are the opposite...they drain me. Unfortunately I only see my stepson a few times a year.
I hope you find that person
i have to agree! i dont like too much T.V. and i cant stand clutter! i cant stand for anything to sap my spirit!
Thanks for the great article that gave tips concerning what kind of things zap my spiritual energy. It's been something I have been struggling with for what seems to be a decade. The thing is, it's not just the ordinary self-help babble, but real "Tangable" and quite simple changes even for someone like me who suffers from Major Depressive Disorder. I am going to write them all down, and after I study them, and make them a part of my daily life with practice with perceverance, I will be sure to share them with others.
Again, Thank You Very Much! Sincerely, Paula
just an FYI-the benefits of television peak at 45 minutes, after that the brain waves go wild with no relaxation benefits, unless you are willing to be active during that time-stretch, exercise, clean the living room, etc. Water is the ticket for weight loss-take one half your body weight and then drink that many ounces of water-I weigh 250 lbs which is 125 lbs when divided-I drink at least 125 ounces of water daily. Be careful of electrolytes, don't want to flush them out. For those who worry chronically-make an appointment during the week and use that time to worry-Wed from 8-9pm say, and then stop yourself if you begin to fret before that time, remind yourself that you have an appointment and then worry to your hearts content-when I first started this, I had an hour five nights a week, this decreased to the point(over several months) that worry is not an issue and I stay pretty much focused on today and right now
Thanks for the advice. For me, I am always fighting fatigue, depression, bouts of digestive problems, fibromyalgia. You might say"Boy, this guy is a hypocondriac, no...I have fought AIDS for 25 years, and over those 25 years have done everything on your list, yet I can not remember how many hospital stays I have had, nor do I remember how many times I have gone under the knife. I lived very happily in a large city for over 25 years and when I was told my father might die, I left my disease in the background, moved everything to a small midwest town, and renovated an antique store for him. Well, when my health needed more than the small community could handle. I went back to L.A., with my life of art archives and such in a storage unit.
I began receiving, odd hints of things sent to me that were in my locked storage. My father stole and made a key and then dilibertly mocked the life of service and important events I had in L.A. Knowing my archives as an artist were being ravaged by a jealous father, I came back to horror. We have now been estranged nearly 4 years. I am re-organizing 25-30 years, and keeping my painting alive. I wonder why I am so tired all the time. Once again I will set up an altar.
thank you for your help.
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