Emotion = energy in motion
You don't own feelings, they are not who you are
Just like you don't own radio stations you tune into
Feelings are signals of the amount of energy around you & flowing through you
If you are feeling low energy it means high energy is unfamiliar to you
Depression = Repression
It's a lack of expression - cells, brain, body
Energy is not flowing
If you were to:
- Exercise intensely
- Do something creatively stimulating (socializing, writing, producing)
Dopamine would light up
ATP would begin producing
Heart rate would go up
Blood flow would increase
Nervous system would be active
Oxygen would be flowing to the brain & through the body
"Ask and you shall receive"
Until demand is seen you will not be supplied what you need
We are wired to conserve energy
If you inhale too much
You'll FEEL a need to exhale
If you FEEL low energy it doesn't mean 'chill'
Energy has no opinions or meaning
We assign opinions & meaning to our emotions
If we choose to interpret low energy as "chill out"
We essentially are inactive spectators taking orders from the flow of energy (reactive)
To be an active participant in reality
(aka a human being with free will & consciousness)
You can change the flow of energy by changing your actions
Every action has a reaction
Inaction also has a reaction
You always get more of the same, an object in motion stays in motion
If your default is low energy, it means the adaptations are aligned to deliver lower energy on a daily basis
If you can run 10 miles
You're adapted to supply energy to complete 10 miles
If you exert 5000 units of energy daily
Your body adapts to supply 5000 energy units daily
If your body is adapted to supply 500 units of energy
and you demand 900 it'll be a bit uncomfortable
if you demand 5000 it'll be very uncomfortable
We are wired to conserve energy
You soon adapt & will produce 5000 energy units per day with little to no willpower/force
Obviously some common sense goes into this
If you exerted a lot of energy
Being tired indicates that energy is spent
But if you're tired & have low energy
Despite doing nothing
The feeling then does not mean "rest" we misinterpret it as rest and end up repressing
There are 2 factors here
Supply/Demand - how much energy are you demanding (action/effort)
will determine how much gets supplied
Efficiency - things you consume, sleep, environment which can unnecessarily inhibit the flow of energy
and how efficient energy conversion is
Although both I feel are equally important
Supply/Demand is more important than efficiency
Which is why we see plenty of examples of unhealthy people, stressed people, 'low vibe' people
Who are productive, get things done, & have energy
They 'ask' for or demand it via action
When a runner is on mile 3 and feels tired.
Pushing that extra half mile is where the adaptation happens
Showing slightly higher demand, consistently, will adapt
Soon it will be at 3.5 miles where that same tired feeling kicks in
Pushing part is now from 3.5-4
Emotions are not you, they're not yours
Like a antenna receiving signal
They just display to you the energy around & energy flowing through you
They're not orders
They're also not useless
The balance is to listen, then respond
Not automatically react
Not totally ignore
*doesn't feel like doing something*
"welp that's inconvenient"
*does it anyway*
Especially before momentum, or after losing some momentum
It actually makes perfect sense not to feel like it
Unless you're on drugs, you'll probably NOT feel like it
This is normal
Trust the process
Trust you will adapt
Trust that by asking your body/mind will supply your demand
Emotions are not you, they're a experience happening around & through you
It's energy
You are the soul experiencing the energy
Thank you for reading
Cheers
- Yous