When you reach out you include people, places and things in your space. Reaching out physically for something or someone puts you into contact with the item or the person. If you want something you reach for it. What happens when you reach out energetically or spiritually? When you energetically or spiritually reach out you include whatever is outside of you into your space. Think of the last time that you felt bigger than life. If you were by the ocean, in a park or on stage giving a presentation you reached out and connected to objects, nature, people and their energy. In that moment you’re not isolated nor are you living in your own secluded world.
The current of your life energy natually flows outward. Self is the center and from that point you direct your energy and your attention outward. When you communicate you outflow and reach out. You also inflow and withdraw to listen. These natural flows of life keep us energized and connected to others and to our environment. We’re in harmony with those around us and the environment when we’re able to reach out and then withdraw and have other’s reach out and then withdraw. It seems so simple yet it’s extremely powerful. Building relationships, a business, a family, planning a vacation or your future, whatever it is you want to create starts with reaching out.
Life is created when you have a point B. You have to flow from point A(you) to point B, this creates time, space and LIFE. If you’re not reaching out you’re not creating life. All your wants and dreams need life for them to come into existence. When you’re not reaching out, when you’re excluding things and people arouond you, you become a solo act, you’re the only one in the room. When you isolate you exclude people and most of your enviroment. Neither reaching or excluding is a bad thing, unless it’s on automatic. For example, every time you hear bad news you pull in, withdraw. This automatic reaction puts you at the effect of bad news.
The following exercise will help increase your power and control over any area of life. Start with something easy, where you don’t feel any compulsions to reach or withdraw. As you familiarize yourself with this exercise you can move to areas where you do have some emotional charge, compulsions or aversions. Doing this exercise will improve your ability to breathe life into areas that you’ve kept at a distance due to emotional charge.
- Reach for the ______________.
- Contact and connect to it.
- Say something about it.
- Withdraw and disconnect from the_____________.
- What happened.
If you’re doing the above exercise alone it helps to say #3 and # 5 aloud. Repeat 1 – 5 until you feel a surge in harmony with the item.