Continuing with the discussion started by Dhriti in previous post there are two types of people in our lives - Energizers and Enervators. Energizers shares with us spiritual energy whereas enervators suck it up from us. More about it in the following article 'Whip
up a tornado!' from the book 'Love is Always Right' by Vinita Dawra Nangia. I hope you will like it.
Mona Dang
Whip
up a tornado!
One
energized person can change the vibes of an entire room. We all avoid
enervators, preferring the breath of life an energizer infuses in us!
In any gathering you will
notice two kinds of people — the energizers and the enervators. You feel
automatically drawn towards the former, while even the thought of the latter
tires you! All of us like to avoid those who are a drain on our energy.
Listless people with melancholic thoughts, singularly lacking in energy or life
force. These are the names you avoid on your cellphone and in your social
engagements diary. They are a drain on your resources and after having met
them, you feel you have lost, rather than gained anything.
On the other hand, have you
noticed how one person bounding with energy can change the vibes of an entire
room? All eyes are drawn towards someone who is full of dynamic ideas and a
spirit that strives to do newer things, achieve greater heights. There is no
time for depression here because all thoughts are taken up with present action
and the thought of further action. You feel energized just meeting such a
person and get carried away on a wave of goodwill and the fervour to do
something. These are the people who seem to carry the world forward and most of
the time you will find them at the top in all fields! Remember the way Indira
Gandhi walked, with a spring in her step? Most of the world’s most effective
leaders walk with the same spring.
There’s a buzz around such
people, their minds are whirring with ideas that spill over and inspire others.
The secret to movement is creating energy. Any vehicle, before it moves, floats
or flies, has to necessarily create a spurt of energy that propels it forth. In
order to fly, a bird creates energy by flapping its wings and taking a short
leap; to pounce on its prey, even a lion needs to regroup its energies and
focus them on that one deadly leap. So why then should it be any different for
us? Those of us whose minds buzz and whirr with ideas are bound to take flight
sooner than those who lack the requisite buzz. It is important to create an
energy field around anything we do, a vital Life Force — be it prayer, work,
charity, or even just plain good old fun. The only time to relax, go quiet and
meditate is when you need to recoup your energy sources, think through and give
them the right direction.
When given a project at
work, for the required period of time, make it your main focus, work up a lot
of energy and enthusiasm around it, whip your co-workers into a frenzy of
creative energy and action. Involve everybody in the creative force, explore a
few extra ideas, consult more people than you need to, listen a bit more
carefully, discuss a little more intensely. Become attuned to all the energy
that starts building around the project, become one with it and go with the
flow. Not only does your work become more pleasurable but it gives you back the
energy you gave it, manifold!
What is the idea of doing a
project as well as the next person does it? You should not rest easy till you
have energized every last atom in your body and let your creative juices flow
to ensure that what you added to the work is something nobody else could have
given it. A simple task like cooking may bore you; how about bringing a new
energy to it by looking up a few extra recipes, bringing in new elements,
mixing ingredients, experimenting? The new energy you bring to the task not
just makes it interesting for you but also leads to a newer, more exciting dish
for your table.
Spur yourself on by throwing
self-challenges. Gardening? Why just limit yourself to watering plants and
weeding out overgrowth? Up the antenna and challenge your creativity to create
a special corner in your garden. Landscape it, dedicate an area to a special
kind of a plant you like, coax the plants to grow the way you want them to.
Become one with the creative energy of nature and see where the flow takes you.
Feng Shui rides on the
principle that everything around us is energy and there is a constant flow and
exchange of energy between us and all around. So Feng Shui teaches us ways of
creating happy energy in all things around us, so that we gain from that energy
flow or qi. The Greek technical term for qi, coined by Aristotle, is energeia,
loosely translated as something ‘being at work’. French philosopher Henri
Bergsen’s term for the ‘vital impetus’ was Elan vital. In Vedantic philosophy,
the Sanskrit term, Prana as the vital, life-sustaining force of living beings,
is comparable to the Chinese Qi.
In literature, Romantic
poets have yearned to be a part of the process of Nature, looking upon the
creative life process as something apart from them. George Bernard Shaw too
spoke of Feng Shui rides on the principle that everything around us is energy
and there is a constant flow and exchange of energy between us and all around.
So Feng Shui teaches us ways of creating happy energy in all things around us,
so that we gain from that energy flow or qi. The Greek technical term for qi,
coined by Aristotle, is energeia, loosely translated as something ‘being at
work’. French philosopher Henri Bergsen’s term for the ‘vital impetus’ was Elan
vital.
In Vedantic philosophy, the
Sanskrit term, Prana as the vital, life-sustaining force of living beings, is
comparable to the Chinese Qi.
In literature, Romantic
poets have yearned to be a part of the process of Nature, looking upon the
creative life process as something apart from them. George Bernard Shaw too
spoke of a ‘Life Force’ that directs evolution toward ultimate perfection by
trial and error. As you give free rein to your energy and whip up the force of
a tornado or the deadly focus of a whirlpool, no matter how small you consider
a task, you will witness the chaos that precedes creation, the driving force of
progress, of life, of development — the only way to move ahead and avoid
stagnation. And you would have internalized it. And become an energizer!
Vinita Dawra Nangia
The Times Group
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