DISTRACTIONS
BY Kathy Karlander

What if we (humans) are provided with a pure energy source, an energy that has not been molded into any particular form.  How this energy is made manifest in our lives is determined by the way we mold it with our thoughts and emotions. 

 Imagine this pure energy as a brilliant, vibrant energy.  With our thoughts and emotions we choose how we mold this energy.  We can either mold it into Love and Compassion, or we can mold it into something else.  When thoughts and emotions of fear, frustration, or worry are intertwined with this energy it becomes darker, denser, and less vibrant.  Eventually it is just a dark cloud of energy hanging around.  This energy cloud is in the energy field around you, part of your aura.  As part of your aura, it continues to influence your thoughts and emotions, creating more and more distractions.  This becomes a self-perpetuating cycle to the point where living amidst distraction seems normal.  

In the past I have created dense energy, borne of my own thoughts and therefore a part of me.  In effect, this energy is much like a child of mine.  This energy is very real and has an intelligence of its own.  It continues to receive nourishment from other fear/worry filled thoughts that I may have.  This ‘child’ has learned that it can manipulate me, and circumstances around me, through distractions.  The goal of this child is to keep me in a ‘distracted’ state because that is the only way it can maintain control of my energy. 

The moment that I became aware of what was going on, I reminded myself of Who I Really AM, a Co-Creator with God.   As a co-creator I am a power creative force in my reality and it is important that I do not let my mind wander.  As a co-creator I am creating 24 hours a day 7 days a week.  If my mind is wandering without any conscious attention to what I am thinking about, I am still creating.  This is the doorway for distraction.  If I am consciously creating, conscious of my thoughts, then I AM creating the reality I Choose.

When I am consciously creating I remind myself that I am a child of God, a Magnificent Spiritual Being and my natural state is Love and Compassion.  Now I am not angry with this child-like energy that I created with my unconscious thoughts, because it was only doing what any child would do……run wild until told otherwise!  This child-like energy is a part of me, I created it, therefore I Love it.  Loving it, however, does not mean I continue to accept its behavior.  

So when I feel myself being pulled down the road of distraction, worrying about something, getting frustrated about something, or being afraid of something,  I literally imagine a small child-like size of dark energy next to me, this child is the embodiment of the distraction.  I tell that child-like energy that I love it, but it is time for it to move on to its next higher level of evolution.  I am a child of God and I will not be run by distractions any more.  I am a magnificent spiritual being, and as such, I CHOOSE my experiences.  If the distraction is a particularly strong one, I will put it in “time out” while I remind myself Who I Really AM.  Then I will talk with the energy about moving on to its next higher level of evolution.

This child-like energy had been able to manipulate me for years.  Like any child who has had some control, he/she did not want to give that control back to me! The first few times that I put my foot down and set down some new ground rules I was tested.  This child-like energy was asking me, “Did you really mean what you say, and say what you mean?” or “is this just another phase I can ride out until I get control again?”

This analogy of a child works for me because I have children and deal with them on daily basis.  If the analogy of a child does not work for you, create some other tool.  The analogy itself is not what is important.  What is important is that you approach this energy of distraction out of Love, not fear, anger, or shame.

You want this lower level energy to evolve to a higher frequency, just as you want yourself to continually evolve to higher frequencies.  (Since we have already established that this energy is YOU, you can understand why it is important to encourage it to evolve.)

Here is your homework should you choose to accept it:

® 2007 Kathy Karlander.  You may contact Kathy by email at kathy@sacredinsights.com .
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