Be your own wizard: Four keys to mastering your energy
Why mastering your energy is one of the most radical and powerful things you can do*
It’s no secret that we are living in uncertain times. Many people are feeling exhausted, anxious, stressed, angry, defeated. Pausing, breathing, and letting the moment pass helps. Regular energetic hygiene helps.
But what if you could step into a new state altogether — where you felt strong and certain even in the face of uncertainty, and no matter what was going on you were solid in yourself, your clarity, and your power?
You can. But it requires a conscious shift to heal that old, deep, sticky, repeating stuff once and for all. It requires being bold enough to lean even deeper into your innate strength and wisdom, all while not allowing yourself to get burned out and overwhelmed. I get that this can sound overwhelming to some people. In truth, it is not as hard as it sounds and it is, ultimately, a pathway to greater confidence, influence, and personal freedom.
Mastering your energy is one of the most radical things you can do.
When someone decides to learn to master their energy it’s a little like playing the role of wizard, choosing to fully understanding the alchemy of energy, how energy systems work within you and around you. It means knowing that as you tend deeply within yourself to bring full-on you to life you catalyze big change around you. What many people don’t understand is that when you are solid and strong on the inside, the outside can become less trying and tumultuous. When you are solid and certain about your own capabilities, you are more accurate in your thinking, your intuition, your connection to others and to all that is. Like the wizard, you understand how to own and where to direct your energy.
Take a moment and envision what it would be like if you could.
Direct how the energy and emotions of other people impact your day-to-day interactions and overall well-being.
Tune in to the subtle energy systems within you and around you and shift, enhance, or dissipate them.
Own and hone your intuition, discernment, and sensory perception.
Know how to move and direct energy to better serve yourself and others.
Think and problem solve outside the fray of emotions and divisiveness.
It’s radical because we are taught to do exactly the opposite. It’s radical because it allows you to operate outside the systems and frameworks that are not working. As such, it’s exactly what’s needed to create new ways of living and leading.
The 4 keys to mastering your energy
Ask yourself, “What do I not want to see about myself?”: You cannot master your energy until you have faced your shadows. Your shadows are deeper, hidden parts of you that can unconsciously suck your energy and keep you from being full on you. You may be aware of some of them, likely not all of them. That’s why being brutally honest with yourself on this question is key. Shadow is anywhere you are giving away your power out of a woundedness, out of I am not enough-ness, out of “they” are to blame for everything, out of emotional reactivity rather than emotional discernment, out of self-sabotaging habits, out of “I’ll ignore my intuition and do what they say”…you get the idea. When these elements drive, YOU are not at the helm. The crazy thing is that often the golden keys to your true power lie buried in your shadow. When you understand this and allow yourself to look, your entire reality shifts.
Take radical responsibility: You are 100 percent responsible for at least 50 percent of every relationship, conversation, or interaction. Most people don’t take responsibility for even part of their half. We want people to “show up” in specific ways for us, yet we don’t do the same for others. Conversely, especially if we are sensitive, we take on emotions and energy that aren’t ours and then wonder why we feel so tapped. Neither is responsible or helps others, and it certainly doesn’t help you. When you choose radical responsibility, everything shifts and you cultivate a state where these things become a non-issue.
Make higher order coherence your default: Who are you when you eschew outside distractions and operate out of your innate wisdom? What happens when you consider and create from your highest heart and mind over what you think you “should” be doing? If you have a spiritual or religious belief, how often do you intentionally work within that energy? A lot of us may do these things, but often its sporadically or just at certain times — like when things get rough. Energy mastery helps you cultivate a continuous embodiment of expanded heart and mind, of higher order coherence, and inner alignment that serves the highest good. You stay plugged in to the power of coherence more often than not, building trust, and opening portals to your own divine genius.
Hone your awareness and intention: You feed what you focus on. Your awareness is actually your container for reality. Read that again. Honing your awareness and intention puts you in the driver’s seat. You are the wizard that awakens and directs the energy within you and around you. You are more attuned to your empathic superpowers, your sensory perception, your energy mastery. The world throws chaotic waves at all of us. How you hold yourself, where you place and hone your focus has a radical impact on what you experience and your own potency in the world. It’s your choice to own it or not.
You are more powerful than you know
These practices can help you unhook from beliefs and frameworks that confine, inhibit, block, and shame. To be clear, this isn’t about ignoring your emotions—quite the opposite. It’s about being present to them, tending to them consciously, recognizing when you are about to check-out or sabotage yourself and correcting, redirecting your focus and your energy. With practice the things that used to undermine dissolve, You will see that you are way more powerful than you’ve been led to believe and that you have access to resources you may not have realized before. Energy mastery puts you in a different operating paradigm –where the focus moves from trying to keep afloat to totally owning the multi-dimensionality of all that you are. Operating outside of the old frameworks, you become a potent force for real, positive change. Change that truly takes yourself and others to the next level
-Susana DuMett