How To Take Responsibility For Your Energy

 

The law of equal exchange

What the heck is the ‘Law of Equal Exchange’?

I’ve done a fair amount of reading and researching manifestation and the Law of Attraction. I can certainly say that there is far more to it than ‘ask and you shall receive’. At times, it can feel like really hard work and much more complicated than I bargained for.

The point here is that we each have a certain amount of energy each day and once that energy is used up, we have a hard time getting it back until we sleep — when it is replenished for another day. I have it clear that it is our responsibility to protect it and use it wisely.

Every time we interact with each other is an exchange of energy. You could be paying for something in a store or having a conversation and you’re giving away some of your energy. A lot of times it’s in small doses but, other times, it can be a significant amount.

Since everything and everyone is energy, it makes sense that there should be a balance — like on a scale. The majority of the times, this happens automatically, a transaction in a store is a fair exchange of money for goods, a two-way conversation can be considered a fair exchange provided each person has their chance to speak and is listened to.

If the Universe loves balance then this becomes a little confusing when someone takes something without giving anything else in return.

Take the case of voluntary work, donations to charity, and helping those less fortunate, for example. When you think about the person who receives the donation or benefits from the charity work or help will be grateful for the time, money or goods you offered. This gratitude becomes the exchange — even if you don’t receive the gratitude directly from them.

There are those people who ask for your advice but don’t act on it, then keep asking again and again. This feels draining and the balance feels a bit out. I like to call these people “ask holes”.

Take theft, for example. It’s a pretty obvious drain of energy but people only think about the legal consequences of it and not the energy their actions carry. In these cases, there’s karma to consider as well.

The big one in the spiritual world lately is people expecting things for free. Many spiritual people simply want to help others and they feel uncomfortable asking for payment. People sometimes expect them to give their stuff away for free. They figure if it is something they are born with and hasn’t cost them anything, why should they make money from it? They don’t see that, while it may be a gift, there is a lot of time and energy involved in doing spiritual work and this is where fair exchange comes into play.

We need to keep our energy balanced. Giving too little can be as harmful as giving too much. We should be taking a moment each day to think about the things we have that others don’t. We should be grateful for the small things and try not to take things for granted.

Sometimes I try to imagine my life without my car, cell phone, food or a place to live and I’m so grateful that I have those things.

If there is someone in your life who likes to take from you and give nothing in return, consider saying ‘no’. Always consider the balance.

Try to make sure there is fair exchange in everything you do each day. At a very basic level, ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ are an energy exchange. Manners cost very little energy but they help keep the balance.

You may find that you not only feel better but life gets better too!