Not Every Shadow Deserves Our Attention

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The world seems very dark these days and so many of us are struggling to know how to deal with it. As a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP), it is easy to become overwhelmed and feel guilty for not acting in the same way others act. The reality is that there are many ways to respond to all the shadows showing up in the world. There are many ways to demonstrate resistance and seek revolution, all of which have differing impacts for the individual and for the collective society as a whole. For me, the truth is, I choose to focus my energy differently and demonstrate resistance through my focus. For me, not every shadow deserves our attention. 

Attention is a currency tied to where we focus our energy. Physics shows us that energy has a frequency, and our thoughts and emotions determine the frequency of the vibration of our bodies. We direct our energy at whatever we pay attention to, which reflects how we spend the currency of energy. I describe it as a currency because it is an endless resource we have to spend how we choose. If we are focused on the shadow in the world, which is a low vibrational and dense energy, our body will resonate with that vibration to match it. Then that vibration is what we put out into the collective. What we choose to focus on, we create in our experience. The shadow others bring to our collective experience, doesn't always deserve to be amplified by our focus. We can acknowledge suffering exists because of that shadow, but if we want to help, we must instead focus on healing. 

Using the laws of physics, we can choose to be intentional with our energy. Rather than simply reacting to what we see happening in the collective, we can choose to respond with energy that heals. Our focus is the medicine. If we think about what it would look like if the world were healed, we raise our vibration and invite others to match it. Like water, energy flows along the path of least resistance. So others in the collective will naturally want to resonate with higher vibrations. So if we see suffering as healed, that is the vibration we amplify and create. It is the same concept as placing medicine on a wound. Our state of mind, our focus, our vibration - that is medicine we provide through our intention. And that medicine can be used by others who resonate with it, for their own healing.

We cannot change the shadow created by others. We cannot choose how others focus or what energy they contribute to our collective consciousness. But we can understand that higher vibrational energy is more powerful and is the natural path of least resistance. Energy wants to flow and it flows in the direction of unconditional love. We can choose to create so much light that shadow can no longer exist. Shadow is healed through the medicine generated from our light. So the form of resistance and revolution I choose to create, is the generation of medicine that comes from placing my focus on a world that is healed from suffering. This isn’t a hope that healing might take place, it is a knowing that healing is possible. It is an understanding that the vibrational energy of love can be offered to someone that wants it. The more of us that choose that vibration, the greater it gets amplified to the point where other people’s energy will want to resonate with it, and that helps carry them through the suffering to a place of healing.

When I look at the state of the world, I see where we can be if we so choose. That optimism comes from a deep knowing of the power of love, and the power of our energetic body to heal and transform experience. It is the path I’ve been on my entire life and what has led me to this point. We have so much more power than we were ever taught to understand, and my mission is to continue to help others realize that power to not only improve their own life, but to also be of service to the collective community on planet earth.