Human Energy Polarity

Human Energy Polarity is the experience of trying to hold opposite emotions at the same time, e.g. being distressed that you've lost your job but at the same time feeling grateful that you have some money in savings. At some point one of the energies takes over the other and you will either feel motivated to get a job before the money runs out or depressed about the entire situation the energies may even flip back and forth in rapid succession, the hope is that eventually the energy balances itself out.

These types of energy polarities arise on very many occasions. We are constantly being bombarded with questions like “What is it that makes you happy?” “What is keeping you from your abundance?” “What blocks you from having the relationship you want?” The questions themselves are supposed to lead you to fulfillment in life, while the underlying connotation is, “Why have you failed, thus far?”

In tragic situations and when facing hard times we are told to “keep the faith,” “push forward,” “don’t let life get you down,” “you must learn to forgive.” Of course we all want to be “happy, joyous and free.” We want to live our lives to the fullest. But we come across life situations that are difficult and the last thing we want to hear is that we need to believe that there is a “higher purpose” to all of this, that we need to “teach only love,” “that God must have wanted it this way.”

How do we say such things to the Sandy Hook Elementary Parents who lost their children; what do we say to the man who is dealing with his twenty year olds recent diagnosis of stage three cancer; the person who is suicidal; those with loved ones did not return from the war; those torn apart because they can’t take their gay partner home for Christmas dinner; and those so ripped apart by being brought up in a family filled with abuse and chaos, whose hearts are not ready to heal and are in the midst of their own human energy polarity.

Platitudes do not suffice. Those of us who can be grounded need to hold these individuals up in prayer, create a space for them to heal and allow them to express their emotions, such as they are.