Recently, a friend of mine was feeling anxious and sluggish and couldn’t quite figure out what was happening. Her energy felt zapped. She had just visited family over the holidays and spoke about how she could feel how heavy their energy was. She felt like it was affecting her and described the energy as having “hooks.”
As you become more “awake,” aware, and more sensitive to energy, it is not uncommon to become hooked to a story or situation. It’s as though we have bought into or latched onto a story or pattern with the people around us and the circumstances.
And then what’s even worse is we buy into the story and believe it to be true!
If you don’t already know this, let me be the first to tell you that the story is not true. Not only is it not true, but it doesn’t even matter.
You see, when you attach to a story, it leaves you feeling angry, frustrated, confused, anxious, drained and full of resentment.
Mental stories can cause a great deal of suffering.
How Getting Hooked Happens…
Fear… enough said! Fear can latch on and take us on wild rides. It can grab ahold and take complete control.
If… you give it power…
Why does this story telling happen?
Many reasons…
- For some, it becomes a bad habit. You learned it and now it’s just become a pattern.
- The people you hang around have an impact on you- Negative Nancies, family, friends, people who aren’t aware. They aren’t living from a place of calm and love, and they just keep spinning in fear. This sets up a situation of getting “hooked.”
- The feeling of getting hooked often leads to resentment and reactions of, “I hate that they are making me feel this way” which in turn has you create even more stories about what they are doing to you. Think downward spiral!
How to Get Unhooked!
- If you pause right now, you could tune in to the hooked feeling and notice where it is in your body. Notice where, or who, or what the hooks are coming from.
- Realize that you might also be hooking into them. We sometimes don’t realize it, but because we were taught that it’s best to use humans/relationships to work through patterns, we end up mingling our energies unnecessarily. If you picture yourself corded to others, also realize that you are corded to a “distorted” being. Can you see how this may not be the right person to learn how to do things in the best way? Sure you can see the faults in them and try to learn to do the opposite, but in essence, when you are learning to do things the right way, this method does not work. You wouldn’t want to learn piano from someone who really sucks at piano, for example. You would want to learn from a master teacher.
- Spend time noticing how the hooks feel, and then when you are ready, unhook them one-by-one. As you do this, notice how much lighter you feel in the body, mind and spirit.
- Finally, see yourself connect to a lighter state. You have access to all pure spirit forms in the light state, and this is the place where you want to be resonating.
- Notice how this unhooking or shift or unwinding of energy creates a change not only in you but in others as well. You will most likely feel lighter, sleep better, see positive movement and changes in your life.
You can do this mindful practice of unhooking for many things including people, beliefs, patterns, etc. Whenever you notice yourself feeling weighed down, simply notice where the hooks are, how they feel, remove them and access a lighter state.
The key is to form a habit of becoming more aware and noticing how your energy feels. Realize that you hold power over your energy and you can access the healthier parts of it at any time!
