The Energy Alchemist

The Energy Alchemist

Dandapani

Motivational Video

Dandapani in this stimulating talk focuses on energy, how to manage it to get the most out of life. Life is a manifestation of where you direct your energy. Energy whatever it is directed at. It does not distinguish between positive and negative. It has no ability to discriminate.

Awareness can go to any area of the mind – happy, angry, peaceful etc. With willpower and concentration you can take your awareness anywhere. Where your energy goes there flows your energy. 

You can take your awareness anywhere and you can take other person’s awareness anywhere. Similarly others can direct your awareness anywhere. So it is important to know where your awareness is going and who is directing it.

Don’t control the mind, control where the awareness goes within the mind. It is done concentration which means to keep your awareness on a specific task or thing for an extended period of time.

People are not able to concentrate for two reasons:

           1.   They have never been taught how to concentrate,

         2. They haven’t practiced the concentration. People practice distractions and therefore are very good at it.

How should you concentrate? Focus on doing one thing at a time and integrating the practice in your daily routine. Give your undivided attention to whatever you are doing at a particular moment of life.

You need to develop willpower. It is like developing biceps. There are three ways to develop will power:

           1.   Finish what you began

           2. Finish it well beyond your expectations.

       3. Do a little bit more than what is necessary or required to do.

These three need some special effort and this effort is called willpower.

Awareness and mind are two completely different things. You can control where your awareness goes and in this way you control where the energy flows. If there is any distraction, use your willpower to bring it back to the task in hand.

Learn how to manage your energy. Energy is a finite resource. Use it prudently. Evaluate where you are investing your energy. Energy can be compared to money as a finite resource. As you take care in spending money same care or rather more care should be taken in spending energy on a any particular task.

The concept of opportunity cost is equally applicable to money and energy. When we are spending energy on a specific task we are denying energy to other tasks we could have done at that particular period of time.

Along with learning how to concentrate it is important to know what to focus on i.e. we should be clear about the purpose of our life.

People and things are two major energy consumers. Some people consume tremendous amount of our energy leaving us totally exhausted. These persons may be called Energy Vampires. 

There are three kind of people:

1.          Uplifting People – They gives more energy than they take. We feel more energetic after spending time with them.

2.        Neutral People – They give us more or less the same level of energy they take. Our energy level remains the same after interacting with them.

3.         Energy Vampires – They take much more energy as compared to what they give. The energy level falls after interaction with such people.

There are two kinds of energy vampires:

1.           Transient vampires are those going through a difficult period of life. They are consuming more energy because of the particular circumstances of life.

2.         Inherent energy vampires are those who have always been suckers of energy. How should we deal with an inherent energy vampire? The best way is to practice the art of being affectionately detached but always being kind, compassionate and gentle with them. We should not engage with them. Another way to effectively deal with them is put the burden of responsibility on them.

Mental energy vampires are the unresolved issues or emotional experiences in the subconscious mind. One effective way to resolve these issues is to write them down in detail on a piece of paper and then burn down the paper.

Concluding thoughts:

1.           Proceed with Confidence: Believe in your abilities to manifest anything in your life. This done by taking your awareness and focis it on something you want to manifest. You need to develop the power of concentration. Energy flows where the awareness goes. This energy helps in manifesting anything you want.

2.         Life is meant to be lived joyfully. Happiness should never be pursued. Pursue a lifestyle that results in happiness. For this you need to know your purpose of life. Focus your energy on the things that matter most to you. Conserve your energy and protect it from energy vampires.