Associate/Disassociate

What if you picked up all kinds of energy from the people around you, and what if that absorption (which it really is) was inevitable to a certain extent?

Let’s assume for argument’s sake that this is a true dynamic. How would that alter the people that you choose to get close to? I recently heard about a study that showed that we become as happy or as unhappy as the five closest people to us in our lives. I believe these results, because they make sense. It’s all about the absorption factor, and the thing that we absorb is other people’s energies.

I think that becoming aware of the pervasive mutability of energy, either in relation to your monetary life, or even your personal life, is critical to leading a truly successful life. Because let’s face it boys and girls, what good is all the money in the world without the best people you can find close to you to share it all with?

I heard of another study that showed the frequency of AIDS, a “dis-ease,” was higher in communities with greater concentrations of gay people. I’m not talking about greater numbers of people, I’m talking about greater percentage of gay people who acquired the “dis-ease” in communities that were “more gay.”

This is a fascinating study, because it suggests that “dis-ease,” like almost anything else is “in the air.” The thing that is “in the air” is hard to define, maybe it’s more fear, more focus on the possibilities of the disease, who knows.

I’m not suggesting that there are no empirical causes for all kinds of “dis-eases.” What I am suggesting, and certainly open to your feedback, is that there is an as of yet unexplored but potentially huge component to “dis-ease” that is all about the energy we absorb.

To whatever extent that this is true, it opens up a huge opportunity for each of us. Because if each of us plays a role in the development of any “dis-ease,” by virtue of the energy we are around, we can also use our free will to prevent or reverse that process by modifying our associations. There is some scientific or empirical evidence for this too: I’m sure each of us feels differently when around different people; there are people who are a joy to simply be around and there are people who “drain us” so that we can feel it.

What each of us is reacting to with that different person is their energy-that’s what we are feeling, and it can give us a boost or it can “bring us down.” Scientists have confirmed this by already identifying that a strong immune system is essential to excellent health. It is not a huge stretch for us to realize that people or experiences that heavily tax our immune system are not going to promote great health.

I ask all of you to experiment with these concepts and let me know what you find. All this also raises a really fascinating question: With the right consciousness, is all “dis-ease” avoidable?