We’ve been working energetically to manage stress related to addiction. Now we’ve come to a major category: addiction and pain.
Grief, shame, loneliness, trauma, boredom, emptiness, rejection, and old emotional burdens can all become part of the groove.
The numbers related to this seem to be getting worse. People — even children — are anxious, overwhelmed, medicated, and apparently trying to numb out. The root cause often appears to involve trauma in one form or another. Again, this is even impacting our children.
What this may mean is that addicts are not simply “being bad” or “weak.” They may be trying to relieve pain they do not know how to heal.
But something to think about:
Group energy is powerful. I recently read that when even one person’s energy rises — which is our goal as we work to clear energetic stress — it can positively impact others as well. Today, by the way, the group is working to clear stress related to amoeba, of all things. Subtle energy keeps life interesting.
This — not the amoeba, but trauma — got me thinking about my Granny Jo.
Granny lived through trauma after trauma: the Depression, the suicide of her husband — leaving her with eight young children — and the loss of one of her sons in World War II.
And, of course, with eight children, there were likely many other traumas.
But Granny was the positive element in my childhood.
When she visited, things calmed down. My mother and father “behaved,” so to speak. Somehow, her frequency did that.
She taught me many lessons about life, too. One was this: when problems arise, forget yourself. Pray for others suffering from the same affliction.
After the birth of my grandson, I even changed my business name to Younggrannie in honor of her.
What if group members — those so inclined — started praying for others suffering from addiction?
And we could keep it simple.
There is research — check it out online — suggesting that a repeated one-word prayer can affect the brain and nervous system. Could we use a simple one-word prayer to help rewire our own brains toward freedom — and even broadcast the same intention for others?
What could it hurt to give it a try?
Suggested word based on today’s scan:
Mercy.
Mercy for those who suffer.
Mercy for the nervous system.
Mercy for the hidden pain beneath the craving.
Maybe it goes like this:
Raise your frequency.
Repeat a one-word prayer for 10 minutes a day — while walking, driving, sitting quietly, or doing whatever makes it doable.
Let love determine the action.
