Static electricity in the soul
You and I live in a world of friction.
Daily, a person picks up static from others.
Eventually, it builds up until negative energy flows from one person and zaps someone else.
I imagine you in your childhood, like I, played with static electricity by dragging your stocking feet across the carpet until you built up enough static electricity to zap your siblings and shock your friends.
In adulthood, our days build up with friction of a different sort.
Not only do we pick up emotional vibes and tensions around us, these charges tap into the spirit realm, too.
First, we must become aware of where we are absorbing static in our lives. Second, we can learn why we diffuse that energy and “go off” on only certain people. Third, we can find healthy methods of self-care so we stay grounded and help others diffuse their negative influences as well.
Let’s start with the second point, because that is the area where most adults need growth (okay, this adult found that when I got this right, the other two concepts fell into alignment easily).
Let’s say we all have social height levels. Some people are super-tall socially while others are dwarfed in comparison. So, imagine with me people who are only 1 foot tall while others are 10 foot tall.
You tend to zap people who are beneath you in social standing.
This is why parents often yell at their kids. This is why one spouse berates the other. This is how bullies feed off the weak.
Let’s say I work in retail.
Some cool dude comes in with lots of his parents money, a good tan, and designer clothes. Socially he’s an 8 or 9. He becomes frustrated that we don’t sell the brand of water he likes.
He rubs me the wrong way as he says, “What kind of store doesn’t sell Pelegrino?” As he continues to complain and talk down to me, I pick up the static. I’m only 5 or 6 feet tall, socially.
Afterward, I’m in an irritable mood.
I’m shift lead for my area as well.
A co-worker comes in late. He’s lower than I on the social scale, like a 3 or 4 because he’s a little geeky and quiet.
I “go off” on him. “Do you want this job? I’m sure there are fifteen other people who would love to have it that could show up on time!”
Or, I store up all that negativity and diffuse it on my wife or children when I get home. That doesn’t make for a positive home environment.
It helps to see what I am doing and why I am shocking the people I love.
It then becomes a huge step in growth when we notice where we are picking up the friction in life.
Who do you diffuse on? Customer service agents? Socially “little people”? Where does. Your friction come from?
Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
Philippians 2:3, KJV
Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves.
Philippians 2:3, NLT
Please share your thoughts!
What are some healthy ways you insulate yourself from the negativity around you?
How would you suggest that others diffuse the darkness they brush up against throughout day?
2 Comments
What a timely thought! Thank you brother Koren so many times it is easier to lash out at people than to face the things in our own lives that need to change.
Yes. So many times the problems I see are a reflection of what needs to change in me!