THE MAGIC OF THE SUBTLE BODY
OH SO SUBTLE
Hi friends! As “ The Oscar slap” memes sweep the internet, how are you doing? Are you in your feels, numb to it all, or somewhere in between? I think for a lot of us it’s a moving target. Somedays we’re up, somedays we’re down, and everyone is taking it one day at a time. Which makes total sense, these are strange times. But instead of spiraling (or spiral a bit if you need to) we can use this time when everything feels a bit chaotic to get deep into our feels and see what’s what. I’m not talking about the just-under-the-surface moments: Oh I thought I was angry but really it was just hunger, I’m talking about going much deeper. I’m talking about the way our fundamental energy is always communicating with us but we’re usually not tuned in and not paying much attention. In short, we’re getting into the subtle energy body.
NAMING THE UNSEEN
“To achieve excellence, we must also consider and work with what is not apparent, with what cannot be seen.”
- Cyndi Dale
Let’s talk about the power of naming things. Think about the conversations around gender pronouns or sexual fluidity, these discussions are honoring by acknowledging; they’re helping things be realized by speaking them into existence. If there is no word to describe how I identify, how will you truly see me?
Learning to work with subtle energies similarly requires developing a kind of awareness and sensitivity; an inner sight to see what's really there. More than that, once you start to understand yourself on an energy level, it can help you steer your ship and speak new things into your life. Because its only when you’re tuned in can you do things like cultivate intuition, build resilience, or invoke willpower. It’s the ultimate way to build self-trust that what you’re feeling is real.
Fortunate side-effect? It’s also the antithesis to numbing out with gadgets. Excessive social media and the “reel life” start to feel like real life - our constant distraction and exposure to electromagnetic activity ( i.e. WIFI) interferes with our ability to sense our own energy. It keeps us sick, sad, exhausted and disconnected from ourselves. It’s what’s going on inside that we should be watching. That is where the magic happens, it’s how we learn to become alchemists of our energy and the energy around us. And remember, energy can’t be created or destroyed, just repurposed. So the only two choices are radical awareness and self-empowerment, OR living that zombie life and letting everything outside you decide what you think, how you feel, and who you are.
VIBES ARE EVERYTHING
Science confirms that everything is energy and everything vibrates. As an aside, science will continue to play catch-up to all the ancient pearls of wisdom told by sages since the beginning of time. So, if you’re reading this, chefs kiss for being ahead of that curve. For knowing, for seeing, for seeking, for sensing.
In the field of quantum physics, this is called the law of vibration and it underscores the importance of becoming aware of our subtle body. The thing is, this invisible force plays a huge part in our lives. It affects literally everyyything and if you put in the effort and take the time to tap into it, you’re in for a real treat. When your energy vibrates at a frequency that is within direct alignment to what the Universe has been attempting to deliver, you to flow. You engage with existence in a meaningful, deliberate way instead of sleepwalking through your life. It’s the biggest gift you can give yourself.
TO THE NINES
The Subtle Body, also called the Ninth Body, is transparent, etheric, and (she says in whisper) it’s subtle. It’s our connection to the Akashic records (the non-physical imprint of all experience), so basically a vast repository for all the wisdom and knowledge of Infinity. The Ninth body is also deeply woven with our Soul Body and gently carries the soul onwards when it leaves this lifetime.
Seen and felt by healers and sensitives for thousands of years, subtle energy has been described as electromagnetic wavelengths, rates of vibration, patterns of pulsation – with each person having unique patterns of energy that are directly related to their health and well-being. This body allows us to see beyond what is in front of us to the universal play of everything.
Our capacity for mastery is held in this body. It’s how we cultivate calm intuition and insight. It’s how we make friends with the mystery: how we perceive the unseen and know the unknown. When we stay stubbornly unaware, we stay averse to our own mastery, in favor of remaining naïve to our power, and of perpetually feeling restless, frustrated, and misunderstood.
Alternatively, and stated as simply as possible, when we make the decisionto awaken to the subtle body, we’re re-learning to live by the wisdom of our soul. Again … like those sages, pundits, yogis, those ancient masters (!) have been sayin’ we should.
At the end of the day, it’s all known, it’s all there, waiting, just waiting for you to wake up Neo!