Annie Coetzee hosting a session at the recent 2012 ASTD International Conference
Now I do not want you to always be on
guard when the television is on, but when ‘they’ say something, and then ‘they’ advertise something, please listen with your whole body. Be connected. Let your heart also listen. It might be ‘money’ talking to you. Too often people read or hear something, and without consciously deciding what to ‘flush out’ and what to take in and consider, they start to believe what they see and hear. They get into a box. A box that is worn-out, wicked and shaken by what the ‘experts’ say is true.
The real you might have been affected by these opinions. The real you might have been fatigued, vulnerable or ill when you heard these words and your energy waves found their matching vibrations.
More about living in a box
Somewhere in the world, someone once said, ‘spaces define, confine and divide.’ Being put in a box, or simply getting into a box, does the same to people. This or that box defines you, another box confines you, and being in different boxes divides you. In actual fact it means that you become different persons, to fit every box and so be accepted by what ‘So-and-So’ has said and ‘So-and-So’ wants you to be. Stressful – to say the least.
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Instead of being one constant, well- balanced and creative force of energy, you are more like a whole bunch of energy bundles, each having a different frequency, ready to move all over the place with up- down, up-down vibrations to fit the situation. Imagine the negative energy flowing between these boxes? I personally think, ‘boxes’ are one of the most important reasons why there are so many relationship breakdowns in our world.
People use boxes to store things in. Or keep secrets inside them. Or put something away – out of sight. This is scary. But do not worry. There are ways to get out. It is often not only words that put people in a box. It can be someone else’s thinking about you. Or someone else’s feelings. The most fascinating part about ‘being boxed in’ is that the ones who are in the box find it natural to defend themselves. It is a form of protecting. It is instinct. It is an inborn human desire to get OUT.
Let us look at a few illustrations of how easy it can be to get into a box:
• A while ago your dance partner has said that you have ‘feet like an elephant’ and your thinking power has never released this thought into oblivion. You want to dance more, but every time you think about an exciting dance
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