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Life As An Exchange Of Energy

Every contact you have with other people, with other living things, is an exchange of energy.
Sometimes this exchange is palpable. You feel a surge, almost like an electrical charge, when
you shake the hand of a person who has an outgoing personality and great vigour, or the
warmth of love surround you when you hug a loved one.

We "read" these energy exchanges, and use them both to communicate with and make
assessments about each other. What do you notice about a couple that tells you they are
deeply in love? They might walk along or sit together, holding hands, touch-ing and sharing
each other's physical space so they appear to be more as one than as two. As you get near,
you can feel the energy of their togetherness like you might feel the charged air beneath a high
-tension power line. This is such wonderful energy that you might feel like walking past this
couple again, just to connect with it!

Energy You Give To Others

You give energy to others nearly every moment of the day, in each interaction you have with
someone else. When this process stays a fairly balanced give-and-take situ-ation, you don't
notice much about it. You give and you receive, and your energy stays supportive of you
physically, emotionally, and spiritually.
When the balance shifts to giving more than to receiving, you might feel tired, run-down, and
edgy. Everyone around you wants, wants, wants. No one seems to care what you might want or
need. This constant demand drains your energy, and it's no longer sufficient to support your
body, mind, and spirit.

You might start to see indications of this in your health and attitude. You could become more
susceptible to the "office bug" and assorted minor ailments. You might find yourself clumsier than
usual, and prone to small injuries as a result. It's not that these problems are your fault. Rather,
you're not able to resist them. You might even feel like your energy is being taken away from
you, withdrawn from you, instead of you willingly giving it. We speak, sometimes, of people who
"suck us dry." These people have such intense needs that they draw energy from those around
them but have little to give back to make the process a fair exchange.

Beware the energy vampires! these are the people and everyone knows at least one—who
draw energy from you the instant you are in contact in person, over the phone, even by
e-mail, the psychic vampire seems to “ plug in” ' to you and drain you dry.

Dealing with Energy Vampires
Energy vampires do not steal your blood but rather, your precious energy. They drain you
emotionally and psychologically. They frustrate you with their repetitious, self-indulgent, attention
-seeking ways.

Underneath, they are often bitter, angry and resentful.... and they want you to share their pain.
They want your pity. They don't respond well to constructive feedback, they want attention.
They don't want to take responsibility, they want you to take that. They blame anything and
anyone but themselves for their situation, almost revelling in their own victim like misery. Day in,
day out they produce the same result; no change.