Finding Purpose in Catabolic Energy
Catabolic energy is destructive, a ‘breaking down’ force. As I contemplated where different levels have shown up for me recently, I realized that when experiencing the mixed bag of level three, as shared in this post, we have a lot of choice in how we want to utilize the catabolic side of the mixed energy.
There are times when those feelings of tolerance, “it’s good enough for now”, can be very draining. I find it takes things getting ‘bad enough’ to where they are no longer tolerable, and then we may shift up into deeper self care through level 4 energy. Here we see with our hearts empathy for how hard things have been, what challenges have been faced, and how much patience we had on the journey. Even to move up to level 5 to see the opportunity to grow and reassess and do things differently moving forward.
For this shift into higher levels to occur we must release the catabolic energy that is holding us back, and through this process we are transformed. The destructive nature of catabolic energy is often seen as bad, witnessed to breaking down relationships or causing conflict in our daily lives. This conflict can show up internally as well and be utilized to break down and destruct beliefs, habits, and patterns that no longer serve us.
When that tough self talk, indecisiveness, or the staking up of ‘shoulds’ that we have no interest in doing get us down, we have choice. We can argue against these conflicting beliefs and really feel out that tension that is the difference between what we want our life to look and feel like and what it actually does. From this conflict we can address the challenges head on, recognize them, release them, and move towards levels of compassion and reconciliation. We have the chance to restructure ourselves, to grow, to create something new. The energy abounds and we have so much potential to tap into.
Catabolic Energy does not necessarily need to be avoided as we may have thought when we labeled it as ‘bad’. Really, the mastery of level 7 is to be able to tap into any of the lower levels of energy at will. There is objectivity and non-judgement at this level, which makes sense that we would be at the cause of our lives and utilizing these lower levels to move us forward rather than holding us back. We are not being victimized by the world and at the effect of the events around us, but can utilize level 1 and 2 to build awareness of what is no longer serving us in our lives, make changes, and evolve our selves, our purpose, and our identity
