Energy Boundaries for Kids:
Helping Them Be The “You”
That They Are
By Cyndi Dale
A while back, I received a
call from my son’s school.
Now I’ve been called by the
principal every so often for all sorts of concerns. There was the time Gabe
“accidently” punched a kid in the stomach after the other kid “mistakenly”
kicked him in the gut. There was the day nearly every boy’s mother was asked to
restrict her son’s activities at school, after the boys collectively staged a
mass jump into a huge mud puddle—the one near the recess teacher. There have
been the flu calls and the “dog ate the homework” calls, the latter usually
accurate, as we’ve tended to host dogs that eat just about everything, except
the dog food, of course. This particular call, however, flipped my stomach.
“Your son threw his back
out,” the school nurse informed me.
“How?” I asked, my stomach
now officially sinking.
“Apparently he was simply
sitting in his desk at 1:30 and said his back started throbbing. He’s having a
hard time walking right now.”
I groaned—not only because I
was concerned about Gabe’s well being, but also because I was the reason for
his malady. You see at precisely 1:30 p.m. that day I was “releasing energy”
from my lower back while sitting in an office with my therapist. My “old
emotions” had transferred immediately from my body to Gabe’s, no stopping at
“Go.”
I can’t count how many times
I’ve been certain that Gabe’s issues were a result of absorbed energy rather
than a particular germ or emotive problem. Sometimes he picks up my energy,
other times, his father’s. Because he, like so many children, is such an open
child, however, he’s fair game for attracting feelings, thoughts, illnesses,
and frankly, even entities from friends, relatives, and more. As I work as an
energy healer and intuitive consultant, he can even pick up my clients’
energies off of me through a process that is quite complex, and once in a
while, even humorous.
For instance, I once hung up
the phone after talking with a client who had a popcorn addiction. I emerged
from my private office to Gabe’s clamor. “Mom, can we make popcorn? Please,
please?”
We are open systems because
we are energetic beings. Everything is made of energy, which is simply
information that moves. Some energy—or information—moves slower than the speed
of light. This is sensory or physical energy and is relatively recognizable by
our five senses. We can hear, see, touch, smell, and taste sensory energy.
This energy is not only
fairly constant but also easy to contain. We can’t hear what someone is
thinking unless they share out loud. We can’t describe a photo unless it’s in
front of our eyes. There’s an entirely different sort of energy, however, that
operates faster than the speed of light and can permeate our skin, sneaking
through to roost inside of us. This is subtle or psychic energy.
Subtle energy doesn’t stop at
road signs. It’s not controllable by the Newtonian traffic cops of the
universe.
