Low motivation and energy

[Renita]

My biggest issue with this path has been a lack of discipline and the inability to keep pushing myself forward in the journey. Anytime I try to meditate, or bring myself to do something important or worthwhile for myself there is a physical feeling of resistance right in the area of my Heart and Solar Plexus. It often feels like a huge boulder on my chest that forces me to deplete all the energy I have just to try to get up. Another fear of mine is that I am not doing the meditations or routines correctly; this fear causes me to loose interest and causes great anxiety that distracts me from being in the moment. If anyone has any advice from personal experience or any aid at all, I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you and Hail Zeus and the ToZ!

 

[Renita]

My biggest issue with this path has been a lack of discipline and the inability to keep pushing myself forward in the journey. Anytime I try to meditate, or bring myself to do something important or worthwhile for myself there is a physical feeling of resistance right in the area of my Heart and Solar Plexus. It often feels like a huge boulder on my chest that forces me to deplete all the energy I have just to try to get up. Another fear of mine is that I am not doing the meditations or routines correctly; this fear causes me to loose interest and causes great anxiety that distracts me from being in the moment. If anyone has any advice from personal experience or any aid at all, I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you and Hail Zeus and the ToZ!

I forgot to mention, but I also struggle with social media addiction and spending my emotional energy on useless drama that does not matter. I spend a lot of time doom scrolling on twitter which does not help me in any way and makes this feeling of physical laziness worse if anything. Does anyone have tips for social media addiction? I am also very disorganized and my space is often pretty messy, eg. clothes scattered around and desk area filled with papers. It is not trash or unclean yet it still does not help the situation. I have had all these issues for a while now, and I finally decided that I want to actually do something about it. Thank you again and Hail Zeus!

 

[SaqqaraNox [NG]]

Doom-scrolling gradually and slowly corrodes your cognitive abilities and the clarity of the mind. It offers an immediate yet fleeting sense of satisfaction and deceives the mind into believing this is something positive. As a result, everything else, including meditation, starts to feel boring or like a sterile and pointless burden, something you force yourself to do out of duty rather than true awareness. This obscures a fundamental truth: meditation is part of your being and your existence, just like breathing.

On a spiritual level, you can work on your Soul through the disciplining energies of Nauthiz, helping you create and solidify discipline and consistency along your spiritual path. The next Full Moon can be ideal for this: Virgo Esbat. This Rune will also enhance the expression of your soul sphere connected to the Earth element. It can create grounding, presence and connection with the meditational side of existence. When combined with the support of appropriate affirmations repeated through self-hypnosis, this approach can bring tangible results.

Additionally, increasing and becoming aware of your sense of self-worth will help you understand just how harmful it is for you to remain suspended in your current state of stagnation. To achieve this, you can practice the Emotional Healing and the Self-Love Meditation by our HPs Lydia. These workings will heal you from numerous negative things and will help you awaken a renewed sense of self-worth.

The pain that arises from realizing that you are not progressing and not following your Dharma, together with a strengthened sense of self-worth, will become powerful catalysts for change.