This article is based on Beyond the Reiki Gateway’s podcast “Social media: From Energy Drain to Energy Gain” created by Reiki Masters Kathleen Johnson and Andrea Kennedy.
Table of contents
- Balance and awareness are key
- Are you sure you need more followers, more likes?
- Does it feel empty and hollow?
- The whole vibration of social media has completely changed
- Lean to set your boundaries, learn to let go
- How social media become toxic
- Slowly, social media has turned into a competition of fakery.
- How everything turned into a toxic race for statistics
- Have you reached the breaking point? Stop now.
- Still want to use social media, but in a healthier way? Set your firm boundaries!
- Create value, not controversy. Uplift people, don’t bring them down.
- Be aware that social media distorts normal human relations
- The energy of social media can be unbearable
- Being a lighthouse does not mean you are responsible for the ships course
- Be aware of what you feel in your body and mind
- Use social media, don’t be used by it!
- How to choose your social media platforms
- Be aware that each social media platform has its own energy
- Remember to enjoy what you are doing
- Remember: balance, balance and, again, balance!
- Stay in awareness of what you are broadcasting out there
- Put out a high vibration broadcast
Kathleen Johnson:
Hello and welcome to another episode of Beyond the Reiki Gateway! This is Kathleen Johnson with my co-host, Andrea Kennedy and today’s episode is all about the trap of social media.
Social media is a pervasive presence in our lives, as I’m sure you all know and it feels as if we are groomed to believe that we need it, that we need it to be complete, that we need it to fit in and that we need it to prove our worth.
Andrea and I will be talking about these topics today and unpacking some of the issues surrounding social media and how we can rise above them in today’s society.
Andrea Kennedy:
I’m excited to talk to everyone about this today and especially you, Kathleen, because right now we’re having different experiences with social media, so it’ll be fun to compare and contrast that. The topic though is so huge. If you really think about it and I like what you said about our worth. So many of us feel like our worth depends on how many likes we get, how many views we get, whatever it might be, how many followers on Instagram, things like that.
It can really be so damaging, but I know for myself, social media has changed so much. I mean, many years ago when I first got on Facebook, it was a whole new thing and I was so excited that the world was coming together in a place that our community was really expanding in a global way. Because in my heart, I know that is important for us to come together for humanity to heal and to grow and evolve together and solve many of the world’s problems.
So when Facebook first started and I saw this global community coming together, I just thought, ah, this is what we need for all the positive stuff…
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