Is Your Energy Being Harvested at the Festival?

I've seen posts on social media lately where people are claiming that festivals are nefarious places designed to harvest your vital energy.

Spooky. Woogity Boogity.

I don't know what kind of festivals you've been going to. I'm doubtful.

I was at a couple of Phish concerts at Madison Square Garden over the weekend. 20,000+ people. Two nights. Lights, Sound, Old Friends, the works. And I started thinking to myself, "Is my energy being harvested, and I just don't know it?"

My first thought was, 'Well, maybe it's a trade. I've willingly given them my money (green energy). I'm dancing, so I'm expending energy there. I'm cheering and clapping. All outputs of energy. All consensual. And in return, I get joy. I'm happy, I feel connected, I feel safe to be myself. I don't feel taken advantage of in the slightest. I don't think there is like some spooky entity robbing me of my vitality.

But then the fog machines kick in, and I think I can see something. Something that wants my energy....

I've been dancing for a little bit, so I'm half in a visionary state. And there she is. But she's not evil. There's no manipulation or betrayal, or Machiavellian intent.

The voice comes through the fog, "Let me take that. What are you holding onto that for anyway?"

I notice this black sludgy thing in my chest. A swirl of stuck energy, mixed with all manner of unpleasant emotions. Fear, anger, you name it.

What am I holding onto that for, indeed?

I throw my hands up into the air as I continue dancing, "Well, go ahead then, take it."

As the music continues to play, it swirls out of me and is absorbed by the fog. I'm left feeling brighter and lighter.

I've been harvested, by golly. And I've never felt better.

What is stuck in you? Is there energy in your body that's just not doing you any good? Where is it? What could you allow to be harvested, recycled, or composted?

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