Our bodies are designed to produce all our needed energy over an amazingly long period of time. If we takes reasonable care of ourselves from the standpoint of incorporating principles of proper diet, exercise, sleep, and not abusing ourselves physically, our bodies will produce and maintain astonishing amounts of energy and sustain itself in good health. If we give similar attention to maintaining a well-balanced emotional life, energy will be conserved. But if we allow energy leaks caused by hereditary or self-imposed emotional reaction of a debilitating nature, we will be lacking in vital force. When an individual’s mind, body, and spirit work harmoniously there is a continuous replacement of necessary energy. That individual maintains a completely empowered state.
Mrs. Thomas A. Edison, in discussing the habits and characteristics of her husband, the world’s greatest inventive wizard has stated that it was Mr. Edison’s custom to come into the house from his laboratory after many hours of labor and lie down on his old couch. She said he would fall asleep as naturally as a child, in perfect relaxation, sinking into a deep and untroubled slumber. After three, four, or sometimes five hours he would become instantly wide awake, completely refreshed and eager to return to his work. “He was nature’s man,” by which she meant that he was completely in harmony with nature and God. In him there were no obsessions, no disorganization, no conflicts, no mental quirks, and no emotional instability. He worked until he needed to sleep, then he slept soundly and arose and returned to his work. He lived for many years, and was in many respects the most creative mind ever to appear on the American continent. He drew his energy from emotional self-mastery, the ability to relax completely. His amazingly harmonious relationship with the universe caused nature to reveal to him its inscrutable secrets…a truly empowered individual.
