At most of my workshops, I am normally asked to provide solutions to stress caused by hardships/inabilities to meet individual and team targets on time. With deadlines looming large like the proverbial Damocles sword hanging overhead, life certainly gets far from easy. The very cause of stress is the meeting of corporate goals and targets within a tight timeframe.
Most participants do confide in their inability to cope with target-generated stress. The intensity of stress is directly proportional to approach of the deadline. The price one pays to meet deadlines is quite heavy. A heavy and constant dose of stress tends to cause imbalance in the way our physical body functions, leading to malfunctioning of its various organs.
Stress is inevitable. But, coping with stress is something that can be achieved with relative ease. Stress is a great energy sapper. At any given point in time we have a certain amount of energy to manage our affairs. Stress, however, draws heavily on the limited energy resource, leaving the individual panting for more energy. When a demand for extra energy is made to meet our targets, we generate stress energies to deal with the energy shortfall. It is akin to creating a liability (such as a loan) to meet a sudden expense.
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We do know how to create this liability (read stress energy), but getting rid of it is something most individuals are not adept at.
Stress is a form of energy that dwells as part of our aura. Being negative in nature, stress energies create blockages in the invisible energy channels. The resultant weakening of the aura causes irritability, anger, frustration etc. It has been seen that people under stress have weak energy bodies (aura). When an individual is short on energies, it most likely affects his/her performance vis-à-vis team and corporate goals.
The solution to coping with stress is simple. Certain proven practices to relax the mind and body allow the release of stress energies. And, strengthening and building the aura through energizing practices provide a constant flow of energy needed to achieve targets on time.
Meditation is a beautiful experience. Participants at my workshop, who have never experienced the calm of meditation before, are all questions. You can feel the anxiety levels in them, and the nervous energy that their aura exudes is so obvious. All I do is smile at them to calm their anxiety-filled energies. Meditation with incorporated Reiki symbols can be an amazing experience for regular meditation practitioners. Symbols, while enhancing the quality of energies, add their own interpretation. If you understand what each symbol means, an enhanced effect can be had from their use.
We are going through tumultuous times, where mindless violence seems to be the order of the day. The world is obsessed with weapons and one-upmanship. Be it political leadership or small isolated factions, patience seems to be on a premium. Are we going to find solutions to our malady through violent means? Never! Love, forbearance, and understanding are key to our existence.
This is a poser from Raj Chanani. Well Raj, you are right when you say that we are always connected to the universal source of energy (universal mind, as you prefer calling it) even when we think that we are not. Even when one does not believe that gravity exists, the fact is that gravity exists. We are connected to the universal source of energy through the energy cord called 
Here are some more gems from Vivekachoodamani written by Adi Shankracharya, one of the greatest saints India has produced.
All these sources together provide the requisite energies to the body. Our energy body has a network of invisible channels through which energies flow. Over time, blockages, as can be seen in the image as black spots, start occurring in the energy channels restricting the flow of energies. This weakens the body and its organs.