Misplaced energy.
We are, in essence, very subtle energy, dwelling in bio-electrical chemical bodies of coarse energy. Within that, we have a subtle body of subtle energies.
Our very subtle energy is empty essence.
Our subtle energy comprises winds, channels, chakras and tigle/bindu (limited sexual energy containing coarse and very fine matter).
Our coarse energy is our body/mind setup.
All of these need grounding/balancing.
Our energy can become misplaced both when we get too involved with things, people, past and future, or when we are vacant /not knowing or absent-minded and our energy dribbles away.
We forget our true nature ie emotions arise, the inner wind comes up, and we feel anxious and confused, and end up kicking the cat!
Energy is also wasted when we become dull, or over cynical about everything. There is a tendency to become dependent and sloppy, and this has the effect of causing us to feel irritable and dangerously self conscious. If we confront such a person, the reaction is often explosive, and their energy is dissipated or transferred to someone else…us!
When we react, or are not bothered, we lose our refined energy of clarity. The more refined the energy, the more refined the clarity, and the calmer the energy…
Refined energy is present all the time, because that’s what we are. However, we are being constantly ‘discharged’, through being occupied (excited) or vacant (dull).
It is interesting that the controlling, commercial world works very hard at keeping people excited, dull or cynical. Another word for all this activity/inactivity is entertainment! We spend our lives being entertained. Even alternative media forums that are suspicious of the controlling, commercial world are caught up in becoming over excited, dull or cynical, and precious time is wasted arguing and finding fault with every-‘thing’…such a pity.
Our energy goes wherever we focus our attention. It is immediate and subtle: we just don’t realise the power we have. This focus can have pinpoint accuracy, or a wide, panoramic view. Every time we are distracted, our energies go into turmoil, our minds become aggressive and our bodies exhausted, which prevents us from recognising and realising our true nature.
All we have to do is stop reacting!
Do that gentle vase (subtle body practice).
Go barefoot on the earth and hug a tree.
The body needs earthing as well as the mind!
PS These are two interesting sites about body earthing. I never knew that the “Tour de France” team used earthing to heal wounds and sleep better. Of course, the sites are selling products: all you actually have to do is stand barefoot on the grass! It seems that the atmosphere is a positive charge and the earth is a negative charge. We are surrounded by electronics that are also positively charged.
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/04/29/james-oschman-on-earthing.aspx
Talk about synchronicity! This is from ‘The Guardian’ today: http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/mar/29/electrosensitivity-is-technology-killing-us
BUDDHA IN THE MUD is a blog - a living book based on the Dzogchen teachings. Our teacher is life, and life is karma. We are all Buddhas in the mud of concepts. 
This is a real problem with real victims and I am one of them. I’ve documented, and continue my experience and suffering in a blogthread on “theonetruth” called “2013 The Duckumentary”
ROB,
You are the duck man!
Ducks are wonderful creature, for centuries parents take their children to feed the duck.
I am amazed at what you are doing.
Tony