In the metaphysical body, this often presents as a dullness or collapse in the aura, a contraction of light, or even a sense of emptiness. The person may feel as if they are “going through the motions” without meaning or direction, like a vessel with no wind to guide it.
How Dispiritedness Shows Up in the Energy Body
Energetically, being dispirited commonly affects:
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The Heart Chakra: causing emotional numbness, loneliness, or grief
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The Solar Plexus: diminishing confidence and personal power
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The Crown Chakra: severing the feeling of connection to Source
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The Root Chakra: undermining feelings of security and grounding
It is not unusual for the entire energy system to become sluggish, dim, or incoherent. The aura may contract, become porous, or take on a grayish tone. There may be a sense of spiritual “quiet”—as if the inner voice or divine spark has gone silent.
Why Light Retreats
Dispiritedness can arise from a number of sources:
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Prolonged stress or emotional discouragement
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Spiritual betrayal or crisis of faith
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Grief, trauma, or complex/compounded loss
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Feeling disconnected from purpose or community
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Exposure to dense collective energies or empathic overload
Environmental disquiet, disharmony, toxicity or chaos
Dispirited ≠ Depression (But They May Overlap)
While being dispirited shares some traits with clinical depression, it is not purely a mental health issue—it is a spiritual and energetic one. Depression may involve chemical imbalance, dispiritedness often stems from soul-level depletion, spiritual wounding, or disconnection from one's life force.
Of course, the two can co-exist. But healing dispiritedness requires a different kind of tending—one that honors the unseen world of energy, meaning, and soul.
A Holistic Healing Approach
To begin healing, we must offer the soul an invitation—not a demand—to return to vigor and wholeness. Since the spirit often withdraws when no longer feeling safe, seen, or nourished, any coaxing should be gentle. Rather than pushing ourselves to “snap out of it,” we must create conditions of inner warmth, reverence, and safety.
Helpful practices include:
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Reiki focused on the heart and crown chakras
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Gentle chakra clearing and breathwork
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Visualization journeys that welcome the spirit back home to wholeness
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Sound healing with heart-resonant frequencies
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Nature immersion (especially water, trees, and open sky)
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Quiet ritual or sacred rest
And most importantly: patience. The soul returns when it feels honored, not hurried.
Affirmations for a Dispirited Soul
- My spirit is welcome here.
- I am creating space for healing and remembrance.
- Even depleted, I am sacred.
- I trust in the gentle rekindling of my fire.
- I honor the parts of me that needed to go quiet.
- I am patient with the rhythm of my soul’s return.
- My energy body is restoring itself with grace.
- I am safe to feel joy again.
- My light has never left me—it only dimmed to protect itself.
- I open my heart to warmth, color, and meaning.
- I receive divine presence, even when I feel far away from it.
- It is safe for my soul to be fully present in my body.
- I invite wonder, ease, and spiritual breath into my day.
- I am becoming whole by remembering who I’ve always been.
- I am rooted in softness, guided by the quiet flame within.
- Every breath I take nourishes my returning vitality.
- I welcome peace into the chambers where sorrow once lived.
- I am not broken—I am reweaving myself with light.
- I forgive myself for needing to retreat.
- My aura expands gently as I reconnect with Source.
- I trust the process of becoming luminous again.
A Return to the Sacred Self
Being dispirited is not a failure or weakness. It is a message—one that says the soul needs tending, rest, and reconnection. When we stop seeing dispiritedness as simply a bad mood and start recognizing it as a sacred alert from the energetic body, we begin to treat ourselves with the grace and reverence that true healing requires.
The light may dim, but it never disappears. It waits—quietly, patiently—for us to remember the way back to ourselves.
Techniques to Increase Light
The Light-Calling Breath (Energetic Re-Inflation)--This gentle breathwork practice invites life force energy back into the body in an easily absorbed and enlivening manner. This breath can be done daily, especially in the morning, to reawaken the energetic body slowly and compassionately.
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Sit or lie down comfortably in a quiet space.
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Place one hand on your heart, the other on your belly.
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As you inhale through the nose, imagine breathing in golden-white light.
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Hold for a few seconds at peak inhalation and proclaim silently: “I welcome my light.”
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Exhale gently through the mouth and release any doubt, or stagnation.
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Repeat this cycle for 5–10 minutes, visualizing your body refilling with brightness and ease.
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Stand or sit and take a few deep breaths.
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Using your hands, gently “brush” the air around your body from top to bottom—down the front, sides, and back. Imagine you are sweeping away fog or dust.
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Then, close your eyes and place your hands on your heart. Speak a chosen affirmation aloud, such as: I am a vessel filling with my full light or My spirit is whole, and it is safe to shine.
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Repeat the affirmation slowly three times, letting the vibration settle into your field.
This simple ritual can be done at dusk or dawn—liminal times that mirror the transition from dark to light. It can be repeated weekly or whenever you feel disconnected from your inner spark.
You will need:
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A small white candle
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A bowl of clean water
Steps:
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Create a quiet space where you will not be disturbed.
Place the water and candle before you.
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Light the candle, and place it near the water to see the light reflecting in the water.
Dip your fingers into the water which now is enlivened with candlelight and anoint your brow and heart areas. Anoint any other places on the body you're drawn to.
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Sit in stillness for a few moments. Let any feeling rise and pass without judgment.
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When finished, pour the water into each palm and finally, rub your hands together, snuff the candle and express gratitude.
Divine Source of Light and Breath,
When the flame within me grows weak,
When joy feels far away and meaning dissipates,
Hold me in your radiance.
I call back the light of my spirit scattered by sorrow.
I call back the presence of wonder, and of quiet grace.
Even in my twilight of spirit, I am a child of the Great Light.
Let your current move through me,
Restore my breath and rhythm,
Rekindle my heart,
Reunite me with the sacredness of being alive.
Make my spirit rise in illumination again.
