Did you know that the universe blinks in and out of existence millions of times per second? This is not just more of my metaphysical mumbo jumbo. I read about this in a book called "The New Quantum Physics". As a matter of fact, there is more time spent in it's *void* blinked-out state, than in its blinked-in state (they had better words for this phenonmenon). My point? It's quite possible that 'reality' just aint what we think. The theory is that we change things simply by observing. So, it may answer that age-old question: If a man is in the woods and a woman is not around to observe, is he still wrong? :) Seriously, what if our *reality* is a cosmic movie that we are collectively acting, producing and directing? If so, and if even some of us believed it, could we change the world? This blog and two that will follow, are based on three books -- "Ask and It Is Given", "The Amazing Power of Deliberate Intent", and "The Law of Attraction", by Esther and Jerry Hicks.
I will always remember 2006 as the year that my life eclipsed. What I have learned most of all is that wonderful things await where the smoke clears in the place beyond the pain. My darkest moment came on July 13, a day that I will never forget. At 8am, my ex was screaming at me about something lame. Not wanting to fight, I gathered up my laptop and accessories in one hand, my mouse dangling from the other, and tried to make my way to the door. She blocked my way. "You're not going anywhere!", she said. I tucked my shoulder and plowed through her, and as I reached the door, she said the most hurtful thing another person has said to me: "Get out of my house!!!" (a house that we had always called "ours"). My reply was the most hateful thing i've said to another person: "I wish I had never met you!".
Crying too hard now to work, I drove out to Clifton Gorge, ironically, the place where we had become *engaged* seven years prior. Not noticing the stairs were wet and slippery, my feet came out from under me, and I slid down the entire flight on my back. When I reached the bottom, I was still holding my now-empty coffee cup, its contents spilled all over my brand new white J.Crew polo. My right arm had taken the trip behind me, tearing my rotator cuff.
As I lay there, looking up at the sky--hurt, burned, and pissed--it was my defining moment. The moment I realized that if something didn't change and soon, I wouldn't survive. What had I been reduced to in 7 years? I had become a person that I barely recognized. The love of my life had turned into someone I didn't know either. At that moment, I decided to make my move. My family and friends saw this as a "no-brainer", but I don't think anyone could understand what it meant to me to potentially lose two major things at the same time--my partner, and the business that I had poured my soul into for six years. I didn't think I had the strength to carry on with my business, but a very well-known clairvoyant told me that it would be very successful if I just held on, and crazy as this may be, from that I found the strength. Will this be an inevitable future, or self-fulfilling prophesy? Chicken or egg? Perhaps it makes no difference.
I do not believe that other people can bring you bad luck (nor do I believe in *luck* for that matter). I do believe, however, that your own energy and being will attract or repel people, opportunities and events consistent with your state of mind and what you project. This is the *Law of Attraction* which states that you attract what you *predominantly* think about, even if you think about what *don't want*.
Every now and then, you just hit a day where everything just *clicks* and you feel unstoppable. What if every day could be like that? We are vibrational beings. Our world is made up of waves -- even solids are dense waves -- and waves vibrate.
Our emotions are a sort of gauge to where we are on this vibrational scale. Have you ever been depressed, and get annoyed by someone who is extremely "bubbly"? Their "emotional set point" is higher. Or perhaps you feel "drug down" by someone who is negative. Theirs is lower. We cannot "line up" or connect with those who vibrate too far from where we are on the scale. Nor can we "jump" too far from where we are on the scale to a place higher or lower. The key is to find the "next best thought", one that makes us feel just a little bit better.
I found this interesting because for a long time, I struggled with depression, and everyone said to "just be happy" (they annoyed me!). But according to these authors (and I believe this now through using their methods), from a place of depression, "anger" is better because it puts us in place of empowerment (this is certainly not advice that I had ever received). But then from anger you find the next best emotion, then the next. I can tell you that this thought process has transformed my life.
This emotional range is below, taken from "Ask and It Is Given". The book has many techniques for increasing your vibrational setpoint. The purpose for this, other than 'feeling better' is that when we are vibrationally compatible with our 'inner self', (meaning at #1 - Joy), we are in a place where we can manifest what we want. But a very important part of this is to focus on what we want, rather than what we don't want. When things are going bad, we have a tendency to say, "I don't want to be treated this way", or "I don't have enough money". This puts us in a vibrational place where we attract more of the same.
The first step, then, is to commit to being happy. That may sound rediculous, but we are used to thinking how we think, and can have an addiction to negative thought patterns. For example, mulling over a situation where someone "did us wrong" is not exactly the path to joy. Neither is beating ourselves up with negative self-talk. Certainly, we need to work through situations that come up, but at some point, it's time to let go and find our way to a better place. When we experience joy, we are in alignment with our inner self (our soul) and from that place in the center, according to the law of attraction, will begin to experience other thoughts and situations that match.
Here is an example from my life using the emotional scale below. Notice that it's difficult to go from the 1st statement to the 8th, but reaching for a thought that's "a little better" is much more attainable:
1. Computers suck! They never work right! (17 - Anger)
2. Microsoft makes crappy products and never supports them (15 - Blame)
3. I wanted to go for a walk, but now I have to fix this! (12 - Disappointment)
4. Someday Linux will take over (6 - Hopefulness)
5. I think I can fix this soon (5 - Optimism)
6. If I fix this soon, I could still go for a walk (4 - Positive Expectation)
7. If computers worked like they're supposed to, I would have to flip burgers (1 - Appreciation)
8. I feel really good about myself when I can fix a hard problem (1 - Empowerment)
Emotional Scale:
1. Joy/Knowledge/Empowerment/Freedom/Love/Appreciation
2. Passion
3. Enthusiasm/Eagerness/Happiness
4. Positive Expectation/Belief
5. Optimism
6. Hopefulness
7. Contentment
8. Boredom
9. Pessimism
10. Frustration/Irritation/Impatience
11. Overwhelmment
12. Disappointment
13. Doubt
14. Worry
15. Blame
16. Discouragement
17. Anger
18. Revenge
19. Hatred/Rage
20. Jealousy
21. Insecurity/Guilt/Unworthiness
22. Fear/Grief/Depression/Despair/Powerlessness
Live with Joy!
Lory
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