We've been exploring the idea of calling everything in our lives "good."
Today, we'll talk about why this is so important and what actually happens
when we perceive the people and the things around us as all good.
Have you ever noticed that when you're happy, you feel light and when you're
unhappy or fearful, you feel heavy? We even use terms like "heavy-hearted"
to describe our feelings when we're sad or troubled or concerned, and
"light- hearted" when we're happy, joy-filled and carefree. There's a reason
for this. And it has to do with vibrations.
You've no doubt heard before that we live in a vibrational universe. Despite
its appearance, our world is not solid at all, but consists of countless
waves and particles of energy, each vibrating at a frequency that draws and
binds similar energy particles and waves, which eventually coalesce to
become the objects we perceive to be solid and dense.
It's not just the world and objects around us that are giving off this
illusion of solidity. There is nothing really solid about us, either. We
look and feel and taste and sound solid and substantial because our senses
interpret energy vibrations and frequencies in a certain way that is
translated and accepted into our thought processes as solidity. We interpret
everything else the same way. And we do so without giving it a jot of
conscious thought.
It's not just people and objects that vibrate, though. Thoughts and
feelings and words do too. In fact, every thought you think and every word
you speak carries with it a vibration. Even the most fleeting thought,
lingering in your mind for no more than a millisecond, will vibrate at a
certain frequency that will attract to or be drawn to other similar
frequencies.
Every emotional and feeling state you experience changes the vibrational
frequency you are sending out to the world. Like two ends of a scale, the
vibrations emitted by sadness, fear, anger or hatred are of a much denser,
lower frequency than the one emitted when you are experiencing feelings of
happiness or love or serenity.
To make this easier to understand, let's imagine a vibrational scale with
love on the high end and fear on the lower. (We're using
love and fear because, these are the only two "real" emotions and every
other emotion we experience is a derivative of one or the other.) Let's
further say that on astandard run-of-the-mill kind of day, your emotions are
romping all over the place, running the gamut from one end of the scale to
the other. You find yourself upset with your spouse before going to work,
but are delighted a couple of hours later when your boss okays your raise.
Then later in the day you get into a minor confrontation with a co-worker,
leaving you frustrated and irritated. On the way home from work, you get
pulled over for speeding and your stomach tightens because you know one more
speeding ticket is going to cause your insurance rates to sky rocket. But
the traffic officer decides against ticketing you and gives you just a
warning, instead and you feel immediate relief. By the end of the day, your
emotions have run up and down the scale a dozen times or more and as you
prepare for bed, you realize you're exhausted, feeling as if you've been on
an emotional roller coaster ride the whole day long. You're certainly not
alone. In fact, most folks live in this kind of emotional state.
Naturally, because your vibration is changing on a moment-by-momentbasis,
the frequencies you send out are going to be erratic, and what you will
experience as a result will feel far less than perfect. Because of this
vibrational free-for-all, you may find yourself surrounded by clutter or
even chaos -- or worse -- depending upon the dominant trend of your
feelings.
That's because the conditions in your life do not exist as independent
entities. They arise out of your emotional and feeling state. Contrary to
what you may have always believed, conditions in your life are not the cause
of your emotional state; they are the effect of it. If you want to change
the conditions in your life, you have to change the way you think and feel
first.
Naturally, when you make a conscious decision to perceive everything in your
world -- even those things you do not understand -- as good, then your
vibration tends to linger on the higher end of the scale. Because of this
change in perception, you find yourself feeling freer, lighter, more loving
and with a greater sense of well-being.
And every single time you bless another person, situation and object in your
life, your emotional vibration will not only move to
the higher end of the scale, it will actually insure that you are blessed in
return. Why? Because as your vibrational frequency
changes, it will go out and find people, things and situations that match it
and bring them back to you. For the good you send out,
good will be returned to you.
In metaphysical circles, this is known as the law of attraction in action.
There's been a great deal of discussion about the law of attraction in the
last couple of years, especially since the publication of the "Secret", but
in reality there is nothing secretive about any of this. Mystics, sages and
philosophers have been telling us about these basic life principles since
the dawn of mankind. Jesus spoke of it over 2000 years ago in his Sermon on
the Mount when he said we should "seek the kingdom" first. Seek God:
find "the good" and then everything else will be "added unto you." Before
Jesus, Buddha taught the same principle when he spoke of right mindfulness.
And in one form or another, it has been a basic teaching in every major
religion since time began.
Like speed limit laws that apply to even that unmarked stretch of highway
out in the middle of nowhere, these same fundamental life "laws" apply now
and have always applied, whether we know about them or not. When we do begin
to understand them, however, and adhere to them, life simply works better.
Not because we're doing anything special, but because we're working with
life instead of operating contrary to it.
That is the beauty of blessing. It takes us from a place of judgment and
condemnation into a realm of "right mindedness" and allows us to immediately
shift our vibration to the highest possible state, that of unconditional
love.
*Today's exercise:*
Just as the fingers move up and down the keyboard when a piano student
practices scales, in today's exercise, you'll let
your thoughts move up and down the emotional keyboard and then record your
observations in your Journal.
First, you'll need to find a quiet place where you can "tune in" to your
feelings for a few moments. Take a few deep breaths and quiet your mind. Pay
attention to how you feel right now and on a scale from one to ten, with one
being the lowest and ten being the highest vibration, determine where your
vibrational frequency is at the moment.
Now, purposely think about something that will lower your vibration. It can
be something that saddens you, makes you angry, or engenders fear. It can be
something you find troubling now, or have in the past. Don't spend a great
deal of time thinking about it, just long enough to allow yourself to feel
an emotional response. You may notice that your body feels slightly
heavier, or a small knot begins to build in your stomach. You may feel a
slight building of tension in your neck or shoulders, or a slight drop in
your energy level resulting in slumped shoulders or a down turned mouth.
Because you won't be spending a great deal of time on this exercise, the
changes will most likely be quite subtle, but noticeable nonetheless. Once
you've observed the changes in your body and the way you feel, record the
responses in your journal.
Now, work your way to the opposite end of the vibrational scale by thinking
the sweetest, purest, most delightful thought you can conjure. Spend a few
minutes reliving a beautiful moment in your past, or creating one for your
future, or even better, think of someone -- yourself, for instance -- you
can bless with unconditional love and do so. Just as you did before, notice
the changes in your emotional and feeling response and record them in your
journal.
Completing this exercise not only tunes you into your own vibrational scale,
but makes you aware of just how easily and quickly it can be changed. Try
to develop a habit of consciously checking this scale often by simply asking
yourself "how do I feel now?" Whenever you realize your vibration is
hovering at the low end of the scale, bring it back up with a change in
mindset. My personal favorite way of increasing my own vibrational frequency
is to take a quick Blessing Breather and then bless my spirit, my body and
my world with love, joy and peace. Once I begin to feel my heart filling
with love and peace, I imagine it flowing out from me to bless the entire
world and everyone in it. This takes only a few seconds, but serves as an
immediate "upper", no matter how often I do it.
*Today's affirmation:*
"My entire being vibrates with love and joy and peace. I am truly
blessed."
*Today's quote:*
"One of the greatest needs this planet has for healing is blessing.
It is under blessed. Under blessed reality is like empty calories.
A blessing enhances possibilities for good. Like an enzyme for
growth, like a catalyst in a chemical process, blessings serve to
help a living process surmount the barriers that obstruct it."
-- Zalman Schachter-Shalomi , from "Jewish With Feeling "
Remember, it is ALWAYS BETTER TO BLESS. And it is ALL GOOD!
May you be blessed,
Chitra Jha
Life Skills Coach
http://chitrabuddha.sulekha.com
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