Getting out of your head and into your life

Dear Energy Lady,
My mind goes non-stop.  Most of the time, I don't like what it says.  Any suggestions?

Signed,
Is there a shut-off switch for thinking?

Dear Switch,
It's true that our minds are meant to serve us, but most of the time, we're serving them.  We have about 50,000 thoughts each day, but supposedly, more than 40,000 of them are negative.  This is for three reasons:

1) The negative keeps us safe.  It's our survival instinct telling us what not to do so we can protect ourselves.

2) We socialize along the lines of the negative.  If someone asks how you are and you go on and on about how wonderful your life is, they are likely to want to end the conversation fairly quickly.  You often hear people say, "I share/feel your pain," but not, "I share your happiness."

3) If nothing ever went wrong, we would have nothing to do.  Think of the movie "Pleasantville."  Things were so nice that life was terribly boring.

So we have a parade of negative thoughts all day that supposedly keep us safe, give us friends and help us stay busy.  You can use them to stir your energy to make something good happen, but if they're getting in the way of your feeling happy and blissful, then it's time to stop paying so much attention to them.   Higher forms of information and experience await.

One of the easiest ways to access this higher vibration is to get out of your head is to get into your life.  Try it right now.  Wherever you are, stop and look around.  Notice as many details as you can.  Where are you sitting?  What do you see?  What do you hear?  Is there any kind of smell or aroma in the air?  Who's with you?  What are they doing/not doing?  What makes this moment unique?

You'll likely find that the more you look around and take in what is in your immediate surroundings, the safer and more relaxed you'll feel--it's rare when there's anything wrong with the present moment.  When you do this, the voice of your "monkey mind" fades away..  When you're relaxed and open, higher mind intuition and messages can finally reach you.

So try accessing more of the love that's here for you in your energy field by loving the moment you're in right now.  Notice it the way you would the details of a new lover.  You'll find yourself more satisfied and connected to your higher energies than ever before.

Love,
EL