Out of control thinking

Dear Energy Lady,
Does thinking raise or lower your vibration?  Mine is kind of wild-mostly scary.  Since there's no switch in my brain, what am I supposed to do?

Signed,
Head Game

Dear Game,
Thinking is a little game we play with ourselves.  It can raise your vibration when it's focused on something positive, but if you're forcing those positive thoughts because your beliefs are really negative, then those positive thoughts don't do much to raise your vibration.  In fact, the stress of trying to be positive when you're feeling negative actually limits or lowers your vibration.  But if the positive thoughts are of gratitude, love and joy, then yes-they can help raise your vibration.

But negative thoughts are not so bad, depending on what you do with them.  If you use them for contrast to determine what you do want, then they can be seen as helpful in the creative process.

You said, however, that your thoughts are scary.  So in your case, they're probably lowering your vibration.

What can you do?  Several things.  Try catching yourself in the act of thinking them.  Then watch them, as if someone else were having them.  They lose their power as soon as you objectify them.   You can also try enlarging your energy field until it covers the earth.  From that viewpoint, your "scary" thoughts will seem pretty small and insignificant.

You can also try meditating.  That's the most time-honored way of lowering the volume on your thoughts.

For other ways to get your thoughts under control, check out the Sedona Method, The Work by Byron Katie, or anything in the Buddhist tradition.

Love,
EL