Raise your vibration for a great new week!

Happy New Week!
If the thought of Mondays doesn't thrill you, perhaps it's because you're not aware of the love that is within you and all around you.  See if the following doesn't change your week for the better:

1) When you wake up Monday morning (or any morning, for that matter), smile before you get out of bed.  You've seen me write several times that it is biologically impossible to feel bad when you're smiling, so you just raised your vibration before you even set foot on the floor.

2) Turn on some music while you're exercising or showering--the kind that makes you feel happy, bright and energized.  Let yourself dance!

3) As many times as you are able, say, "I am love, and everything I see before me is love incarnate."  The more you say it, the faster you'll realize that there isn't anything that isn't made of the energies of love, which vibrate at 500 or above.

4) Make eye contact with people, and again, smile.  There is a street performer named Marcus Young who will take as long as 3 hours to walk around one block.  His art?  Making eye contact with each person he sees, and giving them a smile.   One time when he did this, a young boy walked up to him and said, "Are you Jesus?"

5) If you start feeling negative during the day, Eckhart Tolle has written that you can try tuning into each area of your body, starting with your feet and moving up to your head.  As he suggests:  feel the aliveness!  When you get to your head, see if you can feel the vibration of your entire body as one energy unit.  Glow on!

6) Note how much lighter and brighter you feel when you're focused on seeing love or the opportunity to give or receive kindness, respect, caring and gratitude.   Then notice how many things are going right during the day, or at least not going wrong.

The higher your vibration, the better you feel and the more unblocked you are.  In that state, things can't help but go better for you.

Enjoy!
Love,
EL

Raising your vibration instantly

Dear Readers,
Continuing the theme from yesterday of having fun with energy this weekend, here's a quick, easy way to raise your vibration.  Remember that when you do this, you also raise the vibration of those around you, so you both feel good!   And if you raise your vibration without having a specific outcome in mind, you will likely find yourself having experiences even better than those you might have chosen for yourself.

So...ready?  To raise your vibration quickly and easily, do this:

Stop lowering it.

Yes, it is that simple.  You are naturally vibrant and buoyant.  It's only the stories, judgments, criticisms, doubts and other negative stuff that brings us down.  So knock it off.

Just stop doing it.  Catch yourself.  Every time you feel yourself thinking something negative about yourself or anyone/anything else, stop.  You don't have to be positive or find false reasons to praise.  Just don't be negative.  Let people and things be as they are.  You can think or say, "Oh, how interesting"  or "this is what I see" and then describe things objectively, without editorializing or stating an opinion.

So let a few of your negatives go.  Let them all go if you can.  You'll be amazed at how much lighter you feel.

Then smile, because the world will be smiling back at you.

Love,
EL

Playing with energy balls

Dear Readers,
With the weekend coming, I just wanted to share a fun technique that might yield you some delightful surprises by Monday morning.

It's called "tossing energy balls."  The fun part is that you won't immediately know who you're playing with, but at some point, you will.  You create and "toss" a ball of energy that's been infused with an intention out into the zero point field, knowing that it will become a point of light and attract similar energy to it.  When it does, you may (or may not) get a response from whoever else is looking for surprise and wonder.

Here's how you do it:   Start with a clear intention of what kind of energy you want to put out into the world.  Some examples are love, kindness, hope, caring, joy, gratitude, innovation, growth or transformation.  Use your imagination and choose an emotion, state of being or idea that you would like to "plant" out in the field.

Then take your hands and have your palms face each other, pointing forward, about 2" apart (not sure of the conversation to centimeters).  Keeping the centers of your palms close at all times, start making forward circles first with your left hand, then with your right, similar to rubbing both sides of a bass drum. The two hands should not be in sync, but rather, rotating so that one is moving forward while the other is moving backward.  But again, keep the centers of your palms about 2" apart the whole time.

Soon, you will feel energy "waking up" between your hands.  You might feel heat or tingling, or a fullness that tells you something is there.  Once you feel it, bend your fingers in and keep making the rotating circles.  Then move your hands in and out, again--palms facing each other.   In a couple of minutes, you should feel that you're holding an energy ball.  (Some of you may actually see the energy, but most will only feel it).

Once you're sure that it's there, use your imagination to "write" your intended word on the ball, or imagine it appearing inside the ball.  You may want to add color, scent or sound to your ball to give it additional energy.  You can make the ball any size you want.

When the ball is exactly the way you'd like it, toss it into the field.  Just release it, knowing it will go where and when it's needed.   You can make and launch as many energy balls as you like.  If this is your first time, try to keep them all within a theme so the combined energy is more vibrant.  If you make them on many different subjects and with very different intentions, you may not get much of a response.

Here's what can happen.  A friend of mine was visiting a major U.S. city, and had a dream that she was supposed to call a certain woman who lived there.  She did not know this woman, but when she looked her up, there was only one person of that name in the area.   She felt a little silly, but she called the woman and told her about the dream.  The woman answered, "Oh!  I put energy out into the field last night, and I was wondering who would receive and respond to it!"

So have fun.  Play ball!

Love,
EL

Controlling control freaks

Dear Energy Lady,
I saw your post about negative people in the workplace, but I'm wondering if there's any way I can use energy to "wake up" people who seem completely unaware that they're control freaks and bully everyone.  I can't believe they really want to be jerks--most of them seem like ok people when they're not under pressure.  Any thoughts?

Signed,
PL

Dear PL,
There are three ways you can try doing this.  One involves body; one the mind; and the third, the spirit.

For the body:  Simply say to the person, "you seem really stressed today.  Is everything ok?"  Or you can try some positive psychology:  "Let's focus on the outcome we want to create, and share the responsibilities."  Or you can try, "I know you don't mean to be this way, but you're coming across a little rough.   What's bothering you?"  If that doesn't work, you can try being direct (depending on who it is--I wouldn't recommend this with your boss):  "I don't need to be controlled.  Knock it off."

For the mind: Send positive thoughts to the person.  Try, "You're always calm and focused" or "I believe in you, and all is well."  Just do it over and over and over.  The benefit of this approach is that anything you think or send to another, you do to/for yourself as well.

For the spirit:  Open your heart and fill your etheric body with the pink light of pure love.  Reach out and energetically "hug" the person who's behaving badly.

Whatever you decide to try, form an intention first.  Are you just trying to control them?  That won't do anything but perpetuate the problem for both of you.  Wake yourself up to the love you know both you and they are, and then follow your intuition and guidance from there.

Love,
EL

Can't keep up my vibration at work

Dear Energy Lady,
I do everything I can to raise my vibration and keep it high.  I meditate at dawn, eat natural foods, only read or watch things that make me feel good, and try to remain as mindful as I can throughout the day.   The problem is that inevitably, I run into some energy vampire or customer problem that immediately throws me down into the range of anger or doubt.  What can I do about that?

Signed,
C.G.

Dear C,
You're describing a situation that most of us have experienced.  Even with the best intentions, we can find ourselves impacted by others with strong negative energy, and it can, indeed, pull us down.

As I have said many times, we cannot create in another's life.  But this said, we are all aspects of the same divine source, so it's possible to connect at a core level.

So try one of these approaches:
--Once you have yourself in a good vibrational state in the morning, put on a veil of protective white or pink light to keep out all energy that isn't loving or of higher vibration.  You can visualize this by focusing on your heart and letting the energy out around you, 360-degrees.  Or you can physically stand up, reach down and pull it up from the earth until it covers your body and over your head.

--Another thing you can try is to affirm, "I am love, and love surrounds and protects me from all negativity as I go about my day."  You can also use an affirmation before you walk in the door of your workplace:  "I intend to stay in the vibration of love today at work, regardless of circumstances."

--A third approach is to use the negative situation for love practice.  As you are being "attacked" vibrationally, send out a stream of unconditional love for the person or the situation.  Just love, love, love, love.  See the situation from a divine, not a human perspective.  Miracles can happen this way.

--Another idea is to see if the negative situation in any way represents unresolved anger, fear, doubt, etc. in you.  If so, an approach like Byron Katie's "The Work" might help you surface and resolve it once and for all.  www.thework.com  (look at resources; use the "Judge Your Neighbor" worksheet and then call one of their free facilitators to help you through it)

--Finally, you can try expanding your etheric body to cover your entire workplace.  Then open your heart and fill it with green light and love.  In other words, change the vibrational environment and see if that doesn't change things for the better.

Wishing you a peaceful day at work!

Love,
EL

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

Goal getting

Dear Energy Lady,
My mind is filled with goals, but even when I get started on them, I never seem to reach them.   Is there anything I can do energetically to change that?

Signed,
Weary of trying

Dear Weary,
This is going to sound crazy, but stop trying to reach your goals.  The key word in that sentence is "trying."  When you "try," you basically disconnect yourself from having your goals fulfilled.   Energetically, you can't both "try" and "have."  You have to make a choice.  So choose "have."

I can hear your argument--"but I don't have the goals, and my body knows that I'm lying!"  So consider this:  your thoughts originate not in your brain, but in your mental body.  By the time you're aware of them, they have come through several different dimensions.  So you actually do "have" them, or rather--they have "had" you for quite some time.  They're yours in their vibrational state; they're attached to you, and they've been around long enough that you can't help but want to experience them in physical form.

OK, now I hear you saying, "But I haven't manifested them!"  Again, yes you have--the thoughts are your proof.  What you haven't done is take action on them and/or fulfill them in the physical world.  And that's an entirely different thing.

So here's another perspective.  The problem with reaching goals is just that--there's a mental separation between where you are now and where you'll be when you complete them.  In that separation is time, effort, space, etc.  But all that is just mind junk, since in the quantum universe, time is not linear and effort is not needed.  If you don't believe me, just visualize the result out loud.  Imagine not that you are at the starting line, but at the finish line, with your goal fulfilled.  Close your eyes and describe what you see, hear, smell, taste and feel when your happy ending has come true.  By doing this, you've made your goal come true in this moment.  That's really all you need to do to start bringing in what you need to experience it in physical form.  

If that's too esoteric, here's an easy trick to try:  just find something fun to do that gets you started.  As Yoda said in Star Wars, "Do or not do.  There is no try."  Or, as Nike says, "Just do it."  But make sure you're enjoying yourself.  As long as you're enjoying what you're doing, you're resonating with the feeling of having the result of the goal.   If you're not, question the goal.  Is this something you think you should want, or something that you FEEL that you want?  If it's the former, that may be one reason why you're not fulfilling the goals.  If it's the latter, then just keep doing one more thing each day that feels great and moves you forward.

So stop goal SETTING, and start goal GETTING.  Get that you already have it, or you couldn't be thinking about it.  Get that you are an energetic being, and that "trying" isn't necessary.  Get the feeling of having the goal fulfilled. And then get going and have some fun!

Love,
EL