Holding a Higher Vibration

by Erin Pavlina -

Love and gratitude are extremely high vibrations. 

Learn how to call upon them at will. One person walking the planet in a state of love and gratitude balances more than a hundred walking in fear.

As human beings, we experience a wide range of emotions. All emotions are important because they give us feedback about what’s going on in our lives.

When we feel sad, we usually prefer to feel happy. When we feel anxious, we usually prefer to feel calm. When something negative or bad happens in our lives, we generally want the situation to improve, right?

Emotional Energy

Emotions can be a great tool to help us figure out where we are and help create contrast so we know where we want to be.

• Emotions that tend to feel uncomfortable include shame, guilt, sadness, fear, anxiety and anger.

• Emotions that tend to feel good include love, joy, gratitude and peace.

• Emotions aren’t just about how you feel inside. 

• Your emotional state emits a vibration that impacts others.

Think about how you would feel if you were in an elevator, happy as a clam and a bunch of other people get on the elevator. Then the elevator stops between floors and one person starts to really freak out, panicking, flailing about, screaming, etc.

What happens to your state? 

Does your vibration change? Probably. That panicky person’s energy field is impacting your energy field and they influence each other.

Or imagine you are sitting in a park, reading a book, enjoying the sunshine, and listening to the sounds of happy children playing, and a person sits down next to you and starts sobbing, talking about how they’ve just learned their child has inoperable brain cancer. What’s going to happen to your vibration?

It’s normal and natural for us to be affected by other people’s energy.

Likewise, a sad person can be uplifted by a happy person. A person feeling intense shame can be uplifted by a person who shows them unconditional love.

The energy transfer works both ways.

Now what if you could consciously hold a high vibration like love or gratitude? What if you could hold that vibration in the face of a hundred people who were standing in fear?

• Think of speakers who stand in front of large crowds of people and are able to change the entire energy of a crowd just by their words and the energy behind them.

• Think of leaders who can reassure crowds that everything is going to be okay after a major disaster.

• Think of humanitarians who can go into a ravaged village and bring them peace.

One person standing in a high vibration can affect hundreds if not thousands of people standing in a lower vibration.

Likewise, one person standing in anger can create fear among hundreds of people in a crowd, like a terrorist with a bomb. You have the capacity to affect the energy fields of thousands of people. 

What energy will you cast out into the world? 

What vibration will you stand in? Will you contribute to a peaceful world or a world of fear? You have the power to choose your vibration. Use it consciously.

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Recovering From an Emotional Setback

by Erin Pavlina -

Question: How do you raise your energy when you’ve been stepped on and emotionally trounced by another person, and your self esteem is so low that you can’t even imagine ever being happy again?

Answer: I think everyone goes through periods in their lives when they feel stepped on and emotionally crushed. Sometimes the emotional pain is worse than any physical pain you can imagine. I know, I’ve been there myself. Trying to find happiness, trying to find even a smidgeon of joy can be difficult, especially if you have low self esteem or otherwise feel powerless.

RECOVERY TIPS:

Find positive thoughts. 

What has always worked for me is grasping at the positive, no matter how faint or how far off it may seem. Find one thought that makes you feel a little tiny bit better. “Well, at least I have a roof over my head.” Or, “Well, at least I still have my family.”

Try not to let yourself become overwhelmed with negative feelings or they will bury you in an avalanche of despair from which it’s hard to dig yourself out.

Keep grasping at thoughts that put you in a better position than you initially saw yourself. Make a list of what you still have that’s important to you or that makes you feel good, safe, or secure.

Connect with loved ones. 

Another way to raise your energy is to talk to someone who loves you and cares about you. Friends and family are excellent at helping you see that you are not alone, and helping you find positive thoughts. Let them know you need help and ask them if they will listen to your problem.

Keep your perspective. 

It’s also important to put things into perspective. Maybe it’s not as bad as you’re imagining. Compartmentalize your problem so you don’t let it permeate your whole life.

Maybe you lost your job but you have an awesome and supportive wife and 3 great kids who are the light of your life. Maybe your husband asked you for a divorce but you’ve got great friends and a fantastic career.

Help others. 

One of the best ways to raise your energy is to help someone else who is down, troubled, or depressed. By offering a blessing to another you will feel blessed in return to be able to help someone.

It’s a win-win because the other person gets something that will help them and you begin to feel better and more powerful yourself.

Feel gratitude. 

Nothing raises your energy higher than offering prayers of thanks for what you have.

Learn from the situation. 

Your situation may really be quite horrible but what’s worse is to fall into the same trap again. If you just left an abusive relationship, learn from it and don’t get into another one.

If you just got fired figure out what you really want to be doing and see it as an opportunity to find something better. If you think low self esteem got you into the situation, work on improving your self esteem.

Don’t beat yourself up. 

What you don’t want to do is beat yourself up after someone else has already beaten you up. That serves no purpose. If you start hearing thoughts in your head like, “I’m just a stupid-head,” or “I’m a no good rotten person who isn’t worthy of love,” or “Who is going to hire me now?” you just stop those thoughts right out of the gate! That’s fear talking.

You can’t allow yourself the luxury of a negative thought. That will anchor your feet under the water and you’ll drown. Keep your chin up. If you can’t find a positive thought at least don’t let the negative ones creep in.

Take care of yourself. 

Take some time to do something joyful. See a movie, take a walk, call a good friend, get a spa treatment, dine at your favorite restaurant. Indulge yourself a little. Don’t do something destructive like eat 10 bowls of ice cream but do something to show yourself that you still care.

Sometimes bad things happen. How you handle it determines the course of your life. Will you pull through or allow it to bury you? Find strength in what you still have going for you.

Sometimes life throws us into the raging river. Whether we sink or swim is up to us. Keep your chin up and your head above water so you can find your way back to the shore. Look for help along the way. It can come from many places.

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