In This Crazy World, Let Love

The human experience is quite the ride, especially now, is it not? The absurdities, the divisiveness, the negative biased news, the constant searching for the next shock or laugh that has folks reaching for their devises, is amplified right now like no other time. We may want to hold our hands over our ears and scream STOP!

How much are you letting what is happening in the outer world effect your inner world? They are actually related. As within, so without. So the saying goes. It is like the researcher bias or searching the internet. You get what you are looking for. Your thoughts, intention and attention (focus) influence your experience. Don’t believe me? Think about when you confidently “knew” how something was going to go, often badly as our minds are biased toward danger and warnings to keep us “safe”, that went exactly like predicted.  And when you were a little less convinced of an outcome and went in with good intentions or an open mind and heart, and things went better than you dared to hope? 

Our energy effects the world around us. The world acts as a mirror to us. If we are having a good day, often nice people and good things seem to pop up. When we have decided it is a bad day, we get that reinforcement as everything that goes wrong “proves” it is a bad day. 

As an experiment, for one week set an intention as you start your day. It can be specific if you want, but I find it is best to focus on the big picture and overall feeling of the day rather than specific details happening or not happening. And you should always set your intention in the positive present tense. So rather than, “I want nothing to go wrong today” Or “I don’t want my boss to get angry with me over this late project”  You would state “I wish to see the beauty and good in each moment today” or “I intend a pleasurable connection with my boss and co-workers today.” 

You can write it down or say it out loud. I often add it to my todo list to see throughout the day. I don’t get out of bed for the day until I have written in my gratitude journal - either an appreciation (maybe for a good rest or bright morning) or setting an intention for the day. At the end of the week, reflect on each day to see if you can see where your intention came to be. 

This is because like attracts like. A musical note of B can’t resonate with any other note besides another B. If you vibrate with negativity and pessimism you will resonate with that in others and get more of that in your life. This is not to negate all lower energies we experience, as they are all beneficial. We just don’t want to linger too long in the lower ones. We want to feel them enough so they continue moving through and out and we find a more enjoyable feeling or vibration.

You can ask “how would it feel in my body if I kept my focus on the bigger picture, with love, of all that is occurring in my day/the world”. Allow your mind to notice and take in what it feels like to have that be true. Then return to that same feeling in your body (rather than just the thinking mind) throughout the day. 

Can you think of examples of when you got exactly what you were expecting and felt justified but disappointed at the same time? Sometime I think we want people to behave poorly because we want to reinforce our “rightness” about someone or something. Like Dr. Phil used to say, do you want to be right or do you want to be happy?  Choose happy more of the time and see what happens!