Apathy, rise above it and spring foward!

March has arrived with the promise of spring and the hope for warmer weather and longer days!  It is easy to hope for better weather, be optimistic when it comes to the external forces of nature, be confident that each season will repeat each and every year.  But, what about other aspects of life?  What happens when you spiral into low self-esteem, find yourself apathetic, indifferent, with a feeling of despair?  Perhaps viewing your life like the seasons will provide a catalyst, a grain of hope that things can change and a new season of life is one step ahead.

 

To rise above this level of indifference you need to FEEL, to CARE, maybe even get angry and shed a few tears.  Do not give up, have faith that you deserve all the good that life has to offer and then go out and get it. Pursue something that you find interesting, put your heart and soul into it and you will create high level consciousness even if the results are not the way you anticipated.  Try, try and then try again.  The process itself will lift your spirits.

Life is an emotional roller-coaster, when things appear hopeless and that feeling of despair  creeps in, just  keep reminding yourself that, "this too, will pass".  Provide yourself and others with optimism and willingness to adjust, change or move on.  Giving up is just not an option. There is always another season just around the corner.   

During this month leading into spring, I am going to try to rise my level of consciousness out of apathy and despair by  making changes, giving hope, and viewing the next season of life with optimism.  I will change how I view each situation and change the energy that I am sending out to the universe each day.  Tapping into the law of attraction, I will try to stay with positive high energy emotions and create an atmosphere that encourages growth.

Love begins with you ...

Before you can extend love to others, you need to love yourself, unconditionally.  To discover yourself and love who you really are, you must tune into your emotions.  What excites you, what brings you joy.  This month do something for yourself that creates that joyful feeling.  Be selfish, don't do things just because they appear like the right thing to do.  The more love you have, the more you will have to give away to others.

Love is a high energy attractor.  As you put it out there, love will attract more positive energy back to you. Finding love for yourself may require you to explore outside your comfort zone.  Take a leap, take a chance to be yourself regardless of what is popular or expected.  Take off your mask and be true to yourself.



Choose the path that brings you the most joy.  When we do things that we are passionate about we feel love and value our own self-worth.  We are happy with what we are doing and can then pat ourselves on the back for a job well done.  External validation simply comes as a bonus.

 Allow yourself to be ... (Energy in Motion, allow yourself to be - see book preview to the right), this is more difficult than it sounds!  To connect to your inner self, you need to stop DOING and ACCUMULATING and begin the practice of simply BEING.
Be alone, Be quiet, Be still.  Try meditation, yoga, walking in nature.  It is in the space between your thoughts that clarity will arise and your love will be able to blossom.  Once you discover this love you can then begin to spread it outward to others as a natural way of being.

Winter Wonderland

The New Year is here, ready for you to enjoy in new wonderful ways.  While New Year's resolutions are good and sometimes motivate a change, they are often too difficult and hopeful rather than realistic.  They are a struggle to keep and attract negative thoughts that end up turning the hope into hopelessness and are abandoned altogether.

This year I am going try a new strategy...each month I'm going to pick something that will help advance my level of consciousness.  You can rise to a new high, naturally, by minimizing the lower energy emotions, thoughts and actions.  By filtering out these negative emotions you do not create the positive high level emotions, you simply reveal them. The negative, or low level emotions have simply been blocking or masking the positive high that is within.

Focus on the Beauty

Blame and guilt are near the bottom of the levels of consciousness.  Try to become become aware of each time they enter your mind.  At the beginning, just be aware of them, how often they creep into your thoughts, how often you use them with yourself, your family, your friends or acquaintances.   As you become more aware, try to dismiss the thoughts before they occupy too much time and space or are verbalized.  Eventually, the habit of automatically jumping to the level of blame and guilt will be gone.  You may have fleeting thoughts of guilt or blame but they will disappear quickly, they will not bring you down into a negative energy space that affects your peacefulness.

Reveal The Colour  

Feeling guilty is one of the lowest levels of consciousness, (Recommended reading: Power vs. Force, David R. Hawkins, M.D., Ph. D.), it is associated with emotions of blame, and is destructive in its process.  Human beings are given free will to choose their actions, feeling guilty afterward is really a waste of energy.  What is done, is done.  Blaming others for what has happened or for how you feel is also pointless.  This habit of blaming someone else when things don't work out the way you want is very common.  Blaming the weather, for example, for not enjoying the day.  Try instead to do what you want despite the weather, look for new ways to enjoy yourself. 

Marvel at Nature

When you are confronted with someone that is full of blame or guilt try to rise their level of consciousness with overriding positive input.  Do not engage in arguing their point just add a positive twist on the situation.  If you find certain people or situations difficult to manage your level of emotions, walk away or avoid spending time with them. As you become more conscious you will find it easier to block their negative emotions and you will attract more positive people and situations into your life. 

The emotion of blame and conscious level of guilt are negative inhibitors that are blocking your ability to access love, joy and peace in your life.  Practise awareness, and minimize the encroachment of these thoughts. Have fun and keep it simple!  There is no ultimate success or failure only degrees with which you can enjoy each moment that is your life.