INTRODUCTORY THOUGHTS 2A

FYI another term/word/idea you can use here is “energy” or “energy field.” 

Energy is a concept we are all familiar with, but we do not think about very much. We do not usually perceive ourselves or the world we inhabit in terms of energy, but we are energy, we are energy systems. Our bodies are energy systems here in the material world. Our emotions are energy and also create energy beyond our senses, and then there is the realization of energy in deeper and more subtle ways. Music is a powerful example here. We have all probably experienced ourselves being moved by music--energized, relaxed, moved emotionally through joy or tears.
If you are familiar with Reiki, Healing Touch or any of the other energetic forms of healing, then you have a realization experience of energy/frequency/ vibration. 

For a practical example, let's use the metaphor of a radio.

Suppose you tune into a new age music station, and the music is soothing, calming, but you are wanting to clean the house or mow the lawn. It’s going to be quite difficult for you to align yourself with that frequency of calmness if you desire to do something that requires physical activity. Can you get a sense for that? Hard work/soothing music--I can almost feel the energies conflicting and competing with one another. 

Using the same radio station metaphor, imagine you find yourself agitated, depressed, upset, in other words in a low vibration or low energy state, you could choose to listen to some soothing music, Pachelbel’s Canon comes to mind (there is a wonderful version with the sounds of the ocean in the background, and since this is fairly short piece, the recording plays it over and over) and by gently relaxing you begin to allow yourself to align with the frequency of that music.
It’s all energy!

Personal example:  House Cleaning—-I set my ipod on my ’50’s rock and roll play list and even though cleaning the house might not be fun—it’s a heck of a lot easier.

When I want to relax, recharge, the frequency of ’50’s rock and roll is not going to cut it. I’m going to need to tune into another channel, a different frequency that will allow me to be more calm and restful. There are times when I might just let the music “take me” and there are other times when the music will be background as I am doing other things.

It might be difficult at times, but the same kind of choices are available to us.  When I discover I am on the angry channel or the self-pity channel or some other form of negativity, I can begin to choose to change the frequency of my thoughts.

I’m not going to pretend that kind of shift in consciousness is easy for us. I know for me, many times,  it takes effort to move my lower frequency to a higher one.
I’m not sure why, but sometimes the lower frequencies of anger, fear, self-pity, etc. can be quite seductive, and for some perverse reason I want to stay there.
That’s pretty crazy isn’t it?

These stuck times are when I really need to ask for help—which is a great gift of this book—to realize the help is right here. Sometimes, but not always, the simple act of asking for help begins to break or loosen the attachment to that negative vibe I found myself enmeshed in.