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A couple weeks ago when I was at the Abraham-Hicks seminar in Phoenix, Arizona, one of the things Abraham said that really stuck out to me was this:

“You can never feel bad enough to make someone who feels bad feel better.”

Abraham went on to explain that putting yourself in a state of misery does not help someone reach a state of joy.

When tragedies happen, it is very normal to feel sad for the victims and angry at the perpetrators. When tragedy happens, it is very normal to feel powerless and want to instigate actions to prevent tragedy from happening again. It’s normal to want to make sense of the tragedy, to understand why, to point the finger, to place blame, to do whatever is in your power to make sure it never happens again.

Your heart goes out to the victims and their families. All very normal.

But one of the most important things you can do when tragedy strikes is not to slip into a lower vibration like sadness and anger. Rather, one of the best things you can do for the world is to keep your vibration high.

I’m not suggesting you ignore what has happened. I’m not suggesting it’s not worth thinking about. But as Abraham said, you can never feel bad enough to make someone who feels bad feel better.

Keep your vibration high. Stay in the place of gratitude, compassion, love and joy. That’s what shifts the world. Don’t let your light go out because tragedy has befallen others. Otherwise, the world succumbs to darkness.

It is during times of great moral tragedy and senseless loss of life that it becomes even more important for those who generate light to stand fast, to be a beacon for those whose light falters.

Otherwise you slip into despair and powerlessness and that doesn’t do anything for anyone.

As you go on about your life, live it from a place of light, to honor those who lost their own chance to shine. As you go on about your life, stay in a place of joy and love for everyone. And above all, be grateful for everything you are and everything you have.

If you are standing in the light, and beaconing love, extend your energy to those who are sad and lift them up. Help them rise again, or hold them until they can stand again on their own. But do not crumble beside them. They need your strength and your light.

Listen to them
Sometimes people who are down just want to be left alone, but sometimes people are carrying a weight so heavy that they are glad for someone to come along and help them carry it or remove it. That’s where you come in. When you see someone who is troubled, offer your ear. “Joanne, you seem troubled. Do you want to talk about it? I’m here to listen if you’d like.” And then really listen. Give the person an opportunity to just get it all out. Talking about our problems helps us process them. You may be able to offer a solution to their problem or just let them know they’ve been heard and aren’t alone. Just knowing someone cares enough to listen can raise someone’s vibration. Try it and see.

Give them love
One of the best ways to raise someone’s vibration is to give them love. People receive love in many different ways, so it helps if you know how the person likes to receive love.

People whose love strategy is physical affection may respond well if you offer them a hug. People with acts of service as their love strategy may appreciate it if you offer to help them with a task or chore that will lift their spirits or help them with their burdens.

People who respond well to words of affirmation may really appreciate you telling them how wonderful they are and how happy you are to have them in your life.

People with quality time as their love strategy may feel better if you offer to take them out for lunch or take a walk with them in the park.

And if receiving gifts makes a person feel loved, you could buy them a little trinket signifying your love/friendship, or you could make them a card or something cute. When people feel loved, their vibration goes up.

Express your gratitude
Another great way to lift someone’s spirits is to express your gratitude to them. Gratitude is one of the highest vibrations you can feel, so lifting someone to a place where they feel appreciated will do wonders for their energy and resourcefulness. Go up to the person and very sincerely tell them what you love most about them, or the ways in which they positively impact your life.

Be happy
Sometimes the best way to raise someone’s vibration is simply to keep your own vibration super high. Your vibration could rub off on them quite easily. I recall one evening as I was on my way to a toastmaster meeting, I had just received a very scathing email from a stranger who wanted me to know in no uncertain terms how incredibly fat I was and that I should just kill myself. I know, right? Kinda rude. So I’m driving along trying to shake off the negative energy and not succeeding very well. But when I got to my toastmaster meeting I was greeted by S. Frank Stringham, who enveloped me in a bear hug, dipped me, and started noisily nibbling on my neck. This is his usual greeting, and I love it. I can always count on S. to make me laugh. In no time at all I had forgotten the nasty email and was instead bantering and laughing with S. and the gang. S. is one of the most jovial and loving people I’ve ever met, and if I’m ever lying in a hospital bed, suffering, he is the one I want sitting in my room with me cheering me up!

Sing to Them
Does anyone remember the tv show Laverne and Shirley? Whenever one of the girls was down, the other would start singing High Hopes. “Just what makes that little old ant, think he can move that rubber tree plant. Everyone knows an ant, can’t, move a rubber tree plant. But he’s got high hopes…” etc. And before long the other would be singing along. I know it sounds a little strange, but it does work. Find someone who isn’t feeling empowered and start singing at them. A nice hopeful, empowering song. Eye of the Tiger. High Hopes. Hum the Chariots of Fire theme. Gonna Fly Now (theme from Rocky). What a Feeling. Whatever is suitable for the situation. See if you can get them to sing too, but even if you can’t, just you standing there singing at them might be enough to raise their spirits. If you can dance around a little, that will help too.

Knock them out of state
Do you know someone who wallows when they are upset or depressed? Whenever you talk to them they just can’ t be cheered up and seem to enjoy being miserable? No matter what you say or do they just want to hang on to their unhappy state? Sometimes you just have to shake things up. Next time they start going off about their problems, have a cup of water in your hand and toss the contents into their face. Yep, a nice splash of cold water, right in the face. They will be so utterly shocked that you did that, they might start laughing! If they don’t, back away slowly and blame it on an arm twitch.

Another way to knock them out of state would be to get up into their face and make googly eyes and noises at them. “Booga booga booga!” They’ll stop their complaining to ask you what in tarnation’s gotten into you. If you keep doing strange things to them whenever they try to express their depression soon you’ll have broken their pattern and they won’t know what to feel. That’s when you can start lifting their spirits using another method.

In summary, you can help other people raise their vibration. When your own vibration is high, it will naturally rub off on others. Get into the habit of noticing the vibration of the people around you, and when you spot trouble, spring into action! Try it today and see what you can do. High vibrations make for happier and more resourceful people. Do your part in helping to bring the planet to a state of love and peace. Raise a vibration today!

I smiled.  This was going to be fun.  I started knocking on the watermelons.  She knocked, I knocked.  We compared sounds.  Definitely differences in how they sounded.  She was pretty sure the hollow-sounding ones were the good ones.  We started banging on those watermelons like they were drums.  Pretty soon we had a nice beat going.  We were really enjoying ourselves, smiling, laughing, comparing. 

Soon we had each picked a watermelon, hoping we’d made the right choice.  I took her over to the cantaloupes and taught her what the produce guy taught me about picking a good one.  When you smell it, it should smell like a ripe cantaloupe already (or very nearly so).  If it has no smell, leave it be.  She thanked me for my tip and we each picked a nice ripe cantaloupe.

I enjoyed my experience with her.  I love connecting with strangers.  We wished each other well and went on about our shopping.  In a minute, I saw this lady’s husband come up to the cart carrying a bag of something green.  He said, “Come on, stop fooling around.  We’ve got things to do.”  And that’s when I saw her energy plummet.  All the joy left her in moments, sucked into the vortex of joylessness.  I watched from afar as he continued to lecture her on being serious, staying focused, and getting things done.  I heard her respond with phrases like, “Okay dear.  Yes dear.  Fine, fine.  Whatever.” 

As I continued shopping, I ran into them in the aisles as we were going at roughly the same pace.  Her energy was still low when I ran into her in the cereal aisle.  I said, “So how do you pick ripe cereal?”  She got this funny look on her face, like she suddenly wasn’t invisible, then started laughing.  And we started tapping and drumming on the cereal boxes with childlike glee.  Her energy was back up.  Her chakras were open.  Her husband wasn’t near her.  We had a good chuckle and continued on.  Her husband came back to the cart and didn’t even say a word, but I saw all her joyful energy leave her again.  She looked down at the ground and pushed her cart without saying a word to him.  He was going on about prices being too high and complaining about some other things.

I don’t know if they were just having a bad day or if this was the norm in their lives, but I got the sense that she spent more time taking care of him and his needs than her own, and I also got the sense that she desperately wanted to experience more joy in her life but was often stunted by the energy of her husband, and potentially other people.

Have you experienced the energy plummet?  You’re having a great time, your energy is high, you’re in a nice high vibrational state, and an event, a person, or a situation suddenly brings your energy down?  What’s happening and what should you do when this happens?

At all times you are broadcasting your energy to the world, whether you’re in a high vibrational state or a low one.  As you interact with people, they are brushing up against your energy field, and you’re interacting with theirs.  So if you’re having a great time, and you come across another person having a great time, your energies are going to mingle and you’ll probably both be having a better time in seconds!  If your energy is super low and you come into range of another person who is low, neither one of you will be in a vibrational state to uplift the other, so your energies will remain low, and potentially get worse if you both start complaining about your problems or life situation.

But what happens when a high vibration meets a low vibration?  The stronger field will begin to affect the weaker field.  By stronger I mean the person more committed to maintaining their energetic state.  In the case I outlined, it was the husband.  The woman immediately caved to his energy, she didn’t put up a fight at all.  I’m guessing it’s because they run this pattern often and she often fails so just capitulates to save time and struggle.  She’s been conditioned.

Have you ever been in a situation where you’re with someone vibrating at a totally different frequency than you?  If so, you know what I’m talking about.  If they’re low and you’re high, you might refer to them as a buzzkill.  If you’re the low one and they are high, you might tell them they are being insensitive to your misery.  Misery loves company, right?  So if you’re miserable then your field is going to naturally try to lower someone else’s.  Sometimes that works, and sometimes it doesn’t, and they leave you to your misery.  But one thing is certain… when two fields of opposite polarities engage, eventually the stronger field will influence the weaker one.

Is there a defense?  What if you don’t want to be brought down off your high?  Could the woman in the grocery store have done something to make her field stronger?  The answer is consciousness.  You must consciously decide what your vibration is going to be.  It’s literally like putting up a shield.  So if someone comes to you complaining, their waves will bounce harmlessly off your consciousness shield. 

Here are the steps you can take to guard yourself when your vibration is high and you’re about to interact with another person:

Step 1:  Identify the vibration of the person you’re interacting with.  Is it high or low?

Step 2:  If you want your vibration lowered, let them in and let their energy overtake yours.  It won’t take long.  If you don’t want to be sucked into the vortex of low energy, go to step 3.

Step 3:  Recognize the push and pull of energy between you and stay strong in your field.  Conscious awareness and intent are all it takes to stay in your high vibrational state.  Refuse to sink to their state.  As their energy creeps into yours, push back by staying positive and in your joy.  You might even raise their vibration if they’re willing.

Step 4:  Remove yourself from the situation if you need to.  And if you’re constantly brought down by the same person, consider removing them from your life.

You are responsible for your vibrational state.  You can put yourself in any state you want by consciously choosing your emotions.  And if you’re in a low vibrational state, raise your vibration.  Do you want to be at the mercy of someone else’s vibrational field?  Or do you want to decide how you feel?  Really, the choice is yours.

Own your vibration and guard it from those who seek to lower it.  You will experience more joy and resourcefulness if you can keep your vibration high.

You can download the program as an MP3 and stick it on your iPod, put it in iTunes, or burn it to a CD. Or you can purchase the CD itself which is shipped via U.S. Postal mail and will take 1-2 weeks to receive.

Reviews and responses so far from the people who bought advance copies at the Conscious Growth Workshop have been very positive. One person told me he started crying (for the first time in many years) while listening to one of the meditations. The first meditation is a love meditation, and the second is all about gratitude. If you’re a fan of guided meditation, you’re really going to love these two. Each is less than 10 minutes and designed to bring you to a high vibration quickly. They’re also designed so that you can do them repeatedly and get different results.

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