02-15-2013, 09:38 AM
I always enjoy small stepping stones that lead to more understanding. Since I've been reading more about the law of attraction I went back to my days of visualizing to get what I wanted. I never really had much success and I realized why. The visualization has to bring about the emotions naturally. I guess I never got that, especially when every technique really emphasized emotion and I'm a very logical, methodical person. I'd just try to create as much happiness while visualizing the outcome, but it wasn't genuine. Looking back I was trying to make something happen and to a large degree was obsessed with proof that it could happen. My skepticism blocked my intentions.
And I realized a lot of my focus has been on what I don't want instead of what I do want. So even though my intention was to move past anxiety and depression, I still thought of both anxiety and depression which triggered the negative feelings.
So lately when I've been confronted with negative feelings instead of trying to let them go or meditate on them, I just visualize anything that gives me joy. Being financially secure, good relationships, being healthy, etc. I realized the more attention I gave to the negative feelings, the more I thought about it. The more positive things override the negative feelings and gives me a more positive state of mind. It's like a snowball effect, once my mood is lifted I tend to do more things that perpetuate that mood.
I'm convinced this is only one side of the coin though. Even though I can build positive states that help me tremendously, I still feel something else that needs to be removed. Shannon, you've probably covered this extensively already, the need to remove things along with adding.
And I realized a lot of my focus has been on what I don't want instead of what I do want. So even though my intention was to move past anxiety and depression, I still thought of both anxiety and depression which triggered the negative feelings.
So lately when I've been confronted with negative feelings instead of trying to let them go or meditate on them, I just visualize anything that gives me joy. Being financially secure, good relationships, being healthy, etc. I realized the more attention I gave to the negative feelings, the more I thought about it. The more positive things override the negative feelings and gives me a more positive state of mind. It's like a snowball effect, once my mood is lifted I tend to do more things that perpetuate that mood.
I'm convinced this is only one side of the coin though. Even though I can build positive states that help me tremendously, I still feel something else that needs to be removed. Shannon, you've probably covered this extensively already, the need to remove things along with adding.
