July Daily Vibes | Mindfulness Day 30

Day 30 Law of Attraction Centering Thought

I know the power of tuning into the positive aspects of everything.

When you deliberately seek positive aspects of whatever you are giving your attention to, you, in a sense, tune your vibrational tuner to more positive aspects of everything.  ~  Abraham

Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.  ~  Carl Jung


The Mindfulness Path to Peace With What Is

Spilt Milk

You go to pick up another dish and knock over a glass of milk. Milk is dripping down over the counter, into drawers, and making a puddle on the floor. Now you are at choice. Do you start berating yourself for not being more careful, yell at your partner for distracting you so that you weren’t aware of the glass, and complaining that there is no towel in easy reach or . . . do you just get on with wiping it up and appreciating that you’ve cleaned up a drawer that has needed attention and the glass did not break?

Okay, that’s not an earth-shattering event, but it is a clear example of our choice to come to peace or not with what is, no matter what occurred. Yes, the initial reaction may be anger, fear, or disbelief to what you don’t like or approve of, but then what are you going to do. Will you stay out of clear alignment or come to peace and back into resonance with the vibration of your Inner Being and Source?

What Is – Was.

What is – just is. Our reactions and perceptions are always ours to make. Mindful living means being aware of not only what happened, but also your feelings that tell you if you are clearly aligned or not.

Now – what is – is a continual stream of “nows”. It may help to accept without judgment what is to realize:

  • It is constantly changing.
  • It already happened. You may have a take away from it, but you cannot take it away or undo it. No amount of anger, fear, or disbelief will erase it.
  • What it gives you is information about what you are vibrating, your point of attraction. What you manifest is always, no exceptions, a match to what you are vibrating. If it is what you want, keep up the good work. If it isn’t, change the thoughts of the Voice in your head.
  • What is – clarifies what you do want. A manifestation of what you do not want makes very clear what you do want.

Process

Antidote Thoughts

Singer-songwriter, Jewel, was in her early 20’s when she was cast in her first movie, Ride with the Devil. Her anxiety went into overdrive she says, as she struggled with the pervasive thought, “I don’t know what I’m doing!” Her normal practices helped but not enough. So, she created what she calls Antidote Thoughts, a practice she still uses today.

Again and again, she turned to an Antidote Thought. “It would help me refocus in the moment and be receptive to actually get the information I needed to try and do a good job.” She recalls.

When negative thoughts – “lies your mind tells you,” Jewel calls them – take over she goes for the antidote. Starting with the opposite thought and working from there to find something that feels more true to you – feels good.

Example:

She started with the opposite thought from, “I don’t know what I am doing!” – “I do know what I’m doing,” and using her body as a barometer, tried it on for size. She could feel that this thought wasn’t true. So, she experimented with other antidote thoughts. When she said, “I’m capable of learning and I won’t quit.” Her anxiety, her body, instantly felt calmer. That was her truth.

When you are experiencing a negative thought pattern try saying or writing antidote (opposite) thoughts until you find ones that feel good to think about.