The Power of Emotional States

from Christine Harvey

Do you want to have a life changing experience?

If so, read the piece below, and then join us on the member call on Wednesday – see details at end of email in bold. If you can’t join us, here are the application areas – practice these today and during this week. See what changes it makes. Then incorporate the technique on a daily basis.

Here we go…

EMOTIONAL STATES –

1. How does your emotional state affect your income?

2. How does your emotional state affect your relationships?

3. How does your emotional state affect your health and joy?

Emotions can be wonderful, emotions can be debilitating!

Do you know the hierarchy of emotional states? OR… how to move your self up from one to the other?

Would it help you to have this information? For me, it’s been a life changing experience. For years, I’ve wondered how I could feel bliss one minute and the opposite the next. I wondered if I was unique or if everyone experienced it. More importantly, I knew that I could only create while in a positive state. Time after time, I saw that while in a negative state, nothing useful happened, and that I was blocked from creativity and joy.

Recently in the book ‘Ask and It Is Given,’ by Esther and Jerry Hicks, I discovered a ladder of human emotions. I want to share it with you because it can make a powerful difference in creating your life as you want it – joy, wealth, happiness.

As you read them, think about how you might make a conscious effort to identify which rung of the ladder you are on now, and how you might continue to identify your state throughout the day.

Here is the list in order from high to low:

Joy/Love/Freedom/Appreciation
Positive Expectation
Optimism
Hopefulness
________
Pessimism
Irritation
Feeling Overwhelmed
Blame
Anger
Revenge
Rage
Depression/Fear/Despair/Powerlessness/Grief

So, if emotions can be wonderful or debilitating, how do you move from one to another? According to Hicks, here’s the secret. Just pull yourself up the ladder a few rungs at a time. While it might be hard to jump from depression to joy in one fell swoop, it’s relatively easy to go from one to the next. Imagine being depressed. It’s not too hard to go from depression to anger. And it’s certainly not hard to go from anger to blame – not that we should stay there long!!! But the point is, that if we know the human emotional rungs, we can force ourselves up the ladder one step or two at a time. And each step might only take seconds to ascend. As Hicks puts it, “Rage gives you relief from depression… and hopefulness gives you relief from pessimism… and joy gives relief from positive expectation”

APPLICATION AREAS:

Prosperity & Income – Hicks also says that the habit of resistant thought is the only thing that keeps up from allowing what we desire. Therefore if we move ourselves up and out of resistant thought (anything on the ladder below hopefulness,) we will allow that which we desire to enter our lives.

Relationships – What do you really want in relationships? When I learned this process, all the tension went out of relationships. All I had to do was identify the state I was in at that moment, AND the state of the person I was with. If either were negative, I knew we were not in a position to discuss anything. By teaching this to the people who matter to me, we were each able to identify our states, move up the ladder to a positive state and then move on with joy. It’s magic, believe me. The trick here – and it’s easy – is to discipline yourself to identify your state. You may feel some inner resistance, because while in the negative states like anger or blame can be griping. But knowing your purpose will pull you through.

Health and joy – The negative states carry a negative vibration which affects your health and welfare. Your mind can’t work to solve problems or think logically. You’re not at your full capacity. Positive states carry positive vibrations, leading to creativity and joy. Every move up the ladder of emotions will bring you closer and closer to the top rung of joy. Choose to be there, identify where you are on the ladder moment by moment, and soon you will develop the expertise to work your way to the top. The more you practice, the faster you’ll progress. Why not start now!