Happiness

We all want to be happy.  We live on this beautiful planet, most of us have family, friends and have created our lives with times of being happy, glimpses of being happy and working towards being happy.  At least that is what I have noticed in my own life, that is what happens to me.  I have heard a lot of people talking about the road to happiness happens when you can control your thoughts. I have tried often to control my thoughts by noticing what I am thinking, then I make an effort to think about something else, usually something I want, instead of something I don’t want. However, I have noticed this can be hard to do, as the old thoughts seem to come back quickly. If you have had success controlling your thoughts, I would love to hear your experiences.

I have been wondering if controlling my thoughts is actually coming to my goal of always being happy, backwards. What I have been noticing is by changing and healing the feelings and emotions I am experiencing; my thoughts can change themselves. 

When my body sensations are happy, the thoughts will come and go, but my attitude of being happy will be solid and stable. If my emotions are happy, the thoughts connot provoke negativity, they have no power and those thoughts will soon expand into higher thinking. Ultimately, my thinking has been changing into what I call light wave thinking. To me that means my thoughts are light and happy.

Since our bodies vibrate, I picture golden light waves radiating to and from my body. These light waves are made of the energy of love, peace and happiness for all beings. As these light waves go out into the universe, I am able to see and feel the adventures of infinite possibilites.

So, how do I do this? How do I keep this energy and state of mind in every moment. Well, right now, unfortunately, I don’t. However, I do have a strong intention to live within this state and I do know it is possible for all of us. Rather than trying to notice and change my thoughts, changing my feelings has been a lot easier for me.

Iis always available to everyone. As we are Spiritual Beings and part of God, All That Is, Your Higher Power, (whatever you feel comfortable calling this power) this energy is always calling to us. The issue is, we get so caught up in the drama of our lives and what we “think” we need before we can truly be happy, we don’t hear this energy calling. We cannot feel this energy either, because we are feeling lack, sad, angry or fearful, etc.  Therefore, there is no space available for this light wave energy to penetrate through our current drama. It’s kind of like the glass ceiling people talk about, only in this case, we personally can break thru into the light.

I think the most important and probably the hardest part of all this is simply awareness of what we are doing, feeling and thinking. If we are going along in a tunnel of familiar thoughts and feelings we are imersed in our personal drama. So, how do we create aware, so we have the ability to take the next step? Some people do this with reminders. They might have affirmations on their bathroom mirror, a note card in their wallet or purse, or a collage of pictures hanging in their bedroom. At least they are keeping happiness right in front of themselves. For me, I need something else to keep me “awake” to who I am. What works best is to keep noticing how I am feeling and set my feeling level where I want it to be. This can be like a thermometer. If it is too cold you can turn it up, too hot, turn it down.  Another analogy is an elevator. There are many different levels or floors, if you press the wrong button and get off on a floor that isn’t right, go back into the elevator and press the right button. The elevator will start to move and take you to the correct floor.

Here is some examples.  Talking with someone who is arguing with me or being on hold on the phone for 15 minutes and being disconnected. Looking back, I’m sure everyone can find situations that are less than happy. I become aware of my feelings because they simply don’t feel good to me. The next thing that I notice is my mind telling me all the reasons it iis their fault, not my fault.  I was just driving along and ”he” cut in front of me! Maybe I should even call my friends and let them know what just happened to me!  Ok, well that will surely prolong my fear, anger and frustration, but it also throws my higher goal right out the window. So, I say to myself. wow! That was scary or that guy must be having a problem. Hm? What about having compassion for him? What about realizing how blessed I am to be safe. How about choosing love and light over adrenalin. But, my mind says, ”what a good story to tell everyone”. I say back, “what about my intention and my goal?” Anyway, sometimes I win and sometimes my mind wins, but that is ok, because I can still get back on track in each and every moment.   

would love to hear your suggestions, comments and ideas. Together we can have the love, peace, compassion and understanding that is our birthright.