When you’re distressed, can you shift to neutral with confidence and ease?
I didn’t realize for a long time that this is a SKILL… a skill that can be cultivated and become one of the most beautiful gifts we can give to ourselves and those around us.
People talk about wanting to be Happy. They dream of Joy and Delight. Yet, many find these emotional pleasures hard to reach and even harder to hold onto.
I have a theory why… would you like to hear it?
I used to ride the roller coaster of emotions. If I was doing a lot and winning, I’d feel good. If I was doing a lot and not accomplishing what I wanted, I’d feel stressed. If I didn’t have the energy I really needed, I’d feel depressed.
Do you know anyone else like that?
Emotions need a soft, neutral place to rest. If emotions cannot “balance” at a soft place of ease, they will sink down or stress out. Both sinking and stressing are terribly hard on the body-mind, so it tries to force us into another gear. The grinding tension can be felt in our core.
Instead, imagine this: You’re feeling stressed… and with a few minutes of tapping, breathing, and meditating, you shift to neutral: feeling OK. Not ecstatic. Not filled with bliss. You feel surprisingly OK.
Or you’re feeling down. Things haven’t been going your way. The bill was bigger than you’d expected. With a few minutes of tapping, breathing, and meditating… you shift to feeling NEUTRAL. A sense of solidness returns. You can feel your toes, your hands, and your heart again. You’re okay…
Feeling OK has immense value!
If you’d like more of that in your life, what Cathy and I recommend is that you:
* Learn to go from happy ecstatic joy… to neutral, centered presence and soft savoring…
* Develop the skill of moving from down and depleted to grounded calm…
Today our co-creators at The Tapping World Summit have three free Tapping Meditations to share with you: for overwhelm, inner criticism that you’re not good enough, and procrastination. We invite you to sign up for the summit (my presentation on vulnerability on Day 9 will also touch on this topic) and pick one of the tapping meditations to do right now:
http://www.thrivingnow.com/3tws2015
Afterwards, please leave us a comment below and let us know what you noticed happen in your body. Do you feel more neutral?
I find that “neutral” is a place of deep potential… a state of being where clarity can come without the noise and hussle-bussle of action. What are you noticing?
Warm smiles,
Rick & Cathy
P.S. We’ve found working with thousands of individuals that there can be a lot of resistance to shifting to neutral. If that’s coming up for you, it’s okay. We’ve got you covered. We’ll be sharing more ideas for clearing that resistance and getting the parking brake off your life in the days to come. Stay tuned!
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