Maria the Muse

Here’s a basic fact… humans are emotional creatures.  Our emotions run wide and deep and they affect (and sometimes interfere with) all aspects of our lives.  Including manifesting.

This is an important point to remember because emotion is what adds power to your manifesting thoughts.  The formula is simple….

Thought + emotion = signal to the Universe

But what people don’t realize is that thought and emotion are not equal.  The emotional component is many times stronger than the thought component of this formula and therefore it packs a much bigger punch when it comes to what message is being sent.

So if you’re having a terrible day emotionally then your little thoughts of “I am happy, successful, at peace, loved, etc.” are overpowered by the emotions of “life sucks and I want off the planet….. NOW!”

What message do you think the Universe is getting?

And how do you think that will impact your manifestations?

See how important emotions are in manifesting!

So since we’re human and we have this emotional component, it behooves us to learn how to work with our emotions so they can support rather than hinder the things we wish to manifest.

In other words… get your emotions in sync. with your thoughts so you can send super loud and clear messages right up to the Universe to be received and carried out lickety split!

Ok this is easy enough to do on good days eh?  When you’re feeling great and emotions are soaring you can simply add some well pointed thoughts to the mix and presto…. Perfect message sent!

But what about bad days?  Especially when emotion runs high and you just can’t seem to talk yourself out of feeling like crap?

When that happens to me (and it happens to everyone), what I do is not manifest.  What I mean is I don’t start new projects on those days and I don’t go about trying to move forward on the ones in progress.

Instead I acknowledge that I’m a funk and I simply ride it out, refusing to think about or give energy to anything that’s important (because I know I’ll just be feeding it negative energy).  I don’t fight the emotion and I don’t try to talk my way out of it.  I just let it go until it’s done after which I get on with my life.

But what if it’s really bad and simply isn’t getting better on it’s own?  Like when you’re in the bottomless pit of despair and can’t find the good in anything, maybe even for days at a time?  Ack! Major depression alert!  Yeah I deal with that too sometimes and I have a few ways of dealing with it (which I’ll list right here).

1. Nutrition, Nutrition, Nutrition - Kick sugar out of your life until you feel better, take supplements to help mood (my favorite is Vitamin d3 and it works wonders for me), drink lots of water, etc.
2. Sleep, Sleep, Sleep - Are you getting enough?  Is it restful or do you toss and turn all night? Adequate sleep is an amazing mood enhancer.
3. Exercise, Exercise, Exercise - Even if it’s just taking a brisk walk around the block or scrubbing the kitchen floor getting the body moving releases natural endorphins (mood enhancers) and also helps you clear your mind. Oh and may as well grab your mp3 player and listen to something uplifting while you’re at it.

Need more ideas?  Here are some mental & emotional exercises I do to get out a funk:

1. Ever hear of breaking a fever? The idea is you try to get hotter and hotter until your body finally kills whatever is ailing you and the fever breaks and you return to normal temperatures.  You can do the same thing with emotions… especially those “woe is me” ones. What you do is try to go deeper and deeper into what you’re feeling until it “breaks” and the emotion releases.  In my own life, if I’m sad I amplify it until I’m crying my eyes out.  If I’m angry I build it up until darts are flying out of my eyes and I want to kill something.  If I’m in “poor me” mode I take that storyline right out until I’m living in a ditch or under a bridge with absolutely no options or hope.  You wouldn’t think this would work but it really does and in fact it’s one of the fastest ways I’ve found of moving through intense emotions.
2. Tell the Universe you’re on vacation.  Sounds weird huh? But when you’re in a funk you don’t want anything to be misinterpreted by the Universe as something you want.  So send out a “funk alert” and through it all keep reminding the Universe that this is only a temporary moment of insanity and to disregard all signals.  Oh and once you’re on vacation it’s ok to let those emotions rage!  Let them boil… move them through and out!
3. Put up a mental/emotional barrier between you and the Universe.  This is similar to going on vacation but instead you imagine an impenetrable barrier that shields the Universe from your emotional storm.  No worries… you can always take it down when you’re back to normal.

So the next time you find your emotions are getting n the way of your manifesting (or even day to day living) use some of the steps above to help get through it.  And even in the eye of the storm remember… this too shall pass :)