Creating a Better Life

Groovy, Man… Getting My Vibes Up

I’ve been asked by Cardin (and now Rick) to take part in The High Vibes Game. In a nutshell, we are sharing what we do to raise our “vibes”, and pointing to posts that have helped us do this.

My top five vibe raising activities are:

Do Something!

Since I’ve suffered from severe depression through most of my life, just getting up and doing something can do wonders for my vibes. Depression is the classic low vibe state, and when it’s chronic and severe, it’s only a step above death. One of the greatest ways to combat it is to get your body moving, do something, anything, that involves physical activity. Outdoors in natural sunlight is best, but if that’s not possible, just doing something physical is always better than doing nothing, even if it’s just wiggling your toes when you can’t get out of bed.

Insight Meditation

There’s a reason I keep writing about this… because when I do it, the results are immediate and amazing. My mind clears, my energy levels go up, and I am much more focused on my day.

Laughter

One of the reasons that my wife and I are so happy in our relationship is that we laugh together so much. Humor can do wonders for our vibes - now every time something good happens to us, either Tracy or I will look at each other and blurt out “Secret!”

Playing with my Dog

I was brought up as a a cat person, but I’ve converted over to the other side. Nothing beats it when I get home and Baby comes flying out of the bedroom and jumps on me until I get down on my knees so she can give me a hug by draping her front paws over my shoulders. She drives us crazy too (I think this dog and her might be related), but even that is one of the joys of our lives. Another one of Tracy and my words is “Starving!” (you’ll have to read the previous link to get it).

Reaching for a Better Feeling Thought

Abraham-Hicks teaches about an emotional scale, and how moving up that scale can move us into a place of allowing. The scale runs from “Fear/Grief/Depression/Despair/Powerlessness” to “Joy/Appreciation/Empowered/Freedom/Love”. When I can just reach for a thought that is a bit higher on the scale, I can immediately feel the benefits. One of the most freeing things for me was when I gave myself permission to feel anger or blame, simply because they felt better than depression.

So those are my top five ways to raise my vibes. And I’m high vibing the following posts:

The Emotional Scale - The Key to Your Success from Contemplate This

Happiness is Just Around the Corner from The Chief Happiness Officer

Subject Reality Q&A from Steve Pavlina . com - Personal Development for Smart People

A Guide to Cultivating Compassion in Your Life, With 7 Practices from zen habits

The Pmarca Guide to Personal Productivity from blog.pmarca.com

It was tough picking only five, but those are them!

Be sure to check out High Vibe It and read/submit some posts today!

Law of Attraction Humor

I found this on YouTube last night while poking around for Abraham-Hicks videos. SNL may be having a rough year, but this is hilarious!

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My favorite line from the video?

“I ate it.”

And today, when my wife and I went shopping and found the perfect parking space, we looked at each other and said (in our best Oprah/Maya Rudolph voices) “SECRET!”