USING THE EMOTIONAL GUIDANCE SCALE
Below are our common human emotions, the closer to #1 on the scale the happier, and therefore the closer to # 22 on the scale, the more unhappy.
1 . JOY/LOVE/Appreciation/Empowerment
2 . Passion
3 . Enthusiasm/Eagerness
4 . Positive Expectation/Belief
5 . Optimism
6 . Hopefulness
7 . Contentment
8 . Boredom
9 . Pessimism
10. Frustration/Irritation/Impatience
11. Overwhelment
12. Disappointment
13. Doubt
14. Worry
15. Blame
16. Discouragement
17. Anger
18. Revenge
19. Hatred/Rage
20. Jealousy
21. Insecurity/Guilt/Unworthiness
22. Fear/Grief/Depression/Powerlessness/Despair
I can remember countless times when despair was staring me in the face and some clever person suggested that I “think positive” or “just smile.” This actually only served to depress me further. Certainly the notion of ushering myself into a better feeling place sounded great, wonderful and simple but it was not that easily obtainable.
Looking back, I realize that the emotion of happiness and the feeling of sadness are two very conflicting emotional places, two totally different energetic vibrations.
Even as a struggling teenager I knew that thinking positively might actually make things better, but how do you change your thought patterns? How do you silence your own criticism? How do you break your habits?
The answer surfaced several years ago when I learned about the emotional scale (see more at www.abraham-hicks.com.) For me the journey has been step by step, thought by thought, day by day. The more you work at sculpting your own thoughts, the better you feel.
This is not a “once and done” solution but an exercise in feeling good. In time you recognize the role your thoughts play on your emotions and, as such, the role your emotions play into every aspect of your daily life.
To start using the scale, simply find the emotion that matches where you are at the present moment, then speak and think yourself up … one emotion at a time (sometimes you can even skip over a few levels at once.)
Before jumping to the scale set aside some time to play with this idea. Sit quietly with closed eyes and connect with the universe for a few moments. Appreciate having this opportunity to look within and congratulate yourself for working towards taking control of your own future. See this as a new skill you are acquiring. You are not expected to be a master of emotions right out of the gate. Agree to gift yourself kindness and patience as you explore new ways to feel good more often.
Once you begin the process give each emotion time to resonate…really feel it and then release it as you reach for something better. It can also be beneficial to speak the words out loud, thereby further enforcing them.
!Most important is that as you move up to better feelings, always LET GO of each prior emotion.
So how does it work?
Pretend that you are feeling “depressed”(emotion #22.) You may want to quickly move to experiencing Joy (emotion #1,) but it would be impossible to make such a leap. Instead you begin to create thoughts that lead to “insecurity” (emotion #21) within you. Fully experience that for a few moments – then reach for something better.
Moving on, create feelings of “anger” (emotion #17) with your mind. Remember though that this is ONLY an emotional/thought based exercise – do not act on these emotions to harm yourself or anyone else! The goal here is not to stay at anger but to keep reaching for a better feeling place. Move again to feel “blame” (emotion #15) and then “disappointment” (emotion#12) and on and on. Every emotion improves on the last and you are always focused on moving to emotion #1″Joy/Love.”
This process works because you are not reaching for something unobtainable but instead you are taking small realistic steps towards recognizing, understanding and releasing the emotions that plague you. You will soon realize that there are No Bad Emotions but instead just indicators that you need to do a little work to release thoughts that are in the way of you feeling better.
!Also Important – Don’t stop the process before getting at least to “Contentment” (emotion #7.)
Where to begin
Imagine you feel “depressed” and are at lowest point of the emotional scale (#22.) You may be upset about a variety of issues, but start by looking at one situation only.
Perhaps someone in your family is not speaking to you. You feel lonely and lost over this. Now is a good time to see if you can invoke feelings of “unworthiness” (emotion #21) by speaking/thinking “It makes me really sad that we are not in communication but I probably don’t deserve their attention right now, I did things I shouldn’t have and they were hurt.”
From there immediately try to go to “Anger”(emotion #17) “I am so pissed that they won’t speak to me after all this time. I am trying really hard here and they are being ridiculously stubborn. How dare they treat me this way?”
Did your feelings change (you went from emotion #22 to #17?) There was mostly likely a mild improvement in a mere few moments.
Keep going to Blame (emotion #15.)
“It makes me really sad that we are not speaking but I know that I did things to create this situation”
Notice more improvement?
Keep going:
“This has to stop (still talking/thinking to yourself), I can’t worry about this now. They have a right to how they feel and in time things will get better.” Now you are experiencing “contentment” (emotion #7) and perhaps a bit of enthusiasm as well (emotion #3.)
Just keep creating thoughts that inspire you to feel better.
As you travel the scale remember to release the emotions that do not serve you and ENJOY the process. Do not be overly serious about these exercises. Call it a game and use it to grow and explore only. Some days and some issues will be tougher to dissolve than others and you should not expect yourself to be perfect. Any movement at all signals that you can do this.
Lastly
Appreciate this life and the lessons before you. As you conquer emotions, the world widens and you realize just how in control of things you really are. Often others will see and feel that you are making positive progress.
Using the emotional scale does take some practice but doing so CAN improve your thoughts and feelings.
Empowerment and LOVE are certainly within reach!
