We have lived situations where we are triggered into an upset. At times the upset seems to continue and our unhappiness deepens. The Abraham Hicks teachings labeled this phenomenon “tarbaby”. We are uncomfortably kind of stuck in goo.

Let’s recognize the momentum and use our power to steer toward good feeling again.

First, we become aware of our low mood.

Second, we observe what is going on here: we have got a roll of discontent going.

In those early moments of responding, we might go into the common pattern of reviewing “what went wrong.” The voice inside sounds so innocent in wanting to learn from this episode what we can. 

However, if we feel awful, and then review the awful, we get more awful! Oops. Wrong direction.

Instead, let’s make where we are ok. It’s really the wisest course. “But I am suffering!” we say to ourselves, feeling miserable.

Pause and tune into the big picture of Life. We can say to ourselves, “Breathe. This is temporary. We are rolling with the momentum of what we DO NOT want. If we push against it, WE MAKE MORE OF IT.

Next, we can occupy our dear selves with some activity we enjoy—on another subject. Watering plants, playing ONLINE Wordwipe, taking a walk, riding a bike, working on the yacht out back, etc.

Story Elaborates

One evening Karla noticed she had missed notices of overdrafts from her bank. Fortunately, K’s bank used funds in a savings account to pay some bills. She incurred a fee but the invoices were covered. Our heroine had a strong emotional reaction to this error.  

What did she do?

First, the star calmed herself to discern what had happened and to move money into the appropriate account.

Then, the dear woman telephoned a sympathetic friend to share. Both women admitted how overstressed they both felt. In the process of the call, both had laughed and made it ok to miss some details. Isn’t it soothing to understand that the human journey involves some blips!

Soon Karla wanted to turn in for the night. As she lay there her habit popped up and she started to review her error. That line of thinking stimulated the strong recent upset.

Wait a minute! K reminded herself she was not in imminent danger. In fact, this protagonist had done what she could for tonight.

In that moment this gal felt fear about what neglectful thing she might do next. These kinds of thought flowing showed her the momentum that was rolling.

To help herself Karla turned to her Jin Shin Jyutsu practice to shift herself. Jin Shin Jyutsu would assist her in a return to balance.

K put hands on herself in the positions to handle extreme emotional distress.

To do this she put her right hand on her left side where her neck meets her shoulder. Then put the left hand above the collar bone on the same side. She held that for 5 to 10 minutes.

Then laying on her left side, Karla put her left hand on the middle neck and her right hand on her right sit bone.

Best she could, she called up memories of times she received love and comfort, others helping her.

Even affirming it is ok to be upset.

The winding down process required quite a bit of time. We are ok as humans allowing ourselves the time it takes to rebalance.

The heroine allowed herself to ease. Before too long, our star felt soothing vibration, relaxing and then an ability to sleep.

Take Away Message

A human cannot go from feeling awful to radiant and delighted in one sweep. The “feeling bad” may well have some momentum. Honor it and give it some time to dissipate.

In our culture, some of us might deny the feeling and put a smile on your face. Instead, it is more effective to take a time out, find the balance bit by bit and then gradually come back to ease.  Offer yourself gift of some time. Flow along to allow recovery bit by bit.

We control ourselves and our vibration. We can become aware, slow down  to steer toward what we like better.

Questions? Please comment with a story about momentum. We love to hear it!

About the Author

Janet Pearlman is a spiritual teacher, counselor, healer and artist. These posts demonstrate everyday applications of the path to greater self knowledge and mastery. Opportunities for greater empowerment abound in the moments of our lives. As we all go for operating from a centered and loving space, we are creating a world where peace can prevail. In her forty-six year journey of self-discovery, Janet has deeply studied the teachings of Abraham-Hicks, Ernest Holmes, Inayat Khan and more. Janet offers individual sessions by phone and in person. Please contact her at jpearl555@earthink.net to arrange an appointment.