Ohm or Om? Which Do You Own?

The other day I was half-listening to a trivia event taking place at my local market, and heard the announcer say, "Ohm is a unit of electrical resistance."

Hm. That's 180 degrees from its sound-alike sister, the meditation mantra "Om".

Are you in resistance — or resilience?

Master consciousness teacher Jim Self has often said, "Thoughts are electrical and emotions are magnetic." He explains how this affects our behavior: "When a thought is coupled with an emotion, the combined energies become charged electro-magnetically, amplified and set in motion. If your reaction (emotion) to a thought is strong, the charge behind it increases. If your reaction is negative it may result in an angry outburst (discharge of emotion) or you may react by becoming offended, allowing that emotional energy to build inside of you."

Interesting, isn't it? We can be ohm or om, depending on how we choose to think and feel. I used to be the Queen of Resistance, until I grew bored senseless with the energy it took to fight or flee. Meditation was still many years in my future, though I did start learning to let go, adapt, allow. And what tremendous freedom this unleashes within us.

When we take that electrical energy and marry it to healing feelings, it magnetizes magic. We become magnetic to our good, drawing in all manner of people and possibility in order to serve our highest intention. Making the change does require time and energy — but it's electrifying and calming at the same time.

Try it. Ommmmm…..

Dec. newsletter: From Resistance to Resilience

Years ago a popular television commercial featured a maternal manicurist who would soften her customers' hands in Palmolive dishwashing liquid. The theme was both arresting and funny. The patron, upon learning the contents of the cuticle-softening dish, would jerk her hand away and gasp: "Dishwashing liquid?" Madge would calmly pat her hand back down, reassuring, "It's Palmolive!"

I was ruminating on how such a commercial might play in the metaphysical realm: "Resistance? You're soaking in it!" And it doesn't soften the journey, but cooks us to a crisp - even when we think we're coming from an enlightened perspective. READ THE REST!