If you haven’t yet watched the animated movie Monsters Inc., then be sure to do so. The original movie, intentionally or unintentionally, addresses the power of our emotional states. Fear and anxiety are driving forces for many of us in today’s world. We worry about our finances, relationships, jobs, health, economy, and so much more. Being riddled with negative emotions such as fear, anxiety, stress, hesitation, disappointment, anger, doubt, resentment, and betrayal does our bodies a huge harm. Since emotions are energy in motion, these negative emotions are negative energies flowing within us internally and from us externally. People can stand next to someone who is angry or in a big hurry, and they are able to pick up on those energy vibrations. Similarly, we can be around people who are funny and happy, and we can sense those energies too. We tend to not only sense the energies of those around us, but we are also able to switch our energies to mirror theirs.
In the movie Monsters Inc. the scare monsters are tasked with scaring children, so that the screams and fear of the children can be collected in metal cannisters. The energy from the screams, similar to electricity, is used to power the city. As the movie progresses, it is discovered that laughter is also a mighty energy that can be collected. In fact, laughter and happiness turn out to be more powerful than fear and anxiety. The other benefit of laughter is that it is more readily available than fear. It is easier to access from the children. Making a child laugh is easier and more fun than making them cry and scream.
The same seems to hold true in real life. Uplifting and positive emotions are higher vibration energies, than are the more somber and negative emotions. Positive emotions are readily expressed, like laughter, love, and gratitude. Negative emotions tend to be heavier to express, such as resentment, fear, and anxiety. This is why we tend to avoid conflict and negative feedback. Since we are more prone to hold in our negative thoughts and emotions, they have more power to affect our physical being. Every time we feel and focus on our negative emotions, we empower them to cause destruction within our bodies. Like in the cartoons, when the villains grow in size and gain power, they become stronger to cause even more destruction. Negative emotions can grow when we fuel them with our focus and behavior, to the point that they overtake us and can cause destruction. The only way to outdo the villains in the cartoons is to have the heroes work together to outsmart them. Then the villain can be brought down by the good guys. In our bodies, the good guys are our positive emotional energies. They are able to outsmart and take out the bad guys, which are negative energies.
The next time that you are feeling fearful or angry, focus on disempowering the negative emotion by empowering your positive emotions of love, gratitude, and appreciation. Laughter also helps beat and win against the bad guy emotions. You must proactively choose to shut down the villains. You must use your mind, heart, and soul to enable your positive emotional energies to disempower the negative emotional energies. Purposely focus on the good in each and every situation. What are the positive lessons gained? How have you grown as a person? What can you be grateful for despite the situation? When you strengthen your positive emotions in the midst of feeling negative emotions, you will soon feel the shift within yourself. The heavy negative emotions tend to quiet down. Their fire is put out. They no longer have the energy and momentum that they initially did. The positive emotions are way too strong to allow the negative emotions to rule.
It all boils down to energy control and mastering the skill of managing your energies. Energetic management is your ability to manipulate your mental and emotional states to bring about balance and a state of flow. When you rebalance your energies, you are able to prevent chaos and destruction within your own self. Your physical well-being is maintained. When you protect your physical being, you protect your life. Do not let the negative emotional and mental bad guys destroy your body. Arm your positive emotional and mental good guys with the tools they need to protect your body for the long haul of life.