Looks like I let the morning slip by again, and I wanted to talk about how to get out of a funk before it gets the best of you.

Do you ever feel the lingering blues creeping up? You know that feeling when all the sudden you lose your energy level, you’re not motivated and something is making you melancholic? That’s how it starts for me at least.

At that moment when you start to feel this and you know you have better things to do, it’s time to take an overall view. It’s time to go above yourself to get a bird’s eye view. This is something you can bring to your meditation practice. When I feel the blues creeping in, I have triggered myself to stop. I stop and get a sense of what I feel.

1) Stop and ask yourself; “What is it I am feeling?” When did it start and where did it start. Why doesn’t matter as much because, remember, what is wrong with you is besides the point, what is right with you is the point.

2) Then, make things relative again. What I mean by that is take an honest look at your life focusing on the positive things. One thing that never fails for me, no matter how blue I might ever be, I always congratulate me for having made it this far. Seriously, no one gave you a manual on life and certain none for figuring out who you are. You might be holding the facade up, nonetheless, you made it thus far. Tap yourself on the back. Then congratulate you for remembering to remember. Remember to remember to take the time and see through your busy life, or through the haze.

3) Climb as far up as you can from your vintage point of view. Go above and beyond yourself. Go behind the person. Be your own observer. What do you see? When you reach a great enough height, you get to a place where you become just a peaceful observer. No judging feelings get in your way. You observe the human, with your attributes, feelings, likes and dislikes without passing a single judgment. It’s as if you have peeled away the onion layers of yourself. You are the core of your being, now.

This last part can be a little difficult if you are not the type to meditate using your “inner eye” or using your imagination. You might want to represent yourself, as if you were driving a great car, or navigating a boat or on board the Enterprise if you wish. Then go behind the eyes of who you are. Just try it. You will get a sense of detachment at first. It’s very soothing. Then, you will see yourself. You won’t be so judgmental of yourself. Once you are there, you can look around you, look above and below. If you do this well enough, you eventually get to a place where you rise above the concept of right and wrong. Then you stare at the source of all things. Life! The Sun of life. It is peaceful and you will smile. And when you come back down again, you will see things are not as they appear. There is a grander aspect of life. Once you have that, anything that happens to you becomes relative to the whole.

Hum, very philosophical this morning… and imagine what we can do in a coaching session.