If you’re on a spiritual pathway, the concept of vibration is probably something you’re well aware of… but how thoroughly do you understand its influence on your life experience? Understanding the difference between high and low vibrational states is important, because if you don’t know what happiness is, how can you take steps towards it?
The quality of your experiences depends on your vibration. It’s the base building block of your feelings, thoughts, attitudes, and beliefs which translates to your experience of consciousness – heavenly, hellish, and everything in between.
Your vibration is the key to all the blissful experiences you can have, and it’s also the reason why you suffer.ย
In this article, I’m going to explain how vibration works without all the spiritual jargon. Therefore, this concept is easy to digest regardless of whether you’re far into your spiritual journey, or just beginning.
What is energetic vibration?
Think of your vibration as your state of consciousness. A high vibration corresponds with a heavenly experience of consciousness, while a low vibration corresponds with a hellish experience.
Let’s break it down.
Energy is the fundamental building block of all creation. Every person, animal, plant, place, emotion, attitude, behavior, and thing is a form of energy. Energy is vibratory, and the rate of vibration determines the expression (or quality) of that energy.
This means that everything has a vibration, as everything is a different expression (otherwise manifestation) of the collectiveย consciousness, or god so to speak.
Here’s how it works:
- The slower the vibration = the denser the energy. Experiences corresponding with suffering are dense, meaning they have a low vibration.
- The faster the vibration = the lighter the energy. Experiences corresponding with happiness are light, meaning they have a high vibration.
Even though all things are made from energy, there are many different energies, and each energy is unique. Your emotions, attitudes, and beliefs are all forms of energy. Every planet, object, and thing has an energy. Every being has an energy. Then you have things like karmic energy, energies of places, energies of plant medicines and spirits, realms and dimensions.
For example, a hellish realm would be extremely dense where the experience of consciousness would be absolute misery. A heavenly realm would be extremely light where the experience of consciousness would be blissful.
Earth is somewhere in the middle. We can experience high vibrational states, and we can experience low vibrational states. This means our experiences as humans can be quite dense (where there are many expressions of suffering), and they can also be quite light (there are also many expressions of happiness).
Hellish realms are very low vibrational, meaning the souls that go there are either suffering gravely. Heavenly realms are very high vibrational, meaning the souls that go to these realms are in states of bliss, otherwise they wouldn’t have access to these states.
Even though hellish and heavenly realms do exist, heaven and hell are states of consciousness more so than a physical place.ย
Vibration is a spectrum
Look at vibration as a spectrum from a very low vibration (being the densest feeling that causes the most suffering) to a very high vibration (being the lightest feeling that causes the most happiness).
Even though the energy of any given thing is unique, all energies fit along a spectrum somewhere from being dense, neutral, or light.
We tend to associate emotions with vibrations, which is true… for example, love is of the highest vibration because it’s an energy that is directly associated with:
- Light energy
- Heaven
- Enlightenment
- God
- Christ Consciousness
On the other hand, hatred is of the lowest vibration as it’s the polar opposite of love. You can’t genuinely love and hate something at the same time. Hatred is a feeling associated with:
- Darkness
- Hell
- Suffering
- The devil
- Malevolence
However, vibration is much more involved than only emotions. There are many forms of energy, each with its own vibration including:
- Thoughts: Thinking that ‘this sucks’ or ‘I can’t do it’ are lower vibrational energies than thinking how much you like or appreciate something.
- Attitudes: Constantly complaining, refusing to collaborate, and criticizing without offering solutions is a lower vibration than approaching challenges with enthusiasm, collaborating willingly, and providing constructive feedback.
- Beliefs: The belief that humanity is a failing species and we’re going to go extinct is a lower vibration than the belief that we are constantly progressing, and evolving, and eventually, we will create a heaven on Earth.
- Mentalities: The victim mentality and belief that you are always taken advantage of is a lower vibration than an abundance mentality or the belief that you are responsible for your life condition.
- Behaviors: Acting unconsciously, out of impulse, or causing harm in some way to others are lower vibrational behaviors than acting consciously, having discipline, and helping others.
Therefore, I look at vibration as the mean of your experiences, which involves every dimension of them. If you’re a good person, generally feeling positive emotions but you may have some low vibrational mentalities, sure, those mentalities will bring the mean down a little, but generally you are resonating at a fairly high vibration (meaning you’re happy), and vice versa.
Understanding high vibrational energy
Here is a model I made of what I consider happiness to be in the context of vibration, with corresponding energies.
Anything that resonates with a high vibration makes us feel good. The highest vibrations bring us into states of bliss as we’re resonating at the frequency of god. Even though these vibrations are generally considered spiritual phenomena (these experiences don’t exist within the framework of a human), we can tap into them via spiritual discipline.
The highest vibration I have experienced was during a kundalini awakening I had in 2014. I would consider this experience to be close to levels of bliss (complete immersion into god). Think enlightenment, pure light, unconditional love.
High-vibrational energy manifests experiences that we understand as positive. This expression of energy is associated with the higher self (the part of us that is connected to god). This is because high vibrational energy is a pure form of energy which is represented as white light.
The closer the soul moves towards god, the more high vibrational it becomes.
High vibrational energy directly corresponds with happiness. If you’re in a high vibrational state, you are happy (and experiencing feelings, thoughts, beliefs, and attitudes that make you happy).
As anyone who resonates at a high vibration experiences gratitude, love, and compassion, this frequency is benevolent, and it’s associated with healing and growth. This energy is the cream of the crop for many spiritual seekers, as holding a high vibration is a trump card as it attracts all positive experiences into life.
As your higher self resonates with high vibrational energy, when you’re in a high vibrational state, you also embody your higher self. This is where you feel like you’re living your best life, but you’re also at service to humanity.
A high-vibrational person (or person in a high-vibrational state) experiences:
- Happiness
- High-vibrational emotions such as love, gratitude, and compassion
- Benevolence
- Virtuous actions
- Embodiment of the higher self
- Disconnection from ego
- Calibration with the light
- Heavenly perceptions of oneself and our world
- No suffering
Understanding low vibrational energy
Here is a model I made of what I consider suffering to be in the context of vibration, with corresponding energies.
Anything that resonates at a low vibration is considered miserable. A very low vibration is considered dark (hateful, malevolent, and trapped in states of suffering). Experiencing hellish states of consciousness (torture, torment, and tragedy) is the densest energy that we can experience.
Low vibrational energy corresponds with experiences that we perceive to be negative. It’s a quality of energy that creates darkness and is associated with an expression of suffering. As high vibrational energy is associated with growth, low vibrational energy is associated with decay.
Attitudes, thoughts, and behaviors that we consider to be negative or destructive correspond with low-vibrational energy. Coincidently, these feelings cause pain and lead to suffering (or rather, they’re a manifestation of suffering, two in the same). Low vibrational emotions include feelings of fear, jealousy, guilt, shame, and resentment. These are all the emotions and sensations which are seen as unpleasant and undesirable to experience.
The further a soul moves away from the god, the lower vibrational it becomes.
When your vibration is low, you begin shifting into your lower self as it resonates with low vibrational energy. This means that your shadow self comes out. You become petty, or the victim, or the loser. Suddenly you feel like your life sucks and you’re battling a mountain of problems because of your vibration. However, these problems may not be real in the sense we understand, as they are manifestations of low vibrational energy.
All religions believe in a state of absolute suffering. This state of consciousness is commonly referred to as hell but goes by different names depending on the belief system. Even though hell is a state of consciousness, there may be manifestations of realms that coincide with this state of consciousness.
Hell is the lowest vibrational state of consciousness. In that sense, hell is not a physical place, universe, or dimension (although there are realms that facilitate hellish experiences). However, there are hellish states of consciousness that the lowest vibration of consciousness creates an energetic match for.
An example of a vibratory match for a soul that belongs in a hellish realm would be a malevolent spirit or demon. Of course, the energy of the devil is a figurehead or embodiment of the lowest vibrational energies and the polar opposite of god.
A low-vibrational person (or person in a low-vibrational state) experiences:
- Suffering and pain
- Low-vibrational emotions such as fear, hatred, and resentment
- Possible malevolence
- Destructive actions and behaviors
- Embodiment of the lower self
- Consumption of the ego
- Calibration with darkness
- Hellish perceptions of oneself and the world
Let’s paint a picture of someone embodying their lower self. Someone in a low vibrational state of consciousness could be an aggressive, angry person who abuses substances, blames the world for his problems, and is a rude, unpleasant person to others. This person lives unconsciously – run by detrimental patterns and programs, and is trapped in painful mindsets, such as believing the world is a bad place, people are bad, and he must push his way to the top at the expense of others.
This person may feel recurrent emotions such as jealousy when seeing other people do well, resentment towards others, and hatred towards people who have done him wrong. He may frequently hurt people and engage in immoral or unethical activities that cause harm to others. He is a miserable person and is suffering gravely, even if he is not aware of it.
How to embody a high vibration
If you’re trying to shift towards high vibrational energies, the most important thing I have to say is to do it genuinely.
You can’t fake vibration, because your vibration is the most real thing about you. It’s a direct expression of the soul, therefore pretending to have a high vibration if you’re feeling miserable won’t do you any good.
If you’re stuck in low vibrational states, it is a journey to genuinely work towards experiencing more high vibrational energies and embodying them. There are a few pillars I recognize when trying to shift towards high vibrational states of consciousness including:
- Self-awareness: If you aren’t aware of your thoughts, feelings, beliefs, and attitudes, how are you going to change them? You need to cultivate a deeper awareness about your patterns and programs, and what isn’t serving you in your path towards happiness. With illumination, you can create true change.
- Self-actualization: You need to put in the work if you want to create a beautiful life for yourself. If your life condition is subpar, then it will be harder to embody high-vibrational energies. Therefore, work on improving your life condition, whether it’s regarding your social relationships, finances, or lifestyle, to give you the best possible chance to raise your vibration.
- Healing: Open wounds and trauma cause you to move into low-vibrational states. Therefore, if you have a lot of trauma, it may be very difficult to shift into high vibrational states because you are wounded. Therefore, healing yourself should be your goal, as the more you heal your wounds, the more naturally you will feel better.
- Watch what you consume: Everything has a vibration, and you absorb those vibrations. If you’re eating a lot of junk, you’re consuming the vibrations of that junk. If you eat a lot of healthy, fresh food, then you will consume higher vibrations, which will influence your vibration. Likewise, places and people have vibrations too. Therefore, if you spend your time around low-vibrational people or in low-vibrational environments, you’re going to vicariously absorb some of that energy.
- Change your lifestyle: Your lifestyle also plays a big role in your vibration. Get out in nature, go for a swim. Exercise, eat healthy, engage in spiritual practice, and do some volunteering where you can be at service. Positive lifestyle changes can increase your vibration, and help you embody high vibrational states. Therefore, be aware of what lifestyle choices you are making, and start moving towards better lifestyle choices that are good for you.
At the end of the day, many different influences affect your vibration. Keep moving forward with your life, and take small steps regularly toward feelings, thoughts, mentalities, beliefs, behaviors, actions, and choices that are high vibrational, and you will slowly begin to embody your higher self.
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Thank you. I think that was perfect. Iโm going to read this to my mother who is just now trying to learn of energy so this will be helpful so much. Thank you. I would love to hear more of your thoughts and views on this subject further.
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You are using the calibrations that Dr. David R. Hawkins researched and created and you have included them
On your own Map chart.. We did not give you permission to do this.
His Map image, calibration numbers and labels are trademarked and copyrighted.
Trademark Number: 4,086,310 Copyright number: TX8-895-484
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i just realized im demonic, i got a lot of work to do but im on the right path gotta go against the grain and get closer to GOD
Been always wondering about my self and explanations for my actions. This article has though me and explained so many things of my vibration state.