http://forums.thinkarete.com/forums/the-big-ideas/topics/can-you-shift en-us 60 <p>You&rsquo;re stressed. Can you shift your state of consciousness by choice? Or are you locked into whatever your experiencing in that moment?</p><p>According to Daniel Goleman in his book <em>Emotional Intelligence</em>, our ability to deliberately choose our state of consciousness is a key marker of emotional health.</p><p>Good thing to start to notice, eh? Are you locked? Can you shift?</p><p>Have fun in the discovery process of simply <em>seeing </em>when you&rsquo;re stuck. Then try breathing. Smile and see that you just got blessed with one more opportunity to put your ideals to work.</p><p>Amazing how life gives us so many opportunities to learn, eh? :)</p> Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:43:09 -0000 forums.thinkarete.com:503:46:46 brian http://forums.thinkarete.com/forums/503/topics/46