I was recently at a workshop where people were talking about careers and livelihood and was struck by the common theme of hate. These were all good people, mind you, people who wanted to be happy and prosperous. Yet each and every one of them (including me) was holding on to a reason for their unhappiness.

Several people didn’t like the city they lived in – they found it too dry, not enough green, the people too “in your face”, too much poverty, etc. Other people didn’t like their jobs, the people they had to deal with or certain aspects of their work.
Many of them were facing physical illnesses including depression, fibromyalgia and anxiety and most of them consistently used the word “hate” to describe whatever was challenging them.
“I hate my job. I hate this person. I hate the gangs. I hate having to chase after the almighty dollar. I hate having to feel all the negative energy around me!”
Release the Binding Energy of Hate
I learned early on in my intuitive practice that hate is a binding energy. What I mean by that is when you “hate” something, your thoughts, your mindset and your energy gets very hard and constricted – not to mention your heart. The same goes for anger, however, anger is more of an immediate reaction – it usually comes up to let you know that something is off – something is wrong that needs your attention right away. It’s telling you that there is some aspect of this situation that isn’t good for you. Anger can be a very useful emotion when it motivates you to take productive action to change something that’s causing you harm.
Hate is different in that it has taken anger and hardened it into a whole belief system. It is a refusal to accept that there might be something good about the object of our hate. We focus our attention on it and send angry thoughts toward it, thinking that somehow doing so will make it go away and ease our suffering. Unfortunately, the opposite is true. The more we hate something, the more we are bound to it.
What You Put Out, You Get Back…Tenfold
The negativity is made worse when the status quo teaches us to react with these Sacred Cows:
“If you hate, you can make something go away.”
“Hate somehow makes you safer.”
“Hating something makes you superior to it.”
“Hate helps you to feel better about yourself.”
“When you hate something, you cause damage to it, but not to yourself.”

A Complex Pattern and Recipe for Unhappiness
To see these social contracts in action, all one needs to do is observe some one like Rush Limbaugh or some other politico that you “hate”. Mr.Limbaugh deliberately and seductively uses the energy of hate to keep himself in a position of power. Let’s look at it.
He taps into an existing prejudice and says something hateful, something guaranteed to offend a large sector of the population and suddenly all eyes are upon him. Those of us who who consider ourselves to be tolerant and peace loving find ourselves being sucked into the hate energy and mindset. We hate the hate mongerer and are now riding on the same bus with him.

With Rush, it’s all the more insidious because he knows what he’s doing. He’s consciously using these Sacred Cows to keep himself in the public eye. Hating him does not make him go away. It makes him more powerful and it keeps the Sacred Cows fed, all fat and pleased with themselves. They say, “Look how easy it was to get them to buy into our delusion.”
So how do we get off the bus? How do we relieve the stress and suffering that comes with the mindset of hate?
I suggest that we start by releasing our agreement to hold on to hate as if it is helpful to us.
Look at the Soul Contract Circle below and imagine that you can burn and release any social contracts that are causing you harm. You can use the affirmation below it to help you:

It’s amazing how much energy you can free up by doing this and as intuitive people, we can do even more.
Emotions are Simply Energy in Motion = e-motion
We can sense the energy that’s being put out, right? So we can use that ability to disperse the energy too!
You can use this symbol to help you get in contact with with the energy pattern of hatred and dissolve it. All you have to do is look at this symbol, relax and get in contact with that hardened pattern of hate. Once you have it, use your intention to dissolve it, like dark clouds dispersing in the atmosphere.

Once you’ve freed your mind, attention and energy from the grip of hatred, you can go through the Tipping Point Game to get even more centered and find out what would work better for you.
We all have a desire to be free of suffering and head in a direction that will bring us happiness. None of us need any more hate. Don’t let it get you to take the wrong bus.
Get off the Bus by Tipping this Sacred Cow!