No Life Lessons?

"Luke, you're going to find that many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view." -- Obi-Wan

"The only lesson in life is to learn to be pickier about what we think and feel." -Tamara Hanson 

Many of us believe that we are here to learn lessons in life. Typically, each negative thing that happens is a lesson that we feel we need to learn so we can evolve further. However, what about when something positive happens? Doesn’t that offer a lesson too?

While this may be true to a degree, I don’t think we each are randomly doled out a certain number of ‘lessons’. I don’t think when your name comes up, a wheel is spun and you get the health issues, or the financial issues, or the relationship issues.  Nor do I think that everything is a test where we are given a pass or a fail depending on how we react or what action we take.

Because we are the creators of our own experience, and each one of us is God/Source Energy/Higher Self (fill in the blank) expressed in physical form, we are the ones giving ourselves the experience.

“But, wait,” you might say, “Why would I create that crappy relationship, financial situation, or illness? Maybe I’m here to learn a lesson for some crappy karma from a past life in which I don’t remember nor have any control over it.”

You are not undoing any karma (see karma blog), and you have complete control over what you create by paying attention to how you think and how you feel.  Your emotions are guiding you; if you are feeling anything less than happy, joyful and loving, then you need to switch it up and reach for something that feels better. Nothing is more important than that you feel good… no matter what.

“But,” you might say, “I have all this crappy stuff happening in my life. How can I feel good when crappy stuff is happening? I should be worrying because, if I’m feeling happy, then I look irresponsible for not worrying about the crappy stuff. That’s what society taught me.” 

The crappy stuff that is happening right now is old news. The crappy stuff that has manifested into your life occurred because you offered up consistently sloppy thoughts and vibrations before it came into being your reality.

So, we become more proficient at thinking the good stuff and feeling the good stuff, no matter what our current reality is. Why? Because we now want something new to come in; we now want health, happiness, love, money, a job, etc.

There is a saying: 

I am sure there still is that underlying question of, “Well, did those starving kids in Africa/my city/my country, become sloppy thinkers too?” This is an off-shoot of the same topic and will cover that at a later date, which will most likely deal with co-creation.

The point is, the only lesson that we need to learn is to be pickier about what thoughts we think and the emotions we feel. We need to be less sloppy with our vibration and more deliberate with what we create. So, when something happens that is not what you wanted, the lesson is to change your thoughts and emotions to what you do want…and be consistent about it. 

Challenge yourself for 30 days by thinking and feeling only the positive, and then see what happens. 

You have nothing to lose. 



Vibrational Alignment--What's That About?

When people talk Law of Attraction, or LOA, they usually are confronted by many different responses, including: People cringing because this LOA stuff is not proven. Oh, and it sounds airy-fairy, too. Or, blank stares because some people have no idea what in tarnation you are talking about.

At its basis, law of attraction is really about vibrational alignment.

But, what does that mean?

Everything, yes, EVERYTHING is energy. One more time: EVERYTHING IS ENERGY. Energy is vibrational; it gives off a signal. We’ve seen this with radio waves, satellite waves, and even our bodies.  Animals can hear different frequencies… energy, signals. Bats are visually challenged at night and, therefore have sonar, receive information from their high pitched squeaking sound when it bounces off objects around them.

Because everything is energy…wait, one more time: EVERYTHING IS ENERGY… it is attracted to a like energy. Like attracts like, as they say. Birds of a feather flock together. “That which is like unto itself is drawn.” But, wait, what about opposites attract? Well, that typically applies to magnets. But, if it has to be explained, they are basically the same thing just a different ‘degree’ or ‘type’ of the same thing… so, they aren’t so different after all. Kind of like light and dark. Dark is just a different degree of light. Hard is a different degree of soft…etc.

Look at lightning. Lightning is energy, and when it hits, it has been attracted to that which is on the same frequency as it is.

Let’s bring this back around, shall we. Law of Attraction is just that…like attracting like. Humans are not exempt from this either…but many of us think we are and that we have no control over anything and the world is a terrible place.

But, we do have control…over our own vibration and over the signal that we are sending out. You can either create by default or create deliberately—the choice is yours.

Many people find this hard to believe. “What? I create my own life? Rubbish! Why would I create that!?” Well, because most of us don’t clean up the vibration we send out. We are so accustomed to the signal that we think it’s normal. However, the things we want to change stay unchanged because we don’t take responsibility for our own energy.  So, it’s not really about the specific thing you created, but about the vibration you were offering.  Vibrations based on lack, limitations, negativity, illness, anger, sadness, etc, will continue to create the same thing.

And, it's not a matter of switching your vibration in a second and all is well; you still have built up a ton of stuff that needs to be cleared out. If things don’t turn around in that moment, you have to keep working at it. You can’t expect a broken arm to heal overnight…well, I guess you can because anything is possible…but, typically, our belief system doesn’t always allow for it and most of us have to really focus. But, how do we focus? We use our minds. So, not only do we alter our vibration by how we feel but we also alter our thoughts.

So, focus on feeling better. Focus on happiness, joy, abundance, contentment and peace. Think thoughts of beautiful things, beautiful moments, and wonderful experiences…anything that will get you into that good feeling place. When you begin to change your thoughts and, most importantly, vibration, you will begin to create what you want to create.

In the words of Yogi Ramacharaka

"We wish the student to particularly understand that when we say "Thoughts are Things," we are not using the words in a figurative sense or in a fanciful way, but that we are expressing a literal truth. We mean that thought is as much a "thing" as is light, heat, electricity, or similar forms of manifestations. Thought can be seen by the psychic sight; can be felt by the sensitive; and, if the proper instruments were in existence, could be weighed… It is like a thin vapor (the degree of density varying), and is just as real as the air around us…

It may be necessary for you to fix this fact in your minds by picturing the mind as sending forth thought emanations… think of thought emanations as akin to the steam being projected from a boiling tea kettle”.

Makes sense to me!

Namaste!           

Natural Abundance: What is it?

Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

When the term "Natural Abundance" is tossed around, most of us wonder what the heck it is. Is that just some fancy term or does it have some meaning to it?

Let's start from the beginning...
At our very core of who we are, we are abundant beings. Our birth rite is to be abundant in every area: happiness, joy, peace, love, food, water, shelter, success, money.... all those things that are a necessity of life, and that we wish to bring into our life experience...all of those things that we bring into the physical because we want to and because it is always our choice.

At times, we may not feel that abundance is our natural birth rite. We look around and see people without food, clothing, and shelter. For ourselves, we may see a stack a bills and very little pay. Or, that we don't have that $80,000 on hand to buy that sweet sports car.

However, we can look at it this way: we don't believe that money can come to us at our will, or that we can have unlimited amounts because we are socialized to think otherwise. We were brought up thinking that there is limited amounts of food, water, money, etc. We were also brought up to believe that we shouldn't be greedy or materialistic for wanting to experience life in many different ways. And most of us were taught that life was unfair, tough, hard, and we have to work hard to be rewarded.

But none of this is true. We were born into abundance. Each of us born with the same birth rite.

So, why are people suffering in this world? Because, we all are co-creating these old beliefs. The world is already changing and evolving. People are becoming more and more aware of their abundant nature, learning how to tap into their own personal power.

So, natural abundance is knowing that we are all abundant beings. We are all in control of the creation of our own lives... that we can be, do and have whatever we want. If we begin to change perspective, begin to believe and KNOW our true selves as creators of our own lives, we will see amazing and wonderful things begin to happen. We just need to get out of our own way.