A New Year and the World Didn't End... Now What?

Here we are, day one of 2013 and the world didn't end on December 21....now what?  Do you make a resolution? Do they really work? You figure you have to do something, but you don't know what. Isn't that the normal thing to do: make a resolution and try to stick with it?

You do want change, but how do you do it? You've tried for many years and feel stuck like you did before. You could make a resolution, but, quite frankly, they rarely work. The reason why they don't work, according to Abraham Hicks, is that many people make resolutions from a place of not wanting something, rather than a place of what they truly want. Basically, if you want to experience change in your life, you have to align the energies to what you want.

Below is an excerpt from an Abraham Hicks workshop. If you are looking for change, but unsure of how to take the next step, read on:


"Every day provides a wonderful opportunity to set forth your clear intentions. You do not have to wait for a new calendar year.

Find a comfortable place where you will not be interrupted by. Write at the top of your notebook page: My Dominant Intentions: Then write four sub-headings: My Current Intentions Regarding My Body, My Relationships, My Home, My Work. Then, write a general description of how you want to feel and be, regarding each of the four categories. Be general and easy. Let these words come easily from you.

Now, go back to the first category, focus on the topic, and sit back, relax, and daydream about this. Imagine your body looking just as you would like it to look. See it in your mind's eye. Try to imagine how that beautiful body would feel. Move it, in your imagination. Take it for a walk, dress it in something that pleases you. Appreciate its stamina and flexibility and clarity. Spend as much time daydreaming about this wonderful physical vehicle as you can. Stay in your vision until you feel refreshed, and continue to be there as long as you can.

Now, go to the second category, and do the same thing. Bring an image of the most significant person in your life experience and see that person with you. Feel appreciation for that person. Mentally speak your appreciation. Imagine that person loving you back. Praising you, and complimenting you. Feel your mutual appreciation and admiration. Stay within the vision until you feel refreshed.

Now, go to the third category, and feel appreciation for your home. Make mental pictures of your home as you want it to be. See it orderly, if you desire that, and beautifully furnished, if you desire that. In an easy and carefree manner, imagine it however you would like it to be. Take pleasure from your vision and stay there until you feel refreshed.

Now, go to the fourth page, and gather a mental picture of your work. Feel appreciation for the excuse it gives you to flow energy toward something. Acknowledge how expansive it is, and feel appreciation for its ever changing nature. See yourself expanding and thriving. Stay there until you are refreshed.

There is no right or wrong way to approach this. The thing that is important is that you choose areas of your life that matter most and that you conjure positive images that thrill you. And as you do that, you have not only resolved, in your own mind, how your New Year will be, but you have notified everyone and everything in the entire Universe and you have solicited their assistance in achieving your intentions. And from that moment forward -- the entire Universe will conspire to assist you."

Have a happy, loving and peaceful 2013!

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!           

It's Not Rocket Surgery

“Something wonderful begins to happen with the simple realization that life, like an automobile, is driven from the inside out, not the other way around. As you focus more on becoming more peaceful with where you are, rather than focusing on where you would rather be, you begin to find peace right now, in the present. Then, as you move around, try new things, and meet new people, you carry that sense of inner peace with you. It's absolutely true that, "Wherever you go, there you are.”  
-Richard Carlson

This whole 'changing-your-life-having-your-dream-life-getting-what-you-want-manifesting-your-desires-living-the-good-life-being-happy-healthy-peaceful-loving-yourself' thing....It's not Rocket Surgery.

But we make it a big deal. We really just need to feel good, be happy, trust the Universe, trust in ourselves, trust in our emotions, feelings, realize that things can and will unfold perfectly.

But we don't believe in ourselves/trust ourselves to be who we already are: Creators. Pure source energy. The Universe. Gods and Goddesses. We are not separate but part of the Whole.

Actually, we are more non-physical energy than we are physical energy. Because of the 'stuff' we are made up of, we are more 'nothingness' than 'somethingness'....We are made up of cells, which are made of molecules, which are made of atoms, which are made of subatomic particles which are primarily composed of energy. So, 99.9999999 percent of each of us is composed of energy..ie: the non-physical.

Dr. Joe Dispenza says in his book Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself, "Isn't it ironic, then, that we keep all of our attention on the 0.00001 percent of reality that is physical? Are we missing something? If this nothing consists of energy waves that carry information, and this force organizes our physical structures and their functioning, then it certainly makes sense to refer to the quantum field as an invisible intelligence. And since energy is at the basis of all physical reality, that intelligence I've just described to you has organized itself into matter."

Simply put, whatever you call this Intelligence, we are extensions of it. We are part of it. We are made up of it and, therefore, can create our lives the way we want to.

All that needs to be done is to think and feel, think and feel, think and feel....match the feeling to the thought and you have a winning combination.

Pay attention to what you are thinking and feeling because, as you are thinking and feeling, you are also creating.

Fake It Till You Make It

Fake it till you make it! What does that mean. There is a lot of confusion surrounding this statement, and sometimes people get very uptight about it.

In my assessment, there are many interpretations depending on who you are, what you've read, and who you've spoken to.

Some think that it means just pretend you are the person you want to be and eventually you will become that person. All you need to do is forget everything that that isn't working in your life and pretend that everything is sunshine and lollipops. There may be a little truth in that, but, you certainly can't go around spending money you don't have because you are 'pretending' you are a millionaire. That's not how it works and this isn't what it means.

A little demonstration:

When I was younger, like 12 (I'd like to say it was 10 years ago, but it wasn't.), I would go to sleep by visualizing myself on The Love Boat. Sometimes I would be Julie McCoy, Cruise Director, and sometimes a passenger. This was a great way to fall asleep because it made me happy and I would have a peaceful sleep.

Seriously, I think we would all have excellent sleeps if we envisioned ourselves on a beach, a boat, a train...whatever, as long as we were having a relaxing time on our imaginary vacation.

So, what Fake It Till You Make It means is to visualize what you want. THINK and FEEL it... just like I did visualizing and feeling what it would be like on The Love Boat as Julie McCoy. This is how you create your life; this is the fake it part. This is the part where you go within and have fun, no matter what is happening. Although I didn't manifest being on The Love Boat (because that wasn't the point of the exercise when I was 12), what did manifest were peaceful sleeps. I remember waking up one morning and I felt awesome! I even looked like I had a restful sleep.

Once you are in your conscious state and moving through day to day life, you take that feeling wherever you go.  The point of life is to feel good!

Still unsure about this Fake It Till You Make It business? There have been studies demonstrating that thought and feeling will produce similar or close to similar results. For instance, studies show that when athletes visualize running and training for a race, their bodies go through the same processes as if they were physically doing it.

Why? Firstly, thoughts and emotion are energy. We are all just a bundle of energy! Secondly, your brain doesn't know what is real or what is imagination. When you throw feeling into the mix, you can tell your brain anything and it will believe you.

Therefore, tell it you are rotten and FEEL it....and it will believe you. Tell your brain you are wonderful, and FEEL it....and it will believe you. Whatever you tell it, it will believe you and create more for you. It is at your beck and call.

Be mindful of your thoughts and feelings! They are extremely powerful!