Suspended Animation. Does your life feel like that sometimes? Especially in regard to manifestation of your dreams and desires. Waiting for our good, asking where it is, wondering why it is taking so freaking long to show up. Asking, meditating, praying, hoping and believing is it around the corner. A lifetime can be spent waiting for our good. Our best effort can even prove fruitless in many cases, or when “it” shows up, it is not the way you envisioned. Many people simply give up right before the moment of their perfect manifestation! It takes courage to stay the course.
When you have a dream or desire sitting in your soul, never give up on it. With applied knowledge, practice, and above all knowing-ness, you will be able to bring the unformed into the formed. Did anyone tell you this would be easy? NO! If it were that easy, everyone would have everything they wanted. For your assistance, there are universal laws and principles that can be learned, applied and lived by. Many of them hidden in plain site!
Who do you serve? Yourself in all your power, OR the outer world in all it’s distortion and misdirection? The outer world will lead you down a merry road that can distract you from the essence of who you truly are. You are a very powerful creator being, complete with all the perfection you could ever imagine. Through the choices and decisions you have made, based on the outer world, you have altered the course of your own life. By living from the inside out, you become the master of your outer life as it unfolds, moment by moment. There are millions of voices in the world and they all have an “opinion.” Listen to your heart, where you can safely navigate the waters of life. Let your soul speak to you, it has a voice prepared just for you.
How is your core? I call your core LOVE. Similar to exercising your body, if your core is strong, it supports the rest of the body. When you walk in the moment loving everything, your world is supported in all ways. That core reaches out to every other area in your world. Ask “What Would Love Do Now?” and listen. Resistance will always give you an uncomfortable feeling. Breathe through it and listen. When you know what is making you uncomfortable, let it go. Use the courage you were given wisely.
Your consciousness can not act upon a mixed thought. Have you ever considered this? Do you wonder why your affirmations don’t work? Example – You decide to take a trip to your favorite destination. That is a precise, clear, pristine thought. If you left it alone all would work out perfectly. The Universe is in perpetual motion and you are the magnet of what you put out as a precise thought. The moment you start engaging in the W’s. When can I get the time off work, where will I get the money for plane tickets, hotel, etc, you have a mixed thought. Nothing will manifest or if it does, there is resistance and struggle. We manage to get in our own way constantly. Our job as creator beings is to make a decision as the architect of our own life. Think of it as building the outer experience from the inside out. Really get this as it is VIP – A mixed thought is an inconclusive thought and one your consciousness will not act upon. When you really get this, your life will change. It takes work and you must be vigilant and courageous.
I am sharing a video from Brother David because it talks of one of the most important aspects of life, no matter what path in life you follow – Gratitude. A major key to living a life of joy.
This video, featuring Brother David, a highly-respected Benedictine monk, author and spiritual leader, is a BLESSING to all those with “eyes to see and ears to hear.” Look, listen and be inspired by this powerful message on grateful living. Please visit gratefulness.org.
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