Feeling Good

By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired. –Franz Kafka

A friend recently emailed me asking about happiness and how to manifest his desires.  He said, “I really do want to be happy with my life. I wonder if the problem is that I want too much and am never satisfied ( I was up until 2am last night thinking about my future and where I can go from where I am currently at today. Is this the peak of my life/career? From here on out, it this as good as it’s going to get?)”

The following is an excerpt from my response to him:

Basically, Law of Attraction says that “thoughts become things” and everything in our physical experience begins as thought.  First we think it, and then as we live with that thought the Universe goes to work to bring you what you are thinking about.  There have been all kinds of examples of this throughout history and if you think about it you will find examples in your own life of the same principle at work.  It is this reason that so many people never see much change in the patterns of their lives.  They continually reflect on the way things exist for them in the moment and the Universe keeps bringing them more of what they have which may not be what they really want. 
 
So let’s apply this to your situation.  You want to be involved in a career that’s different from the one you are currently in.  You think to yourself, “I would really like to do X, but I’ve got it pretty good and there are so many people who don’t have as much as I do.” Following Law of Attraction, the Universe responds to “…I’ve got it pretty good…” and sends you more of what you have which leaves you right where you’ve been all along.
 
So then you think, “I wonder if the problem is that I want too much and am never satisfied.” In short, the answer is no.  It is our nature to want more than we have no matter what that may be.  And there’s nothing wrong with that.  That desire for more is what keeps us growing.  We don’t have to worry about getting more than our “share” because the Universe can supply an unlimited amount of resources.  In other words, just because we are getting more does not mean that someone else must get less.
 
The single biggest stumbling block for most people is that they can’t get past the way things “are” in the moment.  If you want the Universe to bring you something more than you have then you must “ignore” the way things are and focus on the way you want them to be!
 
The way to know if you are moving in the right direction is with your emotions.  If you feel good about whatever it is you are thinking about then you are moving in the right direction for you and what you are focusing on is making its way to you!  If, on the other hand, you are feeling bad when you think about something, then you are moving away from what you want.  It’s that simple. 
 
The key to all of this is something of a balancing act.  You must be happy (feel good) with what you have in order to move in the direction of what you want while not being completely satisfied and continually wanting more.  As far as being happy with what you have, the easiest way to move in that direction is to learn to be thankful for what you have.  Find something about your current situation that you can truly be thankful for and offer that up to the Universe.  Seek out more and more things to be thankful for and offer those up at every opportunity.  In the end, the ironic part is that the more you “hate” what you have, the more difficult it is to move on and this is true of any situation be it a job, a relationship, or whatever.  Conversely, the more thankful and appreciative you are for what you have, the easier it is to let it go and receive more of what you want!

Life leaps like a geyser for those who drill through the rock of inertia. –Alexis Carrel

Ok, so I’ve been feeling so good lately that I started to wonder just how to reach for something better when I couldn’t possibly have any way of knowing what “better than I’ve ever been” would feel like.

Now, stay with me for a minute, I realize you may not be at this point on your path. In fact, you may be wondering how you will ever feel anything other than bad. You may not be able to imagine anything close to what you think I’m talking about. But, I submit to you that where you are is not that much different than where I’ve been lately.

I’m moving in a particular direction and, as such, I experience the inertia, or “vibrational escrow”, of the direction I’m moving. You know, “A body in motion tends to stay in motion.” So the motion I’ve created keeps me moving in the direction I’ve been going (sound familiar?) so that more of that situation shows up in my experience.

So the question becomes, “How do I reach for something I don’t understand in the first place?”

The answer is nothing new. “Ask, Believe, Receive,” or however you want to say it. Simply put, it starts with your desire to want something more than what you have. That’s it. It’s as simple as that. You know what you don’t want. So just turn that around and state it as what you do want. Here’s the “difficult” part, assuming there is a difficult part (doesn’t the simple thought that it’s “difficult” make it so? –you should be shaking your head in the affirmative). Because we are moving in a particular direction that inertia (vibrational escrow) that we have built up will keep us moving in that direction and we will have to make deliberate attempts to keep our thoughts on what we want until the time arrives where we’ve “purged the buffers” and can begin to receive that which we are now creating!

So, we’ve started to focus on what we want and we’ve maintained that thought even in the face of the “reality” in front of us. So what happens now?

Something or someone shows up in your experience that demonstrates to you, without any doubt, what you need to think/feel/do in order to move to toward that new direction.

In my case, I met an individual who stirred something in me unlike anything I have felt before. This individual helped me understand what to reach for by providing the necessary contrast between the way I have been feeling and the way I could feel. And, interestingly, it wasn’t about anything that was said but simply about the feeling. In case you’re wondering what it felt like, the only word I can come up with to describe it was “awe” but this doesn’t seem adequate somehow.

Today I am grateful for the arrival of this individual in my experience for I now know how it will be possible to feel better than I currently do.

The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world’s problems. –Mahatma Gandhi

Have you ever felt a “nudge” to do something that you didn’t do but later realized you should have?  I’ve recently had a couple of those experiences and in both cases found out that a lot of good could have come had I only followed that little voice that was telling me, in very specific terms, what I should do.

I was driving to work the other day when I noticed someone who seemed to be having car trouble on the side of the road.  As I approached, I got the distinct impression that this was a new friend of mine from work.  As soon as I passed, I immediately started rationalizing by thinking to myself, “Nah, that wasn’t him, he works an earlier shift than I do and he would have been at work long before now.”

I realized as soon as I walked in the door at the office and he wasn’t at his desk that I had rationalized my way out of an opportunity to help my new friend.  As he relayed the story to me the following day, his statement that, “The entire day went wrong,” struck home as I knew that he might have had a very different day had I listened to my inner voice and stopped to help.

Over time, I have learned to trust these moments of “knowing” but I will admit that while I have learned how powerful these messages can be, I am still working on learning to give completely in to them.

How about you?  Have you been holding yourself back from really following that inner guidance? Imagine what may be possible if only we take that extra few moments and completely give in.

If I could solve all the problems myself, I would. -Thomas Edison, when asked why he had a team of twenty-one assistants

As some of you are already aware, the Tampa Law of Attraction Meetup Group recently became an affiliate chapter of the Gathering Projects. This organization, founded by Andrew Adler, was “…created as a gathering place for those who share the common interest of changing the world one person at a time through spiritual growth and enlightenment.”

Andrew has asked that I share some information regarding an upcoming event that he’s involved with and I’ve chosen to do so by simply including his words below:

To all Gathering and Affiliate members,

On July 8th at 5:00 PST, I will be interviewing David Wilcock, who professes to be the incarnate of Edgar Cayce, on Law of Attraction Talk Radio.

David will be giving scientific information on why there is a shift of consciousness to be eminent in the year 2012. To find out more about David Wilcock you can go to his website Divine Cosmos.

This is also an interesting show for I have been selected as a finalist in the co-host contest. If you would like me to be the permanent co-host you can vote for me after the show. If I win this gives the members of the Gathering Project now a voice over the airways. Where possibly if you are doing something related to the Law of Attraction I suppose I could find a way to talk about you.

With us already having our own website at www.thegatheringprojects.com where I list what you do so that I can promote you, this would just be another way to let people know about you. Remember this is about us as a group of light minded people that want to empower others, and to impact the planet in a positive way. If you have not joined the Gathering Project website please do so it is all free. Wishing you all a happy and safe 4th of July.

To tune in on July 8th 2007 at 5:00 pm PST and 8:00 pm EST go to Law of Attraction Tools.

Andrew

I personally find this to be a very interesting topic that Andrew will be discussing with Mr. Wilcock as from the very first time I heard of the “Mayan-calendar-end-of-times” scenario, I immediately thought of a consciousness shift!

We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee. -Marian Wright Edelman

I’d like to propose a question to you. If by spending only one hour out of your week, you could make a difference on a global scale, would you take that one hour to do so? Furthermore, if I said that you only had to make a firm commitment to do this just once, would that ease the decision for you?

Well, here’s your chance to do just that. Simply spend one hour of your time and help create global change.

For those of you in the Tampa area, this is a very special event taking place on 7/17/07 @ 7:11 AM EDT. Donna Moldovan, the proprietress of Mind, Body and Spirit located at 13141 N. Dale Mabry, is coordinating a local gathering for a group meditation that represents a “…global attempt by the inhabitants of this planet to send our Love to the center of mother earth to help her to restart her heart (so to speak) to counter act the effects of global warming, pollution, and many years of man’s neglect.”

Fire the Grid is the website that kicked this off and you can obtain more information there including where to seek out a gathering should you happen to live somewhere other than Tampa.