THE ENERGY BEHIND YOUR BELIEF

 

                                  PUT OUT WHAT YOU WANT TO RECEIVE 

                                

                                

                         OUR ENERGY TRANSMITS A MESSAGE, AND THAT MESSAGE WILL ALWAYS BE SUPPORTED. IF YOU'RE ALIGNED WITH A BELIEF SYSTEM OF FEAR, THEN YOUR EXPERIENCE WILL BE BACKED WITH FEAR. IF YOU RETRAIN YOURSELF TO CHOOSE LOVE, THEN YOU'LL EXPERIENCE LIFE THROUGH THE LENS OF LOVE. IT'S NOT THAT YOUR EXPERIENCES CHANGE BUT THAT YOUR EXPERIENCE OF YOUR EXPERIENCES CHANGE.

                   A POWERFUL EXAMPLE OF THIS IS A YOUNG WOMAN NAMED SAMANTHA, WHOM I'VE WORKED WITH FOR FIVE YEARS. SAMANTHA IS A KICK-ASS COPY EDITOR, AND SHE IS ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING PEOPLE I'VE EVER EMPLOYED. NOT ONLY IS SHE FANTASTIC AT THE WORK SHE PRODUCES BUT SHE'S ALSO LOVELY TO COLLABORATE WITH. OVER THE YEARS WE'VE BECOME VERY CLOSE FRIENDS. THIS PAST YEAR I SENT SAMANTHA A TON OF WORK TO DO, AND SHE ALWAYS RETURNED HER ASSIGNMENTS RIGHT ON TIME.  SHE NEVER MISSED A BEAT. ODDLY, SAMANTHA, WOULD NEVER BILL ME FOR ALL HER WORK. MONTH AFTER MONTH I'D ASK HER TO SEND ME AN INVOICE. SHE'D EITHER IGNORE THE E-MAIL OR SAY, I'LL GET IT WHEN I'M LESS BUSY". THIS MADE ME UNCOMFORTABLE. I ENERGETICALLY FELT HER APATHY TOWARD GETTING PAID AND HER FEAR OF ACCEPTING ABUNDANCE. I ALSO WANTED TO HONOR HER GREAT WORK, AND SHE WAS BLOCKING THE FLOW OF ABUNDANCE. I KEPT MY MOUTH SHUT AND TRUSTED THAT THE UNIVERSE WAS GUIDING HER TO LEARN AN IMPORTANT LESSON.

                    THEN DECEMBER ROLLED AROUND, AND WE WERE NEARING THE NEW YEAR. I LOOKED AT MY ACCOUNTING AND REALIZED THAT I HADN'T PAID HER ONE CENT ALL YEAR LONG. I IMMEDIATELY E-MAILED HER AND SAID, "SISTER, PLEASE LET ME PAY YOU".

                  WITHIN MOMENTS SHE REPLIED, "I'M WORKING ON THE INVOICE FOR REAL THIS WEEK. THE UNIVERSE HIT ME OVER THE HEAD WITH THE IMPORTANCE OF GETTING PAID-SEVERAL CLIENTS HAVE BEEN TAKING THEIR SWEET, SWEET TIME PAYING ME (LIKE MONTHS AFTER I'VE SUBMITTED INVOICE), REQUIRING ALMOST AGGRESSIVE FOLLOW-UP. I TOOK IT AS A SIGN. I'LL SEND YOU AN INVOICE THIS WEEK.

                  I REPLIED, "YES, THAT IS A SIGN. IF YOU DON'T RECEIVE MONEY FROM CLIENTS WHO WANT TO PAY YOU, THEN YOU TELL THE UNIVERSE THAT YOU DON'T REALLY WANT GET PAID. THEN THE FLAKY CLIENTS PICK UP THE UNIVERSAL MEMO AND DON'T PAY YOU. IT'S TIME TO PUT OUT THE MESSAGE AND THE MANTRA, I GET PAID FOR MY AWESOME WORK. AND I GET PAID ON TIME".

                IN HER FINAL RESPONSE SHE SAID, "AMEN, GABBY. I REALLY HAD TO BE KNOCKED OVER THE HEAD TO GET THAT MESSAGE".

                SAMANTHA'S STORY REMINDS US THAT THE ENERGY WE PUT OUT IS WHAT WE WILL RECEIVE.

                TAKE A MOMEN TO REFLECT ON WHERE YOU FOCUS YOUR ENERGY. ARE YOU PROJECTING AN ATTITUDE OF APATHY, STRESS, JEALOUSY, OR FEAR? LOOKE CLOSELY AT HOW WHAT YOU FOCUS ON REFLECTS BACK TO YOU WHAT YOU RECEIVE.

               I HOPE THIS LESSON HELPS YOU BECOME CONSCIOUS OF THE MESSAGE YOU'RE SENDING THE UNIVERSE BEFORE THEY BECOME A PROBLEM. IMAGINE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF YOUR CHANGED YOUR PATTERNS BEFORE THE UNIVERSE "KNOCKED YOU OVER THE HEAD" WITH THE LESSON. WHAT IF YOU SHIFTED YOUR ENERGY BEFORE THE MONEY WAS GONE OR BEFORE THE MARRIAGE WAS BROKEN OR BEFORE THE ADDICTION HAD BEATEN YOU DOWN? WHY NOT GET THERE SOONER? WHEN WE CHOOSE TO PERCEIVE THE WORLD WITH LOVE, WE CAN COMPLETE REORGANIZE OUR EXPERIENCE OF LIFE. ACCEPTING THIS TRUTH CAN SAVE YOU FROM YEARS OF TORTUNED DRAMA AND PLAIN.

                SO LET'S GE THERE NOW. DO YOU WANT TO LEARN THROUGH LOVE, OR DO YOU WANT TO LEARN THROUGH FEAR? IN THE NEXT LESSON, YOU'LL MAKE A COMMITMENT TO THE LOVE OF THE UNIVERSE WITH A PURPOSE STATEMENT.

               

                                         CREATE A PURPOSE STATMENT

                   THIS IS A STATEMENT TO THE UNIVERSE. WHENEVER YOU PUT PEN TO PAPER, YOU SIGN A SACRED CONTRACT. YOU SEND A POWERFUL MESSAGE TO THE UNIVERSE THAT YOU'RE WILLING TO SURRENDER YOUR FEAR AND THAT YOU'RE READ TO LET LOVE LEAD THE WAY. PUT IT ON THE PAGE, BABY! THIS IS A HUGE STEP IN SURRENDERING TO THE UNIVERSE. WE CANNOT STOP THE LEARNING PROCESS, BUT WE CAN ALIGN WITH THE ENERGY OF LOVE TO MAKE IT MUCH MORE FUN. YOUR PURPOSE IS TO LEARN THROUGH LOVE.

                   IF YOU'RE READY TO COMMIT TO LEARNING THROUGH LOVE, THEN STATE YOUR PURPOSE TO THE UNIVERSE. I AM READY TO LEARN THROUGH LOVE.

                  WHEN YOU MAKE THIS TYPE OF COMMITMENT TO THE UNIVERSE, IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE AWARE OF ANY SNEAKY, FEAR-BASED STORY THAT CAN HOOK YOU BACK IN. THIS IS THE STORY THAT PAIN HAS PURPOSE.WE LIVE IN A WORLD THAT SUPPORTS DRAMA, TERROR, SEPERATION, AND HARDSHIP. WE'VE BEEN GUIDED TO BELIEVE THAT WITHOUT PAIN WE HAVE NOT ACCOMPLISHED OR ACHIEVED. I'M HERE TO BUST THAT MYTH NOW. PAIN DOES NOT EQUAL PURPOSE. YOUR PURPOSE IS TO SURRENDER TO THE LOVE OF THE UNIVERSE SO YOU CAN LIVE A HAPPY LIFE. ACCEPT THE PURPOSE OF LOVE, AND YOUR LIFE WILL RADICALLY CHANGE THIS INSTANT.

                  USE YOUR NEW PURPOSE STATEMENT DAILY. WHEN YOU WAKE UP, SAY, I AM READY TO LEARN THROUGH LOVE. WHEN YOU COME ACROSS A DIFFICULT SITUATION OR A NEGATIVE THOUGHT, SIMPLY SAY, I AM READY TO LEARN THROUGH LOVE. MAKE THIS YOUR MANTRA.

                EACH MOMENT THAT YOU TRANSFORM IT TO LOVE. YOU'LL EXPERENCE THE HOLY INSTANT. KEEP PRACTICING THE HOLY INSTANT SO THAT YOUR PERCEPTIONS WILL BEGIN TO LEAN TOWARD LOVE NATURALLY. EVERY WORD WE SAY AND EVERY IMAGE WE SEE SYMBOLIZES EITHER LOVE OR FEAR. WHEN THE SYMBOLS WE CHOOSE ALL BEGIN TO VIBRATE WITH LOVE, THEN WE FEEL MUCH MORE SUPPORTED BY LIFE. TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THE SYMBOLS YOU CHOOSE BY CLARIFYING WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE.

                                 YOU ARE THE DREAMER OF YOUR DREAM

 

                      YOU ARE THE DREAMER FO YOUR DREAM THAT IS YOUR LIFE. AT TIMES YOUR DREAM MAY FEEL LIKE A NIGHTMARE IF YOU'VE DISCONNECTED FROM THE LOVE OF THE UNIVERSE AND INSTEAD IDENTIFY WITH THE FEAR OF WORLD. WHE YOU RELY ON THE SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE OF THE UNIVERSE, YOU'LL BE LED OUT OF THE NIGHTMARE AND INTO A HAPPY DREAM. A DREAM OF NEW PERCEPTIONS THAT RESEMBLES THE TRUTH OF WHO YOU ARE LOVE.

                 FOR THIS SACRED MOMENT, OFFER YOURSELF THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO AN EXERCISE OF IMAGE MAKING. THE IMAGES YOU FOCUS ON ARE THE IMAGES THAT MAKE UP THE DREAM THAT IS YOUR LIFE. THAT'S WHY THIS EXERCISE IS CRUCIAL TO ACCEPTING THAT THE UNIVERSE HAS YOUR BACK.

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FACE THE FEAR AND RUN

 

                                               ACCEPT THE SITUATION

                         BELOW ARE THE STEPS I SHARED WITH LANCE. FOLLOW THEM TO BEGIN THE PROCESS OF SHOWING UP FOR YOUR UNIVERSAL ASSIGNMENTS.

                           STEP 1 : RECOGNIZE THE ASSIGNMENT AND CALL IT BY ITS NAME

                        THE FIRST STEP IS TO WITNESS THAT WHAT MAY SEEM TO BE A TERRIBLY UNCOMFORTABLE SITUATION IS ACTUALLY A UNIVERSAL ASSIGNMENT. IN OTHER WORDS, WITNESS YOUR CRAZINESS AND CALL IT BY ITS NAME FEAR. THEN ACCEPT THAT THE FEAR HAS SHOWN UP IN THIS WAY AS A DIVINE ASSIGNMENT FOR HEALING AND GROWTH.

                         TAKE A DEEP, HONEST LOOK AT THE SITUATION THAT'S CAUSING YOU PAIN, AND IDENTIFY ALL THE WAYS THAT THE PERSON OR CIRCUMSTANCE IS TRIGGERING YOUR FEAR-BASED BELIEFS. HONOR YOURSELF FOR HAVING THE STRENGTH TO WITNESS THIS INSTEAD OF RUNNING FROM IT. BE PROUD OF YOURSELF FOR SEEING IT AS AN ASSIGNMENT.

                      TRUST THAT IF YOU WEREN'T READY TO ACCEPT THIS ASSIGNMENT, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE EVEN OPENED THIS BOOK! BY CHOOSING TO READ A BOOK LIKE THIS, YOU UNCONSCIOUSLY SIGNED A SACRED CONTRACT THAT SAID YOU'RE READY TO GO BIG, YOU'RE READY TO HEAL, AND YOU'RE READY TO BE FREE.

                                                                   STEP 2

                        ACCEPT THAT YOU CANNOT AVOID THE ASSIGNMENT

                      THE SECOND STEP IS ALL ABOUT ACCEPTING THAT YOU CAN'T AVOIDE THE ASSIGNMENT - YOU CAN ONLY POSTPONE IT. IF YOU DON'T CHOOSE TO ACCEPT THE ASSIGNMENT TODAY, IT WILL CONTINUE TO PRESENT ITSELF IN NEW RELATIONSHIP AND EXPERIENCES. IF YOU DON'T SHOW UP FOR IT, IT WILL CONTINUE TO SHOW UP FOR YOU. 

                    YOU HAVE TWO CHOICES IN THIS SITUATION: THE FIRST CHOICE  IS THAT YOU CAN FOLLOW FEAR -F EVERYTHING AND RUN. SOMETIMES THAT MAY FEEL LIKE THE SAFEST OPTION. TRUST ME - IT'S NOT. RUNNING FROM FEAR IS LIKE RUNNING AROUND A TRACK. YOU'LL INEVITABLY WIND UP BACK IN THE SAME PLACE AGAIN AND AGAIN UNTIL YOU TRULY ACCEPT IT.

                                        STEP 3 : HONOR YOUR FEELINGS

                        SHOWING UP FOR THE UNIVERSAL ASSIGNMENT REQUIRES YOUR WILLINGNESS TO FEEL THE PAIN IT TRIGGERS SO YOU CAN HEAL FROM THE PAST. MANY FOLKS ON A SPIRITUAL PATH SKIP THIS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT STEP. IT'S EASY TO THROW AN AFFIRMATION ON TOP OF YOUR FEAR OR TRY TO WILL IT AWAY. BUT UNDERNEATH ALL OUR DIFFICULT EXPERIENCE ARE UNFELT ANGER, RESENTMENT, AND FEAR. 

                 THE PRACTICE OF HEALING LONG-HELD SUFFERING BEGINS THE MOMENT YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THE SUFFERING IS THERE. GIVE YOURSELF PERMISSION TO WITNESS YOUR RAGE, YOUR ANGER, AND YOUR HIDDEN RESENTMENT . IN CHAPTER 2 WE REVISITED THE STORIES THAT YOU'VE BEEN PROJECTING INTO YOUR LIFE. NOW TAKE SOME TIME TO HONOR THE FEELINGS INTO YOUR LIFE. NOW TAKE SOME TIME TO HONOR THE FEELINGS THAT LIVE BELOW THOSE STORIES. UNDERNEATH ALL YOUR FEAR-BASED PROJECTION ARE DEEP, HIDDEN WOUNDS THAT YOU'VE BEEN IGNORING BECAUSE YOU'RE AFRAID OF FEELING THAT OLD PAIN. INSTEAD OF ALLOWING THE PAIN OF FEELINGS THAT OLD PAIN. INSTEAD OF ALLOWING THE PAIN TO BE PRESENT, YOU PROJECT IT INTO OTHER PEOPLE, YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES, EVEN YOUR PHYSICAL BODY. THE FEARFUL PART OF YOUR MIND WILL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO DISTRACT YOU FROM FEELING THIS PAIN - BECAUSE THE MOMENT YOU START TO FEEL IT IS THE MOMENT YOU START TO HEAL IT. WE CLING TO FEAR OUT OF HABIT. 

                  WE'RE CONVINCED THAT IT'S SAFER TO DENY OUR UNCOMFORTABLE FEELINGS. BUT WHAT WE REPRESS WILL PERSIST NO MATTER HOW GOOD WE GET AT AVOIDING IT. WHILE IT MAY SEEM TERRIFYING TO FACE OUR DEEPEST WOUNDS, THERE IS ALWAYS FREEDOM ON THE OTHER SIDE.

                    WHEN YOU BEGIN TO SLOW DOWN AND OPEN UP SPIRITUALLY, YOU MAY BECOME EVEN MORE AWARE OF THE WAYS YOU'VE BEEN RESISTING TRUE HEALING. YOU MAY SEE HOW YOUR ADDICTIVE PATTERNS HAVE MASKED YOUR FEELINGS OR HOW YOUR HIGH-STRUNG ENERGY MADE YOU MOVE SO FAST THAT YOU NEVER SLOWED DOWN LONG ENOUGH TO FEEL. THESE BEHAVIORS ARE AN UNCONSCIOUS FORM OF RESISTANCE.

                TRUE HEALING OCCURS WHEN YOU GIVE YOURSELF PERMISSION TO FEEL WHATEVER FEELINGS LIVE BELOW THE TRIGGERS. RATHER THAN ENDING THE RELATIONSHIP, LEAVING THE JOB, OR OTHERWISE AVOIDING THE ASSIGNMENTS, SHOW UP FOR THEM FULLY THE COMPLETELY BY ALLOWING YOURSELF TO FEEL AT THE PAIN AND RAGE.

                WHEN YOU NOTICE THAT YOU'RE TRIGGERED BY YOUR UNIVERSAL ASSIGNMENT, BREATHE INTO THE PAIN. FEELING THE PAIN ALLOWS IT TO PASS THROUGH YOU, AND STRIPS AWAY ITS POWER. LETTING YOURSELF FEEL THE PAIN RELEASES YOU FROM FEARING IT. RATHER THAN ACTING OUT OR POURING ALL YOUR ENERGY INTO AVOIDING DISCOMFORT, YOU CAN JUST FEEL. AND WHEN YOU DO THAT, YOU CAN TRULY EMBRACE THE UNIVERSAL ASSIGNMENT AND HEAL THE PATTERN FOR GOOD.

                 IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT AS YOU GO DEEPER INTO THIS WORK, YOU MAY BEGIN TO UNCOVER FEELINGS OR MEMORIES THAT CAN BE DISORIETING. OFTEN TRAUMATIC MEMORIES OR SENSATIONS CAN COME TO THE SURFACE WHEN YOU DO DEEP FEELING WORK. BE MINDFUL OF THIS , AND IF ANY POINT YOU FEEL OVERWHELMED BY THESE FEELINGS, DONT' HESITATE YOU FEEL OVERWHELMED BY THESE FEELINGS, DON'T HESITATE TO SEEK THERAPEUTIC SUPPORT.

                IF YOU FEEL SAFE TO HONOR YOUR FEELINGS, THEN YOU CAN BEGIN WITH THIS SIMPLE MEDITATION. THE GUIDED MEDITATION AUDIO CAN BE FOUND HERE GABBYBERNSTEIN.COM/UNIVERSE. THE RESOURCES LIKE ALSO INCLUDES A LIST OF THERAPISTS. COACHES, AND SUPPORT GROUPS THAT CAN HELP YOU IF YOU NEED TO ADDRESS TRAUMA.

               SIT IN A SAFE AND COMFORTABLE SPACE WITH NO DISTRACTIONS, BREATHE IN AND IDENTIFY WHERE THE PAIN, ANGER, RESENTMENT, AND FEAR LIVE IN YOUR BODY. THEN PLACE YOUR HANDS INTO THIS AREA OF YOUR BODY, BRINGING ENERGY AND ATTENTION TO IT.''

                  BREATHE SLOWLY AND DEEPLY INTO THIS AREA OF YOUR BODY, ALLOWING YOURSELF TO FEEL THE PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL PAIN THAT DWELLS IN THAT PLACE.

               CONTINUE TO BRETHE DEEPLY INTO THE PAIN AND DISCOMFORT. BE LOVING AND GENTLE WITH YOURSELF AS YOU EXPLORE THE DEPTHS OF THESE FEELINGS.

               ON EVERY EXHALE RELEASE THE PAIN.

               AS YOU BREATHE DEEPER INTO THE DISCOMFORT, YOU'LL BEGIN TO FEEL  IT DISSIPATE. THE TENSION IN YOUR BODY WILL RELEASE, AND YOU'LL START TO RELAX.

              CONTINUE THIS PRACITCE AS LONG AS IT TAKES TO FEEL A SENSE OF                             RELIEF.

             AS SOON AS YOU EEL THE TENSION SUBSIDE, BREATHE IN DEEPLY AND EXHALE A SIGH OF RELIEF. CONTINUE THIS BREATH FOR ONE MINUTE.

            THEN TAKE A DEEP BRETH INTO THE PLACE IN YOUR BODY WHERE YOU WERE FEELING PAIN. HOLD YOUR BREATHE FOR A MOMENT WHILE YOU GENTLY PRESS YOUR HANDS INTO THAT PLACE. ENVISION A BALL OF GOLDEN LIGHT, POURING INTO THIS SPACE IN YOUR BODY. ON THE EXHALE RELEASE.

            TAKE ONE LAST DEEP BREATH IN AND RELEASE. 

             WHEN YOU'RE READY, OPEN YOUR EYES. 

              THIS MEDITATION CAN GIVE YOU A NEWFOUND SENSE OF FREEDOM AND WILL HELP YOU FACE YOUR UNIVERSAL ASSIGNMENT WITH EASE. PRACTICE IT DAILY, OR EVEN MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY, ALLOWING YOURSELF TO EMBRACE THE PLAIN AND DSCOMFORT. YOU MAY GET SO GREAT AT IT THAT YOU CAN SIMPLY FEEL YOUR FEELINGS IN STILLNESS FOR ONE TO TWO MINUTES AND FIND GREAT RELIEF FROM THE HIDDEN RAGE, ANGER, AND PAIN.

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THE UNIVERSE WILL DO FOR YOURSELF

                                                    DO THIS FOR YOU

                                LET ME TAKE YOU THROUGH THE STEP-BY-STEP PROCESS THAT HELPED SARAH SEE HER OBSTACLES AS A DETOUR IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND ALLOW THE UNIVERSE TO GUIDE HER TOWARD LOVE.

                             YOU CAN APPLY THIS PRACTICE TO ANY AREA OF YOUR LIFE AND YOU CAN TRUST THAT THE UNIVERSE WILL HOOK YOU UP.'

 

                          STEP 1 : IS THE WORD SHOULD BLOCKING YOUR FLOW?

                       IN WHAT WAY IS YOUR "SHOULD" MENTALITY CO-CREATING THE OBSTACLES IN YOUR LIFE? WRITE DOWN THE AREA OF YOUR LIFE WHERE YOU'RE FOCUSING ON THE "SHOULDS" AND MANIPULATING THE  OUTCOME:

                                              WRITE DOWN YOUR SHOULDS NOW.

                    STEP 2 : PRAY TO SURRENDER YOUR SHOULDS, AND SEE YOUR OBSTACLES WITH LOVE INSTEAD OF FEAR.

                      THE NEXT TIME YOU GET HUNG UP IN A VICTIM MENTALITY OVER WHY SOMETHING ISN'T WORKING OUT THE WAY YOU PLANNED, SIMPLY SAY THIS PRAYER AND REALIGN WITH LOVE :

                       " THANK YOU, UNIVERSE FOR HELPING ME SEE THIS OBSTACLES AS AN 

                        OPPORTUNITY. I WILL STEP BACK AND LET YOU LEAD THE WAY".

                        THIS PRAYER WILL OFFER YOU A WAY THROUGH EVERY BLOCK. TEST-DRIVER IT TODAY WITH SOMETHING SIMPLE. MAYBE YOU FEEL STRESSED AND OVERWHELMED BY YOUR WORK LIFE. SAY THIS PRAYER, AND LET THE UNIVERSE REORGANIZE YOUR DAY. OR MAYBE YOU'RE CAUGHT UP IN A FAMILY DRAMA, AND YOU CAN'T RELEASE YOUR RESENTMENT. SAY THIS PRAYER, AND LET LOVE TAKE OVER. LET THIS PRAYER REARRAGE YOUR PERCEPTION AND MOVE YOU BEYOND LIMITATION AND DOUBT .

                                                           TURN IT OVER

                     TURN OVER YOUR OBSTACLE TO THE CARE OF THE UNIVERSE THROUGH THIS BEATIFUL MEDITATION. IN THIS MEDITATION I CALL ON A GROUP  OF ANGLES TO SUPPORT YOUR PRACTICE OF SURRENDER. WHETHER YOU BELIEVE IN ANGLES OR NOT DOESN'T MATTER. ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS ALLOW THE IMAGES IN THIS MEDITATION TO REPRESENT SYMBOLS OF FAITH THAT HELP YOU RELEASE YOUR NEED TO CONTROL.

                    YOU CAN READ  THE GUIDANCE BELOW AND LEAD YOURSELF THROUGH THE VISUALIZATION, OR YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE AUDIO AT GABBYBERNSTEIN.COM/UNIVERSE.

                     SIT COMFORTABLY ON THE FLOOR AND LENGTHEN YOUR SPINE.

                     ROLL YOUR SHOULDERS BACK AND LENGTHEN YOUR SPINE.

                     TAKE A DEEP BREATH IN AND HOLD IT. THEN YOUR ON THE EXHALE, RELEASE. TAKE ANOTHER DEEP BREATH IN, HONORING ALL THAT YOU HAVE BEEN HOLDING ON TO, AND ON THE EXHALE RELEASE IT.

                      CONTINUE TO BREATHE LONG AND DEEP THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE MEDITATION.

                     IMAGINE YOURSELF SITTING COMFORTABLY IN A SAFE SPACE THAT YOU LOVE. SEE YOURSELF EASE.

                    SETTLE INTO THIS SPACE AND KNOW THAT YOU ARE HELD, PROTECTED AND SUPPORTED.''

 

                     NOW TAKE A MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE AREA OF YOUR LIFE THAT YOU'VE BEEN CONTROLLING. ALLOW YOURSELF TO FEEL WHATEVER FEELINGS ARISE WHEN YOU FOCUS YOUR ATTENTION ON THIS SITUATION. HONOR WHAT COMES UP FOR YOU, AND CONTINUE TO BREATHE LONG AND DEEP.

                  IN YOUR MIND'S EYE, BEGIN TO HOLD A VISION OF A SMALL GOLDEN BASKET PLACED IN FRONT OF YOU. THIS BASKET IS ILLUMINATED FROM THE INSIDE OUT.

                WHEN YOU'RE READY, GENTLY PLACE THE AREA OF YOUR LIFE THAT YOU'VE BEEN CONTROLLING INTO THE BASKET. OFER IT UP, AND SURRENDER IT FULLY.

                SET THE INTENTION NOW TO FULLY RELEASE THE NEED TO CONTROL AND ALLOW THE UNIVERSE TO TAKE OVER.

                TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND HONOR YOUR DEVOTION TO SURRENDER.

                NOW HOLD A VISION OF A BEATIFUL ANGEL STEPPING HEHIND YOU. THE ANGEL GENTLY PLACES THEIR HANDS ON YOUR BACK AND ASSURES YOU THAT IS IS SAFE TO LET GO OF YOUR NEED TO CONTROL. THEN THE ANGEL PICKS UP THE BASKET AND FILES AWAY WITH IT. WAVING GOOD-BYE.

                YOU HAVE STILLNESS FOR A FEW MINUTES AS A NEW RELAXED ENERGY SETTLES IN.

               THEN WHEN YOU'RE READY, GENTLY OPEN YOUR EYES TO THE ROOM.

               ONCE YOU'VE PRACTICED THIS MEDITATION, YOU CAN TRUST THAT THE UNIVERSE HAS HEARD YOUR CALL. THIS PRACTICE HELPS YOU SET A POWERFUL INTENTION TO RELEASE YOUR NEED TO CONTROL AND EMBRACE A NEW PATHWAY. NOW THAT YOU'VE SURRENDERED YOUR OBSTACLES, IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE OPEN TO WHATEVER PLAN THE UNIVERSE HAS IN STORE FOR YOU. IT'S VERY LIKELY THAT THE PLAN WILL BE FAR DIFFERENT FROM WHAT YOU EXPECTED TO HOPED FOR. REMEMBER THAT THE GUIDANCE YOU'RE EXPECTED OR HOPED FOR. REMEMBER THAT THE GUIDANCE YOU'RE RECEIVING IS LEADING YOU IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, EVEN IF IT FEELS LIKE A DETOUR AT FIRST. STAY COMMITTED TO THAT TRUTH, AND YOU'LL FEEL FULLY SUPPORTED.

 

                                                           LET'S RECAP YOUR STEPS:

                   * ACCEPT THAT OBSTACLES ARE DECTOURS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

                  * GET HONEST ABOUT HOW YOU'RE CONTROLLING CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES IN YOUR LIFE.

                 * THEN USE YOUR PRAYERS. " THANK YOU, UNIVERSE, FOR HELPING ME SEE THIS OBSTACLES AS AN OPPORTUNITY. I WILL STEP BACK AND LET YOU LEAD THE WAY".

                 * PRACTICE THE GUIDANCE MEDITATION TO LEAD YOU INTO A SURRENDERED STATE OF PATIENCE AND PEACE.

                            TRUSTING THAT YOUR OBSTACLES ARE DETOURS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION HELPS YOU ALIGN WITH THE POWER OF THE UNIVERSE AND GAIN RELIEF. IN CHAPTER 71 GUIDE YOU TOWARD THE NEXT IMPORTANT STEP IN TRUSTING THE UNIVERSE. THE PRACTICE OF CERTAINTY. CERTAINTY WILL SERVE AND SUPPORT YOU IN WAYS YOU COULD NEVER IMAGINE. THIS NEXT STEP IS CRUCIAL TO YOUR HAPPINESS AND PEACE.

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STATE OF JOY

 

                                

                                      POSITIVE IMPRINT IN THE WORLD

                      YOU HAVE A VARIETY OF MINDFUL TOOLS YOU CAN NOW CALL ON. USE THE TOOLS FROM THE FIRST THREE CHAPTERS TO SHIFT YOUR PERCEPTIONS, AND USE THIS CHAPTER'S NEW PRACTICES TO CULTIVATE THE PRESENCE OF JOY, HAPPINESS, AND PEACE IN YOUR LIFE. THIS WILL STRENGTHEN YOUR FAITH IN THE UNIVERSE AND BRING FORTH THE POWER OF YOUR PRESENCE.

                    ONCE YOU TAP INTO THIS POWER, YOU WILL START TO NOTICE REAL CHANGE. PEOPLE WILL WANT TO BE AROUND YOU. THEY'LL FEEL ELEVATED BY YOUR PRESENCE, POSSIBLY WITHOUT EVEN KNOWING WHY. YOU'LL BE MORE VIBRANT AND ENERGETIC, MORE ATTRACTIVE IN ALL WAYS, EVEN SMARTER AND SHARPER - AND YOU'LL FEEL IT TOO. MOST IMPORTANT, YOU'LL FEEL A SENSE OF POWER IN A WORLD THAT ALL TOO OFTEN MAKES US FEEL UTTERLY POWERLESS. WHEN THE TRAGEDIES OF THE WORLD SEEM OVERWHELMING, YOU'LL NOW RECOGNIZE THIS FEELING AS A SEPRERATION FROM THE LOVE OF THE UNIVERSE, BY MEDITATING AND ACTIVATING YOUR ALPHA BRAIN WAVES, YOU SEND LOVING VIBRATIONS TO THE WORLD, DISSIPATING THAT SEPRATION TO CO-CREATE JOY AND PEACE WITH THE POWER OF UNIVERSE BEHIND YOU.

                                   LEAN TOWARD JOY, AND YOU WILL BE LED

               NOW THAT YOU UNDERSTAND HOW YOUR THOUGHTS, WORDS, INTENTIONS, AND ENERGY CAN INFLUENCE THE WORLD, MAKE A COMMITMENT TO LEAN TOWARD JOY AND PEACE.

                TAKE A MOMENT TO REFLECT ON THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS. JOT DOWN YOUR ANSWERS IN THE SPACE BELOW OR IN A NOTEBOOK.

                     WHAT BRINGS YOU JOY?

 

                    HOW CAN YOU PROACTIVELY CREATE MORE JOY IN YOUR LIFE?

                   HOW CAN YOU BRING JOY  TO THE AREAS OF YOUR LIFE THAT ARE NOT                       JOUFUL?

                    WHAT WOULD YOUR LIFE BE LIKE IF JOY WERE YOUR PRIORITY? I SPENT DECADES LEANING TOWARD FEAR. BUT AS I PROGRESSED ON MY SPIRITUAL PATH, I BEGAN TO THINK, WHAT WOULD MY LIFE BE LIKE IF I JUST LEARNED TOWARD JOY? THIS  QUESTION LED ME TO CONDUCT A PERSONAL EXPERERIMENT. I STARTED TO MEASURE MY SUCCESS BASED ON HOW MUCH FUN I WAS HAVING I WENT ON A QUEST FOR FUN. I BEGAN TEST-DRIVING NEW HOBBIES, LAUGHING AT MY SMALL-MINDED THINKING, AND GOING OUT OF MY WAY TO SEEK JOY IN ALL SITUATIONS - ESPECIALLY THE MORE DIFFICULT AREAS OF MY LIFE. WHENEVER I'D NOTICE MYSELF GETTING STUCK IN A NEGATIVE STORY, I'D CHALLENGE MYSELF TO TRY TO SEE IN A NEGATIVE STORY, I'D CHALLENGE MYSELF TO TRY TO SEE IT WITH A JOYFUL PERSPECTIVE. I'D SAY TO MYSELF, "WHAT IF I JUST CHOSE FOR THIS TO BE FUN"?. ASKING MYSELF THAT QUESTION IN ANY GIVEN MOMENT IMMEDIATELY CATAPULTED ME BACK INTO A PLACE OF JOY.

                   SEEKING JOY DOESN'T HAVE TO COME ONLY FROM NEW HOBBIES OR FUN EXPERIENCES. JOY CAN COME FROM A DECISION TO HAVE MORE FUN. YOU DON'T HAVE TO STRUGGLE TO MAKE YOUR LIFE MORE JOYFUL JOY IS A CHOICE YOU MAKE. 

                 HERE'S AN EXAMPLE. LET'S SAY YOU HATE BEING STUCK IN TRAFFIC (GOES FOR MOST OF US, RIGHT?) THIS IS A SITUATION THAT YOU'RE USUALLY POWERLESS OVER. YOU NEED TO GET TO WHERE YOU'RE GOING, AND YOU'VE SLOWED DOWN BY OUTSIDE CIRCUMSTANCES. IN THIS INSTANCE YOU HAVE TWO CHOICES. THE FIRST IS TO SIT IN TRAFFIC TOTALLY TOTALLY PISSED OFF, SILENTLY (OR LOUDLY) CURSING THE CARS NEXT TO YOU AND HONKING YOUR HORN. THIS NEGATIVE ATTITUDE MAKES YOU FRUSTRATED AND MAY EVEN CAUSE A FENDER BENDER BECAUSE YOU ARE SO ANGRY BEHIND THE WHEEL. DOES THIS SCENARIO SOUND FAMILIAR?

               NOW LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT OPTION TWO. YOU'RE STUCK IN TRAFFIC, AND YOU TAKE A MOMENT TO WITNESS YOUR FRUSTRATION. INSTEAD OF FLIPPING OUT, YOU SAY A PRAYER, "UNIVERSE, THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME FIND JOY IN THIS SITUATION". IN AN INSTANT YOU BEGIN TO LEAN TOWARD JOY. INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON ALL THE REASONS THAT YOU HATE BEING STUCK IN TRAFFIC, YOU CHOOSE TO SEEK WAYS TO MAKE IT FUN. YOU PLAY THAT AUDIOBOOK YOU NEVER HAVE TIME TO LISTEN TO, OR YOU CALL A FRIEND YOU HAVEN'T SPOKEN TO IN WEEKS. YOUR DECISION LEADS YOU TO EXPERIENCE JOY IN A SEEMINGLY JOYLESS SITUATION. THEN THE TIME FLIES BY, AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT THE ROAD IS CLEAR.

                 THIS LESSON MAY SEEM OBVIOUS, BUT IT CAN BE SURPRISINGLY HARD TO GRASP AT THOSE TIMES WE NEED IT MOST. LEARNING TOWARD JOY IS NOT OUT DEFAULT. BUT THE MORE WE PRACTICE THIS PRINCIPLE, THE MORE NATURAL IT BECOMES, YOU HAVE THE POWER TO SHIFT THE ENERGY OF A TORMENTED RELATIONSHIP, CHANGE THE VIBE IN YOUR OFFICE, OR HEAL YOUR PERCEPTION OF YOURSELF WITH ONE CHOICE, THE CHOICE TO LEAN TOWARD JOY.

                   WHEN JOY BECOMES YOUR PRIORITY, MAKING DECISIONS BECOMES EASIER, RELATIONSHIPS BECOME MORE LOVING, AND YOU START TO TRUST THAT THE UNIVERSE HAS YOUR BACK. AS YOU CHOOSE MORE LOVING THOUGHTS, MORE EMPOWERING WORDS, MORE MOMENTS OF PRAYER, AND LONGER STILLNESS ON YOUR MEDITATION PILLOW, YOU'LL BEGIN TO EXPERIENCE AND EXPRESS JOY NATURALLY. THIS WILL GIVE YOU THE FREEDOM YOU LONG FOR. IT WILL OPEN THE FLOODGATES FOR THE UNIVERSE TO SUPPORT YOU IN WAYS YOU COULDN'T POSSIBLY IMAGINE.

                         CELEBRATE THE SUPPORT FROM THE UNIVERSE

 

                     WHEN YOU'RE CONNECTED TO YOUR JOYFUL PRESENCE, YOU ATTRACT SUPPORT FROM THE UNIVERSE. FOR INSTANCE, AFTER MY TALK IN TORONTO WHEN I FELT MY ANGEL WINGS ON THE STAGE, I WENT TO THE GREEN ROOM TO GATHER MY BELONGING AND HEAD TO THE AIRPORT. THE ONLY PEOPLE LEFT IN THE GREEN ROOM WERE MY FRIEND JULIE, HER HUSBAND, AND ME. WE SAT TOGETHER FOR A MOMENT TO CONNECT, AND THEN I GOT UP TO LEAVE. WHEN I STOOD UP. JULIE'S HUSBAND NOTICED A SMALL CHARM ON THE CHARM. IT WAS AN ANGLE WING WITH THE WORD RECEIVE ON IT. I SAID TO HIM, "YES, I DO BELIEVE THIS IS FOR ME". I TRUSTED THAT THE CHARM WAS A GENTLE REMINDER THAT MY COMMITMENT TO THE UNIVERSE WAS BEING RECOGNIZED. 

                   I RETURNED TO TORONTO ONE YEAR LATER TO GIVE ANOTHER TALK. AFTER THE TALK A YOUNG WOMAN RAN UP TO ME AND SAID, "GABBY, I'M SO HAPPY YOU COME BACK TO TORONTO! I SAW YOU LAST YEAR. I LEFT YOU A GIFT WITH ONE OF THE STAGE MANAGERS. IN THAT MOMENT I EMBRACED THE TRUE MEANING OF LIVING IN MY PRESENCE AND ACCEPTING SUPPORTING FROM THE UNIVERSE. THAT ANGLE CHARM WAS NO HAPPY ACCIDENT, IT REALLY HAD BEEN MINE ALL ALONG.

                  THESE TYPES OF EXPERIENCE BECOME THE NORM WHEN YOU FULLY SURRENDER TO THE PRESENCE OF THE UNIVERSE AND ALLOW IT TO MOVE THROUGH YOU. CELEBRATE THE MOMENTS WHEN YOU FIND YOURSELF IN SYNC WITH THE UNIVERSE. THIS CONNECTION IS AVAILABLE TO YOU ALL THE TIME. BRING ENERGY AND ENTHUSIAM INTO THE PATH OF RECONNECTING AND IT WILL BE A JOYFUL PROCESS.

                            LETS RECAP THE LESSONS FROM THIS CHAPTER:

 

                    * GET OUT OF THE WAY OF THE LOVING FLOW OF THE UNIVERSE. USE THIS PRAYER TO REALIGN YOURSELF WITH THE ENERGY OF THE UNIVERSE AND SET THE PROCESS IN MOTION. I STEP BACK AND LET THE UNIVERSE LEAD THE WAY. 

 

                   * CALIBRATE YOUR ENERGY THROUGH MEDITATION. YOUR MEDITATION PRACTICE RECALIBRATE YOUR ENERGY BACK TO THE FREQUENCY OF LOVE.

                  *SET THE INTENTION TO CONNECT YOUR PRESENCE. ENERGY FLOWS WHERE YOUR INTENTION GOES. EACH DAY YOU CAN SET NEW AND POWERFUL INTENTIONS. BE UNAPOLOGETIC ABOUT WHAT YOU DESIRE, AND TRUST THAT WHAT YOU FOCUS ON WILL GROW.

                  * UNDERSTAND THE POWER OF JOY. REMEMBER THAT JOY IS THE CATALYST FOR ALL THAT IS GOOD IN THE WORLD.

                  * LEAN TOWARD JOY, AND YOU WILL BE LED. STAY COMMITTED TO JOY NO MATTER WHAT.

  

                  * CELEBRATE THE SUPPORT OF THE UNIVERSE AND ENJOY THE SYNCHRONICITY, GUIDANCE, AND GENTLE REMINDERS THAT YOU'RE ON THE RIGHT PATH.

                PRACTICING THE TOOLS I'VE OFFERED SO FAR WILL OPEN YOU UP TO WAY OF PERCEIVING LIFE THAT IS FAR DIFFERENT FROM ANYTHING YOU'VE EVER KNOWN. YOU'LL SOON BEGIN TO EXPERIENCE THE MIRACULOUS FLOWING LOVE OF THE UNIVERSE BY YOUR SIDE.

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THANKS TO UNIVERSE

 

                          TURN IT OVER TO THE UNIVERSE, AND BE PATIENT

                        NOW LET'S TURN YOUR DESIRE TO THE UNIVERSE WITH A PRAYER. "THANK YOU, UNIVERSE, FOR OFFERING ME CLARITY. SHOW ME MY SIGN IF I'M MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION". 

                        NOW BE PATIENT.

                       REMEMBER, THE MOMENT I SURRENDERED MY NEED TO FIND THE OWL, I CREATED SPACE FOR THE OWN TO APPEAR. TRY NOT TO CONTROL YOUR SIGN. I'VE HAD FRIENDS TRY TO MANUPULATE THEIR SIGNS. FOR INSTANCES, ONE FRIEND CHOSE THE NUMBER 108 AS HER SIGN. IF SHE SAW A 54 SHE'D THINK THAT WAS HER SIGN BECAUSE 54 TIMES 2 IS 108. LET'S NOT OVERREACH. YOUR SIGN WILL BE CRYSTAL CLEAR IF YOU'RE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. AND ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT IF IT'S NOT CLEAR, THEN THAT TOO IS DIVINGE GUIDANCE. COLETTE BARON-REID SAYS THAT YOUR SIGN NEEDS TO BE LIKE A BILLBOARD: SO CLEAR THAT YOU CANNOT DENY IT.

                 SOME SIGNS COME QUICKLY, AND SOME TAKE TIME. IF YOU DON'T GET YOUR SIGN RIGHT AWAY, DON'T WORRY. THERE MAY BE SOME PERSONAL FEARS YOU NEED TO CLEAR UP, OR PERHAPS FAITH YOU NEED TO STRENGTHEN, BEFORE YOU CAN GET IT. IF YOU'RE NOT GETTING YOUR SIGN RIGHT AWAY, CONSIDER THAT YOUR IMPATIENCE MAY BE BLOCKING IT.

                 OFTEN WHEN WE'RE IMPATIENT IT IS BECAUSE WE DO NOT TRUST IN THE OUTCOME. IF YOU'RE IMPATIENT, MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE YOU'RE AFRAID THAT SOMETHING WON'T HAPPEN THE EXACT WAY YOU WANT IT TO OR EXACTLY WHEN YOU WANT IT TO HAPPN. REMEMBER THAT THIS NEED TO CONTROL THE OUTCOME STEMS FROM YOUR LACK OF FAITH IN THE UNIVERSE. THERE'S ALSO THE BELIEF THAT IF SOMETHING DOESN'T HAPPEN IN THE TIME FRAM THAT YOU WANT THAT SOMETHING BAD WILL HAPPEN. WORSE, THIS PLACES YOUR HAPPINESS AND SAFETY IN THE OUTCOME. 

                     WHEN YOU PLACE YOUR HAPPINESS AND SAFETY IN THE OUTCOME, YOU LOSE SIGHT OF A PLAN BEYOND YOUR OWN. YOU CUT OFF COMMUNICATION WITH THE UNIVERSE AND DISCONNECT FROM ALL THE INFINITE POSSIBILITIES THAT COULD OCCUR. THE KEY TO RELEASING THIS CONTROL IS TO SURRENDER YOUR OUTSIDE NEEDS AND OBSESSION AND REMEMBER THAT NOTHING CAN TAKE AWAY YOUR TRUE POWER, THE LOVE AND PEACE WITHIN YOU.

                    THE MOMENT YOU EMBRACE YOUR PEACE WITHIN AND SURRENDER THE OUTCOME IS THE MOMENT THAT THE UNIVERSE CAN TRULY GET TO WORK. A POWERFUL EXAMPLE I HEAR OFTEN INVOLVES WOMEN TRYING TO CONCIEVE. I WITNESS MANY FRIENDS OBSESS OVER WHEN THEY'LL GET PREGNANT OR WHY IT'S TAKING SO LONG TO DO SO. THEY TRACK THEIR OVULATION, THEY PEE ON STICKS, AND THEY HAVE PASSIONLESS SEX, WORRIED ONLY ABOUT THE OUTCOME. WHEN THAT DOESN'T WORK, MANY TURN TO IVF FOR HELP. INTERESTINGLY, I'VE SEEN MANY SUCH WOMEN CONCEIVE JUST PRIOR TO THE ACTUAL IVF PROCEDURE WHY? THE IMPENDING PROCEDURE ALLOWED THEM TO RELAX AND TRUST IN A PLAN BEYOND THEIR OWN, WHICH ALLOWED NATURE TO DO HER THING.

                  IMAGINE IF WE LIVED WITH A PRESENCE OF PEACE REGARDLESS OF THE OUTCOME. THE KEY TO LIVING WITH THAT PEACE IS TO SURRENDER. THEN, WHEN YOU THINK YOU'VE SURRENDERED, SURRENDER SOME MORE. TRUST IN THE POWER OF THE UNIVERSE AND RELAX INTO AN ENERGY OF RECEPTIVITY, STAY COMMITTED TO YOUR PRAYER, RELAX, AND LET THE SIGNS FROM THE UNIVERSE BE YOUR GUIDE. THIS MAY SEEM DIFFICULT WHEN YOU'VE DEEPLY ATTACHED TO AN OUTCOME, BUT YOU'LL COME TO LEARN THAT IT'S ACTUALLY MUCH EASIER TO SURRENDER.

                   THE UNIVERSE LOVES AND SUPPORTS US ALL, WE JUST NEE TO REMEMBER TO REALIGN WITH THE ENERGY OF LOVE SO THAT WE CAN RECEIVE IT. LET YOUR SIGN BE GENTLY OF LOVE SO THAT WE CAN RECEIVE IT. LET YOUR SIGN BE GENTLE REMINDERS THAT YOU ARE LOVED AND GUIDED.

                                    YOU ARE ALWAYS BEING SUPPORTED

                                    WELCOME CREATIVE POSSIBILITIES

                   OF COURSE, ASKING FOR SIGNS IS JUST ONE WAY WE ALLOW THE UNIVERSE TO SUPPORT US.  WE SHOULD ALSO BE OPEN TO CREATIVE OPPORTUNITIES. THE MOMENT MY HUSBAND AND I SHIFTED FROM THE LIMITATIONS OF OUR PRACTICAL IDEAS AND OPENED UP TO CREATIVE POSSIBILITES WAS THE MOMENT THE UNIVERSE STEPPED IN. WHEN WE'RE WILLING TO DESIGN OUR LIFE FROM A CREATIVE PLACE, THE UNIVERSE CAN COME OUT AND PLAY.

                   IF YOU'RE READY TO RECEIVE CREATIVE POSSIBILITIES SAY THIS PRAYER. THANK YOU, UNIVERSE FOR TRANSFORMING LIMITATIONS AND DOUBT INTO CREATIVE POSSIBILITIES.

                 USE THIS PRAYER WHEN YOUR LOGICAL MIND GETS THE BEST OF YOU AND STAY OPEN TO RECEIVE NEW AND INNOVATION WAYS TO PERCIEVE YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES. MAYBE YOU'LL GET A MESSAGE FROM A FRIEND. MAYBE IT'LL COME FROM A SONG OR A BOOK. SOME SORT OF CLEAR DIRECTION TOWARD CREATIVE IDEAS WILL BE PLACED ON YOUR PATH. BE WILLING TO LET GO OF WHAT YOU THINK YOU NEED AND ALLOW THE POWER OF THE UNIVERSE TO LEAD YOU.

                 PRACTICING THE LESSON IN THIS CHAPTER WILL HELP YOU TAP INTO A MORE PLAYFUL ENERGY. YOUR WILLINGNESS TO PLAY, HAVE FUN, AND BE CREATIVE OPENS UP YOUR CHANNEL TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE LOVING ENERGY OF THE UNIVERSE. JOY IS THE ULTIMATE CREATOR. I FIND THAT WHEN I'M NOT HAVING FUN, I FEEL BLOCKED AND STUCK, AND MY UNNER GUIDANCE SYSTEM IS SHUT DOWN. THEN THE MOMENT I CHOOSE TO REALIGN WITH FUN AND CREATIVITY, I FEEL ENERGY BEGIN TO FLOW AND TINGLE THROUGHOUT MY BODY. THAT FUN, JOYFUL ENERGY IS RIGHT IN LINE WITH THE LOVE OF THE UNIVERSE, THIS IS PARTLY WHY CHILDREN EXPERIENCE FAR MORE WONDERS AND DELIGHT THAN ADULTS DO. WE MUST TAP INTO OUR CHILDLIKE SELF AND COMMIT TO UNLEARNING THE LIMITATION OF THE WORLD TO REMEMBER THE PLAYFULNESS OF OUR TRUE ESSENCE, WHICH IS LOVE, IN THIS STATE YOU WILL RECEIVE YOUR SINGS AND GUIDANCE WILL BECOME NATURAL.

                      WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF YOU CHOSE TO BE MORE PLAYFUL AND HAVE MORE FUN? THIS CONCEPT MAY BRING UP RESISTANCE BECAUSE  WE'RE TAUGHT TO LIVE IN THE OPPOSITE WAY. WE'RE TAUGHT THAT WE MUST STRUGGLE TO ACHIEVE AND THAT SUCCESS COMES FROM "MAKING THINGS HAPPEN". WE LEARN THAT GOOD THINGS DON'T HAPPEN WITHOUT A LOT OF BLOOD, SWEAT, AND TEARS. I CHALLENGE YOU TO MOVE BEYOND THESE BELIEFS OF LIMITATION AND SUFFERING. I CHALLENGE YOU TO ACCEPT THAT YOU'RE HERE TO HAVE FUN.

                          LET'S RECAP THE STEPS FROM THIS CHAPTER : 

                    * WITNESS YOUR LOW-VIBE STORY AND HOW IT MAKES YOU FEEL.

                    * HONOR WHAT YOU WANT AND HOW YOU WANT TO FEEL.

                    * CHOOSE YOUR SIGN THAT WILL BE THE GENTLE REMINDER FROM THE                                  UNIVERSE THAT YOU'RE ON TRACK WITH THE ENERGY AND FLOW OF                                  LOVE.

                    * TURN OVER YOUR DESIRES TO THE CARE OF THE UNIVERSE AND BE                                      PATIENCE IS THE KEY TO RECEIVING GUIDANCE.

                     * BECOME OPEN TO RECEIVE CREATIVE POSSIBILITIES

                       GET PSYCHED ABOUT YOUR CAPACITY TO CONNECT WITH THE UNIVERSE. YOU HAVE DENIED YOUR POWER FOR FAR TOO LONG. NOW IS YOUR TIME TO RECEIVE LOVE, LIGHT, AND A SENSE OF DEEP CONNECTION.

                    IF YOU HAVE DOUBT ABOUT THIS PROCESS, HAVE NO FEAR. IN CHAPTER6 I TEACH YOU THAT EVEN OBSTACLES OFFER YOU GUIDANCE. WHEN YOU TUNE IN TO THE LOVING FREQUENCY OF THE UNIVERSE, EVERYTHING IN YOUR LIFE BECOMES A DIVINE OPPORTUNITY FOR OPTIMAL GROWTH, HEALING, AND FREEDOM. COMMIT  TO YOUR NEW PRAYERS AND AFFIRMATIONS AND OPEN YOUR HEART TO CONTINUE ON THIS BEAUTIFUL JOURNEY OF NEW PERCEPTIONS.

                 AS I WRAP UP THIS CHAPTER, I'M TAKING A MOMENT TO REFLECT ON WHERE I AM AND HOW I LET FUN LEAD THE WAY. FUN LED ME TO THIS VERY MOMENT. I'M SITTING AT MY DESK, LOOKING OUT AT THE MOST EPIC VIEW FROM MY NEW OFFICE IN MY MOUNTAIN HOUSE, I SMILE KNOWING THAT THE UNIVERSE HAD A PLAN FOR ME, AND I AM GRATEFUL THAT I FOLLOWED THE GUIDANCE I RECEIVED.

             

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JUDGE WITHOUT JUDGMENT

 

                                            WITNESS YOUR JUDGMENT 

                                                  WITHOUT JUDGMENT

                       BY THIS POINT IN THE CHAPTER, YOU ARE AWARE THAT THE WAY YOU GEEL EITHR BLOCKS OR ATTRACTS LOVE INTO YOUR LIFE. WHEN I STARTED TO WITNESS HOW MY JUDGMENTAL NATURE MADE ME FEEL, I COULD EASILY IDENTIFY WHY MY LIFE WASN'T FLOWING. JUDGMENT MADE ME FEEL WEAK, SAD, AND DISCONNECTED. IT EVEN CAUSED ME PHYSICAL PAIN. THE MOMENT I WAS ABLT TO STEP FROMT THE JUDGMENT AND WITNESS HOW IT MADE ME FEEL, I WAS ABLE TO TRULY UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH IT WAS BLOCKING MY CONNECTION TO THE UNIVERSE.

                  A FRIEND WAS IDSTRAUGHT BECAUSE SHE COULD NO LONGER FEEL HER CONNECTION TO THE UNIVERSE OR HEAR HER INTUITION. IN RESPONSE TO HER CONCERN. I ASKED HER TO RATE HER DAILY LEVEL OF JUDGMENT ON A SCALE OF 0 TO 10 (10 BEING THE HIGHEST). SHE THOUGHT HONESTY FOR A MOMENT AND SAID, "YOU KNOW, GAB, I NEVER REALIZED THIS BEFORE, BUT MY JUGMENT LEVELS ARE AT A 9. IT FEELS REALLY TERRIBLE TO BE DISCONNECTED FROM OTHERS AND MYSELF". HER HONEST INVENTORY HELPED HER SEE THAT IT WAS JUDGMENT THAT WAS KEEPING HER HELD BACK AND STUCK. WITNESSING HER JUDGMENT WAS THE FIRST STEP TOWARD CHANGING THE PATTERN.

                  IN MORE CASES WE DON'T EVEN REALIZE HOW JUDGMENTAL WE ARE. THE WAY OUT OF JUDGMENT BEGINS WHEN YOU WITNESS TEH JUDGMENT WITHOUT MORE JUDGMENT. BE MINDFUL THAT WHEN YOU TAKE A HONEST INVENTORY OF YOUR JUDGMENT, YOU MAY BE TEMPTED TO CRITICIZE YOURSELF FOR IT, OR TO FEEL SHAME FOR YOUR THOUGHTS OR BEHAVIOR. INSTEAD TAKE A MOMENT TO HONOR YOURSELF FOR HAVING THE WILLINGNESS TO LOOK WITH LOVE AT WHATEVER CHOICES YOU'VE MADE.

                     SO LET'S DO N INVENTORY OF HOW JUDGMENTAL YOU ARE. TAKE A MOMENT TO RATE YOUR DAILY LEVEL OF JUDGMENT FROM 0 TO 10 (10 BEING THE HIGHEST). GET HONEST WITH YOURSELF ABOUT HOW JUDGMENTAL YOU REALLY ARE. THE BEST WAY TO MEASURE THE LEVEL OF YOUR JUDGMENT IS TO CHECK INTO HOW IT MAKES YOU FEEL. THE MORE UNCOMFORTABLE YOU FEEL WHEN YOU THINK A JUDGMENTL THOUGHT, THE HIGHER THE RATING. 

 

                   RATE YOUR JUDGMENT LEVEL NOW.

                 NEXT WRITE DOWN HOW YOUR JUDGMENTAL NATURE MAKES YOU FEEL.

                  REVIEW YOUR NOTES. DO YOU SEE HOW JUDGMENT BLOCKS YOUR LOVING DECISION? CAN YOU FEEL HOW IT HOLDS YOU IN A PLACE OF NEGATIVITY AND MAKES YOU BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE SEPARATE FROM OTHERS? TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT EH WAY JUDGMENT BRINGS YOU DOWN WILL STRENGTHEN YOUR DESIRE TO RISE UP.

                IN CONSTRAST, LOVE ACCEPTS. WHENEVER YOU NOTICE YOURSELF CAUGHT UP IN JUDGMENT OF ATTACK, REMEMBER THAT YOU CHOSE TO SEE IT FROM A SENSE OF SEPERATION AND FEAR. ONCE YOU'VE ACCEPTED THAT YOU HAVE MADE THAT CHOICE, THE ONLY IMPORTANT THING IS TO CHOOSE AGAIN. ASK YOURSELF, "DO I LOOK THROUGH THE EYES OF LOVE OR THE EYES OF JUDGMENT?"

              ACCEPT THAT YOU CHOSE THE TEACHER OF FEAR OVER THE TEACHER OF LOVE. BE MINDFUL NOT TO JUDGE YOUR FEAR WITH MORE FEAR. DON'T GET UPSET WITH YOURSELF FOR MAKING THIS CHOICE. INSTEAD, CELEBRATE THE FACT THAT YOU RECOGNIZED THE MISGUIDED CHOICE YOU MADE AND THAT YOU'RE ON THE PATHWAY TO FREEDOM.

                                                  FORGIVE THE THOUGHT

                 LET YOURSELF OFF THE HOOK FOR THE JUDGMENT THAT YOU MADE. THE COURSE SAYS, "EVERY COMMUNICATION IS EITHER AN EXTENSION OF LOVE OR A CALL FOR LOVE". WHE YOU ATTACK WITH JUDGMENT, YOU'RE REALLY JUST LOOKING FOR LOVE. THE SEARCH FOR LOVE IS YOUR TRUE INTENT BEHIND THE ATTACK BECAUSE DEEP DOWN ALL YOU WANT IS TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM NOT FEELING LOVED. IT'S ALSO THE INTENT OF THE PERSON YOU BELIEVE HAS ATTACKED YOU. BOTH OF YOU ARE SIMPLY LOOKING FOR LOVE. AT ITS CORE, ATTACK IS A CALL FOR HELP. THE COURSE SAYS". LOVE ALWAYS ANSWERS, BEING UNABLE TO DENY A CALL FOR HELP, OR NOT TO HEAR THE CRIES OF PAIN THAT RISE TO IT FROM EVERY PART OF THIS STRANGE WORLD YOU MADE BUT DO NOT WANT".

                   I WANT TO REITERATE THIS POINT: ATTACK, PAIN, FEAR, JUDGMENT, AND ANY FORM OF SEPRATION ARE MERELY CALLS FOR HELP. WHEN YOU'RE IN PHYSICAL PAIN, YOU KNOW THAT YOUR PAIN RELIEF. THE SAME GOES FOR JUDGMENT. IT'S A FORM OF EMOTIONAL PAIN THAT YOU WANT TO RELIEVE. WHETHER YOU REALIZE IT OR NOT, YOU DO NOT WANT TO REMAIN SICK, SAD, AND FEARFUL. YOU WANT TO FREE. WITNESS YOUR JUDGMENT WITHOUT JUDGMENT, ACCEPT THAT YOU HAVE CHOSEN FEAR, AND BE OPEN TO RECEIVE THE HELP YOU'RE CALLING FOR.

                   THIS BRINGS US TO FORGIVENESS, IN ANY GIVEN MOMENT THAT YOU WITNES YOURSELF IN JUDGMENT, YOU CAN BECOME FREE BY SIMPLY FORGIVING THE THOUGHT. FORGIVE YOURSELF FOR HAVING THE THOUGHT AND EVEN FORGIVE THE THOUGHT ALTOGETHER.

                 RECOGNIZE THAT THE THOUGHT DID NOT COME FROM YOUR HIGHEST SELF. HONOR YOUR JUDGMENTAL SELF, AND REMEMBER THAT YOU'RE MERELY LOOKING FOR LOVE. THEN, AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, CHOOSE TO FORGIVE THE THOUGHT. YOU DON'T NEED TO HOLD ON THE THOUGHT. YOU DON'T NEED TO REPLAY IT. YOU CAN FORGIVE IT IN AN INSTANT. THIS SIMPLE DESIRE SEAMLESSLY LEADS YOU INTO THE HOLY INSTANT.

                   WELCOM IN THE HOLY INSTANT WITH A PRAYER.

                  I RECOGNIZE THAT I HAVE CHOSEN WRONGLY, I FORGIVE THIS THOUGHT, AND I CHOOSE AGAIN. I CHOOSE LOVE.

                   THE PRESENCE OF FEAR IS YOUR RESISTENCE TO LOVE. THE WAY BACK TO LOVE IS THROUGH SURRENDERING TO THE HOLY INSTANT. THE INSTANT THAT YOU CHOOSE LOVE OVER FEAR, YOU RISE ABOVE ILLUSION AND SEPERATION AND RELIGN INSTEAD WITH ONENESS. SIMPLY SAYING THIS PRAYER MAY OFFER YOU IMMEDIATE RELIEF.

                                              STEP FOR THE FIRST TIME

 

                         WE JUDGE OTHERS AND OURSELFS THROUGH THE LENS OF OUR PAST BY PROJECTING OLD EXPERIENCES ONTO OUR CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES. THIS IS NO DIFFERENT THAN JUDGING THE WORLD THROUGH THE LENS OF FEAR. IF, FOR INSTANCES, YOU HAD AN AUTHORITY ISSUE WITH YOUR MOTHER GROWING UP, YOU MAY PROJECT THAT SAME ISSUE TODAY ONTO YOUR BOSS BY RESENTING HER AUTHORITY. 

                    WE BEGIN TO HEAL OUR JUDGMENT TOWARD OTHERS WHEN WE ACCEPT THAT PEOPLE ARE OUR TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOM THAT IS OUR LIFE. MAKING THAT COMMITMENT ALLOWS US TO LOOK DIFFERENTLY ON OUR SITUATIONS. WITNESS HOW WE DRAG THE PAST IN THE CURRENT MOMENT, AND THEN CHOOSE AGAIN. WE CAN CHOOSE TO LOOK AT A PERSON (OR SITUATION) AS IF WE ARE SEEING IT FOR THE FIRST TIME. IMAGINE HOW FREE YOU WOULD BE IF YOU DIDN'T BRIN YOUR PAST WITH YOU INTO YOUR RELATIONSHIP (OR EACH ENCOUNTER).

                  PRACTICE SAYING THIS PRAYER BEFORE EVER ENCOUNTER THAT TRIGGERS THE SHADOWS FROM YOUR PAST;

                        "I WANT TO SEE THIS PERSON FOR THE FIRST TIME".

                    WHEN YOU PRACTICE SEEING SOMEONE FOR THE FIRST TIME, YOU RELEASE THEM FROM THE FALSE PROJECTIONS YOU'VE PLACED ON THEM AND THE BELIEFS THAT SEPERATE YOU. INSTEAD OF SEEING OTHES THROUGH THE LENS OF THE PAST, SEE THEM AS SOMEONE CALLING OUT FOR LOVE. REMEMBER THAT YOU'RE BOTH CAUGHT IN THE SAME CYCLE OF FEAR AND YOU'RE BOTH DESPERATELY SEEKING A WAY OUT. THAT WAY IS THROUGH LOVE. 

                   WHEN SPIRITUAL TEACHERS TALK OF MANKIND BEING "ONE", THE ONENESS TO WHICH THEY REFER IS OUR ONE DESIRE TO BE HAPPY AND FREE. WE ALL SHARE THAT SAME DESIRE AND THE SAME FEAR. IF MORE OF US BEGAN TO CHOOSE LOVE, THEN ONENESS WOULD BE RESTORED. IT STARTS WITH YOU. YOU HAVE A MAJOR PART IN THE HEALING OF THE WORLD. THE MORE ONENESS YOU CREATE IN YOUR LIFE, THE MORE  LIGHT YOU SHINE ON EVERYONE AROUND YOU. I BELIEVE THIS IS OUR BIGGEST MISSION HERE ON EARTH. TO CHOOSE LOVE, RESTORE ONENESS, AND SHINE OUR LIGHT. THIS BRINGS US TO THE FINAL STEP-A MEDITATION FOR ONENESS.

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