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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LIMITLESS GUIDANCE IS AVAILABLE

 

                                     WHEN YOU SURRENDER TO RECEIVE IT, 

                                       LIMITLESS GUIDANCE IS AVAILABLE

                   LOGIC, FEAR, AND LIMITATION CUT OFF OUR CONNECTION TO CREATIVE POSSIBILITIES AND UNIVERSAL GUIDANCE. ONCE WE SURRENDERED TO OUR TRUE POWER, MIRACLES BEGAN POURING IN. AND FAST. THROUGH THE PROCESS, WE WERE ABLE TO REGAIN FAITH AND GET EXCITED.

                  THE UNIVERSE IS AN ABUNDANT FLOW OF POSITIVE, POWERFUL ENERGY. WHEN YOU ALIGN WITH THAT LOVING, POWERFUL FORCE OF ENERGY, YOU BECOME A MAGNET FOR MORE OF IT. WHEN YOU GET PSYCHED ABOUT SOMETHING AND LEAD FROM A PLACE OF JOY, IMMEDIATELY THE UNIVERSE STARTS TO SHOW YOU THE WAY. YOU HAVE THE POWER TO ALIGN WITH WHATEVER IT IS YOU WANT TO SEE. THIS ALIGNMEN WILL ALWAYS BE POSITIVE AND SUPPORTIVE TO YOUR LIFE AS LONG AS YOU'RE IN TUNE WITH YOUR ENERGETIC POWER.

                    IN THE CASE OF THE APARTMENT HUNT, MY HUSBAND AND I HAD GOTTEN TO INVOLVED IN THE STORIES OF THE OVERPRICED, "CRAPTASTIC" REAL ESTATE MARKET THAT WE'D COMPLETELY FORGOTTEN ABOUT OUR ENERGETIC POWER. IN FACT, WE DIMISHED IT WITH EVERY NEGATIVE THOUGHT, FEELING, AND COMMENT. THE STORY WE BUILD UP IS WHAT BROUGHT US DOWN.

                       THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE CAN CHOOSE TO PERCIEVE IT DIFFERENTLY. BY SIMPLY OPENING UP TO CREATIVE POSSIBILITIES AND SURRENDERING, WE ALLOWED THE UNIVERSE TO DO HER THING. WITHIN ONE SHORT CONVERSATION, WE WERE ABLE TO COME BACK TO OUR POWER, RELEASE OUR FEAR STORY, AND RECONNECT WITH INSPIRATION AND LOVE.

                               UNIVERSAL LESSON : RECONNETING WITH YOUR

                              POWER BEGINS BY REALIZING THAT YOU LOST IT...

                       HERE ARE THE STEPS WE TOOK TO RECONNECT WITH THE UNIVERSE. USE THESE STEPS TO REMIND YOURSELF OF THE POWERFUL CONNECTION YOU CAN TAP INTO AT ANY GIVEN TIME.

                                    BE DETERMINED TO SEE WITH LOVE

                WHAT ARE YOU SAYING (OUT LOUD OR TO YOURSELF) THAT'S DISCONNECTING YOU FROM YOUR POWER? FOR INSTANCE, DO YOU OFTEN COMPLAIN TO YOUR FRIENDS ABOUT HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO FIND A ROMANTIC PARTNER AND HOW HARD IT IS TO DATE AT YOUR AGE? OR DO YOU GET HOME EVERY DAY ONLY TO VENT ABOUT HOW MUCH YOU HATE YOUR BOSS AND YOUR JOB, WISHING YOU COULD LEAVE BUT TELLING YOURSELF THE MARKET'S TOO TOUGH TO MAKE A MOVE?

                 GET HONES WITH YOURSELF. ONE YOU'VE IDENTIFIED YOUR LOW-VIBE STORY, TAKE A MOMENT TO GET REAL WITH YOURSELF ABOUT HOW IT MAKES YOU FEEL. IN MY HUSBAND'S AND MY CASE, OUR LOW-VIBE REAL ESTATE STORY WAS LITERALLY MAKING US SICK. WE WERE SO DEPRESSED AND ANXIOUS THAT WE STARTED TO FIGHT AND ARGUE FOR NO REASON.

                 TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE THE WAY YOUR WORDS AND BELIEFS ARE BLOCKING THE SUPPORT OF THE UNIVERSE. WHAT IS THE NUMBER ONE LOW-VIBE STORY THAT YOU HAVE ON REPEAT, AND HOW DOES IT MAKE YOU FEEL?

                GETTING REAL ABOUT THIS STORY IS EVERYTHING. YOUR HONESTY IS WHAT OPENS THE DOOR FOR YOU TO REMEMBER AND ACCEPT YOUR HIDDEN POWER. TAKE A MOMENT TO REREAD YOUR LOW-VIBE STORY AND HOW IT MAKES YOU FEEL. THEN IMMEDIATELY SAY OUT LOUD, " I AM DETERMINED TO SEE THIS WITH LOVE. I SURRENDER THIS STORY AND LET THE UNIVERSE DO HER THING."

                 MAKE THIS YOUR MANTRA. WHENEVER YOU NOTICE YOURSELF STUCK IN YOUR LOW-VIBE  STORY, WITNESS IT AND SAY. 

     

                  I AM DETERMINED TO SEE THIS WITH LOVE.

                BE THE NONJUDGMENTAL WITNESS OF YOUR FEAR AND SURRENDER IT TO THE UNIVERSE.

                              LET YOUR FEELINGS NAVIGATE YOUR PATH

                   THE NEXT STEP IN UNLOCKING YOUR HIDDEN POWER IS TO GET CLEAR ABOUT HOW YOU WANT TO FEEL. IN MY CASE, I WAS MORE FOCUSED ON FINDING A HOME THAT LOGICALLY MADE SENSE THAN FINDING A HOME THAT MADE ME FEEL AT HOME. ONCE WE LET GO OF LOGIC AND LET OUR FEELINGS NAVIGATE US, THE UNIVERSE STEPPED IN. 

                                    UNIVERSAL LESSON ; BE UNAPOLOGIC ABOUT 

                                                HOW YOU  WANT TO FEEL

                 

                         NOW IT'S TIME TO EMBRACE IT FULLY. TAKE A MOMENT TO GET CRYSTAL CLEAR ABOUT HOW YOU WANT TO FEEL. WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE TO BE IN PLACE OF JOY?

                      WHAT DO YOU WANT TO MANIFEST INTO YOUR LIFE, AND HOW DO YOU WANT TO FEEL? WRITE ABOUT IT NOW.

                                                   ASK FOR YOUR SIGN

                          THIS IS THE FUN PART! IT'S TIME TO ASK FOR YOUR SIGN. REMEMBER, ASKING FOR A SIGN MEANS THAT YOU'RE WILLING TO COLLABORATE WITH THE UNIVERSE. IT MEANS THAT YOU'RE COMMITTED TO RELEASING STRUCTURE AND CONTROL TO INSTEAD BE LED BY A POWER GREATER THAN YOURSELF. IF YOU DON'T GET YOUR SIGN, THAT'S SIGN TOO! ASKING FOR CLEAR GUIDANCE IS AN EXERCISE IN RECEIVING GOOD, ORDERLY DIRECTION THAT IS UNRELATED TO WHAT YOU THINK IS RIGHT. REMEMBER AND TRUST THAT THE UNIVERSE HAS A BETTER PLAN THAT YOU DO.

                 YOU CAN ASK FOR A SIGN TO GUIDE YOU TOWARD ANYTHING YOU DESIRE. IF YOU'RE UNSURE ABOUT A DECISION OR YOU SIMPLY WANT TO KNO YOU'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK, ASK FOR A SIGN. AND DON'T GET HUNG UP ABOUT WHAT YOUR SIGN SHOULD BE. JUST CHOOSE THE FIRST THING THAT COMES TO YOUR MIND. MAYBE YOU THINK OF AN ANIMAL OR A SONG OR A BOOK TITLE. JUST LET WHATEVER COMES TO YOUR MIND BECOME YOUR SIGN. LET IT COME TO YOU NATURALLY AND COMMIT TO WHAT YOU HEAR.

                 OFTEN PEOPLE RECEIVE SIGNS AS NUMBERS IN SEQUENCE LIKE 1111 OR 444. OR MAYBE YOUR SIGN IS A SONG, A FRAGRANCE, OR A NAME.

                 WITHOUT OVERTHINKING DECIDE WHAT YOUR SIGN WILL BE. WRITE IT DOWN NOW.

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GO WITH UNIVERSE

 

                                      CO-CREATE WITH THE UNIVERSE

                  TAP INTO THE IMAGES AND EMOTIONS THE CAME THROUGH IN YOUR MEDITATION AND FREE-WRITING EXERCISE. KEEPING THOSE IMAGES AND EMOTIONS IN MIND, TRY TO FEEL WHAT IT WOULD ACTUALLY BE LIKE TO LIVE IN THAT WORLD. THINK YOUR WAY INTO THE EXPERIENCE OF WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE LIVING IN YOUR DESIRE.

                  SINGLE, AND IN MY LATE 20S, I REMEMBER LONGING FOR A HUSBAND. SO MANY OF MY FRIENDS WERE MOVING IN WITH THEIR BOYFRIENDS AND GETTING ENGAGED. AT THAT TIME, MY TRUE DESIRE WAS TO MANIFEST THE LOVE OF MY LIFE. INSTEAD OF LETTING FEAR AND DOUBT DISCOURAGE ME, I BROUGHT MY DESIRE TO THE UNIVERSE FOR HELP.

                 I DECLARED MY READLINESS, I USED MY CREATIVE VISUALIZATIONS AND MEDITATION TO HELP ME FEEL THE FEELINGS OF ROMANCE THAT I LONGED FOR. THEN I TOOK THOSE EMOTIONS  WITH ME. THROUGHOUT THE DAY, NO MATTERR WHAT I WAS, I'D CONJURE UP THE FEELINGS THAT I FELT ON MY MEDITATION PILLOW. THE FEELINGS OF DESIRE, LOVE, ROMANCE. AND EXCITEMENT. I'D WALK THE STREETS OF NEW YORK CITY AS THOUGH I HAD A ROMANTIC PARTNER BY MY SIDE, I'D IMAGINE MYSELF HOLDING HANDS WITH MY PARTNER, CLOSE AND LOVED.

                THIS WAS A VERY CREATIVE PRACTICE, I BECAME A SUPER ATTRACTOR, AFTER A WEEK OF WALKING AROUND FEELING THESE FEELINGS, I WAS BEING ASKED ON LOTS OF DATES, GUYS STARTED CALLING ME OUT OF THE BLUE, AND I NOTICED MEN CHECKING ME OUT ON THE STREET, I WAS PUTTING OUT THE SUPERATTRACTIVE ENERGY OF LOVE AND ROMANCE.

                IF YOU WALK AROUND FEELING DEFEATED, DOUBTFUL, AND SAD, THE UNIVERSE CAN'T SUPPLY YOU WITH HIGH-VIBE POSITIVETY. WHEN YOU WALK THROUGH LIFE CONJURING UP THE FEELINGS THAT YOU WANT TO FEEL, THE MANIFESTATTION PROCESS BEGINS, AND YOUR DESIRES ARE REFLECTED BACK TO YOU.

               TEST-DRIVE THIS PRACTICE ONCE A DAY FOR A WEEK, AND TAKE NOT OF WHAT HAPPENS. TAP INTO YOUR DESIRED FEELINGS AND WALK AROUND WITH THOSE EMOTIONS EMANATING FROM YOUR ENERGY FIELD. LET THESE FEELINGS OF JOY AND DESIRE SUPPORT YOU IN CO-CREATING WHAT YOU TRULY WANT TO CALL INTO YOUR LIFE.

               WALKING THROUGH LIFE CONSCIOUSLY CHOOSING HOW YOU WANT TO FEEL, REGARDLESS OF WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND YOU, STRENGTHENS YOUR FAITH AND CERTAINLY. YOU'LL FEEL CERTAIN BECAUSE EVEN IF THE ACTUAL DESIRE HAS NOT YET MANIFESTED INTO FORM IT'S MANIFESTED INTO YOUR EMOTIONS. I SPENT NINE MONTHS IN THE PRACTICE OF FEELINGS ROMANCTIC LOVE AROUND ME. IN THAT TIME I FELT CERTAIN THAT MY PARTNER WAS ON THE WAY. EVEN WHEN A DATE DIDN'T WORK OUT, OR A GUY WOULDN'T CALL BACK. I'D QUICKLY RETURN TO MY DESIRED FEELINGS AND REGAIN MY FAITH. THE FAITH AND CERTAINTY IS WHAT ALLOWED ME TO REMAIN RECEPTIVE DURING THAT TIME AND ULTIMATELY ATTRACT A LOVING PARTNER WHO TODAY I CALL MY HUSBAND. 

                 OVER TIME YOUR VISIONS WILL EASILY MANIFEST INTO YOUR REALITY AND YOU'LL TRULY KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO PAINT THE PORTRAIT OF YOUR LIFE. YOU'LL SEE CLEARLY HOW WHAT YOU CREATE IS A DIRECT REFLECTION OF YOUR CERTAINLY AND FAITH IN THE UNIVERSE. MOST IMPORTANT, WHEN YOU BEGIN TO CO-CREATE WITH THE UNIVERSE, YOU SERVE THE WORLD IN A TRULY EXPANSIVE WAY BECAUSE YOU BECOME EXPRESSION OF JOY.

                 ITS IMPORTANT TO BE MINDFUL OF HOW YOU USE YOUR CONNECTION TO THE UNIVERSE. FAR TOO OFTEN I'VE SEEN PEOPLE USE THEIR CONNECTIOM FOR THE WRONG REASONS. I OFTEN SEE FOLKS GET CAUGHT UP IN OBSESSIVE CO-CREATION. FOR EXAMPLE, CONSIDER MY FRIEND SAM. SAM SPENT AN ENTIRE YEAR OBSESSIVELY TRYING TO MANIFEST A NEW JOB TITLE MADE HIM COME OFF AS NEEDY, CONTROLLING, AND ENERGETICALLY ENNOYING. THE NEED TO "GET TO HIGHER PLACE" ACTUALLY PISSED OFF HIS BOSS, AND SAM NEVER GOT THE TITLE THAT HE UNTIMATELY DESERVED. I HELPED SAM SEE THAT HIS CONTROLLING DESIRE WAS ACTUALLY BLOCKING THE SUPPORT OF THE UNIVERSE. THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH WANTING THE TITLE, BUT CONSIDER WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN IF SAM'S DESIRE WAS TO TRULY ENJOY HIS WORK AND BE OF SERVICE TO HIS CONTOMERS, HIS CO-WORKERS, AND THE COMPANY. WHEN YOU REDIRECT YOUR FOCUS OFF WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO "GET" AND INOT HOW YOU WANT TO FEEL, THE UNIVERSE CAN GE33T INVOLVED IN THE CO-CREATION. 

                     WHEN YOU CO-CREATE WITH A NEEDY AND MANIPULATIVE ENERGY, YOU MAY STILL MANIFEST THE DESIRE OF OUR FOCUS, BUT IT'S NOT LIKELY TO LAST. THE RELATIOSHIP MAY COME IN OR SOME BUSINESS DEAL MIGHT MATERIALIZE, BUT THE BENEFITS TO YOUR SOULD AND THE LASTING HAPPINESS YOU SEEK WON'T BE SATIATED. YOU WILL HAVE SHORTCHANGED YOURSELF OF THE JOY AND LASTING BENEFITS THAT COME WITH FOLLOWING THE STEPS OUTLINED ABOVE. WHEN YOU'RE ALIGNED WITH GENUINE FEELINGS THAT BRING YOU JOY, THEN THE UNIVERSE WILL SUPPORT YOUR DESIRE.

                     NOW HAVING SAID THAT, RECOGNIZE THAT WE ALL GET ENTANGLED IN THAT EGO-MANIFESTING ROUTINE, IT'S TO BE EXPECTED I WANT TO CALL IT OUT NOW SO THAT YOU CAN BE MINDFUL OF IT AND GENTLY GUIDE YOURSELF BACK TO TRUTH WHENEVER YOU GET CAUGHT IN THE OBSESSION OVER THE "HOW" AND "WHEN" THINGS WILL MANIFEST. INSTEAD OF OBSESSING ABOUT THE OUTCOME, FOCUS ON HOW YOU WANT TO FEEL.

                    THE WAY TO GET YOUR NEEDY AND CONTROLLING VIBE OUT OF THE WAY IS TO STOP PRAYING FOR WHAT YOU THINK YOU NEED AND INSTEAD PRAY FOR THE HIGHEST GOOD FOR ALL. WHENEVER YOU PRAY FOR THE HIGHEST GOOD, YOU GET YOUR AGENDA OUT OF THE WAY. YOU SURRENDER INTO THE UNIVERSE'S PLAN AND RELEASE YOUR OWN. REMEMBER THAT THE UNIVERSE DOESN'T RESPOND TO MANIPULATION - THE UNIVERSE RESPONDS TO LOVE.

                    CERTAINLY BRINGS FORTH AN ENERGY OF PEACE. THAT IS THE GOAL. TO LIVE IN THIS WORLD BUT BELIEVE IN  A PEACEFUL LOVING WORLD BEYOND IT. OUT FAITH IN A WORLD BEYOND OUR PHYSICAL SITE IS WHAT ALLOWS FOR GENUINE PEACE TO SET IN. A COURSE IN MIRACLES SAYS, "YOU ARE AT PEACE, AND YOU BRING PEACE WITH YOU WHEREVER YOU GO". WHEN WE ACCEPT THAT INNER PEACE IS A CHOICE WE MAKE, THEN OUR PHYSICAL WORLDVIEW CHANGES. OUR TRUE ACCEPTANCE OF THAT PEACE SETS IN WHEN WE FULLY EMBRACE A SPIRITUAL RELATIONSHIP OF OUR OWN UNDERSTANDING.

                  AS WE MOVE ON WITH THE GUIDANCE AND PRACTICES IN THIS CHAPTER, I WILL CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO TRUST IN YOUR OWN SPIRITUAL FAITH. TO HELP YOU FURTHER ALONG YOUR JOURNEY OF CERTAILY, I WELCOME YOU TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THE ENERGY OF THE UNIVERSE, GOD OR SPIRIT MEANS TO YOU. THERE IS NO RIGHT OR WRONG ANSWER WHEN YOU'RE COMMITTED TO LOVE.

                  YOUR FAITH IN THE UNIVERSE WILL GROW AND STRENGHTEN DAILY. FOR NOW, HONOR WHERE YOU ARE AND TRUST WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN TODAY. ONE DAY AT A TIME WE CAN LIFE  THE VEIL AND MOVE FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT. FROM FEAR TO FAITH, AND FROM DISBELIEF TO CERTAINTY. 

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FREE FROM FEAR

 

                                        DESIRE TO BE FREE FROM FEAR

                         MY COMMITMENT TO FREEDOM FROM FEAR GAVE ME THE STRENGTH TO EMBRACE CERTAINLY IN AN UNCERTAIN WORLD. THE FREEDOM I SPEAK OF IS AN INNER PEACE THAT CAN COME ONLY FROM GENUINE FAITH IN THE UNIVERSE. WHEN WE CHOOSE TO BELIEVE IN THE FAITH OF THE WORLD, WE ARE AFRAID. BUT WHEN WE LEAN ON THE FAITH OF THE WORLD, WE ARE AFRAID. BUT WHEN WE LEAN ON THE FAITH TO THE UNIVERSE, PEACE BECOMES REAL.

                         FREEDOM AND PEACE ARE FREQUENTLY UNDER ATTACK, PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU FEEL POWERLESS OVER A SITUATION, IN OUR LIVES, MANY SITUATIONS ARISE THAT SEEM TO BE OUT OF OUR CONTROL-THE LOSS OF A LOVED ONE, A FRIGHTENING DIAGNOSIS, OR NEWS OF A TERRIFYING WORLD ONE, AND AS RESULT, WE LOSE FAITH.

                     EVEN WHEN EVERYTHING IS SEEMINGLY GOING GREAT, WE CAN LOSE FAITH. IT'S COMMON FOR ME TO HEAR STORIES OF PEOPLE WHO, THANKS TO THEIR COMMITTED SPIRITUAL PRACTICE, HAVE MANIFESTED AWESOME LIVES. THEY TELL THEMSELVES STORIES LIKE " THIS IS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE", OR "IT'S TOO GOOD TO LAST". AND JUST LIKE THAT, CERTAINLY PROVES THEM RIGHT. BUT IT'S OKAY. UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE PROGRAMMED TO HAVE MORE FAITH IN FEAR THAN CERTAINLY IN LOVE.

                   ALLOWING THE CREATIVE FLOW OF LOVE TO MOVE THROUGH US IS THE FEELING WE LONG FOR. OFTENTIMES, WE LOOK FOR THAT FEELING IN A DRINK, A ROMANTIC PARTNER, OR SOME KIND OF WORLDLY SUCCESS. LOOKING BACK AT MY ADDICTION, IT'S CLEAR I WAS SEARCHING FOR THAT CREATIVE FLOW TOO, JUST IN THE WRONG PLACE. ONCE I GOT SOBER, I SHIFTED MY SEARCH INWARD TO REALIGN WITH THE ENERGY OF LOVE. MY COMMITMENT TO REALIGN WITH THE ENERGY OF LOVE. MY COMMITMENT TO MY INNER LIFE THROUGH PRAYER AND MEDITATION STRENGTHENED MY FAITH AND CERTAINLY IN THE LOVE OF THE UNIVERSE. I LEARNED THAT I COULD SIMPLY STEP BACK AND ALLOW THE CREATIVE FORCE OF LOVE TO WORK THROUGH ME. THIS IS WHEN I TRULY BEGIN LIVING.

                  THE FOLLOWING LESSONS WILL STRENGTHEN YOUR FAITH ON THE PATH TOWARD CERTAINLY. THE COURSE SAYS, "TRUST WOULD SETTLE EVER PROBLEM NOW!". PRACTICE THESE LESSONS AND YOU'LL BEGIN TO EXPERIENCE A SENSE OF CERTAINLY NO MATTER WHAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR LIFE. ADD UP THE MOMENTS OF FAITH TO SURRENDER TO CERTAINLY.

                                                             GET READY

                      READLINESS IS THE FIRST STEP ON THE PATH TOWARD CERTAINLY. ARE YOU READY TO DETACH FROM TEH NARRATIVES, FEARS, AND LIMITATIONS OF THE WORLD? ARE YOU READY TO PUT YOUR GREATEST VISIONS ABOVE THE LITTLENESS OF YOUR FEAR? ARE YOU READY TO LET GO OF THE PAST STORIES, EXPERIENCES, AND CIRCUMSTANCES THAT LED YOU INTO DOUBT? 

                       IF THE ANSWER IS YES, THEN YOU'VE BEGUN THE JOURNEY TOWARD CERTAINTY. REMEMBER, YOU DON'T NEED TO KNOW HOW YOU'LL LET GO OF THESE LIMITATIONS, YOU JUST NEED TO BE READY.

                     WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU LIVED WITH FAITH AND CERTAINTY? WRITE DOWN YOUR ANSWER.

                     RELEASING DOUBT WILL GIVE ME THE CERTAINLY AND FAITH TO---------

                     COMMIT TO THSI STATEMENT AND SET CERTAINTY IN MOTION.

                                            THINK IT. FEEL IT. BELIEVE IT.

                          THE SECOND STEP ON THE PATH TO CERTAITY IS TO REMEMBER THAT YOUR THOUGHTS AND VISIONS CREATE YOUR REALITY. MUCH LIKE HOW MY VISIONS OF BEING ON THE SAME STAGE AS WAY NE ULTIMATELY BECAME MY REALITY, YOU TOO CAN CREATE THE WORLD YOU WANT TO SEE.

                         TO HELP YOU IN THE CREATION PROCESS. LET'S PRACTICE A MEDITATION IN WHICH I WILL GUIDE YOU TO ALIGN WITH YOUR GREATEST DESIRE. IN THE MEDITATION ALLOW YOURSELF TO EXPERIENCE AN EMOTIONAL CONNECTION TO YOUR DESIRE. LET GO OF THE OUTCOME AND ENJOY THE FEELINGS OF DESIRE KNOWING THAT THE UNIVERSE WILL RESPOND TO YOUR POSITIVE EMOTIONS.

                             GET INTO A DIALOGUE WITH THE UNIVERSE

                   AFTERWARD, TAKE A MOMENT TO REREAD WHAT YOU WROTE. ALLOW YOURSELF TO BE MOVED BY THE INSPIRED IDEAS THAT CAME THROUGH YOU, LET YOURSELF BE VULNERABLE AND CONNECTED TO YOUR VISIONS. LET THE UNIVERSE COMMUNICATE MESSAGES OR REASSURANCE THROUGH COMMUNICATE MESSAGES OR REASSURANCE THROUGH YOUR FREE-WRITING EXERCISE.

                   IN SOME CASE YOU MAY NOT HAVE WRITTEN ANYTHING CONNECTED OR INSPIRED. THAT'S FINE. NEW RELATIONSHIPS DONT' ALWAYS FLOW AT FIRST. GETTING INOT A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSE TAKES TIME, COMMITMENT, AND CONVICTION. THIS IS THE FIRST EXERCISE IN THE CHAPTER IN WHICH WE ACTUALLY GET INTO A WRITTEN DIALOGUE WITH THE INSPIRATION OF THE UNIVERSE. STAY COMMITTED TO THIS PRACTICE, AND BRING THE FREE-WRITING EXERCISE INTO YOUR DAILY MEDITATION.

                 YOUR PRACTICE OF WELCOMING IN A CONVERSATION WITH THE UNIVERSE WILL BE THE BEGINNING OF A NEW RELATIONSHIP. WHEN YOU SURRENDER AND ALLOW THE ENERGY OF LOVE TO MOVE THROUGH YOU, MANY INSPIRED IDEAS AND INTUITIVE THOUGHTS WILL ARISE. IN TIME AS YOU CONTINUE THIS PRACTICE, MORE AND MORE LOVING WISDOM WILL COME THROUGH. WORDS AND IDEAS THAT YOU NEVER COULD HAVE COME UP WITH ON YOUR OWN WILL LAND ON THE PAGE. YOUR HANDWRITTING MIGHT EVEN CHANGE, AND THE LEXICON YOU USE MAY EXPAND. DON'T EDIT YOUR WORDS. JUST ALLOW THE WISDOM TO MOVE THROUGH YOU.

                 THE MORE COMFORTABLE YOU BECOME IN THIS CONNECTION, THE MORE CERTAIN YOU'LL BE THAT THER IS A POWER GREATER THAN YOU WORKING FULL-TIME ON YOUR BEHALF. YOU'LL NATURALLY BEGIN TO CHANNEL THE ENERGY OF LOVE. INFACT, WHETHER WE KNOW IT OR NOT, WE ALL CHANNLE ALL THE TIME. WE'RE EITHER CHANNELING THE THOUGHTS OF FEAR OR WE'RE CHANNELING THE VOICE OF LOVE. WHEN WE PRAY AND MEDITATE, WE IMMEDIATELY LOCK INTO OUR CONNECTION TO LOVE AND SURRENDER TO HIGHER WISDOM. IT'S OUR DAILY COMMITMENT TO CHOOSE LOVE, TUNE IN, AND CONVERSE WITH THE UNIVERSE THAT SETS US UP LIVE WITH CERTAINLY THAT WE'RE BEING GUIDED AND SUPPORTED.

                  LIVING WITH CERTAINLY IS SO MUCH FUN!, YOU CAN WALK THROUGH LIFE WITH A SENSE OF SAFETY, SECURITY, AND POWER. YOU'LL NO LONGER FEEL DISCONNECTED FROM OTHERS AND OUT OF ALIGNMENT. YOU'LL KNOW A NEW SENSE OF CONNECTION THAT CAN'T GET FROM ANY KIND OF MATERIAL GOODS, TITLES, AWARDS, DEGREES, AND SO ON. THIS CONNECTION IS EVERLASTING AND TRUSTING AND IT SETS YOU FREE.

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