Let's have no regrets. No looking back. You did what you thought was right - or the closest thing to "right" of the choices you felt you had.
That was then and this is now.
Enough of that...let's move on (by all means!) to (drum roll, please...) my Christmas gift to you! It is my "Book of Positive Aspects" about you. What is a "Book of Positive Aspects" you might ask? It is simply this:
(Reprinted from InwardQuest.com)
The process is one of Abraham's and is in fact called "The Book of Positive Aspects". Abraham suggests using it to raise our vibration and focus on those positive aspects of people and things we feel good about. I have in fact used it successfully to raise my vibration when someone is irking me or I don't feel too good about them. By focusing on only their positive aspects, what was irking me about them seemed to literally disappear and they began showing up in my reality in a mostly positive way.
Purchase a notebook and write on the cover My Book of Positive Aspects
At the top of the first page write the name of the thing or person you want to focus on.
Next, ask yourself these questions - What do I like about you? *Why do I love you so much?* What are your positive aspects? - If writing about someone that is irking you right now, the 2nd question may be hard to answer immediately; however, as you begin to focus on the positive in the person your vibration will begin to change and you will reach a place of love.
Begin writing down the thoughts that come to you in response to the questions - do not force them. Write as long as the thoughts come easily and then read and enjoy your own words.
By focusing on the positive we begin raising our vibration to one of appreciation which is a powerful vibration. The more positive aspects we search for, the more we will find and our relationships with these people will change for the better. The more consistently we practice this, the more dominant the vibration will become and our reality will reflect this.
There are many benefits to this process - you'll feel good doing it, your point of attraction will improve, your relationships will improve and more great things and people will begin showing up in your life.
(Reprinted from WhatANiceWebsite.com)
When you are appreciating someone, and they are unable to uplift themselves to the level of your vibration, they vibrate right out of your experience. Most people you love will be uplifted by your appreciation to a new level of appreciation and connectedness for themselves.
OK, so here it is. This is my ACTUAL book. Not re-written or cleaned up at all. That's why it's so messy and "dog eared"! Of course, I had to cross out certain things that were just way too embarrassing and geeky and besides, I don't want you to get too big of a head!
I hope I don't regret this. DO NOT get too full of yourself!!!
So once I got on a roll, there was SO much (added over quite some time - several months) that it has taken up two full pages so far. And more things come to mind and the list gets longer every day.
Say what you wanna say And let the words fall out Honestly I wanna see you be brave With what you want to say And let the words fall out Honestly I wanna see you be brave
You can do it! That's what I just did...do you think this was easy??? Talk about "brave"...if I do say so myself.
BTW...If you're reading this, you ARE on the right track.
One more REALLY, REALLY, VERY IMPORTANT thing to remember:
Metaphorically and literally. The sun sets on one chapter of our lives. Perhaps more than a chapter...perhaps the first half of our entire book of life.
An ending, yes. Time to move on, yes. But closure has a beauty of it's own. This too, was agreed upon during the formation of our "soul contract". It's the natural progression of our lives, long ago agreed upon by all concerned...by all of the members of our soul group.
We couldn't stop it if we tried.
The sun rises.
Metaphorically and literally. The sun rises again! The next chapter...perhaps the second half of our entire book of life. Different than yesterday. Different than anything that has ever come before. Not better or worse, but different and beautiful in its own unique way. With the sunrise we are reborn, renewed, reinvigorated. Everything is new again, life begins again. Passions ignite as never before and there is a whole new, exciting beginning!
We couldn't stop it if we tried.
The time in between. A sort of "intermission" in the theater of life.
When the sun slips beneath the horizon, it does not immediately pop right back up like a bouncing ball! So what of the space in between the sunset and the sunrise? It's called "Evening" and again, it too is beautiful in its own way.
Literally speaking, when the sun sets, we know it will be followed by a sunrise. We just know it will. We have faith. We don't have to DO anything to make it happen. We don't fly into a panic because of the temporary lack of sun. We don't run around trying to force the sun back up; looking for rope and equipment to try to lasso it and force it back up into the sky! Just relax (isn't that what evening is for?) and all will happen on its own. It's just "Evening" and it's perfectly normal - all is well!
Do we appreciate the lovely evening sky for what it has to offer? An enchanting vista of twinkling stars, moonlight, cool, crisp air, tranquility, calm and rejuvenation.
Or is our perspective unnecessarily skewed to perceive something dark and scary?
It needn't be that way. We create our own reality. We write our own script. That's "WE" as in you and I...yes, I'm talking about US! Right here, right now...what do we want??? It is entirely up to us.
YES!!!
Life is short and time is precious. There need not be any wasting of time and no period of being "in limbo"...ever! That's not what this phase is for. During these quiet, predawn hours, it is a time to reflect upon, honor and release what was with love and gratitude, to stand in this present moment in appreciation for what is, and to look forward with excited anticipation for what is about to be, as the dawn imminently prepares to break.
We are exactly where we are meant to be at any given moment - yes, even right now! There are no accidents and no coincidences, so relax and ALLOW.
We can release feelings of guilt and obligation; for, as stated earlier: It's the natural progression of our lives, long ago agreed upon by all members of our soul group. We all agreed to our respective roles before we began this journey; on this adventure into the theater of life -
of your life.
Some of us signed up for Act I and some for Act II.
The point is: How are we conducting our "intermission"? Are we wasting all of our time standing in line for the restroom? (Ha!) Or are we passionately and lovingly interacting, socializing and stuffing our faces with candy? (Good answer!) We can decide for ourselves what our intermission will look like.
HUGE QUESTION: Why must it be "all or nothing"? Sometimes enough is...well...perfectly enough for the present moment. It may not be what we originally thought or planned for. It may not even be what most people would traditionally think of as perfect...but why care what "most people" think? And why involve them anyway? Keep them, as the military says, on a "need to know basis". Be smart about it. You don't have to explain and if you do so choose, share only what your audience is ready to hear. It really is the kindest thing to do.
What this time can be is perfect for us, for right now, and perfectly beautiful in its own way - a temporary "home away from home" that is soothing, comforting, healing and rejuvenating while preparing to receive the blessings and joys in store for us in the second act.
Sunsets and sunrises - we couldn't stop them if we tried. The same goes for the evenings in between - we couldn't speed them up or slow them down, even if we wanted to. And why would we want to? Would it really bring "more" or just more of the same? Quantity or quality?
If we are scrupulously honest, by the time each of these phases nears its completion, is it not really time and are we not really ready? It is and we are! It may not feel comfortable or familiar at first, but somewhere deep within our souls, we do know it is time.
So there is NO REASON to feel conflicted and EVERY REASON to feel certain and feel free - because you are! Right now! Be brave, be strong, be courageous, be vulnerable, be emotionally available, reach out, connect, release, allow, choose love and choose passion...because we all know "The show must go on!"...Let us make it scintillating and sensational!
"Brave" Lyrics
You can be amazing
You can turn a phrase into a weapon or a drug
You can be the outcast
Or be the backlash of somebody's lack of love
Or you can start speaking up
Nothing's gonna hurt you the way that words do
When they settle 'neath your skin
Kept on the inside and no sunlight
Sometimes a shadow wins
But I wonder what would happen if you
Say what you wanna say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave
With what you want to say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I wanna see you be brave
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I wanna see you be brave
Everybody's been there,
Everybody's been stared down by the enemy
Fallen for the fear
And done some disappearing,
Bow down to the mighty
Don't run, stop holding your tongue
Maybe there's a way out of the cage where you live
Maybe one of these days you can let the light in
Show me how big your brave is
Say what you wanna say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave
With what you want to say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave
And since your history of silence
Won't do you any good,
Did you think it would?
Let your words be anything but empty
Why don't you tell them the truth?
Say what you wanna say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave
With what you want to say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I wanna see you be brave
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
See you be brave
I just wanna see you (yeah)
I just wanna see you (oh ooh)
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
Wednesday, July 27, 2016
Due to the popularity of the previous 4 part series on
the teachings of Abraham-Hicks
(thank you for this blog's second award:
The Versatile Blogger Award
and over 100,000 views for this series!!!)
We present: Abraham's reinterpretation of the 12 Step program!
There has always seemed to me to be something fundamentally incorrect about the traditional 12-Step program. I think it's that whole "I am powerless" thing mostly, but there are other things that don't ring true to me as well. However, they have helped a lot of people and anything that works for even one person, I would not discourage. But, to me, it's always seemed like it was in the right general direction, but not quite there.
I came across the 12 Step Program reinterpreted by Abraham and said, "That's it!" It absolutely nailed everything that didn't resonate or "sit well" with me about the original 12 steps and then reinterpreted them. At the same time, in no way discounting the fact that many people are helped by the original set of steps, we don't "throw them out", but rather add a second set of 12 to them.
Abraham explains that the reason the first 12 steps do work (at first!) is because it's a better feeling place than where an addict is coming to it from. But after a while, as the steps begin to work, the person advances while the steps stay the same and when the individual advances beyond the steps, their recovery progresses to the point where they are more aligned with their higher self, who knows better than this.
In summary: When the original 12 steps are a better feeling place than where the individual is coming from (in the beginning), they work. As the recovery begins and progresses the 12 steps are a worse feeling place than where the individual is coming from and they no longer work. That's why, often they work for a while and then don't anymore!
Below is a direct transcript taken from an Abraham-Hicks workshop. The above is my synopsis...for those who are not as familiar with the way Abraham phrases things and may want a "lay-person's" version!
Abraham: …we are not at all pushing against, in any way, the 12-step
program because for someone whose life is in a very unpleasant place, all of
those stepsare downstream.
In other words, when
you feel totally out of control, maybe it does feel downstream for you to admit
that you’re out of control. And to say, "I hope that there’s something,
some power that’s greater than me that will help me" when your life is
in a mess that’s the last moment in time that you really want to crow about how
in control you are. So, acknowledging that you are powerless is a downstream
step. You see what we are getting at?
What we’ve noticed about the program, and
we’ve interacted with so many people who have been part of it, is that in the
beginning it is all downstream for them. But after a little while, when they
begin gaining their balance, to say those same things are upstream for them. So
it never really gives them the autonomy and self-control that they are all
reaching for.
Every single one of them felt not free when they began this
process that evolved into the alcoholism. In other words, you’re right, they
turn to the alcohol or whatever it was because it seemed like a path of least
resistance. It felt better to them than where they were. And there is something
that we would like somebody to say to them about the rightness of that
decision. But the whole program, and in fact almost everybody ever involved in
it, stands and says something else to them. They stand and say, ‘you were wrong
to do what you did, you were not wise in what you were doing, and you should
never, ever do something again.’
It’s sort of like...when a person feels not free, and they innately and
naturally turn toward anger, that anger that they turn toward is the most
natural thing in the world, but almost everybody would stop and say, ‘your
anger is wrong, your anger is misplaced.’
So when you’re interacting with
people that are experiencing the hugeness of disconnection, it’s not an easy
thing for you to teach them the principles from their place of strong
disconnection. Something more overt and in-their-face is necessary and it is
easier to teach someone about action than it is to teach them about vibration. In an action oriented world, it’s easier to say to them, "this alcohol is your
problem" than "your vibrational countenance is your problem."
First, let's take a look at the original 12 Steps:
And now:
We
would introduce the 12 Step program as the first 12 steps, and we would tell
them there are 12 more. And the first 12 steps are about the action part of
distancing yourself from something that hasn’t been working. And then, once
you’ve sort of got that under your belt, then we would begin the next 12 steps,
which would be about understanding that you are the creator of your own reality.
~ The Next 12
Steps ~
1. While you’ve been
saying in the first 12 Steps that there is a power that is greater than you,
there has never been a power that is greater than you. You just somehow
separated yourself from that greater power. But it never left you. It never was
forsaking you. It was always aware of you, reaching for you, calling you toward
it. You just could not hear. But it was always there.
2. The second of
the next 12 Steps would be: You are the creator of your own experience, and you
are doing the best that you knew how to do, every step along the way. You did
the best from where you were that you could have done. And you can’t go back
and undo all of that. So now you have admitted all of that wrong doing, and now
you’ve made your peace with all of those people who you have wronged. This new
second step says, I did the best that I could do then, and now I’m in a better
place, and it will be easier this go-around.
3. The third thing
in this new set of steps is: I am where I am. I am where I am, and where I am
is all right, because it has to be, because it’s the only choice I have. If
where I am is not all right, then it’s over for me. If where I am is not all
right, then there’s nothing else for me to do, because I can’t get to where I
want to be when I am condemning where I am. Not possible. You can’t possibly
turn downstream in condemnation of where you are. So, I am where I am, and
where I am not only is enough. It must be enough, because it’s all I’ve got.
4. The fourth step
is: I am a worthy being, who is an extension of Source Energy, and I came forth
with powerful intention, and got crossways of it. And when I got crossways of
it, I went nuts, because who I am is such a lover, and such a knower of my own
value. And when, somehow along my physical trail, I lost sight of that, I could
not abide in my own vibration. The split in me was too severe, and that’s the
reason I turned to something that was numbing. And while I will not turn to
something that is numbing again, it is satisfying to know that when someone
like me, who is pure positive energy, gets crossways of who I am, that it’s
going to be
pain beyond pain that will require numbing, and I’ve never known anyone who
would deny anyone some sort of a solution or solving of some kind of pain.
5. Step five says:
I will make peace with those who did not understand how I felt. For how could
they? Everyone has their own emotional scale. Nobody could know what was
downstream for me. Nobody could know what was a solution for me. And they all
stood in such certainty that they were right, when they couldn’t possibly know.
And so this fifth step, in my second set of steps, is my true acknowledgment of
my powerful desire to forgive them. The first [set of steps] demanded that I
ask for their forgiveness. In this second [set of steps], I’m prepared to give
them my forgiveness. I forgive them for not understanding me. I forgive them
for trying to be my guidance when they could not. I forgive them for not paying
attention to how they felt, so there was no way they could teach me how to pay
attention to how I felt. I forgive them for not upholding the knowledge of the
personal guidance system. I forgive them for everything that they did not
understand about me. And it feels good in letting all of that go.
6. The sixth step
is: I forgive all of them from this new point of view. I forgive them for not
only not seeing me as I am, but for not seeing themselves as they are either. I
allow them, which is more than forgiving. I allow them to be whoever they are,
even if who they are being is critical of me. For I accept that they cannot see
me accurately from their point of view, and I no longer need alcohol or drugs
to numb the discord that I felt when I saw that I could not achieve their
approval. I am giving up my need for your approval in this step. And in giving
up my need for
your approval, I have set you free. But more important, I have set myself free.
7. The seventh
step in this second set of 12 steps is: Now that I am more sure of who I am,
and now that I’m beginning to return to the eagerness of life that is innate
within me, it is my promise to myself that even if I were to do something that
formerly I thought was a mistake, that I’m determined that I will offer no
self-condemnation, ever again. This may be the most important step of all.
8. I acknowledge
that the Source within me never gives up on me, and the only reason I ever feel
bad is because I do. So in this step, I am pronouncing to the world that I am
absolving myself of all guilt relative to action. And if I should – and it
could happen – ever take a drink again, it is my promise to myself: I’m not
going back through those first twelve steps. Because I am where I am, and
because Source continues to adore me, and because there’s always downstream from
wherever I am, and I don’t have to start over every time again. I know too
much. I’ve come too far.
9. The next step
in the second set of 12 steps is sincere appreciation for the first 12 Steps,
because they were there for me when I most needed them. I could not even begin
to see this second set from where I was, and there they were, tangible and
real, and they helped me. They don’t now, but they did then. They were bridges
that were valuable, and I will feel eternal appreciation for their existence.
10. I am
appreciating everything that ever gave me grief, because from it was born
clarity of desire. I’m not sorry for one thing that I ever lived through. I’m
not even sorry for what I put you through, because in my dealing with the
contrast of the life that I created, I’ve launched rockets of desire, and I can
feel a brighter future that would not be there if it had not been for that.
11. The 11th step
is: I encourage no one to go through what I went through in order to get where
I am. I acknowledge it could have been easier for me. If I had been willing to
pay attention to the way I feel, if I’d listened to my own guidance, if I’d
been able to turn downstream earlier on, without being pinned into that corner
of feeling not free, I could have turned into my alignment and my allowing
without the help or the aid of the drugs.
12. The last and
final step is: I adore knowing that I am the creator of my own reality. And I
take full credit – not responsibility – I take full credit for the amazing life
that I am in the process of creating. I aspire to see myself through the eyes
of Source. And I think all 24 steps are part of me being able to now do that.
And now, I would
like to announce to the world: I am healed, I am whole, I am free, I am love.
And it might be
only temporary, but if I ever slip from it, I know exactly what to do.
You knew I'd have videos! These are really very good - please watch!
Abraham's "New Take on the 12 Steps" - Video :
Links to purchase Abraham-Hicks Beyond the 12 Steps: Breaking Free of Addiction program - available on DVD as well as Audio CD
With some timely information regarding the night sky TOMORROW NIGHT!
Read on:
If at 10:30 p.m.your southeastern sky is clear the
night of Saturday, May 21st you can see a curious meeting of four
objects forming a square close to the horizon. Figure 01 illustrates the view.
ENLARGED THE PICTURE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, STILL A LITTLE TRICKY TO SEE THE NAMES. THEY ARE (LEFT TO RIGHT, TOP 2): THE MOON AND MARS AND (LEFT TO RIGHT, BOTTOM 2): SATURN & ANTARES
The four objects are
the Moon, Mars, Saturn and the bright star Antares. The field of view in Fig.
01 is sufficiently large to include the South and East cardinal point
designations, this to signify the scale of the quadrangle.
The moon is the brightest object of the four; the
brightest because it is near. The moon reflects only 7% of the sunlight that
strikes its surface. It is really a poor
reflector. The Earth reflects 30%, Mars
29%, and Saturn 47%. The Moon, a quarter the size of the Earth, is but a
quarter million miles from the Earth.
That is, a beam of sunlight reflected off the moon’s surface will take
but 1.3 seconds to reach your eye.
One month out of 24, Mars, half the size of the
Earth, is opposite the sun in our sky and is said to be “in opposition.” In the
present cycle, Mars will be in exact opposition May 22nd, just one day after
this night’s observation. As you view Mars, the light that strikes your eye
left Mars 4.25 minutes ago.
Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun. Nine and a half earths would have to be lined
up to equal the diameter of Saturn. The light from the planet Saturn takes 1.25
hours to reach the Earth.
Note where Saturn is on May 21st. Come
back 29.6 years later. During that time Saturn would have appeared in front of
each 12 zodiacal constellations. In 29.6 years it will be back in the same
position you see it on May 21st. Where will you be 30 years from
now?
Mars looks like a red star, Antares is a red star.
It is one of the largest stars visible to the naked eye. If Antares were the
size of a baseball, our nearly one million mile diameter Sun would be scaled to
smaller than the period at the end of this sentence. Antares “surface” temperature is about 5,700
degrees. The Sun’s surface temperature
is 10,000 degrees. How can Antares be so
bright at a distance of 600 light years and so cool? Place Antares where the
Sun is and the planets Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars would orbit inside the
star. There are many square miles of
surface area on Antares pumping out the red light. Antares is in fact 11,000
times brighter than the sun.
The word “Antares,” comes from the Greek. It translates as: “the enemy of Mars.” Ares was
the Greek word for Mars, while the prefix “An” can loosely be translated as “Anti.” The idea was every two years Mars and Antares
ride the sky together. The tension was… “which of the two will be the brighter
red?” You can judge for yourself who
wins this time. Or, to be honest, you can
wait a few nights when the bright Moon’s light is no longer part of the
picture.
Thanks Dan! I, for one, will be sure to check all of this out tomorrow night and I'm sure all of our Kabrini Message astronomy buffs (and there are many!) will, too.
Welcome to Part 4 as we continue and conclude (for now) our series on the wisdom of Abraham, as translated by Esther Hicks in the teachings known as Abraham-Hicks.
Today we will cover:
The Grid (it's always filling in!)
Rampages!
In the meantime, if you've missed any previous posts, you can get caught up now by clicking:
And now: "The Grid" explained...It's always filling in!
Envision something grid-like.
It's a basic structure that does fill in.
You have many different grids on every subject of significance to you.
Your grid is your Point of Attraction on any given subject.
It WILL fill in, one way or another, and what it fills in with (positive things/negative things) depends on how you are feeling.
You are the creator of your grid and therefore, the creator of your own reality.
Your grid is your Point of Attraction and starts to fill in with:
Conversations
Insights
Ideas
Impulses
People that will rendezvous with you/Interactions with others
Your experiences
Everything that happens that has anything to do with you is your grid filling in.
Every bit of your grid filling in is NOT about somebody else - it's about what you've been doing vibrationaly with your grid.
You have a Point of Attraction and your Point of Attraction is a vibrational thing that's happening and has a relationship with the source energy part of you.
When the source within you is not in alignment with the physical you - for example, the source within you is always loving, and when the source within you is loving and the physical you is not - you do not feel good because you are out of alignment with who you really are.
BUT...you can do something about it...
You are the creator of your own reality!!
Rampages!
Rampages are high energy affirmations on a variety of subjects. Here are just a few.
"Quick Daily Motivation!" Rampage:
"This Is A Really Good Day!" Rampage:
"It's Done!" Rampage:
OK, so you say you just can't get enough of these Rampages? Search more on YouTube or, here is a link to some favorites compiled all in one place on The Joy of Alignment Blog.
Thank you for joining us on all four parts of this series and I hope you've reached your own determination as to whether or not Abraham and The Kabrini are one and the same...I have!
This has been such a fun and challenging project, but exhausting! In fact, one could say (wait for it...), if you were standing in my physical shoes, you'd be tired too. Ha! Just a little Abraham humor to end with. If you've really been into this, you got that. I almost went with an even worse one (believe it or not) about being "half transitioned into non-physical". Half dead, get it? OK, that's it, I promise.
After this, I'm going back to interviewing authors and having Professor Dan do astronomy posts - so much easier!
But one more Rampage - my favorite one of all!
A GREAT one to listen to, as I have many times, first thing in the morning
- or any time -
We saved the best 'til last!
Enjoy!...
"Things Are Always Working Out For Me!" Rampage:
We conclude this series... for now... with, once again, the quote Abraham ends most sessions and Rampages with:
