Abraham-Hicks and using appreciation as a bridge to allowing

I haven't been posting for awhile and the main reason is that my experience is coming smoothly, quickly, and easily. I get an awareness and kind of soak in the good feeling of it, relax into it and let myself become aware of anything new that might be on the edges of it, and then I'm off to something new. The whole process can happen in a matter of minutes.

I've made innumerable notes for posts, but by the time I might write it up I'm way beyond that point and don't want to look back. It's too much fun to go with the flow. A few minutes ago I just had a quick awareness and thought I would capture it in a post instead of just making a note and trying to doing something more elaborate later.

Here's the snap shot of my experience as I read this Abe quote:

We would begin saying, “I'm not ever going to get it done. I'm an eternally expanding Being, and I'm doing great where I am, and I'm so eager about what’s coming.” That’s the essence of the vibration that keeps adventurous things coming, keeps you feeling always excited, stable and secure, keeps you feeling in love with life. All day, every day, count your blessings! All day, every day, make your lists of things you appreciate. And as you keep activating what is working in your life, then more pleasing things on all subjects will flow to you.

Abraham-Hicks, 3/6/04A

Appreciation has become an integral part of my thinking and co-creating tool kit. I keep in mind Abe's information that appreciation is the closest energy to Source Energy and use it to uplift my energy. It's become more and more a part of every aspect of my day.

I have been playing Elyse Hope Killoran's Prosperity Game for some time. She offers a gratitude journal as a feature of the game and I feel so eager to journal my gratitudes each day. I get into such a wonderful energy when I do it and feel my mind expanding in possibilities. It's like I have an expanded experience of who I am.

Abe talks about using bridging statements to get from where we are to where we want to be. Bridging statements start out where we are and take small steps in the direction we want to go, raising our vibration as we move to alignment with our desires.

The sentence that really stood out energetically this morning from the quote above was this part: "And as you keep activating what is working in your life..." (by appreciating or entering it into a gratitude journal).

When I read that sentence I realized that appreciation is bridging us from our experience in the physical world to our spiritual Self, our Inner Being. It is a way, a method, for us to have the physical experience and also dwell in the deliciousness of our non-physical being.

Here in our bodies we are co-creators with Source Energy: We see. We shoot off a rocket of desire. We allow. Source manifests our desire immediately, but our "allowing" allows us to experience it.

In that first part where "we see and shoot off the rocket of desire," we are not in alignment with our Inner Being. And that's ok. That's how this process works. We are supposed to work our way into that alignment and can do it quickly.

Appreciation is that easy, delightful way to bridge to our spiritual Self and come into the alignment of allowing. It's a gentle and very pleasant way to be in the flow of Source Energy that we create by shooting off that rocket of desire.

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A technique for changing thinking -- from watching Abraham-Hicks

I was watching the second DVD of the 2005 Abraham-Hicks Alaskan Cruise yesterday when I saw something that made it so easy for me to quantify my thoughts. I offer it to you as way to fine-tune your thinking for even more feelings of well-being and allowing those delicious desires to come into your life.

The questioner had asked about negative manifestations that seem to come from nowhere. Abe was explaining that they don't come from nowhere, they always match our vibration. The problem is that we often are not aware of how much time we are focused on what we don't want. They illustrated how it works by turning back and forth as they repeated various thoughts, physically illustrating which thoughts are downstream and which are upstream.

For those who may be unfamiliar with Abraham, they are saying that there is only a flow of Well-Being and it goes in one direction -- like our earth rivers, it flows downstream in an expansion of well-being and the answer to our desires. When we resist the flow, we are trying to go upstream which is impossible. The way we can tell is by our feelings -- when we go with the flow we feel good, when we resist we have unpleasant feelings -- that's our emotional guidance system.

Abe's illustration worked like this: You are standing up. Upstream is when you face in front of you -- your desires are met and you feel good. Turn around and face behind you. That's downstream -- lack, desires not met, looking at "what is" in the physical world.

A short illustration using money as an example:

Facing forward, downstream with the flow: I want more money.

Then turn around, upstream: But I have no money. My bills are due!

Start to turn forward: But I want more money.

Turn facing downstream in back of you: But I don't know what I'll do if I don't get the money. What if I can't pay my bills?

You can physically feel what your thoughts are creating using this technique.

We can become used to an underlying grumpy feeling, thoughts that we kind of mumble to ourselves in the back of our mind while we are doing something else, or even habitual thoughts that happen at certain times like getting bills in the mail.

It is consciousness raising to catch those thoughts and turn around facing the direction you do not want to go. It's a real eye-opener to actually see what that thought is doing, going in the opposite direction of where you want to go.

If you find yourself facing away from your desires just know that every single moment is newly created. Every moment is an opportunity to make a choice. Right then when you are facing backward, know there is the delicious opportunity to make a new choice. Turn around, face forward, and affirm what it is that you want knowing that it is yours -- because it is.

It doesn't matter what thing you've done, it only matters what thing you do -- because you can't resist in the past tense, you can only resist in the powerful Now. You might have started a pattern before and you might be continuing a pattern, but it's the doing now not the 'have done' that matters.

Abraham-Hicks, Cincinnati, OH, 7/7/01

Get so fixated on what you want, that you drown out any vibration or reverberation that has anything to do with what you do not want. When you ask it is given, every single time, no exceptions. You are beloved, blessed beings who deserve good things....

Abraham-Hicks
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Abraham-Hicks: Appreciate yourself into well-being (diabetes is the example)

Question: There are two areas. One is, I want to be ageless forever! The other is, I have insulin dependent diabetes. And I've been applying your suggestion that I take that "Stick" about how well I'm doing, measuring my blood sugars... and just put it away.

And, indeed, I'm now in a whole new place: I have succeeded, I've accomplished that. I have more vitality. I'm physically active, dancing, and riding horses, I'm a happy girl. And I was really fascinated when you said that a person is 24 hours away from regenerating the tissue in their pancreas. And I'd like to know how to do that.

Abraham: We were talking about your not wanting to be the boss? And how that's not your job, anyway? That your job is the visionary, and Law of Attraction is the Manager? Well, Law of Attraction is the manager that will orchestrate all of that, too.

There's a tendency to get too actively involved, even in the visualization process. And so, you're better off envisioning the outcome than you are envisioning the regeneration of the tissue, because it's not something that you can see. That's the problem with medicine in your culture. There is so much examination over what's gone wrong that they hold themselves in the vibration of resistance that does not allow the cure, or does not allow the healing.

And so, keep dancing. Keep being the happy girl. That's the answer. Keep trusting this huge, effective manager that is waltzing into your life, on a regular basis, to facilitate anything that you have envisioned.

Think about it: You have this really good manager in place... who delegates really effectively to other managers, who delegate really effectively to other managers... and the whole thing runs like a well-oiled machine. All you have to do is occasionally point it in a direction here or there, through the power of your thought, and you have absolute confidence in those abilities of all of those managers and sub managers and sub managers, everybody playing the role that they play... Now, in the same way, once you get that worked out in your mind -- where you are trusting that the Law of Attraction will orchestrate all of that, relative to that -- then you can start applying that same process to your body. Actually, it's easier relative to your body than it is relative to others, because the cells of your body are actually operating in much greater cooperative fashion than the people in most organizations. But it is the same process.

Question: So, I delegate to my manager that, in addition to my desires, and I have a multitude of desires. I delegate all of them, basically, and I say, "I'd like to generate insulin inside my body?"

Abraham: We wouldn't even go that far. We would say, "Manager, you know what to do. You know what this body needs. The cells are giving you the indicators on a regular basis. Go to it. And I'll do my role, which is to hold myself in this light, fluffy, good feeling, rampage of appreciation, place, so that you can do your work in a non-restricted manner."

Have you ever known managers who over-managed to the point that the people who knew what to do couldn't get it done? [yes] Where, if they'd just been left to their own devices, they would have figured it out? So worried about things not happening, that they sort of over-managed -- until they created an environment that did not allow the work to be done? Well, that's the sort of thing that happens relative to your physical body when you get too consciously involved in trying to orchestrate.

You don't need to tell your body that it needs to produce insulin, but you think you do, because you're taking it externally. And so, you're saying to yourself, "Well, since my body doesn't produce this, and since I'm now utilizing it in order to bring myself into balance" And we say, that is too involved. That is too much management.

Instead, what you're wanting to say is, "I'm doing this, in the meantime, but my body knows what to do. The cells of my body know what to do."

If you knew then what you know now, this diabetes would have never begun, and certainly would not have been able to be perpetuated. But you didn't know then what you know now, and so, in your Energy misalignment, that's what got started. That was a crack of least resistance. And then, once it has manifested, now, what has manifested has your attention. And that's the only reason it's remaining. The Energy of your Being would not produce it today. So if the Energy of your Being would not produce it today, why is it remaining today? For one simple reason: It exists because you continue to observe it. That's the only hook.

"Because it has manifested, and now I see it, or now I experience the repercussions of having it -- now that holds me in vibrational harmony with it." And so, that's why we say... "The more things you can do to distract yourself from it, the better."

Question: And let go of the time reference, as well? 24 hours is immaterial?

Abraham: It doesn't matter at all. You're an eternal being. Why not let this be the opportunity of feeling the ecstasy of bringing yourself into alignment? Why not experience the thrill of getting an idea, and holding it purely in your mind, and watching the cells of your body? Why not let that be an adventure, or a journey, that is delicious for you?

Can I Get Over There From Here?

As you stand here and you say "I'd rather be over there," what you're actually saying is, "I want to go from here to over here." And we say, that's not very likely, is it? There is some distance to travel from here to there.

"I don't want to have to get over there. I want to be over there." And we say, "Well, the way you be over there is by getting there in your mind." And so, how do I get from here to over there, without that feeling of having to traverse the distance? And we say, by feeling that you are already over there.

When you are very clear that you are here, and equally clear that you would like to be over there, there is a tendency to sort of be in both places at the same time. In other words, "Here I am, I want to be there. Here I am, I want to be there. Here I am, I want to be there. And so, the consensus of your vibration is not making much movement. Where, if you could stop feeling so profoundly where you are, and start feeling more about where you're wanting to be, then your vibration is purer about this.

Now, that's not an easy thing to do when it has something to do with your physical body or your physical experience, or the stuff you see around you. In other words, "Here is where I am. How can I not recognize that I am here?" We're not asking you to stop recognizing that you are here. We're just asking you to spend more time thinking about where you want to be than you do about where you are. You just have to make where you are going feel more familiar than where you are.

And we think that if it really, really mattered, if you were really in a place of strong discomfort, that you might spend more time doing that. We think that we would make it a non-issue. We would start saying, "I'm happy where I am. I'm happy where I'm going. I'm happy along the way. I'm happy eternally. I'm not trying to get from here to there because I'm not happy here -- I'm just going from here to there because that's the natural process."

Diffusing any sense of lack of Well-being

You're wanting to diffuse any sense of lack within your experience. "I would like my body to produce insulin, but it's not a big deal, because I have plenty of insulin available to me. And so, my body is maintaining its balance. And whether I'm getting it this way or that way, I'm already where I'm wanting to be."

For example, if it's relative to dollars, Certainly I'm wanting more dollars, but I'm not wanting more dollars because I'm in a place of lack, or of not enough dollars. There are plenty of dollars coming." Your dominant work is to diffuse any feeling of lack, or any feeling of pushing against anything. That's the way you hold yourself in this place of greater allowance.

We want to find ways to convince you that the Well-being that you've been asking for is being answered. Your wish is granted. Now it's time for you to start accepting that it is done. In other words, "The financial institution has granted my request for a home loan. The school I have chosen for my child is fantastic. My body feels great. The money is flowing. My mate truly adores me. I have creations within me that are expanding. There is beauty before me. Every day of my life will be delicious. My future is bright. There is no such thing as decline. I am a vessel continually infused with powerful Energy. Well-being truly abounds. The earth spins in its orbit. The tomatoes continue to grow. My cells know what to do. My breathing mechanism is perfect. My metabolism is perfect. My elimination system is perfect. My blood knows what to do..."

In the same way that you don't put the sun coming up on your To Do list, don't put creating insulin on your To Do list. Just appreciate yourself into the Well-being that is natural to you.

Guest: I've had a really long To Do list, haven't I?

Abraham: Yes, because you've been trying to justify your worthiness through it. And nobody's watching. That's the important thing. All that worthiness you've been striving for is misguided.

Guest: Well, every statement you've made, I fully feel and agree with. And I'll just enjoy myself.

Abraham-Hicks, Portland, OR, 5/20/00
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Abraham-Hicks: The future is Now

New desire is what summons the Source and carries what is now into the future experience. But the thing that's tricky about the future experience is that the future never gets here, because the moment that it approaches -- it becomes now. Tomorrow never comes because when it gets here, it's today.

Abraham-Hicks, 10/2/04

Think about something that you want. Now think about how long you think it will take to have it.

That's how long it will take before you will allow yourself to have it.

And that's fine. There's a quote in the Abundance post below reminding us that we don't want or need everything to come to us all at once. But, if you would like it to come sooner, then just lazily look at the beliefs that indicate how long it will take. And then just kind of sneakily think about them and then just kind of adjust them a little bit at a time. It's all here right now. It's just a kind of lazy, sidling up to what you want and sitting down next to it, and holding it's hand and smiling and getting comfortable with it.

I relax, trust God, and let God's good come to me.

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