I’m not poor. My last post made reference to the fact that I don’t go to as many fortune tellers/psychics these days because I’m poor. I am not poor. I may have less money than most of the people in my circle of friends, but I am not poor. I am surrounded by homeless people living on the streets. I live in a city, downtown, and there are numerous homeless people sharing this city with me. I have a beautiful apartment. They do not. Interesting story though, I was chatting with a homeless woman one day at the subway station and, well, actually, she isn’t homeless at this moment because she was “forced” into an apartment by the police. She hates it. She laughingly said she calls it the penthouse because it’s on the 16th floor of a building. She said it’s super small, no a/c and it’s full of bugs. I asked where she lived prior to that and she said in a tent, and she really liked living in the tent. She laughed about the port-a-john they all shared. She shared, rather tongue in cheek, that the city would come and clean it maybe once a month(?) and never clean it properly. She laughed at the irony of it, knowing that the homeless reputation is filth and yet they perpetuate that filth by not cleaning a port a john to regulation standards. Well, my point is I’m not poor. And I don’t want to perpetuate that thought. Poor is a relative term depending on the concept. So is the word “blind”. I have heard blind people say they can’t see, but they are not blind. I wonder if my homeless friend considers herself poor. I will ask her if I ever see her again.
The Law of Attraction is a concept that states that our thoughts and feelings create our reality, and that what we focus on is what we will manifest in our lives, thus my assertion to correct my “I am poor” statement. My book, Back to Being, covers this topic as well.
Here are two questions I asked related to this subject and from the book.
I have heard and/or read we can overcome lack and limitation in our lives using spiritual techniques like breath work, yoga, meditate, visualize, believe, have faith, and yet so many of us do all of that, and more, and still live in lack and limitation. If it’s as easy as you say, why is it not working? Why is it so hard?
Most people when they pray, when they are asking for a prayer to be answered, are coming from a place of lack and limitation. Knowing the law of the Universe, that you attract what your energy is putting out, you accidentally can bring more of the same lack and limits and frustrations and anger and sorrows, etc., to you. You attract like a magnet. Knowing, now, that you are an energy vibration extension from the highest level of energy there is, you need to think in terms of Physics and laws of attraction. What are the laws of attraction according to the Universe? That what you project is what you get. Now, it’s not as simple and straightforward as this implies. If you think to yourself one day “I want to jump off a bridge” you are most likely not going to draw that experience to you. There is intent to consider. Intent is key in manifesting a desired outcome. So your thought “I want to jump off a bridge” what is the underlying impetus for that thought? Is it hot outside and the water seems refreshing? Does it look like fun? Are you frustrated? Are you making a joke? You see, one must always be pure in thought before understanding what you are asking from the Universe. Pure in thought simply means why do you want the thing you want? The prayer there is to ask for the “why” and not the “thing.” Don’t ask for a fast sports car, when what you really desire is prestige and confidence. And then drill that down further. Why do you want prestige and confidence? Keep drilling down.
Now, back to the laws of attraction. Humanity, humans, people, can get really low down in their mood. There is so much hardship, sadness, sickness, war (although as the Universe knows, there is also much love amidst these tragic scenarios), but on a personal level it is hard for many to bring yourselves to an emotional place and pretend to be happy, or rich, or healthy and think you’re going to attract that. You’re going to more than likely attract cynicism because on one level you’ll be thinking it all to be ridiculous. To overcome this very real situation, one must find one thing that brings them some sort of comfort. Be it a memory with a friend, or loved one, a fun day, a beautiful sunrise or sunset, the feeling of a shower after a long hot summer day. And focus on that one thing. That one feeling. Do not try and pray for anything…yet. Focus every day, once, or as often as possible, during the day on that feeling of whatever it is that makes you happy or peaceful for just that moment. Put all the other thoughts of lack and limitation aside and think happy thoughts or thought. In the Physics of this situation, the law of attraction, by focusing as much as possible on the feeling that that one moment(s) has brought you, you will then start attracting more of those moments. It’s that simple, but we, the Universe, know it’s also a challenge when an individual is very down. And there are certainly more than your shares of feeling beat down and run over. But try that exercise. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain.
How can one know if the experience of lack and limitation is something our soul wanted to experience and therefore just accept it OR know that it is a challenge or self-imposed struggle to move on from? Why would we waste our time and energy trying to get past an experience we are meant to stay in?
With lack and limitation, it’s rather subjective to the individual. If you are beating yourself up (metaphorically) thinking you can’t do something, well, that’s lack and limitation thinking. You can do anything. If you have a true desire to do something, there’s nothing that can stop you, except you. Unfortunately, the BELIEF that you “can’t” has so far been stronger than the belief that you “can”, in most people.
Are you supposed to win the lottery? Focus on the underlying intent of why you want to win the lottery, such as “I want to be debt free” or “I want a boat” or “I want that car” and then break it down even more. Why do you want to be debt free? Peace of mind (for instance?)? Why do you want a boat? Let’s say a boat gives you a feeling of freedom. You feel free in a boat on the water. So what you really want is the feeling of freedom. Why do you want that car? Is it for prestige? Acceptance? Of just ease of transportation? See what we’re saying? Most people don’t want to win the lottery..end of story. There is an underlying intent. It’s the intent, i.e., the peace, the freedom, the acceptance, that you will get and you will get it in the best possible way the Universe provides. However, if you focus solely on a particular outcome it could end up being a “careful what you wish for scenario”. This is not meant to scare you. These words are meant to guide your thoughts. To guide you to what you truly want in life. To take responsibility for your life. To understand your thoughts have consequences. And to start taking action for your own wellbeing.
How do you know if you’re living in lack and limitation by choice? #1, it won’t feel like lack & limitation if you are content in your circumstances. If you are not content then start drilling down and figure it out. What is it that you really want? What is the impetus behind your desires? There are no wrong answers. There are no wrong desires, but understand the why behind the desire and steer your wants towards the why. Even if there is a desire to harm or hurt another, STOP—and realize there is an underlying cause that is making you feel this emotional anger. Address the underlying cause. Hurting other living beings is never the “right” way. Ahhh yes, there is no judgment between right and wrong, but there are consequences to both. Again, back to the law of attraction. The vibration of hurting others will draw more of that to you. We/you would refer to that as wrong. Loving, caring, serving, helping, beauty, joy, we call that “right” and if/when that’s what you give, then that’s what you will get. The law of attraction. Where the Universe is concerned, there is no judging of right and wrong. In the lower vibrations there is more anger, sadness, violence, etc. and we are compassionate towards that vibration, loving compassion, because love is what the Universe is made of and the loving vibration would never punish or not accept a soul. But the soul has to be in alignment with the vibrational frequency. And, seriously, all the soul has to do is decide to be better, to be different, to learn how to live in the higher frequency. And no one ever, ever, has to change if they don’t want to. Ever. Again, it’s just frequency. You’re either on the same level or you’re not. And there are many levels. Now is the time for each soul to understand their responsibility for where they are in their life. And choose to change it or not. But/and it’s their decision. 100% their own decision and their own responsibility. And as they say, everyone must own it.
It is an exciting time on the planet. There is evolution happening. There is a shifting of consciousness where souls are ready to accept the responsibility for their lives and ready to work with the Universe in the ways they would like their lives to unfold. Not everyone wants change. There is a large number of souls who like the way things are. They like same-same and that is their choice. You do not have to accept anyone’s choice either way, or any way. You are only responsible for you. You are responsible for your own choices. You are not on Earth to convince anyone else to make a particular choice. You do not know their life path. You do not know the lessons they seek. You can actually do harm by steering someone towards YOUR way of thinking. Your role is to be supportive to others. To listen, offer advice if asked with the caveat that “it worked for you” for instance, but never they must do blah blah. That is why there are so many teachers, so many voices, so many options, because you are all just trying to figure it out. And through trial and error you will all figure it out, when you want to. In the meantime, enjoy the journey. Have “fun” with everything you try. Laugh when it’s not working. Keep trying or try something else. Your intent to want to figure it out is enough for your souls to take action. Be open to the coincidences. Be open to your intuition. It is something you can learn –like recognizing the urge to go the bathroom, and then it becomes innate in your being. And you just know! Follow a path before you. You will know. You will learn to know. It’s a game, it’s a goal, it’s a challenge. Have fun with it.
Xoxoxo
Please consider commenting either publicly or privately (lynnemonahan11@gmail.com) if you find any of the excerpts interesting and let me know if they resonate with you in any way. My “source” might be confident in the discourse but I would sure like validation that it’s making sense.
