New Dawn Rising
Sun Jun 08 2008, 12:12pm
You don't have to give attention to what you want (unless it feels good, of course). I was starting to think I needed to put attention on something I'm trying to create in my life as a way to sort of "pull it in". Then I heard this quote. I wanted to internalize it... so I transcribed it. :winking: Here it is:
Once you identify that you want something you don’t have to continue to give it attention. That’s like you tell your children to take out the garbage and they don’t, so you tell them again and again and again and again. And people sort of translate that sort of behavior to Deliberate Creation. They think: “Well, as long as it’s not here I should keep asking.” But what you have to pay attention to is at some point that asking usually turns upstream. In other words when you say: “I would like such-and-such”, and then you say: “and I’m looking forward to it coming”. That would be all you need to do. “I’m asking for it. I’m expecting it. I’m looking forward to when it comes. I’m peaceful about it not being here yet. I’m willing to allow the process to bring it to me. All is well.”
But when you say: “Oh, I see it isn’t here yet, I better ask again. Oh, I see it isn’t here yet, I better ask again.” Before you know it you’re pointed upstream. You’re saying: “Where is it? Has someone forgotten me? Am I no longer worthy? Did I do something wrong? Did I miss something on the process? Do I need to do something better? Do I need to pray harder? Do I need to ask more specifically?” And we say you need to stop focusing on the absence of it.
The ONLY thing that keeps you from having everything that you want is that you have an attitude of its absence that is more dominant than an attitude of its presence. So when you really want something and you know its gonna come… Here’s a good way of looking at it: Imagine going to a movie that you’ve either seen before or someone told you that it has a happy ending. And even though, in the middle, it’s not the way you want it to be – nobody’s getting what they’re wanting and the movie in the middle is in a terrible place… when you know the outcome then you can sit there in a calmer, more positively expectant attitude. And so what we want you to begin to try to feel is how your Inner Being feels about everything that you’re asking for, because your Inner Being knows the end of the movie. And your Inner Being knows it turned out really really good. And as you are feeling for how your Inner Being feels about it then even though it hasn’t turned out for you yet, now your attitude is downstream - expectant, rather than upstream - doubtful.
Abraham-Hicks, Hawaiian Cruise 2007
Once you identify that you want something you don’t have to continue to give it attention. That’s like you tell your children to take out the garbage and they don’t, so you tell them again and again and again and again. And people sort of translate that sort of behavior to Deliberate Creation. They think: “Well, as long as it’s not here I should keep asking.” But what you have to pay attention to is at some point that asking usually turns upstream. In other words when you say: “I would like such-and-such”, and then you say: “and I’m looking forward to it coming”. That would be all you need to do. “I’m asking for it. I’m expecting it. I’m looking forward to when it comes. I’m peaceful about it not being here yet. I’m willing to allow the process to bring it to me. All is well.”
But when you say: “Oh, I see it isn’t here yet, I better ask again. Oh, I see it isn’t here yet, I better ask again.” Before you know it you’re pointed upstream. You’re saying: “Where is it? Has someone forgotten me? Am I no longer worthy? Did I do something wrong? Did I miss something on the process? Do I need to do something better? Do I need to pray harder? Do I need to ask more specifically?” And we say you need to stop focusing on the absence of it.
The ONLY thing that keeps you from having everything that you want is that you have an attitude of its absence that is more dominant than an attitude of its presence. So when you really want something and you know its gonna come… Here’s a good way of looking at it: Imagine going to a movie that you’ve either seen before or someone told you that it has a happy ending. And even though, in the middle, it’s not the way you want it to be – nobody’s getting what they’re wanting and the movie in the middle is in a terrible place… when you know the outcome then you can sit there in a calmer, more positively expectant attitude. And so what we want you to begin to try to feel is how your Inner Being feels about everything that you’re asking for, because your Inner Being knows the end of the movie. And your Inner Being knows it turned out really really good. And as you are feeling for how your Inner Being feels about it then even though it hasn’t turned out for you yet, now your attitude is downstream - expectant, rather than upstream - doubtful.
Abraham-Hicks, Hawaiian Cruise 2007