let it grow
got up early this am and was out on the trail by 7:20. I was aiming for the sunrise, but that didn't quite happen. it was a spectacular day, and I did my favorite kind of hiking -- walking slowly from big rock to big rock, covering very little ground, and spending the better part of 2 hours sitting and soaking up the sights and smells and sounds as the sun warmed my body from above and the rock cooled it from below.
it's a treat to move that slowly and aimlessly, and my mind usually quiets right down. thoughts of planning are replaced by thoughts of appreciation, and concepts that had been lodged in my mind often percolate down into my heart.
today I was pondering manifestation. Abraham-Hicks, The Secret, Napoleon Hill, and many many others have taught us that there are three steps - Ask, Let It Go, and Receive/Allow. As I walked along, I found myself thinking, "Oh, I should use this time to get clear about what I want next." I laughed out loud at the absurdity of spending this gorgeous day lost in my thoughts. And it hit me like a lightning bolt that I have been investing far more energy than is truly necessary in the Asking part.
In fact, I may have gotten so specific in my requests that I am actually being counter productive. So a new experiment was born in me. What if I just assume that I am already constantly asking, and instead put my energy and focus into the other two steps? I've heard Abraham-Hicks suggest this dozens of times. And today, I got it.
If I ask for a feeling, rather than the material details, it's just like placing an order at a restaurant. I don't need to go into the kitchen and supervise the cook - I can sit out in the clean and quiet dining room and enjoy myself with friends while my meal is prepared for me.
Almost everything I've ever wanted has eventually arrived - usually after I forgot about it. So I decided to let go of asking, and instead just enjoy what is here now, while assuming that more good things I will like are on their way.
And when I got back in the car, this song was playing on the radio:
http://www.last.fm/music/Eric+Clapton/_/Let+It+Grow
Labels: humans fascinate me, law of attraction
posted by karen @ 5:51 PM
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2 Comments:
LOVE this :-) And the link to the song! Can you imagine how much is accumulated out there of our desires, spoken and unspoken, in the ethers? We never have to utter another word again :-)
found this abraham-hicks quote that sums it up pretty nicely:
You don't need to make any more statements about what you want because you have all incrementally created the perfect partner (or whatever you are wanting) over here. And the Universe doesn't need to hear it from you, not even one more time! You don't need to keep explaining it, and when you do keep explaining it from the place of not having it, you turn upstream every time.
- Abraham-Hicks
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