4/11/11

THE TOOL THIS WEEK IS DETACHMENT/TRUST

FILL YOUR BOWL TO THE BRIM AND IT WILL SPILL.

KEEP SHARPENING YOUR KNIFE AND IT WILL BLUNT.

CHASE AFTER MONEY AND SECURITY AND YOUR HEART WILL NEVER UNCLENCH.

CARE ABOUT PEOPLE’S APPROVAL AND YOU’LL BE THEIR PRISONER.

DO YOUR WORK, THEN STEP BACK.

THE ONLY PATH TO SERENITY

THIS IS VERSE 9 FROM THE TAO TE CHING.  IT IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE VERSES FROM THE TAO BECAUSE IT SPEAKS TO THE SIMPLE CONCEPT OF TRUST and DETACHMENT.  TO ME IT EMBODIES THE FORMULA FOR MANIFESTING.

IT COMPARES DOING TO OVERDOING.  IF WE DO WHAT WE KNOW TO DO AND TRUST THE DIVINE TO DO WHAT WE DON’T KNOW TO DO WE SEE RESULTS.  IF WE DON’T LET GO AND TRUST STRUGGLE ENSUES AND JUDGMENT AND FEAR ARE NOT FAR BEHIND.

LET’S TALK ABOUT MANIFESTING.  THERE IS A SIMPLE FORMULA FOR MANIFESTING ANYTHING

STEP 1:   WHAT DO YOU WANT?

DECIDE WHAT YOU WANT SPECIFICALLY

STEP 2: VISUALIZE WHAT YOU WANT IN DETAIL

SEE IT TOUCH IT SMELL IT HEAR IT TASTE IT MAKE IT REAL.  RUN IT LIKE A MOVIE IN WHICH YOU ARE THE STAR

STEP 3:   FEEL THE WAY YOU WILL FEEL WHEN YOU HAVE IT

WHAT IS THAT FEELING?, HAPPY, FREE, SECURE, SAFE? IDENTIFY THAT AND CHOOSE TO FEEL THAT WAY NOW.  BY DOING SO YOU ARE RAISING YOUR VIBRATION TO EQUAL THE THING YOU ARE CREATING.  YOU MUST BECOME IT.  IT IS WITHIN YOU ALREADY YOU ARE SIMPLY IDENTIFYING WITH IT AND BRINGING FORWARD

STEP 4:   AFFIRM THAT IT IS YOURS NOW AND BE THANKFUL FOR IT– SPEAK IT AND FEEL GRATITUDE

THIS ADDS TO THE VIBRATION AND THE CONVICTION THAT WHAT YOU WANT ALREADY EXISTS IN YOUR PHYSICAL REALITY.  DON’T BACK DOWN FROM THIS.   AFFIRM AND GIVE THANKS AND DO NOT GIVE YOUR ATTENTION TO THOUGHTS THAT COME UP TO CONTRARY.  DON’T SPEND TIME WITH THEM. SEE THEM AND LET THEM GO

(I DO NOT ACCEPT ANY ENERGY THAT IS CONTRARY TO THE UNLIMITED POWER THAT LIES WITHIN ME)

STEP 5: DETACH FROM THE OUTCOME

TAKE YOUR HANDS OFF.  RELEASE IT TO THE UNIVERSE TO THE DIVINE MIND OR THE SUPREME BEING WHAT EVER TERM YOU USE.

AT THIS POINT YOU HAVE DONE ALL THAT YOU KNOW HOW TO DO AND ALL THAT YOU ARE REQUIRED TO DO.  YOU HAVE IDENTIFIED WHAT YOU WANT AND YOU HAVE AGREED THAT IT ALREADY EXISTS FOR YOU NOW.   YOU ARE AT THE END OF WHAT YOU CAN DO TO BRING YOUR INTENTION INTO YOUR PHYSICAL REALITY AND NOW YOU PASS THE BATON TO GOD.  YOUR WORK IS DONE.

YOU DON’T DIRECT OR TRY TO CONTROL WHERE IT IS COMING FROM.   YOU CANNOT KNOW THAT AND IF YOU THINK YOU DO YOU ARE INTERFERING, YOU ARE LIMITING THE LIMITLESS.

THINK OF THIS METAPHOR, A SEEDLING THAT SPROUTS IN THE SHADOW OF LARGER TREE WILL NEVER GROW TO ITS FULL POTENTIAL AS LONG AS THE LARGER TREE STANDS.  IT IS LIMITED BY THE SHADOW. IF THE LARGER TREE IS REMOVED AND THE SEEDLING HAS ACCESS TO UNLIMITED SUNSHINE THE SKY IS THE LIMIT AS TO HOW TALL IT CAN GROW.

WHEN WE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE OUR INTENTION IS COMING FROM WE ARE THE SHADOW.  WE ARE STUNTING OUR OWN GROWTH.

HERE IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU TRIED TO REMEMBER SOMETHING AND AS LONG AS YOU ARE TRYING YOU JUST CAN’T REMEMBER BUT AS SOON AS YOU LET IT GO, STEP BACK, IT SHOWS UP.  THE EFFORT OF TRYING BLOCKS IT BUT WHEN YOU DETACHED YOU MADE ROOM FOR THE ANSWER TO JUST SHOW UP

MAYBE THERE IS A RELATIONSHIP OR A PROBLEM THAT YOU ARE WORKING ON TO EFFECT A CHANGE TRY PULLING YOUR ENERGY BACK FROM IT AND WATCH WHAT HAPPENS.  WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO SOLVE A PROBLEM OR MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN WITH ANOTHER PERSON THERE IS AN ENERGY OF DESPERATION AND LACK THAT ACTUALLY PUSHES THEM AWAY.   WHEN YOU NEED SOMETHING THE NEED IS SELF PERPETUATING.  NEED IS A GREAT WORD TO ELIMINATE FROM YOUR VOCABULARY.

TRY AND TRUST ARE OPPOSITES.  HOPE AND FAITH ARE OPPOSITES AS WELL.  TRYING AND HOPE ARE FUTILE THEY ARE PERPETUAL NOT HAVING.  FAITH AND TRUST CREATE.

THE TAO SAYS;

DO YOUR WORK THEN STEP BACK

THE ONLY PATH TO SERENITY

THE UNIVERSE SAYS:

ASK AND YOU SHALL RECEIVE

SO IT APPEARS THAT OUR ONLY WORK IS TO ASK.