Kuan Yin is a prominent figure in Chinese Buddhism and Taoism, known as the Goddess of Mercy or the Bodhisattva of Compassion. She is regarded as a symbol of compassion, kindness, and mercy, and is venerated by millions of people around the world.

According to legend, Kuan Yin was a mortal woman who achieved enlightenment through her deep compassion and willingness to help others. She is said to have postponed her own entrance into Nirvana in order to assist all beings in their pursuit of spiritual growth and liberation from suffering.

Kuan Yin is typically depicted as a beautiful woman dressed in flowing robes, often holding a vase or lotus flower. She is often shown with a thousand arms, symbolizing her ability to reach out and help countless beings at once. She is also associated with the ocean and is sometimes depicted standing on a lotus flower emerging from the water.

Devotion to Kuan Yin is widespread in China and other parts of Asia, where she is revered as a source of comfort, guidance, and protection. Many people pray to her for help with personal or family problems, as well as for spiritual guidance and insight.

In addition to her popularity in Buddhist and Taoist traditions, Kuan Yin has also become an important figure in Western spiritual practices, including New Age and alternative spiritual communities. Kuan Yin's teachings on compassion, love, forgiveness, and wisdom have resonated with people of all backgrounds and beliefs, and her influence continues to grow around the world.

Let's follow her lead,

Rumi was a 13th-century Persian poet, Islamic scholar, and Sufi mystic. He used poetry as a means of expressing his spirituality and exploring the nature of love, devotion, and the human soul.

When Rumi speaks of "the way of the heart," he is referring to the spiritual path of Sufism, which emphasizes the cultivation of the heart or inner being as a means of connecting with the divine. In Sufi tradition, the heart is seen as the seat of the soul and the center of human consciousness, where one can access a deeper level of awareness and experience the divine presence within.

The way of the heart involves practices such as meditation, prayer, and contemplation, which are designed to quiet the mind and open the heart to the divine. This path also emphasizes the importance of love and compassion as a means of connecting with others and ultimately with God.

Overall, the way of the heart is a path of spiritual transformation that involves surrendering the ego and cultivating a deep, personal relationship with the divine.

This quote by Alan Watts clearly indicates that he was aware of the magnificent truth of our existence, which is, in a nutshell, that there is singular consciousness and intelligence that created our universe and it is playing every part in it. Yes, as amazing as it sounds, and whether we know it or not, the universe/god/source is experiencing its creation from a multitude of perspectives through each and every one of us! We are it, it is us, we are one. There's a lot more going on behind the scenes than meets the eye and it is truly magnificent.

Have you embraced this truth? Have you opened you mind? Have you discovered your god-self?

Hello everyone, this is Jeff at the Deliberate Creator Academy. Welcome to another one of my best practice lessons. This one is short but sweet.

The Power of Imagination

As you know, imagination is one of your most powerful tools of creation. But it's a double-edged sword because if you dwell on your worries and fears, you are in a sense, imagining the worst rather than imagining the best. So if you want to avoid miscreating, then you want to focus on imagining your desired outcomes as much as possible. And even though you can get better at finding opportunities for that on-the-fly throughout your day, remembering to do this during your sometimes hectic days can be challenging.

Dedicated Time for Imagining the Best

The solution to this is to set aside some private time regularly, where you give your entire undivided attention to imagining your desires fulfilled. Perhaps set aside 5 minutes every day, or 20 minutes once a week for these imagineering sessions.

During these sessions, concentrate on envisioning what you want in your life based on a very carefully crafted list of your desires. Don't just visualize your wishes fulfilled make it multi-sensory — smell it, hear it, feel it, taste it, as well as see it. Play it out in your mind like a movie, see yourself having what you desire, and deeply feel and express the emotion, excitement, and satisfaction of its attainment. Create the INNER experience of having and being what you desire. And shout it out to the universe too! Because voicing your desires amplifies the attraction.

Apply this simple practice regularly and take your deliberate creator game to the next level!

So that's it. Pretty simple. See you in the next lesson.

Hello everyone, this is Jeff at the Deliberate Creator Academy. In this best practice lesson, I'll briefly discuss how paying less attention to what is and more to imagining it the way you want it to be can really up your deliberate creator game. For more details and examples about this topic, check out Paying Too Much Attention to What Is.

One of the reasons our lives and the world change so slowly, if at all, is that most of us pay far too much attention to how things currently are — to WHAT IS rather than to WHAT COULD BE. Of course, this bias is natural considering how in-our-face current circumstances are, as well as the fact that most of us are unaware that our thoughts influence what appears in our reality. But once you know this, there's no excuse not to train yourself to imagine more and pay attention to WHAT IS less!

The Trap of Focusing On What Is

It is so easy to let your mind become trapped in focusing on WHAT IS and all its apparent limitations. And this is usually quite miscreative because, by the Law of Attraction, the more you think about a subject, the more likely it is that something similar will manifest in your life. And since what you pay attention to, you are thinking about, paying too much attention to WHAT IS only serves to perpetuate more of the same. 

Attention to WHAT IS only creates more WHAT IS.

In addition, giving too much attention to present circumstances can influence our belief in what is possible or likely for the future — typically LIMITING it. And your beliefs are crucial to what you can manifest! Even worse than giving too much credence to present circumstances is worrying about what happened in the past — to thinking about WHAT WAS. 

The net effect of paying too much attention to (and giving too much credence to) past and present circumstances is that you will limit what you can manifest in your life, likely just getting more of the same. It's a double-whammy miscreative habit. 

Giving More Attention to What Could Be

If you want to create more wonderful in your life, you've got to spend less time paying attention to WHAT IS and more time imagining it how you want it to be. And here's a little practical advice on how to do that. 

Firstly, you can set aside regular times to do, what I call, imagineering sessions. In these sessions, you simply imagine your preferred circumstances (rather than the present circumstances). And also, it doesn't hurt to affirm any plausible reasons why current circumstances DON'T have to persist. And while you're at it, you might as well lather on some deliberate possibility thinking as well.

Secondly, work on becoming more aware of when you are letting WHAT IS, and its apparent limitations, affect your thinking and expectations. Try to notice what you are thinking, saying, and feeling. Especially what you are feeling, let your emotional guidance system do its job of alerting you to your miscreative thinking. And when you catch yourself, immediately pivot to imagining what could be. Let yourself daydream! If your mind is busy daydreaming about your preferred circumstances, it can't be worrying about the other stuff. 

The better you get at paying less attention to what is and more to imagining it the way you want it to be, the more wonderful you'll attract into your life!

So that's it. I hope you found this helpful, and remember to use the links below to explore various aspects of this topic further. So you in the next lesson!

Hello everyone, this is Jeff at the Deliberate Creator Academy. In this best practice lesson, I'm going to discuss one aspect of negative thinking to be aware of and how to avoid it.

The Pitfall of Habitual Negative Thinking

Most people are habitual negative thinkers. When there is something they or someone else desires or wants to achieve, their first thoughts are often limiting thoughts — they think about the potential difficulties, what could go wrong, why it might not work out, etc. 

This is negative thinking at its finest, an insidious habit many of us have without even knowing it. And this mindset is hugely miscreative because, by the Law of Attraction, what you focus on, you attract, whether it's something your want or not! And with a negative focus, it's what's what you don't want!

One form of negative thinking that can unwittingly sabotage the manifestation of your desires is limiting the possibilities with very your own limiting beliefs. The Buddha, who was clearly aware that we create our reality with our thoughts, aptly expressed the miscreative power of focusing on limitations when he said...

The mind that perceives the limitation, is the limitation.

If you want to become a more deliberate and powerful creator, you'll want to lose your habit of focusing on limitations and start focusing on the possibilities instead!

Sabotaging Manifestations by Limiting Possibilities

As an example of how limited thinking can sabotage the manifestation of your desires, let's say you've been wanting to take a trip to Europe and here's the thoughts running through your mind...

I really want to visit Europe this summer. But I don't I have enough money saved up to do it and there doesn't seem anyway that I will by summer. And it's always hard to get time-off from work because they are always understaffed.

So, unbeknownst to yourself, when you think about the trip, you've been unwittingly spending more time imagining how it can't happen than how it could and been giving even less attention to just imagining being there.

With this very limited thinking, you've made it nearly impossible to manifest your dream trip to Europe. You've made a bunch of limiting assumptions. The first is that you must pay for the trip with your own money. Which rules out other possibilities which apparently you couldn't imagine. Like being gifted enough money to cover the trip or perhaps winning a free trip. You also made further limiting assumptions about getting time-off from work, apparently being unable to imagine possibilities like maybe they'll get some more staff or some other unexpected turn of events.

Manifesting with Unlimited/Possibility Thinking

So here's the same example but applying unlimited possibility thinking instead. Here's the more positive and unlimited thoughts that pass through your mind...

I really want visit Europe this summer. But right now I don't have enough money for it. What are all the ways I could get the money? I could get a raise, or I might get gifted the money, or get it by some other unexpected windfall. Or perhaps I don't even need the money, because I might win the trip. Who knows, there might be an number of different ways that I can't even imagine. I don't care how it comes to pass I just want to enjoy visiting Europe. And, who know, maybe they'll hire more staff at work and I can get the time-off, or perhaps some other unexpected turn of events will occur that'll allow me to get time off. I don't care how it happens; I'm just really excited about visiting Europe

Now that's a much more powerful approach to manifesting your dream vacation. You kept your mind open to the possibilities, didn't make to many assumptions, and didn't succumb to discouragement all the while focusing on how you would enjoy the trip. And here's an example of what could happen if you took the very approach above.

A few weeks later, you unexpectedly get called into your boss's office, and to your surprise, they offer you a new position in the company. This position won't be created until the summer, and there will be a two-week break between the end of your old job and the start of the new. Wow! Perfect, this is when you can take your trip! And because the job is a promotion, you are getting a substantial raise, allowing you to easily pay for your trip. Again, wow! Are you getting the idea here? With possibility thinking, rather than limited thinking you can improve your luck dramatically. It happens all the time to me, and it can to you too!

Ya, I know what you are probably thinking, The concerns expressed in the first version of this example are reasonable and rational. And the second version of this example seems like a lot of wishful thinking. But that's just your rational mind talking. Your rational mind is a product of not being aware of how reality and creation really work. By the Law of Attraction your wishes can be fulfilled! So don't look down on wishful thinking and don't put supposed rational thinking on a pedestal. Whatever you can imagine and believe is possible to manifest. Embrace that fully if you want to become a master deliberate creator.

Discarding Your Limited Beliefs and Keeping An Open Mind

If you let your limiting beliefs and fear take the helm you will be drawn into some very negative and miscreative thinking. Forget about your beliefs of what is possible or likely because the Universe has many more ways to manifest your desire than you can imagine. If you believe that there are only certain ways that your desire can come to pass, then YOU yourself are limiting the ways that it can manifest. So keep an open mind and perhaps even state out loud that you don't care HOW it manifests (to remind yourself to stay open and not restrict the possibilities)

The weakness of the limitation mindset and the power of the possibility mindset was aptly pointed out by Mark Twain when he made this witty remark...

They did not know it was impossible, so they did it.

Reprogramming Yourself to Unlimited Possibility Thinking

This is your wake-up call; you need to become aware if you have a habit of negative limited thinking (and you probably do), and you need to stop it if you do. Because it is a major hindrance to manifesting your desires! Of course, you don't just stop it; you replace it with a better habit.

To reprogram yourself from habitual negative and limited thinking to habitual positive unlimited thinking, pay as much attention as possible to what you are saying and feeling. At least some of the time, you'll hear yourself being negative and perhaps notice that it doesn't feel so good to be negative. And whenever you catch yourself, just immediately pivot to more positive thoughts and words, to focusing on more positive possibilities, rather than focusing on why it might not work out. And notice how when you pivot, those thoughts are better feeling. Being aware of how you feel is very helpful because it's a key indicator of a negative or positive focus. If you make a concerted effort at this, you will gradually catch yourself and pivot more and more regularly. And eventually, you will become a routinely positive and unlimited thinker.

Taking Your Game to the Next Level

Nurture a habit of possibility thinking, and things will start to go your way more and more often, and you will take your deliberate creator game to the next level!

So that's it. I hope you found this helpful. See you in the next lesson!

Hello everyone, this is Jeff at the Deliberate Creator Academy. Another deliberate creator superpower is gratitude. Gratitude is one of the secret sauces that keeps the gates of abundance open. Sadly, the power of gratitude is widely underappreciated in our hectic modern world. Many of us are so busy and wrapped up in our frantic day-to-day lives that we don't notice the many good things that are part of our lives. 

Worse yet, many of us are so caught up in our society's materialistic mentality that we only measure GOOD by how much MONEY and shiny new THINGS we can collect. Our fixation on money and stuff often blinds us to all the small stuff that makes us happy and encourages us to fall into the trap of focusing more on what we don't have rather than what we do — a major manifestation pitfall called 'lack mindset.'

The sad truth is that most of the time, most people are simply blocking the manifestation of their true desires via their miscreative habits of thinking. And the attitude of gratitude is one step in the right direction.‍

Paving the Way for Abundance‍

Making a habit of expressing gratitude and appreciation for all the good things in your life that you like paves the way for abundance. Note that I define ABUNDANCE as simply manifesting more of what you like, be it nice weather, smooth sailing on the drive to work, friendly and helpful people, etc. - not just money and the big stuff.

The opposite of the attitude of gratitude (and appreciation) is the insidious and far too common pattern of routinely noticing what you don't like or don't have. Most people have a chronic bias toward noticing and complaining about what they don't like or lack. And sadly, most of these people are entirely unaware that they are doing this and how miscreative it is. Don't be this person. To learn more about this checkout Best Practice - Focus On What You Want, Not What You Don't.

Why Appreciation Attracts Abundance

So why does gratitude attract abundance? Is the Universe rewarding gratitude because it likes to be appreciated? Or because gratitude is inherently good? NO, it's because of the way the Law of Attraction works. The more attention and focus you give to a subject the more likely that something similar will appear in your life. And frequently expressing gratitude and appreciation increases the amount of attention and focus you are giving to things you like, and so it increases the chances of getting more of the same.

Another reason gratitude attracts abundance is that it focuses you on what you have rather than what you lack — an abundance mindset rather than a lack mindset. And by the Law of Attraction, thoughts of abundance attract abundance, and thoughts of lack attract lack! Sadly, the default habit of many is focusing on what they lack, and this is a major manifestation pitfall.

Another reason gratitude is a strong attractor of abundance is that you usually have positive emotions when expressing appreciation. And by the Law of Attraction, the stronger the feelings associated with a thought, the stronger their attraction. A double whammy!

Nurturing the Attitude of Gratitude

So it's high time you begin to nurture the habit of noticing the good and stop dwelling on what's wrong and what you lack. Since, by default, most people tend to take for granted the good already present in their lives, I offer this exercise to help you reverse this. 

Imagine losing some of the things you take for granted, such as your home, where you live, your health, your ability to work or play, or anything you would sorely miss. Then imagine getting things back, and then feel how happy and grateful you would be. This hopefully will shock you into action.

Stop taking for granted all the good in your life. Instead, slow down and notice all the wonderful little things. Express gratitude and appreciation for everything you like in your life, no matter how apparently small or mundane they may seem - a beautiful sunset, how pleasant the weather is, how helpful a clerk at a store was, how wonderful your wife or kids are, how thankful you are to live in a nice place, whatever! Don't underestimate how all the little stuff contributes to your happiness. Start noticing all the stuff around you that you like even if it's not yours — the nice car someone else has, someone else's beautiful home, someone else's beautiful neighborhood, whatever. 

Make a game out of it! See how much there is to appreciate, large or small. The more you do this, the easier and easier it will become. And the busier you are appreciating, the less time it leaves for worrying. In addition to diverting your attention away from miscreative subjects, the more time you spend appreciating and feeling good because of it, the easier it will be to catch yourself when you are paying attention to what you don't like or don't have. Because they feel different, appreciation feels good, and the opposite feels not so good. 

When you do catch yourself dwelling on what you don't have or don't like, stop and pivot to better-feeling thoughts. Perhaps appreciating something you do have or do like. This is how you can reprogram yourself to have an abundance mindset rather than a lack mindset.

Voicing Your Appreciation

And remember, you can express your appreciation quietly in the sanctity of your own mind with your thoughts. Or you can say it out loud, increasing its power of attraction. A few places I've found where I can express my appreciation out loud are when I'm driving around in my car alone or on my solo evening walks under the stars. You might think of some other ideas. 

Spontaneous and Planned Gratitude

If spontaneously finding things throughout your day to express gratitude and appreciation for is difficult at first, then consider setting aside a fixed time on a semi-regular basis. But continue to look for spontaneous opportunities. The goal is to have this habit permeate your life and replace your miscreative habit of noticing what you don't like or don't have.

Becoming a Master of Gratitude

Building a habit of noticing and appreciating what you have and what you like will give you a greater sense of satisfaction with life, and you'll start attracting more abundance. And as an added bonus, you'll be strengthening your abundance mindset, and mindset is the foundation for your point of attraction.

Besides all this, research has proven that giving thanks and expressing appreciation makes people happier, more optimistic and enthusiastic, healthier, and more relaxed.

The attitude of gratitude is a powerful habit that every master creator possesses, and so can you. So start nurturing this habit now and watch the magic begin!

Hello everyone, this is Jeff at the Deliberate Creator Academy. Welcome to another one of my best practice lessons. This one is about making sure you are actually giving most of your attention to what you really want.

Most people probably think that they're already doing this reasonably well, but this is often not the case. Most people spend a large percentage of their time focusing on what they lack, worrying about might go wrong, and anticipating the worst —all of which is thinking about what you don't want!  And worse yet, this insidious way of thinking is entirely unconscious.

What it is crucial to understand about the Law of Attraction is that it does not distinguish between what you want and what you don't want, it simply increases the probability of things similar to your most predominant thoughts appearing in your life. The thought 'I don't want ABC' and 'I want ABC' are identical as far as the Universe is concerned. In either case, you are attracting ABC.  When you think about what you DON'T want you are attracting what you don't want!  An even subtler version of this trap is inadvertently focusing on the LACK of what you want. You may think you are focusing on what you want when you are actually focusing on the LACK of it - don't have rather than have. And by the Law of Attraction if you focus upon the LACK of what you want you will attract more of the LACK.   

Avoiding the Trap of Lack Focus

The key to avoiding inadvertently focusing on the lack of what you want is two-fold. Firstly, make sure when you think about something you want you a imagining HAVING it. See yourself with the wish fulfilled, feel the joy and satisfaction. You will feel very good when doing this. If you don't feel good, then you are certainly inadvertently thinking about wanting it but not having it. And this is your signal to immediately pivot to imaging having the thing you want. Do this enough times and you'll reprogram yourself away from lack focus.

Overcoming the Habit of Focusing on Potential Problems

When you approach situations anticipating problems and mentally focus on how to avoid those problems, you are actually increasing the chances of those very things happening. The amount of difficulty you anticipate determines the amount of adversity you will experience along the way.  

If, instead, you just assume and expect the best, and skip all the worrying, the probability of smooth sailing increases. This shift in thinking is by no means easy for the average person, who has the deeply ingrained habit of worrying and anticipating the worst.   At first, overcoming the habit and belief that you need to anticipate problems to avoid them will require lots of faith and trust, but if you stick it out you will end up having complete trust in the EXPECT THE BEST approach because you will have seen the results.  

Faith, not worry, is what manifests your desires.  Trust, trust, trust. 

The first step to getting yourself out of this miscreative habit is to nurture becoming more aware of your thoughts and your words. It can be pretty difficult to monitor your thoughts because there are just so many of them running through your head all the time. Luckily, your words are often easier to catch than your thoughts. The thoughts we say out loud are more obvious just by the fact that we've said them, and because we voice only a small fraction of them. So nurture a habit of noticing what you are saying and reflecting on whether it is a positive or negative focus.

At first, this may seem hard and you'll only occasionally catch yourself thinking or saying something indicating you are focusing on what you don't want. That's OK, you'll get better with practice. When you do catch yourself focusing on what you don't want, immediately pivot to thinking about what you do want. Over time you'll get better and better at focusing only on what you want and expecting the best.  

Overcoming the Habit of Worrying

Worry attracts problems; it's that simple.   But how do you break the habit?  

• Immediately switch to focusing on positive thoughts about what you want.    
• Use positive affirmations to focus on optimistic visions of your desired outcome.      
• Ask the universe for help — sometimes referred to as Prayer.  Whether you know it or not you've got spirit guides that would be delighted to help, all you have to do is ask.    

Here's an example of using positive affirmations — let's say you are an aspiring writer and author and you're getting discouraged.  Maybe you are having recurring negative thoughts like 'writing is so hard for me, I'll never be a writer.'   Neutralize these negative thoughts by saying out loud, or in your head, something like, 'I can LEARN to write better.  With practice I can become a good writer and a successful author.'      

Becoming a Master of Deliberate Creation

We are always creating our reality with our thoughts but most of us are doing it unconsciously and our many misguided mental habits are causing us to manifest incoherently and ineffectively.  By INTENTIONALLY thinking about the things you want while INTENTIONALLY NOT thinking about the things that you don't want, you pave the way for smoother sailing in your life at every level.  

Trust the Universe, trust the laws of creation, and trust your creational abilities.  Consistently focus on only what you want and expect the best and you will be amazed at the ease, grace, and abundance that will increasingly enter your life.  

Let the magic begin!  

Hello everyone, this is Jeff at the Deliberate Creator Academy. Welcome to another of my best practice lessons. In this lesson I will briefly discuss how to apply gratitude and appreciation deliberately to manifest more wonderful in your life. For more details checkout Diving Deeper - The Power of Gratitude and Appreciation.

‍Paving the Way for Abundance‍

Making a habit of expressing gratitude and appreciation for all the good things in your life paves the way for more abundance. Note that I define ABUNDANCE as simply manifesting more of what you like, be it nice weather, smooth sailing on the drive to work, friendly and helpful people, etc. - not just money and the big stuff. The more you focus your attention what you are grateful for and appreciate the more you will attract more of the same!

Nurturing the Attitude of Gratitude

Most of us take for granted all the good already in our lives and spend far to much time dwelling on what we don't have and don't like. It takes some concerted effort to stop taking for granted all the good and deliberately decide to slow down and notice all the wonderful little things. Express gratitude and appreciation for everything you like in your life, no matter how apparently small or mundane they may seem - a beautiful sunset, how pleasant the weather is, how helpful a clerk at a store was, how wonderful your wife or kids are, how thankful you are to live in a nice place, whatever! Don't underestimate how all the little stuff contributes to your happiness. Start noticing all the stuff around you that you like even if it's not yours — the nice car someone else has, someone else's beautiful home, someone else's beautiful neighborhood, whatever. 

Make a game out of it! See how much there is to appreciate, large or small. The more you do this, the easier and easier it will become. And the busier you are appreciating, the less time it leaves for worrying. In addition to diverting your attention away from miscreative subjects, the more time you spend appreciating and feeling good because of it, the easier it will be to catch yourself when you are paying attention to what you don't like or don't have. Because they feel different, appreciation feels good, and the opposite feels not so good. 

When you do catch yourself dwelling on what you don't have or don't like, stop and pivot to better-feeling thoughts. Perhaps appreciating something you do have or do like. This is how you can reprogram yourself to have an abundance mindset rather than a lack mindset.

Voicing Your Appreciation

And remember, you can express your appreciation quietly in the sanctity of your own mind with your thoughts. Or you can say it out loud, increasing its power of attraction. A few places I've found where I can express my appreciation out loud are when I'm driving around in my car alone or on my solo evening walks under the stars. You might think of some other ideas. 

Spontaneous and Planned Gratitude

If spontaneously finding things throughout your day to express gratitude and appreciation for is difficult at first, then consider setting aside a fixed time on a semi-regular basis. But continue to look for spontaneous opportunities. The goal is to have this habit permeate your life and replace your miscreative habit of noticing what you don't like or don't have.

Becoming a Master of Gratitude‍

Start nurturing the attitude of gratitude and you'll be one step close to becoming a master deliberate creator and manifesting more wonderful in your life!

So that's it. I hope you found this helpful. See you in the next lesson!

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Hello everyone. This is Jeff at the Deliberate Creator Academy. Welcome to another one of my manifestation stories. This story is about how a friend of mine manifested a new home with a little coaching from myself.

The story begins with my friend Elizabeth, calling me to tell me about the unexpected loss of her apartment and to ask my advice on how to best manifest a new place. She'd been following my Law of Attraction articles and manifestation stories on my website Divine Cosmos  and respected my deliberate creation knowledge. So she was hoping I could help her.

Unexpectedly Losing Her Apartment

As our conversation began, she told me that she had been unexpectedly asked to leave her current place for no apparent reason. They gave her two months to vacate, which seemed like a reasonable amount of time to find a new place, but Elizabeth was still quite worried.

She anxiously told me about the few options she had and was festering on how she was going to find a new place. She was clearly worried and somewhat fearful about it, and she was over focusing on how it could happen, all of which are classic impediments  to powerful, coherent manifesting. Of course what she wanted to find was a nice place that met the needs and desires of her and her daughter, and preferably at a reasonable price in a reasonable amount of time, I suppose.

She had one option that involved a home that her boyfriend owned, but that was occupied by difficult tenants that were refusing to leave. This difficult situation had most of her attention and was distracting her from getting her mind focused on the right stuff to easily manifest a new place.

Coaching Elizabeth

After listening to her situation and concerns and worries, I coached her on what she needed to do to manifest the best possible outcome. What I told her was, number one, she needed to neutralize her worries, fears, and limiting beliefs associated with her situation. When trying to manifest your way out of a challenging situation, one's worries and fears and associated limiting beliefs are usually what makes it impossible to manifest a best case outcome. They block you from creating a coherent point of attraction for the outcome that you desire.

I told her if she could identify and neutralize any worries, fears, and limiting beliefs associated with this situation, it would help her immensely. And I gave her some hints on how to go about this. I won't get into the details of this here, but to learn more, check out my lesson Best Practice - Neutralizing Worries, Fears, and Limiting Beliefs.

The second thing I advised Elizabeth about was to stop focusing on HOW her new place would manifest. It's a bit counterintuitive to a logical rational 3D mind that isn't familiar with the nuances of the law of attraction, but you don't need to know how it will happen. If you wanna learn more about this, check out the lesson Best Practice - Avoiding the Cursed How's.

I also suggested to her that she didn't need to get overly specific about the new place she wanted. The rule of thumb here is to state your desire only as specifically as it's really important to you. Which sort of means keeping it as general as you can while still being specific as you need to be where it matters to you. In her case, the statement of her desire when something like this.

I'm looking for a quiet, peaceful, safe place in a natural setting, preferably with some trees and water nearby, that's big enough to be comfortable for myself and my daughter and my boyfriend.

I suggested that she write her statement of desire down on a piece of paper as a list and post it on her refrigerator or her wall or her door, and then recite it two or three times over the course of the coming week, and to do so with as much emotion and passion as she could muster while imagining herself in such a new place, loving every minute of it.

I also suggested that after this first week of stating her desire and imagining the new place she wanted, that she should stop, relax, and trust that what she wanted was on its way.

Of course, I suggested that she should go through the motions of a typical apartment search by the usual means, after all, taking action congruent with a desire, however small, powerfully amplifies your point of attraction, and it is another element of powerful deliberate creation that should always be applied.

In addition, I reminded her to do the apartment search in a relaxed fashion with no worries and the knowing and trust that something would show up. With that, I wished her good luck and bid her farewell and waited patiently to hear from her about her results.

Her New Home Opportunity Appears

Two or three weeks later, I got a call from her,  and she recounted to me what had happened. She was very happy to report that she had found a wonderful apartment that matched just about everything she had wanted. The really interesting part was the unexpected and magical way that the universe made it happen. She didn't find the place due to her apartment search. Her new place arrived entirely by serendipity and it involved following her intuitive guidance. Here's what happened.

One evening, Elizabeth was at home doing some chores and an idea popped into her head  "Call your old friend Barbara."  She hadn't thought about or spoken to Barbara for a couple of years at least, so the idea was kind of out of left field , and there was no indication that it had anything to do with finding a new place. She was a bit surprised by the curious suggestion and said out loud to herself "Why should I call Barbara?" and then promptly got distracted by her chores and forgot completely about it. But the next morning as she was preparing breakfast, "Call your old friend Barbara." popped into her head again, loud and clear, and she knew that she shouldn't ignore it again, so she promptly called her old friend on the phone.

After a bit of catching up and before Elizabeth even mentioned she was looking for a new place, her friend mentioned that she was moving out of her place shortly. And to Elizabeth's delight, her friend's place matched just about everything she wanted in a new place. And with her friend's recommendation, she secured her friend's place in a very timely fashion. Boom! Manifestation, complete, and in a way that she might never have expected. You've gotta love it!

This story nicely illuminates a bunch of different techniques of deliberate creation, but perhaps the most interesting and important lesson of this story is how intuition played a pivotal role in bringing her manifestation to fruition. The Law of Attraction doesn't just attract the thing or circumstance you want. It also attracts people, events, circumstances, and information that will facilitate your manifestation. And some of that information will come as inspired ideas or what has been called intuitive guidance. The universe often will send key information directly to your mind that will help you manifest your desire. Paying attention for and following your intuitive guidance is one of the best practices of deliberate creation that will take you one step closer to becoming a master deliberate creator.  

So that's it for this story, guys. If you'd like to learn more about some of the topics that I alluded to in this story, you'll find links to them in the related content section below.

I hope you found the story helpful. See you in the next story.

Hello everyone, This is Jeff at the Deliberate Creator Academy. Welcome to another one of my Manifestation Stories. This story illustrates manifesting a nearly best-case outcome. It also shows how the amount of action and effort required to manifest something can be significantly reduced when you apply your deliberate creation skills well.

Buying a Travel Van

This story begins with me buying an adventure travel van and deciding to sell my existing car to save money. The question was, how was I going to sell it? Would I do it myself, or would I let a used car dealer do it for me? I figured that I probably would make more money if I sold it myself, but I wanted to get rid of it fast so I didn't have to continue paying the insurance and so I wasn't stuck in town till the car sold.

Selling My Car

I discussed all these possibilities with my sister and some of my friends. And we wondered if the dealer I bought the car from might want to repurchase it or sell it for me, but I had no idea if they did that kind of thing, and I wasn't sure I'd make as much money as compared to selling it myself. My main desire was to sell it quickly and make as much money as I could, and I said this out loud more than once. Of course, stating my desire out loud was intentional because voicing one's desires is a best practice of deliberate creation.

I didn't bother calling the dealership or other used car dealers because my car had a cracked windshield that needed to be fixed before proceeding. But, also because of my understanding of the law of attraction, I wasn't in a rush to action because I figured some opportunity might just show up by itself, and I kind of wanted to test that.

So I called the two windshield repair services in town, and they both said that because of the cruise control sensors attached to the windshield, they couldn't help me. And they suggested going to the dealership. I was a bit concerned about how much the dealer might charge me for this and how long till they could get it done, but I had no other option, so I called to book an appointment, and to my surprise, they had an appointment for the very next day. The silver lining of getting the windshield replaced at the dealership was that, while I was there, I could ask them if they wanted to sell my car. Which I decided to do after they finished the windshield replacement.

Prelude to the Magic

So the next day, I brought my car to the dealership's windshield repair department and waited in the lobby while they worked on it. At some point during my wait, my phone beeped, indicating the arrival of a text message. I had a funny feeling that it might be a fortuitous event related to selling my car, which I'd been anticipating might happen. 

So with a wry smile on my face, I read the message. It was from the dealership, they wanted to buy my car! My smile broadened to a huge grin of delight, and I promptly replied "YES" and waited with bated breath to see how the rest of this would play out. Since I just manifested a purchase offer for my car without lifting a finger, I figured I might manifest a best-case outcome for the whole thing. Shortly I got another message from the dealership to drop into their front office after the windshield replacement was complete. And I replied, "OK," barely being able to contain my delight. 

When I arrived at the front office, I was greeted by the person in charge of their vehicle buy-back program, and we went over the details of their offer. The bottom line was that they would pay me MORE than I had spent for the car when I bought it a year and a half earlier! Holy crap, this was getting really good! And thirty minutes later, I was out the door, having sold the car for more than I ever expected and without barely lifting a finger to make it happen! That was amazingly simple and fast! I had manifested a best-case outcome!

One of the amusing and telling things about the circumstances that had unfolded was that the dealership had just started their vehicle buy-back program only a few short weeks earlier, and I was the very first person they repurchased a car from! A sure sign that I had manifested this out of thin air just for me.

Seeing The Magic

I hope you're seeing the magic here. I didn't have to do anything to sell my car. All I had to do was state my desire and hold it clearly, not worry too much about how it would happen, and wait for an opportunity to show up and seize it when it did.

So that's it. I hope you found this story helpful. See you in the next story!

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Hello everyone. This is Jeff at the Deliberate Creator Academy. Welcome to another one of my best practice lessons. This lesson is about a powerful technique that will help you steer away from miscreative thinking and build a habit of only positive constructive thinking. As a quick reminder, miscreative thinking is anything that leads you to manifesting undesired results.

Getting In Touch With Your Feelings

One of the keys to avoiding miscreative thinking (such as doubt, worry, fear, pessimism, et cetera), is the ability to feel the difference between positive thinking and negative thinking. Fortunately, when you're thinking negatively or when you're thinking about things you don't really want, you feel different than when you're thinking positively or thinking about things that you do want.

This provides a mechanism that you can use to catch yourself when you are inadvertently engaged in miscreative, negative thinking. When you're thinking about things you don't want, you're going to feel anxious, uneasy, worried, et cetera. When you're thinking about something you do want, you're going to feel excitement, enthusiasm, joy, et cetera.

These two sets of feelings are distinctly different, and thus by getting good at paying attention to how you feel, you can start to reliably catch yourself when you're thinking negatively or dwelling on things you don't want, which then gives you the opportunity to redirect your thoughts to something more positive and desired. And given enough time practicing this, you'll build a habit of positive and optimistic thinking, which will serve you very well as you move forward as a deliberate creator.

Let Your Feelings Be Your Guide

This mechanism has been called the emotional guidance system, and it's always been there working to let you know by how you feel, whether you're thinking about and focusing on something you do want or you don't want. Which is a very important distinction because the universe brings you more of whatever you give a lot of thought and attention to, regardless of whether it's something you really want or not. Monitoring how you feel turns out to be one of the best and most reliable ways to catch yourself thinking miscreatively.

No matter how you catch yourself dwelling on something miscreative the next step is to pivot to better feeling thoughts. Since noticing your bad feeling thoughts got you out of trouble then better feeling thoughts are the solution. Follow the link above (or in the related content section below) for more details about that.

You could try to monitor your thoughts directly, but there are so many of them flying through your mind, most of which you're only dimly aware of. So trying to do this is very difficult and quite unreliable. Monitoring what you say is much easier and more effective than monitoring your thoughts because you voice only a small fraction of your thoughts. There's a lesson about this that you might want to check out, and I've provided a link to it in the related content section below. Using your emotional guidance system is one of the most effective tools to eliminate miscreative thinking, and by simply eliminating all the miscreative thinking you've unwittingly been doing, you'll automatically begin to manifest your true desires like gangbusters.

No More Sabotaging Your Manifestations

You've simply been unwittingly sabotaging the manifestation of your true desires with unconscious, habitual doubt, worry, fear, pessimism, and more. But that's all about to end because you're now aware of the emotional guidance system and how to use it. Which means you're on the road to no longer blocking and neutralizing the manifestation of your true desires, and you're taking the next step in mastering deliberate creation.

For a real life example of using one's emotional guidance system to catch miscreative thinking and to redirect one's thought is something more productive check out the manifestation story that I've provided links to in the related content section below.

So that's it guys. See you in the next lesson.

Hello everyone, This is Jeff and welcome to another of my best practice lessons. In this lesson we're going to explore the power of the spoken word and how to use it deliberately and effectively. For links to more about the power of the spoken word check out the related content section below this lesson.

Discovering the Power of the Spoken Word

Most people have no idea of the power of their spoken words. Your words are magnetic affirmations that draw to you the very things you talk about. When I starting learning the Law of Attraction back in 2014 and discovered this principle I immediately began to experiment with it. And it didn't long to notice that it worked. Almost every time I passionately voiced my desires out loud they would manifest astonishingly fast - the closest thing to real miracles and magic I've seen!  So I can assure that expressing a thought, intention, or desire verbally greatly amplifies its attractive/creative power.  Even if you're the only one that hears it, making a strong statement to the Universe is a very powerful act.  With my first-hand experience, voicing my desires and intentions out loud to the Universe is now standard practice.

Why Speaking Your Thoughts Amplifies Them

So why does speaking your thoughts and desires amplify that attractive power? One reason is they simply add to the sum of the energy of those thoughts by mere repetition. Another reason is because we often only voice thoughts that we feel strongly about, and the strength of those emotions adds substantial energy to the thoughts, increasing their attraction even more. What you speak reinforces, and amplifies, the sponsoring thoughts and desires thereby increasing their attraction and the probability and speed of their manifestation.

Beware of the Miscreative Use of Words

But please be aware that the power of your spoken words, just like your thoughts, is a double-edged sword. If you use your words to express your true desires, hopes, and dreams then you will increase the probability of manifesting what you really want. But if you voice your fears and worries then you will be increasing the probability of manifesting your worst fears.

Applying Voicing Deliberately and Effectively

So here are my two rules thumbs for using your words effectively rather than miscreatively.

1. Never Voice Your Worries and Fears

Do not dwell on or talk about your worries and fears — ever  — that is exceedingly miscreative. And as a quick aside, you can start to avoid this trap by becoming more aware of how you feel which will allow you to catch yourself doing this and pivoting to better feeling thoughts which are more representative of your true desires... links to these topics can found in the related content section below.

And finally, the rule thumb that is the whole main point of this lesson.

2. Always Passionately Voice Your Desires and Intentions

Whenever you are thinking about your desires, hopes, and dreams, and intentions ( or are deliberately imagining and visualizing them fulfilled) shout them out to the Universe! (if you are in place where you can speak freely)! Be very expressive — say it strongly, say it passionately, say it loudly!  Let the Universe know how you really feel! Express the excitement, joy, and satisfaction of your desire fulfilled. Do it regularly, and pay attention to what shows up — you might be impressed.

To really let loose with some very passionate and energetic voicing of your desires and intentions you need to have adequate privacy. If you live alone that's works. If not, some great places to shout out to the universe are when you're driving your car by yourself or when you're talking a walk outside. I often take walks alone in the woods and hills, and this provides a great time for me to share my deepest hopes and dreams out load with the Universe.  

A couple of warnings; don't try to voice your desires if you are feeling down. You only want to do this when you are in a very upbeat mood — when you are in a high vibration — because the higher your vibration, the more powerful the effect of focused intention and desire will be. And pay attention to how you feel as you repeatedly voice your desires. You might unwittingly be bringing the subtle energy of fear and worry to the effort without realizing it, if you are not attuned to your feelings. If you feel like you are repeating them because you are worried they might not come to pass, then doubt has crept in and is canceling out the positive effect of voicing your desires. Sometimes it may be better to voice your desires just a few times very strongly, and then just relax, trust, and focus on something else.  

And don't forget, to maximize your results you'll want to combine voicing your intentions and desires with taking congruent action.  

For a really good example of manifesting something by passionately voicing a desire, check out Manifesting Dinner in Sedona and some of the other manifestation stories I've listed in the related content section below.

So that's it. Experiment with this practice and prepare to be amazed!

Hello everyone, This is Jeff at the Deliberate Creator Academy. Emotion is another one of the secret sauces of powerful manifestation. Emotion is the fuel that ignites the creative power of your thoughts, for better or worse. Here's how to apply it deliberately to maximize your results.

As you've learned in The Basics of Deliberate Creation and beyond, your thoughts are like templates that define the nature of the things (and circumstances) that you are attracting into your life. But the emotions associated with those thoughts greatly amplify their power. Thoughts alone don't necessarily have a strong attraction. But the stronger the feelings and emotion associated with a thought, the faster and better they will manifest into your reality!  

So here a some specific guidelines on how to use the power of your emotions.

When Voicing Your Desires

Whenever you voice your desires, either spontaneously or intentionally, let the universe hear and feel your excitement! Your statements should charged with the energy of positive emotions, your statements should be strong. Don't be bashful, voice your desires and express that emotion as passionately as possible. To make it easier to really let loose, look for secluded private spaces so you can be uninhibited .

During Your Imagineering Sessions

When you are deliberately thinking about your desires in your formal imagineering sessions, also be sure to express your feelings and emotion as strongly as you can. Don't just visualize your desires fulfilled, passionately feel the excitement, satisfaction, and happiness of your desire fulfilled as well. Create the INNER experience of having and being what you desire.  

Pitfalls of Wielding Your Emotions

There are a few things to be aware though. Firstly, the emotion you express must be genuine — you can't fool the universe.  This is one of the reasons why following your passion is encouraged. When you pursue your dreams and do what you love you automatically have strong, genuine positive feelings which are a powerful force attracting exactly what you desire.  ‍

And remember, like thoughts, emotions are a doubled edged sword. Your emotions must be positive or you're probably going to powerfully attract what you don't really want - that is you'll be miscreating. If you let your mind wander to thoughts associated with strong negative emotions — fear, worry, etc — then you are powerfully attracting the very things that you are worried about.

Luckily, you normally have plenty of strong positive feelings about things that you actually desire.  The key is to let those feelings out and fully express them.  

Bashful About Expressing Emotions?

One problem that some might have with applying this practice is that many adults our society may be shy or uncomfortable with expressing their feelings strongly. We've been trained by our culture to suppress our feelings. So you may not be good at deeply feeling and expressing your emotions. The good news is that with the awareness of the importance of expressing your emotions, and applying this practice regularly, you' will eventually develop the habit of freely expressing your emotions.

Putting It All Together

So this a pretty simple practice that will definitely take your deliberate creation to the next level if you apply it regularly.

So that's it, see you in the next lesson.

Hello everybody. This is Jeff at the Delivery Creator Academy. Welcome to the Manifestation Stories Library. These stories are intended to supplement the lessons throughout the Mastering Deliberate Creation program with real world practical examples of manifestation. So you're gonna find that I'll be pointing to some of these stories from many of the lessons throughout the program.

So you don't necessarily have to read through all these stories in one go, because you're going to be jumping into them from the lessons in the other courses. But of course, reading through all of them after you've taken some or all of the courses, can serve as a really great review and refresher of many of the concepts that you've learned. So consider using this library in that way as well.

When telling each of these stories, I'm not gonna get into a lot of details about the theory of the operative principles and practices. But I will point you to the appropriate lessons and the other courses so you can dive deeper into the theory if you need to when you're reading the stories. And I'm gonna provide the links to the related lessons in the section below the transcript of the story (bottom of the page). So look for those if you need them.

Since this is a library rather than a course, you don't need to listen to these stories in any particular order, even though the course player will guide you through the stories in a sequential order if you let it. The stories were not designed as a learning progression. Just dive in randomly and look at whatever stories interest you.

Most of these stories are from my direct personal experience. Others are from experiences of friends and acquaintances that I thought were particularly instructive. While some of the stories are fairly impressive, many of them are about the small stuff. Yet, I think that there's still something to learn from every example of manifestation regardless of how big or small. So don't discount the small stuff, because honing your skills on manifesting smaller stuff is a great approach to mastering deliberate creation.

Also, be aware that I don't expect these stories to convince anyone that the Law of Attraction is real, but that's not why I'm sharing them. I'm sharing them because I think real world practical examples are going to be very helpful for anyone who's trying to learn and master the Law of Attraction and Deliberate Creation. The only way anyone's ever really going be convinced that the Law of Attraction is real is to decide to suspend their disbelief, to learn the principles and practices, and to just start playfully experimenting and see the results for themselves.

So that's it. I think you're gonna find these stories both interesting and useful.

See you in the stories!

Hello everyone, this is Jeff at the Deliberate Creator Academy.  Welcome to another one of my Best Practice lessons.

In this lesson, I'm going to talk about one of the most important rules of thumb of Deliberate Creation as well as a stumbling block that's associated with it. I'll talk about the stumbling block first because most people fail to follow this rule of thumb and fall into the trap of this stumbling block. Once you understand this stumbling block it'll be a lot easier to understand and appreciate the deliberate creation rule of thumb that I'm presenting in this lesson.

The Cursed How's

This stumbling block I'm talking about has been called "The Cursed How's." And what it is, is simply getting to attached too, or focusing too much on, HOW a particular desire should manifest (or come to pass). Doing this is potentially very detrimental to successfully manifesting a desire.

Why? Well there are at least three reasons why focusing too much on HOW your desire should or could manifest can hinder it's manifestation.

Firstly, if you insist that your manifestation must show up in a certain way you can actually block the other ways it could happen. You can literally limit the possibilities for yourself! Think about it, you can't manifest something that you don't believe is possible (this is fundamental to the Law of Attraction). So by getting fixated on one or two ways that you believe are the only ways it can happen makes them the only ways it can happen. You eliminate the other possibilities!

Another reason why focusing too much on the HOW can block the manifestation of a desire is

that it provides opportunity for doubt to creep in. If you don't see your manifestation happening in the way you expected, you may begin to lose trust and faith that it will happen ― you may begin to doubt, and doubt is a manifestation killer. Doubt erodes your belief that it will happen, and hence starts to negate your point of attraction and can completely block your manifestation. The great irony of this is that your manifestation was on it's way, just in a totally different way than you expected ― and then you shut it down because you got too narrow minded about how it could happen!

Yet another reason why being too focused on HOW can block the manifestation of a desire is that you may miss the manifestation when it happens in a different way than you expected ― Yes, you don’t necessarily shut down the manifestation of the alternative way it could happen, but you may simply fail to notice it, and thereby lose your chance to seize it!  Ouch!

Avoiding the Cursed How's

You can avoid getting burned by this stumbling block by understanding two important things. Number one, it's not your job to figure out HOW your manifestation will come to pass.  And number two, be aware that your manifestation may appear in very unexpected ways!

It's not you job to figure out the HOW's. Your job is simply to (1) define with clarity what it is you want to manifest, (2) imagine, envision, and feel the end result, and (3) believe it's on the way.It's the Universe's job to figure out how to the best deliver your manifestation (how to make it happen). All you have to do is to keep the faith that it's on the way and pay attention to what's arriving so you don't miss it.

It's simply impossible for you to know all the possible ways that your desire could manifest ― you have a very limited visibility to what's happening in your collective reality, but this is not the case for the Universe/God/Source/Prime Creator (or whatever you want to call it). Prime Creator is orchestrating the whole thing so it knows everything that going on in the game, including what all the other players are doing, all the circumstances and situations, etc, etc, etc. It can easily orchestrate scenarios that you would never ever know where possible! So don't assume you can know HOW it's going to happen!

Deeply understanding that your manifestations may appear in ways that you never anticipated or expected will greatly help to ensure you never forget the important rule of Deliberate Creation that I am sharing with you in this lesson.

Which In a nutshell it's this…

Focus on the outcome that you desire, the end result. Don’t worry about HOW it will come to pass.

Putting It All Together

A master deliberate creator always focuses on the end results they want, and they do not concern themselves with HOW it will come to pass.  They know and trust that the Universe will figure that part out.

When you leave the possibilities open like this, you will be surprised and amazed how often your desire will be fulfilled in totally unexpected and unlikely ways.  After you experience this a few times you will become absolutely convinced that you do not need to concern yourself with HOW anything that you desire will be manifested and you will be one step closer to becoming a master deliberate creator!

If you want some examples of what I've discussed here, check out the Manifestation Stories that I've provided links to in the Related Contents section below. I think they will help you to more deeply understand what I've been talking about here.

So that's for this lesson. See you in the next lesson!

Hello everyone. This is Jeff at the Deliberate Creator Academy, and this is my introduction to the Deliberate Creation Best Practices Library. This library is a collection of relatively short and concise explanations of all the best practices of deliberate creation that you're going to use on a daily basis to powerfully manifest your true desires and which hopefully will become deeply ingrained habits that will serve you well. Although I discuss many of these practices and techniques in many of the other lessons and courses in the Mastering Manifestation program, I thought it would be really useful to distill them down into a condensed, singular resource.

I won't be getting into a lot of details about the background theory for each of the practices that I discuss, because I discuss that in the other courses and lessons. I'll just be providing short and concise to the point explanations of each practice and technique. But of course, I'll provide you links to all the related theory lessons in the notes below each of the lessons so you can connect the dots if you want to. It's all connected together.

The reason I'm calling this a library rather than a course is because the lessons don't have to be watched in any particular order.  They're not intended to be a sequential. You can certainly watch them in order if you like, and the user interface supports that. But the order is really just arbitrary, and it's just the order in which I happened to produce them and add them to the library, and it has no other significance.

So the way I recommend you use this library is to take The Basics of Deliberate Creation and Diving Deeper into Deliberate Creation first and then come and watch all the lessons in this library, regardless of whether you've seen some of it before in the other lessons. This will serve as a very powerful review and reinforcement of what you have learned. But don't worry about remembering what I just said because in the wrap up of every course, I point you to your next steps. So just start the program with The Basics of Deliberate Creation course and follow my prompts as you go through the courses.

So that's it. I think you're gonna find this library of best practices very helpful and  informative, and I look forward to answering any and all of your questions.

So see you in the lessons.

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See you in the next lesson,

Hello everyone, this is Jeff at the Deliberate Creator Academy. Welcome to another one of my Best Practice lessons.  

This lesson is about a simple technique that helps one avoid getting to attached to HOW your manifestations should come to pass (which is potentially detrimental to successfully manifesting anything, as explained in Avoiding the Cursed How's. 

The technique I’m going to show you in this lesson is particularly useful to apply any time you have a desire but it's not apparent HOW it can come to pass.  When this is the case, people often cannot maintain enough trust and faith to bring the manifestation of their desire to fruition. The technique I am offering here will help you sidestep the doubt that would otherwise creep into your mind in this kind of situation.

So here's the technique. Instead of just stating your desire in the normal way something like this...

"I would really love to have/experience XYZ"

you instead turn it into a question something like this...

"How can I have/experience XYZ?"

By stating a desire in the form of a question it tells the Universe that you neither know or care HOW it will manifest, leaving open all the possibilities that the universe has at its disposal. If you’re concerned that this approach won’t adequately express your desire rest assured that stating your desire as a question automatically makes your desire known to the Universe ― your question implies your desire. 

Reminding Self Not to Worry About HOW

In addition to leaving all the possibilities open, expressing your desire as a question reminds you not to get fixated on, and worry about, HOW it should happen. And this is important because doing this is a well-known impediment to manifesting that I discussed in detail in Best Practice - Avoiding the Cursed How's (I highly recommend you read or listen to that lesson as a part of completing this lesson). The problem with focusing on HOW, is that the Universe may have other ideas of how to best deliver the manifestation of your desire. And then the danger is that when you don’t see it happening HOW you thought it should you will begin to doubt that it’s going to happen.  And of course, doubt is a manifestation killer.

Attracting Guidance

Another benefit of stating your desire as a question is that it may attract intuitive guidance that will help you bring your desire to fruition.  Being on the lookout for and following your intuitive guidance is another important best practice of deliberate creation and one that I have dedicated a lesson to. I highly recommend you listen to that lesson at some point because it is an advanced topic that can take you to another level of mastery.

Clear Vision Yet Open Mind

When you use this technique of stating your desire as a question, it doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t state the key elements of your desire and imagine them in vivid detail.  You always want to do this, this produces a clear and powerful picture of what you want and thereby a powerful point of attraction.

There is a variation of this technique that you should keep in your deliberate creation bag of tricks.  Instead of asking the question you simply state your desire and then follow that statement with the caveat that you DON’T CARE HOW it happens ― something like the example that follows.

"I would really love to have/experience XYZ and I don’t care HOW it happens."

This is just another way to remind yourself to stay very loosely attached to any expectations on HOW your manifestation SHOULD or could come to pass, and thereby avoid the debilitating effects of the cursed HOW's.

To get a better idea of how this technique is used in real-life, checkout the manifestation stories I’ve provided links to in the Related Content section.

So that's it guys, hope you found this helpful. See you in the next lesson!

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Hello everyone. This manifestation story is a wonderful example of miscreation. Miscreation is the term I use to refer to inadvertently manifesting something that you don't want (rather than something that you do want). As you may recall, by the Law of Attraction, you don't attract what your desire; you attract whatever you give most of your attention to (your most predominant thoughts and feelings). And this story demonstrates this amply. So without further ado, let's dive into the story.

So besides being the creator of the Deliberate Creator Academy, I'm also a freelance web developer (I build, customize, and maintain websites) and recently, a client of mine sent me an email introducing me to her assistant. She was introducing us because she was worried that her website (the one I maintain for her) might have a problem while she was on vacation, and she wanted her assistant to be ready for the worst. She'd had experienced a number of show-stopper breakages of her website in the past, and now she was paranoid that it might happen again while she was away.

As a student and teacher of Deliberate Creation, this really grabbed my attention. Her action, of introducing me to her assistant just in case of a problem, amply demonstrated she had a lot of fear. And fear and worry are powerful attractors. By the Law of Attraction, dwelling on your fears (and worse yet, acting on them) is one of the major miscreative pitfalls. And will only increase the probability of manifesting the very thing you fear.

This had blatant miscreative potential and and I thought myself, "Dang, she might even manifest a problem with her website if she's not careful." And lo and behold, the very next day, a show-stopper problem with her website did, in fact, manifest! Here's the email I received from her the day after she introduced me to her assistant "just in case" there was a problem.

FROM: marsha@miscreator.com
SUBJ: Website issue
Hi Jeff, Ironically after sending that email yesterday, I started to have an issue with my website. Do you mind taking a look?
Thanks, Marsha

Ironic indeed, but not at all unexpected if you understand the Law of Attraction. The dictionary defines "ironic" as "happening in the opposite way to what is expected, and typically causing wry amusement because of this." I was certainly amused by this glaring demonstration of miscreation, and this excellent example of how allowing your fears free reign and anticipating or preparing for the worse can backfire and bring you exactly what you fear the most.

So I can't prove that she manifested this problem based on dwelling on her fears. But this is always the case with the Law of Attraction. But it's a very curious coincidence, and coincidences like this (sometimes referred to as synchronicities), both "good" and "bad," are, in fact, your very own manifestations. So pay attention to the synchronicities that appear in your life, and reflect on their correlation with your recent thoughts and feelings, because they are the fingerprint of manifestation.

There is only one way to prove that one's thoughts influence what appears in one's life... it's to learn the principles and practices of Deliberate Creation and experiment with them with an open mind for long enough to witness enough recurring magic till there is absolutely no doubt in your mind that you are the creator of your reality!

More power to you,

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I borrowed the title of this article from the recent movie of the same name.

And the movie is what inspired me to write this article.

This movie was a bit wacky and ??? but the basic premise of the title is abosultely correct.

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talk about the bigger pitcure of the source consciousness system and the massively parrellel processes

lives, realities, timelines and nore

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In the movie, it was said by the disenchanted soul "nothing matters" (and that souls mother).

Not sure is this was intended to be a general statement of the story tellers belief but...

i couldn't be further from the truth.

The Only Thing That Matters

Book by Neale Donald Walsch

Your expansion and evolution of your consciousness is what realy matters

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Everything goes my way, hooray, hooray. I get everything I want and more, galore galore!

A quote by Jim Rohn

expand on this idea

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Hello everyone, this is Jeff at the Deliberate Creator Academy. Welcome to another one of my manifestation stories. This story is a wonderful demonstration of the power of voicing one's desires and then trusting that the universe will deliver. So let's dive in.

The Trust Experiment

Back in the fall of 2014, I moved to Montana.  When I got there, I found an apartment in a Duplex, but the owner/renter said that it might only be available for six months as they might sell the place.  I said that was fine with me, and I took the place with a six-month lease.

The duplex was in a partially completed development filled with duplexes. I had some nice views of distant mountains because not all the lots were developed yet.  There was a large field behind the development that I loved to take walks in regularly, that had beautiful open views of the mountains that surrounded the area.  The field was far enough away from the lights of the houses that I could see the night sky well. But all this was going to disappear because it was obvious that all the other lots and the field would soon be turned into developments and I be trapped in a grid of houses and lights with no view or open space that I cherished.  

Voicing My Hopes and Dreams to the Universe

Throughout the winter, on my nightly walks thru the field near my place I spoke out loud to the Universe — prayers, affirmations, etc. For many months, I would occasionally mention that when they finished building out the neighborhoods around me (which I assumed would be in the upcoming spring) I'd have to move to the edge of town to ensure my access to open space and a CLEAR VIEW of the mountains .

That spring, the building of the rest of the homes did indeed did start. And my six month lease was going to end shortly, and I hadn't heard anything from the landlord about whether they would be selling the place or not. I was a little worried because the rental market was very competitive and it might take me more time than I had left on the lease to find another place. I thought about calling my landlord to ask her about it, but then I decided to turn the situation into another manifestation experiment. I would just wait and see what happened — I would test my trust and faith in the Universe to provide smooth sailing for me, so I wouldn't start looking for an apartment, and I wouldn't call the landlord to see what they were planning, I would just trust and wait.

The Moment of Truth

I waited for two or three weeks and now it was a mere four days before my lease was to expire and I still hadn't heard from my landlord, and I was getting a bit nervous. But that evening the phone rang, and a man announced that he was an associate of my landlord, and they had found a place for me! Really? I hadn't spoken to them and I certainly hadn't asked them to find me a new apartment. And when was the last time when anyone was moving where their prior landlord found them a new place? I hope you are seeing the magic in this.

So I chuckled to myself and said, 'That's great, where is it?'.  He said it was out north of town in ranch country near the foot of the Bridger Mountains (lots of open space with a killer view of the mountains just like I wanted!). I chuckled knowingly to myself again and said 'Great! When can I check it out?'.  He said how about right now and gave me the address.

So, I jumped in my car and headed over there. As I took the final turn onto the road that the place was on, I noticed that the road was named 'CLEARVIEW Road'! I was floored because months earlier, when I had talked to the Universe about where I wanted to live next, I had repeatedly said, 'I need a place with a CLEAR VIEW of the mountains.'‍

When I got to the place, I found it to be a cozy country style apartment that resonated perfectly with me. I took a quick look around, chatted with the landlord, and before I left I had the keys to the place!  No muss, no fuss.  I barely lifted a finger to manifest this.

The Takeaway

This is a great example of how effective deliberate creation can result in much less effort required to manifest your desires. It's also a great example of the power of voicing your desires and trusting that they will come to pass.

So that's it. I hope you found this story helpful. See you in the next story!

The beautiful blue orb that we call the "Earth" was gifted to us by the Universe as a playground for our experience of physicality, and her body and biosphere sustain us. This should be enough to give her our utmost respect.

Call forth the sacredness of the earth now, the holiness of the living, breathing planet and breathe with the earth, blessing and being blessed as the light of the earth flows to you and as the light of your own heart flows to the beloved earth. There is a partnership, a communion between you and the land, between the land and you. The earth is our mother; we must take care of her.    — Sharon McErlane, from A Call To Power

All life on the planet is interdependent.  All living things should be considered equal partners sharing this beautiful world. It is NOT ours to use and abuse.

The earth and its biosphere are a highly complex system, and all of its parts work together in a finely tuned and delicate dynamic equilibrium. The complexity of this vast interconnected web of dependencies and symbioses far exceeds our current understanding.  

Let's exercise the utmost of care and respect in for how we live in, and use the resources of, our natural environment — mother earth.

Uplift every living thing,

this is one of bashars principle lets discuss it

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https://wordfromthewell.com/2012/11/24/why-letting-go-of-attachment-to-outcome-sets-you-free/

https://serendipitycrystals.co.uk/the-power-magic-in-non-attachment/

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There is a great awakening to our spiritual metaphysical nature spreading exponentially throughout Humanity. This is triggering a great shift in our consciousness, and will lead to a great transformation of ourselves and our world. These are exciting times and we are on the road to a wonderful new era of humanity — one characterized by cooperation, harmony, peace, and prosperity for ALL.  

Exactly how long this will take to unfold and how smoothly it will go is hard to say, but one thing is for sure, it depends on us — our state of consciousness and being, and our choices and actions. Love, compassion, kindness, and cooperation are the way forward.

Let's co-create a wonderful new world together,

Here it is.

 I am living as the highest expression of my unlimited self in each and every moment, achieving the fullest expression of my life purpose, with everything I do congruent with the greater good of all, and bringing me closer to Source.

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As an example of an alternative creatorship affirmation more appropriate for a beginner consider this:

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Want to learn more about how to apply the power of the spoken word? Check out these articles:

Enjoy!

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In this story my friend and I co-create/manifest some perfect skiing conditions and perfect pricing (free!) at a world class ski area at the very end of a really crappy winter. We manifested winter 2022 part two just for us!

Enjoy,

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And when you do catch yourself, you can immediately pivot to better feeling thoguths. choose different thoughts and words, perhaps the exact opposite of the worry you were entertaining.

For example; let's say you've be let go from your job so your looking for a new one and you are worrying that you will might not be able to find a new job that you like and pays as well. As you start worrying you notice your feeling of anxiety and you snap out of it and then you choose to imagine yourself at a job that you love and that pays well. As you do that, you also shout out the the universe how much you love this new job you are imaging.

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using your emotional guidance system

This wry pearl of wisdom from Mark Twain alludes to the power of belief. And it is a pointed reminder that our beliefs and perceptions about what is possible or impossible can have a powerful impact on our actions and outcomes. By challenging our assumptions and being willing to take risks, we may be able to achieve things that others thought were impossible.

A similar sentiment was expressed by Henry Ford when he said...

Whether you believe you can do a thing or not, you are right.

The power of beliefs goes beyond normal cause and effect because by the Law of Attraction your thoughts, beliefs, and expectations directly effect what you can manifest.

Did you know that you are creating your reality with your thoughts?

although what is needs to be responded to occasionally overfocus on it can lead to

1. giving credence to that state as being more persistent than it really is
2. resisting it if you don't like what is

both are miscreative

The timeless axiom inspired by The Law of Attraction — What you resist persists — is worth revisiting often because it is so important.  Resistance to 'WHAT IS' is one of the most common traps that people fall into that is causing both; (A) present moment unhappiness, and (B) attracting more unpleasant and undesired situations, of a similar nature, into their lives in the future — essentially sabotaging themselves.

This axiom is related to one of the key Law of Attraction Pearls of Wisdom that I've written about before — Focus on what you want, not what you don't want.  'What you resist persists' is just another way of saying 'Don't focus on what you don't want.'  Because when you are resisting things you don't like that's EXACTLY what you are doing — FOCUSING on what you DON'T WANT!  If you realized how counter-productive fighting against situations that aren't going your way is, you'd be appalled and cease the habit immediately.  It might not be too much of an exaggeration to say 'Resistance is Futile!'

To resist something is to oppose it, or push against it, to try to force it to something other than it is.  When you put your focus on fighting, or struggling against an unwanted situation in your life, be it work, debt, ill-health, something painful in your past, a difficult relationship, or whatever what you are effectively saying to the Universe is GIVE ME MORE OF THIS — because that's the way the Law of Attraction works!  It always gives you more of what you focus on.

There are many unwanted situations that arise in our daily lives.  Thankfully, most are minor.  How we perceive and respond to these little, or not so little, undesired circumstances can make all the difference in the world in the experience we create for ourselves and others involved. Most people, to varying degrees, fight or resist circumstances like these, allowing themselves to become frustrated, annoyed, impatient, indignant, or even mad — often accompanied by complaining and blaming.  And of course, this only serves to create a less wonderful and more unpleasant experience for themselves and everyone involved.

You know when you are resisting something — your mind festers on the situation or subject, and you feel frustrated, annoyed, and unhappy.  And it is often accompanied by complaining and blaming, and bitching and moaning.  It might be a person who is thwarting your plans, or a circumstance that is counter to your expected or desired outcome, or a policy that you think is wrong or is hindering you — you name it.  There are endless variations at every level — from personal to collective, and from minor to major.

Why Is Resistance So Counter-productive?

Not only does resisting WHAT IS lead to unhappiness in the present moment but, by The Law of Attraction, it also makes it more likely that the undesired situation will continue and similar undesirable circumstances will occur in the future!  Resistance is one of the habits that is unknowingly sabotaging many people's happiness and greatly contributing to their miscreations — keeping undesirable experiences in their life.

The Law of Attraction states that what you focus on, think about, and invest emotional energy towards is what you will attract into your life.  And when you are resisting something that's exactly what you are doing — intensely thinking about and focusing on, usually with strong emotions, the thing you are resisting!   Which means you are very likely to get more of that very thing — which is by definition something you don't like or want!

It's OK to notice what you don't want because it provides the contrast that allows you to recognize what you do want.   Notice stuff you don't want for an instant and then choose what you DO WANT and put your attention on that and only on that.

Here's a quote, from the highly recommended book The Law of Attraction: The Basics of the Teachings of Abraham, that dramatically illustrates the point made above.

Creators of WORLDS are not trying to fix problems.  Creators of worlds identify what is not wanted for a split second, and then imagine and feel what is wanted for eternity.    —Abraham Hicks, The Law of Attraction

The Power of Non-Resistance and Acceptance

One of the secrets to not attracting undesirable situations into your life and creating the smoothest, most peaceful and happy experience of life possible is the consistent application of the principle of Non-Resistance.  Another term for Non-Resistance is ACCEPTANCE. Non-resistance involves the mental and emotional discipline to accept whatever arises as if you had chosen it.  Instead of fighting undesirable situations that arise, accept them and work with them not against them — simply try to the make the best of them.

So here is one of my golden rules:

Whatever arises, accept it and make the best of It.

Sometimes this may mean completely letting go and just going with the flow.  Other times it might mean taking a different or alternative approach to the problem but, and this is an important point, without holding any resentment.  Guess what resentment is, it's a form of resistance, a form of non-acceptance, and a subtle focusing of one's energy on something you don't like and don't want — don't do it!  Not only does the path of acceptance make everything go smoother and happier for everyone involved in the present moment but it makes it less likely that you will experience similar undesired situations in the future!

This doesn't mean you can never express your dissatisfaction with something you don't like — whether it's the weather that didn't cooperate with your planned outing, or the behavior of a friend or co-worker, a government or business policy, or whatever. It's OK to voice your concerns about things that aren't serving your best interests or the best interests of all.  It's OK to take a stand on an issue BUT, and this is a BIG but, if ALL that you are doing is fighting against what you don't want then you are shooting yourself in the foot — you are miscreating.  Because resisting what you don't like is focusing on what you don't want and that tends to sustain the very thing you consider a problem and would like to see go away.

To improve situations like these, and to make sure you don't get more like them, you must give as little energy to them as possible.  To create something other than what you are fighting against or resisting you must give as little attention and energy to the problem and as much energy as you can (thoughts, emotions, imagination, intention, action and words) towards the solution or the way you would prefer things to be in the future — you must produce constructive energy.

What you focus on, you make bigger.  The more energy you put into something, the more power you give it.  Energy flows where attention goes, so resisting something just adds to it.  It's in focusing on what you don't want that creates more of what you don't want.

Here's a pearl of wisdom to always keep in mind:

Where your energy flows your reality goes.

What if we made a habit of completely accepting whatever arises, even if it wasn't exactly what we expected or desired?  What if, instead of fighting these situations, we strived to make the best of them?

I can tell you what would happen!  Things would go a lot smoother, and everybody would be a lot happier!  By completely accepting and making the best of every situation, no matter what it is, you'll experience increased peace of mind, and your life will flow with increased ease and grace!

Here's a quote from the globally respected modern spiritual teacher, Eckhart Tolle, that echoes the sentiment expressed above:

You are a creator, and you are creating with your thoughts and emotions.  Where you put your focus and emotional energy is what you get more of in your reality.  And your thoughts and emotion are energy, as well as your words and actions — so point them in a constructive direction as much as you can.  Fighting what you don't want is not constructive.

This applies not only to personal situations but also the collective situations.  Many concerned citizens spend most of their energy fighting against government and corporate policies that they don't like rather than investing their energy to support what they do want.

The Power of Taking Responsibility for Everything You Experience

There are only two reasons why any experience comes into your life: (1) you have directly or indirectly created and attracted the experience via the Law of Attraction, regardless of whether you understand the reasons or not or (2) your higher-self designed them as a needed catalyst for your growth.   This realization can dramatically change your perspective about the adverse situations that enter your life.   When you fully embrace them as your creations you are then empowered to dis-create them with your knowledge of the mechanics of creation and with your mental and emotional self-mastery.

By taking full responsibility for every situation that arises and accepting it AS IS, and making the best of it, you make these moments go as smoothly as possible for everyone involved, including yourself, and you pave the way for smooth sailing in the future.

Expect wonderful!

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Hello everyone, this is Jeff at the Deliberate Creator Academy. In this lesson I'll discuss how non-resistance and accepting what is one of the best practices of powerful deliberate creators.

The Trap of Resisting What Is

To appreciate the importance of non-resistance and acceptance you'll need to understand the miscreative trap of resisting WHAT IS and how to avoid it. Resistance to WHAT IS is when you overly focus on, and perhaps fight against, something in your life or in the world that you don't like, or don't want, or wish didn't exist. This a very common miscreative pitfall and its a double whammy because, by the Law of Attraction, it tends to make the very things you are resisting persist, and it also makes you miserable at the same time.

When you put your focus on, and push/fight/struggle against an unwanted situations in your life, be it work, debt, ill-health, something painful in your past, a difficult relationship, or whatever what you are effectively saying to the Universe is GIVE ME MORE OF THIS — because that's the way the Law of Attraction works!  It always gives you more of what you focus on.

There are many unwanted situations that arise in our daily lives.  Thankfully, most are minor.  How we perceive and respond to these little, or not so little, undesired circumstances can make huge difference in the experience we create for ourselves and others involved. Most people, to varying degrees, fight or resist circumstances like these, allowing themselves to become frustrated, annoyed, impatient, indignant, or even mad — often accompanied by complaining and blaming.  And of course, this only serves to create a less wonderful and more unpleasant experience for themselves and everyone involved.

You know when you are resisting something — your mind festers on the situation or subject, and you feel frustrated, annoyed, and unhappy. And it is often accompanied by complaining and blaming, and bitching and moaning.  It might be a person who is thwarting your plans, or a circumstance that is counter to your expected or desired outcome, or a policy that you think is wrong or is hindering you — you name it. There are endless variations at every level — from personal to collective, and from minor to major.

You can tell when you are resisting something its often accompanied by frustration, discontent, or even anger.

Hence this timeless axiom of miscreation below.

What you resist persists

This axiom is actually just another way of saying 'Don't focus on what you don't want.'  Because when you are resisting things you don't like that's EXACTLY what you are doing — FOCUSING on what you DON'T WANT!  If you realized how counter-productive fighting against situations that aren't going your way is, you'd be appalled and cease the habit immediately.  It might not be too much of an exaggeration to say "Resistance is Futile!"

Why Is Resistance So Counter-productive?

Not only does resisting WHAT IS lead to unhappiness in the present moment but, by The Law of Attraction, it also makes it more likely that the undesired situation will continue and similar undesirable circumstances will occur in the future!  Resistance is one of the habits that is unknowingly sabotaging many people's happiness and greatly contributing to their miscreations — keeping undesirable experiences in their life.

The Law of Attraction states that what you focus on, think about, and invest emotional energy towards is what you will attract into your life.  And when you are resisting something that's exactly what you are doing — intensely thinking about and focusing on, usually with strong emotions, the thing you are resisting!   Which means you are very likely to get more of that very thing — which is by definition something you don't like or want!

It's OK to notice what you don't want because it provides the contrast that allows you to recognize what you do want.   Notice stuff you don't want for an instant and then choose what you DO WANT and put your attention on that and only on that.

Here's a quote, from one of my favorite Law of Attraction teachers that dramatically illustrates the point made above.

Creators of WORLDS are not trying to fix problems.  Creators of worlds identify what is not wanted for a split second, and then imagine and feel what is wanted for eternity.    —Abraham Hicks

The Power of Non-Resistance and Acceptance

One of the secrets to not attracting undesirable situations into your life and creating the smoothest, most peaceful and happy experience of life possible is the consistent application of the principle of Non-Resistance.  Another term for Non-Resistance is ACCEPTANCE. Non-resistance involves the mental and emotional discipline to accept whatever arises as if you had chosen it.  Instead of fighting undesirable situations that arise, accept them and work with them not against them — simply try to the make the best of them.

So here is one of my golden rules:

Whatever arises, accept it and make the best of It.

Sometimes this may mean completely letting go and just going with the flow.  Other times it might mean taking a different or alternative approach to the problem but, and this is an important point, without holding any resentment.  Guess what resentment is, it's a form of resistance, a form of non-acceptance, and a subtle focusing of one's energy on something you don't like and don't want — don't do it!  Not only does the path of acceptance make everything go smoother and happier for everyone involved in the present moment but it makes it less likely that you will experience similar undesired situations in the future!

This doesn't mean you can never express your dissatisfaction with something you don't like — whether it's the weather that didn't cooperate with your planned outing, or the behavior of a friend or co-worker, a government or business policy, or whatever. It's OK to voice your concerns about things that aren't serving your best interests or the best interests of all.  It's OK to take a stand on an issue BUT, and this is a BIG but, if ALL that you are doing is fighting against what you don't want then you are shooting yourself in the foot — you are miscreating.  Because resisting what you don't like is focusing on what you don't want and that tends to sustain the very thing you consider a problem and would like to see go away.

To improve situations like these, and to make sure you don't get more like them, you must give as little energy to them as possible.  To create something other than what you are fighting against or resisting you must give as little attention and energy to the problem and as much energy as you can (thoughts, emotions, imagination, intention, action and words) towards the solution or the way you would prefer things to be in the future — you must produce constructive energy.

What you focus on, you make bigger.  The more energy you put into something, the more power you give it.  Energy flows where attention goes, so resisting something just adds to it.  It's in focusing on what you don't want that creates more of what you don't want.

Here's a pearl of wisdom to always keep in mind:

Where your energy flows your reality goes.

What if we made a habit of completely accepting whatever arises, even if it wasn't exactly what we expected or desired?  What if, instead of fighting these situations, we strived to make the best of them?

I can tell you what would happen!  Things would go a lot smoother, and everybody would be a lot happier!  By completely accepting and making the best of every situation, no matter what it is, you'll experience increased peace of mind, and your life will flow with increased ease and grace!

Here's a quote from the globally respected modern spiritual teacher, Eckhart Tolle, that echoes the sentiment expressed above:

Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it. Always work with it, not against it. - Eckhart Tolle

You are a creator, and you are creating with your thoughts and emotions.  Where you put your focus and emotional energy is what you get more of in your reality.  And your thoughts and emotion are energy, as well as your words and actions — so point them in a constructive direction as much as you can.  Fighting what you don't want is not constructive.

This applies not only to personal situations but also the collective situations.  Many concerned citizens spend most of their energy fighting against government and corporate policies that they don't like rather than investing their energy to support what they do want.

The secret to change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but building the new. - Socrates

Taking Responsibility for Everything You Experience

You are manifesting everything that appears in your life, regardless of whether you understand why or how. Yes, you are co-creating with other players in the game, but you can't be a part of anything that you didn't invite with your very own thoughts and beliefs. That you are not mentally and emotionally aligned with, or as some teachers would say, that you are not a vibrational match for. Until to absolutely accept this fact, you can not be a true master of deliberate creation. If you believe that only some of what appears in your life you manifested and other stuff you didn't then you ae giving away your power.

There are only two reasons why any experience comes into your life: (1) you have directly or indirectly created and attracted the experience via the Law of Attraction, regardless of whether you understand the reasons or not or (2) your higher-self designed them as a needed catalyst for your growth.   This realization can dramatically change your perspective about the adverse situations that enter your life.   When you fully embrace them as your creations you are then empowered to dis-create them with your knowledge of the mechanics of creation and with your mental and emotional self-mastery.

Responding to Undesired Circumstances Like a Master

Firstly, acknowledge that is something is in your life you yourself have somehow attracted/manifested it. It doesn't matter if your understand how or why. You must take full responsibility for everything that appears in your life or you simply can not be a master deliberate creator.

Secondly, reflect on yourself, to see if you can deduce why you've attracted it. Try to learn how you mis-created it and then (based on your knowledge of the principles and practices of the Law of Attraction and Deliberate Creation) change your ways so you don't miscreate in the future. You won't always be able to figure out why you miscreated, that's ok but don't let this erode your trust in your creatorship! This will only impair your power as a creator. Creators of worlds never doubt themselves for an instant.

Thirdly, make the best of the undesired situation. Ask yourself "How would my highest self respond to these circumstances"? Ask yourself "How can I respond in the most helpful, productive, kind, loving way"? and feel for the answer from your soul and do that. Sometimes the best response will be to walk away from the situation. But when you do you must not hold a grudge. You must not judge or condemn the situation of the players involved. You must forgive and extend best wishes as you walk away. If you don't then you are still resisting and not fully accepting which is a subtle energy that may lead to manifesting more of the same later. If you don't walk away then you'll act in a manner that is the most kind and helpful to everyone involved (including yourself) and then you move on without a single drop of judgement. This will be evident by the peace that you feel and the speed at which the whole evaporates from your mind never to return. If you feel frustrated, angry, discontented, or can't stop thinking about it and are engaging in complaining and blaming then you know you have responded in an optimal way. And by optimal, I mean that creates the best experience for everyone involved in the short term, and in the long term keeps the probability of manifesting something similar at a minimum.

Accept every situation as if you created it (because you did)

By taking full responsibility for every situation that arises and accepting it AS IS, and making the best of it, you make these moments go as smoothly as possible for everyone involved, including yourself, and you pave the way for smooth sailing in the future.

Expect wonderful!

To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to be yourself. - Thich Nhat Hanh

"Fly high above the trivialities of life on wings of love"

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"Live, laugh, love" is a popular quote that encourages people to live life to the fullest, find joy in everything, and cherish the people around them. It is often used as a mantra to remind people to enjoy the present moment, be grateful for what they have, and to focus on the positive aspects of life.

The phrase originated as a motto for a charity organization called the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, which used the phrase "Live, Love, Laugh" as a tagline for their fundraising events in the early 1990s. The phrase gained popularity as a decorative quote in the late 2000s, often appearing on posters, wall decals, and other home décor items.

While some people view the phrase as overly sentimental or cliché, others find it to be a simple and uplifting reminder to appreciate life's small pleasures and to prioritize happiness and love above all else.

Enjoy,

The quote "I searched for God and found only myself" is attributed to the Persian poet and scholar, Rumi. However, it's worth noting that the exact phrasing and wording of this quote may vary depending on the translation and interpretation of Rumi's work. Nonetheless, the sentiment of the quote suggests a theme of introspection and self-discovery.

The full quote from Rumi is: "I looked for God. I went to a temple, and I didn't find him there. Then I went to a church, and I didn't find him there. And then I went to a mosque, and I didn't find him there. And then finally I looked in my heart, and there he was."

This quote expresses the idea that the search for God is a journey of self-discovery, and that one can find the divine within themselves through introspection and contemplation. It suggests that the search for God is not necessarily an external quest, but an internal one.

The quote "Don't you know yet? It's your light that lights the world" is attributed to Rumi, a 13th-century Persian poet and mystic. The quote suggests that every individual has a unique light within them that has the power to influence the world positively.

The message of the quote is about the power of individuality and the potential each person holds within themselves to make a difference in the world. It is a reminder that everyone has something valuable to contribute, and that we should not underestimate our own abilities.

This quote can inspire people to tap into their inner strength, believe in themselves, and take action towards making a positive impact. It can also serve as a reminder to appreciate and value our own unique qualities and abilities, as well as the qualities and abilities of others.

Overall, the quote encourages people to recognize their own light and use it to bring positivity and change to the world around them.

"The nature of your world is no more and no less than a reflection of the composite vision of the Consciousness present." - Oneness via Rasha

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Enjoy,

Enjoy,

Mother Teresa's loving  edict to "Spread love and happiness everywhere you go", are truly words to live by. If only more of us would, we might just create that "Heaven on Earth" that we are all hoping for.

Mother Teresa believed that every person, regardless of their background, deserves love, compassion, and respect. Her belief in the inherent worth of every individual is what drove her to dedicate her life to serving the poorest and most vulnerable members of society.  She constantly  emphasized the importance of seeing the good and divinity in every person, regardless of their  outer circumstances or the state of their outer self.  

She believed that love is the key to living a meaningful and fulfilling life, and that by spreading love, one can bring happiness and healing to those around them. She encouraged people to be kind, compassionate, and understanding towards others, and to show empathy and support for those who are struggling. And for this, I salute her. We need more of this in the world.

And for this, I salute her. We need more of this in the world.

Mother Teresa's philosophy of spreading love. Everywhere you go is a powerful reminder of the importance of kindness. Compassion and service others.

Let's follow her lead and try to uplift everyone. We come in contact with. And do our part to create a more wonderful world. For all.  Ahmed.

Mother Teresa's philosophy of spreading love everywhere you go is a powerful reminder of the importance of kindness, compassion, and service to others.

Let's follow her lead and  try to uplift everyone we come in contact with and do our part to create a more wonderful world.

AMEN,

From our soul's perspective, our obsession with things and our adoration of possessions is nearly meaningless. Your soul incarnated to have experiences that would evolve and expand its consciousness. And it was certainly hoping that it could create as much wonderful, exciting, beautiful experiences as possible.

Our soul understands that once we incarnate, our consciousness becomes survival-oriented and this can lead to hoarding stuff if we get the opportunity. Our soul also understands that we don't remember our true reason for having an earthly human experience (After all, the veil of forgetting is by design). So it doesn't judge us for wanting to collect as much wealth and possessions as possible.

You Can't Take The Stuff With You

But your soul knows all too well that you can't take the stuff with you when you pass over and that the whole point of incarnating is to grow and expand through experiences, not to collect things. So how much wealth and possessions you amassed in your time on earth doesn't count for much on the other side.

The only "stuff" you get to take with you to the other side are the memories of your experiences and what you have learned from them. When this truth sinks in it dramatically changes your perspective on what's important. And ultimately will lead you to focus solely on how to create beautiful moments for yourself and everyone around you.

So I wholeheartedly recommend that you create more beautiful experiences for yourself, and not focus as much on collecting things.

Synchronicities are those curious coincidences that seem meaningful rather than random. Unfortunately, many people don't even notice them either because they are distracted by the dramas of their life, or they assume all coincidences must be random chance and hence meaningless, and they just ignore them.

Yet, if you have eyes to see, you will notice that these curious coincidences often conveniently bring us information, people, and things related to our recent desires, intentions, and thoughts. As though some higher intelligence was trying to facilitate or guide us.

‍Dr. Carl Jung coined the idea of synchronicity and wrote about it in his book Synchronicity: An Acausal Connecting Principle. He defined it this way: ”Synchronicity is the coming together of inner and outer events in a way that cannot be explained by cause and effect and that is meaningful to the observer.” Inner events are our thoughts, beliefs, desires, and intentions. Outer events are what appear in our experience of the world. Jung believed that there was a deeper connecting principle that explained this synchronistic events.

And, of course, he was right. Those curious convenient coincidence's you been experiencing are definitely not random. Some of them are arranged by your spirit guides and higher-self as a way of sending you messages, hints, or guidance. But more frequently, you yourself are creating these coincidences by the Law of Attraction. You are manifesting these coincidences with your own thoughts, desires, and intentions because that the way reality creation works!

You are aware that you a creating your reality with your own thoughts aren't you?

If you are interested in diving deeper into synchronicity and manifestation I highly recommend the book Synchronicity: The Art of Coincidence, Choice, and Unlocking Your Mind.

Also check out this video about synchronicity from an eastern Taoist perspective.

Enjoy,

Going with the flow of life is a powerful way of being that is underappreciated and under-utilized. It involves accepting and allowing everything that happens. Which means you don't resist what is. You simply make the best of whatever appears. It also involves holding on loosely to your plans and expectations and being able to pivot to new circumstances and opportunities easily and quickly.

The opposite of going with the flow is trying to control and manage everything to get exactly what you want all the time is. A symptom of this is that when something doesn't go the way you hoped you're frustrated and you resist changing course. Rather than accepting what is and working with it, or happily changing course to the next best thing.

When you stop resisting and controlling and start going with the flow you'll be happier and more peaceful, and paradoxically things will magically begin to show up that will satisfy and delight you ... without having to force them to appear.

If you want to learn more about how to be in the flow according to Loa Tzu and Taoism check out the video below.

May the flow be with you!

Our souls chose to incarnate into the earth game and this lowest frequency reality with divine purpose. It was not a fall from grace, but a choice to experience oneself in a new and different way. A way that is more than a little limiting compared to our higher self, but yet has so much to teach us. And the one of the most exciting parts of playing the separate small self is that eventually when we awaken to greater self and the greater reality we will more fully appreciate the magnificence of what we really are.

And that's grand indeed!

So many of us have hearts that have hardened and which block us from giving and receiving love freely and ultimately from experiencing the most joyous life possible. This hardening comes from all the unreleased emotional traumas we've experienced in our lives. I think this is what Rumi was referring to when he said, "You have to keep breaking your heart until it opens." This is a bit of a play on words because breaking your heart is what can harden it, but once it's hardened, it can also require something strong to finally crack open the wall around your heart.

May I live each and every day with an open heart,

From Loa Tzu's statement in the Tao Te Ching...

“There is no greater illusion than fear, no greater wrong than preparing to defend yourself, no greater misfortune than having an enemy. Whoever can see through all fear will always be safe."

...I can only conclude that he was aware that we are creating our reality with our very own thoughts and beliefs and that by dwelling on, or worse yet, acting on our fears we only increase the chances of manifesting those fears. Hence conversely, whoever can dispel all their fears will always be safe.

Anyone who knows that they are creator of their reality, knows that their worst enemy (or fear) cannot harm them as much as their own unguarded thoughts.

What a wonderful intention to live by. Say it in your thoughts or out loud often.

Amen,

Imagine a world where all were living their dreams. Imagine the excitement and joy that such a world would contain. In a world like this people would simply not have any negative energy to give to anything and the world would be far more harmonious. Becoming a fearless deliberate creator and manifesting your dreams serves as such an inspiring example for others to see and to follow.

To your dreams and beyond!

You are an aspect of Source Energy, the one infinite creator, and it's wisdom, love, and energy can come to you and through you if you let it. Just quiet your mind and it's limited and false beliefs and open the gate of your heart!

To your potential,

The Kingdom is consciousness itself. And "all that is" is happening within this consciousness, despite the appearance of the outer world. All love, all wisdom, all realities can be accessed by going within the sanctity of your own consciousness. And if you are very still you will meet your highest self, your god-self. Because you are not your body, you are the transcendent consciousness (the soul) that is an integral part of the one source consciousness.
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Welcome to the kingdom of love and light,

Each and every one of us is an aspect of the creator ... of the consciousness that creates All That Is. There is only one consciousness and each of ours is a part of that. And the one (consciousness) is the many and the many are the one. And this one consciousness (sometimes called the Source) is creating and experiencing everything within its own consciousness because there is only consciousness.

This reality you are experiencing is an illusion of sorts ... like a lucid dream or a virtual reality ... even though it seems so "real" as you experience it. And the Source KNOWS that it is creating all of it by its very own thoughts and intentions and can not be harmed by its creations or its experiences of them. This is the ULTIMATE TRUTH and this is why knowing yourself as the CREATOR is absolute BLISS!
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Enjoy your creatorship!

This quote by John Muir sheds light on a metaphysical question - is the universe, or god, or source consciousness infinite as many have claimed? Perhaps, but since source creates universes and realities with its imagination (yes, it creates everything via thought, intention, and imagination) and since imagination is inherently unlimited then what it can create and experience is indeed infinite.

That doesn't necessarily mean anything that it can imagine exists all at once right now. The space (an information space?) that holds it's creations may not be truly infinite but it can reuse that space by clearing parts of it and imagining new creations. The net effect is the possibility space of existence and experience is infinite.

So imagine wonderful!

This quote from the book Oneness (by Rasha) illuminates one of the key things we need to do to participate in the ascension to the new earth. This book is one of the most profound books I've read on my spiritual journey, but it's not for everyone.

Intrigued? read my review of this book.

I find this suggestion by Marcus Aurelius uplifting because it encourages appreciation, awe, optimism, positivity, and a sense-of-wonder. But I offer this variation and interpretation as food for thought...

Dwell on the beauty in life and your spirit will soar to the heights of joy.

In contrast, if you primarily focus on the lack of beauty, of the lack of anything (limitations, what's wrong, the negative, etc) you will experience the opposite of joy — fear, stress, anxiety. And by The Law of Attraction you will draw more of the negative stuff you focus on into your life. You are aware the you are a creator and that your are creating your reality with your very own thoughts and what you focus your attention on, aren't you?

Stay positive, see only the good, and expect wonderful!

This pearl of wisdom from Thich Nhat Hanh alludes to the possibility that ones joy is not dependent on outward circumstances and one can generate joy at will by any number of means. You are indeed in complete control of how you feel despite the misbelief that your feelings are at the mercy of circumstances. Have you tried generating happiness and joy from within despite outward circumstances? One way to do it is to simply put a smile on your face and rest in appreciation of whatever is good about the present moment.

How you feel is also the main component of your overall vibration and your vibration is what controls what you'll manifest by the Law of Attraction. So if you want to attract wonderful into your life your going to want to master generating good feelings.

Bring on the good vibrations!

Hello everyone, this is Jeff at Divine Cosmos, and this is another one of my spirit communication experiences. However, this story is more than just a spirit communication experience; it also involves a pivotal moment of personal transformation that I think makes this story even more interesting and instructive. As always, I share these stories in the hope that they will inspire you to connect, or deepen your connection, with your spirit guides and let them help and guide you to personal transformation and a better life. So without further ado, let's dive in.‍‍

My Dead-End Job

Back in November of 2019  (not long before COVID-19 struck), I was getting very bored with my job. It was relatively pleasant and low-stress but neither financially lucrative nor creatively stimulating. It had been sufficing for a while but was becoming increasingly unsatisfying. And in truth, the only reason I was tolerating it was because I had a deep-seated unworthiness issue that I hadn't resolved that was holding me back. But, of course, I wasn't admitting that to myself at the time. I was just drifting along, afraid to try anything else but not realizing it. But my inner-self (and my guides) knew that I was capable of so much more and knew I was avoiding facing my fears.‍

Asking for New Career Ideas‍

So one afternoon, while driving to town to do some shopping, my inner dissatisfaction with both my job and my avoidance of facing my fears reached critical mass and bubbled to the surface, and I shouted out to the Universe (and my spirit guides) something like this (yes I literally spoke this out loud)…‍

"Hey guys, I've tried to enjoy and make the best of this job, but I really would like to do something that earns more money and is more creative; I'm really getting bored of this. Got any ideas for a job that would be more satisfying and rewarding for me?"‍

Believe it or not, I routinely address my spirit guides with the informal "Hey guys" intro. This is a bit amusing because back when I first realized that there were spirit guides, this is how I spontaneously began addressing them before noticing how similar the phrase "hey guys" is to "hey guides," as in "spirit guides." 

In any case, this was the first time this had bubbled to the surface, and I hadn't given the possibilities the slightest thought. Still, regardless, I felt comfortable just asking anyway. Of course, your guide's reason for being is to help you wherever and whenever they can (as appropriate). So it never hurts to ask.

Now keep in mind that I had a big self-worth issue that had been limiting me for a long time, and I was on the cusp of a significant breakthrough in this regard. So some information and encouragement from my guides at this moment could potentially catalyze a personal transformation and catapult me to a new level of empowerment. And so my guides were ready and willing to jump on this chance to assist me. In fact, they had almost certainly been expecting and awaiting this very moment.‍

The Answer Appears‍

So they devised a means to deliver their answer to me that I would likely not miss or misunderstand — they sent me an email! And as soon as I got home from my shopping trip (and my shout-out to them), I opened my computer to check my email. And I found a curious and mysterious email at the top of the list with the subject line "Web development job opportunity."

Why was someone sending me a job opportunity, I thought? I hadn't been looking for a job for years, and I hadn't been a member of an online job board for even longer, and I definitely wasn't a member of the job board that this email came from! Duh, I had already forgotten that I just asked the Universe about a job, and I wasn't expecting the answer as an email!

So not yet realizing that this was my answer and curious about this seeming mystery, I clicked on the email to investigate further. It was a small business that wanted to improve its admittedly minimal and somewhat amateurish website. I looked at the website, and some very obvious and straightforward changes could be made that would improve the site significantly. So I thought, I could do that, I could help them with this. ‍

My Self-Worth Issue‍

Now what I haven't told you is that I used to be a software developer (a long time ago). And that I had washed out of that career for various reasons and decided I was no good at it. This was a big part of the unworthiness issue I had harbored for a long time. But even with my lingering self-doubt, this project was something I was not intimidated by and felt it perking my interest.

I was about to ignore the email and move on when the nagging oddity of it crystallized into the AHA moment... OH SHIT! THIS IS THE ANSWER to my question to my guides! This email was intended to remind me that I used to do this kind of work, and it was both financially lucrative and creatively stimulating, as I had asked! This email was a symbolic message from my guides, and they were essentially saying to me, "have you considered web/software development lately?".

They knew that I believed I was no good at it, but they also knew I had always loved it and that I was much better at it than my low self-esteem would allow me to believe. Since my spiritual awakening began in the spring of 2014, my lack of self-worth and disempowerment had been slowly diminishing, and I was ready to transcend the last of it. And at that moment of realizing the meaning of this answer from my guides, all my self-doubt, self-loathing, and lack of self-worth related to my career completely dissolved! 

The Universe had spoken with a specific suggestion and was also saying, "you are good enough; you can do this," so why should I doubt it or myself at all! So then I shouted out to my guides …‍

"Hmmm, I probably should have thought of this one myself guys, but I really appreciate the reminder and the encouragement. Thanks so much!"‍

The truth was that I might not have thought of it because of my deeply damaged self-esteem due to my experiences of perceived "failure" on this career path in the past. Yet I had always found it interesting and loved doing it, which is a really good sign, and if my guides were suggesting it then it had to work out — as long as I believed in myself!‍

The Pivotal Moment‍

This was a great pivotal moment for me and I couldn't contain my excitement, so I shouted-out to the Universe again  ...  ‍

"I'm so over doubting myself, feeling unworthy, incapable, and scared! No more self-doubt, hesitation, and avoidance for me — I'm over it!"‍

This was the moment when I healed my old wounds, and my self-worth and I made a great leap forward in empowerment. And with that, I dove wholeheartedly into getting back into software development.‍

Further Communications‍

But this is not the end of the story; there's more that I think you will find interesting and that illuminates the various ways your guides can communicate with you to deliver answers, helpful information, and encouragement. So read on because it's pretty amazing.

Having gotten a definitive answer, I immediately and excitedly dove into thinking about my return to software development. My first conclusion was that it had to be web development (designing and building websites etc). This was an exploding market, and there was unlimited opportunity. My second conclusion was that I wanted to work for myself; I wanted the freedom to choose my own work, choose my own hours, and work from home.

So two questions were at the forefront; (1) how do I find freelancing work? And the general answer to that was membership in a freelancing marketplace on the Internet (thank god for the Internet), and (2) which website building/hosting platform should I learn and specialize in? Which one would be the easiest/quickest to find work for?

I did a quick search for freelancing marketplaces on the web, and signed up for what looked like the top two, and created my profile and resume. Easy enough. I also did a quick search for the best website platforms, and I made a list of what seemed to be the top three best and most popular platforms. I was going to have to learn one of these (which might take a while to have enough proficiency to land a paying project), so I really wanted to pick the right one.‍

Another Question for My Spirit Guides‍

So taking a break from the research, I headed to town again for some more shopping, and on the way I was pondering which website development platform would be the best to learn. Then I thought, why not just ask my guides, so I shouted-out to them…

‍"Hey guys, I've done some preliminary research on which web development platform I should learn, and these are my top three contenders; WEEBLY, WORDPRESS, or WIX. Which one is the best for me? Which one should I learn first?"‍

And lo and behold, not more than five minutes later, the answer came in a somewhat surprising way … it was on the license plate of a car that pulled in front of me as I was driving! On the license plate were the letters and numbers "WIX 1" and I was stunned because "WIX" was one of my contenders. Wholly cow! That appeared darn quick and was quite unambiguous! The answer to my question "which one should I learn first?" was "learn WIX 1st". What do you think the chances of encountering a license plate with something that relevant to my recent question are of appearing randomly?… very very low, I assure you!

Of course, this is not the first time I've received an answer via the letters and numbers on a license plate. I've been communicating with my spirit guides for quite a while now, and this is quite common for me. Sure, they have to abbreviate words and use numbers that have clear symbolic meaning to the recipient, but that's not hard to do. And they know that I'm paying attention and I'm good at interpreting the signs and symbols they create, so they use this communication method with me a lot.

Confirming the Answer‍

As practiced at communicating with my spirit guides as I am, and as trusting as I am, I still wanted to validate that the answer made sense, so when I returned home, I signed in to the freelancing platforms I had joined, and I did job searches for jobs on all each of my three contender platforms and guess which one returned the most job listings? Ya, you guessed it, WIX!

Thanks again to my guides for pointing me in the right direction. ‍

Launching My New Career‍

So I immediately began learning the WIX platform by building some demo websites on it that I could add to my resume/portfolio. A few weeks later I added my demo sites (one of which wasn't really a demo site, it was my actual business website) to my portfolio and made myself available for work. Ya, I still had a lot to learn, but I could just take small, easy jobs at first and learn and grow as I went. And believe it or not, a few weeks later I landed my first job! Wholly smokes, that was fast! I'm in business! I should have just believed in myself and tried this earlier! What a powerful lesson, and how wonderful to be transcending my long-standing limitations. I was rejoicing, and I'm sure my spirit guides were too. Because helping you grow and expand is their mission.‍

More Encouragement/Guidance is Delivered‍

Now, this wasn't the end of it. My guides were committed to fostering and nurturing this transformation of myself. So during the initial phase of starting my new business they conspired to send me additional messages that would encourage and guide me… and here are a few examples.‍

Long Lost Coworker‍

Somewhere during that early phase of ramping up my business, I received a curious call from a coworker from my distant past. It seemed odd because I hadn't heard from him in ages, and he just happened to be a software developer, the same work I was getting back into. And he wasn't just any software developer; he was my best friend at a very successful software company at the height of my success as a software developer. In addition, he greatly respected my abilities.

He ostensibly was calling because he had stumbled upon my website (Divine Cosmos), and he found that strange enough that he felt compelled to contact me. We chatted for a while, catching up and talking a little about my website, and I haven't heard from him since. After the call, I contemplated the curious timing of it, and I had another AHA moment as I realized the deeper meaning of the call. It was a message of encouragement from my guides! They were essentially saying, "You've done software development well enough to be a respected member of a successful company in the past, so you can certainly do it again. You are good enough." ‍

"Thanks for the encouragement guys, that really helps" I said out loud in appreciation. Paying attention, noticing, and acting upon your spirit guides' messages and guidance really helps in creating an effective relationship with them, but so does expressing appreciation for their assistance. I highly recommend it.

‍Avoiding All or Nothing Thinking‍

So here's another example of encouragement from my guides but I'm sorry to say that I no longer recall the details of how this message was manifested, so, unfortunately, some of the impact of this example may be lost. All I can tell you is that another event arrived that had a clear symbolic meaning to me. And the message was this — "you don't have to be the best at something or be perfect at something to help people with that something, and be appreciated (and rewarded) for doing it."  

This was precisely what I needed to hear because my long-standing fear was that I wasn't good enough, so it struck right to the heart of the matter. And I took the message to heart and boldly forged ahead with my new business as a freelance web developer. Thanks again to my spirit guides for the encouragement!‍‍

The Divine Timing of it All

Did I mention the amazing timing of this entire transformative experience? Even though it seemed like my dissatisfaction with my old job bubbled up at a completely random time, it happened just before COVID-19 struck in earnest. And this would have entirely shut down my job, and I would've been out of work. Yet, within a month or two, I had a fully operational business working remotely with people all over the country from the safety of my home. That certainly seems like "divine timing" to me – there's is a lot more going on behind the scenes than you think!

‍So that's it for this story. I hope you found it interesting and helpful. This one was a bit more involved than some of my other stories, but I think it was important and informative.  More of my spirit communication experiences coming soon, so stay tuned

‍See you in the next story,

Hello everyone, here's another one of my manifestation experiences. As always, I share these stories in the hope that they'll help you understand and master the Law of Attraction and Deliberate Creation and allow you to create more wonderful in your life. So without further ado, let's dive into the story.

Searching for My Dream Van

I've been dreaming about getting an adventure travel van for the past couple of years, and this past spring, I decided that it was time to buy one and get started traveling. I call it a "adventure travel van" because this type of van is designed for active outdoor adventurers, people who want to do things like mountain biking, skiing, climbing, hiking, etc. This type of van has a lot of gear storage space and other features suited for this kind of user, often including four-wheel drive so people can reliably get to the rugged places they love to play in, both in the summer and winter.

So I started visiting van dealers near where I live, and to my dismay, I quickly discovered that this type of van is not sold everywhere. In my case, the nearest dealer was over 6 hours away, so I was forced to take a long drive to get a first-hand look at the top three adventure vans on my list. After looking over all three vans, one of the van brands/models stood out as meeting my needs way better than the others.  

The only problem was there was a 12-month waiting list. The manufacturer just couldn't keep up with demand. I called a bunch of other dealers all over the country, and the story was the same; 12 month+ waiting times. But I wanted to get started traveling THIS summer! Not next! One of the other vans was available immediately, but it simply didn't have the features I wanted.

My Bad Mindset

So I went home empty-handed and more than a bit frustrated. When I arrived home, I started thinking about whether I was applying the principles and best practices of Deliberate Creation to manifesting this travel van that I wanted. My answer was NO; the first thing I realized was that I was frustrated, which is not a good sign. The emotion of frustration indicates a state of mind not conducive to coherent powerful manifestation of your true desires. Frustration is a sure sign that I was likely focusing on the lack of the van and the apparent difficulty of getting one, which is a surefire way of NOT manifesting the van.

So I decided I needed to stop thinking about the van, relax, and let my mind clear. I also reminded myself that because we create our reality with our thoughts, anything is possible if you get your mindset right.

So after relaxing for a few days and adjusting my mindset, I decided to take the next logical action step but do it in a more relaxed and confident "that I could manifest whatever I set my mind" to manner.   And obviously, the next step was to see if any used vans were available. I really wanted a new van, but they just weren't available. So I visited some national RV trading websites and searched for a used one. And I found surprisingly few (only two in the entire country the first time I looked), and the asking prices were ridiculously high, way more than the price of a brand new van!

Rather than getting more frustrated, I reminded myself that the perfect van deal would appear if I stayed positive and didn't buy into the belief that it would be hard. All I had to do was to maintain a clear, strong desire and vision of what I wanted and be patient.

The Opportunity Appears

My patience wasn't tested too much, because it was only a few days later when I got an email notification that a couple of used vans matching my search criteria had become available. One of them stood out like a sore thumb - it  was essentially brand new (a year old but never used with a mere 143 miles on it) and was extremely reasonably priced compared to most of the others ($10-20k less than others that had 10-20k more miles on them!) Almost too good to be true – the model I wanted, essentially new, and reasonably priced – this had to be the one, this was my manifestation! So I immediately jumped on it and contacted the seller.

When the seller responded to my inquiry, he told me that over 30 people had contacted him within a very short time after posting the ad, but I was the first, so he was giving me first dibs. Wonderful! What a lucky break ;)  I was only checking my mail once a day, so the timing of receiving and responding to this opportunity was perfect and magical… 30+ inquiries within hours of the seller posting his ad, and I just happened to be the very first one to respond … that's really lucky … but of course, it's not luck… it's manifestation! I manifested the entire opportunity! I wanted a specific van and I found one, I wanted a new one and I got a used one that was essentially new, and I didn't want to pay a ridiculous high price and I got a reasonable price substantially less than the average asking price.

The Universe Rolls Out The Red Carpet

But that's not all; it gets better. Even though I had to travel more than halfway across the country to close the deal, pick up my van, and drive it back home, the Universe made that go about as wonderfully as I could have hoped. It was like the Universe was rolling out the red carpet to make this whole deal as easy as possible for me.

So the grand finale of this story is that I sent the seller a down payment and booked a flight to the east coast to get the van. Then the seller offers to book a free room for me in a local hotel near the airport (that he is part owner of) - thank you very much. Then the seller picks me up at the hotel in the morning and brings me to his house where the van is - no paying for an Uber or anything like that. Then I end up spending most of that beautiful spring morning at the seller's waterfront mansion, relaxing and swimming in his pool, and he even takes me out to lunch. And if that wasn't enough, all my concerns about how to do all the paperwork legal stuff for the car sale were completely dispelled because the seller just happens to own a car dealership so he knows the whole official paperwork process for the sale and I don't have to worry about a thing. And last but not least, when I called my bank and requested the wire transfer of the balance of the sale price be sent to his bank it was completed faster than either of us had ever seen.

Smooth sailing the whole way! It really doesn't get any better than that! This is what I call a "best-case" manifestation outcome, and I assure you that when you are experiencing best case outcome's on a regular basis, like I am, it's no accident. It's a sign of very coherent, powerful deliberate creation! I experience smooth sailing like this very frequently, and so can you, once you understand and master the principles and practices of Deliberate Creation and get the Law of Attraction working for you rather than against you.

So that's my story for today. Stay tuned for my upcoming manifestation stories because I've got some more great examples of manifesting best-case outcomes, which I think you will find interesting and instructive.

See you in the next story,

As usual, I'm sharing my spirit communication experiences in the hope that, if you haven't already, it might encourage some you to connect and communicate with your spirit guides, your higher self, your deceased relatives, or even other higher-dimensional non-physical beings.

So this is the story of me communicating with my dad's soul/spirit, both before and after he died. In both cases, his soul's response blew me away and I think you might find it interesting and informative.

Prelude to Dad's Passing‍

For about 2 years before my dad's death, I began visiting my dad and mom as often as I could because I wanted to deepen connection with them before they passed. They lived halfway across the country, so I couldn't visit very often, but I needed to visit more often. I'd been pretty distant from my family and parents for some time. And I really wanted to remedy that before it was too late, before they passed. Especially with my Dad, because his health was waning far more than my mothers. So I stated my intention with respect to my dad in both in thoughts and words something like this…

"I really like to connect more deeply with my dad before he goes. Please keep him reasonably healthy and lucid, so I can enjoy his company and communicate and interact with him productively."

This was my loving intention. I just wanted him to stick around long enough and well enough to deepen our connection.

About a year before my dad's death, his health had declined so much that he began living in a nursing home full-time. My sister and mom lived nearby so they visited him regularly, but I was far away so didn't visit that often. Eventually, my dad's health declined so much that he was put into hospice care (this is when they just try to keep you comfortable while you are dying). 

Visiting Dad On His Deathbed(s)

At this point we all agreed that I should visit more often, and that I should drop everything and visit if we thought dad's death was imminent. It would really be nice to be with him when he died. And over the following months his condition worsened to the point that we thought that his death was imminent on three occasions. And on all of those occasions I came and visited on short notice with plans to stay as long as needed.

The strange thing was that every time I arrived, his condition was much improved, and I was able to enjoy his company, and stay for a week or two and then go back home. Three times the doctors said he was on his final deathbed, and three times I came and left because he had improved dramatically upon my arrival. Which seems like was amazing coincidence, but of course, I don't think it was a coincidence. I think my dad's soul heard my loving intention and was trying to answer my prayer.

Dinner With A Concerned Friend

A few weeks after my third deathbed visit to my dad, I had dinner with a friend, and she asked about my dad. I told her about his decline and my deathbed visits and how he was miraculously better each time I visited. And then my friend mentioned something about sometimes a soul will not depart because of a loved one wanting to hold on. 

And of course, I immediately realized that that was precisely what I had been doing. And I remembered that for months my dad had been saying that he wanted to die! That's when I realized that it was time to let him go. No reason not to, because I felt satisfied with the time I had had with him. So I said out loud…

"Hey dad, I feel like I've connected with you as much as I need to. So if you are ready to go, then feel free to go. I don't want to hold you here any longer."

The Fateful Call

After dinner with my friend, I went home, got ready for bed, and as I often do, I checked my messages. And to my surprise, there was a phone message from my sister which she had left only 30 minutes earlier. My sister never calls me this late so I suspected it was about something important, and my gut was telling me that it was probably about my dad.

So I called my sister, and she informed me that dad had passed just an hour earlier - and amazingly, just after I had shouted out to the universe that if he was ready to go, he should. Holy shit! His soul received my message through the ethers, and he promptly departed - amazing!

I communicate with my spirit guides frequently, but this still surprised me! And it powerfully reconfirmed for me that spirit is real. And of course, it seemed like that my dad's spirit had also heard my earlier request about sticking around long enough and in good enough condition so I could deepen my connection with him. So a double powerful reconfirmation of the truth of spirit!

Shouting Out To My Dad's Departed Soul

So with a lightened heart and knowing that he existed elsewhere and all was well, I got into bed and turned out the light. And as soon as I did had the idea to shout out to his spirit again. Here's what I said just before drifting off to sleep.

"Hey Dad, I'm sure you're on the other side now, and all is well, just like I told you it would be, but it would be fun if you could send me a sign of some sort."

Dad's Message Delivered in a Dream

The next morning I awoke out of a very atypical and profound dream. And it was clearly no ordinary dream; it was most certainly a symbolic message from my dad. The reason I'm sure of this is two-fold; (1)  the dream was very different from my normal dreams, and (2) the symbolism was blatantly obvious and highly specific and relevant to me.

This dream was totally unlike my normal dreams, which are always rambling interactive movies with frequent strange transitions. Instead, this dream was a short series of three still images or scenes presented to me for a brief moment each.

Without knowing some background, you probably won't be able to appreciate my interpretation of this supposed dream and its significance. So here it is. I'll try to keep it short.

When I started spiritually "awakening" back in 2014, I shared my experiences and new perspectives on the metaphysical nature of reality, self, and existence with my dad. He listened politely, but I could sense his skepticism. I also shared this blog of mine with him (and later, to my surprise I found out that he read everything wrote). But I soon realized that I was overdosing him on all this spiritual stuff and decided to stop. My final words to him were "don't be surprised if your consciousness continues after the death of your body." This is one of the reason why I felt compelled to shout out to his spirit after his passing.‍

The first dream scene was my dad standing in the doorway of my bedroom in our childhood home in the prime of his life. But unlike my visual representation of that scene (above), it was as if I was actually in my childhood bedroom, looking at my dad standing in the doorway. This scene is clearly my dad's soul's way of saying, "This message is a from dad."

‍‍‍The second dream scene was a view of my childhood bedroom's walk-in closet with the door open and the light on inside. And again, unlike my visual representation of that scene (above), it was like I was actually standing in my bedroom looking into the open closet.

As soon as this scene appeared, I instantly thought, "oh my god, he knows the secrets I had hidden in there!" (yes, I had a few things in there that I kept secret from him). This is undoubtedly my dad's way of telling me, "I have great knowing" and he know s and can see so much more. This is of course, is a well-known aspect of being "on the other side" and is something I probably told him about.

The third dream scene was a black void with a white all-seeing-eye symbol (the Egyptian eye of ra) floating in the middle - as shown above.

This symbol just restates and hammers home the message of the second scene "I have greater knowing." And more importantly, it has great relevance to me because this symbol is the logo I used for this blog! And this blog is very important to me.

So in my mind, without a shadow of a doubt, this confirms that this "dream" was a symbolic message sent from my dad intended just for me.

Take-aways From This Experience

This experience poignantly illustrates one of the many ways that communication with spirit can happen. And many of them are hard for the rational mind to understand or accept. But, of course, communicating through telepathy or the field of consciousness (which is what is actually happening) is normal, and can happen between your thread consciousness and any other thread of consciousness within source consciousness system. And it becomes completely understandable once you understand the bigger metaphysical picture. Which many of my articles and future articles try explain.

Last but not least, this experience was a wonderful personal confirmation and validation of the truth of the metaphysical nature of existence for me. And perhaps a nudge for you if you need it.

I hope you found this story interesting and useful, see you in the next story.

Hello everyone, this is Jeff at Divine Cosmos.  Welcome to the next installment in my questions & answers series.  I've been receiving quite a few questions from readers and followers lately. And today I'm going to share my perspective on one of the more recent ones from a reader named Michael.

Michael asks two related questions, (1) Does each soul, each aspect of Source, share the same now moment, or does each aspect/soul have its own now moment?, and (2) Are the Akashic records static or changing through feedback?

Those are excellent questions that I don't think I've specifically talked about in my articles. So, let's dive in.

The Now Moment

As far as the single or multiple now moments go, all the sub-threads or aspects of Source Consciousness actually share the same 'now' moment.   There is ultimately only one now moment, even though it appears that each aspect of Sources Consciousness is having or is in its own now moment within the reality construct that each is perceiving and experiencing.   This is an illusion, all realities are happening simultaneously, and all experiences within those realities are happening simultaneously.   If you haven't read my article, The Illusion of Time and Space, you should check it out because it explains how the experience of reality is created within Source Consciousness..

Note that I said 'the experience of',  what I'm alluding to here is that reality is NOT REAL in the ordinary sense that we use that word.  It's an illusion created within consciousness.  Ultimately there is only consciousness, and the experience of reality, any reality, is actually an illusion created within consciousness, very much like a virtual reality on our computers.   You are an aspect of Source Consciousness, having a purely perceptual experience within your consciousness that you call your reality — a very sophisticated virtual reality indeed.  Even though this reality is a symbolic construct and not real in the normal sense of the word. The experiences are very much real because they are formative to your consciousness. This is why I often say...

Reality is imaginary, but the experiences are real.

One of the interesting consequences of the fact that all aspects of source consciousness are sharing the same one now moment is that any aspect of source consciousness can communicate with any other aspect of source consciousness, regardless of whether they are engaged in experiencing a reality or not.  And regardless of what timeframe they appear to be experiencing within a given reality.  

Of course, communicating with other aspects or threads of source consciousness takes some training and practice to master.   And of course, that communication happens directly through consciousness. As a hint, meditation really helps to perfect your ability to connect to other aspects of source consciousness through your consciousness.  But that's a whole different topic, which isn't something I'm going to get into now.

The Akashic Records

Regarding whether the Akashic records are static or changing, since by definition the Akashic Records are the recordings of each individual aspect's experiences within a particular reality, then these records are static.  They are simply recordings of what happened that are available for review as needed by you, your higher-self, and your guides.   Which often happens in our post-life review.

But there is another set of information that is dynamic, related to the Akashic Records, that is fundamental to the process that generates the virtual realities.   We might call this the Probable Futures Database because it includes all the timelines yet to be experienced, including every possible/probable variation on what might be chosen (or selected) by the players of the game (the participants in the reality).  It's a massive branching information structure representing just about anything you could choose to experience! You (your consciousness), is, in fact, is walking through the frames in this database step-by-step, moment by moment, creating the movie that you call your reality.

This information in this database is mostly pre-computed by the many aspects of source consciousness responsible for generating realities.  But it is constantly being updated to reflect new emergent possibilities and probabilities. Although much of the structure remains largely the same, new branches are sprouting, or old branches are being trimmed at the finer scales.  And of course, as your consciousness travels a path through this structure, that is your manifest timeline, your manifest reality.  And the part of your timeline that becomes the past (i.e., that you experienced) is stored in the Akashic Records.  That's how it works.

Conclusion

Well, that's it for my answer today. If you guys have any questions or comments, please share them in the comments section. 

See you in the next Q & A!  

The Buddha knew that it is often easier to be kind to others than it is to be kind to ourselves.  This timeless pearl of wisdom is his attempt to remind us to be kind to ourselves.  He knew the importance of this because he knew the healing power of forgiving, accepting, and loving oneself.  He also knew that without this it is impossible to genuinely and effectively extend the same to others.

By forgiving, accepting, and loving everyone, including yourself, you clear the negative emotional energy associated with judgment and resentment.  With this energy gone the disharmony and adversity which it manifests will disappear, bringing increased harmony and happiness into your life.

Love and light,

This story starts with me gradually becoming more and more run down and fatigued over the course of a week or so.   Eventually I got pretty darn miserable and frustrated and I decided to ask my spirit guides what was going on and how I could fix it.  So, I shouted out to the universe “what the heck is wrong with me and how do I fix it?” and then I just waited for the answer as usual.  But in the meantime, I had to go to town to do some chores.

The First Sign

The first thing that happened as I pulled out onto the main road heading to town was that the  car in front of me had a model name of “aura” as indicated by the emblem on the back of the car.   I scratched my head and thought to myself, “I've never heard of a car named 'aura' before.  I didn't even know one existed.”

I wasn't sure if it meant anything, but I had a feeling that it might.  So I just made a note of it in the back of my mind and I continued heading to town.

The Second Sign

The first place I stopped in town was a hardware store.  As I wandered around the store trying to find what I needed I accidentally turned down the paint aisle.  As I looked up at the shelves, I saw a paint can with the word “aura” on it, apparently there was a paint brand called “aura.”   As I wandered down the paint aisle I passed at least 10 cans in a row that said “aura” on them!

 I laughed out loud because this seemed like it was probably the first part of my answer.  When a sign or symbol gets repeated three or more times in quick succession, that usually means something.   And again, I just noted it in the back of my mind and continued my shopping in the hardware store. 

The Third Sign

Eventually I found what I needed and I purchased it and I headed back out to my car and as I was opening the door, I noticed something on the ground right in front of my feet, right in front of the door of my car.  It looked like a bracelet, one of those bead bracelets.  So I bent down, picked it up, and looked at it.  The beads of the bracelet had letters on them and they spelled out the word  “stressed out.”  I found that very odd, who would buy and wear a bracelet that said “stressed out” on it? Wouldn't people want their bracelet to say something uplifting or inspiring?

The oddity of this perked up my attention so again I noted it in the back of my mind and I started heading home.  When I was about halfway home, I began to contemplate everything that had happened so far.   Based on the signs, my hypothesis was that my state of extreme fatigue had something to do with my energy body or my auric field.  Maybe my aura was depleted.  I certainly was given a big hint is this direction by seeing the word “aura” so many times in quick succession.

And maybe stressed-out had something to do with auric field depletion.  I didn't know if that was true, but it seemed like it might be possible.  And I had been stressing out for a while.

So, when I got home, the first thing I did was do a Google search for “energy body charging.” The search results that came back included many videos and articles.  So I clicked on the first item in the search results list and as I read the first paragraph, it mentioned the auric field multiple times.  And in the second paragraph it mentioned that stress can affect one's auric field.  Bingo message received!

Communicating Through Signs and Symbols

This is how spirit often communicates.  It communicates through signs and symbols in the external reality.  Spirit can also communicate through your intuition or via telepathy if you like — inspired ideas, downloads, etc.  But oftentimes, signs and symbols are much more obvious than your intuition (which often times is subtle) — especially if you are paying attention for the signs and actively interpreting them.

Another Question and Answer

In any case, this story is not quite over yet, so I'll continue.  The article I found included instructions on how to charge your auric field.  Which involved a process that lasted about five or 10 minutes and I did this process every day for about a week or so.   But after doing this, I was only feeling slightly better.

So, I decided to ask another question — “what am I doing wrong?” — and I asked it out loud as usual.  My number one hypothesis was that maybe I needed to do the process longer than 5 or 10 minutes. 

Not long after asking this question I received a message from a follower of my Facebook channel — someone I'd never spoken to before.  Somewhat oddly, the message contained a link to a video but included absolutely no explanation or introduction.   Nevertheless, I clicked the link and it was a video of a 30 minute auric field clearing and charging meditation.  This was the answer!  I needed to do it longer (as I has suspected).

Out of curiosity, I decided to ask the person who sent me the link, why they sent it to me.  And guess what they said? They said “an angel told me to send it to you”!  I laughed out loud again, because I always find the way spirit communicates via signs and symbols amusing.

That's it, I hope you found this story interesting and informative. Check out my spirit communication stories collection for other stories.

See you in the next story,

Hello everyone, I wanted to explain why I'm sharing my spirit communication stories. It's not because I have any special powers or abilities that I want to brag about. Everyone can connect and communicate with spirit (non-physical) beings.

The reason I'm sharing my stories of communicating with spirit is to illustrate how communicating with spirit works and what is possible. My belief is that with real-world first-hand examples might be very helpful. My hope is that sharing these stories might encourage people to make or improve their connection with their spirit guides and reap the benefits of communicating with them.

Of course, connecting and communicating with spirit is not limited to your guides,  it includes your higher-self,  other non-physical beings, deceased relatives, and more. They would all be delighted to connect with you and assist you in whatever ways they are can. They want you to grow, expand, and evolve, and enjoy yourself as much as you can in the process.

Hope you enjoy my stories,

One of the big questions, which at some point begins to itch at every incarnate soul, is WHY ARE WE HERE? Is there a higher purpose to this life? And, of course, there most certainly is. That's why eventually, the question plagues the mind of an incarnate soul. Because deep down, it knows there is, but has simply forgotten the reasons.

A Multifaceted Answer

Of course, the question "Why are we here?" doesn't have a simple singular answer. Like many spiritual metaphysics subjects, the answer is multi-layered and multifaceted. I won't explore every angle of this question in this article but I will focus on what I consider the two of the most important points. But before we dive into my understanding of why we are here, let's take a quick look at what others have thought about this question.  

The Meaning and Purpose of Life?

The meaning and purpose of life has been pondered by many throughout the ages. Some believe that we are here by complete happenstance. That life arose in the universe by a long process of random chance and hence there is no real meaning or purpose to any of it — it just is.  And this point of view is okay because we can always choose our own purpose.  We can decide for ourselves why we are here and proceed accordingly. There's nothing wrong with that.        

But is it possible that there's a deeper meaning to all of this? Is it possible that there's something else going on behind the scenes? From our superficial observations of our world and our universe, it certainly seems like what we're seeing is all there is. If there's something deeper or bigger going on, it isn't readily apparent. So, I think it's perfectly reasonable to decide that what we see is all that is. And that it arose merely by virtue of the physical laws and is not by design, and hence doesn't have any inherent purpose or meaning.        

Yet many people believe there is something bigger going on and that it all has a profound purpose.  And if you study the ancient cultures of the world, you'll find that most of them shared this belief.  And even though I've been an atheist for most of my life, I've now come to believe that there is indeed something going on behind the scenes and that it definitely has a profound purpose. I've also come to believe that this bigger purpose has a direct relationship to why we are here having a human experience. The human experience is not an accident — it's by design.        

To understand the purpose of the human experience and the purpose of each soul's journey through those experiences, you'll need to understand the bigger picture.  So, let's start there.        

The Bigger Picture

In a nutshell the bigger picture is this, we are all parts of one consciousness (sometimes called Source consciousness), and this consciousness is all that is (there is nothing but consciousness), and our reality (and all other realities) are grand illusions created within this consciousness (much like a lucid dream or virtual reality game), and last but not least, Source consciousness is playing all the parts (all the characters) in these realities through us and as us. Because, in fact, we are it and it is us.

So now we can reframe our question in this broader context of understanding. The question “why are we here?” then becomes — why did Source decide to create our reality?  And why is it playing all the parts in the game? This fact is one of the big esoteric secrets of existence. Every single soul playing a character in this game/reality (or any other game) is a piece or part or thread of source consciousness!  We are all Source — ultimately, there is only one playing this game. And this is not the only game it (we) created !        

So why is it creating multitudes of realities and worlds and then diving in and playing within them? The answer to this question is both simple and somewhat surprising — there is nothing else to do!        

Let me explain.        

The Only Game in Town

Since all there is is consciousness, and since the only thing consciousness can do is "perceive and think," without creating virtual realities to have experiences in, all it could do would be to contemplate itself. But that wouldn't be very interesting because all it is conscious awareness empty of content. But having experiences by creating worlds to play in is very interesting and produces a lot of content to contemplate. So when it discovered that it could create and experience "physical" realities within its own mind, there was no question that this would become its primary mode of operation. So now Source could experience itself as individualized "physical" beings within so-called "physical" worlds, which it undoubtedly found fascinating.

Real Experiences In Virtual Worlds

So it turns out the world you are experiencing is nowhere as "real" as you assumed; in fact, it's virtual. It's simply an information construct being perceived by consciousness that responds to the intent of consciousness. This is conceptually similar to how our virtual reality games work but far more sophisticated. And it turns out that "virtual" experiences are just as good as "real" experiences. In fact, the experiences are real even if the worlds that they happen in are not. What makes any experiences "real" is that they are formative to consciousness — which they most definitely are. And by "formative to consciousness," I mean they drive the expansion and evolution of consciousness, which is the whole point.

Experiencing Manyness

Another important aspect of creating and experiencing "realities" is that Source consciousness could experience manyness rather than oneness. In a sense, Source started out alone, as a singular monolithic all encompassing consciousness. But early on, it discovered that it could subdivide its consciousness into as many individualized threads of consciousness as it likes, each with its own perceptual channel. This allowed it to carry out many different tasks simultaneously — including designing and generating multitudes of virtual realities and playing all the parts in them! It could experience manyness rather than just oneness, which is quite interesting.  
       
And the fun part is that in this reality (and many others like it), it carefully hid from itself the fact that it's playing all the characters, creating the ultimate experience of individuality and separation. This is something that is impossible for it to experience in its native ground state. It's playing a multi-player game with itself, but within the game, the characters don't realize it! Wow! That's incredible!    

The One is the Many, and the Many Are the One

We (all of us) are all individualized parts of Source consciousness. Even though it is the one and only consciousness in existence, it is not monolithic. If it were, none of us would exist. Source consciousness is a composite, a multiplex, a network. It has many parts that are all connected together into one larger consciousness. And we (our consciousness) are all those parts.    

The threads of consciousness that dedicate themselves to playing parts in and experiencing the so-called "physical" realities have been called Souls. Souls are parts of Source that are many levels of subdivision removed from the root of the source consciousness system.

So that's the big pictures as I understand it, and now we're ready to explore to explore the question of “why are we here” from the perspective of the soul.        

The Journey of Souls

Everything a soul experiences, while playing parts in various realities, contributes not only to its own learning and growth, but to that of Source as a whole. All experience, and all knowledge and wisdom derived from that experience, trickles up through the network of consciousness to the root. It all accumulates at the top — it all accumulates in Source itself.        

From the perspective of the souls playing parts in this reality, we call it learning, we call it growth, but what we're really talking about, is the expansion and evolution of our consciousness. And because our consciousness is part of a composite consciousness (that is, Source), our expansion contributes to its expansion, and our evolution contributes to its evolution.        

Hence, ultimately, we are here to contribute to the expansion and evolution of source consciousness. And having experiences within virtual realities does that in a big way. The respected contemporary spiritual teacher Eckhart Tolle echoed this point when he said...

You are here to enable the divine purpose of the Universe to unfold. That is how important you are!    — Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now        

The Individual Souls Journey

Yet within this context of our larger purpose, each and every soul has its own specific reasons and purpose why it plays the game of being human over and over again. Each thread of consciousness, each soul is on an extended journey of human experiences, gradually learning, growing, and expanding and evolving its consciousness. It's like a school with many grades or a game with many levels. And at every step of the way, it's choosing the themes it wants to experience, and the potential lessons it wants to learn. It's going through a progression of learning and growth that is specific to it, but helpful to the whole.        

The earth game and the human experience (like all realities) are chosen both because it is fun and interesting and because it's formative to our consciousness. In a sense, its both an entertainment game and an educational game. So, the soul does desire to have fun, but it's also trying to learn and grow. And here's the thing, challenge and adversity are powerful drivers of learning and growth. These experiences where not meant to be easy, they where meant to be challenging and exciting. Which makes them a fast track for the evolution of the soul, that's why souls can't wait to get into this game. Every experience ultimately serves this higher purpose. So, remember that, and you won't complain so much — after all, you did sign up for this.

There is so much more I could say about the journey of souls, but for now this is enough.        

The Bottom Line

The bottom line is that Source is expanding and evolving as us and through us and our experiences!  And Source is accumulating vast amounts of experience and derived knowledge and wisdom through this process that we are integral parts of.  

This is our divine purpose and the magnificent truth of what we are and why we're here!

Back in early 2014, I experienced a spiritual awakening of profound proportions. And as with many people's awakening, it took a full-on “dark night of the soul” to trigger it. But just because one is aware of their higher self and the bigger picture doesn't necessarily mean that real personal transformation is imminent. With the knowledge of the metaphysical nature of reality, existence, and self certainly comes great potential for personal transformation.  But that doesn't guarantee transformation, and if it does happen it often happens very slowly — which is what happened in my case. So without further ado, Here's my story of transformation.

The Pit of Despair

As I just alluded to, my journey of transformation began when I hit rock bottom. About seven or eight years ago, I experienced a series of perceived failures in multiple spheres of my life. It involved a collapse of both my career and my relationships.  It was a double whammy of epic proportions which put me into a wild tailspin, and I crashed hard, so hard that I didn't want to get up.

 It was like a kill-shot to my psyche. I was utterly convinced of my incompetence and unworthiness. I was devastated and fell into a deep pit of despair, and I stayed there for quite a long time. As you might imagine, this state of mind had devastating effects on almost all aspects of my life. Think under-achiever, recluse, and poor man just for starters. I was about as far away from my most accomplished self, my most vibrant self, or best version of myself that I could be — and it sucked! But I didn't have the self-worth to be able to do anything about it.

 It's not that I haven't had any personal transformation since my awakening. I think I've transformed my way of being dramatically, and I believe that masters like Jesus and the Buddha would be proud of me. But it hasn't yet trickled up to more tangible signs of success and achievement in terms of creating my dream self and my dream life. And I assure you, we came here to live our dreams, not to play small!

Awakening to My Higher Self

In any case, my despair and gross under-achievement lingered on tenaciously for quite a while. But eventually, my first pivotal moment arrived, and something wonderful happened, I rediscovered my true self and the true nature of reality and existence. I experienced an amazing spiritual awakening that I will never forget, and it gave me the nudge I needed to started crawling out of my pit of despair and self-loathing. I could see and feel the first light of a new me, and it was exhilarating! It felt like I had been resurrected!

Caterpillar in the Cocoon

Slowly my confidence and sense of self-worth increased. But I still had so much emotional baggage to clear before I could shine. Even though I was spiritually “enlightened,” I was far from being personally empowered. I was still in avoidance mode, and I was playing very, very small. It was like I was a caterpillar in the cocoon, slowly gestating. And that gestation process would have to proceed at its own pace and come to completion before I'd have any real chance of significant personal transformation. Years went by in this phase. But thankfully, it now looks like the caterpillar is ready to break out of the cocoon.

The Butterfly Emerges

Just recently, I experienced a pivotal moment of great clarity. I finally decided to stop playing small and change my life in a big way.  I'm so ready to experience my highest potential, and I am so ready to become the best and most exhilarating version of myself.  I'm emerging from my cocoon, and I'm ready to soar!

Going forward, I intend to dream big and shoot for the stars. Two main parts of this are taking my spiritual writing and teaching to new heights and starting a freelance web design business. Two things I'm very passionate about.

When the Student is Ready

And here's the amusing part, an opportunity has just arrived out-of-the-blue that may help catapult me forward.  This event brings to mind the timeless pearl of wisdom by the ancient Chinese philosopher Loa Tzu — “When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.”

In this case, a master teacher perfectly suited to help me attain both of my dreams has arrived. As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “Once you make a decision, the Universe conspires to make it happen.” So now I've got wind beneath my wings and I'm beginning to soar! Yeehaaa! Real transformation is about to begin!

Thanks to Universe.

All my love,

Recently a reader questioned why I was using the 'Eye of Horus' symbol (a special case of the 'all-seeing eye' symbol) on my website.  This is not the first person who's expressed their concern about my use of this symbol on my website.  These days, most people associate this symbol with sinister influence or evil intent.  But this is not it's ancient sacred meaning.  And this is not the meaning that I was intending when I chose to use this symbol as the mascot of my website.

The original meaning of this symbol was that of Divine omniscience, of a benevolent overseer of creation, of the divine spark within each of us, and of spiritual insight.  It is in this vein that I used the symbol on my website.  In modern times, these symbols have been hijacked by a shadowy elite and have lost their original sacred meanings.  Which is really a shame because their original meanings were so beautiful.

If you'd like to explore this topic more deeply a guy named David Hayes has written a great two-part article explaining the whole thing.  Below are the links to those articles.

1. The All-Seeing Eye: Sacred Origins of a Hijacked Symbol
2. The All-Seeing Eye: Modern Use of a Hijacked Symbol

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Here's a video of an interview with David Hayes that discusses this topic.

Enjoy,

Hello everyone.  This story is about how I manifested one of the most dreaded experiences that any Uber or Lyft driver can have — a passenger who is nauseous and vomiting!   I'm a part-time Uber and Lyft driver, and I'm sure that this is something that all of my fellow drivers would prefer to avoid like the plague.  

Unfortunately, I recently managed to inadvertently manifest just such a nauseous passenger.   Not only is the way that the manifestation appeared quite amusing and surprising, but it also provides a very instructive example of miscreation — that is, of inadvertent or unintentional creation.   Studying your own or others miscreations is a great tool to learn about how the Law of Attraction works.   It also provides plenty of motivation to master deliberate creation because miscreations are often unpleasant — to say the least.

One of the things that was so surprising about this manifestation was how fast it appeared.   What was even more surprising was that it appeared at all.   But after some reflection about the precursors to the manifestation, it became apparent to me why I had manifested the experience, and it poignantly illustrated several key elements of powerful manifestation.   So without further ado, let's dive into the story.

The Dreaded Barfing Uber Passenger

A couple of months ago (back in Aug 2019), I was waiting in the airport Uber and Lyft queue to pick up an arriving passenger.  But because it was going to be a while before the next bunch of planes arrived, I decided to have a chat with one of my fellow Uber drivers to pass the time.  At some point in our conversation, my co-worker asked me if I've ever had a vomiting passenger in my car.  I told him “No never” — in the two years that I've been Uber and Lyft driving, I've never had anyone in my car who was nauseous — thank you very much.

At that point, my co-worker proceeded to tell me the story of his most interesting 'Barfing Passenger' experience.   A story that I will partially recount here because it is an important precursor to my manifesting something similar.

My Co-workers Barfing Passenger Experience

So, my co-worker's story starts with him picking up a passenger that he described as a 'super hot babe' (hey, those are his words not mine). I think this is why this is his favorite 'Barfing passenger' story (but what do I know). Anyway, he picked up this passenger early in the morning after she had had a big night of partying and drinking and she was very badly hungover. Her destination was her home, and her home was in another town over two-hours away. This is probably another reason why this is one of his favorite stories because a long ride means a big fare — and every driver loves a big fare!

In any case, he had some amusing conversations with his passenger on that long ride, and he shared many of them with me as he told his story.  Most of his very long 10 minute plus story is completely irrelevant to the point of my manifestation story here so I will skip most of it.   The most pertinent thing about his story was that his passenger was nauseous, and he had to stop and let her out of the car to vomit many times — like just about every 20 minutes for most of the 2-hour long ride.

He was a very good storyteller and he told his story in a very animated, engaging, and amusing way so I was listening quite intently and became deeply absorbed into the story.  As I listened, I vividly imagined and visualized the whole thing in my mind. I didn't realize that I was doing this while I was listening but in hindsight it was clear that I did.  This vivid imagining is pertinent to the rest of my story, so hold that thought.

Manifesting a Barfing Passenger of My Own

So, after my co-worker finished telling me his story, we both got passengers from the incoming flights, and off we went.  I continued Uber driving for the rest of the day, and a couple of hours later, I was back at the airport waiting for another passenger.  I hadn't been waiting very long when my Uber driver app announced with a loud 'Ding' that I had a ride.

So, I immediately headed over to Arrivals and picked up my rider, a young man who didn't look very happy.  At first, he said he was 'sick', but then he admitted that he was hungover from partying hard just before catching his flight.  And here's the kicker, guess what happened on the 20-minute drive to his destination?  Yep, you guessed it, I had to stop three times to let him out of the car as he vomited on the ground.  Thankfully he didn't vomit in my car!  That's probably the most dreaded scenario of all.

What a coincidence!  I haven't had a single vomiting passenger in the entire two years that I've been Uber driving, and then less than two hours after listening to my co-worker's epic 'barfing passenger' story I experience my first barfing passenger.  To dismiss this as mere coincidence you'd have to be completely unaware of the Law of Attraction.  This is no coincidence, this is a poignant example of manifestation, of creation.  And of course, in this case, it's an example of miscreation — of inadvertent, unintentional creation — the opposite of what we should be shooting for, which is DELIBERATE creation.

Why Did I Manifest This?

So the big 64-dollar question is — why did I manifest this undesired experience?  I had no desire to have a vomiting passenger in my car, but I got one anyway.  And it probably wasn't because I had been worrying about this possibility for a while because, even though I've heard several drivers over the years tell me there stories and fears about this kind of scenario, I know that I am creating my reality with my thoughts and expectations and more.  So I  know better than to focus on what I don't want.

And even as my co-worker was telling his story I wasn't worried, and for the same reason I mentioned above.   Whenever you focus on something you don't want by constantly worrying about it and fearing it, the more likely it becomes that you might actually experience that very thing.  I'm imminently aware of this, so I was relatively detached and free of concern or fear about experiencing something similar.

So, I was quite surprised when I did manifest something similar.  And it was startling how quickly it arrived — not the next week, not the next day, but within hours of listening to that story.  So, what the heck happened? Why did I manifest this?

Well, after reflecting on the whole experience for a while, it became pretty obvious why listening to my co-worker's 'barfing passenger' story created such a powerful point of attraction.  First of all, the story was told in a very engaging and amusing fashion that I listened to very intently — I was extremely focused on the subject of the story.  Secondly, the story was long, 10 or more minutes long, so I was focused on the subject for a really long time.  And by the Law of Attraction, what you give your attention to, and for how long, are two of the most important elements that determine your point of attraction.

In hindsight, I realized that I didn't just intently listen to the story; I was vividly imagining and visualizing it (and even feeling the emotions), which of course, are some of the standard techniques for powerfully manifesting.  Add to all of this, perhaps a little bit of fear (or worry) about having something like this happen to me (fear is a powerful attractor), and then it's not at all surprising that I so powerfully and quickly manifested a vomiting passenger of my own.

The Takeaway

This manifestation story is very instructive because it clearly demonstrates the power of sustained focus on a particular subject as well as the power of imagination and visualization.  It also demonstrates how careful you have to be to what you give your attention to.  You don't just manifest what you desire.  You manifest your most predominant thoughts and whatever you give a lot of your attention to — whether you desire it or not.  That's why worry and fear are so miscreative, they make you think frequently about things you don't really want, don't really desire.

Imagine what a powerful deliberate creator you would be if you could just make up a story of what it is you want to experience, what you desire, and then just vividly imagine it.  And then magically circumstances, people, events, etc arrive that facilitate or deliver the manifestation of what you imagined.  This is what is possible if you master deliberate creation.

The fact that this story is an example of powerful miscreation is also very instructive.  It's so important to understand how creation is a double-edged sword and that if you aren't applying the techniques of creation deliberately and intentionally you often will be manifesting stuff that you don't want.

So that's it, I hope you found it interesting and helpful, see you in the next story!

A belief that seems to be prevalent in many spiritual circles is that the ascension of humanity involves some sort of battle between the forces of light and the forces of darkness — a battle between good and evil.   Associated with this belief is the idea that we (the so-called awakened and enlightened ones) must defeat those of the darkness to successfully co-create a new earth.  If you haven't been drawn into this us-against-them mindset congratulations, you are probably better off without it (at least that's my contention).  For those that have been drawn into this belief, I humbly offer my perspective on this subject for your consideration.

From a superficial standpoint, there is certainly some truth to this belief — there certainly is an ongoing struggle between light and dark on our world.  But when explored more deeply, you'll find that this idea contains a great fallacy.  And worse yet, holding this belief might actually block one from ascending and contributing to co-creating the new Earth.

When immersed in a separation reality like our own, it is so easy to fall into the trap of believing that we are in a battle between good and evil, that those of the light are here to defeat those of the darkness and save the world.  Of course, this belief can only arise within a consciousness that is still in the grip of the illusion of separation.  And ironically, holding this belief can only sustain the disharmonious and fearful conditions that we have thus far co-created in our reality.  To understand and transcend the fallacy of light versus dark, you must first understand the illusion of separation that our reality was designed to produce, and why we chose to create and experience such a reality.  But before I explore all of that, let's briefly examine the state of our world.

The Darkness in Our World

There's no denying that there's more than a little darkness in our world.  Fear, conflict, and suffering have been running rampant for as long as we can remember.  It certainly appears that evil is alive and well.  At least that's the impression one might get from watching the mainstream news — whose primary purpose seems to be to sow fear.

But certainly, there is no shortage of souls that have been playing in the dark, to varying degrees, in many of their lives within the Earth Game.  Some of the most notorious of these dark ones are those involved in the so-called Cabal/Illuminati.  But there are many others, in a wide variety of positions in our society — and this includes many (but certainly by no means all) corporate, governmental, military, and even religious leaders.  These extremely self-serving people seem to measure their self-worth by how much wealth they can accumulate and how much power over others they can have, and they are typically obsessed with their own achievement and power and have little regard for the welfare of others.

The most dedicated of these people have been ruthlessly consolidating their power and wealth via their command of the international banking and financial system, by creating trans-national corporate empires, and infiltrating our governments with their minions.  Encouraging division amongst us is one of their most potent tools that facilitates their self-serving agendas.  They keep us divided by encouraging fear, competition, and conflict amongst us.

The Great Awakening

 If you are reading this article, then you're probably aware that there is a great awakening spreading throughout Humanity. More and more people are awakening to their true spiritual nature, the greater spiritual reality, and the metaphysical nature of existence.  It is this awakening that will inevitably lead to a great transformation of ourselves and our world.

As a part of this awakening process, more and more people are becoming acutely aware that humanity has been under the thumb of some very negative and self-serving people bent on their own self-aggrandizement and world domination.  Many awakening souls are more than a little shocked when they realize the truth of this — when they realize that we've allowed ourselves to be unwittingly manipulated and subjugated by these dark ones.   Some are so appalled by the unsettling revelations of lies, greed, manipulation, and control that they get drawn into judgment, blame, and condemnation of those seen as responsible (some even get stuck obsessively focusing on the injustice of it, a very unproductive state of mind that I call awakening shock syndrome).

With the shock of this realization, it's no wonder that many people buy into the belief that a part of our ascension process involves a battle between good and evil and the defeat of the dark ones.  But I didn't write this article to complain about the state of the world or to encourage people to feel like victims or to fuel resentment, judgment, blame, and condemnation.   I wrote this article to point out that the supposedly spiritual idea of 'light versus dark,' and the 'us against them' mentality that it represents, is a subtle yet insidious trap.  A trap that is critical to become aware of because it can potentially stop us from ascending and co-creating a new and better Earth.

The Metaphor of Light and Dark

It's important to understand that the terms 'light' and 'dark' are simply metaphors for the degree of connectivity and alignment that one has with their higher self.   When one is well-connected and aligned with the higher levels of their consciousness (their soul, over-soul, and beyond), they increasingly express a way of being that reflects the state of being of their higher self.   This way of being is characterized by unconditional love, compassion, forgiveness, acceptance, allowance, fearlessness, positivity, and service-to-others — to name just a few.  The more you express these qualities, the more it could be said that you are 'shining the light' of your higher self into this world.

In the same vein, the term 'dark' or 'darkness' is simply a metaphor for the lack of connection and alignment with ones higher self.  When one is poorly connected and misaligned with one's higher self, one's way of being will veer off in the direction of negativity, fear, self-servedness, and perhaps even a lust for power-over-others.  How far one will go in this direction just depends on one's degree of misalignment with their higher self and their unique set of experiences.   The more one expresses this way of being, the more it could be said that one is in 'darkness' or 'playing in the dark' — or if we want to get over-dramatic 'gone to the dark side.'

There is No Force of Darkness

It's important to understand that there is no force of darkness. Darkness doesn't exist on its own; it is not a thing unto itself; darkness is simply the lack of light. All that really exists is the 'light' of your higher self.   If you block a light source, you create a shadow — an area where the light is much dimmer.    When you block the 'light' of your higher self, you create darkness.   Metaphorically speaking that is, because remember what we are really talking about is the degree of connection and alignment with your higher self or the lack thereof, and the way of being you express in this world.

So, there is no 'force' of darkness, no force of evil.   There is nothing pushing us to become negative and self-serving other than our own unconsciousness (our own disconnection from our higher-selves).   We are creating our own darkness by unwittingly blocking the love and light and wisdom of our higher self — our darkness and the darkness in our world is self-created! Ultimately there is nothing other than the 'illusion of separation' that causes one to follow the negative path or turn to the dark side.   More about the illusion of separation coming shortly.

Eckhart Tolle eloquently echoes my point about the origin of darkness, in his book A New Earth, when he said There is only one perpetrator of evil on the planet: human unconsciousness. With this realization, your victim identity dissolves, and your true power emerges. Instead of blaming the darkness, you bring in the light.

Our true selves, our higher-selves, are the love and light we seek — we are already that, if we allow it.  But we ourselves are blocking the love and light of our higher-selves and creating the darkness in ourselves and our world.   This idea was eloquently expressed by Rumi, the beloved 13th-century Persian poet, and Sufi mystic, when he said:

Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.

And the two most significant barriers to expressing the love and light of our higher-selves are undoubtedly our fear and ego.   These are the significant barriers that I think Rumi might have been alluding to, but of course, there are a multitude of variations.   But let's not demonize fear and ego, because they are just natural consequences of diving into the experience of a separation reality construct like our own.   And as I alluded to earlier, to understand the fallacy of the 'light versus dark' idea one has to understand the illusion of separation our reality provides us.

The Illusion of Separation

We specifically created our reality construct to have a separation experience, and it indeed produces a very powerful illusion of separation.  And of course, this was not a mistake, we (higher aspects of ourselves — our oversouls and beyond) intentionally designed this reality as the ultimate experience of individuality, separation, and limitation.  So, we understood full well what we were getting into when we chose to dive into the separation game.

We wanted to experience something dramatically different than our native state as formless and non-physical threads of Source Consciousness — eternal limitless creator beings!  We wanted to explore the possibilities and experiences that such a separation reality would provide us.  We wanted to explore the states of consciousness, and ways of being that would emerge within it and all their ramifications.  We wanted to see what that would be like and what it could teach us.

Playing the Separation Game

We've all been playing the separation game for quite some time now — we have all played many many rounds in this game. Each time we enter the game (incarnate) the Veil of Forgetting and Unknowing takes effect, and we forget everything prior to starting the game — we forget choosing to play; we forget our reasons for playing; we forget our learning and growth objectives for playing the current round, and we forget everything about the wider reality and the true nature of ourselves.  

With the in-your-face highly convincing experience of separation that our reality presents our consciousness, it's not surprising that we quickly get sucked into the drama of the game.  Because we don't remember that we are eternal consciousness (non-physical and formless), we quickly become strongly identified with our bodies as who and what we are.  And since we can't remember anything about the wider reality, the bigger picture, we quickly come to believe that the world that we perceive with our physical senses is all that there is.  And step-by-step we get drawn ever-deeper into the drama of the game, and ever-deeper into Separation Consciousness, and we become utterly lost within the game.

The Emergence of Egoic and Victim Consciousness

And once immersed in, and mesmerized by, the drama of the game we quickly lose our connection to our higher self and our consciousness, essentially, devolves.  But not really so much devolve as to attain a state unlike anything possible in any other context of experience — a state of consciousness only possible within a separation reality like our own — an interesting and unique state that we might call Separation Consciousness.  And this state of consciousness has two major aspects; namely Egoic Consciousness and Victim Consciousness.

Egoic Consciousness is a state characterized by a very strong sense of identity and individuality — one which often expresses as self-centeredness, self-servedness, greediness, defensiveness, and so on.  Victim Consciousness is a state characterized by the belief that one is largely at the mercy of circumstances beyond their control, and often expresses as fear, hopelessness, disempowerment, etc.  And because the state of our world is simply a reflection of our collective state of consciousness, our world is characterized by plenty of fear, greed, competition, and conflict.

Note that the common denominator here is FEAR.   Of course, fear is not an unreasonable reaction to what our reality sometimes presents us.   After all, there is plenty of apparent danger and limitation to worry about if we so choose.   Because fear naturally arises within a separation reality like our own, we don't need to demonize it, all we need to do is to understand it.

Fear is the Root of Darkness

And here's one of the most important things to understand about fear — it's the number one thing blocking us from expressing the love and compassion of our higher-selves.   Ultimately much of the hurtful negative self-serving things people do is driven by their fear — fear that they aren't good enough or worthy, fear that they won't have enough, fear that they are not safe, fear for their survival, etc.

And as the beloved Yoda character from the Star Wars stories so aptly pointed out — Fear is the path to the dark side.

The root of all the darkness in our world is FEAR.  Until we deeply understand this, we will find it difficult to unconditionally forgive and love those still playing in the dark. And until we do that we will be trapped in judgment and condemnation and be unwittingly perpetuating the world as we know it — a world of conflict and pain and suffering.  Only unconditional love can heal our world.

A recent message from one of my favorite non-physical teachers, Seth (via one of my favorite channelers, Story Waters) really hammers home this point.

Darkness is an illusion. Darkness is the absence of light and that absence of light comes through unconsciousness. And that unconsciousness is experienced as FEAR. Fear is that which hides light. All are light. The battle is not against ignorance (or evil) or those that are called ignorant (or evil); the battle is against FEAR... See those that appear ignorant clearly by seeing their fear. For when you see their fear you will not see them as other, you will not see them as separate and ignorant, you will see them as beings in fear.  And, when you understand they are in fear, and that they are not being driven by some nefarious force of darkness, then you will see that they are just loving beings in fear and you will be able to love them — then you will discover the compassion, the compassion of the awakened one, the compassion of the open heart that sees that all the ills in the world come from fear.

When you understand that fear is at the root of every ill in our world, you are at the doorstep of transcending it and all that it leads too.  And transcending fear and shifting to love is one of the greatest challenges that the separation game has to offer.  Something that all the souls in the game right now were hoping they could achieve as a part of the great awakening and transformation game plan (more about that game plan later in this article).

Nothing to Fear

But it's important to understand that fear is not a mistake  We wanted to experience separation and fear is a natural part of that.  So, we wanted to experience fear — something impossible in our native state as pure consciousness.  What is there to fear as a formless and non-physical focal point of consciousness?  Which is what you really are.  As pure consciousness, you have no physical needs — no need for money, no need for a job, no need for food, no need for anything!  And as pure consciousness, you cannot be physically harmed!  

You are non-physical!  You are pure consciousness!  And that consciousness that is you is merely having the 'experience of' having a body and being in a world.  Your consciousness is essentially dreaming this experience you call your reality!  Or perhaps a better analogy, your consciousness is playing a character (or avatar) in something very much like a multi-player virtual reality game!

Yes, this experience that you call your reality that seems so concrete and serious is a purely perceptual experience happening within your consciousness!  It's a symbolic representation being projected onto the 'screen' of your consciousness!  And this means that you don't have to take everything that happens in the game so seriously or be in fear, none of it can truly harm what you really are.  When you complete this round of the game, you're going to be very surprised and amused by how seriously you took all of it.  But we've gotten a bit off topic here, let's keep exploring what happens to consciousness within the game.

The Positive and Negative Paths

One of the most interesting things that happens within a separation reality is that consciousness (and way-of-being) heads in two distinctly different directions — sometimes referred to as The Negative Path and The Positive Path, or the Service-to-Self Path and the Service-to-Others Path, or in keeping with the theme of this article (yet a bit over-dramatic) The Path of Darkness and The Path of Light.  

The Service-to-Self/Negative Path is characterized by a way-of-being that is decidedly self-serving, and that likes to exercise power-over-others so that others can be made to serve their desires and needs.  And the Service-to-Self label seems somewhat appropriate because those exploring this way-of-being (or on this path, if you like) have a strong bias towards fulfilling their own needs at the expense of others.  Some of the attributes associated with this way-of-being include a tendency toward deceit, manipulation, and greed.

The Service-to-Others/Positive Path is characterized by a desire to help others and to engage in cooperation for the betterment of all.  Those on this path have a tendency toward honesty, cooperation, and generosity — to name a few.  

So in effect, there are two types of players in the game — those biased towards helping only themselves with little regard for the greater good of all, and those biased towards helping others and working together for the greater good of all.  Of course, this is not an all or nothing thing, it is a spectrum going from neutral all the way to either very negative or very positive.

In any case, a complex dynamic emerges between these two types of players that creates a whole lot of drama and a whole lot of opportunities to learn and grow.  There are perpetrators, victims, and rescuers; there are subjugators and the subjugated, etc, etc.  And they all do a complex dance together as they play out all the ramifications of separation consciousness.

And again, this is not a mistake, this is by design.  We wanted to explore all the states of consciousness, and the ways of being that would emerge within a separation reality.  And the two directions or paths that consciousness can go is a part of that.  In fact, some of the rules of the game that we put in place allow for both paths to be explored and their ramifications to be experienced.  

Having said that, you'll probably be happy to know that the rules are biased towards the Positive Path.  You can only go so far on the Service-to-Self/Negative Path before it becomes nearly impossible to proceed and you 'see the light' and switch over to the Positive Path.  Ultimately the negative, service-to-self, power-over-others path is a dead end.  The Separation Game is much like a multi-level game (or school) whereas you master one level you graduate to the next level.   After the first few levels of the game, everyone exploring the Negative Path finally realize their oneness with all and the ineffectiveness of their approach and converts.  Love, sharing, and cooperation work better, it's that simple — this is a part of the grand lesson of our reality system.

Of course, there's much more to the levels of this game than just exploring the negative or positive paths (or ways of being).   A soul doesn't advance to the next level of the game untill its mastered the core lessons and understandings that each level is designed to teach.  The learning progression through the levels of the game (the school, if you like) is a fascinating subject that is beyond the scope of this article, but one that I will likely be writing about in future articles.

Lost in the Game, Playing in the Dark

Every player in this game is Source — we are all Source (at least indirectly)!  And we have all been lost in this game and playing in the dark to varying degrees for a very long time.  Each of our souls has played hundreds, if not thousands, of rounds (or lives) in this game.

And even though we can't remember all those life experiences right now (because of the Veil of Forgetting and Unknowing), I assure you that each one of us has played in the dark to varying degrees more than we know.   If you inspect the Akashic Records, the record of all human experiences, and review all of your lives, you will likely be surprised (or perhaps even shocked) at what you have done, and what you have been, and what you have experienced.  

You have been the light and the dark.  You've been the enlightened and the unenlightened.  You have been the perpetrator and the victim.  You have been the good and the bad and the ugly.  So, before you jump to judgment and condemnation of those still playing in the dark, please contemplate that.

We are all source consciousness dancing with itself in the light and in the shadows in this separation game.   Within this dance many dramas unfold, and many amazing adventures are had, and they have all been incredibly formative to our consciousness — much knowledge and wisdom has been gleaned from our experiences within this reality construct — it is one of our most magnificent creations.

Negativity and Darkness only Exist within this Game

One thing that's very important to understand is that negativity and darkness only manifest in our state of beingness within the experience of separation realities like our own.   They don't exist elsewhere — they can't because they are a product of the separation reality experience itself.  Egoic and victim consciousness and everything that that leads to is simply a result of the separation context that we imposed on ourselves and all the constraints that it involves.  

It's only when we dive into the separation game, pulling the veil of forgetting and unknowing down over our consciousness, that consciousness can go in the directions that it goes within the game.  This is just where consciousness goes and how it expresses itself when it loses connection to its higher self.  It is only within the illusion of separation, that our separation reality construct so effectively produces, that 'darkness' can exist.  Otherwise it is impossible, in our absolute native state as threads of source consciousness it is impossible.

Taking the Game to the Next Level

We've been playing the separation game for a very long time, and we have learned many things.  Much knowledge and wisdom has been gleaned from our adventures within this game.   But we had pretty much seen everything the game has to offer, and the question was Have we had enough? Is it time to end this game and move on to something else?  There would be no reason to continue unless there was something new to learn.

And that's when we conceived of an exciting new game plan.  What if we could all awaken within the game?   What if we could all remember the true nature of ourselves and the greater reality while playing the game?   What if we could transcend separation consciousness while immersed in the experience of this separation reality!  That would be an entirely new and very exciting experience!  Brilliant!

This is the new game plan that we have collectively chosen to try to achieve.  That is what is going on right now.  We all dove into this round of the game (incarnated) with the great hope that we could all be awakened, remember who and what we really are, and transcend separation consciousness and all the unpleasantries that this state of consciousness creates.

So, the greatest challenge of this game is before us.  Can we awaken within the game?  Can we transform ourselves (our state of consciousness and state of being), and thereby transform our reality?   Because the state of our reality, our world, is simply a reflection of the collective state of our consciousness.  And we were very excited to create a new world — one where love, compassion, and kindness would flourish, one where cooperation, sharing, and caring would increase.  This would be one of the litmus tests — if we can change our state of being the state of our world will change to reflect it.

To achieve this new game plan, many adjustments and stimuluses had to be put in place.  The rules of the game had to be loosened.  The Veil of Forgetting and Unknowing had to be thinned.  Our spirit guides would nudge us at the appropriate time to help us awaken.  The goal being for each of us to remember our greater self and the greater reality.  The goal being for each of us to re-connect more fully with our higher-selves and begin expressing more of our higher consciousness within this world.

An essential part of the plan was for each awakening soul to help others awaken by expressing their newfound understanding of the greater reality and greater self openly, and by functioning as a living example of a higher way of being for others to model.  We came here to awaken and then shine the light of our higher self into the world.

Defeating Others is not a Part of the Plan

And here is one of the most important things — defeating others still playing in the dark was not a part of the plan. That idea could only be conceived of by a mind that is still in the grip of separation consciousness. And worse yet, because the world is a reflection of our collective state of consciousness, the us-against-them mentality that the light versus dark idea represents can only create more 'us against them' experiences, can only perpetuate polarization and separation. You cannot transcend the experience of separation with this mindset; you can only experience more of the same. That's why the plan does not include judging or condemning those souls still playing in the dark.

Here's a snippet from a recent message from the 9th Dimensional Arcturian Council (as channeled by Daniel Scranton) that speaks to this point.

Condemnation and judgment will keep you stuck where you are. This is why it is so important to stay out of the us-versus-them mentality that is everywhere outside of you.

 From our vantage point outside of the game, we deeply understood that each and every soul immersed in the game is doing the best they can and that getting drawn into the darkness of separation is just part of the game.  Also, we were fully aware that all of us have played in the dark to some extent in our many rounds in the game — no soul can claim to have not gotten lost in the game.  Hence, there is very little if any judgment, just lots of unconditional love.

Another thing that our souls beyond the veil deeply understand is that the others still playing in the dark within the separation game are other expressions of ourselves at different places in their journey.  They know that each and every soul playing the separation game is Source!   They know that we are all truly one.

So they know that trying to defeat the others still playing in the dark would be futile.  You cannot defeat the dark; the dark is a part of us.  We'd be trying to destroy a part of ourselves — of the collective consciousness of what we are.  Destroying a part of yourself will only hurt yourself.  You cannot defeat or destroy a part of yourself; you can only transform it with love; you can only love it back into the whole.  

 When you recognize that those playing in the dark are just parts of our greater self (parts of source) doing the dance of the light and the dark in this separation reality you then realize that they are not to be defeated, you then realize that they are to be loved back into the whole.  Outside of the illusion of the separation game, we know this, and we know it deeply.  This is the unity consciousness perspective, and it's only with unity consciousness that we can co-create the better world that we all yearn for.

Transforming Ourselves and Our Reality

Our great hope, as we all planned heading back into the separation game, is that we could shine our light so brightly that every nook and cranny of darkness would be illuminated and transformed.  We did not come to defeat those still playing in the dark; we came to unconditionally love them back into the whole.  And this goes for everyone — your average everyday angry negative self-serving people all the way up to your power-hungry self-serving Illuminati/cabal kingpins.

If they choose to reject our unconditional love, and not join us in the light in this round of the game so be it, this is not the last round that they will play they still have plenty of time to see the light.  We knew that love is the only thing that will transform ourselves and our reality.   We came here to be beacons of love and light; we came to shine our light so brightly that others could find their way out of the darkness.  

 The only way forward out of separation is to send the ones still playing in the dark as much love and light as possible, and steadfastly focus on imagining the better world that we all yearn for.

So many great souls have incarnated into the game and walked the earth to share this timeless wisdom — only love and light can transform our reality.   Desiderius Erasmus, the great Christian scholar and humanist of the renaissance period, said it this way — Give light and the darkness will disappear of itself.   The late great Martin Luther King Jr. said this — Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.   The beloved Buddha said something very similar: Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love. This is the eternal rule.

We collectively chose to continue this game and to play another round in it to take the game to the next level, to dive into the game once again and see if we could transform ourselves and transform our reality.  You cannot create a reality of love and harmony when you are still judging, condemning, and resisting the others that are still playing in the dark.  Only unconditional love can create a reality of Love and Harmony.

As more and more of us shift our consciousness into greater and greater alignment with our higher-selves and our way-of-being shifts towards being more loving, compassionate, forgiving, accepting, and allowing we will begin to witness our plan coming to fruition.   We will start to experience a great transformation of our society and our world — and the exciting achievement of our plan.

To the new us, and the new earth we will create!

Love and light,

More from Eckhart Tolle on Suffering

 Suffering is necessary until you realize it is unnecessary.  — from Stillness Speaks

 Is suffering really necessary? Yes and no. If you had not suffered as you have, there would be no depth to you, no humility, no compassion. — from Stillness Speaks‍

Suffering has a noble purpose: the evolution of Consciousness and the burning of the Ego. — from The Power of Now

Some people awaken spiritually without ever coming into contact with any meditation technique or any spiritual teaching. They may awaken simply because they can't stand the suffering anymore. True freedom is living as if you had completely chosen whatever you feel or experience in this moment. This inner alignment with the Now is the end of suffering.

 Amen to that,

Your light is the unconditional love, forgiveness, compassion, acceptance, allowance, kindness, and more that you demonstrate in your way of being.  Your living example of this has the power to change hearts and minds and transform our world.  This is the secret that the great masters like Jesus, The Buddha, and many others knew and tried to teach us.

Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.