Invocation of Presence
For the purpose of this article, "Presence" means conscious overview of the thoughts and feelings being entertained within your awareness. Your physical body can only be focused into a single location at any point in time, and when your Presence is focused there too, experiences are seamlessly digested and your perspective is advanced for the evolution of your world.
The only thing that prevents you from being fully Present is internal conflict which manifests as emotion. Emotion makes your thought based perceptions feel real, and the emotion you are feeling is an indication of how much Presence you are allowing around and between your thoughts.
Specifically, all thought is a patterned mental/emotional response, which leads deeper into unconsciousness in the absence of conscious overview (Presence). Presence directs your awareness toward those thought patterns that feel more closely attuned with your non-emotional yet eternally Joyful essence. In this regard, the closer your thoughts feel to contentment, the more presence you are allowing around thought - while less contentment means you are allowing less presence.
So the question then becomes "how can I feel contentment when I really hate what's happening?" The answer to that question is Acceptance and Appreciation - which “happens” within the remembrance that everything happens for you. That remembrance can be invoked by slow, deep breathing and the consistent allowance of silent space between thoughts.
It's futile to resist thoughts that you think you should not be having, because it's the having of those thoughts that inspires your creativity. Simply allowing Presence around and between thoughts leads your awareness to thought patterns that feel better, while resistance to your thoughts leads in the opposite direction.
Contentment is not a goal that you have to achieve, but the emotional direction in which Presence leads your thinking irrespective of circumstance.
All that you perceive is only a reflection of the feelings that you have allowed to take form through the focus of your thought, and your conscious aspect (Presence) feels like the ultimate bliss/pleasure/joy/comfort - transcending all emotion. Just by looking for things in your perception that please you, and/or imagining what would please you more, you are invoking Presence for the creation of more pleasure in your world.
Conversely, to the degree you are focused on things in your perception that evoke anger, worry, sorrow, desperation, etc. - you are resisting presence and relying instead upon Ego aka fear - which is only capable of offering thoughts that evoke more fearful feelings which are then reflected in your world.
The temptation to be driven by unconscious thought comes in the form of things and people (including yourself) that you don't like, or want to change. Your perception of such things immediately decreases your happy feeling because it shifts more of your awareness away from the moment and into the fear-based Egoic mind.
This is not to say the Egoic mind is a bad thing, or that feeling uncomfortable emotion should be avoided. This is about being aware of how much Presence is being allowed at any given time so that you can navigate your awareness back into alignment with 'who you are' when you're ready.
The more you practice allowing Presence, the easier it will come to you, and your world will evolve in a way that is ever more pleasing from your perspective. Amaze yourself by giving your awareness over to the only aspect of yourself that is capable of creating a world you might describe as "heaven", and exalt your material aspect in this very moment in time.
Emotion Exposes Limiting Beliefs
Whether we are focused on the present moment or any other point in time or space, we are commanding creation through the energetic vibration of every conscious and subconscious thought that we project.
Emotion allows us to determine whether our current point of focus is projecting for anything that we want to manifest. Our present feeling indicates how our projected manifestation will feel based on the beliefs we currently follow.
Our present manifestation and corresponding emotion is always perfect based on all thought that has come before. Most of that thought has been involuntary as we have simply believed the thoughts presented by the mind, and they became our truth.
To create new momentum requires new beliefs, which can be created through consistent attention to our feelings and deliberate redirection of our thought patterns. If we are feeling anything other than blissful, we are attuned to self limiting beliefs in the mind.
With attention, we can identify those beliefs and offer thoughts that feel better. There is no limit to how good our thoughts can feel because whatever we sincerely believe is our truth.
When we follow our thoughts into a feeling place we don't like, the point where we redirect our thoughts sets a precedent for our emotional low point with respect to the subject point of focus. This makes it easier to turn the tide the next time we find ourselves riding the same or similar thought wave.
As we continue this practice, we can create new belief patterns and then release them as we systematically raise our emotional set point higher.
Every moment is a new beginning, and we can only begin from our current feeling place by offering thoughts that we can believe in the present moment. How far we progress in this lifetime depends on how patient and compassionate we are with ourselves.
Specifically, belief patterns are hard wired biologically, and breaking free from them requires cooperation from our ego. If we judge or condemn ourselves for not attaining what we think we should, we create resistance which impedes our progress.
The feelings we project are the same feelings we are attracting. Everything in our experience is a lesson, and depending on how we perceive what has already been created, we project for what comes next.
When in an uncomfortable or painful emotion, breathe deeply and remember that you are not limited to the limitations of mind. Simply appreciate the lesson and allow it to guide your progression toward the experience of your Divine essence.
Behold Your Beauty
No matter where we are in the world, the beauty within is being projected for us and through us by the power of our thoughts. In fact, the profound beauty of creativity is the energetic force that causes every person, circumstance and material object to manifest in this material reality.
Although it's not always readily apparent, all things seen and unseen are made possible through the beauty of Divine Love. Many times we cannot realize this beauty through the layers of mental conflict and struggle that have been manifest, but it's always present - just waiting to be discovered.
Everything in existence is created and sustained by all conscious and subconscious thought that led to the present moment, and this moment is constantly being recreated through the energy of our thoughts. Because humans are the embodiment of the creative force coupled with a materially receptive mind, the balance of what we focus upon always multiplies in our reality.
When in a mental state of sincere appreciation for the beauty in our experience, we offer a very powerful vibratory pattern which commands the Divine creative force to manifest more of what we consider beautiful. However, many times we do not allow ourselves to enjoy the beauty we have noticed because our focus is quickly drawn to what should be done, changed or fixed in some way.
Where our thoughts go, creation follows. And, when we make conscious decisions about the direction of our thoughts, we are deliberately commanding the power of creation.
But in order to make our thoughts our own, we must be aware of the thoughts being offered by mind - and consciously choose whether to follow any of them. Many of us have been so conditioned to notice what we find wanting that we must access imagination to offer thoughts independent of what we are programmed to receive from mind.
The creative force is limitless possibilities. The more Joyfully we focus upon whatever we personally find beautiful, the more prominent beauty presents itself in our experience; and the more our ideas of beauty are created for the world.
Make your thoughts an offering that resonates with those possibilities that are the most beautiful from your point of view, and create a more beautiful reality now.
Clear Vision
In order to be deliberate creators, we must have clear vision about what we want to create. Most people create difficulty for themselves in this regard because we keep looking around and reminding ourselves of how things are, or how we can go about fixing them.
The energy of our thought has such tremendous power that the situations we feel stuck in are only manifestations of the self-limiting beliefs we keep regurgitating based upon what we perceive in our environment. The only way out is to disregard reason and develop a vision that does not make accommodations for anything that already exists.
Dare to dream as big as you are able and feel the sheer Joy of it. The balance of your feelings is the energy that you are projecting into the world, and that energy is always becoming your manifestation for yourself and for the world.
It doesn't matter what anyone else is doing or thinking. That's really none of your business. You came here to be a creator in your own right. Whatever is happening around you can only affect your vision if you allow it to play in your mind.
Don't worry about overdue bills, controlling governments, greedy corporations or disease. Sure they exist, but your fretful energy keeps them alive and well.
Become impartial to the things that are not Joyful to you. You have the power to know about these things without feeling bound by them or otherwise offering your energy to support them.
Likewise, it doesn't matter what you have done up to this moment, your time is always Now!
Bask in the beauty and sheer delight of a wide open mind, receptive to all the possibilities that cannot be seen through the perception of what has already been created. Be who you are where you are, but know that you are so much more.
Stay alert and present to your thoughts. If they feel less than Joyful, gently remind yourself that your thoughts are creating right now.
It's perfectly fine if you can't come back right away. Let yourself feel the emotional charge that your thoughts have created. Breathe deeply and release the tension in your body.
Love yourself unconditionally, and keep bringing back the vision because it feels good. And feeling good means your body and mind are receptive to opportunities that lead to the fulfillment of your deepest desires.
No matter what you say or do, nothing has more creative value than the energy of your thoughts. Despite everything else, be true to you and let your vision be the pure light that guides you on the Joyful journey through this lifetime.
Related Article: Rewrite the Story of Your Life
Alone
There is a single supreme consciousness that projects through every person from an individual perspective. While there appear to be billions of "others" on Earth, they are all just different forms of the same Being.
That Being is the eternal creative force that is existence itself, and the One that is the core consciousness of everyone in existence.
From our egocentric perspective, we cannot help but be self centered because our awareness is specifically focused through a single body and brain. As individuals, everything we perceive, sense, feel and desire is according to how we see our material self in relation to everything else.
In our relationships with each other, the degree to which we have emotional love or hate for someone depends on how we see ourselves in them. But it is our own projection that draws every person into our experience.
Likewise, every event, circumstance, thing and even the condition of our planet is a reflection of what we are creating in the mind. While the individual creates their own reality according to their beliefs, all things, people and circumstances in the material world are a reflection of the predominant beliefs projected by the combined consciousness on Earth.
The mind does not belong to a single person, but is shared between all living things. It contains every belief and pattern of thought from the beginning of consciousness on Earth.
Each individual is tuned to specific patterns within the mind through receptors in our brains. As we go through life believing we are limited and separate, we reinforce the patterns created by those who were projected before us as we continue on the course that has been charted before our physical birth.
But since our essence transcends our brains and even the mind, we can change those patterns and create new, more favorable ones by focusing our awareness from the part of Self that is All. The creative force synchronizes everything in our shared reality to reflect peace, harmony, abundance, beauty and Love to the degree that we are projecting the pure essence of our true Self through our material form.
In order to create all of this in our reality, we have only to allow ourselves to be the expression of Unconditional Love as we perceive everything in our experience. Since each person is really Alone, we don't have to concern ourselves with what any person is doing or what they are thinking because our individual expression is dependent only on our individual connection to Self.
There is no other. Be the true You and glorify the only One that endures forever.
Past has no Power
During our lifetimes, we have many opportunities to learn from the circumstances we experience. Wisdom is the integration of past lessons with awareness, but there is no value in contemplating whether anything ever went wrong.
Specifically, thinking about anything we have labeled as "wrong" or "bad" evokes emotions that project certain energetic patterns; and whatever we project is attracted toward us. This means that as we focus on what we have created in the past, we are re-creating similar vibratory patterns in the present.
Those patterns extend forward to attract that the circumstances and events that harmonize with them vibrationally.
If we mostly use the present moment to review the past, we bind ourselves to repeat what has already been created. But in any moment, we can decide that the past was perfect - and start focusing on what we are creating now.
By shifting mental focus to what feels Joyful in the present moment, our creativity is being directed toward what we would consider an improvement to our present situation or circumstance.
We are only bound to the past to the extent that we keep re-creating it in the present, but the power of creativity is within each individual to do with as they please - irrespective of anything that has already been created.
Working Mother
Working two jobs (when you'd rather do something else) to put kids through college is not only acting from ego on mother's part, but it teaches her kids to struggle through, instead of create their lives.
Specifically, the mother is denying her higher Self for many years expecting to control a future outcome for her kids in the belief that her kids are not likely to succeed unless she sacrifices herself. At best, this brand of self importance sets the stage for pride - but more often disappoint and resentment become the mother's predominant vibratory offering. During the time she spends denying her soul, the mother‘s energetic offering is paving the way for more struggle and hardship not only for herself – but for everyone else.
Moreover, it teaches her kids that in order for one to have success, another must suffer; and it gives them a sense that they are superior with a degree and inferior without one. These egocentric beliefs are the underlying cause of much struggle, depression, and emotional challenge in our society today. Confining powerful creators to these self limiting beliefs is the reason so many people are dependent on psychiatric and other drugs these days.
In reality, our power is our creativity. Teach kids to rely on their powerful Self, and to follow the pure Light within them instead the mind conceived methods of success that can only succeed in disconnecting us more from ourselves and from each other.
Our greatest gift is our energy, and the only time is NOW. Let your spirit prevail and bless everything through your very presence.
Problems are Opportunities
Everything happens For us, not To us. All things are of our own creation, even the perception that there are “problems”.
Our present reality is the manifestation of all thoughts that have come before. This is true because every thought emits a distinct energetic pattern which attracts people, circumstances, things and events that are in harmonic vibration with it.
In that regard, the perceiving of any "problems" is an opportunity to first notice the accompanying feelings and then create new beliefs in order to not only feel better, but to attract what we want instead.
The moment of Now always presents the opportunity of our lives. Be present Now and prevail!
Desireless Effort
The idea that we have to “work hard” to attain nice things, fine food or future security is a conditioned belief that keeps us from experiencing the subtle richness that gives true meaning to life. The work we do now can never guarantee anything for the future, and if we’re not enjoying life Now, we’re wasting the only time that ever really exists.
Burying ourselves in work or a career gives credence to the ego self which seeks to create stability by controlling the future through our efforts. However, our desires in the material world have NO purpose except to serve the desires of our Being - which seeks expansion of conscious experience.
The purpose of worldly desires is not to compel human effort chasing and achieving them, but to provide creative inspiration to our higher consciousness. While material desires can lead to fulfillment of our higher purpose, we have only to honor those desires without attachment or resistance to them.
Efforts that are NOT attached to the achievement of any physical or material desires are a reward of themselves because they serve the One that endures forever. In this way, our material desires are effortlessly manifested to the extent that they serve our Beingness, and our awareness in the present is not wasted through our attempts to achieve for a future that never exists.
The ego has a strong will and the ability to drive our physical efforts in the direction of any desires we choose. But in order to move in the direction of our true desires, the ego self must be trained to serve the conscious One.
This training is not easy, but it’s magnificent, and our efforts in this regard continue to pay dividends in this lifetime and beyond.
Here’s the process:
- Practice being aware of all thoughts running through the mind
- Notice which thoughts attach you to any desire in the material world
- Appreciate your desires (it means you are alive!), but honor your higher Self by releasing the intent to control any manifestation of them
- Stay present and alert to your emotional state to determine which efforts in the Now moment honor the true You. If your efforts feel rewarding in and of themselves, you are moving in the intended direction. However, if your efforts feel agitated, stressful or worthless without some future reward, you are acting from ignorance.
- There is no need to immediately stop what you are doing or make sudden changes. Just become conscious of what you are doing and what purpose you are serving. Change will come as an obvious next step through this practice.
- Through awareness, recognize and release all thoughts of fear, worry, stress or anything that leads to an uncomfortable feeling because wallowing in these thoughts strengthens the ego’s need for control and can never serve the real You. Any time you notice a feeling of discomfort or pain, practice Long Deep Breathing for as long as it takes to feel calm.
- As you continue releasing self limiting thoughts and the ego’s tendency to control the future, you will be more open to new information and you will come to notice more clues in your environment that lead you in the direction of higher achievement.
- Remember to remember that You are eternal, and not the self image that you have created for this life experience.
Yoga with meditation is an essential tool for this process because it trains the mind to be in the present moment and both body and mind to follow your higher purpose. It also works on all systems to ensure that you are receptive to the guidance always being given by your higher Self.
I also recommend including raw food with plenty of raw fat in your diet to facilitate the elimination of toxic substances that may impede your efforts.
I am the Infinite I AM
I AM is nothing and everything. It does not exist, and it is existence itself. It has no beginning and no end. It is the balance from which all extremes are born, and it is also the extremes.
Everything in existence is I AM - the infinite consciousness - the all-knowing awareness that witnesses everything, including every human life experience through our individual senses. Separation from one another and from I AM is the great illusion that makes the human experience possible.
I AM creates and sustains separate human forms and egos to experience the contrast of life through infinitely diverse fields of awareness. And for all the diversity of awareness, the silent witness of every human experience is the infinitely evolving and expansive, I AM.
While the world we know as our reality is constantly being created by I AM, every creation also merges with I AM. As the created and the creator are seamlessly unified, everything already created continues to create as I AM - as each one draws from its source of pure Love that transcends mind.
Humans command the creative aspect of I AM with every thought
All human creativity also originates in the all-knowing aspect of I AM that is pure Love, and humans command the creative aspect of I AM through the filters of memory, mind and separate ego. As such, the Divine creative energy of I AM is converted according to each individual perspective.
In this way, humans have the unique ability to specifically create through individual points of view. The extent to which each human creation represents its source of pure Love depends on the resonance of our thoughts to the part of us that is the all-knowing aspect of I AM.
In other words, the less our thoughts are filtered through the memory of separation, the more we will manifest the reality that we really want. This is where most of us are misled by organized religion, politics, parents and/or society in general.
Humans create struggle and suffering when we perpetuate thoughts that we are detached from or unworthy of I AM. For the most part, we are conditioned to believe we are somehow bad, sinful or shameful - and for those of us who buy into these beliefs, our perspective is very dissonant to the all-knowing aspect of I AM, and we create conflict in our minds just as we project conflict into the world.
The more we shift our thoughts toward the reality that each of us, like everything else, is the embodiment of I AM, the more our life experiences will reflect this truth. When we mind our minds and choose our thoughts in alignment with the infinite aspect of I AM, we command the creation of Love, Joy and Peace through us and for us into the life of the world.
Let's remember I AM and begin creating that now.
Recent Comments