We spend so much time feeling unhappy without X, Y or Z, we usually greatly overestimate how much better we will feel once we get it. This is a normal reaction and understanding what is behind it will help you correct course energetically and get the most out of your manifestations.
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Podcast #192: Law of Attraction: Getting What I Wanted Feels Nothing Like I Thought It Would
Kelly, First of all I want to express my heartfelt condolences on the loss of your mother.
This podcast is very relevant to what I am experiencing presently. I am manifesting a big sum of money and I feel the Universe has kind of kept it all these years and now is the time. I did some inner work that I feel puts me in a position to receive now. The feeling is kind of backwards but there it is.
Thank you Joyce
I totally get what you are saying and I have experienced that too in my life. When you finally align with something, especially something bigger or important that took awhile or that you struggled with, it is easy to see in hindsight why that was so and that for one reason or another, we actually weren’t ready to get it that often have nothing to do with basic belief in the principles.
My condolences, Kelli, about your Mom, and God/Existence Bless you. Anyhow, being attached to the past or the future is not my thing, but the present always is and I always appreciate it with full consciousness and gratitude. With that said, I can also honestly say this about a microcosmic situation that has been happening for the past few days with some important mail that I was expecting (I approach my life with small as well as large things by the way in this following way:) I live in the now, not in the past or future, so I genuinely just do what I can, need to and genuinely want to where I am always. No matter what happens short-term, I roll with infinity long term. Always patient with working in the now, and doing cheerfully what I can with what I have. I’ll try to keep these comment quick and simple, but I live the genuine law of attraction every day and it’s almost never disappointing because I do know how to genuinely live in the present always. Things go right, things go wrong, so what: Right is where I want to go, and wrong is just a course correction when it presents itself, that is how I look at it all. As for happiness and perfection: I have this attitude about perfection and happiness, we are as perfect and happy as we genuinely make up our minds to be. Personally, I view perfection as self-actualization, not enlightenment (so-called), self-actualization is a process and enlightenment is “having made it to end”. I view the process as always being done in the present, because once you are at the end, it’s the past and you have to do something else. Indeed, the process is always going on and it is the present. I’ll simply end with this: I’m not a temporary juggler and enlightenement dabbler, I am definite believer and eternally infinitely present practitioner. That’s it, always in the present in reality. I’m present, I’m here.
Hi Joshua
I really enjoyed reading this. I agree about what you said about self-actualization being the real ‘goal’ if you will for most of us. Such value here. And living in the now is the best thing we can do for our peace of mind and energetic alignment.
I mean it consistently and endlessly, and keeping it up, making it a habit though, not just “enlightenment” in the standard sense. To consistently live in the now always instead of having regrets, fears, and game playing. Good habit cultivation over bad habit cultivation. When I say the word cultivation, I mean over time it becomes genuine enlightenment, not “instant” enlightenment like “most people expect”. Although the point of power is instantly now always, it takes time to genuinely develop the point of power. I’m always working at it no matter what, and always cultivating the good habits. That’s all.
Hi Kelli,
my condolences about your mom! I hope you are doing well and have the support and love of your family.
Amazing podcast, as always. I”m just wondering about something.
I perfectly understand its important from what space we manifest. That it should not be “needy” and that nothing outside of us will give us a lasting positive feeling. Then what is that “instrument” that can help us change internally?
I actually considered that, meditation, reading, writing etc. are those outside instruments that help us turn inside and heal, or i am wrong? 🙂
Best regards!
Sandy
Hi Sandy
Sorry for the delayed response. Those external instruments can almost certainly help–most of us will find great value in something to ‘grab onto’ externally to help us with those inner changes. But the mind can sometimes confuse this usefulness with the tools actually being able to change us in and of themselves, giving them a power they don’t have. The core of change will never be anything we ‘do’ it will be a conscious decision to decide which perspectives we give our energy and attention to, which ones we let guide how we move through the world, our choice, habits and behaviors. Without that choice, nothing we ‘do’ can make any significant difference since our thinking and focus hasn’t really changed.