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The theory of shifting energy, and our emotional state, and what it looks like in the real world, can really throw us for a loop once we immerse ourselves in this whole law of attraction thing. <\/span><\/p>\n The \u2018void\u2019 is one such aspect of the process that can leave us feeling a bit confused and quite anxious. But it\u2019s actually very normal and once you have a better understanding of what is going on when you are in this state, you can relax and just surrender into whatever is going on in this moment in time. <\/span><\/p>\n The void is a\u00a0state of not really feeling much of anything. You’re not \u2018trying\u2019 to manifest through the use of the various tools we often bust out to make shit happen. You may have worked through a lot of resistance and \u00a0reached a state of feeling pretty good about the prospects of your reality eventually mirroring back the energies you are cultivating. <\/span><\/p>\n Or you ended up in the void after feeling massive frustration with all your ‘trying’ and you just kind of ‘gave up.’\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n When we get into a teaching like the law of attraction, we start paying a whole lot of attention to our energy. We identify all the \u2018ick\u2019 and work on transforming it. Because we are now consciously trying to create our reality, rather than continuing to create by default and unconsciously, our resistance in all its forms may feel much stronger. We are much more aware of it. We feel a lot of resistance to the resistance and we start \u2018trying\u2019 very hard to get rid of it, which just intensifies it. <\/span><\/p>\n We worry we are messing things up and we won\u2019t ever get what we want. We may lay quite a bit of suffering on ourselves as we work \u00a0to manipulate reality just to our liking, as we constantly think about what we want and then feel badly because we don\u2019t have it. <\/span><\/p>\n We are trying to manifest from a space of strongly resisting and disliking our current reality, and feeling better without a reason to is a tall order. <\/span><\/p>\n But because positive emotion seems to be the ticket to getting what we want, we are really \u2018trying\u2019 to get all happy, not because we actually care about feeling happy but because we see it as a means to an end, something we must do to get what our mind wants. <\/span><\/p>\n We are expending a lot of effort to feel better, and we may get a boost here and there but it really doesn\u2019t stick. <\/span><\/p>\n All of this can feel really heavy and intense; we are fighting against all our negativity; we are trying so hard to get rid of it. We are trying so hard to be positive. We may be working through some really painful stuff and having lots of outbursts or really feeling our feelings more intensely. <\/span><\/p>\n If we reach a point where we release a lot of this resistance or we just get so sick of \u2018trying\u2019 to change our energy and \u2018trying\u2019 to get what we want and we just kind of \u2018give up\u2019 we may not feel much of anything after this happens.<\/span><\/p>\n We may not be feeling all happy and shiny but we\u2019re not really feeling badly either. We may feel a bit empty. We may feel a bit numb as all that energy we were constantly contending with just isn\u2019t there anymore. <\/span><\/p>\n So the \u2018void\u2019 is kind of this in-between period where you are switching directions energetically. You had a lot of momentum going in one direction and you are in the process of moving in another. <\/span><\/p>\n It\u2019s not a bad place to be; it\u2019s not something to worry about. It is just part of the process, and you will likely experience it many times as you continue on your journey of conscious creation. Sometimes it may last a few days or sometimes a few weeks. <\/span><\/p>\n The only problem with the \u2018void\u2019 is our response to it because it triggers all sorts of fears.<\/span><\/p>\n Because we are led to believe we must always be in some manically happy state to manifest, anytime we are not feeling all happy, we worry we are messing things up and we won\u2019t be able to manifest. <\/span><\/p>\n Sure, it feels great to feel that way and that super-high energy can be quite a magnet for awesomeness. But let\u2019s be real here–very few people, if any, would be able to feel such a high energy all the time.<\/span><\/p>\n And that\u2019s fine–that really isn\u2019t necessary to manifest or to be a generally happy person. <\/span><\/p>\n Sure, it is important we feel as good as we can, that we do our best to maintain perspectives that serve us, that we have a generally positive and optimistic outlook on life. <\/span><\/p>\n But when you really think about it, the key to manifesting is the lack of resistance. And lack of resistance is one of the key elements of the \u2018void.\u2019 <\/span><\/p>\n You are no longer pushing against; you are no longer trying so hard to manifest. You may feel like you don\u2019t even care if you get what you want. You will feel a great sense of relief if you were led to the void after getting so fed up with everything, you just said \u2018fuck it, I\u2019m done.\u2019 <\/span><\/p>\n Think back to before you knew about the law of attraction and you weren\u2019t giving a second thought to your energy. You probably manifested all sorts of good things–clearly it didn\u2019t come from consciously cultivating positive emotion or purposely working yourself up into some high energy state so you could enhance your capacity to receive. <\/span><\/p>\n You just didn\u2019t have a lot of resistance for one reason or another. <\/span><\/p>\n There is no minimum level of \u2018happy\u2019 you must achieve to allow a different reality to show up for you. The only thing necessary is the energy of \u2018allowing\u2019 has to be stronger than the energy of \u2018resistance.\u2019 <\/span><\/p>\n It\u2019s okay if you are not super-high energy; it\u2019s okay if you are not constantly in a state of excitedly awaiting the arrival of your manifestation or constantly engaging your energy in some way or performing some elaborate ritual to raise your vibration. <\/span><\/p>\n This sort of \u2018blah\u2019 energy won\u2019t last and you\u2019ll eventually perk up and feel more \u2018normal.\u2019 <\/span><\/p>\n Now that you have a better understanding of what is happening, just go with it. You may not feel like engaging in activities you normally engage in, so don\u2019t force yourself to do them. You might find you have more time alone than usual–take advantage of that and use it however you feel inspired to use it. <\/span><\/p>\n Remember that manifesting is always about what you are \u2018being\u2019 not what you are \u2018doing\u2019; so don\u2019t freak out if you aren\u2019t feeling compelled to look at your vision board, say affirmations or do whatever else you would normally feel necessary to call forth your manifestation from the ethers. Those things are just \u2018tools\u2019 and nothing more–they have no power in and of themselves. <\/span><\/p>\n We inflict so much unnecessary suffering on ourselves by always feeling this pressure to be happy all the time, to make sure there is always some \u2018positive\u2019 thought floating through our mind. <\/span><\/p>\n We have so much resistance to our bad moods, blah moments, fears, and limiting beliefs, and this resistance is what really cements them. If we just let them run their course when they pop up, we don\u2019t give them any more power than they currently have, which isn\u2019t as much as we usually think. <\/span><\/p>\n We are so obsessed with doing manifesting \u2018right\u2019 and trying to understand exactly how it works. And this need to understand comes down to the need to control it. As a fellow human I get it, I really do. <\/span><\/p>\n We have so much fear we are going to mess it up somehow and then we won\u2019t get what we want. And like I said before, it is all this muck that really gets in the way, not that we aren\u2019t \u2018high-energy\u2019 or \u2018happy\u2019 enough. <\/span><\/p>\n But we can\u2019t \u2018mess it up\u2019 because manifesting is not something that happens on the level of action. We can\u2019t do it \u2018wrong\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n The only way we can \u2018mess it up\u2019 is developing intense attachment to the specific things our mind wants, a stubborn unwillingness to look beyond our current reality, fighting for our limiting beliefs by pointing out all the ways they have been mirrored back to us, refusing to deal with our shit and giving into the fear over and over again. <\/span><\/p>\n All of these things are of the mind and the only thing required of us to transform them is consciously choosing to think and feel differently. <\/span><\/p>\n It can be challenging and it is a process for sure; and it is a choice we will have to consciously make over and over again. But that\u2019s really it. A simple choice. That opens up so much. <\/span><\/p>\n What did you think of the post? Have you ever been in the void? Any tips for dealing with it? Looking forward to your comments as always.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The theory of shifting energy, and our emotional state, and what it looks like in the real world, can really throw us for a loop once we immerse ourselves in this whole law of attraction thing. 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Lack of Positive Emotion is Different Than Negative Emotion<\/span><\/h4>\n
Just Go With It<\/span><\/h4>\n
Your Turn<\/span><\/h4>\n