Sunday, August 30, 2009

Stray Thought

People are starting to notice the phenomenon of the stray thought.

The stray thought seems to just whimsically enter your head. It's like a little piece of paper floating by. No particular weight on it, no big emotional charge to it. Just a ho-hum, "whatever" kind of thought.

And suddenly it amazes you by powerfully attracting thoughts like itself. You'll see them. And then ultimately it manifests, powered by your desire, its real world counterpart, right in front of you. And you might think, my goodness! What has happened here?

Often the stray thought is a question of some kind. "I wonder what ever happened to ..." someone you went to school with maybe, or someone you met at a social event. And you get a call from someone who knows someone who saw that someone you were wondering about. Or you think, "I wonder what they're doing with my job application #47. It's been so long. Oh well." (Yes, the job market appears to be a mess, but we don't go by appearances like we used to). And in the morning there's an email saying they've reviewed your application and would like you to call to arrange an interview.

Or like what happened to me the other day. "I wonder where that present is, the one B gave me when he came back from Dubai in 1999. " And then suddenly the tv's talking about Dubai; the entertainment section of an old 2008 newspaper is on the table (all by itself!) at the cafe we're visiting and it's featured article is about a Di Caprio movie set partly in Dubai; a friend sends me an email about some super tall building in Dubai from whose top floor some people swear they can feel the earth rotate or some such nonsense.

The stray thought. Light and easy, but within a short time it brings the thinker a solid representation of itself. It manifests smoothly and quickly.

Why is that?

We've seen many of our other thoughts stubbornly refuse to materialize at all. "I've got to get that promotion. Just got to. Give me that promotion!" Or "I wish I could win the lottery, if only I could win the lottery, let me win the lottery, let this be my lottery.. " Or "Please, please let it be all right. Just let it be all right!"

Why is it so hard to get those wishes to come true?

Probably too much weight on them. Desperation is weight. Fear is weight. If you can manage to --- stop, look, and listen. (Yes, there it is again.) Breathe. Give yourself a break. Ease up. Go do something fun. Listen to some music. Get some exercise.

Your desire, your thought, will still be with you. Now it has a chance to soar free. You've taken the weight off. You've released your grip on fear and other negativity. They were swirling around your wish! You've allowed your wish to shed them.

You've made your wish happy go lucky, like a stray thought. You have let go. You can let go again if you want. You can let go 10 times or more, nothing bad will happen. Every time you let go you free up energy and create some space. Let go. Do it till you feel it's done. You'll know when it's time to let go of letting go.

And when you feel it, that ineffable something, you'll know the manifestation of your desire is complete. All you need do now is pay attention so you don't miss it.

Love to all...
+Antaya+

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Show Me

Do you still believe life is what it is and it does what it does with no regard for you? No connection to you? Do you still believe that you have to plan and work and make things happen by force of will? Do you think pretty words on blogs are all well and good but they don't really mean what they say?

Try this:

The next time you have a pleasant experience, trace it back. Trace it back to where it originated and how it got to you. Once you slow down the manifestation process this way, you will be able to see for yourself that the experience did not happen by accident. Nor by chance, by luck, or by the whim of someone throwing a few crumbs your way. Trace it back and you'll see what generated it.

Example

In July I was at a home improvement store with a friend who had to pick up a simple latch to install on a gate. When we got to the checkout counter there was a box of shiny gadgets, all the same type, (I don't remember what they are called) looking up expectantly at him. "Oh look at this," he said. "Just what I needed for that project last week. But I couldn't find even one anywhere." And now here was a bunch of them, and on sale too, and right at his fingertips. He bought a handful even though the project of last week had already been completed by someone else. He said now he'd be ready for the next time he might need these items. I teased him about his desires/manifestations being sluggish. He smiled and shrugged. And then,

Example

Sitting next to this laptop is a new remote control that has a Guide key on it. So that you can get information about the program that is on the tv screen. I wanted such a remote 14 months ago when I switched from satellite, which had Guide, to cable. But it was not possible to get the Guide feature with any remote that would work with this cable system. So I didn't pursue the matter. But yesterday something made me see this remote, really see it, for the first time. And that led to stop, look, and listen, and that led to tracing back. I wanted to know how a remote I'd wanted 14 months ago and could not get, was now sitting right here in front of me. I had assumed the way that happened was the following:

Suddenly one day two weeks ago several cable channels were no longer accessible. They were just snow. After calls to the cable company we learned that dta boxes were now required for a new digital format the cable company had decided to switch to. (Who knew the cable company was switching? I admit I don't follow very much the activities of the cable provider, though I've heard they can be titillating at times). If we wanted the missing channels back we'd need to come in and purchase some boxes. We did. New remotes were thrown in with the purchase and one of them has a Guide button. What a happy coincidence - I've wanted a remote with a guide and by happenstance here it is at last.

No. That isn't it. I think you can see that tracing this event back shows a different story. The desire for the remote popped in 14 months ago and the remote appeared last week. Why did it take so long? Because it wasn't a high priority on my desire list. Same for my friend and his offhand wanting of those hardware items. For him they hadn't been a high priority so they showed up a week after he mentally asked for them. How would things have unfolded if the remote and the other gadgets had been fervently wanted?

Find an event in your own experience and take a look at it. Do not take it's existence for granted! Do not presume you understand all about it. Stop, look, listen. Trace it back. See what you find. Start with events that make you smile. They will give you a good picture of how things work for you. You need not go into events that bring heavy feelings. And of course you will explore any events you choose. I am only suggesting that you get some "happy" under your belt before you start to trace back the disasters.

Love to all,

+Antaya+

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Parent Your Genie

You can tell by now that I only post when I have something to say. When I'm not posting I'm feeling, observing, and trying to process. There are times when the processing department gets distracted by some apparent happening in 3D. To which event I give inappropriate weight for a while. And then I get back to the reality I'm increasingly paying attention to, which is not 3D. It contains 3D but is expanding past it.

The more you get quiet and breathe, the more you stop, look, and listen -- then the more your awareness and creativity and manifestations grow. Until they get to a point when they grow off of each other and make a beautiful landscape of your desires, sensitive to your every feeling, changing as you change. It's "always" been that way, it's just that we haven't seen it that way for thousands of years. Now are are again getting able to see it. The infusion of light right now is helping us see.

Do you realize what it could mean to you if your most offhand efforts produced results beyond your expectations? If your most casual thoughts manifested? It could be an experience of wonders and marvels. It could also be an experience of unexpected bumps that can hurt. (Be careful, careful, what you wish for or fantasize about!) Think for a minute what it could mean to you if your wishes came true before you had the good sense to think them through.

You certainly have enough examples from the past to refer to regarding thoughtless creations. By now you've learned you get what you ask for. And sometimes you make a mistake in your asking but you don't notice at first. And the manifestation comes out flawed. Because your genie is now awake, and has the enthusiasm of a teenager with a first crush, and will deliver anything you ask for.

That being the case it is of great importance that you to learn how to parent your genie. (Your genie is your thought and the emotion you put behind it.) Not control her, but parent her. Control involves resistance and domination. Those two have their places, but not where you're going. You parent your genie so she learns how to create what you intended, not what you actually said. You parent her to be able to read your innermost intention.

What if you want that beautiful mansion you've daydreamed about so often? And genie being who she is, you get it. And then you find out the cost of the mansion's upkeep is the same amount as your yearly salary.

Well what you do now is realize you could have been a better parent. You could have added "and I can easily afford all that goes with it" to your wish of "I'm now living in that beautiful mansion." That is loving guidance for your genie.

Or, you could have simply decreed "I am happily living in that mansion and I have no worries at all in connection with living there." That decree would have saved you and genie the work of repairing the manifestation of a desire not thought through. (Well it's not work to genie but it might seem like work to you.)

The cherry on top is that with practice, after a while you won't have to be bothered with these kinds of details. Your genie will become expert on her own at creating your desires. You will have parented her well. She will run on her own, increasingly more powerfully, more skillfully, and more lovingly as you keep giving her your desires. She will become Smart. You will become relaxed. (But do not fall asleep, stay awake!)

Bottom line, if you are practicing Stop, Look, and Listen, you are well on your way. Now it's time to add loving parenting to your genie till she learns not to listen so much to your childish "I want! "I want!" but more to your soul's real desires. Then you will be astounded at what she will deliver.

Love to all,

+Antaya+