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December 2007 
Be cool, always!
Posted on Feb 22nd, 2006
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This article by Abraham Hicks that I came across yesterday is absolutely superb.Check it out: Make Peace with Where You Are.
"Most people, when they see conditions that make them feel bad—they just feel bad. And when they see something that makes them feel good—they just feel good. And then they conclude, "We’ve got to control the conditions." And so, they make laws, and they get all kinds of patrollers, and they get all kinds of people that then try to enforce the laws because they believe that if they could just control these conditions, then they would never have to look at anything that upsets them again. But then you discover that the tsunami will come, and that there aren’t laws or rules, or armies, that can stop that. Or the hurricane will come, or the earthquake will come… In other words, there’s always going to be something that is going to challenge your idea that you can control circumstances." - Abraham Hicks
lol, that has so been my train of thought more times than I care to admit.Even with recent discussions here, it is obvious that my need to figure a way around problems is born out of a kind of fear.Not that those discussions were of no value.On the contrary, they have lifted me to this new perspective.So they were wonderful discussions.
Abe is so spot on (as usual *not jealous, honest! :D *) when they say: " there’s always going to be something that is going to challenge your idea that you can control circumstances.""
Now personally I'm of the frame of mind that we can achieve anything.So, in a strange kind of way I have welcomed this: "always going to be something else"
That's like the new challenge for today, more stuff to peel away, to overcome.
Yes, I believe we have massed untapped potential that we can access from dreams and other means.However more and more I'm moving away from this slightly romantic noble notion that: "keep throwing it at me, I can take it all, grrrrr!!!, I'll find a way around any problem you *bleeep'ers*"
I mean how wise can one become? How strong? how intelligent? etc.It is probably endless.And there comes a point where one thinks: "ok, is this serving me?"
My answer to that question, at this time, is NO!
"Only the dead have seen the end of war" - Plato
"He who dies and yet does not perish, has longevity" - Lao Tzu
"If you cannot make peace with where you are, then the unfulfilled desires are very slow in becoming fulfilled because that angst you feel about things not yet happening, is an indication of a vibration that’s literally holding it apart, from you." - Abe Hicks
The above quote explains why I haven't been at peace.Figuring ways around problems may bring me a new insight.But I'm always sending that vibe off, that vibe of 'angst' which I have come to realise is not serving me.Sure I figure things out with a cool head, my last discussions weren't apparently fearful, they were more 'enlightened' even 'joyeous' at the prospect of finding a new way around a problem.However (and this is a big step for me) I have become aware that underneath that there is a pervading sense of 'angst' and 'fear.'It's clouded very well, but it's there.Therefore, knowing that I create my reality, I have consciously recognized that angst and underlying fear, and I have consciously decided to change it to a feeling that serves me.
It may seem that I am a bit slow, seeing as though I've been reading Abe Hicks for a good while now.But I am really truly coming around to understanding that the way we are creates our reality.
So, be cool, always!
Are you truly aware that you create your reality?
Cheers!
"Most people, when they see conditions that make them feel bad—they just feel bad. And when they see something that makes them feel good—they just feel good. And then they conclude, "We’ve got to control the conditions." And so, they make laws, and they get all kinds of patrollers, and they get all kinds of people that then try to enforce the laws because they believe that if they could just control these conditions, then they would never have to look at anything that upsets them again. But then you discover that the tsunami will come, and that there aren’t laws or rules, or armies, that can stop that. Or the hurricane will come, or the earthquake will come… In other words, there’s always going to be something that is going to challenge your idea that you can control circumstances." - Abraham Hicks
lol, that has so been my train of thought more times than I care to admit.Even with recent discussions here, it is obvious that my need to figure a way around problems is born out of a kind of fear.Not that those discussions were of no value.On the contrary, they have lifted me to this new perspective.So they were wonderful discussions.
Abe is so spot on (as usual *not jealous, honest! :D *) when they say: " there’s always going to be something that is going to challenge your idea that you can control circumstances.""
Now personally I'm of the frame of mind that we can achieve anything.So, in a strange kind of way I have welcomed this: "always going to be something else"
That's like the new challenge for today, more stuff to peel away, to overcome.
Yes, I believe we have massed untapped potential that we can access from dreams and other means.However more and more I'm moving away from this slightly romantic noble notion that: "keep throwing it at me, I can take it all, grrrrr!!!, I'll find a way around any problem you *bleeep'ers*"
I mean how wise can one become? How strong? how intelligent? etc.It is probably endless.And there comes a point where one thinks: "ok, is this serving me?"
My answer to that question, at this time, is NO!
"Only the dead have seen the end of war" - Plato
"He who dies and yet does not perish, has longevity" - Lao Tzu
"If you cannot make peace with where you are, then the unfulfilled desires are very slow in becoming fulfilled because that angst you feel about things not yet happening, is an indication of a vibration that’s literally holding it apart, from you." - Abe Hicks
The above quote explains why I haven't been at peace.Figuring ways around problems may bring me a new insight.But I'm always sending that vibe off, that vibe of 'angst' which I have come to realise is not serving me.Sure I figure things out with a cool head, my last discussions weren't apparently fearful, they were more 'enlightened' even 'joyeous' at the prospect of finding a new way around a problem.However (and this is a big step for me) I have become aware that underneath that there is a pervading sense of 'angst' and 'fear.'It's clouded very well, but it's there.Therefore, knowing that I create my reality, I have consciously recognized that angst and underlying fear, and I have consciously decided to change it to a feeling that serves me.
It may seem that I am a bit slow, seeing as though I've been reading Abe Hicks for a good while now.But I am really truly coming around to understanding that the way we are creates our reality.
So, be cool, always!
Are you truly aware that you create your reality?
Cheers!
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Thank you flex. Your blogs bring vibrance to my days.
Is there something in that we see these apparent situations/people/entities as problems?
Thanks Kari,
Kari asked: ”Is there something in that we see these apparent situations/people/entities as problems?”
In my blog I wrote:
“ok, is this serving me?”
My answer to that question, at this time, is NO! ”
I specifically said “at this time” to show that now I am guided, whereas before I wasn’t guided.When you’re not guided, you don’t know the difference at any point in time!.When you’re guided, you do know the difference, because you have a guide.My guide is the way I feel.
You see I/we label these things as ‘problems’ That’s cool! When we’re guided by our feelings, we’re cool with labels because the labels aren’t our guide, our feelings are our guide.But when you are out of touch with your guide, that is when you worry and concern yourself with the labels.
Do you understand what I mean?
PS: ThankU!
Okay, so you are guided by feelings and as long as you pay attention to them then the labels don’t entangle you? Cool.
I think being in touch with feelings are (a) key. Since we are so connected with this body, this physical form, then feelings are like a portal, in “Tolle” language. (Eckhart Tolle mentions certain portals as help in getting back to the Now, for those who don’t know. I don’t know if he speaks of feelings specifically as one, but that is not the point!) Since many of us spend the majority of “time” in our “life” wrapped up in thought, feelings a great way to experience things….
Oh and Thank You as well.
Very interesting concepts and perspectives there flex. Personally, after reading your post I am truly aware that my decision to by guided by the spirit of truth has served me so well.
But this collection of considerations you’ve presented from Abe Hicks is of notable worth to me. Thanks for having the time to post these views.
““ok, is this serving me?”
My answer to that question, at this time, is NO! ” ”
I sooo need to get this -
Having trouble movong on after a break-up (9 months now) and I totally get that being like this does not serve me…but my “feelings” - the pain, the saddness, the hurt…just wont go away…(ok - Ilie, I AM having “good” days, hours, minutes, moments…) .
Flex - you don’t sound “slow” to me - wish I had really studied this at your age….you maynot feel that youhave found the “trugh” yet, but you seem pretty darned close to me!
Peace
Pam
Yeah, I believe the truth resonates.So, the more I feel that my thoughts have resonated, the closer I am to the truth.
Somewhere along the line, it seems that we all lose it.They say ‘that guys losing it’ or ‘lost it.’
That’s an expression you often hear.But what does it mean.I think that we say things without realising what we’re really saying.’Losing it’ to me means living in a way that doesn’t serve me or others, or the world.When you know that you are so much more than you are currently allowing, then you have lost it.When you look at your life and realise it is no where near what it could be, then you have ‘lost it.’The good thing is that consciously knowing we have lost it, means we can get it back.I have a new post in mind about this.
So don’t be so hard on yourself.The fact that you’re aware of where you are is a step in itself.You know pain and sadness and hurt so you can know goodness and joy and love.