Evolution one – week ten
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Hello Folks,
Today is the day I am usually on call in the evening. It is the only day that I try not to commit to anything. I actually get more rest on Tuesday, unless I get called out, which isn’t too often.
I read my horoscope and it said I need to slow down and rest for the day. I came home from work and took a nap. It felt so good to decide to do nothing for the moment. When I woke up I started to think about what the Law of Attraction means to me.
Here is what I came up with…
I don’t know if I believe in everything said and written out there about what the law of attraction is and how to apply it to our lives. In some ways I am discovering the true meaning of this belief system as I go along on my journey toward a healthier body.
One thing I know for sure, I have seen it work in some areas and not in others. I am careful not to apply it to traumatic situations, because I think there are a lot more elements at play when someone is the middle of a war zone, than the law of attraction.
I tend to think of it more as a tool to use in areas that are obviously obtainable. Not to focus so much on what is unobtainable, but rather to put forth effort towards tangible outcomes. Is it possible to levitate using this law? I don’t know; but will I try if I have a desire to achieve that result…maybe. I think anything is possible, but how to get it, I don’t think is as simple as believing you already have it. I think it is about lining yourself up with the universe.
How do you line up with the universe? It is like tai chi….breath with the universe until it is a natural part of you. This sounds all fluffy and good, but what I am really talking about is tuning into intuition; learn to listen to that small quiet voice within and take actions from within.
How do we find the small quiet voice within if we are clouded by so many discursive thoughts? If you don’t like meditation I think dreams are a good place to start. What can be more pure than a dream? I think dreams are the messengers and healers of our subconscious mind. Dreams let us finish the unfinished; point the way towards some possible direction for our lives; and help us to heal old wounds.
I have had many dreams throughout my life that have shown me my own future, or revealed to me what to do next or let me know where I am stuck. I have recently had the advantage of being close to someone who is very in tune with her dreams; through listening to her I have learned to listen to my own dreams once again.
I have had lucid dreams, premonition dreams and many things in between in my life, and for some reason I still forget to pay attention to their many messages. I have decided to revisit my dreams and see what they tell me. I have also decided to put my intention for a healthier body into my dreams before I go to bed.
I think second to dreams, is learning to discern; learning to discern the difference between a clear intuitive message and an impulse desire. In that case, I use the rule of three. If I get the message three times, then it must be an intuitive sign. I am not talking about obsessiveness….that is definitely more than three. I would look at that too. I am talking about something you reject that visits you three times.
The third thing that seems to be a good message is when everything comes very easily. It is as if you ask the question the answer comes almost immediately. Surely, when something comes with ease it is a sign. I am always surprised at how and when things come, and what form.
For example: A long time ago I used to make drums. I was having a hard time finding skins for my drums. I had just finished my first
ashiko drum and couldn’t find a head to put on it. I remember walking down the street carrying my drum and thinking to myself…I wish I had a skin to put on my drum.
As I was walking, a guy crosses over the street and walks toward me (no lie) and he asks me if I made the drum. I said yes. And he asked me if I needed a skin for it. He gave me a goat skin, but it was with the hair and all. I ended up having to de-hair it… I kept some hair on it and it was the first drum I officially ever made. It was the beginning of my connection with nature and interest in living sustainably, off the land, like primitive people.
I believe the universe wanted me to have that experience and it happened pretty quickly. I was also open to receiving the skin, despite its form, which was not what I had imagined.
I think that is pretty normal….to ask for something…get it…and have it not quite be exactly what you imagined. I think the purpose to that is that there is something to be gained by the challenge of the unexpected. The universe has its own plans for you, too.
The real trick is the mind; taming the mind can somehow help us listen more deeply to the universe. The universe is, in part, connected to intuition. It is always speaking to us in a whisper. I believe it wants us to listen more closely to its messages, but if we don’t, you can be sure it will slam us on the head!
I have spent a lot of time in nature. I spent months and months in the deserts of Arizona, and one thing I know for sure, it is the most close I have ever felt to the universe. My mind was so clear I didn’t hear any voices in my head for a long time afterwards. I couldn’t find the words to explain to people my experience, because it was like nothing I have ever felt. My mind was even more still than when I was meditating. Every time I asked for something it came to me so easily. I can’t explain it…I remember one day saying to the sky, I have seen it all, I believe there is something greater than me, but show me one more time for fun.
Within seconds I ran into a piece of fruit, where there should have been none. You see, at the time, food and water were my main concerns. That is when I knew that if I lined myself up whereby my intentions and thoughts are pure that the universe is very responsive.
So here I am, many years later, reminiscing about a time when things came so easily for me. Why has it not always been that way? I think it is because I was asleep for a while, not trusting. Back then, I took risks…big risks…the kind that others would say were crazy. I never thought of it that way at all, I just knew things would work out, and they did.
Part of this experiment is about taking risks. I am applying what I believe to be my own version of the law of attraction…that I gained so many years ago when I used to be homeless. So you see, once again, it really isn’t about weight. It is about alignment; aligning myself with the universe.
Mind. Body and Spirit.
Exercise: Pyramid Training, Interval (bike-20 mins)
Menu: Veggies and Protein
Until next time…
Think, Believe, Act, Achieve
Dakota
Today’s Mantra: Dreams can be the door to the intuitive mind
