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Gems from 3 Days with Abraham-Hicks in Asheville, NC!

Last weekend I attended a 3 day Abraham-Hicks workshop. It was amazing to be able to share the material with my mom and also to connect with my gypsy caravan of "Aber-s" - some seriously enlightened peeps who travel the globe following the teachings, taking it to new levels in leading-edge conversations. Some came from as far away as Rwanda! Wow! Below were the gems which I gleaned from the experience. Note that these are a summary of my personal notes with some reflections. A previous knowledge of the Abraham philosophies may be helpful (for this check out the new book, the Vortex).

Allowing All You Have Asked For

This is a really yummy topic which speaks to something I love to do~ manifest! The idea of allowing is:

You cannot be in alignment with the vibration of what you want and it's absence at the same time. 

In other words, you must feel into the furthermost expression of what you desire rather than wasting time justifying why you want what you want in terms of your past. This means becoming diligent about what you say and how you say it, re-phrasing things in empowering ways which feel good to say. To help get to this place, we were encouraged to be on the prowl for things to appreciate, compliment and rave about in everyday life. By focusing on the good which already surrounds us now in even the littleist things, it attunes us to the frequency of joy which we seek. In this way we can entrain ourselves to resonate at the feeling place of what we desire.

Allowing is about letting go of any thoughts and emotions which don't feel good on every topic. At every moment, we can ask ourselves if the story we are telling is uplifting or contracting. The idea is that sloppy talking and thinking will "muddy the signal" you emit to the universe. 

By attuning to the frequency of Source, which is one of unconditional love, we enter the realm of magical opportunities - what Abraham playfully calls, "the Vortex" - and it is only from this place of complete alignment that we can attract our joy. However, there is this ironic thing required... we have to completely let go of attachment to outcome and actually receiving whatever thing you seek... and instead soak up the feelings we think we will get once we have it. 

We bypass needing to get the actual thing we have asked for (i.e. car, house, lover) and instead immersing our bodies in the feelings, thoughts and sensations of what we think having it will give to us. Law of Attraction will then line you up with experiences which match your emotional frequency.

I loved this concept because it reminds me to stop talking about anything I don't want, no matter how little. I occassionaly fall into patterns of commenting on random unwanted things - traffic, some catastrophic news headline, some characteristic of a friend which rubs me the wrong way, gaining weight, a negative experience from my past. Instead, I am inspired to tune a lazer beam of attention exclusively on what I do want! This is actually a pretty deep life practice~ seeing only the good in everyone and everything which surrounds you! 

I am reminded that every nanosecond I invest my energy into something unwanted, I am an unco-operative component to receiving anything in life which I do want!

So... I feel I am focused on cleaning up my vibration at a whole new level, on every topic. Alignment is my top priority on a daily basis. I look for things to appreciate. It's a fun game and I play it well!

Feeling Forward

Abraham provided a new descriptive title for the above process called, "feeling forward". This involves using the emotional guidance system to feel our way towards our joy. Instead of thinking so much in words, we were encouraged to feel our way forward with body sensations and emotions. Since good feelings are an indication of alignment and uncomfortable feelings are an indication of not being aligned with our Inner Being~ every moment we feel good, we align and therefore attract more good. It's easy... basically get happy!

Abraham reminded us that waiting to see to believe is holding yourself in resistance. 

This work is all about using the imagination and flexing our multidimensional selves through the conscious generating of emotional states. For example, we actually need to feel the love of the lover you are asking for! Be the love you are asking for! Express the wealth you seek. Exude the comfort and ease which you think the new car will provide you with. You must feel forward to the unseen future and experience the real emotions which you think getting the thing you want will give you. Again, it is all about going to town with compliments and excitement about what you are currently having which mirrors the feelings you seek once you get the "thing". Imagine what it would feel like to have radiant health and inhale the physical sensations of strength, joy, balance and freedom. Imagine what it would feel like to be with your next lover and inhale the feeling of being nurtured, cherished and adored. Just make it your primary intention to feel forward to anything you desire and you can have the essence of it pronto.

Here's a fun statement to feel forward with:

"I am a lazer beam of energy- a beacon attracting only kind, loving, nurturing, affectionate, tender, honest and playful lovers of life! This feels wonderful."

How Are You Telling Your Story?

Giving attention to anything is a vibrational choice. Are you aware of what you are choosing? There was a great example given about the value of paying attention to tone of voice, body language and word choices while speaking to others. Underlying this was the idea that you can choose to share something in a way which expands and feels forward, or a way which contracts and pulls back. A man got into the "hot seat" (where people go sit in front of Abraham to ask a question) and began by saying, in a throaty and emotional voice, "I'm going through a divorce..." It was really entertaining to see Abraham stop this guy immediately and repeat back to him what he said in an really melodramatic fashion. Of course, everyone, including the guy in the seat, started laughing. Abraham went on to share a different way of saying the same thing, "the contrast we lived together caused us each to launch rockets of desire and individually expand and it seemed best for us to take different paths." Another example was, "I'm having exposure to an experience which is causing me to expand and become more of who I truely am." We all sat and absorbed the different frequency created by these new versions of the exact same story. It was amazing how much more free and open the energy was. Abraham went on to share the same reframe which was used in much of the seminar on virtually every topic, 

"You are not upset because you are _____ (getting a divorce), you are upset because you are using that as an excuse for being out of the vortex!" 

The bottom line is not to ponder, discuss, blog, make a note, email, complain or otherwise obsess over things which you don't want to attract to you. Brush off distractions from joy and focus on feeling good. In this way you will join co-operative components for whatever you really desire.

Cellular Wisdom

I loved how Abraham spoke about the consciousness of our cells. They spoke about how our body's cells are always actively seeking a solution to any imbalance which comes their way. There is really nothing to "heal" except our perceptions. 

Our cells are always radiantly healthy and in balance unless we choose to think something which prevents them from knowing the benefit which they already know. 

We were encouraged to stay away from thoughts which disallow the wellness of our cells. What a neat way of thinking about our bodies! I love contemplating the trillons of cells in my body as wide-awake, conscious and shining brightly as beacons of perfection!

Other People's Behavior is Irrelevant to My Alignment

This is a super deep lesson. The idea is that we are exclusivly responsible for our own alignment by consciously choosing our thoughts (as opposed to having happiness conditional on the desired actions or alignment of others). Abraham had one particularly stunning statement: 

"When you can allow someone who isn't allowing you, you are in alignment." 

To me, this is the ultimate test: the ability to unconditionally love and accept others and stay true to my own vibration regardless of wether others accept me for who I am. I want to be anchored in my identify of being a loving appreciator, who appreciates without the need to be appreciated in return~ simply because my essence is appreciating and if I wasn't doing it, I wouldn't be who I am. In essence, finding an excuse in anyone not to love is sloppy thinking. Requiring the behavior, thoughts, words of experiences of others to conform to our desires  takes us away from who we are- beings of love. If we are not focusing on the perfection and wellbeing of others we are not being who we are. Hence, our total job and focus should be on getting ourselves into alignment, and that is it! If we have extra time to sit around wondering how to change things to be able to feel happy or bring them into alignment, we are not in the Vortex!

One very powerful statement shared was:

"Asking someone to be different than who they are is creating a hostile environment."

I'm not really sure where I picked up the habit of trying to change or fix others or life in general, but all of these insights are helping release that old pattern. According to Abraham, differences and variety are a cause for celebration! We came to this planet in bodies to experience the joy of contrast and from this experience, to choose our preferences. But there is no way to stay in alignment and simultaneously compare, judge or control people or life circumstances. This is because when you are inside the vortex, aligned with Source, all you can see is wholeness. We can't expect others to stand on their heads so we can feel good~ we can only change our thoughts to feel good no matter what. This is true freedom!

Important Questions I Can Ask During Any Challenging Moment

Probably the profound thing Abraham offered were questions which can be used at anytime when one feels out of sorts or emotionally upset: 

"Why am I using ___as an excuse to be out of alignment?" 

Negative emotions mean you are thinking about something in a way which Source does not think about it. So another fun way of rephrasing this same inquiry is:

"What does my Inner Being and Source think about this 'problem'?"

The idea is that it is the tension between the truth of Source's perspective and the untruth of our perspective stimulates our emotional guidance system, delivering anxiety to us, as a helpful little message to let us know we are off track. Again, remember the idea is that we cannot really control any circumstances outside of ourselves. Also, remember that another key idea is that we asked for the variety of contrast before we were born so we could learn from what we don't want more clearly what we do want. By turning our thoughts around, we can change our reality. 

For example, if you are feeling jealous, you can ask yourself, "what am I thinking which Source is not?" Soon you may realize that you are experiencing the emotional indicator of jealousy because you are holding yourself apart  from what your larger self has already expanded to be... The same would also apply to a feeling of lonliness. Lonliness is has nothing to do with disconnection from others, it indicates a disconnection from Source and a lack of alignment. One feels lonely because they are not in the vortex and using the idea of no one else being around as an excuse to not be in the vortex.

Instead of using anything or anyone as an excuse to be upset, the ideal is to scour the environment for anything to appreciate. Admiration lines us up with who we truly are.  Fussing about anything always pushes you offtrack from connection with your Inner Being. 

I LOVE this. It is such a simple question, and yet it can be applied to everything which distracts me from my happiness~ traffic, an irritating person, an injury, or any other challenge which can distract me from the wellness and perfection which abounds. in short:

"Stop using ____ as your excuse to be out of the the Vortex!"  

Unconditional Love

By far, this was the most exciting topic for me. It speaks to what I feel is one of the biggest lessons in my lifetime- being able to see everything and everyone through the eyes of Source. Abraham defined unconditional love simply: "Training your thoughts away from the things that bother you." We were encouraged to list many things about a person which we admired and appreciated and focus on these as reasons to love (as opposed to focusing on differences. And when we noticed differences, remembering they are reasons to love too because they clarify our own uniqueness.)

Since Source unconditionally loves everyone and sees only their wholeness and perfection, I know that any time I am looking at myself or anything critically that I am deviating from the pure vibration of Creator. You simply cannot be in the Vortex and find lack or deficiency in anyone else. 

The idea is to love because it hurts not to love. Love because the larger part of you does. Love because that is what you do! Love because you are Source and Source loves. "Love ___ because you are one who loves and when you don't love for any reason, you are not being who you are!"

The Bounce

There was a wonderful new exercise provided to assist in changing our point of attraction. It was playfully called, "the bounce". There are five simple steps involved:

1. Identify the uncomfortable emotion you are feeling by name

2. Identify the thought you were thinking which caused this emotion

3. Create a list of emotions which would be the opposite on the spectrum from the first uncomfortable one. Choose the best feeling one.

4. Now make a second list of positive emotions which this emotion makes you think of. Have fun!

5. Choose the best feeling emotion from that list and now create some rampages of appreciation about how you are already experiencing that emotion in your life now in various ways.

The idea behind this whole process is that you will get so saturated with the new vibration of what you are feeling forward for, you will soon forget what you were even challenged by in the first place.

Here is an example:

1. Step One: Challenging emotion is lonliness/fear of rejection.

2. Step Two: Challenging thought is that "I'll never find a man who is my match."

3. Step Three: First list of positive emotions which are the opposite of "lonliness": community, cherished, adored, unconditionally loved, lavished, nurturing, understanding, presence, bliss, ecstacy, love, togetherness, passion, bonding, connected, affectionate, tender, vulnerable, open, accepting. Best feeling one:adored.

4. Step Four: New list of words which "adored" makes me think of: joyful, blissful, complete, peaceful, delightful, cherished, surrounded by love, radiant, at ease, nurtured, held... Best feeling word: radiant.

5. Step Five: Rampage of Appreciation for how I already experience radiance in my life: I love my radiant body! I love my eyes and how they sparkle. I love how my smile can light up a room. I love how good i feel when I laugh. I love how fun it is for me to dance in amazing ways. I love how joyful I feel while doing yoga. I love how nourishing and restorative the food I eat is. I love my radiant, inspiring friends! I love how I feel while hiking in the sunshine! I love ... (etc, etc. You get the idea).

What's happening in this exercise is you really start to get thinking (and FEELING) what you want. I find that taking deep breaths, closing my eyes and imagining the physical sensations which accompany emotions really helps me with this exercise. By the time you get done, it's hard to feel the original challenging emotion, or even remember what it was.

The Reality of Our Vibrational Reality

There were some pretty neat details shared about how we can rethink the presence of our vibrational reality. To some, the phrase, "vibrational reality" can sound a bit out there, abstract and esoteric. But the fact is, even though we can't see it and touch it, it is still real. After all, we can't see electricity, gravity, magnetism, radio waves or love, but they are all real, aren't they?  Abraham had us start by thinking about animals. We have no problem understanding that dogs and horses have senses beyond our human capacity... they can "smell" trouble, they can "hear" frequencies indiscernable to human ears, they can "sense" someone's intentions just by by being in the same space. What animals are dialed into is the world of vibration. They are attuned and completely in sync with this invisible realm of information. Animals offer no resistance to what is. They live in the present moment without overanalyzing. They represent strong allowing. In this way, they have a lot to teach us about living in harmony with the unseen realms of reality and respecting emotions as a real, tangible part of our vibrational reality.

Wrapping It Up

Wow! I hope this was as exciting for you as it was for me. If you made it this far, you get a gold star. Here's to high vibration living! I HIGHLY recommend attending an Abraham workshop if you ever get the chance. Their full schedule is available here. These teachings have been the most practical, spiritual, life-changing materials I have ever experienced in all my years of study. I love that just listening to an audio recording of it, watching a DVD or reading one of their books can instantly provide a sense of relief. What an amazing gift! I am so grateful!

Pivoting

Today I got an angry email. I tried to respond in a loving way, but afterwards I still felt a bit dizzy, surprised and off-center. I had fallen out of that feeling of being tuned-in, tapped-in and turned on to life. How could I get my good feelings back? I decided to write a blog using the insights of Abraham-Hicks to talk myself into a better feeling place. This process is called, "pivoting", where you consciously choose thoughts which bring more and more relief...

I choose thoughts which make me feel good. I focus on aligning myself regardless of wether or not those around me are aligned. I can stay tuned-in, tapped-in and turned-on no matter what surrounds me. 

I take responsibility for my happiness by choosing life-affirming thoughts which nourish and replenish my vitality. I am not responsible for other people's happiness. Other people are responsible for their happiness because they are responsible for the thoughts they choose to have. 

I choose to see others through the eyes of Source. From the eyes of Source I focus on the wholeness, perfection and divinity within all around me. I gently allow those around me to experience deeply asking for alignment by letting them experience the discomfort of contrast. I allow them to do their own job cleaning up their own vibration. I let my whole focus be cleaning up my own vibration. 

I release wishing others would change so it would be easier for me to experience joy. I release any hope that others will think or act differently than they do. I allow others to experience the whole range of emotions available to them. I allow others to be exactly as they are and see them as whole right now.

I welcome contrast because it helps me build muscles of alignment. I was born to experience contrast. Every moment helps me learn how to find my center faster. Contrast expands my desire. Contrast teaches me what I do want by showing me what I don't want. I am grateful for the gift of clarity!

Everyone has the right to be happy. It is the natural, healthy state of being to be joyful. I focus on building my own joy and envisioning everyone experiencing joy in their lives. I align myself with the most exuberant, joyful potential of who I am! I release the need for outside validation and am validated by my Inner Being. All is well!

Partnership Vows of Alignment From Abraham

I saw this in the new book by Abraham, The Vortex, and was so moved. Even though I have left my marriage and an now traveling through an uncharted territory of emotions, these words give me hope that I made the right choice. They represent the level of shared values possible in partnership...

"It is my dominant intent to focus my thoughts in a positive direction so that I maintain my Connection with the Source and the Love that is who I really am. And in doing so I will always present the best of myself to you. It is my desire that you ask the same for yourself. And is is my expectation that as each of us works to maintain our individual alignment with who-we-really-are, our relationship with one another will be one of continual and joyful expansion" -Abraham

More Affirmations for Alignment from Abraham

I decided to create a separate blog containing today's fun affirmations for alignment created from Abraham's words today in the seminar. Enjoy!  xo Christabel

- There is only one thing that is important for me to do and that is to get into the Vortex!

- I adore the freedom I experience in my personal alignment!

- My desire to be in my Vortex supercedes my desire to please any other person.

- I am not responsible for how anyone else feels.

- I will hold no one else responsible for how I feel!

- My relationship with my Vortex is of primary importance in my life and my partner is secondary. This allows me to focus on my partner with the eyes of Source and only see their perfection!

- My Vortex completes me! (not any other person, place or thing).

- Everything that is confusing is absolutely clear when I am in my Vortex!

- The Vortex is easy, interesting, fun, natural, logical, powerful, and magical! When I am in the Vortex I feel secure, focused, clear, inspired, powerful, worthy, wrapped up in well-being, content, eager, and whole! 

- I always go into my Vortex before engaging with anyone outside of their Vortex so I have the capacity to remind them of how Source views their perfection.

- I love thinking about the Vortex wether I am in it or not!

- I am energized by the knowledge that I have the power to align in my Vortex regardless of what anyone else says or does!

- I play my way into the Vortex by focusing on fun!

- I am a genius at appreciating, complimenting and finding things I love everywhere I am.

- I am in constant, chronic synchronicity with who I really am: vital, alive and full of well-being!

- I go into my Vortex and come into resonance with my dreams, which have already come into fruition and are enthusiastically awaiting my arrival.

- I appreciate how outside-the-Vortex thoughts help me clearly identify what I do want.

- I deliberately control the gap between my material reality and my vibrational reality so I can revel in the glory of my Vortex more frequently!

- I experience forgiveness by going back into the Vortex after having been out.

- Instead of motivating myself to take action from outside of the Vortex, I practice getting in the Vortex and allowing the perfect impulse, timing and co-operative components to guide me.

- When I invest time getting into my Vortex, the Universe creates a new lighted path in every moment that helps me match up with opportunities being orchestrated on my behalf.

- The infinite intelligence of Source and all the knowledge of all non-physical beings in the Universe resides within my Vortex and is available to me the second I arrive.

- I bask in the unlimited access I have to everything from within my Vortex!

- I get into the Vortex to become the answer I seek.

- The force that keeps the Earth spinning in proximity to the planets and orchestrates the sunrise and sunset every day is in charge and I trust it in every way to handle all the details of my life!

- By trusting the Universe, I expand into the highest expression of my vibrational reality available.

- I travel everywhere with a non-physical contingency of collective consciousnesses!

- My band of lightbeings is the summation of all I have become, is resistance-free, and is in constant focus of my eternal wellbeing!

- I find the frequency of what I want and align with it before it comes.

-My emotional guidance system is the indicator of how deeply I allow myself to inhabit my vibrational reality.

- I look for reasons to feel good and train myself to the frequency of who I really am. I stay in the vortex by basking, doing focus wheels, rampaging, and making lists of appreciation and things feel good about.

- I feel fantastic about the presence of what I am asking for!

- I become the ultimate co-operative principle to my vibrational reality without needing anyone to see, validate, agree or approve of it. I don't need the feedback of other people seeing my reality to believe in it.

- I expect my desires so completely that their absence in material reality is irrelevant!

- I am forward looking and talk about all the ways I co-operate with my desires in the present moment!

- I've already become everything I've asked for in my vibrational reality. It is done!

Yay!!!

Another Delightful Day With Abraham!

Today was day four within one week with Abraham, along with wonderful conversations and insights with all the other event participants on breaks and at lunch. I feel full! Full of insight, full of excitement to stick to the program of exercises for vortex-living, full of knowledge. Just back from a yoga class I went to afterwards... below are a few themes which stand out in my mind:

My Soul Purpose is to Tend the Gap Between Where I Am and the Frequency of Who I Truley Am

It is my total job, 100% of the time, by divine direction, to GET INTO THE VORTEX! Abraham repeated again and again that there is no excuse to not be who we truly are! It is my responsibility to get happy! My total focus in life should be to come into alignment with my joy and appreciation. Once I am in my Vortex, everything I could ever need to know will be crystal clear! There are no big questions about "who am I?", "what is my life mission?", "how can I best serve?", "what is my next step?" because I will be inherently taking the next step by virtue of stepping foot in the vortex where all co-operative components have assembled to manifest my heart's deepest desire. I have heard this all repeated hundreds of times, but I think it just keeps sinking in deeper past all the decades of conditioning.... good stuff!

Needing is the Opposite of Having

I loved this comment. Abraham mentioned that whenever you believe you "need" something, you are actually experiencing resistance because you are working and longing for something you feel is inherently separate and inaccessible by you. Abraham suggested getting in the Vortex, first (as usual!) and from this place basking in the sensation of having. In this way we can raise our vibration to the realm of anything being possible, saturate ourselves with excitement and positive anticipation and become available to see all the little miracles constantly being created on our behalf. I know this is true because sometimes when I have been short on money and I have urgently felt as if I "needed" to come up with some, the pressure, panic, fear and urgency of "needing" seemed to repel the very thing I wanted. But when I focused on the abundance which already surrounded me, appreciated all I already had, and playfully explored all the fun ways I could attract even more wealth, it has rolled in. This was a great little reminder.

My Vibrational Reality is the Main Event of Me!

This is a repeat from the last few blog entries, and yet, I love it still! Abraham mentioned again and again how our vibrational reality is the larger, more real, more exciting and more authentic part of us and how the material human reality part is a wispy at almost insignificant aspect of our larger being-ness. This phrase about vibration being the "main event" inspired me to shift my focus more easily to the tangible reality of my invisible vibrational expansiveness... 

I Play My Way Into The Vortex!

Many people who were in the hot seat commented on "working hard to come into alignment" and Abraham had a bit of a field day in explaining how this was impossible. In short, the message was that there is no way to "work hard" on getting into your Vortex because the moment you start working hard you are experiencing resistance. Hard work means you are swimming upstream. Getting into the Vortex is about seeking ease, fun and positive feelings. It should be easy and fun, not drudgery and extreme effort against. We were encouraged to "be easy about it" and just play, seeking a better feeling thought through entertaining exercises and fun time. 

I loved this because I often have a story I tell about "working on myself"". This isn't serving me. "Working on myself" implies that there is something wrong within me that needs fixing to become "better" and thereby "positive" in some way which I am not  already. By playing my way into the Vortex, I am reminded that I already inhabit a magical realm of unlimited possibilities which feels good, that all is well, and that I am whole and worthy. This vibration the launching off place for even better, more fun feelings which easily lead me into the Vortex.

I Allow Others Before They Allow Me

This idea is kind of a biggie for me. In the past I have felt that people close to me needed to change in some way so that they could lead happier and easier lives (and thereby allow me to feel happy and in my Vortex - ha ha ha). I now realize that my only job is to tend to my own joy and from within my Vortex, reflect from the eyes of Source how whole and worthy and happy others already are from their vastly expansive vibrational reality. In the past, I sometimes felt guilty for doing well financially around those who were not, or I felt bad about being joyous around those who were sad. My approach was to try to "fix" them or "help" them literally change their situation, which clearly never worked and left both parties feeling frustrated and out of our Vortexes.

Abraham clearly said how important it is to allow others to be exactly where they are at. Really, their understanding of where we are at is completely irrelevant. And understanding where someone is at is not about stepping outside my Vortex and commiserating with them or inhabiting that reality. In short: I can't be sad enough to help sad people get happy. I can't be angry enough to help angry people get loving. I can't get poor enough to help poor people be abundant. I can only allow others to be who they are in every moment and reflect their wholeness back to them through the perspective of Source. This requires constantly going back into my Vortex to have this information available. This action of mine is unconditional, ever present and primary in my interactions and does NOT require the vaguest attempt on their behalf to do the same for me (although it is lovely when they do). In other words, I am learning to allow other to be who they truly are before they allow me. This requires letting go of thinking anyone has to change in any way for me to feel better... wow. There is a vast amount of personal learning unfolding for me in all of this which I am still unraveling...

On Unconditional Love

As a follow up on the last revelations, Abraham continued to comment on the topic of unconditional love. Abraham said that when you are in harmony with love, you love unconditionally. You become a lover of life! When you love from outside the Vortex, you can only love someone when they are loveable and thus you are insecure... 

This was all very deep for me as well.  As I mentioned in my entry about Mystic Garden Party, I have been dealing with the "pufferfish" syndrome around men where I have literally shut down my emotions and become cold and spikey when approached in certain ways. I am clear about the contrast it is creating for me and have launched some major rockets of desire into my vibrational reality and am catching up with the more gentle and loving self I have already become in there. Abraham said a lot of things which really got me thinking about this habit I have and I created.. I strung them together into some "I" statements to think about if it happens again:

I feel complete when I go in the Vortex. When I go in the Vortex I see with the loving and compassionate, wise eyes of Source. I look for things to appreciate and feel positive about so I can be who I truly am. I notice when I feel anger and realize I am experiencing discomfort because I am thinking about this situation in a way vastly different from the way Source. This contrast teaches me that I am using a person or a habit as an excuse for not being in my Vortex. As a true lover of life I don't need a reason to love, I can look anywhere and at anyone from the eyes of Source and find many things to appreciate. 

I am not really sure what is unfolding in this particular healing for me, but I intend to use the focusing methods and perhaps a hot-seat visit to resolve this situation... there is more than wants to emerge...

A Battle Against Anything is A Battle Against My Own Alignment

I found this incredibly insightful, even though I have already heard it a few times. In the past I was a very competitive person who compared myself to others and held myself up to high standards which were hard to meet. Abraham explained clearly how struggling against anything requires being out of the Vortex and that there is no way to fight something and simultaneously be connected with the infinite, vast intelligence and love of Source. 

This comment also resonated with me around blaming, especially blaming someone else's lack of being in the Vortex for my being out of the Vortex. When we blame we are really just looking for reasons to justify being disconnected from our own Vortex. We are waging a battle with someone else which cannot be won because the discomfort felt is really about "me not allowing myself to be me".  A great phrase from Abe: You can't be in the vibration of having a problem and in the vibration of the solution at the same time! In other words, I can't be focused on why someone else is wrong and needs to change and simultaneouly be in my Vortex and seeing their perfection and wholeness from the eyes of Source.

I Will Never Give Away My Freedom

Abraham explained how no one can take away our freedom, and yet we so easily give it away by prioritizing the pleasing of those around us above going into the Vortex. When we leave our Vortex, we really do loose our freedom because we loose our access to the eyes of Source, Universal Intelligence and all the ease, fun and joy that comes from knowing who we and others really are. The irony is that we often make the choice to leave the Vortex based on the misunderstanding that we can actually help people from outside the Vortex! Nope. I want to remember this one!

The Techniques

So... how does one really gain the vibrational strength to do this inner work? Abraham suggested a clear program to anchor one's self in the Vortex:

1. At night "bask" in the glow of what you appreciate for 15 minutes before sleep while in bed

2. In the morning, mediate early in the day to anchor your vibration. 

3. Next, do 5-10 Focus Wheels per day (for "a long time")

4. Next, create lists of Positive Aspects

5. Finally, write Rampages of Appreciation.

This is EVERY DAY for at least 1-2 months for a noticeably lasting effect. I'm going to jump into this and see how it flows for me... Obviously if you are really interested in this I would strongly recommend reading some of the actual books and watching DVDs, etc. All of this is filtered through my own personal experiences... (And if anyone else who has attended the last couple seminars has more specific details on this "program" which I only heard referenced vaguely, please post details as a comment on this blog!)

Phew! I'm signing off... haven't really proof-read this but I will look it over in the am to tighten it up and bit, etc. If you are actually reading this tonight.. you are HARD CORE! Love it! Wishing you the sweetest dreams in the Universe. xo Christabel

Pearls of Wisdom from Abraham

Today was another spectacular day spent with Abraham at a San Francisco seminar! As you may have read in my past blog entries, Abraham is a collective of non-physical beings dedicated to uplifting humanity. They channel their life-affirming messages through a woman named Esther Hicks, who latest book, Money and the Law of Attraction recently reached #1 on the New York Times Best Seller List! (Note that her brand new book, The Vortex, is coming out in a few weeks!) It is so beautiful to see what some people may label as "kooky" or "esoteric" saturating the mainstream and turning a positive tide in the consciousness of the planet. I've been following these teachings on and off for four years and recently have jumped in a a very deep level, attending as many seminars as possible and also listening to as many CD's from seminars as possible. It is amazing~ I feel as if I am truly ascending my awareness at a level I have never experienced before.

The Reality of Our "Vibrational Reality"

One of today's main ideas presented by Abraham is that we have a current material reality in which we currently live (which is the less important, "didly-squat", "bouncing-off-place" of contrast from which we launch rockets of what we truly desire) and there is our VIBRATIONAL REALITY, which is the most eternal, dynamic, larger-than-life, frisky and fun, expansive place of our wildest dreams within our Vortex. Abraham repeated again and again how imperative it is that we immerse ourselves in this vibrational reality as our larger and more true experience of our lives. To do this, Abraham suggests that we train ourselves to believe in the validity of the vibrational reality more than physical reality by doing exercises which invite us to speak, think and act "as if" we already live within the conditions which we most desire. "Don't wait!" we were admonished, "don't wait for anyone else to be able to see your vibrational reality before jumping in and living it!" 

My Vibrational Reality is An Actual Place I Can Live!

While the idea of "act as if" isn't new, the articulation of this through the metaphor of "your vibrational reality" as an actual place felt much clearer to me. I had this funny visual that I should be announcing to the world I would be having a moving sale, putting up signs, sending mail forwarding cards, and basically tweeting that I am officially moving to my vibrational reality as an actual real place where I could live from everyday! New address, new phone number, new email address, everything. I mean, to completely re-train my perception of reality to correspond to an unseen world of my imagination is pretty profound! I felt as if I was getting to the rock bottom of my consciousness and finding a switch I could throw to activate a complete re-wiring which would allow me to live among those agreeing to consensus reality and yet exist on a totally different wavelength... cool!

I Exist In My Vibrational Reality Right Here, Right Now!

Abraham encouraged us to detect the exact place where our vibrational reality intersects with our material reality and re-program ourselves to gravitate at all times towards the vibrational, expansive possibilities instead of what we actually see, feel, hear or taste. "Faith" was defined as achieving the vibrational frequency of one's desire before material reality or evidence of it's possibility is presented. I LOVED this! It basically implied releasing any and all reliance on evidence, validation or approval from any outside source and 100% trusting inner intuitive conviction. Talk about true independence and freedom! I felt as if they were asking for a big push in the powers of my imagination to expand beyond my current perceptions of who I am and to merge with an endlessly more expansive self TODAY, RIGHT NOW! Imagine, that I could step into the ultimate super-goddess version of my highest potential, ultra-wise and enlightened, endlessly compassionate and loving, overflowing with abundance, health, strength, flexibility and wellbeing~ a joyfully blissed out yogini fairy butterfly empress self right here and now, not "one day when" I was experienced enough, educated enough, wise enough, settled enough, etc. Right here, right now baby! Yes!

There Is A Support Team Focused on My Vibrational Reality 24/7!

Another neat note... Abraham mentioned that since they are not in physical bodies now and are in the swirling mass of co-operative components of the vortex, they always give undivided attention exclusively to our vibrational reality as opposed to our physical reality. I found this idea thrilling! The idea that there are benevolent enlightened beings collectively focusing on my eternal and unlimited potentials 24 hours a day, 365 days a year is so empowering! It is like an intergalactic cheerleading squad of Buddhas always rooting for me to take a leap and expand into my wildest dreams at every moment of my life!

Soul Families

Abe commented on the value of taking time to connect to one's vibrational family of origin and devoting one's self to one's vibrational legacy, connecting with the vast number of all one's brothers and sisters from a non-physical vantage point. That was all that was said, but what immediately came to mind for me was the concept of "soul families", a phrase which refers to idea that there are those who collectively agree before incarnation to share a common sense of purpose and alignment on the physical plane, making "contracts" to fulfill certain life missions of importance. I was craving more information here but no more was revealed... perhaps I will ask about this tomorrow if I get back in the hot seat!

Get Inside the Vortex

The mantra of the last several seminars and basic answer to any inquiry has been, "get in the vortex", meaning, step into total alignment with your inner being and allow yourself to expand into the biggest and best version of you possible. An interesting message which has also been repeated is how important it is to get into the vortex FIRST before doing anything of importance~ a conversation, driving, affirmations, etc (as opposed to doing things as a vehicle to getting into the vortex.) In my imagination, I envisioned some special imaginary magical sparkling and cushy lounge chairs set up in my vortex with cuddly blankets and simply basking in the glory of how great everything is ... and then taking time to contemplate things of importance, including my vibrational reality itself. I love it when I start creating fun visuals to bring the information to life! Abraham reminded us that the next exilerating step will be revealed from within the vortex itself and it was a nice reminder that we don't need to exert effort to seek and get... we just need to prioritize basking and receiving. Sweet!

Love Relationships: Focus on What You Want

There are always great questions that come up around love... Today, Abraham reminded us to stay focused on the traits we want within love relationships and to make lists so we could amplify them as points of attraction and to completely release giving any attention to unwanted parts (by commenting on negative traits from present and past relationships, etc). Another exercise suggested was to identify how you feel great in a relationship, make a list, and do what you need to do to feel that way now outside of one. So wonderfully practical and effective! I need to do these...

Love Relationships: Create an Uplifting Vibrational Version of Loved Ones

Another strong message from Abe was also to release using what we perceive of as "flaws" in another person to justify being in a dischordant relationship with them. This is because the vibration of everyone we interact with is more about our vibration than theirs. For example, one should avoid teaching people that you will rescue them because then they will always give you new reasons to rescue them! The message was repeated again and again in many variations: Just plain STOP incessantly complaining about someone or something else being the reason for you being out of your vortex! This was a great reminder for me since I left my marriage using this very reason ~ that I was happier and more in the vortex outside the relationship than in it (this was explored in my last hot seat experience).  In the end I realized I left because I was too weak to stay in alignment with who I was in that relationship. Ah, so much learning...

Love Relationships: Amplify Your Ability To Focus On The Best Possible In Others

Just like last week, we were encouraged to create an uplifting vibrational version of loved ones but to remember that it is not their job to live up to our vibrational version ... it is OURS to persistantly focus on their highest and best selves. I feel like this is such a divine life practice. To hold ourselves to the standard of always seeing the highest and best possible within those who surround us literally feels angelic... it is very challenging for me, yet also very rewarding when I can hold my point of focus on their expansive vibrational reality.

Love Relationships: Love=Alignment

Love was defined as "alignment" and Abraham suggested replacing the word love with alignment to gain a deeper understanding of why. For example, "I alignment you" really suggests that one has done the work to get in the vortex and align and is connecting to another person who has done the same. Love was basically defined as the ultimate expression of getting in the vortex, as if it was all that mattered, and sharing the same frequency with another person who has done the same. Abraham said that "I alignment you" really means the whole of me is flowing through me as I hold you in my attention. Yes! How super healthy and balance is that? Again, I love it.

Abe reminded us it is impossible to "miss" someone when you are in your vortex because when you are fulfilled, in alignment with who you are and Source and everything, how can you possibly be missing anything? If you are missing anything, what you may be missing is the connection you have with who you are when you are with them and calling that inappropriately, "missing them". Abraham encouraged us never to use not being together as an excuse to be out of the vortex. A great synopsis of this perspective would be: I love being in alignment wether I am with you or not. 

Love Relationships: It's Really About Me and Me!

Ultimately, love in relationship was defined as being about "me and me". Abe encouraged us to resist training one's self out of alignment to meet the needs, expectations, pressures or dysfunctions of others seeking to change who we are in some way. Abraham reminded us that if we are dependent on another's behavior to feel good that we have to control them in some way in order to keep feeling good or resign to feeling miserable- in other words, as long as your security is dependent on another you will be insecure. While this all may sound very obvious, it is also very deep and profound and really speaks to my personal evolution through relationship...

The Gift of Debt

I loved that Abraham spoke on this topic because I have done so much work to turn around my own beliefs here... Abraham encouraged us to find a way of looking at debt that takes us into the vortex. For example, we should look at debt as an investment in what we have become and acknowledge the understanding and knowledge it has imparted to us. In reality, all debt assumed has been a co-operative component in the creation of our current ever expanding vibrational realities.  Abraham suggested looking at debt as a fun game to help take ownership over the experience and suggested the columns exercise from one of the book where you can make a game of paying off your debt. I love this shift because it helps take something that was a burden and makes it a pleasure. As Abraham said, debt is a vehicle through which ideas and solutions can begin to flow to you to allow you to lighten up and become more co-operative with the Universe. Imagine that! That debt is a magical and luminous teacher who has arrived to impart profound realizations and super powers of manifestation!

A Focus Wheel Around Debt

The focus wheel which Abrham took the hot-seater on to arrive at this "lightness of being" around debt was something like this... He started in a place of feeling injustice and oppression about being in debt and went to...

* I've been in the vortex before.

* Today I have more money than I ever have.

* I am surrounded by people who support me in many ways.

* In the larger scheme of things I have a handle on this.

* I'm grateful for debt because it has helped me to create a greater story.

* Life is going good for me.

* I like my vibrational reality.

* I like what I am doing and I like aligning with my vibrational reality and who I really am.

* I like being the creator of my own reality.

* I like what being in business has cued up for me, I've become organized, a good decision maker, etc.

* I like feeling the power of the universe.

* I like coming into alignment with who I am and getting my hands in the creative clay and getting in the driver's seat!

* I think everything is in the right place right now, I like where I am and I'm eager about what coming next!

Watching this man, who was hunched over with misery, straighten up, smile and breathe into this whole new way of viewing his situation was very, very inspiring.

Sacred Geometry and "The Light"

I got in the hot seat and asked about the nature of sacred geometric shapes, inspired my my recent quickenings in response to art resplendent with these images. Abraham said that sacred geometries are subjective symbols which someone created at one point from within the vortex to express, mathamatically, their experience of being in the vortex. I was encouraged to pay attention to the power to focus on alignment that they elicited from me rather than the symbols, themselves, as points of power. I liked this answer because it reminded me that these shapes are really just tools to quicken awareness. In the same way that a focus wheel or the exercise of basking shouldn't become an object of adoration, a sacred geometric symbol should just be contemplated as a tool for focus. 

I also asked about emotions and light. Abe also said that they prefer to focus on the words "energy" and "vibration" rather than "light" because the concept of light relies on having eyes to see or visualizing, which was implied to be limiting in it's expansiveness. Also, the concept of light immediately brings to mind darkness... 

Glad I Asked These Questions! 

I realize that the power of focus is really all that matters in any interest, hobby or habitual way of thinking. Identifying what the contemplation makes me focus on feeling is of paramount importance over assigning the symbol or activity itself with any sort of supernatural abilities. I also got that vibration and energy are much more multi-dimensional and complex than I ever could have imagined. Honestly, what comes to mind with these words are images of wavy lines. I am beginning to understand that these concepts may have much more depth and texture that my human faculties can imagine! I guess I always thought about energy as a sort of "electro-spiritual pulse" in the past, but this conversation really has me thinking in a extrasensory way. The whole concept of vibration is unlimited in it's own capacity for expansion in ways which spatially and texturally defy my understanding of reality... This could make for another interesting question in the future...

Turn Off The Television

A final interesting note, for the third time in the last week Abraham mentioned in an offhanded way, "turn off the television". Even though I don't own one, I was streaming some netflix almost daily a few weeks ago. Now I am really focusing on doing yoga or reading or journaling instead and it feels much better. A nice reminder and affirmation, even if they were joking.

Some delightful affirmations from today which I was inspired to craft from Abraham's words:

- I am overjoyed at the beauty and richness I have created in my vibrational reality!

- I allow all that I have wanted and created in my visions to manifest now!

- I only speak about the best parts of the material reality which I have already created.

- I expand my current material reality to merge with my ever-expanding vibrational reality!

- I send leading-edge rockets of desire to the most expansive version of me possible!

- My vibrational reality is the ultimate reality within the universe!

- I keep up with who I am becoming in every moment.

- My vibrational reality is my primary point of attraction!

- I spend more time talking about my vibrational reality than my physical reality!

- I affirm what I want and contemplate my vibrational reality from inside the vortex.

- I allow expansion into my vibrational reality and experience good feelings as a result!

- The larger part of me has already become everything I have asked for!

- Source always holds the frequency of my newest, most expanded, aligned part of me! 

- I find the vibrational frequency of the certainty of my success/love/money/joy without any confirmation required from material reality to maintain the intensity of my belief!!!

- When I hold the vibrational essence of what I seek inside me from inside the vortex I build bridges from the inside, out, and create innovative ways to manifest.

- I know the Universe has my back and that there is great abundance coming for me and I AM READY FOR IT! Yay!

I am SO, SO grateful for the material! Thank you! 

p.s. By the way, last night I opened the new set of cards on Money and the Law of Attraction that I got at the seminar. I have never been into their card decks, but I love the new art in this one and the systematic and straight forward they summarize the material from the book. It is about way more than money and a useful tool for anyone with an extremely underlined version of the book. Highly recommended.

* Today's image is of the vibrational movement created by plucking a guitar string...

Affirmations for Alchemical Alignment From Abraham

I'm just back from Day 2 of Abraham presenting here in Marin~ and it was even richer than day 1! Today my method of note-taking was to turn everything relevant said into an affirmation... so read on for my insights. Overall, I think the theme of the day for me was about integrity~  being a beacon of light by upping the intentionality of my interactions with others and myself, specifically around choosing my own thoughts and speaking them with impeccability. Abraham also really drove home the importance of doing the needed inner work through daily basking, focus wheels, lists of positive aspects and rampages of appreciation... a good thing for me to hear since I am ready to resume these!

I am feeling flooded with gratitude and a sense of wellbeing. I jumped into the weekend's seminars after a bit of a "dry spell" around the Abe work and am profoundly moved by the relevance and impact of what was shared at the perfect time for me. I love it when things like this happen!

Note that the affirmations below blended Abraham's words which resonated with me the most with a few interpretive flourishes which I added. I suggest reading these slowly and taking a few moments of pause while breathing to contemplate each one so you can get a deeper download...

- My future is my present vibrational reality!

- I assemble all co-operative components so that I attune to what lies in my vortex.

- I listen to my emotions to spot any vibrational variance in my Source self and my physical body.

- I allow who I am in my physical body to be who I am in my spiritual and vibrational body.

- I release caring what anyone thinks about me.

- I clear and release all training to confirm to standards and ideals out of alignment with my Source self.

- I allow the fullness of who I am to flow through me in this moment.

- I  uplevel my alignment through the power of my thought by consciously bringing to mind places and situations in which I have felt flooded with life force energy.

- I enthusiastically jump into the vortex which already holds the full expression of who I am becoming!

- I hold ownership over the vibrational reality I create which stands in readiness awaiting my arrival.

- Getting in my vortex is the primary focus of my life.

- I magnetize myself to be attracted to the miraculous, joyful, and loving.

- I take time to get in the vortex before speaking of anything of importance.

- I am simply unwilling to separate myself from Source.

- When I interact with anyone I immediately put an improved version of them in my vortex while still lovingly accepting them exactly where they are.

- I know it is no one's job to catch up to my version of them in my vortex, only to stay focused on their highest potential vibration.

- It is my responsibility to see everyone's potentiality as whole and unlimited through the eyes of Source as opposed to ever expecting them to change in any way to live up to my version of them in my vortex.

- I am the only pathway and source to my vortex.

- I take time everyday to practice the feeling of being in the vortex.

- I take time to stabalize my vibration in the vortex.

- I know that "selfish" really means being aligned with love in the frequency of Source, being tuned in, tapped in, turned on and only seeing the best and highest version of anyone else around me.

- I am always looking for a new reason to tune up my vibration.

- I allow the standard of being in the vortex to keep raising to the next best thought.

- I consciously adjust my frequency to match what I want.

- I don't give other people credit for the way they behave because everyone will raise or lower their performance to the place of my expectation. 

- I release any and all consensus beliefs which take me away from Source. I prioritize my vibrational reality.

- I understand that any battle, struggle or competition is really a battle, struggle or competition against my own alignment.

- I entrain my vibrational frequency to the most enlightened and ascended beings in all the universes.

- I am in full concert with my inner being.

- I put myself in receiving mode! I am open, willing and eager to receive higher vibrational insights and infinite intelligence.

- I tune into the most refined and sophisticated Source energies to download and tune into my own unique way and vocabulary of expressing artistically.

- I assure the purity of my message so it remains uplifting and high frequency.

- I tap into infinite intelligence by attuning to the frequency of it, getting comfortable translating it and allowing it to flow.

-I focus on wellbeing by being in the vortex for as many hours as possible every day.

- I forgive myself fully by going into the vortex!

- I love myself wether I am in or out of the vortex.

- I bask in the rhythm of invincibility, worthiness and celebration!

- I rendez-vous with the larger part of me to experience the infinite expansion available to me.

- I live by example by getting in the vortex so I can radiate strength and clarity.

-I never deviate from what I know, feel and say to please others.

-I never seek to convince anyone of anything, I simply emanate a bright resonance through steady shining to attract all co-operative components to my joy.

- I manifest by matching my words to my truth. 

- When I speak I always mean what I say.

- My personal evolution uplevels the vibrational upleving of the planet!

- I only listen to those who know and speak from within their vortex of wellbeing.

- I can instantly recognize when something someone says feels "off" and I get into the vortex as my response.

- I focus on what is best for me instead of what is most wanting my attention.

- I always follow a statement about something I want with a reason about why I will have it.

-I give myself permission to want something different than what other people want of me.

- I allow the Universe, who has the ultimate credentials and knows everyone on the planet, to bring me the partners and allies who are a match for my highest, most joyful evolutionary potential!

- I hone the art of moving my thoughts beyond "what is" by using focus and discipline.

- I am here on this planet to thrive, love and share joy!

Thank you Abraham!!!!

*One final note: Jerry held up the brand new BOOK which is coming out soon! It is BEAUTIFUL (and has a very intergalactic image of a votex in outer space~ not the cover imaged on Amazon) and I am so excited to get my copy. This is the much anticipated book on the topic of relationships.  You can pre-order it here. Let's all make this a #1 New York Times Best-seller the same way their last book was~ this work is truly helping up-level our planet's mass consciousness! 

BTW: Today's image is by Mario Duguay.

Tell A New Story!

I just got out of a wonderful all day workshop with Esther Hicks who was channeling a collective of non-physical beings called, "Abraham". What an exhilarating day! As with after each workshop I have taken, I feel as if I am joyfully leaping from squishy soft cloud to luxuriously squishy soft cloud!

It was a very last minute decision to attend... I've been listening to the CDs lately and not feeling interested as much as before... but my friend Dan's presence (all the way from Long Beach) and the fact that the event was 5 miles from my house tipped the scale. Thanks to Dan, I had a front row seat and also was elated to spend some time with the whole crew who shared about the current production of the new DVD to accompany the new book (on which I am featured in the hot seat!). It is all very exciting. 

When I attended the Abraham cruise last February, it enabled me to make a decision to live in my vortex without compromise, which led to some massive changes in my life. These changes continued after attending the last San Rafael workshops in the spring. I am excited to see how these workshops amplify my focus even further...

While at the event today, I realized that my topic of inquiry related to how I could evolve my career and soul purpose. Specifically, I have felt called for some time to embark into a new metaphysically artistic work sharing my poetic esoteric revelations in book form, through multimedia art and through intensive retreats. I wanted to know how I could move through my blocks and into this potential. 

I didn't need to ask any questions! As usual, other people's questions evoked the perfect answers...

Tell A New Story: The biggest revelation I got is that I need to TELL A NEW STORY!  Oftentimes when people ask me about my future plans, I tell a mixed story which shares what I am passionate about and also what I am afraid of and why I don't think I can do it. Talk about sending mixed messages to the Universe!!! I realize that the most important thing I can do is to craft an exciting new story in which I speak about what I want and why I love it (and forget about talking about my fears). In other words: Always look and speak in the direction of what you are becoming... just find positive thoughts in the vortex and make these my dominant thoughts. Also, I got a good reminder to keep telling a fantastic story about where I am! I love hooping and all the wonderful people and lessons and abundance it has brought to me... and I believe I can have a multidimensional career. The more I powerfully I appreciate where I am at, the more open I will be to receive exciting evolutions...

Speak Powerfully: Another revelation I got is that I need to release any hang-ups I have about using certain unusual words which I think may evoke a negative or skeptical response in listeners. This is a big one for me! I realize that wasting time worrying about what other people think of what I have to say holds me out of the vortex where I don't even have access to those magical words! Some of these words which I often hold back from using include: intergalactic, frequency, vibration, starbeing, etc. I realize that a new paradigm needs a new vocabulary. Since I feel more in my vortex when I speak these charged words than when I repress them, it is time for me to own my inspirations. 

Some wonderful phrases Abraham suggested using to tell our new story included: I look forward to ... because ... I like it when ... I can feel.... I love it when.... I really like... I feel so aligned when... I feel so exhilarated when... I am so joyful when... It feels so life-giving when... 

Abraham said it is totally bogus to blame not writing a book on "not having time", reminding us that it is not the writing of the book which takes time, but rather, getting ourselves in the vortex so we can be vibrationally prepared. They reminded us, "time is different in the vortex!" It was great to hear this too because I feel as if I actually have already written a book ... I just need to put the pieces together and give it cohesion. What am I waiting for?

Allow Expansion: One of the most painful realizations I had was that I am holding back my own expansion!! Abraham reminded us that contrast serves us by showing us what we do want... but the real lesson is activated when taking action towards what we truly desire. Many times I have sensed an urge to expand and become more poetically expressive, and held myself back at the same time. No longer! The art of allowing means allowing expansion. I am feeling more courageous about allowing my own expansion!

Seek the Vibrational Equivalent: I realize that I need to continue to surround myself with uplifting spiritual visionaries who are a vibrational match for what I seek to embody. Abraham reminded us how  important it is to clean up our vibration and to focus exclusively upon the presence of how what we want feels... to let ourselves be called into the new vibrational reality of what we seek to manifest and train ourselves into the belief that will attract our desire. I see I simply need to continue raising my own vibration through intentional thoughts and actions so I can attract the outcome I seek.

One neat thing Abraham mentioned was about how to know when you are a amatch for what you desire. They said, "When asking ourselves this question: 'are you a cooperative component to what you seek?', knowing the answer is easy! If you are happy, the answer is YES! If you are not, the answer is NO." Abraham suggested being oblivious to any and everything which causes fear and doubt and to exclusively focus on what inspires us.

Close the Gap: A major insight I got at this event is how often I have trampled on my own intuition and willingly tolerated discomfort of being out of the vortex. No longer! Abraham talked about how important it is to listen to our intuition and take action at any time when our inner being asks for action to experience alignment. Even if it is tiny thing, it may be important in ways we cannot imagine. I really, really understand ow important this is and a personal exploration of mine currently is healing my Ajna (third eye) chakra with love...

Be in the Vortex More than Out of It: Many times in the past I have endured discomfort for prolonger periods of time because I believed that it was the path to growth and expansion. Abraham shared a great reminder on this topic ~ that we should be in the vortex WAY more than we are out of it. There is simply NO reason not to be in the vortex. They said that being out of the vortex is simply no longer acceptable and that we should just stop having any and all conversation about being out of the vortex and GET IN! This made me realize that I being out of my center could have been okay for a brief second, but that the moment I realized it I should have been immediately taking action to get back inside. I will no longer allow days, weeks, months, years out of the vortex to persist because of the misguided belief that I am "growing spiritually"!

Don't Get Caught Up in What Others Think: I loved that Abraham reminded us to let go of getting caught up in what other people think or say about us. This has been something which I have invested too much energy into. They suggested forgetting about tolerating being outside of the vortex in order to commiserate with people who have forgotten their connection to Source and to release tolerating sloppy thinking. I love it! These reminders really help me to focus on a high level of integrity which makes my soul sing.

Being Spirituall: One thing which was neat is that Abraham spoke on the topic of "being spiritual". This was perfect for me since I had hesitations around this in moving forward with my work. Abraham reminded us that being spiritual just means being in alignment with spirit. When you allow the wholeness of who you are to express through love, joy and appreciation, you are spiritual. When you are negative, fearful and angry you are not. It is that simple. It is easy to be spiritual and everyone has access to it! Spirituality is a moment by moment practice of aligning and focusing.... yes! We are all worthy and capable of being spiritual and sharing our insights with others.

So that is a bit of what my experience was of the day... lots of personal expansion and ownership of my intuitive urgings... lots of self-love and appreciation for my own gifts... lots of joyful playfulness around moving forward with creative visions. I am so grateful! Yay!

* I used an image of many galaxies for this blog entry since I was inspired to think in a much more expansive, quantum realm of possibilities during the presentation... I love stretching my imagination to think of beings multi-dimensionally and in ways which defy consensus reality...