Dark Skies and Shining Stars

Well, again, you ask yourself, what am I afraid will happen if I did manifest something that I prefer? Because again, remember, you always, always, always, without fail, this is the motivational mechanism in all of you, no exceptions, you always choose immediately in the direction of what you believe serves you, you always move away immediately from what you believe does not serve you. So, if you can intellectually recognize that you may be choosing something that doesn’t serve you, you have to understand that the only reason you would do that is because you have a belief that says it is the lesser of two evils and that you have labeled what you say would serve you as something that actually would cause something to happen that’s worse than what you’re experiencing now. It’s scarier. So, the idea is you have to wonder and ask, “Why am I defining this thing I say is what I prefer as being scarier than what it is I am continually choosing now to be afraid of?” Because what I am choosing now somehow by comparison feels safer. And you will always choose what you believe is safer even if it’s what you don’t prefer.

So, you examine and say, “What would I believe has to happen if I did in fact manifest what I prefer? What lessons am I learning in this? How can I become more of who I am and let more of my soul self through this physical form? And in what way can I choose the definitions that will allow you to move forward instead of being afraid of what might happen if in fact what I say I prefer did in fact manifest? Because if there is something there that you believe is scarier than what you’re already choosing, you will never move forward until you define what that is.

Well, that’s simply because of the chemical reactions that you’re going through because your body has gotten used to certain patterns. It may take a little time, that’s all right. But again, different things can help—meditation, breathing exercises, other kinds of things can be of assistance as a tool, as a permission slip. But remember, you are the ultimate permission slip.

And in a sense, remember, a lot of it has to do with how you define your experiences. Because when you say, “I am depressed and I need an antidepressant,” you are immediately defining the experience in a negative way, which then makes it seem as if you need some help getting out of it.

But if you understand that it’s very natural for all of you to go into not depression, but compression, when you can’t find the answers you seek outside, you go to where you know the answers reside, within. You withdraw, you reevaluate, you reexamine, you investigate yourself.

That’s compression. You search within to find the answers that you seek. And that’s a natural thing. And then you find them, you rework yourself, redefine yourself, and you reemerge a new person ready to move forward.

But when you withdraw and society says, “Oh, you’re withdrawing. There’s something wrong with you,” and you start to believe that, then you start defining that natural act of inner seeking as depression. And then you get caught up in the whole cycle of the negative definition. And now you think you need something else to help you out of it, and so on and so forth.

The idea is to start defining your experiences in more positive ways. Not that you start calling negative things positive things, but that you understand that you are powerful enough to get a positive result out of anything that manifests.

So why not start by knowing that if you stay in a positive state and use positive definitions about why something happens the way that it does, then you’ll be able to get a benefit from it. It will download information that will allow you to know how to relate to it, and you will be on a more positive track with it instead of succumbing to the negative definitions that only spiral you farther downward.

I’m not telling you not to use the permission slip, but I’m simply saying ultimately you will realize that you are the permission slip because anything in physical reality, even the idea you call chemicals, even the idea you call drugs, are not actually doing anything really. I understand that there is such a thing as a chemical response, but the idea is that it’s your belief system that allows it to actually work that way for you because there are many people that would have absolutely no effect whatsoever by ingesting something like that. So, it’s all about what you’ve been taught to believe is true and what you think you need for help right now and that’s fine if you feel you need the permission slip to help you, by all means do so. I’m simply letting you know that at some point you’re going to wake up to the realization that it’s always been about you actually changing your state of being rather than anything that the drug has ever done.

Because you’re going to start seeing that physical reality in a sense is just a play act. It’s just a neutral prop. Whatever you hold, all tools, all techniques, all disciplines, all objects in physical reality are just permission slips that you have a belief system aligned with that says, “If I do this, I can give myself permission to be more of who I am.” But ultimately you get to the point where you realize that you’re the one giving yourself permission anyway and that whatever it is you’re using as a technique, a tool, or a physical object is just a neutral prop that you are imbuing with meaning and it’s your meaning that creates the effect that is changing within you. So, we’re just giving you the underlying reason why it seems to work, but you have to understand there’s a very big difference between what you experience as the reason and what the actual underlying mechanical cause is of the effect that it gives you. Because those can be two very different things, and when you realize that it’s just a prop, you will realize that you are the one in charge of deciding what that prop will or won’t do for you.

So, that’s up to you in your own pacing and your own timing. But again, understand this is what you’ve put on your life path as a soul. These are the lessons you want to learn. These are the challenges you set up for yourself, and that’s all well and good. I simply encourage you to enjoy every part of that experience and find the positive effect in it that will benefit you. But that’s up to you.

Why do humans associate the idea of moving forward only to the situation where certain things you don’t prefer will no longer crop up? Remember when we describe the idea of the toolkit that goes along with acting on your passion, one of those tools is the reflective mirror that reveals to you anything still within your belief system that is out of alignment with who you are. If you react negatively to the fact that that may still be happening, then you’re not getting the point. The point is to be excited about discovering things that are not your preference within your belief system because only by knowing that they’re there can you finally let them go. Otherwise, they do remain in your unconscious mind because you think you’re supposed to be beyond that kind of an experience. No one is beyond anything. You will always have a new lesson. You will always keep growing. That will never end and never stop. So, you might as well get used to the fact that you’re going to continue to discover things within yourself that may not always be to your preference and you will do so up to the point that you die. And that is what a life is all about. It’s about the journey, not about the destination.

So, appreciate what you discover for its own sake and for the lesson that it gives you and understand that learning that lesson and moving on to the next one is the entire point. When you go back into your soul self in the non-physical spirit realm, you will understand this more clearly, but the idea right now is that you have the capability of understanding this process by allowing the process itself to be the whole point of why you chose to have this physical experience and not something you’re supposed to get past or beyond. I’m not saying it can’t improve in certain ways and can’t be more fulfilling and joyful, but the idea again is that whatever does come your way, even if it’s something that’s out of alignment with what you prefer, it’s part of the process and it’s there for a reason. So, use it to your advantage instead of assuming that you’re supposed to be beyond this.