Are You Swimming Upstream or Experiencing The Flow?
I don’t know about you but I always get the best manifesting results when I remember to go with the flow. Things line up more easily, happen faster and the results are much better when I don’t fight it.
And yet so often I want what I want so badly it’s easy to try and tweak things a little here or give a little push there because of course I *know* what I’m doing (hehe).
And invariably what happens is I manage to muck up the works. And sometimes I succeed in bringing things to a dead stop!
So anyway… I thought it might be helpful to share some of the ways I get myself turned around so I can once again go with the flow instead of trying to swim upstream.
- First, if it feels hard, yucky, etc. and you find yourself making excuses to not do it, complaining, or doing it badly then it’s time to take a break. It is definitely NOT a good action moment. Go clear your head, divert your attention, do something to get your mind completely off things. I promise when you go back later you’ll get more done and in less time than you thought possible.
- Second, restate your intent to have things flow easily. Yeah the Universe heard your request the first time and its busy lining things up but perhaps YOU need a reminder (I know I do). So restate your intent firmly and with purpose, fully expecting that it be carried out.
- Third, stop backing yourself into corners. Many times when I’m trying to take control it’s because I have forgotten that the Universe can deliver in infinite ways. When I needed a new TV once I got it in my head that the only place I could get one was this particular store. So I was checking each week for sales and getting frustrated that what I wanted wasn’t yet in my price range. One day when I was complaining to a friend, he reminded me that he’d offered me an extra TV of theirs weeks ago. All I had to do was come get it. Duh…I was too set on my own “how” to see what was right in front of my eyes.
- Finally… sometimes you have to just give up. That’s right. Give up, tell the Universe you’re done and walk away. Very often this is exactly what’s needed to open the floodgates and bring your manifestations into your life.
I hope you find these tips helpful. I’ll look for ya as I’m floating happily down the stream of life…. what color is your tube?
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Hi Maria
I liked the Idea of flowing with the current.
Your tips are helpfull and in place for all of the people with a “Try hard” injunction.
Practicing these tips means you believe in Universe wanting to give you all you need.
Believing it – enhences the offered practices.
This is a basic process we have to learn to trust.
The alternative is becoming a control freak.This means joining Fear and Anxiety as your escorts.
Shuki
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Yup you got it Shuki!
We often try to hard and actually block our own manifestations.
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Hey Maria,
What do you mean when you say that sometimes we should tell the Universe we give up?
What do you mean by giving up? You mean renouncing?
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Hi Daisy,
When you want something really badly sometimes the energy of “wanting” blocks your ability to receive it. It’s like you’re wound up so tight you can’t relax and let it in.
When that happens sometimes you have to just walk away for a while.
And example from my life is losing weight. I’d tried everything I knew how to do and nothing was working. Or I’d lose a few pounds and then it would come right back. And it was always a struggle. Finally I just gave up. I said “Ok Universe, you know what I want. Figure it out…. I’m done!”
I really was done. I was so fed up I literally just dropped the entire subject. Which is key. You can’t say you’re dropping it while secretly still scheming behind the scenes. You have to be truly done.
Well, within a week I had this inspiration about eating and I followed it and over the course of about 5 months I lost 40 pounds. And it was easy!
And it worked because I’d finally given up my resistance.
Got it?
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Ok I got it but know what? I am still confused about inspired ideas and stuff…
How do you know that’s an inspired idea, action?
You said you had an inspiration about eating… How do you know that was inspired?
Can’t It be you found a way to it? & Isn’t this the Universe’s job?
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A better way of putting it would be “inspired thought leading to action.” When a thought pops up out of the blue that you hadn’t had before, that’s inspiration. And when you act on it then it becomes inspired action.
I had given up on dieting. So I wasn’t looking for a solution. I had completely back-burnered it. So when a series of thoughts popped into my mind about how to eat, and when my body suddenly started wanting different quantities and types of food then I knew it was coming from the Universe.
Another clue is that the inspired thoughts made total sense. Like “duh, why didn’t I think of that before.” And the fact that the subsequent action felt “right” and was easy to follow, even for months is confirmation that the Universe had indeed guided me.
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I finally got it! Now It’s all clear!!!
So when you get such inspiration you also have to believe in it, right?
Is there any case you get an inspiration but that doesn’t give you any results at the end?
I think It happened to me… In such case why shouldn’t It work?
Thanks for everything!! :)
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Yes there have been times I’ve been inspired to do something and it doesn’t seem to pan out. Like I’ll get the urge to stop at a certain store, then wander around wondering what I’m doing there and ultimately leave without getting anything and still wondering.
When that happens I remind myself that I’m not seeing the bigger picture. Maybe I needed to stop at that store because otherwise I’d be driving down the road and get sideswiped by a truck. So the Universe is protecting me. I don’t spend much time wondering about it anymore…. I just go with it.
In the end though, I almost always get results. And when I don’t it’s not because I didn’t follow my inspirations but because I wasn’t clear enough in what I asked for. Because once you are clear – I mean crystal clear and solid saying, “THIS is what I want!” the Universe will bring it to you. And if you miss one inspired action it will offer another and another until you “get it.”
Got it?
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Alright! I got it I got it!
So I can totally be relaxed about it because I’ll always have a second chance!
Well you are right! That happened to me many times!
Thanks for everything Maria!
You’re the best! =D
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