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Wow – I've been “getting” this one more and more over the last couple years… since I started connecting with Abraham. And it keeps showing up for me in more and more powerful ways. Take this week, for example. Early in the week, I was feeling stressed, pressured, confused, etc. Yet, even knowing how important it is to do whatever I need to do in every moment to stay pointed downstream, I made my work and the issues I was dealing with MORE important than my alignment/connection with source/feeling good. I actually told myself that I didn't have time to focus on being in alignment!! WHAT WAS I THINKING?!!??
Then, last night, at the end of another day when my stress and negativity were spiraling downwards, I finally gave in, turned off the computer (at work and home), put my “responsibilities and obligations to my issues, work, etc.” aside, and went to a Bikram Yoga class. And, WOW what a difference in just a short 90 minutes. It was the perfect distraction for me from the stressed pattern of thinking that I had been keeping alive for the last few days. It was the ideal meditation – using the breath and the body postures as ways to focus mind and energy… and thus allow my natural connection with source. I was blissful afterwards, and still am! And one of the amazing things is that all of those issues and responsibilities I was dealing with are still there… it's just that I can see them in a totally different light from this source-connected place!! And now I can step into them with joy and power.
Abe always says that if you are in alignment with source, if you're feeling good and connected to your higher self, your time and effort and action in every moment is 100 times (maybe 1000!) more effective and productive than if you were not in that space of alignment. It's so true!! In this feeling state of alignment, I feel like I can do anything, and the solutions to problems show up easily and quickly. Often, the solutions are there before the problems even arise!
The funny thing is that, even if being in alignment DIDN'T make your time, effort, and action 100-1000 times more productive, wouldn't you rather spend your time in a place of feel-good, source-connected alignment that feeling crappy all the time? If you feel crappy all the time, what's the point of being here at all?!!
This is not intened to be a encouragement (for anyone other than me) to attend Bikram Yoga! It's just that, for me, I have found that Bikram is a great way for me to get connected and in alignment again. It always works, and my focus during the class is just getting more and more powerful. I'm now even seeing the glow of my own aura in the mirror during the class!! And I often see it around others in the class, too. [in Bikram, the class is always conducted in a room with one wall being a mirror, and everyone faces that mirror so they can see their postures and focus on what they're doing.]
Whatever it is that is a catalyst to help bring you back into alignment, I say DO IT FREQUENTLY!! Do it whenever you can…. being in alignment is so important … it's where the answers and the paths to all your dreams are waiting. As Abe says, if you say you don't have the time and you can't afford to make the time for getting in alignment … think again! You can't afford NOT to take the time to be in alignment. Because when you're out of alignment, everything will likely be a struggle, and you'll likely attract the worst parts of everything to you.
Now, I think it's also important to take care of the things we are doing in our lives– meaning don't throw away or completely avoid the things you're working on, your job, etc. …. so that you can spend all your time working on staying in alignment. That would likely – at least eventually – be “upstream,” because we do live in this physical world, and managing the aspects of our everyday existence is part of being here. So, give yourself the time you need to be in alignment, but also give yourself time to be part of – and play – the game of life. When you're in alignment, the game is so much fun… and everything works out for you!
Just wanted to share that. It feels good.
Love to all,
Pieter
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