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Complete
non-resistance to something means being completely free of
it. Stated positively, complete allowing of something
means complete freedom from it.
These two
statements may seem ridiculous, but I will show how both of
them are in complete agreement with universal law.
It is
reasonable to suppose that if there is something you don't
want in your experience, then it is best to protect
yourself from it. If you don't want your house broken into,
then it is logical to install an alarm system. If you don't
want to deal with that annoying checkout person at the
store, it seems reasonable to complain to the manager; maybe
the guy will get fired. But all of these actions will only
result in getting you more of what you don't like. What you
resist will persist. This is guaranteed by the Law of
Attraction which states, 'like attracts like'.
Background
First I want to
talk about what it FEELS like to resist something.
When you resist
something, it feels like you are pushing against it. It is
an offering of energy in resistance to something you have
decided is distasteful. Depending upon the choices and
decisions you have made in regard to what is being observed,
it will result in a position somewhere on the lower range of
the scale of emotion/vibration. For example, you see a dead
dog on the road and you may feel sad. You observe a person
getting robbed and you feel angry. These feelings are self
generated energy patterns, caused by the nature of your
resistance to the experience.
Complete
allowance of the experience would not generate any negative
emotion.
No resistance =
complete allowance = no negative emotion regarding the thing
being experienced. In other words, nothing that ever
happens is inherently bad. Its always your choice about how
you wish to experience the event. Mostly we have
'pre-packaged' choices, which we call our beliefs. Beliefs
are just internal programming, but we are the programmers!
When we see that guy getting robbed, we are pre-disposed to
be angry at the robber.
First comes the
focus or attention upon something you decide is bad. That
gets you resisting the experience. The Law of Attraction
goes to work, drawing to you more of the same. This
reinforces the energy flow you already have going. Once
this energy stream gets large enough, you begin to feel
uncomfortable.
The point is,
the more you resist the experience, the more uncomfortable
it gets. You can, by becoming aware of your emotions,
recognize this pushing-against feeling. It is a sign you
have a belief or a thought that is not in harmony with what
you really want.
Protection From
Something Unwanted
The next step
for most people is protection. You go out and buy an alarm
system to protect yourself from being robbed.
There are now
two ways you can go.
(1) The guys
from the alarm company come to install the system, and they
are very pleasant, answering all of your questions and
allaying all of your fears. Their technology is up-to-date
and you are very impressed with the hardware. Now you feel
safe.
That takes your
attention off being broken into. You now have a feeling of
safety and so you are now drawing to you experiences of
safety.
Or, (2) you
have the alarm system installed but the next night you hear
on the news of a burglary in your area. Or perhaps the
installers were rude and the system was not as elaborate as
you had hoped. That gets you thinking again about your fear
of robbery. Now even though you have a perfectly good alarm
system, you are still focusing and so vibrating on the
frequency of "fear of being robbed." The Law of Attraction
is still connecting you to the energy stream of "being
robbed," and so it is getting bigger and bigger.
If there is
someone in your neighborhood looking to enter houses
unlawfully, you will be resonating quite nicely to that
person.
(You might say,
“no, stupid. Just get a bigger and more sophisticated alarm
system.” Yeah, that might work to foist off the casual
burglar. But a real pro might look at your system and wonder
why you need such an elaborate setup. He might figure
there’s something really valuable behind those gates.
Vibrational matching works at all levels).
In the first
case you say, "installing that alarm system was great! I'm
going to recommend that company to everyone." For you, it is
the presence of all of that hardware that secures your
safety, and that is what you tell your friends, but in
actuality, IT IS YOUR FOCUS ON SAFETY that is causing your
experiences of safety. You might say "what's the difference?
If the alarm system makes you feel safe, then go for it."
Certainly there is no harm in having an alarm system. But
it is an unnecessary expense!
It may be that
every time you pass the control box you feel a warm fuzzy
feeling of security. That feeling is the best guarantor of
your continued safety, regardless of the presence of the
alarm system!
In the second
case, you may be robbed, in spite of the alarm system.
In both cases,
there was an alarm system. But in only one case was there a
robbery.
The senior
datum is where you are focusing your attention.
Stated more
precisely: It is always and only your offering of vibration
which determines your experience.
Let's look at
what has happened. In the second case, you have created an
unwanted energy vibration (being burgled) by focusing upon
it. Law of Attraction responded by making you a match to a
burglary in your neighborhood. Even after putting in the
alarm system, you still feel a fear of being robbed.
This sets up a
2-pole system, where Law of Attraction is bringing you more
unwanted experiences by your focus upon being robbed, and
so you feel it necessary to push against it more, in order
to protect yourself! The 2 energy streams get bigger and
bigger, like a rising river flowing over the dike, while you
frantically sandbag to keep it contained.
If you keep
trying to protect yourself, you will eventually be a match
to someone breaking into your house.
Consider a Star
Trek analogy. Imagine yourself with screens up while someone
is shooting at you, like the Enterprise being attacked by
an energy beam weapon. As long as that energy stream is
hitting you, you have to keep flowing energy to your
screens. It gets tiring after a while; and eventually, the
thing you have attempted to protect yourself from overwhelms
you anyway.
You are
creating both energy streams.
The attacking
energy is created by your focus on what is not wanted, by
Law of Attraction. The opposing energy is that which you
offer in order to protect yourself from the attacking
energy.
In the first
case, your feeling of security shuts off the flow of
unwanted energy the universe was sending you in response to
your fear, so you feel less resistance. Eventually, you
forget all about your fear, the unwanted energy flow stops,
you don't push against it anymore, and the 2 energy poles
collapse.
In the second
case, you must continually energize your screens to protect
yourself against the energy the universe is sending you in
response to your own fear! That’s what stress is.
This rather
crude example can be applied to all areas of life. People
who meditate or do metaphysical work often feel the need to
protect themselves from harmful energies or beings. But it’s
the need for protection that attracts unwanted things in the
first place. In business, it is standard procedure to
install security systems; but your best security policy is
your own inner feeling of well being.
Protection is a
concept rooted in fear-of-something, and it only serves to
get you resonating along with the thing you are attempting
to protect yourself from. It is unnecessary and if carried
far enough, self defeating.
We’ve seen how
resistance leads to discomfort, but how does non-resistance
leads to freedom?
By not
resisting, you do not resonate to the perceived danger.
Therefore you never attract anything you don't want. You are
free! We won’t get ridiculous and ask someone to stand in
front of a car and not resist the car. That is the sort of
argument used by skeptics to deny all things spiritual
(including, sadly, themselves).
On planet earth
there is much to find objectionable. In fact, there IS a lot
of disconnect from source, resulting in some pretty terrible
stuff. To deny this would be delusional. It's tempting to
stand up for your rights, to fight for that good cause, but
such a course can only lead to more of it in your
experience! It is always possible to identify when you are
resisting. Just consult how you’re feeling. That "pushing
against" feeling blocks the flow of source energy, and
places you somewhere in the lower regions of the
scale of emotion/vibration.
If you are
sensitive to your energy flows you can actually feel it.
Find an uncomfortable area of your life, and focus there for
a moment. Now, imagine a feeling of relief from it. The
feeling of relief feels like a release of uncomfortable
energy from within you.
When there is
no resistance, you allow an undistorted connection to your
personal energy field, and to the universal field of
consciousness that surrounds and composes all things. All
beings, all life forms, interface with this field. This
energy is perfectly balanced and feels wonderful. It is the
energy of complete well being, health, and prosperity and
it’s all around you, and within every cell of your body.
If you can get
yourself to a point where you don't resist anything in your
experience, you just feel great all the time!
Easier said
than done, of course, but a conscious recognition of your
own energy flows can help restore you to balance, and
allowance of your own well being. In eastern tradition, this
is called being mindful.
Freedom is just
feeling wonderful in every moment, no matter what happens.
You can feel good in jail, if you can overcome your
bitterness at having arrived there in the first place.
Whenever you feel wonderful for any length of time, good
experiences must inevitably follow.
"But," you say,
"what if somebody DOES break into your house? Are you just
supposed to allow it?" Well, if you have gotten yourself
into that situation then you have been pushing against it
for a long time. You are forced to take action and put up
your dukes, or you’ll get your face broken.
The concept of
allowing and non-resistance doesn't mean being a pushover.
In fact, allowing can only come from strength. To face
something “with perfect nonchalance” is the epitome of
character.
Unwanted things
don’t spring forth, fully formed, into your life. A car
accident, for example, is usually the result of a
long–standing vibrational tendency. Therefore, when you
first notice something uncomfortable, allow it! Let the
energy of it pass through you. Notice it, say "I see that
but I don't like it. That's OK." Allow what you don't like
to help you decide what you DO like. Then focus on that! Now
you have a doubly good situation: you don't attract what you
don't like, and you DO attract what you do like! It's a
win-win, whereas the other way it's a lose-lose.
This is what
Jesus meant when He said: "turn the other cheek." He didn't
mean be a coward and let yourself get rolled!
I am saying
that in this entire universe, there is not one particle of
negative energy. Negative energy is only energy that is
resisted. It is the resistance to a vibration which causes
you to feel it negatively. (Again, let’s not get
ridiculous. I’m not telling you to stick a knife in an
electrical socket. Those who stick knives in light sockets
are looking for trouble! They’re already very strongly
resisting something.)
The universe
contains a practically infinite variety of vibration. There
are no "bad" or "good" vibrations. Or, we can say that
"good" vibrations are those that are not resisted. "Bad"
vibrations are those that are resisted.
Feeling good
simply means, not pushing against anything. In the absence
of resistance –– in the presence of allowing –– you connect
to source. And when you connect to source –– to your true
self, eternal joyful consciousness –– you feel great.
Once you begin
to become aware of when you are resisting the things in your
life, you can begin to let go and feel a lot better!
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