Child of Mine,
I will never do for you that which I know you can do for yourself. I will never rob you of an opportunity to show yourself your ability and talent. I will see you at all times as the capable, effective, powerful creator that you've come forth to be. And I will stand back as your most avid cheerleading section. But I will not do for you that which you have intended to do for yourself. Anything you need from me, ask. I'm always here to compliment or assist. I am here to encourage your growth, not to justify my experience through you.
Love,
YouKnowWho & Your Mom
5.28.2010
5.26.2010
Laws and a Lattes
I was asked what is my religion. My first thought made me ask -- What do I do religiously? My second thought made me giggle --I drink coffee with my girlfriends.
But I know what this person was really asking me. The question was in What do I believe. If I am working under the premise that a belief is simply a practiced thought, I have practiced myself into and out of many Whats. Which leaves me to summit (Correction update: that should be submit...clearly, spell-check doesn't always have my back while I'm prone not to look back to double-check) to my current conclusion, I religiously embrace The Creative Process.* Luckily, I've come to understand it in its most simplest spiritual terms. It has been outlined to me in three steps which I am completely cribbing and reposting here. I do not think they will mind.
I classify these three steps at the top of Basic Religious Tenets 101: Ask and You Shall Receive (with a nice little embedded bonus of 'how-to')!
1: You ask.
That's your work. Whew, almost broke a sweat!
2: The answer is given.
The Universe says, Done, while you were kicking back with your latte.
3. You allow the answer.
This is where we really break sweat. This is the hardest part of the equation...for me, anyway...the letting it in. Sometimes we don't think we deserve what we ask for or we're influenced by others into believing we don't deserve it. I could go deeper and talk about the asking and receiving of negative things but I'm not up to stimulating that vibe right now. But we're always creating -- good or bad -- and the Universe is always giving to us evidence of what are thoughts are projecting. Oh, I almost forgot to add the 'how-to'...follow your feelings. If you're dwelling in positive emotion (allowing), you're creating in the direction of your desire. If you're dwelling in not so great emotion (resistance), you're creating in opposition of your desire. At least, that's how I understand it. It's always the doubt, the contradiction, the frustration, the fear holding up the show. Joy lets it in. And to paraphrase that old saying: It was never about the destination, it was always about the freakin' most awesomeness journey one could come up with. Or something like that.
And here is a lovely positive example of part of my journey...actually, I'll tell it as a story because it's funner that way and I'm all about fun:
There is this really amazing mom :) who is overwhelmed with the changes happening in her life. And to avoid the reality of such overwhelming circumstances decides to think about songwriting while engaging in the normal day to day activities that have to get done. She thinks of songwriting because those thoughts feel good and also inspire her to hum a little tune now and then. She starts to do this somewhat religiously. One night she gets on her computer and logs into one of her favorite social networking site (see a previous blog entitled "Social Nutworking" for additional addiction details) where she makes a friend who turns out to be a budding recording artist who happens to need a couple of songs for an album she is wanting to complete. Oh, and she also happens to like this amazing mom's songs. So the woman askes if she can play around with a couple of the tunes. The mom, that is now amazed, says YES while simultaneously remembering to unload the dishwasher. THE END...for now.
Fun little story, eh? I'm excited to see how it turns out. I think I have an idea but probably need to think on it some more...
If you had one goal, and that was to feel good, you would never again need to hear another word from anyone. You would live successfully and happily and in a way of fulfilling your life's purpose ever after.
-- *Abraham
But I know what this person was really asking me. The question was in What do I believe. If I am working under the premise that a belief is simply a practiced thought, I have practiced myself into and out of many Whats. Which leaves me to summit (Correction update: that should be submit...clearly, spell-check doesn't always have my back while I'm prone not to look back to double-check) to my current conclusion, I religiously embrace The Creative Process.* Luckily, I've come to understand it in its most simplest spiritual terms. It has been outlined to me in three steps which I am completely cribbing and reposting here. I do not think they will mind.
I classify these three steps at the top of Basic Religious Tenets 101: Ask and You Shall Receive (with a nice little embedded bonus of 'how-to')!
1: You ask.
That's your work. Whew, almost broke a sweat!
2: The answer is given.
The Universe says, Done, while you were kicking back with your latte.
3. You allow the answer.
This is where we really break sweat. This is the hardest part of the equation...for me, anyway...the letting it in. Sometimes we don't think we deserve what we ask for or we're influenced by others into believing we don't deserve it. I could go deeper and talk about the asking and receiving of negative things but I'm not up to stimulating that vibe right now. But we're always creating -- good or bad -- and the Universe is always giving to us evidence of what are thoughts are projecting. Oh, I almost forgot to add the 'how-to'...follow your feelings. If you're dwelling in positive emotion (allowing), you're creating in the direction of your desire. If you're dwelling in not so great emotion (resistance), you're creating in opposition of your desire. At least, that's how I understand it. It's always the doubt, the contradiction, the frustration, the fear holding up the show. Joy lets it in. And to paraphrase that old saying: It was never about the destination, it was always about the freakin' most awesomeness journey one could come up with. Or something like that.
And here is a lovely positive example of part of my journey...actually, I'll tell it as a story because it's funner that way and I'm all about fun:
There is this really amazing mom :) who is overwhelmed with the changes happening in her life. And to avoid the reality of such overwhelming circumstances decides to think about songwriting while engaging in the normal day to day activities that have to get done. She thinks of songwriting because those thoughts feel good and also inspire her to hum a little tune now and then. She starts to do this somewhat religiously. One night she gets on her computer and logs into one of her favorite social networking site (see a previous blog entitled "Social Nutworking" for additional addiction details) where she makes a friend who turns out to be a budding recording artist who happens to need a couple of songs for an album she is wanting to complete. Oh, and she also happens to like this amazing mom's songs. So the woman askes if she can play around with a couple of the tunes. The mom, that is now amazed, says YES while simultaneously remembering to unload the dishwasher. THE END...for now.
Fun little story, eh? I'm excited to see how it turns out. I think I have an idea but probably need to think on it some more...
If you had one goal, and that was to feel good, you would never again need to hear another word from anyone. You would live successfully and happily and in a way of fulfilling your life's purpose ever after.
-- *Abraham
5.20.2010
Maybe Later
Sometimes yes is upstream and no is going with the flow. I find it heroic to go with the flow. The spontaneous journey I spoke of was altered to align with my vibe and preexisting plans of travel in another direction. But the whole invincibility thing -- the being, having, doing anything you want -- got me thinking about relocating which bounced thoughts around in my head of New Zealand. Doing this kind of thinking before bed definitely influences dreams. One of mine was being stranded on a deserted island. I awoke to a 'what if' I was really stranded on a deserted island. Kinda freaked me out but made me wonder: What if I had the option of only bringing one person or thing with me what would that be? The answer came very quickly. I'd bring a pilot. And because I'm equitable, the pilot would also get to bring a person or a thing. And he would bring his plane (fully fueled, of course) because that would be the answer of any good pilot and I'd need a good pilot. Having nothing to do with the whole Amelia Earhart mystery, he would be a he because he'd also have amazing guns to lift and move things (things that are already on the island) that I could not. And though delicious to look at, he would be gay and fully mobile and I would not question his absences knowing some were due to him picking my children up to deliver them to me. Of course, this is set in the future when they are living happy lives of their own. Because, Now, I'm saying no to making time for such exotic extended vacations...and I'm good with that.
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