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Mueni
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Posted: Mon May 12th, 2008 08:50 am |
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Jerry.  Thanks for your question. I had something similar going on a few weeks ago. My relationship was going great and I was feeling I want to move to the next level and was so clear on what I was wanting and then it just seemed to blow up in my face. I totally didn't see it coming and at first I had the usual knee jerk reaction of trying to fix things and then this just led to more and more contrast until I decided to take a few steps back to the point before it all began where I was being clear about what I wanted.
And I realised that:
I had already, very clearly asked for what I want
and the Universe always delivers
so what if this contrast I was experiencing was in someway the Universe delivering what I had asked and I just couldn't see it because I looking at it the wrong way?
I decided to go back to where I was before it all began and keep focusing on what I wanted, I cleared up my own resistance about needing to do something to 'fix' things and just kept focusing on what I wanted and it turned out that the contrast just ended up being a wonderful turning point that brought me closer to what I wanted because it exposed me to some patterns of behaviour that I had that weren't serving me anymore and were actually holding me back from what it is that I said I wanted.
My new knee jerk reaction to contrast is, 'You're focusing on what you don't want, turn around' and when it feels so compelling that it drags me down with it and I feel it is something I need to resolve to move on, I go back to the drawing board and release whatever thoughts I'm holding that no longer serve me. I am appreciating the hell out of contrast.  (Literally, I see how wonderful it is that all its negative aspects, the hell, totally disappear)
Contrast is an amazingly wonderful refocusing tool.
I love it.
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lifeisgood
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Posted: Mon May 12th, 2008 11:17 am |
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Mueni, thanks to you and everyone here I have received relief regarding the contrast. I dont know if there is such a thing as degrees of contrasts but these were pretty jolting at first. I do appreciate them and its caused me sharpen my thinking. Part of that caused me to also think back to where I was before this. I know feel much more powerful. Jerry
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dance of joy
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Posted: Mon May 12th, 2008 11:53 am |
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That is it exactly, Mueni. I do the same thing. I think of it as looking long-term. The U knows what I want and it is coming.
My thoughts: If where you are standing is not what you want, stop looking down at your feet. Look to the horizon. That is where your stuff is.
Love,
Christine
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Oceanturquoiseblue
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Posted: Mon May 12th, 2008 06:53 pm |
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I've just been knocked sideways by some hurtful contrast! So, it's very, VERY good to have this springboard to come to to gain some different and better-feeling perspectives and jump back up a bit. (Mind you, when you've been knocked sideways, you can feel a bit giddy as you pick yourself back up.  )
I like to think that my being drawn to this great thread of Jerry's was the Universe looking out for me. This thing was coming and I was getting some support in advance! So, I AM doing better.
It also made me think... That when contrast this uncomfortable manifests, yes it is clarifying my desires and helping my focus... but is it also a sign that I'm not making this as easy for myself as I might??
[Sorry I didn't think of this when you started the thread, Jerry. It's only coming to me now.]
In other words, I could still be nicer to myself, easier on myself, more loving to myself -- and even my contrast would reflect this??
Unless, my beliefs are making it hard for the U. to get through to me and it is finding it necessary to shout!!
Ocean x  (not alone after all)
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lifeisgood
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Posted: Mon May 12th, 2008 07:40 pm |
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\Oceantourqoisblue wrote
In other words, I could still be nicer to myself, easier on myself, more loving to myself -- and even my contrast would reflect this??
Yes, Yes. I think you are on to something. We need to lighten up and take it easy because its not as hard as we make it. We have the power. Its our thought. Just a little practice which is what contrast gives us by the way. RELAXXXXX. Jerry
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rocknrollgoddess
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Posted: Mon May 12th, 2008 08:07 pm |
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ocean, i think you have half of the equasion there...
you should be easier on yourself--you should be nicer to yourself, but that probably wont affect your contrast if what YOU are wanting in the non-physical and what you are wishing to experience from the non-physical remains the same...
i am sure we CAN change paths spritually over a lifetime, but since we know we can always come back and experience something different, we generally stick to the path that we JOYOUSLY anticipated from the non-physical...
you, as a piece of source, knew what YOU could take in the way of contrast...and so, you decided to sock it to yourself...
your contrast wont change, but in taking things easier, you will flow through things a whole lot better...
think of pain--if, when experiencing it--you tense up and hold your breath--the pain is so much worse than if you go limp and breathe through the experience...
 The way to expansion is a road that goes directly through contrast--to circumnavigate it only brings you right back into it...because in the act of pushing it away--the universe drags it back to you--like a dog with a bone...
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Oceanturquoiseblue
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Posted: Mon May 12th, 2008 08:21 pm |
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rocknrollgoddess wrote: you should be easier on yourself--you should be nicer to yourself, but that probably wont affect your contrast if what YOU are wanting in the non-physical and what you are wishing to experience from the non-physical remains the same...
Hhmm..  Yes, it could be that my IB knows I can handle it and that it was preplanned for what I came here for.
And it could also be that my alignment with my IB (which is fully focused on what I am wanting in the non-physical) isn't as close as it might be (in some areas) and it's that gap that makes some of this contrast so painful.
Abe (and I think, Jody!!!) has said that, whatever we came here for, what we focus on now is what determines our experiences - contrast & otherwise. (Sorry Jody, have I got that right? I think it came up in the thread on soul clusters.)
Isn't that part of what Abe talks about in Power of Emotions? Doesn't it also apply to contrast?
Also, as we said before, part of my uncomfortable feeling in the contrast is because I am not seeing even that as my IB does.
And maybe the severity of the contrast is because this is what it takes right now to focus me on what I 'came here for'. ...But I could align more closely with IB and therefore not need such great contrast.
Plenty to mull over...
Ocean x
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Posted: Mon May 12th, 2008 11:40 pm |
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"OK, now, drop your Oars and put your hands in the air where I can see them!" "Noo noo! Then I'll be up a creek without a paddle!" "Drop your oars. Nothing you want is upstream."
I loved this!!!
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Oceanturquoiseblue
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Posted: Tue May 13th, 2008 02:46 pm |
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OK I think I get it.
For now anyway! 
The story of the hard-hitting contrast...
It was a Monday in May and there I was running (that'll be the fast-flowing stream) through the forest. Enjoying the feel of my feet hitting the ground and the wind in my face. Catching glimpses of bluebells and daisies. (Just setting the scene.) Without realising it, I slipped off track just a little. Luckily my IB was nearby and noticed. She (my IB is a woman) (actually she's a slip of girl with a warm heart and a strong attitude) (sorry, I digress). ...She tried to guide me back on track. Did I listen? No! Did she give up? No! She guided. I ignored. Until I ended up running slap bang into a tree. (A tall oak with... never mind!) If only I'd listened earlier, thought I, as I rubbed my bruised forehead. "No worries!" soothed my IB (my IB likes Aussie soaps). "Take this moment to be clear about what you DO want. To get back on the path. To notice how easily you dealt with this tree this time. Now enjoy your run!"
It's true! I experienced similar contrast a few weeks ago and took days to recover. This time, 24 hours later, I feel fresh and clear. I feel much freer.
HUGS
Ocean x
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