Today’s topic is about how to keep yourself aligned when unwanted things are happening in your life. We like to say that you are the Creator of your experience, and we say that you Attract what you experience… yet we do not say that you are to blame for anything. Blame implies punishment, as if the Universe is “out to get you” for your wrong-thinking. That is not the case.
However, there is cause and effect going on. When you think and feel a certain way, let’s call it “negative,” and when you persist in feeling this way for long periods of time, you will generally attract experiences and therefore further thoughts and feelings which match that. That is the Law of Attraction at work.
Yet it is not “blame” that does that. It is not a punishment. It is merely a consequence. Think of it this way: If you were to see a baby crying, do you expect that baby to cry forever? Is it the baby’s intent to stay upset? Of course not! The crying comes out of a desire, it is feedback to the parent that the baby is uncomfortable, or wants food, or needs to be changed. The crying is a signal to take action to remedy the situation, is it not?
Would you say that, because the baby cried, that it deserved to be unhappy? Is crying something we punish babies for? Hopefully not! The crying serves a purpose. That purpose is not to prove the unworthiness of the baby, but to signal to a caring person that the baby needs something.
If you could be this same way around your own feelings, you would be happier. When you feel bad, we encourage you to look for what that feeling is trying to indicate to you. What is that feeling telling you that you are missing? What is the desire behind that feeling?
If you are crying, you could be like the baby. You could merely want to eat, or to be held. Or you could be expelling and releasing energy. In that case, you would find the experience healing and would feel good afterward. However, if you do not feel good afterward, it is because you have not listened to the “signal” that the crying was meant to communicate.
If you are angry, that is a signal. If you are depressed, that is a signal. If you are feeling anything other than peace, contentment, joy, enthusiasm, or other life-affirming positive feelings, then you are being given a signal that something is out of whack.
So listen to your feelings. Treat them as the signals they are meant to be. Ask yourself, what is this signal communicating to me? What is it trying to tell me?If you were your own loving parent, and you heard yourself crying, what would the need be that you wanted to get met?
When you listen to the signals your own emotions give you, you become like that caring parent. And we promise you that you will quickly feel an improvement in your life.
So listen to your own signals!
Wow, this is great! I love it. I have definitely heard this described many times, especially by Abraham-Hicks, but I like some of the new ways you are talking about it, the parent analogy, and the idea that our feelings are signals that are meant to be attended to quickly just like with a baby. Very clear, and very cool
Yes, indeed. That is how all signals are intended. When someone wires you an “S.O.S.” signal, they aren’t hoping you will respond next week, or in a year, are they? They are hoping you will respond right away! And so it is with your own signals you give to yourself. The question is, are you listening?
Indeed, that is the question sometimes! I surely hope so, especially now that I have this incredible insight!