My wife and I just finished watching Frankenstein on Netflix. The movie is Guillermo del Toro’s take on the familiar tale: human-like creature brought to life by Victor Frankenstein (the first mad scientist in literature?). Victor quickly becomes illusioned by his creation, and tries to kill him. The creature escapes, miraculously becomes educated, and tells his side of the story: lonely, hated by humanity, cursed with immortality. The movie seemed to be heading to the bleak conclusion I expected from past Frankenstein stories I’ve seen, but it ended with unexpected warmth. Though I found much of the movie grisly and bleak, I was also captivated by it and ultimately moved.
My experience watching this movie is the perfect introduction to today’s blog post theme: “The Art of Allowing,” as taught by Abraham-Hicks. As I think of it, the Art of Allowing is about allowing yourself to feel good. Feeling good, it turns out, is the key to attracting what you want. When you allow, you naturally let things unfold. People often think life is about “doing” things or “making things happen.” Not so if you truly want to be happy. Happiness results from allowing.
So it is, for example, with how I enjoy movies. I enjoyed the movie tonight but I didn’t make myself enjoy it. I allowed myself to enjoy it. The movie invites us to take a ride, sure, but I had to be willing. I allowed myself to have the experience.
I have been inspired by movies my whole life. There have been times when after watching a good movie I thought, “I am so glad I came to Earth at this time, when there are movies!”
It is no different for anything, including enjoying life. When you learn the Art of Allowing, you give up trying so hard. You give up resisting and fighting and clamoring. You do more of what you enjoy, and ignore more what you do not. Maybe you watch a re-imagined Gothic literary classic like I did with my wife. Maybe you don’t.
Either way, life becomes a continuous joy ride, a continuous process of discovery, the way it was meant to be. 🤣