Emotion IS the primary manifestation
“You don’t feel like the centre of the universe when … something bad happens…
Once you accept that the manifestation IS the emotion, then you can quickly come to the conclusion that you ARE the centre of the universe…
And that is power.” — Abraham
After a lifetime of feeling powerless, I’m finally appreciating that the primary manifestation I want to create is emotion. Not outer effects. Not money, health, work, or relationships… etc.
Those manifestations are all delicious, but they are secondary. The primary desire is the emotion. Always.
I want
… money, because I want to feel free
… health… to feel vital
… work… to feel purposeful
… relationships… to feel love etc
Realising that emotions are THE manifestation we are all seeking, makes alignment the ultimate super-power.
Alignment in this context is the ability — under any and all conditions — to tune into emotions that feel good, from relief and contentment through to joy and beyond…
For me, this power is often slow-burning and subtle. It’s mostly hidden in secret, curled up inside me. I’m only beginning to know its true impact…
I’ve been underestimating the brilliance and beauty of alignment. My focus on its power almost felt like an embarrassment… It’s so different from what many understand.
Driving home from meeting an ex-colleague a while back, I felt glum. She’d asked me how various projects were going. There was so little, nothing really, to report. Her projects, of course, were all humming along nicely…
I asked my Dream Team about it.
This is how the conversation went… (Dream Team in italics.)
Driving Home with my Dream Team
What’s the matter with me? What am I doing wrong? I’m getting nowhere. Making no progress. What am I missing?
Go to the emotions.
At the moment, I feel sad. Deflated. Unsure. Unclear. Powerless.
Ok. Good.
Now breathe for a moment.
No past. No future. No story.
No need.
Just breathing in… and
Breathing out…
Putting space between
Asking and
Receiving…
That’s it.
Good.
Now go to the emotions your contrast has created.
No content. No storyline. Just the emotions…
What do you want to be feeling?
Clarity. Ease. Freedom.
Power. Eagerness. Enjoyment.
Inspiration.
Brilliance.
Hmmm. That’s lovely. I’m smiling again.
Thank you! That’s great!
You’re welcome! No worries. Easy, huh?!
You have just demonstrated the power that creates WORLDS!
It doesn’t feel that big a deal…
No. That’s where people go wrong.
They think power is about taking action.
Massive action.
Many only feel powerful when they set themselves a goal, summon willpower or discipline, make themselves do some stuff, often a LOT of stuff, and then achieve their desired result.
If that feels good, great... But that’s not the power that you’re after.
No. I used up all my willpower and discipline years ago.
You’re wanting to tap into the power of alignment. The same power that took you effortlessly from overeating and misery in an overweight body and a lifetime of sluggishness into the current version of you — energised, active, eating intuitively, adoring your increasingly fit, healthy body…
Yes. It did, didn’t it! The power of alignment. It is awesome isn’t it?
It is. Your sense of powerlessness comes from taking score of the wrong thing. And then trying to explain it to others. You want to show others the progress you’re making in terms of tangibles they too can measure.
That’s so true. It makes me so miserable when I compare myself to others. When I try to answer their, So how’s X or Y doing? questions. The ‘action’ I’m taking is mostly on the inside. It’s so hard to quantify or explain to those who don’t know me well.
Indeed. So… stop trying!
There’s nothing to fix. No problem to solve. There’s nothing you need.
There’s only getting yourself back into Receiving Mode — relief and contentment — as soon as you possibly can.
When you feel negative emotions, acknowledge them. Name them. Let go of the storyline.
Go to the emotions.
Then breathe, quiet your mind, remind yourself that there’s nothing you need. This puts a space between Step 1 — the contrast, or the asking — and Step 3, the receiving of what you are creating.
Then focus on the emotional content of what you have created.
Go to the emotions. Not to the narrative. Go to the emotions.
Enjoy the feelings of the outcomes you’re after.
Creating is always going to be a contraction-expansion experience. Contrast causes contraction. When you relax into the expansion, you receive the full benefit of your creating. That’s how creating works.
Contrast won’t stop happening. It’s a vital part of life experience.
But you move out of the pain of contraction into the ease of expansion faster when you go to the emotions.
When you focus solely on the emotions, without storyline, you can become totally accepting of what is. You replace the resistance of the initial contraction with the ease and relief of ‘It’s ok, it’s ok, it’s ok… it’s ok…’
As you replace resistance with relief, you come into alignment. Then the emotions of your desire move into view. You’ll find yourself smiling even as you call them by name…
Content yourself with emotional alignment. Line up with those good-feeling emotions. Say their names. Remember how much you enjoy them. Even if you don’t feel them yet, ease your way gently towards them. Without narrative. Stay with the emotions.
Be content with that. Completely content.
That’s where your power lies.
That’s where inspiration lives.
That’s where timing is impeccable and synchronicities abound.
When people ask how this or that project is doing and you there’s not much action to report, give yourself permission to say,
‘I’m feeling good, more and more of the time. That’s all I want.
I’m using my projects as alignment practice; I’m working them from the inside out. That’s just what I do…’ (Don’t expect them to understand!)
‘So my progress is fabulous on all fronts, thank you.
The projects will fall into line in good time.’
That feels so good!
There’s only one measure that matters.
How much joy you are allowing in this moment NOW.
Measure only the joy
At this point in my journey home — the moment the ‘measure only the joy’ thought had been received — a van on the other side of the road passed me.
Its numberplate?
JOY
Of course!
Appreciating power to make more of it!
Appreciate the power of your own sweet alignment. Don’t try to explain it to those who won’t understand.
With emotion as our primary manifestation, what powerful creators we become! Each day becomes a series of triumphs. Dips become opportunities for flexing our muscles as we ditch the storyline and go for those emotional states.
When we deliberately appreciate this power we have inside us, how our confidence grows!
Now, journaling, for me, includes this kind of rampage:
How wonderful to feel powerful, finally! How much more wonderful it feels because of those decades of feeling so hopeless!
How delicious to appreciate that whilst my power may be incomprehensible to others, it brings smiles and sunshine to my day, come what may.
How glorious to live a life full of joy, that’s increasingly independent of outcomes!
I love knowing what I know! I love not having to explain that to anyone! I love having the power to bring myself into alignment no matter how far out of balance I’ve become!
I love loving contrast as the catalyst of all creation! I love being able to move so swiftly from contraction to relief by knowing the easiest route…
Go to the emotions!
If you’d like help tapping into your power to manifest, book in. Why wait?
Acknowledgement: My blogs, my coaching and my life are founded on many wondrous teachings, most particularly those of Abraham-Hicks