Expanding possibilities

1. Surrender/love what is

When we resist what is, even subtly by thinking it ’should’ not be like this or feel a need for something to be different, we keep ourselves from being present. When we are not present we live in our minds. We can make this seductively pleasant by thinking or visualising what we want but, if that’s all we do, it will interrupt our direct experience and enjoyment of life and keep us from knowing what is actually possible for us and how to enable that to happen,

2. Accept the possibility of the opposite of what you want

With success comes the possibility of failure. If the opposite of what we want is not acceptable to us, we will resist it and hold onto control, both of which limit how much we allow. Many of us resist similar things, which continually strengthens their energy field.

Our happiness does not depend on external circumstances. Once we really know this, we can make our peace with all possibilities. Then, instead of focusing on a particular outcome we can let go, which gives the part of us that interacts with infinite intelligence to play full out, exploring all possibilities, ramifications and eventualities, find what we need and tweak it according to our preferences, leading to the best of all potentialities

Come to the edge, he said. They came, he pushed, they flew.

3. Relax, open and pay attention

The first two suggestions make it possible to relax and open. We do not, however, want to zone out because we may have an active part to play. To know what that is, we need to pay close attention, to look out for subtle clues or changes. Relaxing helps us to surrender, allow, notice more and respond more effectively.

If we also drop down into our heart and being, which we can only do when we relax and slow down, we will notice a great deal more.

4. Creatively and sensitively explore

We can also explore and experiment. This does not mean we have to rush round trying to make something happen or covering every post. If we did that, we might well miss clues. What we can do is tune in to what we want as if it is already developing a life or a beingness of its own, and explore it further, rather as artists might explore their ideas with preliminary sketches or writers might make character sketches and then ask those characters questions to learn more about them.

In addition to helping with our current process, this hones our sensitivity which will stand us in good stead in future and help us tell the difference between intuitive knowing and wishful thinking.

5. Be playful

Where there is laughter, there God is, where there is seriousness, there is ego. Papaji

The best way to explore is playfully. Play helps us to relax and our egos do not see it as important enough to interfere with.

6. What’s in the way is the way.

One thing to explore is whether we are blocking or limiting our own progress. Simply being aware of the roots of our issues or blocks can be enough to shift them. If not, we can clarify what we want, surrender, explore, allow etc. to attract the resources we need to shift them.

Resolving and releasing our blocks bring us real freedom and inner peace, more precious than any outer manifestation.

7. Learn to tolerate the discomfort of uncertainty

When we do not tolerate the discomfort of uncertainty, we tend to resist, either by forcing the pace and getting in our own way, or by being stressed rather than relaxed. And we tend to limit ourselves to mundane, immediate, assured gratification rather than growth and lasting satisfaction. One thing that helps is trust.

8. Trust

Many pet owners will tell you their pets choose them without stress or strain. In the Tsunami, it is said that wild animals all moved to the high ground. We have largely lost touch with our instincts. Part of the way to restore that connection is to trust and follow the impulses we do notice, including those to do nothing (which are often the hardest for us in our ‘make something happen’ culture). If we do that, the gatekeeper that decides what, of all the information vying for our attention, we get to notice, lets more intuitive knowing through.

9. Be trustworthy

Part of what we want to trust is ourselves. We also want to be entrusted with gifts, some of which we will then develop (relationships, jobs, businesses, finances, friendships etc.). The likelihood of both increases when we prove ourselves to be trustworthy, by always keeping our word, being punctual, listening and playing our part as best we can and by not pretending that we do not know.

10. Go deeper and keep fine (or not so fine) tuning

The law of attraction tends to work better for people at first. This is similar to many other practices - at first they can be easy and then they get harder, presenting us with the opportunity to explore, grow and learn more. Instead of exploring, many of us move on to something else. Instead of surrendering and digging deeper into what is, we often cling to and more deeply entrench our beliefs.

Everything is changing all the time, including us. Just because something was right for us yesterday, does not necessarily make it right for us today. Many of our blocks are layered. Better to surrender our beliefs, release deeper layers of blocks or resistance, notice what is needed now and modify our approach appropriately.

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