A New Earth: by Eckhart Tolle

[Edwin]

Nothing to say, just a smile

[Breath]

The more I meditate, the more I can see my goals changing into acceptance of what is. There are things I still want to attrack, but these « wants » seem to be more in resonance with to good of my family, less centered on mere ego needs. I feel my power to attrack things I want is more powerful since I meditate. But there is something greater than just the ego (although it includes it) that operates. A force, intelligence far greater than mine. As I start to surrender to it, to what it wants from me, the things that I want to attrack are for the good, for the growth of my soul. So I don't see a contradiction between the Secret and Meditation: just a power increased by meditation.

I also have renounced to fully understand these things on the « though » level. When you surrender to a greater force, your true self, many intellectual debates are not necessary anymore: they emanate from the mind while what I am trying to be a vehicle for is pure consciousness, a presence without words. Words are just pointers, useful sometimes, but just pointers. To get lost in our minds is the trap to avoid. With total humility I am trying to let the force work through me. And I have noticed that, when I need the mind to express something, it is now more clear and powerful, a tool that can become very effective. Teaching at University, I can assure you I experienced quite a struggle over this issue. I feel now my lectures are more clear. God it's pathetic to see how the ego, even if very sophisticated, can become a dead end, so full of itself, full of vanity « my research » « my book », with to little respect and true interest in others. I thought I should quit, that meditation was becoming incompatible with my job. Now I simply ask the Force to use me in order to help students to grow. This force knows better, and as I said, knows how to use the mind in such a sharp and effective way.

[Edwin]

reading back to the part where Darren said

But, in my experience, it nearly always arrives and if it doesn't, something else arrives in its place that is close or better, as if your Celestial side really did know what was better for you.

I suddenly realised that I have been using the LOA allready.

Halfway through the year, I got a huge, no let me rephrase that HUGE bill from the IRS. I couldn't cough up the money, so I had to make a deal with them, resulting in me having to pay 3000 euro's every month for a couple of months.

This caused great worry for me at that time, becaust my thought was "where am I going to get 3000 euro's a month ! "

Apparantly, the answer was given, because a month after my first payment I got a deal with the Royal Dutch Navy resulting in: you guessed it, around 3000 euro a month !

I was so deep in worry at that time, that I never realised that I must have attracted it, because what are the odds of something like this happening "out of the blue".

I can remember when I was younger I always had this thought "things allways seem to work out for the best" and usually it did !
Then I had a troublesome time around 2003 and I dropped that faith, and with it came the struggle ! Around that same time my fear of death crept in now that I think of it. I have experienced an increasing level of discomfort from fears, fear of going bankrupt, fear of my financial situation, fear of phone calls from people who might want money, fear fear fear.

Since the many things that have been handed to me the last couple of days in this forum ( it is almost too much all at once, so many wonderfull pointers and guidelines ) are starting to take their effect on me, I am feeling a shift happening inside, as if a new insight is surfacing... not sure how else to describe it..

My fears have either dropped to a level where I can't feel them anymore, or maybe they are non-existent, but I feel a lot better than I have in months, if not years. It is just a small step, but that's how the greatest journeys all started, with one small step !

I can't thank all of you enough for posting your thoughts, beliefs, experiences and insights in the forums...

[Bhavya]

It's great to hear about your progress, Edwin

[Breath]

«My fears have either dropped to a level where I can't feel them anymore, or maybe they are non-existent, but I feel a lot better than I have in months, if not years. It is just a small step, but that's how the greatest journeys all started, with one small step !»
It's very inspiring to read you Edwin!
Fear really spoils everything. If your fears dropped to a level where you can't feel them anymore, «or maybe they are non-existent» that is so great. I truly wish it was the same for me!
I have to feeling that FEAR is what can stop us from attracting what we want. I wonder if it's not THE basic negative emotion underneath all other negative emotions. Edwin, did you accomplish that - get rid of your fears - through meditation?
I guess that, if you're feeling fear, you are releasing in the universe a vibrationnal frequency that counteracts the positive demand you give to the universe. Since our true self doesn't know fear, I suppose that's one reason why it's so important to be in touch with our true self in order to attract what we want without obstacles.

[Tiago Basilio]

Just want to be one more of those who thank D. James Albert for his kind and helpfull explanations: thank you :-)

TB

[Edwin]

Originally Posted by Breath

«My fears have either dropped to a level where I can't feel them anymore, or maybe they are non-existent, but I feel a lot better than I have in months, if not years. It is just a small step, but that's how the greatest journeys all started, with one small step !»
It's very inspiring to read you Edwin!
Fear really spoils everything. If your fears dropped to a level where you can't feel them anymore, «or maybe they are non-existent» that is so great. I truly wish it was the same for me!
I have to feeling that FEAR is what can stop us from attracting what we want. I wonder if it's not THE basic negative emotion underneath all other negative emotions. Edwin, did you accomplish that - get rid of your fears - through meditation?

Yes, through meditation for more than a year, but also reading Eckhart Tolle's books, a book by Paul Wilson "the Quiet", but also the many many many inspiring threads in this forum, with all the wonderfull contributors here that bring new insights, links to online teachers, and recommendations for other good books... This forum is a blessing !

I guess that, if you're feeling fear, you are releasing in the universe a vibrationnal frequency that counteracts the positive demand you give to the universe. Since our true self doesn't know fear, I suppose that's one reason why it's so important to be in touch with our true self in order to attract what we want without obstacles.

Now that it is gone it feels like it ( fear ) has been like a big rubber block in between the contact points that seem to connect between the "ego" and something deeper, I don't yet know what it is, but there seems to be a great calm and peace that makes all my previous worries seem so insignificant, ridiculous even... It's like I never realised that life just happens, and worries won't change the situation I am in at that time... sorry that is the best description I can give of what I feel at the moment. Mind you, it seems like a breakthrough when I write about it like this, but the only real difference I feel now is that it seems as if I am meditating all the time, at first I could only duplicate this feeling of peace during meditation.

Breath, if you want to experience the same, all you have to do is meditate and read through these wonderfull posts here, and eventually the insight will come to you too. Maybe sooner than me, or later, but the moment will come. The only thing holding you back when it comes to releasing fear is, how much are you prepared to let go of self-torture through fear.
I liked to feel very sorry with myself you know

[Edwin]

I have to quote Gus from another thread:

I have to second that statement of Darrens about giving into astonishment. As soon as one "thinks", "a-hah I'm there!" You're not!

gus

Yesterday has been fear free, today I am sorry to say, isn't.
Darren and Gus pointed out that the fear probably comes from fear of death, as it is the basis of all fears. During the night, when the light is gone, it seems to be a bit easyer to fall into the trap of fear.

Not sure how to do this, but I know I can overcome fear of death in the end. I know that my fear of death is not so much fear of death, but more fear of the unknown, the "what comes after". Most scary is the thought that there might not be anything after, that all I have done, lived, feeled, is just wasted into nothingness, and that particular thought makes my life as I live it today seem very insignificant, useless, as well as all of the "accomplishments" of other human beings.

On the other side, I know that every person who has gone a step further up the ladder of enlightenment talks about the fact that they know, feel, realise that the soul or whatever you wish to call it is eternal, "it has always been and will always be" is something I frequently come across. Paul Wilson talked about that animation cartoon " La Linea " an Italian cartoon made by the shape of a little man ( with a temper ) in a horizontal line:

He said this is a great analogy for man. The line represents our soul, the shape of the man our body's.
The shape of man is part of the eternal soul, and it comes up and it disappears, but the line is always there, unbroken.

However, all this is wisdom from books, not from experience. I feel a bit stuck at the moment. I will only get further if I drop fear, and I can only drop fear at the moment that I Know my soul is eternal, that higher realisation that so many people talk about after they dropped fear

Back to meditation

[Edwin]

...being specific with your definition is important

James, a small question for you.

You gave the example of "I am attracting better business every day" for the mindbeat and focussing your attention on during the day.

However, is that specific enough ? Wouldn't it be more specific to focus on, for example, an amount of money ?

[D. James Albert]

Hi Edwin,

There are a couple of different perspectives on your question that I need to comment on, for your question actually covers more than one single element of the attractive process.

First, the key principle behind the effective impressing of a single thought upon the Celestial Mind is the isolated focus of that thought. In terms of money, if you isolate a specific amount with constant attention during your wakeful state, then you actually support that intention by isolating a second impression at night that involves the supportive idea that you are consistently moving towards the realization of the wakeful intention. In other words, during the day you reinforce an intended amount as a goal, and during the night you reinforce the idea of constant movement in that direction. You might view this as something like during the day its "heres the amount I intend" and at night its "and heres how I'm getting there". With Mindbeat, to reinforce constant movement you do not need to re-reinforce the amount - you are already doing this in other ways during the day.

Secondly, you've raised the Mindbeat process for attracting better business in your question. You should also realize that this Mindbeat impression is not simply about attracting more wealth, although it is obviously underpins it. It is also about the process of how you attract that wealth. What is the point of attracting more money if it happens in ways and means that are not ways or means that resonate with you or that are not ways and means that will remain true after the intended amount has been realized? Attracting better ways of receiving what you want, and achieving a more harmonious state of business as you improve the platform upon which your finances are derived are some of the elements I'm referring to.

With regards to being specific with your Mindbeat process, yes, it would be great if you could formulate an affirmation that is specific to your intention as opposed to a general one. There is certainly nothing wrong with doing so. However, I suggest doing so is something left to the individual, and not something I would recommend to everyone. One of the reasons I say this is because Mindbeat works best when the affirmation is recited in rhyme, and most people find it difficult to recite dollar figures in rhyme. Also, amounts of intention rather than words of improvement can be quite distracting and may serve to break the rhythmic process from remaining in tune with the ticks of the clock. Naturally, if you are able to do this, then perhaps you can make it work well for you. I am one of the people that can't. For me, if I weave dollar figures into my Mindbeat I inevitably lose the association of the statement to the ticks of the clock. This seems to be the case for most people. If you can come up with an example affirmation that works with specific dollars, then by all means. But even then I offer one other caution.

A part of the Mindbeat process involves selecting a statement that has no conflict with thoughts of the conscious mind. If you perform Mindbeat upon a specific dollar figure intention, what can happen is after a certain amount of time, if the actual amount has not yet arrived for you, then you may find the Mindbeat process becomes more difficult to maintain. Your conscious mind will begin to say 'this is stupid' or 'this isn't working' or 'that amount isn't coming' and other such statements of rebellion, and thereby detract from the effectiveness of the process. This is a likely thing to occur because usually the conscious mind is unable to see how that amount has a possibility of appearing, and this becomes more true if after a while it hasn't seen evidence to provide it reason to believe that amount is likely. The longer it takes, the more likely the Mindbeat process will break down. A more general statement of positive improvement negates the potentiality of this arising. Remember, this is different to your daily attention upon the intention of achieving a certain amount of money. If you have a goal of earning a certain amount, your mind stands less chance to rebel at it as your intention is not a statement that it's coming as much as its an intention to make it come.

I would never argue that being as specific as you can at all times offers the most benefit - this really goes without saying. However, it must always be borne in mind that sometimes there are times and places for certain types of ideas to be expressed, and times and places for other types of ideas. When we know rhyme works best as you fall asleep, I suggest keep it to a general rhyme reflecting the idea of improvement that is easy to keep in mind as you fall asleep, and keeping it specific when your mind is awake and alert. Both methods, when performed together day and night, are synergistic.

So in a nutshell, I prefer to recommend that during the wakeful state the attention of the mind be set upon the specific intention, and during the sleeping state the attention of the mind is set upon the idea that it is moving in the right direction. If you are diligent in your daily attention, your Celestial Mind will not have any blur around what the notion of general improvement is towards.

If you have further questions feel free to fire away.