Recently, I was at a seminar where I heard the speaker make a startling statement. He was speaking about the polarity of all things (i.e. good/bad, right/wrong, light/dark and so on) and he mentioned that when we are intent about anything, we also intend that thing’s opposite. While this statement wasn’t entirely new to me (reference my blog entitled “Why Inequality Exists”), the impact of this concept’s ramifications had a newly profound effect on how I now see everything.
According to the speaker, one cannot ask for something or want for something without noticing that what he wants or asks for is missing. So when we’re focusing our intention towards something, on some level we are also continually noticing that thing is not present in our lives. Because of this, we’re giving energy to both things – the having and the not having!
To look from another perspective, think back to when you were a child and think of a time when you got something you had really been wanting for a long time – something you wanted really badly. You asked your parents for it. You asked Santa for it. You asked God for it. And, you continued to want that thing until you finally got it. When you got that thing, you immediately expressed gratitude for that thing and went off to play with it or use it. And, then, if you were like most kids, it seemed like you immediately began to focus on something else that you wanted. In fact, that may even describe you in the present. I know that is certainly how life shows up for me.
Looking back at that analogy, what was the first thing you did when you received that which you wanted? You stopped wanting that thing! You no longer wanted it because you now possessed it. And, then you expressed gratitude for having it in your life.
As grown ups, when we focus our attention on what we want in our lives, we do give energy to that thing. But, we are also giving energy to having the absence of that thing. If we really believed that we received that for which we asked at the time in which we asked, we would have no need to continually focus our attention on the wanting of that thing. Just like the child who receives the object he desired, we would immediately stop wanting and then we would give gratitude for that which we believe that we had received.
This is the true secret of “The Secret.” The power in receiving anything is all within the art of letting go.
It’s completely fine to want things. I believe that we are all created to continuously desire more. All of creation longs to expand itself. That is our nature. It’s great to set your intention to have good things come your way. And, you can set your intention to attract specific things into your life. But, ultimately, you want to let go of your desire . . . not like no longer caring, but more like believing you already received that which you desired. Otherwise, your continual focus will remain on wishing for what you want, and noticing what you don’t have. And, your energy will go to both things.
Instead, desire, intend, ask, and then believe that you received what you desired. And because you have it, you no longer have to want it. You can simply move straight into gratitude, thanking God for providing that for which you asked.
[End of Post]To look from another perspective, think back to when you were a child and think of a time when you got something you had really been wanting for a long time – something you wanted really badly. You asked your parents for it. You asked Santa for it. You asked God for it. And, you continued to want that thing until you finally got it. When you got that thing, you immediately expressed gratitude for that thing and went off to play with it or use it. And, then, if you were like most kids, it seemed like you immediately began to focus on something else that you wanted. In fact, that may even describe you in the present. I know that is certainly how life shows up for me.
Looking back at that analogy, what was the first thing you did when you received that which you wanted? You stopped wanting that thing! You no longer wanted it because you now possessed it. And, then you expressed gratitude for having it in your life.
As grown ups, when we focus our attention on what we want in our lives, we do give energy to that thing. But, we are also giving energy to having the absence of that thing. If we really believed that we received that for which we asked at the time in which we asked, we would have no need to continually focus our attention on the wanting of that thing. Just like the child who receives the object he desired, we would immediately stop wanting and then we would give gratitude for that which we believe that we had received.
This is the true secret of “The Secret.” The power in receiving anything is all within the art of letting go.
It’s completely fine to want things. I believe that we are all created to continuously desire more. All of creation longs to expand itself. That is our nature. It’s great to set your intention to have good things come your way. And, you can set your intention to attract specific things into your life. But, ultimately, you want to let go of your desire . . . not like no longer caring, but more like believing you already received that which you desired. Otherwise, your continual focus will remain on wishing for what you want, and noticing what you don’t have. And, your energy will go to both things.
Instead, desire, intend, ask, and then believe that you received what you desired. And because you have it, you no longer have to want it. You can simply move straight into gratitude, thanking God for providing that for which you asked.
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