Abe: Would Appreciate Addressing the Pursuit of Joy

[Guest guest]

Would Appreciate Addressing the " Pursuit of Joy " Guest: I would like you to address pursuit of joy and how wonderful it can be when it flows through you.

Abraham: The reason that the pursuit of joy, or as some have said in

such perfect words, following your bliss, is so valuable, is that when

you are looking for the thought, word or action that feels joyful--what

you are actually doing is holding yourself in vibrational harmony with

Source Energy. That is what this Workshop is all about: Holding

yourself in a place where you're letting it in.

Letting what in? Things that are a vibrational match to joy: Clarity,

wellness, abundance, all things that you consider to be good. " And so,

today, no matter where I'm going, no matter what I'm doing, and no

matter who I'm doing it with--it is my dominant intent to look for

those things that feel good. "

This process of allowing the Well-being to flow to you is not

difficult. It is as simple as wanting enough to feel good, that I'm

looking for something that makes me feel good. I might have to be

tenacious in that idea for a little while. I might look at that and it

might not make me feel good because it reminds me of something that

didn't make me feel good before, or because it might remind me of

something that I've wanted and I don't have. And I might look outside,

and it might not make me feel good because it might remind me that the

winters are getting closer, and that the days are getting shorter.

It might take some diligence at first. I might say, " That doesn't make

me feel good, and that doesn't make me feel good, " but if I want to

feel good, then I will stay on my search. And if I keep saying to the

Manager, or to the Universe, " I want to find something that makes me

feel good, I want to find something that makes me feel good. " If I'm

holding that intent, and I really, really mean it, the Universe will

yield to me, sooner than later, something that makes me feel good--and

I will feel the relief and the release of feeling better.

And then I will say, " Ah, that makes me feel good. " And as I focus upon

that for as little as 17 seconds, now I'm off and running. Suddenly,

the things that were in my vicinity that were not making me feel good,

I do not have vibrational access to any more. Now, I'm on a rampage of

things feeling good.

There is nothing more productive for any of you, than to get on a

rampage of appreciation relative to any subject of your desire. Because

you cannot be in the state of appreciation and at the same time hold

yourself vibrationally apart from something you desire. They are two

opposite vibrations.

You cannot appreciate the idea of a relationship and hold yourself

apart from one at the same time. You can't appreciate the idea of a

healthy body, whether it is yours or someone else's, and hold yourself

apart from it at the same time.

When you are in the vibration of appreciation, you are in the vibration

of allowing. Whatever it is you are appreciating, you are allowing,

with that much more emphasis, in the now. In other words, it speeds the

process.

If we were wanting to reach for joyful experience, or the experience of

connection, we would superimpose the word " appreciation " , because it is

a purer vibration for most. When you say, " I want that, or I have to

have that, " sometimes it can get messy. But when you say, " I surely do

appreciate that, " there is very little contradictory vibration within

you. And you are much more likely to then use that as your excuse to

allow what you've been telling the Universe, all along, with your

yippees and s, that you are wanting.

The art of letting it in says, " Well-being abounds, and I'm a worthy

receiver of it. And when I think that thought, I don't let it in. When

I think that thought, I let it in a little more. And when I think that

thought, I really let it in. I choose that thought. " Do I choose that

thought because it is reality? Do I choose that thought because my

parents agree with it? No, but I choose that thought because it lets it

in.

Do I choose that thought because statistics say it's the truth? Do I

choose that thought because a lot of wise people choose that thought

and therefore it must be a good thought? No, I choose that thought for

only one reason: in choosing that thought, I feel better. This thought

feels better than that thought. This thought feels better than that

thought.

Art of Choosing Thoughts That Feel Better

So, " I'm a good person. I have so much to learn. " Did one statement feel better than the other? " I am incomplete. I'm an eternal being. " One thought feel better than the other? " There is sickness in my body. My body's ever-changing. " " There is sickness in my body. The Universe yields to my vibration. " " I don't have enough money. The Manager is lining things up. " " I don't know where to go. I will find the way. " " No one really understands me. It's not their job. " " I don't like the way you treat me. Law of Attraction is matching us up. " " I can't be happy if you do that. I'm the creator of my own experience. "

It is not difficult for you to tell which thought feels better, is it?

Those were similar vibrations, and yet you were able to discern a

marked difference in the way they felt. You are students of Deliberate

Creation. You are in an advanced arena. You are doing enormously well.

Have fun with all of this. Be easy about it. There are no trials. You

cannot get it wrong, and you will never get it done.

Make a decision that in this moment, in this one, " I'm going to look for an excuse to let it in. " Excerpted from the workshop in Syracuse, NY on Saturday, September 30th, 2000