The Power of Attention

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I am nursing a cold. I don't handle this the way I used to-trying to figure out who the culprit was who exposed me to nasty germs that are making me feel numbed out and awful. Okay, I have a good idea how I caught this. But the point is that it really doesn't matter about the who--what's important is the how of attracting this to myself.

I love babysitting my grandchildren. After years of living so far away from them, I now live in the same town. So when my son and daughter-in-law ask if I can help out by keeping them, it gives me great pleasure and joy to be available. Such was the case a few days ago when my youngest grandchildren came for a couple of hours. I noticed right away that both of their little noses were leaking and grabbed the tissues to keep their faces clean. Of course, I entertained the thought-why are their noses running and do they have anything contagious? Just that fleeting thought was enough less than two days later for me to start feeling the achiness, scratchy throat, and stuffy head that accompany a cold.

I knew much better than to allow this thought into my head-into my belief system. For years when I was teaching my Chakras for Beginners and Beyond class I would use the example of catching a cold when I talked about how energy follows thought. And every time I used the example, I came down with a cold that I had to nurse for the balance of the class. (I should have come up with a different, more positive example!)

I've been telling clients and students for the last five years that the energies are speeding up, to be conscious of the thoughts they are allowing into their awareness. It's almost as if humanity is taking a crash course in Manifesting Made Easy now because we are manifesting almost as fast as we can think the thoughts. As we move closer to the Great Shift next year, this will continue to speed up.

How can we stop placing our attention on what we don't want? The news is full of things we don't want. People talk about things we don't want. So how do we counteract the effects of being bombarded with the ideas of things we don't want? I don't have a solid answer for everyone. I can only say what I do. I spend each day practicing the Presence of Spirit in my life. When I feel myself slipping into fear, depression, desperation, I bring my awareness back to that essence of Spirit that is always alive in each one of us. When I am aware of the Presence, I know only joy, peace, love---ecstasy! And I know that everything I need and desire has been provided to me.

Namaste!