On the surface this may seem like it is promoting materialism. And a few subscribers wasted no time in letting me know!

However the experience of buying something or owning something is not materialism per se.  Materialism is only when one becomes attached to or preoccupied with material things. The dictionary defines materialism as “a preoccupation with or emphasis on material objects, and comforts, with a disinterest in or rejection of spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values.” So it would be helpful for us to differentiate between materialism and –let’s call it – material engagement.

You and I grew up in a world in which religion and old cultural and spiritual ideas suggested (and some times dictated) that material engagement was not compatible with spiritual development. We fashioned our world according to this idea, and this resulted in monks, swamis and most of the spiritual fraternity living in simplicity and often in poverty. This type of thinking is still pretty much alive – wouldn’t you raise your eyebrow if you saw a man in his maroon buddhist robes get into his Mercedes Benz?!

True spirituality, though, has nothing to do with what car you drive or how much you have or do not have. It indicates a certain focus. Similarly with materialism. It indicates a certain focus, and you can have this focus irrespective of how much you have or do not have.

Right now a homeless person in Africa with almost no belongings could be content and living in faith and love. A New York millionaire could be harboring a sense of lack, insufficiency and disconnection from the flow of life. On the other hand the homeless person could be so overly focused on getting his next handout, that he loses awareness of his inner connection to all of life and of the grace of god. If he becomes preoccupied with this focus, we could call him a materialist.  Yet the millionaire who’s now sitting in his penthouse, moving on from his visualization exercise into his affirmation sequence in his effort to manifest a new jet (or that red Ferrari!)  could be doing so in full remembrance of his ‘perfect, whole and complete’ nature. If he sustains his efforts to remember and affirm this truth, this would make him spiritual.

You may ask though, why would the millionaire want more if he sees that he is already whole? (And in the same vane – is not all seeking of material engagement anti-spiritual, as it were?) The answer brings forth a very important insight. The movement towards more is a natural quality of all of life. Yet this does not spring from incompleteness or insufficiency. The Divine Creative Essence is all. It is content in and of itself. Yet it does not sit still! It follows a continual impulse to become more – more beautiful, more complex, more conscious, etc. And this motivation is planted firmly within you and I, manifesting as our desires and our motivation to become more – more knowledgeable, more powerful, more balanced, more evolved, more aware…

God does not manifest universes because she feels incomplete, but to be more. The forest doesn’t grow more leaves and trees because it perceives lack, but to be more. You too are not separate from God or Divine Essence. And even as you seek to be more or have more, remember to affirm your wholeness. In this wholeness, in your oneness with all that is, all is you and all is already yours. (This is the basis of affirmation as a manifestation technique.) And you would be wise to focus on being more, rather than on having more. And whatever it is you seek to attract in your life, it would serve you best to focus first on being the one who is powerful enough or abundant enough to have it. Its manifestation then becomes a natural result of this state of being.

Being is primary. Doing or having is secondary. Therefore, BE IT FIRST, always. And when you find yourself wanting more, remember always to BE MORE…and more and more…

I’d like you to consider something startling: that this is an illusion! A myth. A mistaken idea.
Separation is an illusion, superimposed by the human mind over the truth of oneness. All things are one, and the idea of separation from life, separation from each other and separation from the Divine Essence is an illusion, a myth, and idea that is not congruent with ultimate reality.

You are a magnificent, powerful creator. If you think about it, you are creating many things of great magnificence right now and all the time.
Every thing and circumstance that you have encountered in your life is created by you. You are actively beckoning the energy that creates galaxies. You are a master of creation operating here and now in the space-time reality, and your desires and creations take thought itself to new heights. As you find yourself in a sea of contrast, you entertain new desires, and offer new vibrations which are matched and manifested by Divine Essence. Through this process the universe is taken to new heights of being.

I’m sure you’ve had the experience when it seems that source does not manifest your desire, or at least not as quick as you’d like! And sometimes you experience things you do not desire – pain, loss, death, and it seems that you are not powerful enough to change the undesired circumstances. This leads you to believe that you are not at cause, or not creating these circumstances – for why would you create something you do not desire?

We are quiet aware that we are creating on the physical level, and we know pretty much how to do this successfully, but currently we are quite unaware of how we are creating on an energetic level. In this physical world, we know how to use our hands. With our words and communication we are able to collaborate and create collectively. With our mental planning we create things of amazing complexity and beauty. But largely we have lost awareness of how we are creating on a vibrational energetic level – on our side of the ‘imaginary fence of consciousness’ anyway!
And this is not surprising since our consciousness has become so focused and almost locked down on the denser aspects of existence.

The law of attraction refers to a fundamental way in which the universe of consciousness and conscious beings operate. Like unto like is attracted. Everything has a vibrational essence, all thoughts and all things, and when you give your attention to something, your vibration begins to reflect that thing or experience. As you think about it more, you vibrate like it even more, and in turn more of that which it is like is attracted to you. So if you ever wonder why you do not already have what you desire, it is because you’re not holding yourself in a vibrational pattern as that of the experience you desire.

Since this is a law, it is always in operation. In other words there are no exceptions to this rule. If it happened at some times and not at other times, it would be  like a tendency, not a law! According to the law of attraction, you get what you focus on, whether you want it or not. All too often when you want something, you focus on the not having it, rather than on the experience of having it. And the universe, your contextual field, reflects, replicates and manifests your thoughts. So you end up with more of ‘not having it’.

When you desire something, you can only bring it in to your experience if you achieve vibrational harmony with it. An extremely effective way to bring about vibrational harmony with something is to imagine that you already have it. Imagine what it would feel like, and allow yourself to feel the enjoyment of the experience. When you do this consistently, you put forward this vibration and you put yourself in the space of allowing this ‘reality’ into your experience. And at the moment of holding the desire, you can tell whether you are in a space of attracting it or repelling it. When you trust, and you’re in the flow, and you are allowing your full connection with source energy, you focus on the experiencing of having it, and it feels good. When you somehow doubt you can have it, you focus on the ‘not having it’, and it does not feel good. So, by observing how you feel, you can tell if you are giving attention to your desire, or to the absence of you desire. Thus you can tell whether you are placing yourself in a space of receiving it or resisting it.

So, if you haven’t already, I’m reminding you to start consciously using the law of attraction in your life. Practice keeping yourself in a vibrational place of experiencing all that you desire. And above all, contemplate on the question that can change everything: Who am I? Then start to undo the conditioning that the world has placed on you, and remember again that you are infinite and eternal in your essence.
Remember too that you are you are a powerful attractor and creator, and create the things that bring joy to yourself and the world.

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