High Expectations

'According to Vedanta, there are only two symptoms of enlightenment, just two indications, that a transformation is taking place, within you, toward a higher consciousness. The first symptom is, that you stop worrying things don't bother you any more. You become light-hearted and full of joy. The second symptom is that you encounter more and more meaningful coincidences in your life, more and more synchronicities, and this accelerates to the point where you actually experience, the miraculous'. — Deepak Chopra.

Signs of Ultimate Change

Living a greater life – a freer, fuller life – is your divine right. As a follower of the law of attraction teachings, you will find yourself setting in motion a transformation – a spiral of expansion with the intention to re-connect with your true potential and re-define it. By doing so you may re-calibrate your vibrational stance with your dream life in order to make sure it is now in perfect harmony with your vision of your dream life – in other words, with the image of your true desires and passions. Your self-image will now be in alignment with – the end results – the dream you hold.

Some of the following symptoms which you may experience throughout this process will serve you as indicators of this shift you are going through: An overall feeling of lightness – physically as well as mentally as in days when you move around, light as a feather, and moments of radiant bliss – as if you were walking on sunshine, in flow with everything which is. It may feel as if a burden has been lifted, and you can literally breathe much more easily now. An attitude of positive hopefulness about your life situations, in general, has been achieved. From this point on, you are now becoming more and more aware of solutions – results and the life you love, happiness, prosperity, well-being and much more – as a plausible possibility. A confidence will have arisen within you, which was not necessarily there before taking on this journey.

Your posture and demeanour may alter to that effect, bestowing you with an air of vitality and radiance. A heightened sense of intuition which takes over the daily decision making, making your manoeuvring through what once would have seemed a challenge now easy, effortless and natural to follow. The ultimate signals will show up in form of synchronisers where circumstances and occurrences which are in perfect harmony with your inner vision will be attracted to you. You will be literally attracting similar positive people and opportunities who and which generate the same thought energy pattern. Inspired action in the form of flashes of creativity or serendipities, leading to clarity and serenity in whatever endeavour you wish for yourself at this time become an integral part of your daily routine. All in all, an overwhelming sense of knowing – an inner certainty – will have planted itself. You, therefore, know now, all is well.

The most fascinating of all is the fact that many of these signs will appear even before you witness your manifestations taking place in form of any outer tangible results. It is the inner realm which is producing the eventuality of the outer reality. Your inner world is —so to say— preparing you for the miracles ahead. Remarkably enough also, is the way your subconscious will be from now on co-operating with you, as you will eventually begin to notice when it starts alerting you whenever you are slipping into a pattern of negativity in the form of negative thoughts or negative words. This is the time to take notice of these and turn them around as soon as they surface. Replace them with the opposite in the form of a positive statement of your choice. As momentum grows, you will be enjoying many more signs on this new path.

'If the Sun and Moon should ever doubt, they'd immediately go out'. - William Blake.

In the Face of Challenges

When you have reached so far and are starting to experience all these wonderful benefits of the change that has taken place and still is — you may however at the same time be confronted with some further challenges — as alas, at times the pull of the familiar may be very strong. With all of the above, you may also at times still simultaneously encounter temporary setbacks, as you emerge into this new you.

We live in a time-space reality. Therefore, a certain amount of time elapses between cause and effect. The reality you are experiencing at the moment may still reflect the old way — that which was yours before the shift. Perseverance is called upon in order to see beyond and reach your goal. Know this - these appearances are only the aftermath – the effect – of a previous lack of thoughts and beliefs – the cause. Those belief systems you have peeled off — layer for layer — during the last few weeks have been with you for quite a while now. They were the fabric and make-up of your life, before the change. As you move ahead make sure not to fall back into these old paradigms. At least at first the pull may be strong as feelings of doubt may creep in. However, rest assured these are but a few last waves of resistance bidding their farewell. At the same time, should this be the case you must weather the storm and ride with it. All of these new thoughts and ideas you have been instilling in your mind will result in new conditions. Most of all - do not be alarmed and hold tight, make sure the outer appearances do not upset you and that you can remain calm and neutral in spite of them. Only then can you be sure that the results are on their way. Remember - panic, anxiety, nervousness and impatience will eventually push your results further away. So, relax as best you can so as to release the fear and keep your gratitude state of mind.

''... therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal''. - 2 Corinthians 4:16-0.

Frequency Adjustments

This duality is quite common in the first stages of the shift. Experiencing bursts of excitement alongside moments of fear in face of the unknown. Fear, doubt and worry disguised in the costume of a security mechanism meant to protect you in face of the looming change. Pre-registered in the sub-conscious mind as unknown, scary and negative for the most part. As long as you were in your comfort zone — albeit unhappy — they were not as noticeable as when you took these steps, onwards for change.

Following, I will be divulging a little method which can work wonders when facing one of those challenging moments. As you notice one of those negative emotions starting to creep in on you, follow these few steps:

• Close your eyes and picture in your mind's eye a big red pause button.
• Take a deep breath and push that pause button.
• Now, make an appointment with this emotion in three days from now.
• Make a mental note as well as adding it to your calendar.
• In the meantime, you have just gained free time to explore the new opportunity which arose out of the circumstances which got those negative emotions started in the first place.
• You have now three whole days, to play with the idea of finding out what possible good could come out of this situation. List them out.

You will very quickly find out that luckily enough while you preoccupy yourself with this exploring procedure, it is absolutely impossible to remain in the panic mode. In the back of your mind you know - in three days’ time, you can still panic as much as you wish. You will be baffled how many positive ideas, opportunities, and chances you will have gathered on your list, by the end of those three days.

'By letting it go IT all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try, the world is beyond the winning' - Lao Tzu.

The Path of Least Resistance

Allowing more positive energy to flow into your life consistently, propelling yourself higher and empowering your dream and passion is what you would want to be doing now. Living in joy, harbouring a grateful heart while keeping a burning desire for your dream, is the surest happiest way — the only way worth living. Growing is a natural process. It is possible to be fully grateful for what you have and at the same time wishing for expansion, for the sheer joy of it.

Physical and mental well-being, abundance and prosperity, fulfilment and creativity, thriving and loving relationships are an inseparable part of an expanding life. What is more, as you have gone through this journey you will have affected and impacted the people and circumstances around you in concentric circles. And above all it is time to surrender... You have had your Intention. You have taken Action. Now is the time to let go!

The reason a surrender as a practice is so powerful is that, you are not suddenly spinning out of control and giving up the wheel, instead you are loosening your grip and consequently allowing flow back into your life.

I will be sending you on your way with some wonderful Surrender Mantras to ponder upon:

• “I surrender this situation to flow as it should.”
• “Everything is perfect in this moment, I surrender.”
• “I surrender my anxieties about relationships and allow love to come into my life.”
• “I surrender my fears and allow success into my endeavours”.
• “I surrender my day to the universe.
• “I surrender all negative thoughts about myself.”
• “I surrender to the flow of the universe.”
• “I surrender to my fears and allow love to guide me.”
• “I surrender my resistance to move forwards.”
• “I surrender with confidence to my life’s path.”
• “I surrender my need for approval and I accept myself.”
• “I surrender to my creative flow.”
• …and finally – “To allow, I surrender.”

The path of least resistance has momentum, has clarity, has ease. The path of least resistance has openings and is engaging and fun — on the way to something spectacular. The path of least resistance is your path of most allowing! The path of most allowing brings you to a place of elevation — where you can tickle the toes of joy and remember laughter and may breathe-in your eternal nature.

You see - joy is your natural state. You just might have gotten away from it for a while… Joy is also the path of least resistance, so whatever you can do to invite it in - do it! Everything else will find its way to you, easily and effortlessly. And when it is time to take action, the action will be wonderfully engaging, and it will carry you to the next and the next and the next…