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Mining The Gifts Of Change
By Ada Porat

During times of change, we often experience an instinctive desire to control or direct the process. If we could only control the process, we would feel more comfortable with it – or so we think!

And so, we try all kinds of things to retain a sense of control by attempting to manage the pace, direction and volume of change in our lives. We flock to workshops on goal-setting and manifestation in an effort to control the outcomes of our changing lives.

In short, we attempt to shift our unfolding reality from one outcome to another in order to feel secure. Sadly, these attempts to manage outer conditions merely keep us at the whim of external effects. It keeps us focused on external outcomes to ensure inner happiness or security, rather than looking within.

When we try to control what our journey through life should look like, it also keeps us identified with the content of the process instead of the context, and in so doing we may miss the true blessing of enjoying the perfection of each moment as it unfolds.

There is a more effective way to navigate through change!

Identifying With The Contextual Field

You could choose to focus on the larger picture or context instead, and allow the details of content to be drawn to you by the current of life as it unfolds. As each wave of probabilities emerges, you have free choice to select which aspects of content to accept and which ones to let go of!

This is how it looks: If you are faced with a job change, for instance, you can focus on attracting a new a opportunity that would bring you into more appropriate alignment with your core values, for instance. This choice aligns you with the context of the field you wish to align with. Then, allow this contextual definition to draw to you specific opportunities to choose from. By identifying with the field, you can trust the current of life to bring you opportunities that are resonant with this attractor field, and you do not need to worry about controlling the process.

Really Letting Go

Change can take many forms as we move into new ways of being, leaving the old behind. We may need to leave behind relationships, jobs, friends, homes, neighborhoods, or other vestiges of the old that no longer serve us. As we let go of the old, there is a certain amount of grief that needs to be acknowledged so we can move on.

When we acknowledge the feelings of loss and grief, we are freed from the ties that bound us to circumstances and people at a previous place and time, and we are free to move on. It is very important to allow the expression of these emotions, for it is in the acknowledgement and expression that we find freedom and healing to move on. Emotions that are suppressed never go away – they simply resurface further down to road for us to deal with!

Flying Blind

In shamanic cultures, the bat is seen as powerful medicine. Bats do not have sight, yet dart about with incredible accuracy and speed because they trust their inner radar. In the chaos of sudden change, it may at first feel as if you’re flying blind. However, this is the time to connect with and trust your inner radar. When you connect to your inner guidance, the flight through the unknown takes you to higher ground.

It will also challenge you to surrender your preconceived concepts of life to embrace a greater reality. At any point along the road, you can choose to either resist or to surrender to the process of unfolding, trusting in the Divine guidance within you. As soon as you let go, the current of change can carry you to new perspectives with grace and ease.

Turbulence and Cross Currents

In the world of energy, a change in direction can be observed as a wave form that changes its current. Energies we had set in motion through previous choices continue to return like wave forms for a while afterwards. As we change direction by exercising new choices, the old and new wave forms result in overlapping waves and cross currents. The ensuing turbulence is often experienced as mental fog, confusion or overwhelm.

Don’t let this temporary sensation discourage you or throw you off course. It is part of the process of shifting directions! If you can remain standing during this time of change, the positive changes that are underway will result in a sense of greater clarity, ease and understanding.

Remembering Why

Overwhelm and confusion only arise when taking your eyes off the goal. When you feel overwhelmed by the process, simply bring your focus back to the reasons why you chose to make a change in the first place.

The very nature of change embodies a sense of upheaval. The turbulence of clashing beliefs, crashing hopes and the looming unknown force you to question many values you had simply accepted before. This is your great opportunity for choosing differently, bringing your life and all its outcomes into higher alignment with your soul’s purpose.

Fine-Tuning Your Compass

This time of flux also contains the chance to fine-tune your choices, bringing all energies into alignment so you can draw optimal outcomes into your life.

Each one of us creates our own reality, moment by moment. When you set your intention unwaveringly on reaching your highest potential, you become an unstoppable force. Your very being starts emanating the frequency of what you hold in mind, drawing resonant outcomes to you in every moment through your continuous intention.

This is a very appropriate time to ask yourself if you are living the life you really want. Are you doing what your heart desires, or are you compromising for the security of a job, social status or acceptance? Are you joyful or is dissatisfaction nibbling at your bones, causing you to feel cranky and blame others for your circumstances?

Remember, your experience is a choice.

To change your life, all you need to do is change your mind about things first. If your life doesn’t serve you well, you can change it! It’s as simple as that. The rest is simply a process, the process of outcomes unfolding in response to your intention.

The more consciously you participate in this process of creating your reality, the more you will embrace the outcomes that follow. All your thoughts, emotions, fears, desires and aversions factor into that which you attract in life.

If the outcome does not look like what you had intended, it may be helpful to realize that 90% of your thoughts, emotions, and fears are located in the subconscious. These subconscious elements can sabotage your best intentions. By clearing out limiting emotions and beliefs from the subconscious, you pave the way for your own evolution into your highest expression of being, and you attract optimal outcomes. This process of evolving, then, is the ultimate gift of change.

©Copyright Ada Porat. For more information, visit www.adaporat.com
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By Ada Porat

Is Chronic Worry Getting You Down? Scarcely a person in the world is exempt from worry. Why do we worry so much?

We worry over finances, work, relationships, the future and our health. We also worry about the state of the world, the economy, terrorism, our loved ones and friends… there are always plenty of reasons for worry!

While we may not succeed in eliminating all worry from our lives, there are practical tools that we can use to break free from the cycle of worry. At higher levels of consciousness, worry does not have to torment us – instead, we can process it effectively and return to our true state of peace and joy.

In truth, nothing can touch you but God, for God is all there is. What is there to fear, then? As a child of God, all power is within you for guidance, and around you is the Eternal Presence for safety.

What are your greatest fears? Name them and expose them. Notice how insignificant they seem in the light of truth. The presence of God – spiritual consciousness – is the only Power at work. There is no other Power, so allow all beliefs to the contrary be uprooted and dissolved. God is our Source, so what is there to fear? Nothing! We live in a benevolent universe, so let's cease projecting ignorance and false beliefs onto the screen of life.

Our experience of worry and anxiety goes back to where we are in consciousness. God always meets us on the level where we are. The Presence of our Creator eternally radiates into and through us. This Presence manifests as power, love, wisdom, light, substance and energy. It radiates in and through us at every moment in time and space. And our awareness of this Presence is always perceived at the level where our consciousness is focused.

That is why advanced spiritual teachers have taught that we can only do for the world that which we have become. God can do for you only what God can do through you. Spirit is always available; we are the ones who curb its expression because of our limited states of consciousness.

Keep in mind that Spirit always sees us as whole, complete, and abundantly supplied with every good thing – because Spirit sees us as Itself. This is the highest reality about us, yet somewhere along the line, we made the choice to see an illusion and then to worry about it. We see ourselves as experiencing lack and failure when we're not, and in situations of conflict that are real only to us.

What Spirit sees is what Spirit radiates through us, yet we filter that reality through our limitations and beliefs before projecting it onto the world as our perceived reality.

At higher levels of consciousness, we begin to see as Spirit sees and know as Spirit knows. All that the Father is, I am. All that the Father has is mine. Yet many of us sit around worrying and wondering why prayer isn't answered, or why nothing happens in meditation to relieve the situation. We cry tears of frustration and fear, not realizing that God simply meets us where we are at in consciousness!

Sometimes, a miracle does occur. What happened is that in a moment of faith or grace, we bounced ourselves up higher like jumping on a trampoline. We bounced to a level where the spiritual energy radiates more and even though we come back down, sufficient light was assimilated to produce a positive change in our affairs.

To move to higher levels of consciousness and stay there, it is essential that we release the lower emotions of worry, anxiety, fear and distress. Here are some suggestions to help you release denser emotions and to focus your awareness on the truth of your being.

First, it is helpful to meditate on ALL that you are and have, and to absorb the fullness of Spirit like a sponge. Think of a sponge being saturated with water, and focus on the same sensation within as you ponder the energy of wholeness, the substance of infinite supply, and the love of joyful relationships flowing, pouring, and radiating into your personal energy field. Absorb, absorb, absorb, and keep working at it until you are in the realm of mastery and joy.

Then allow Divine energy to shine forth through this higher level of consciousness. Remember that attraction always follows radiation, the manifest good flowing back to you on the rays shining from within. Keep at it until everything comes together in harmony and peace.

When you do this exercise, you will notice the Divine presence meeting you above the quicksand of worry and anxiety. You will watch with awe and wonder as your life shifts dramatically to reveal the work, will, and way of Spirit.

A second way to overcome chronic worry is to meditate on an appropriate affirmation throughout the day. As spiritual beings we are truly subject only to what we hold in mind. Why would we limit the Divine Presence in us, then, by focusing on worry and anxious thoughts? Instead, here are some affirmations that may serve as a focal point for your thoughts throughout the day:

• I focus only on that which is pure, true, and beautiful in life.
• My true nature is Love, and I radiate love to everyone throughout this day.
• I align with the Divine purpose for my life, and every activity of my life is in Divine order.
• I have moved from self-centeredness to self-awareness; and my focus is on Truth.
• I am secure in Spirit; my courage is unshakable.
• I do not fear anything because I trust in Divine guidance; I am optimistic about life.
• I place my faith in God, and not in the material world.
• I face change creatively, and I eagerly look to reap what I have sown.
• The doors to my mind are open, and I am free to follow the highest Truth.

A third way to move beyond worry is to contemplate three aspects of Divinity which are also present in you: love, harmony and peace. The key here is to become immersed in the highest expression of each.

Draw a triangle with Love at the top point, Harmony at the lower left point, and Peace at the lower right. With intention, place yourself in the middle of this triangle and start absorbing the highest levels of Divine love, harmony and peace from the corners of the triangle. Let these energies cleanse and heal whatever worry and anxiety there may be in your life. Once you feel centered and at peace, you may also wish to radiate these energies into your life with a simple prayer:

Let Love flow forth from every heart.
Let Harmony reign in every soul.
Let Peace be the common bond for all.

Anxiety and worry do not have to ruin your life. As you expose your fears to the light; break the ego-connection by understanding there's really nothing to worry about; center your awareness on the Divine aspects of love, harmony and peace; your faith will be renewed to scatter the clouds of worry and anxiety.

©Copyright Ada Porat. For more information, visit www.adaporat.com
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When The Going Gets Tough
By Ada Porat

Why do we encounter opposition even when we act with good intentions? Why is it so difficult to stand up for our truth? And how do we cope with the expectations of others?

Recently, I committed to what I perceived as my highest truth at the time, only to encounter a wave of backlash and fallout that took me by surprise. Here are some thoughts that unfolded through the process.

Our purpose on this planet can be expressed as being energetic probes for the Divine; millions of tiny probes through whom the Divine experiences Self in all aspects of life. The fulfillment of our purpose requires mastering conscious awareness as being extensions of the Divine, and not getting lost in the dream of life.

Each human being consists of a combination of harmonic energy that is individual to each of us. As individual expressions of the Divine, we remain unduplicated in all of creation. Each of us is unique as we hold and express All That Is across time and space.

Throughout the process of life, we continually contribute information to our very Source as we experience and make choices in every given moment. And Source communicates back to us, providing guidance and clarity when we listen.

Progress on this planet is propelled by choice: the choice between truth or illusion.

By choice, we can move into new experiences or stay rooted in place. It is always up to us. Through the choices we make, every experience is communicated universally as a wave form of energy, and all of creation adjusts accordingly. Talk about power! We have the capability to influence all of creation through the choices we make!

Each of us makes choices that we believe to be optimal, given our level of awareness and insight at the time. Our choices create a resonant frequency field which attracts resonant energies and repels dissonant frequencies. Over time, this quantum attractor field draws particles of probability into becoming possibilities, and, eventually, into becoming our reality. Our thoughts eventually manifest as things.

Very often, the process of choice happens on a subconscious level through our emotions. We hook certain thoughts or beliefs out of the primordial soup of human consciousness through our emotional attachment to them. By emotionally fearing or desiring a certain outcome, we attach to that outcome. The desired or feared choice is then drawn to us through the attractor field of desire or aversion that we have created.

When observing from outside the emotions, it becomes clear that the reality we have created is in resonance with the emotions and beliefs we hold. Therefore, our choices are an accurate reflection of where we are in this moment, and as such they are perfect. When we no longer desire, fear or need the outcomes we have been creating, we can release our emotional attachment to them and choose again – dipping into the abundant Universe to create new and different experiences.

There are choices available in every moment of life: Choices that will take us down one road or another. Choices that mean the difference between comfort and discomfort, between abundance and scarcity, between peace and turmoil. Even the decision not to choose, is a choice!

Choices that are based on inner truth lead to inner empowerment. Choices that compromise one’s truth, lead to confusion.

When we make choices based on our perception of what others will think, we do not honor our truth. Likewise, when we base our choices on how other people will respond, we disregard our inner truth, give our power away and invite confusion.

Perhaps you are facing a situation that requires you to choose an action or a response. When choosing from the place of ego and emotion, you will be tempted to make a choice that is centered in the desire to be liked, accepted, safe or comfortable. And when you do succumb to these ego demands, the end result will be disempowerment and chaos.

You cannot live an authentic life by dishonoring your inner truth. There comes a time for each of us when we must choose to honor our truth and let the chips fall where they may. As Marianne Williamson has said, our playing small does not serve the world!

By choosing from the truth within, that energy field of Truth draw to it resonant frequencies, while repelling dissonant frequencies. If others in your life are at a place where there is dissonance between your inner truth and their expectations, you do not honor yourself or them by diminishing your truth. Far better it is to honor and align with your truth while releasing others to choose their own path, even when it is different from yours.

When you honor your inner truth, its growing presence in your life will reveal many illusions that have clouded your clarity of perception. Anything that is not real will be revealed, and along with this illumination may come a need to release people, places and circumstances in your life that no longer serve your soul’s truth.

As you release these redundant energies, you will find more clarity and integration in your life. If you can choose your truth despite the temporary squeals of the ego for love, popularity, acceptance and safety, you will find that you move beyond vulnerability to its demands.

The Course in Miracles teaches that Truth is not frail. Truth can withstand the demands of the ego. It can surmount the envy, wrong perceptions and judgments of others, because it needs no defense.

True power lies in choosing from within, from the strength of having owned your fears, from the gentleness that you carry with grace. Each time you choose to honor your truth, you are creating more resonance to empower you on your journey.

©Copyright Ada Porat. For more information, visit www.adaporat.com
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Breaking Free From Duality
by Ada Porat

On Sunday morning, I took a hike in the mountains near my home. It was a beautiful morning, everything freshly washed and bright after the rains. Along the trail, birds were singing with gusto as they danced from bush to tree to cactus among a sea of orange-yellow daisies that covering the lower areas of the valley.

I was admiring the variety of color, shape, sound and texture: a rich harvest of bounty that lights up the desert after the winter rains.

While feasting my eyes on the rich diversity of the landscape, I caught sight of hundreds of milky quartz outcroppings lining the pathway in various shades of white. Among them I also noticed the dense black forms of basalt rock – silent reminders of volcanic activity eons ago. The two tones of white and black rocks seemed to dominate the desert landscape.

As the pathway started winding up against the mountainside, the terrain changed. As the vegetation became a little sparser, I noticed the presence of slate formations – hundreds of stones in every possible shade of grey: from dark to light and everything in between. And then, right where the trail started winding up toward the next peaks, I discovered a selection of sandstone, all in rich colors of purple, blue, red and even orange – reminiscent of the outrageously bright sandstone formations around the ancient city of Petra in Jordan. I stopped to admire the awesome shapes, colors and textures. On the shady side of the cliff, I even discovered some rocks covered in lichen the color of flamboyant chartreuse!

While taking a break at the peak, the changing landscape got me thinking about the duality of life in the third dimension…

When faced with decisions, we often find ourselves at a point between seemingly polar opposites: feeling a need to choose between options that appear as polar opposites of black or white, right or wrong, win or lose, good or bad. In our desire to make the “right “ choice, we get so caught up in weighing up the extremes that we never notice all the other options in between.

When we allow our focus to expand from the issue at hand and take in the bigger view, we may discover a wide array of choices that are available out there. Yes, there are clear-cut whites and blacks, but there is also a rich array of other options in between! And they are all part of the landscape of life. We are free to choose from this vast array whatever it is that will help us to move forward with confidence and joy.

In making decisions, we are best served when we take in the large picture first. By doing so, we become aware of other aspects that may not be evident when focusing too intently on the issue before us. Some of the questions that can assist us in choosing the most appropriate course of action, include:

Will this choice make me feel more alive?

When we choose the course of action that makes us feel alive, it nurtures our soul – and that leads to growth, joy and fulfillment at all levels.

Does this choice reflect my inner values?

Every choice that reflects our inner values, steers us in small steps to more effectively align with our life purpose. Over the course of time, these imperceptibly small moves can bring about wonderful breakthroughs. When we don’t honor our inner values in decision-making, the sum total of such choices can result in a sense of feeling lost and detached from life’s meaning.

Will this choice allow me to move forward without causing direct harm or pain to another?

Some choices in life are not easy – there may be a lot of grey options, and not many clear rights or wrongs. Our responsibility is always to make the highest choice we are capable of. Others have free will to do likewise. That means that nobody should compromise their own growth out of fear about what others may say or do. When we hold back our own growth because we are afraid of how it may affect our relationships, both parties lose. The only way to have loving, fulfilling relationships with others is for all parties to take responsibility for their own growth.

©Copyright Ada Porat. For more information, visit www.adaporat.com
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by Ada Porat

Are you living in the closet, imprisoned by your fears or beliefs? Have you put up walls between yourself and others around you, believing they wouldn't understand? Are you hiding your truth from co-workers, friends or loved ones, believing that they wouldn't accept you if they knew what you really believe?

If these questions make you feel uncomfortable, perhaps it is time to look at the boundaries in your life. The very walls that we build to protect ourselves, may well end up suffocating us over time.

While boundaries do afford protection, they can also create walls between us and others, blocking out new growth, learning and freedom.

Just think how often we hold back from revealing our true identity, beliefs or feelings until we feel safe that the other person will accept them. We may also hold back from sharing new insights out of fear that family and friends will disagree or ridicule us.

So what defines a healthy boundary from an unhealthy one? Acting out of fear rather than from confidence usually gives a good clue. When we start creating boundaries based on fear, these boundaries tend to hold us back from the very interaction that we crave with others. Instead, we may find ourselves cut off from others, unable to share insights along our journey of inner growth and expanding awareness.

When fear drives us to hide behind boundaries, we deprive ourselves and others from the benefit of sharing our unique perceptions of the human experience. As humans, we all share similar experiences on the journey through life. When we give ourselves permission to share perceptions and insights, the simple act of sharing can result in profound healing and encouragement.

Sharing our truth with others is not about trying to convince them to see things our way. Rather, it is about being honest and transparent in our personal process of growth. And yes, sometimes it can be scary!

When sharing your perspective with someone from the heart, it always makes a difference. At times, we may sense that someone is not ready for deeper levels of sharing. That does not mean that we should not share our truth at all – it merely means that we should be sensitive to how much to share, and not overwhelm them.

If great inventors throughout history had not shared their brand new ideas and concepts with the world, we'd still be living without electricity, thinking the world is flat, and travel by foot. Your insights may not seem as enormous as inventing space travel, yet they may be very important to the person you share with.

Have you ever shared something with someone, only to have them respond with, “Thank you, that’s exactly what I needed to hear!” They may have been waiting for a clue or confirmation to guide them in a new direction, and your words provided that.

When we allow the walls of protection to come down and dare to share aspects of our personal journey from the heart, that act of sharing becomes a gift. Those who hear our truth, have free choice to receive and apply aspects of our truth to their lives.

When we remain behind boundaries of safety, everyone misses out. We miss out on the opportunity to emerge from behind our walls of self-protection to share truth, light and love. We also rob others of the opportunity of receiving that gift, and to choose how to respond.

Personal boundaries can become a comfort zone that needs a little stretching. Growth comes when we are willing to emerge from behind the safety of that comfort zone. Sometimes we take the initiative to share with others, and at other times it is the gentle exposure to another’s perspective that helps us break free from the confines of our limiting beliefs.

We are all both teachers and students. We learn by being exposed to different perspectives and information we’re not familiar with. Sometimes we learn from people's mistakes, and at other times we learn from their examples. Others offer us mirrors in which to see ourselves - opportunities to learn and share what we have learned. When we start to consciously participate in this process, we can greatly expedite everyone’s learning process.

According to the book Cultural Creatives, there are over 50 million people who desire to create meaningful change in the world. Are you one of them?

If you desire to make a meaningful difference in the world we live in, consider dropping some of the defensive boundaries that hold back your light. Start peeking out from behind your boundaries and allow your light to shine!

When you emerge to share from the heart, you’ll find others eagerly waiting to respond. Let your light shine and help bring about the change you would like to see in the world. Shining your light can help light the way for someone else!


©Copyright Ada Porat. For more information, visit www.adaporat.com
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Your Mind Matters
By Ada Porat

The way you think of yourself determines your success or failure in everything.

Think about this truth for a moment. What do you really think about yourself? Do you like yourself? Are you able to think of yourself as one who succeeds in all or most objectives, or do thoughts of failure dominate your mind?

If you have accepted an idea of inferiority concerning your looks, your talents, your ability to make friends or be successful, then it is time to take a closer look – that idea could be holding you back!

The truth is that we are all a mixture of talents and challenges. It is simply what you focus on, that seems to grow ever larger. You are extraordinary in many ways because you are unique. You are different from others, and therein lies your magnificence. There is no other single being in the universe exactly like you. You have talents and latent abilities that no one else can match!

Every soul in human form is divine. Some human souls perhaps display the radiance of their being more clearly because they have peeled away the layers that obscure their inner brilliance. When we look at the brilliance of others, we may be tempted to compare that to our weaknesses – but wait! Instead of doing that, recognize that your brilliance is simply in different areas.

At any given time, your magnificence is only a thought and an action away! You have no limitations except the ones you have accepted and thus imposed on yourself. The mind simply programs our emotions with the beliefs we feed it. Without exception, your beliefs help create every seeming reality you experience. This is universal law that works in every area of your life.

To reveal your true nature, your true magnificence, then, you need to identify what limiting beliefs lie hidden within. Once we identify and discard the false beliefs we hold about ourselves and our version of reality, our limitations simply disappear. The truth does frees us from within!

In three-dimensional reality, a false belief is just as powerful as a true belief. The mind has no way of distinguishing between true and false beliefs. What ever we hold in mind, tends to manifest in our reality. However, the instant you stop giving your power — your life energy or focus — to a false belief, it ceases to hold any power over you or your life..

Every human being in this majestic universe has been given the unique gift of free choice. This divine gift makes us equal co-creators with God. Because we have free choice, we each live in the kind of world we have chosen to live in. For each of us, it is solely the power of our beliefs that produce matching outcomes: physical health or disease, happy or sad emotions; and the many nuances of experience in the physical world. We create the results we get in our world, for better or for worse. If we don’t like the results we are getting, we can choose again!

Why do beliefs have so much power? Because they stem from ideas and thoughts, which are the primary reality we experience in the third dimension. In the third dimension, we deal with a world of polarity or opposites. A belief glues itself into this reality from either end of the duality spectrum. Everything in this reality has a dualistic opposite. For example, one end may be polarized into faith while the other end holds fear. Either one of these two equally strong electric states of consciousness is able to move and change your world. Fear is equally powerful to faith. Either state brings equivalent construction or destruction.

And we have freedom to choose! When you understand the interplay between the two opposites of faith and fear, would you consciously choose to remain fearful? Knowing our powerful ability to create that which we focus on, we can make better choices!

Knowing that you have free choice, you can stop beating yourself up over choices that did not serve you well. And yes, you can choose again, this time empowered by the wisdom of the insights gained!

©Copyright Ada Porat. For more information, visit www.adaporat.com
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You Can Change Your World!

by Ada Porat

You have the power within you to change your world!  Here’s how:

The vibration of your words and thoughts powerfully affect outcomes in your life.  In fact, science shows that every mental state emits vibration that attracts external conditions that resonate with it.

All desire starts with a thought:  “I think I’ll plant a garden” or “I think I’ll go back to school.”  That thought ignites the energy of desire to deliberately draw resonant outcomes to us from a field of infinite probabilities.  It creates a blueprint of the form and then energizes it through desire to manifest on the physical plane.

By focusing on positive thoughts through visualization and affirmation, we set into motion a laser beam of focused energy to attract the desired outcome.  No wonder that visualization and affirmation are used so successfully by athletes to improve their performance!

In focusing our attention on the outcomes we wish to attract - desirable relationships, joyful work, or abundance - do we deny the presence of the opposite?  No, not at all!  In the world of duality, polarity is real and necessary so we can exercise freedom to choose.   We simply choose to focus on the desired outcomes instead of what we don’t desire.  In so doing, we set into motion the power of intention to change or heal by attracting optimal outcomes.

Intention is a powerful force for healing and manifestation.  The power of your intention transmits energy that attracts people, situations and synchronicities that resonate with the energy of your desired outcome.  Imagine using the power of intention to draw to you clients that can benefit from your skills, friends to enjoy, and opportunities where you can be of service.  This principle alone can turn your life around!

To increase your power of attraction, intention needs to be fine-tuned. As you will see, the resulting experience is never different than your thought or intention.  If you don't like the results you are getting, change your mind about what is possible by clearing any limiting beliefs that are blocking your full potential.

Our thoughts, attitudes and judgments have an immediate effect on our world. Because the body is electrical and each cell in the body has a positive and negative charge, we are magnetically charged with the vibrational energy of our thoughts and attitudes, and we transmit this energy into the world.

It also means that whatever we send out comes back again - we get to be right about whatever we believe for as long as we choose to believe it!

Instead of existing in a frequency of fear, lack and limitation, we can interrupt habitual thinking with, “How do I prefer it to be?” or “What would be a better way?” Once you have identified the blocks that keep you stuck in limited thinking, you can decide to believe differently about this FEAR or False Evidence Appearing Real.

By changing your thinking, you change your frequency to a higher field of probabilities for optimal outcomes.   You have the power within you to change your world!

©Copyright Ada Porat. For more information, visit www.adaporat.com
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It's Time To Rise And Shine

by Ada Porat

At the start of this year, Spirit tapped me on the shoulder and said,

“This year, you are going to shine brighter than you could ever have imagined.

              Get ready for a very bright light.

              But, there are two conditions…

              You have to choose it with every cell in your being,

              And… you have to be willing to leave your past behind.”

That glimpse of what we can attract in life, gives us the courage to move forward into the unknown. That is one of the main reasons why Spirit gives us a foretaste of our potential. 

But courage alone will not get the job done. 

We need to choose to align ourselves with the highest possible outcome for our lives, to commit to the process of becoming all that we can be. 

When we choose to commit to the process, we become so clear in our focus that we never even notice the terrifying things that lurk about in the forest of “What Ifs” and “Whys.”  We no longer notice the reasons why we might fail, because we are so intent on our highest good every step of the way.

The second step in this journey is to be willing to relinquish the past with all its bells and whistles:  the good, the bad and the ugly!

Yesterday’s glories and woes have served their purposes.  They are behind us now.  Past events need not be an indicator for today’s results unless we choose to do things the same way.  As spiritual beings, we are gloriously free to create our reality from moment to moment.

What we may have viewed as failures, were only lessons to keep seeking a better way.  We can clear the pain caused by our own limiting beliefs and release the perpetrators of trauma so we can break free. As we release each block or trigger held in our energy fields, we free our spirits to soar.

By releasing the pain and limitations of the past, our true beauty is revealed as spiritual beings on this lovely planet.  We become true beings of light; living, moving and being in that very essence.  

When that happens, our mere presence on this planet becomes a healing balm.

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Staring Down Monsters

by Ada Porat

When I was five years old, I believed there were terrifying monsters lurking in the shadows of my room.  They‘d hide until everyone settled for the night and the house was strangely quiet. 

Then, as I drifted off to sleep, they’d emerge from the murky shadows and slowly close in on my bed.  I could hear their jagged breathing becoming louder and louder until it felt as if they were right next to me – until suddenly, my father would stop snoring in the room next door and in the ensuing silence, the monsters would slink away to hide again. 

These fearsome monsters made for many miserable nights until I finally traced them to their source.  Once I knew where they came from, I’d lie in bed and stare into the dark, imagining myself staring the monsters down until they gave up their scary game.

Monsters don’t just live under beds and in closets and dark rooms – they live in all the scary places of our lives.  The more we try to shut them out, the bigger they grow. 

At work, school or home, we may feel a lot of pressure to conform to external standards of behavior in order to be accepted by other people or by the groups we aspire to.   When we are told that we are not smart enough, popular enough or accomplished enough, we become embarrassed about who we are.  We may even choose to hide aspects of ourselves:  our spontaneity, our passion, or our feelings.  

When we deny these aspects of ourselves a valid voice, they don’t disappear – instead, they go hiding in the shadows of our being.  From there, they emerge to haunt us at the very times that we are vulnerable, hurt, angry or scared. 

Anger that has been suppressed, for instance, may erupt as violent rage at a relatively minor issue such as a driver cutting us off on the road.   Are we losing it?  Probably not; instead, the anger has been building over time because we have denied the expression of it.  Eventually, an event will act as catalyst for all that pent-up emotion to erupt, tumbling us headlong into an abyss of raw emotion.

That suppressed aspect of our being has become a monster. 

Monsters are not tamed by killing or exiling them – like Mr. Anderson in the Matrix movies, they always return stronger than before.  The more we fear or resist the monsters in our lives, the bigger they become.

Instead, monsters are tamed by facing them.  Staring down monsters takes a lot of courage.  It means that we make a conscious choice not to run away and resist the urge to cover our eyes, pretending they’re not there.

Swiss psychologist Dr. Carl Jung pioneered the concept of taming monsters – what he called integrating the shadow personality.  By finally acknowledging the buried and denied aspects of our personality, we can integrate those aspects into our being to become whole once more. 

Once integrated, the anger that exploded into rage, can now take its rightful place in our personality as a valid expression of emotion to guard our boundaries in appropriate ways.  In doing so, we are able to live in balance and harmony with our emotions. 

Monsters in our emotional closet represent forgotten aspects of our being.  By integrating them, we become whole once more, able to tap into the gifts and talents that make each one of us unique.

 

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