YOUR Story (cont'd)

So, onto Your story then, shall we?

{in the previous post...} we were exploring "undoing what's been done"...unlearning what's been taught...returning to Ultimate Knowing..."

So then...it seems the whole 'pretending' thing is a bit of a challenge for some 'grown-ups'. Mostly, I think, because we've been told that it's like telling a lie. And lies are bad, right? Not supposed to lie. Not supposed to 'make stuff up'. Not supposed to 'make believe'. Around about the time we entered grade school, our caretakers began to discourage this sort of behaviour. They told us things like, "you're too big for that now. You're a big boy/girl and you have to stop making things up. It isn't good to lie."

Uh-oh.

Now what? All this time (a whole 4 or 5 years!) we've been connected to all the magick of the entire Universe, seeing things the grownups can't see, hearing things they can't hear, listening with our hearts to All That Is...and suddenly it's "bad"???? I'm guessing that was pretty confusing for us. I'm also guessing that was when we began to forget all we carried with us into this adventure. Of course it was confusing. And also very, very sad.

But we didn't have much choice (or so we thought) at the time, did we? We were trying to please our caretakers. We were trying to assimilate this new world and do what we were 'supposed' to do in order to survive. And yes, at that point, it's about survival. Without them (our caretakers) we don't survive do we? They feed us, cloth us, keep us warm, provide love and nurturing. As Beings with the instinct to survive, we do what we have to do, yes?

Problem is, they don't know that they're taking away the very essence of Life itself. They don't know because they've forgotten too (remember?)

Now that we're the grownups, we've been so programmed to this so-called 'reality' that we don't remember about the pretending, or the magick, or the truth about who we really are. Which is why so many grownups are so miserable. Think about it: how many grownups have you ever met who were anywhere near as happy as a child playing? Personally, I've met a handful...at most. There are lots of grownups who act like they're happy, but if you're any kind of sensitive (intuitive), you can always feel the facade. It's not even about seeing it. It's about feeling it. They're unhappy and don't even know it. All they do know is that "one day" they're going to be happy again. When they get...(fill in the blank). More money. More time. Less working. A new car. A new house. A lover. The perfect job. Whatever. It's 'somewhere down the road' and when they get there, they'll be happy.

Uh-oh...again.

Happy isn't a place we get to. Happy is a state of Being. It starts right here, right now; it's an INSIDE JOB. It has nothing to do with external circumstances. And it isn't anything we have to put off til "some day". Right here. Right now.

But how do we get there?

Back to pretending. Let's just say that your current story is one that includes financial struggle, or physical malady, or a broken relationship. Whatever it is, you can't seem to NOT talk about it. You keep telling your story to anyone who'll listen. You just want it to go away... and you think that by 'venting' you're making it go away. Nope. Not how it works.

The more you tell that story, the more you LIVE that story. You're growing it, not erasing it. Because by mere speaking of it, you are giving it your attention, which in turn makes it 'real'. In other words, your thoughts, then turned to words, become the THINGS of your Life.

Did you get that?

Your thoughts become things.

You are manifesting every 'thing' in your life with the thoughts you carry most. So why do we do this? Why do we keep telling the story we don't like, and ignore the one we want?

Because, perhaps, we don't even realize that last part:

thoughts become things.

Chew on that for a while.

it's YOUR story....

I've said it all along, and I'll say it again:

YOU get to create your story.
Every time.
No exceptions.

This has come up repeatedly over the past few days, again and again from every kind of direction. People I know. People I have yet to meet. People who read my work and send me messages. Even in conversations in the checkout line at Trader Joe's. It's as if the Universe is whispering, "PSSSST. Share what you know. Stand in your truth and HELP them!"

It's a whisper I cannot (nor do I choose to) ignore. And so....I'll give it to you again, perhaps in a different way, just in case it didn't 'get ya' first few times 'round. {Or, if you're new here and haven't read the 100+ previous postings!}

We are, each of us, Magnificent Creators. We have the power of the entire Universe at our fingertips, in our hands, in our hearts, right HERE at our disposal. We are not here to beg, plead, pray on our knees, grovel, cry, whine, or otherwise be LESS THAN the power of any god. We ARE the gods. Yep. I said it. WE ARE THE GODS. If you happen to believe in such things (as "god"), and this offends you, I shan't back-peddle and attempt to assuage your fear. Instead, I'll say it another way:

If there is such a thing as 'god', how could that god be any more or less than its own creations? If this god has manifested US, then it serves to reason that it also needs us in order to grow itself. Or...put another way....without us, 'it' cannot be.

Lest I digress to an all-out theological discussion, I'll forgo all that for now and put it to you this way:

Let's PRETEND. For just a few moments, let go of your current beliefs and just pretend that all the things you've been taught and/or have learned heretofore are NOT. Pretend you've got a blank slate and you know NOTHING of gods or religion or dogma. Pretend you're an infant and have no learned beliefs whatsoever. You're brandy new on the planet, carrying ONLY what you brought with you from your place of origin (PURE energy, nothing else).

So here you are, this Pure, Unbridled bag of mostly water, fresh out of the womb and still carrying All That Is right there in the core of your Being. You know everything that's ever been known. You understand what "life" is. You know, without reservation that you ARE what the Universal All IS. You have made the choice to be here....in the family you've been born to, surrounded by the people who will be responsible for your life (for a while). Problem is, they can't understand your 'language' because they've long forgotten the language of energy. So...

You use your eyes. You make all sorts of sounds that are completely comprehensible to YOU,, but utterly incomprehensible to them. They coo back at you. They may even use nonsensical language (baby talk???) in their feeble attempts to encourage you to keep making sounds. Still there is no real communication (as far as they're concerned). Little by little, they teach you what they think they know. And as those teachings sink into your Pure Energy Self, you, too, forget all that you know. By the time you're using words, you've forgotten most of what you brought here with you. By the time you're in your late teens (or thereabout) you've likely forgotten ALL of it. You've been indoctrinated into the "real" world, leaving behind what IS real...all because 'they' didn't know any better.

It's no one's fault, really. Those 'adults' were just doing what they were taught, and passing it on to you. Unless they were reared in a very different way from the 'norm', they have no clue that by teaching you their fears, beliefs, and other learned behaviours, they're effectively shutting down your True Nature. Therein lies the biggest challenge of all: undoing what's been done. Unlearning what's been taught. Returning to our Ultimate Knowing, where the Truth of Who We Are still lives.

BOYHOWDY! This is a long one, huh?

Think I'll stop here...and let you take it in....if you wish. I'll get on with it again tomorrow...or the next day.

In the interim ~

Have yourself a DELICIOUS, LOVE-FILLED, HAPPY THANKSGIVING!