Shared with me by a friend:
???????What’s Meant by Enlightenment?
Q: Well, I am so grateful because I have manifested the love of my life that everyone’s probably seen me hugging on, and that was because of your teachings, so thank you so much.??
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A: You are extremely welcome.??
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Q: And what is your definition of enlightenment, and what’s the best way to hold your thoughts so you continue to move that forward???
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A: Well, what we mean when we hear you use the word is, a releasing of resistance to allow the natural raising of vibration so that you can be the true extension of the Source Energy that you really are.??
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Q: And how would I hold my thoughts on a daily basis to continue to do that???
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A: By caring more than anything or everything else put together that you feel good. By saying nothing is more important than that I feel good. The mantra that we would offer is ‘I’m going to do my best to make the best of things’. And it’s tricky sometimes. Esther will watch the political debate because it’s interesting to her. And she likes vibing out who’s telling the truth and who isn’t. And she likes getting a sense of the greater picture. And then she likes asking us what’s really going on. In other words, it’s interesting to her.? ?
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But if she were to ask herself ‘does this make me feel good’ - she might use a word like “Well, it is interesting, therefore it feels good,” or “It is thought-provoking, therefore it feels good.” But when she compares it with things that really feel good, it doesn’t really measure up as something that really feels good. And so, if we were standing in any of your physical shoes, it would be our intention to feel as good as we could possibly feel, which means we would be plucking more deliberately from the subject matter, even of our own life, and focusing upon those things.? ?
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So often physical friends feel like their real work is to find some problem and soothe it, when what your real work is, is to find some way of soothing, and then the problem takes care of itself.???Sometimes we see people (sometimes unconsciously, but often deliberately) making the worst of something rather than making the best of something, and the reason that they do that is because, as they stand where they don’t want to stand, they think they need to highlight it in order to justify the action that they now want to offer. And we wouldn’t do that.??
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We would not be understood by most people, because we would almost, in a sappy way, be pining after things that feel good. We would be called Pollyanna if we were in your physical body. We would be called one who does not face reality. We would be one who ignores facts and evidence. We would be one who would be called unrealistic. We would be one who is so interested in feeling good that we would gloss over everything until it does feel good. We would ignore warning signs and we would beat the drum of what feels good.? ?
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We would not vote for new laws; we would attempt never to control conditions; we would adapt attitudes such as “Well, what will be, will be.” We would just relax and allow. We would beat the drum of allowing, and we would look for reasons to feel good. And we would walk through space and time, with good things happening everywhere we go, with people standing in amazement and saying, “It just doesn’t seem possible that that person, who doesn’t seem to think about anything, could be living so well! How is it that only good things come to that one?”??
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~Abraham speaking in San Rafael, CA on February 21, 2004
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