Abe Now, 8/17/24, part 1, 4:45 - Pleasure
Q: Hi Abraham. I was watching a video
recently on pleasure. And it was talking about how pleasure is actually a
pretty elusive thing, because you can't really pin it down to like one
chemical. You know, there's like dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin, but none of
those one thing, those chemicals actually make pleasure. And then I started
realizing that pleasure is such a broad tapestry. And I started making a list
here of all the things that can cause pleasure. Like sunlight streaming through
a window, and playing a really fun game, and the satisfaction after a nice
workout, and the joy after an Abraham gathering and during an Abraham
gathering, and the pleasure of a good meal. And I just started going on and on,
and I wrote this list, and it was so effortless to write. And the more I wrote,
the better I felt. But can you talk more about this broad tapestry of pleasure?
I would love to hear it from you.
A: We enjoyed everything that you said. The tapestry word, that's a really good
description, isn't it? We want to say to you that everything is relative. In
other words, your next pleasure is really relative or related to your current
pleasure and so on.
So, let's think about pleasure - anything,
really - but let's talk about this that you are highlighting.?The pleasure that you are wanting to be steady and
increasing is perceptual, isn't it? It's where are you when you are perceiving
whatever you are perceiving?
Now, if you really want to cut right to
the heart of what causes a pleasurable moment, no matter what it is you’re
focused upon, whether you're focused upon something in nature, something that
your skin is feeling, or that your tongue is tasting. Or that your eyes are
seeing, or that your ears are hearing. Or that your nose is smelling.
In other words, so much of that pleasure
comes through those physical senses. Also through your solar plexus. The
pleasure of love or the pleasure of exhilaration. Or the pleasure of
satisfaction. You called a lot of this out.
So, all of that, if we get right to the
heart of it, if you’re really wanting to amplify pleasure, you're wanting to be
as close in proximity to your inner being - who is having the experience with
you - as possible.?In other words, your
optimum pleasure is when you are tuned in, tapped in, turned on.?So
that you and your inner being… The bag of marbles that represents your point of
attraction and the bag of marbles… We know. We'll talk more about the marbles
as we move forward. If you haven't heard us talking about them.
But what you've got
going on vibrationally and what your inner being has going on vibrationally,
when those match, then your pleasure is at a higher pitch.
There's no pleasure in guilt. But there is
relief when you let go of it. But you're not talking about simply or merely the
relief of stepping from the harsh, penetrating, unpleasant, parched,
desert-like sunlight into the shade. You're not just talking about relief.
You're talking about
pleasure. You're talking about alignment. So whatever you are focused upon has
potential of giving you pleasure. And the momentum of that pleasure has to do
with how consistently you are staying in alignment with your inner being.
We really like this discussion.
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Abe Now, 8/17/24, part 1, 8:50 – Pain
Q: Hi Abraham. In the last session you
talked with a woman who had obvious pain, and I appreciated your response to
her so much. I've also heard you say that sometimes we just need to find the
easiest existing match to feeling good, especially when we haven't manifested
something that we really want. And I've had significant back pain the last
couple years and haven't found a way to alleviate that. And wondering, would
you speak a little bit more to that strategy of the easy existing match for
something like back pain, that isn't related to back pain? And how we can move
forward, and how much intent plays in that whole situation. Thanks Abraham.
A: Well your wonderful question… We've talked about pain many times. Your
wonderful question ties in with the previous conversation that we were having
about pleasure. The last sentence or two you spoke is where that ties together.
So hang in here with us and let's have a discussion about all of this.
Many people are experiencing some kind of
physical pain. And varying degrees of it. Sometimes something not very serious
can keep you from sleeping, even. And so, mostly, mostly, moving from pain to
something less is more like the relief part of it. In other words, if I can
just focus differently than I am focused. Or if I can just position myself
differently. If I can take the weight off of this knee that hurts. Or put some
gel soles in my shoes to give my feet a little comfort. There are a lot of
things that you can do to give yourself more comfort or more relief.
And we encourage all those things.
Anything that you can do that helps with that puts you in a better position for
the momentum to gather. For the momentum to happen. For your alignment to pick
up some speed so to speak.
What you were getting at the end of your
video is what takes it from relief into actual pleasure. And we would like to
suggest to you that you can go from true discomfort into pleasure. It is
possible. Doesn't seem logical. Because discomfort is so uncomfortable, and on
the lackful end of the stick, lacking comfort, or lacking pleasure.
But it is about focus, isn't it? We've
said to people, many times in these broadcasts, that it is possible for you to
be experiencing pain while you are focusing on something that is satisfying, or
even that could give you pleasure. But you have to be able to
categorize. You have to be able to segment intend. You have to be able to focus
on something because you intend to focus on it.
It really comes down to
focus. And down to this powerful statement. If you're focusing on something
that gives you pleasure, you cannot at the same time be focusing upon something
that gives you pain.
Well Abraham, what if the pain is steady
and always there? Here's what we want you to hear.
Oh! Friends, if pleasure
is perceptual, then so is pain.
It's just that the pain sometimes feels so
dominant, it takes over. But that's because you haven't practiced the pleasure
factor, so that is what is taking over. We know it's a lot to chew on. Play
with it a little bit.
When you are feeling your least pain, is a
time to practice focusing for the sake of pleasure.
And when you're in the throes of
discomfort, these words are really irritating, we know.
Anything less than the tapestry of
pleasure is annoying you during these conversations from these two beginning
videos.
We just want you to know, you?can?do
it. Many of you?are?doing it.
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Abe Now, 8/17/24, part 1, 19:48 – Earthquake
Q: Hi Abraham. My question is about the
earthquake. Is there a correlation between the earthquake intensity and
collective consciousness? Or the earthquake magnitude scale has nothing to do
with our collective consciousness, our energies, our vibrations. So we don't
have to feel responsible for that. If that is so, all we have to do is accept
the fact that this planet is a living being constantly finding its balance. And
align with well-being so that we will be inspired to be at the right place at
the right time. Can we make the earthquake itself smaller by changing our
vibrations or collective consciousness or our energies, feelings? Thank you.
A: This is a really big, really important, really good question. So, everything
you said was absolutely vibrationally accurate, every word of it. When you
answered your own question, that's the answer that we want to give you. So
we're happy that you know that.
But we do want to clarify some things. And
your question leads us into a conversation that we really want to have with
you. And one that is becoming more and more apparent to Esther every day that
she is living in this body and in this physical world.
Esther has said to us lately, Abraham in
the beginning, as I'm co-creating with other people, I really thought that the
more in alignment that I would become, the more I understand the creative
process, then the more power of influence that I would have, so that I could
influence others. So that I could influence others.
But there is something
that we want you to hear. There's a difference between influencing others to
their alignment and to their point of attraction, and influencing them to do
what you think you would like them to do, so that you will feel better.
Think about that differentiation just for
a little bit. Because you're not here to influence others to please you.?Because you have the ability to accomplish a point of
attraction that will be pleasing to you.
Big things to hear. And these Masters that
are taking place in this platform, you're ready to hear it. While much of the
world can't quite hear that. They want to live a conditional life. They want
conditions to be just the way they want them to be so that they can have a
positive response to the condition.
Where what we're
teaching you is that you can create the conditions by focusing upon the things
that cause you to be a vibrational match to the conditions that you would like
to live.
Subtle differences, but big time
differences. We hope that you will listen to that statement again and again
until it registers with you on deep levels of your being. You're ready to
really know that and hear that.
So now, getting back to the important
question, the specifics that you asked about the earthquake. See how you said,
the Earth is a living being. Yes it is. And it is finding its balance, and
that's what the earthquakes are all about. It's about the redistribution of the
weight and balance as this massive sphere spins in its orbit in perfect
proximity to the other planets, to the gravitational pull of everything that is
in this universe that it is responsive to. Keeping its balance, and you can
trust that it is.
So when you said, is it more about us
being in the right place at the right time? Yes, is the answer to that.
However, in the same way that you can focus with a friend, someone that you
care about in your physical environment, and you can hold them in a positive
reference, because you have been practicing looking for easy existing matches
in them…?Then you are more likely - law of
attraction says so - to rendezvous with those aspects that you are keeping the
most active, with those aspects that have the most momentum within you.
So, the relationship
that you have with anyone can be affected by the deliberate work you do at
focusing upon the aspects that you want to participate in, with whoever or
whatever it is.
So now let's think about the collective
consciousness of your planet. If you are collectively loving your planet, then
you are collectively more likely as a whole human entity, mass consciousness of
entities, to experience those things. You do collectively affect weather
patterns. You do collectively affect all things that are Earth related. You do.
We wouldn't try too hard to influence
collective consciousness, because everyone gets to choose what they focus upon.
And it's not necessary for you to do that in order to live happily ever after.
And this is the most significant thing
that we want to say to you.?You all have
inner beings, who hear the desires that you launch.?Often from your
places of not being in alignment with what you want, but being in alignment
with what you don't want. That's when you most often, most clearly, ask for
what you do want.
And your inner beings
are focused upon your planet. Your inner beings have this. This is not something
for you to worry about. It is something for you to appreciate, however.
