Quote:
Originally Posted by helgi  Yes, absolutely. And at whatever time in the process of manifesting whatever intention we might have, the ego will keep attempting to stir up fear.
But when you say that investigating what fears you may have in relation to say, having a million dollars, and really taking a look at the contents of the mental image you have of this concept of a million dollars, would have negative effects, are you not affirming then that there is something to be afraid of, and that you don't want to face it? |
Its not about avoiding a fear but knowing that fear does not exist except in the moment and it only exists in the moment in order to serve your ego in guiding your behaviour. Fear is the process.
Quote:
Originally Posted by helgi For example, I've been dealing with a heavy future-projected mental image of my graduation from university next year, and this has been haunting me for the entire three years I've been at that school. Just recently I started really investigating what it was that I was afraid of, by shifting the 'situation' into the present moment and walking through the imagined day-to-day reality of it. And sure enough, no monsters in the shadows, and a clear head with which to focus on what I want to manifest.
The ego manages to create these wildly distorted mental images of something in the future, and because they are so abstracted and far removed from reality; because they are entirely in the ego and of the ego, trying to think of them as a possible reality is going to bring lots and lots of fear. Especially the vague kind of background fear, the type that sabotages your thoughts without you noticing. |
When you manifest something you visualise it to essentially practice the vibration of having that thing. If you want a successful graduation then start visualising it. Only deal with a fear if it interupts your
feeling of having that is necessary to allow what you want to come into your life.
(When you have that vague background anxiety you need to raise your overall level by dealing with the ascotiated thoughts and replacing them with better feeling thoughts until it goes. In fact, any negative feeling should be dealt with by thinking better.)
What Steve is saying to do in his post is the same thing. Think about what you want (which you should be doing anyway) and deal with the negative thoughts/feelings that arise. I personally don't believe that your thoughts and beliefs such as "my friend doesnt like rich people and will abandon me" (or whatever it was in Steve's post) are your actual beliefs. Well, they are but you only believe that because your ego presents you with that distorted view of reality to sabotage you. You dont have to believe your beliefs lol. You dont have to believe the ego. Trying to find these so-called beliefs creates them.
Good luck with graduation btw.