Saturday, May 17, 2014

HOPE

Hope is a wish made with determination.  With direction, the wish takes on a possible outcome with reliable signs.  To Hope is not to Manifest.  To Hope is not to Pray.  To Hope, in the purest form, is to apply energy in the direction of intent with the wish that the outcome meets your expectations, knowing that it might not, but seeing it in the highest light anyway.  Hope is one step higher than expectation and many steps below manifestation.

When does Hope serve you?  You have heard that a dear friend has been injured in a terrible accident; you Hope that he is okay.  Inside your thoughts, you see him as okay.  You wish for him to be okay.  You want the outcome to prove that he is okay.  All of this is positive energy directed rightly.

But what happens when your Hope is underscored by dread and fear?  I Hope my friend is okay, but I can’t see how it would be possible after hearing about the accident.  I Hope my friend is okay, but I know he doesn’t do well in an emergency.  I Hope my friend is okay, but what if he didn’t have his medical alert bracelet on?  Do you see?  You give positive reinforcement with one thought and negative reinforcement with the other thought.

To be truly beneficial, Hope must be open-ended.  You are on an island where an active volcano is threatening all; you hope that the Wednesday packet arrives as planned.  Meanwhile, you begin helping the community to build flotation devices and warn those who are elderly or handicapped that you’ll be evacuating.  All of these outcomes could be seen as an affirmative action.  It is both Helpful and Hopeful.

As you have learned in prayer to give thanks for what is, and to ask that things be amended in the picture of Highest Good, Hope does not enter in.  “I hope you heal little Jimmy.  He’s been a good boy.”  Perhaps Jimmy is indeed, a very fine boy.  Perhaps Jimmy and his Creator have chosen this time for him to go home.  This is not a punishment made out of hand to an innocent; it is not a reprisal for bad behavior, or a bad event.  It is an event.  Period.

Are there instances where other factors might be in play concerning Jimmy’s death transition?  Yes.  Hope will not change those circumstances either.  To Hope, without direction, is to take a passive role in your life:  you buy the lottery number 4629 and hope it wins; you hope that your soulmate will be at Friday’s dance; you hope that your garden does well.

Act.  Act.  Act.  You may Act with Hope, yes, but do not Hope without Action.  See the lottery number 4629 winning, envision the meeting of your soulmate and groom yourself for a celebration; give love to the plants in your garden and listen to what they need.  Hope without action is nothing more than the passive-aggressive meanderings of a lazy or underinformed mind.  Sense it; see it; study it; set in motion activities that manifest what you Hope for.

Do you see?  This seems like a small matter of words, but this is a coda for living life well.  Do not hope for things; make things happen.  Don’t hope that one day you’ll have time to play the piano.  Find a teacher and begin lessons.  Don’t hope that one day the right program will enable you to fix your roof; find persons with the skills to do the roof mending and set about discovering a trade of money, goods, or services that would allow this to happen.  Don’t hope that your physical condition will approve according to the doctor’s prescriptions; do well what you know to do and give attention to this daily. 

Hope, guided by intuition and driven by action is what makes Manifestation the powerful tool that it is.  A wise craftsperson studies their craft, uses their tools, and shares those gifts and creations with others for their betterment and joy.  Great All has equipped each of us with a tool box, unique and complete in the beginning, but blessed each time it is expanded and beautified.

How can your Hopes lead you forward?

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This interactive piece of art, a Boab Tree installed in South Africa by artist Daniel Popper in 2011, requires spectators to pedal the bicycles in order to light the lights:  see the article at: http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/daniel-popper-siemens-boabab

(This is a Direct Voice Communication from my Tribe,

Spirit Guides who share their wisdoms with me from the other side of the veil.)

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