Not only did I not see any gray whales, I got a parking ticket too.
I shouldn't be too upset about the ticket I told my self. I know better. I parked in a known "no parking" area because I didn't want to drive back down to the parking area on Westward Beach Road. Plus, I told my self that where I parked looked as if I wasn't the first to park there and probably wouldn't be the last. Not to mention I wasn't staying very long. And the other myriad of all the justifications I played in my mind as to why it was okay to park in the no parking zone.
I am not too thrilled about paying the $50. As I placed the ticket into my purse, I vowed there must be some way for me to "spin" this to my advantage as I move forward in my life. How might I do that?
Ask the question. I believe the Universe loves and supports us so much than an answer always shows up. Maybe not right away. Maybe not an answer I'll recognize or appreciate. But an answer will present it self.
My answer to "how do I do that?" came in the form of "ask the question". So I did. "How can I turn this parking ticket into a positive?"
I attempt now to share the answer in a way I hope makes sense and may benefit others too. In other words, if you are reading this I am going to assume you were directed to this blog because the words will enhance your life in some way or even answer a question you've asked of the Universe.
Here goes.
A ticket or citation, if you will, seems to be an effective motivator for people not to do something. You know, if you do it (and get caught), you will be fined, ticketed, cited. And if you ignore the citation, the fines pile up. Soon what may have been alleviated by simply paying the ticket may turn into jail.
What if I used this same sort of system towards spiritual mastery? Spiritual mastery begins with self discipline and self dominion over one's personal self consciousness.
Each of us is endowed with a Divine Right of Consciousness. No one has ownership of what plays on the "screen of our mind (our consciousness)" but our self. We have the ultimate final say over what we will allow to play on that screen. What truths we will agree with. What beliefs we will buy into.
You've probably heard it said before that doing the same thing over and over while expecting a different result is a definition of insanity. Well, if you continue to hold the same vision on the screen of your mind while simultaneously hoping for different results in your life, I put it out there that this too is insanity. Personal creation of our life's experiences begins with what we envision on the screen of our minds. We have ultimate authority.
I know it sounds ominous, but every thought...every feeling matters. We may know better. We may feel others before us have thunk (you like that?) the same thoughts and gotten away with it...so to speak. But in the same way as a "no parking" sign and then parking there resulted in a citation, what if when we know thinking/feeling/visualizing our self as poor, ill, ugly, unloved, unblessed, unlucky (you get the gist I trust) only creates more of the same in our experience...well, what if we saw the result of such thoughts/feelings/visualizations as us receiving a ticket or citation with the fine being continued experience of the lies we tell our self regarding how we identify with our personal health, wealth, beauty, blessings, well-being and so on?
Thoughts matter. Feelings matter. They create.
The good news is that every moment is a new opportunity to clean the slate (so to speak) of the screen of your consciousness starting fresh with new visions and feelings of your self the way you desire your self to be. There is a first time for everything.
We are spirit first. Spirit made manifest. Spirit in form. Thoughts made manifest. Feelings made manifest. Thoughts into form. Feelings into form. Look to your screen of consciousness and make sure it only includes thoughts, feelings and visions of you and your life that are in alignment with how you wish to create your life until this becomes the life you manifest. The more disciplined you are with this practice, the faster it may be expressed into manifestation.
While technically I feel there is no punishment in God consciousness, simply intepretation of what is on the screen of our own personal consciousness (why clarity and confidence are such wonderful practices)...if we know we (for instance) wish to create and experience unlimited abundance, the "no parking" zone for unlimited abundance would be thinking or feeling poor, poverty or scarcity. If we park in that zone with our thoughts and feelings, the ticket or citation is that we can not experience wealth, riches or unlimited abundance we desire when we are parked in the unlimited abundance "no parking" zone.
Now if you find yourself in the unlimited abundance (to extend the metaphor) "no parking" zone, you immediately pay the fine (take responsibility and forgive yourself for this mistaken thinking/feeling/seeing) and move your vehicle to the unlimited abundance parking zone right away, the damage will be minimal. Stay too long and pretty soon you succumb to the spiritual untruth of poverty. It is as if you have been placed in poverty prison forgetting that you are the only with with the key to release your self.
Here is a side benefit that occurred to me from this experience. You know how many times (myself included) we find ourselves saying we can't afford something? I've often noticed that in a way the "I can't afford ____" statement is a cop-out. If I really desire something and feel justified and deserving of having it, I somehow can afford that something. I also noticed that when it comes to paying tickets and things like that which I feel "I have to do" (mostly because I am afraid of the consequences of not paying it), somehow I find the money even if I don't necessarily admit I can afford it. I know somehow there is a way to apply this observation in a beneficial way. Although, maybe this observation becomes a moot point when I am disciplined about staying out of the unlimited abundance no parking zone while living joyfully and firmly in the unlimited abundance free parking lot.
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