Flash Forward Part II

I gotta admit that this Part II has taken a completely different turn than what I had originally intended. Originally, I designed part one as a lead in to a talk about energy clearing. But when I finally sat down to write it, keeping that theme just didn’t flow.

In the interim, I did publish an e-book “Clearing the Past to Empower Your Future”, that explains the energy clearing process and can be downloaded here: www.thesoulapproach.com.

This is actually my third attempt to publish this post. I had it all planned out in my head, what I was trying to express and how it was to unfold. But…no dice. I struggled with the message for a couple of weeks, forcing my stubborn self to stick to the plan and being personally attached to the outcome that I had orchestrated in my mind.

It became clear what this episode, Part II, needed to express…Detachment.

Even when we attempt to manifest even the simplest request, if we can’t detach from the outcome and continually tweak and obsess over the outcome, all we do is confuse the very beings that are destined to assist us. They become so confused about our vision that the law of attraction simply doesn’t work. In other words, if we can’t simply get out of our own way, the whole manifestation process comes to a standstill.

This metaphor might seem a little strange, but play along with me for a minute. Imagine that source energy has a drive through where you can set your intentions directly. You are patiently waiting for you order to be taken as you scan the endless possibilities on the menu. Finally, you have a great image of what your order will be as you pull up to the menu board. You speak into the clowns’ mouth, being as clear and concise as you can. You get a muffled reply confirming your order and directing you to move on up to the window.

But, you begin to wonder, did they hear me right? This is an important step in my life; I want this to happen so badly, I better check that they understood my order. You find a back entrance that leads to the kitchen and you decide you better make sure they get it right. You open the door and the assemble area is Huge! Much bigger than it looks from the outside.

Inside there is a flurry of activity, energetic conveyors coming from all directions, a continuous stream of order tickets that are being distributed to an endless supply of energetic beings. “Um… excuse me”, you say trying to get their attention, “I submitted my dream and I’m not sure if you understood, I want to make sure that it unfolds exactly as I want it too”. You get some odd stares as these energetic beings continue to perform their magic. You take it upon yourself to look around for your order and begin flipping through the tickets. (After all, you just want to take a little peek because you know exactly every detail and when and how, you want it to unfold.)

You find the “chef” that has your ticket and you decide to follow him around, just to make sure that your order is prepared properly. You’re standing behind the chef as he reaches into a sealed container. “Whoa, whoa, whoa”, you say, “That can’t be first, I can’t have it happen that way, that’s not how I want it to look”! You step in and start looking through containers, trying to find the perfect start as others orders continue passing you by.

The chef gives you a look and continues his preparation, attempting to ignore you….but this doesn’t work…you are pretty persistent about orchestrating your life so, you interrupt again. Every interruption and interjection has the effect of completely disrupting and irritating the chefs, making it impossible to complete your order.

My point is simply this; Life is what happens to you while you are making other plans. When we have set the intention for the life that we want to lead, our Flash Forward, we must detach from how it is “supposed” to unfold. Our interruptions just cause confusion because we are not allowing the Universe to complete our tasks and deliver what we have asked. We can become so attached to our vision that we can become closed off to the possibilities, not even recognizing the opportunities that are right in front of our face.

Do you have the courage it takes to simply step aside?