Are We Really Hearing the Messages? Faith, Prayer and Manifesting Continued
Sunset Over the Ganga- Rishikesh, India
If you’ve been following this blog you know that praying, or having focused intention , is just another way of saying “asking for help” about what we want to manifest and always brings solutions, which start formulating themselves as soon as we’ve asked for them.
The problem is, they very often don’t fit our preconceived notions of how these solutions should come about or what form they should take. Which is why expectations in any form are a “no-no” in the realm of manifestation. We, as human beings, can never truly imagine in our wildest dreams all that is possible for us, and it is therefore counter-productive to limit God and the Universe and Divine wisdom.
The second problem is, very often we are given messages containing answers as to how to proceed, but we are either unaware of them, or not willing to accept them even if we do hear them.
And this is the question today: Are we really hearing the message we receive and allowing ourselves to freely move forward with the new ideas, understandings or directions we are guided towards in these messages.
Below, a personal story to reinforce the above on a practical level.
I’ve personally been through a period of intensive change and growth on a personal level, which began with the release of deep seated issues a couple of years ago during my Panchakarma detox and rejuvenation treatments in India (you can read about some of these at these links)
At any rate, upon returning from India, issues continued to arise and demand my attention, going back to my early childhood and infancy, and finally, to past lives. This is not the place for writing about these things, but they will eventually find their way to the blog as well.
However, while still dealing with the last issue from an extremely traumatic past life revelation, I found myself at my monthly healing circle, and to my great surprise, yet ANOTHER issue presented itself. But it confused me and I although I understood what was being said to me, I didn’t see how I could go about dealing with it. I felt myself, at that moment completely overwhelmed, and looking up towards heaven, I lifted my hands and simply said “enough!…I need a rest…give me a break…this is too much for me right now”.
THAT in effect, was my prayer, my request for help. I came home feeling exhausted, went to sleep, slept soundly and during my morning meditation, I understood exactly what needed taking care of, even how I could go about dealing with it if I chose to, but still felt this was all too much to handle right now, and decided to “let it go” for awhile.
As the week went by however, I was given the blessing of repeated messages, which I did not initially “hear” or even see as messages, until yesterday, and then it hit me.
My house had been “flooded” with leaks of all kinds. My washing machine began to leak, my toilet bowl began to leak and even my Feng Shui fountain began to leak! What could this all mean? Was there a connection (obviously there was but I had to listen carefully to hear what it was). Everything is related to flowing…water flowing…moving along easily…finding its own way to move along etc. And none of these leaks were urgent…very gentle, not overwhelming, flooding or demanding immediate attention.
And then I got the message: There is no issue “on my plate” at the moment which demands my immediate attention. Whenever you feel ready, these are just gentle reminders for you that there are still “things to fix”, but in the meantime, your life will “flow gently” and easily along – giving you time to rest and contemplate the next step necessary in your journey of continued growth,.
All this in direct answer to my prayer at the healing circle of “enough!…I need a rest…give me a break…this is too much for me right now”.
It truly does work! We just have to do our part and pay attention!
Light love and joy
Jane
I am a former American, living in Israel for the past 38 years. Mother of 6, grandmother of 13 ,healer, Reiki Master, Israeli folkdance enthusiast, enjoying the wonder, surprise and blessing of every step of the wonderful journey called "Life".I have been living in India, Rishikesh to be exact, every year for the past 5 years - several months of each year - and it is indeed another part of my amazing journey.
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Again- thanks for sharing! This truly is a very importatnt issue/ And totally in agreement with the book I am currently reading (it’s in Russian but I’d translate the title as “Signs Along Your Way”)))
Isn’t that a SIGN for me to start paying more attention??!!
would definitely seem so!! Are you in India yet? You are so lucky to be there again this year.
much love light and JOY!
Jane
No, still freezing in Moscow))
But I’m lucky this year as they’ve let me work mostly from home where it is VERY warm (and sometimes actually hot) despite the outside temperatures hovering aroun -20C for almost a month))
We are going to India on March 9 and will spend there 12 days starting from Rishikesh and then mostly visiting temples and holy places around Ranikhet.
I am SO sorry YOU are not there this year…But let’s hope
we’ll see each other there again!
In the meantime I’m following you everywhere and feel truly blessed and happy that India had brought us together)
yes…India brings many blessings into our lives…including each other. Glad you are able to stay warm, even while working and wish you a very satisfying and enriching journey in India
Thanks for much for this series! I especially appreciate the personal stories that you use to illustrate, and demonstrate how your own understanding of manifesting has grown. It gives me hope that I can feel this creative power more strongly in my own life! Do you have any advice for how to move from a place of fear to one of surrender and trust? As you know from my blog, I have had surrender thrust on me through painful experience, but I hope not to travel that road again.
Right now I am aware that I am approaching my career from a place of fear…and I want to surrender and allow my life’s purpose to manifest…but I can not truly let go! I am thinking about EFT to begin to release some of these issues…any other ideas?
Thank you!
Nicole
Hi Nicole
It is a wonderful feeling for me to know that I am of service in some small way. I will do my best to post in the near future some ideas about surrender and fear etc. Much of the solution has to do with Faith. You might want to check my published articles which you can find on the sidebar. there is one titled “Just for today I will Not Worry” which deals with the importance of Faith. It may be of some help to you. Let me know. EFT is also a good option. There are many types of therapy which can help you with release. I find that my yearly monthly treatment with Panchakarma in India does wonders for releasing deep seated issues. I also was able to release unreasonable fears via past life regression (but this came about spontaneously, not something I went to do intentionally). Reiki on a daily basis is MY way of keeping things balanced, so if you’ve ever learned Reiki, even just level I, do a full self-treatment each day…after a period of time, subtle but powerful changes will take place, guaranteed. You can contact me by e-mail as well if you need more information.
with love light and much JOY
Jane
thank you for that reminder. Debbie
always my pleasure to be of service…even in some small way!
with love light and JOY
Jane