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I feel so many of you struggling. You feel like a fly caught within the spider’s web, and the more you struggle, the more deeply entangled you become. And then, you begin to define yourself by the struggle. I have a weight problem, you say. I try so hard but I continue to gain. I can’t handle money. I try so hard, but abundance eludes me. No matter what I try, no matter how I struggle, my addictions and habits entangle me. Why? Why is it so difficult for me?
And on and on goes the busy mind, struggling harder and pulling the spider’s web more and more close, until you are encircled and bound like a helpless fly. And so what is to be done to release you?
First, you must recognize that you are both the spider and the fly. You have created this web. I say this not to accuse you or make you feel shame, but so that you will realize the wondrous news that this is. You can free yourself, because you are the spider. You can free yourself, because you have created this web. You can free yourself because there is no evil spider waiting to devour you; there is only your fear that has entangled you. And when you free yourself from this fear, the spider web will disappear, dissolve and you will be free.
For you are free right now. You are free to choose not to struggle, but to simply dissolve the web which surrounds you.
The important key is this: you must dissolve the emotional connection between yourself and this so-called problem. You must see it from the very simple and straightforward situation that it is. Without emotion, it is, of course, very simple. You have probably read all the books you need to read and know what you need to do. And if this is not so, it is simple enough to do. Managing your money and your weight have been written about to distraction. But it is not ignorance which is entangling you. It is emotion. It is your emotional ties, which stem from your fear. And it is this you must release.
But first, we will quickly review the situational solutions. The physical body, which follows certain rules, is the guideline for your weight. The society in which you live, and which also obeys certain rules, is your guideline for money. The simple and straightforward way to handle money and weight is through observation and adherence to these rules and experimentation to find out the best way to make these rules work for you.
With weight it is this: you must take in no more than you expend. And the energy you expend is variable, by exercise, and by your age. And your overall functioning of this wonderful body of yours will thrive on certain kinds of foods more than others, on whole and healthy foods and on pure water. Experiment and find out what works best for you.
Money is also very simple and straightforward. In order to thrive financially, you must offer something which people want or need and for which they are able and willing to pay a sufficient amount to support you. And you can observe and experiment and find out how best to make this work for you.
And with addictions to harmful substances, the answer is very clear and simple as well: Stop. Stop right now and never give in to your habit again. The desire will lessen over time and with enough time, will disappear completely, except for the occasional flare-up. Be prepared for that as well, and know that if you just breathe deeply and make it through the little recurrences, that your body will again return to peace.
And so, if these formulas are so simple and straightforward, why all the struggle? Why the drama? Why the shame?
Let go asking why. It does not serve. Instead, ask what. What shall I do today? What shall I do in the next hour? And better yet, what shall I do in this moment, for it is only in this moment that you can actually affect the outcome.
You do not own the next day. You do not own the next week and the next month. You own this moment right now.
And in this moment, I would ask you to say the following aloud and know it in your deepest heart:
I set aside my shame for my past actions. I am forgiven, both by myself and by all of the love and joy that surrounds me. I am deeply forgiven and can release what was.
I do not connect myself to the future, filling myself with worry and anxiety. I do not even allow a pledge to change my ways to drive my actions, for I know these pledges to be fear turned into an attempt to control.
Instead, I go deeply into this moment, this moment right now. And here in this moment, I release my emotional attachment. I release my struggle. I surrender to my own higher self and renew my connection there.
I release my emotional connection to all that I was, to my childhood, to my problems and issues, all of this I release. I release these old connections and know that they no longer serve me. I release the hold they have had on me.
I feel my own power, as I open myself to my higher self. I feel that energy flooding down within me, the energy of my higher soul self which has no part in these struggles, this trying, these attempts at control.
I feel all of that loosen up as I surrender to a higher purpose. As I accept and love myself exactly as I am, in this moment. I am love. I am loved. I am a deep perfection, the manifestation of a deep and loving presence, which is me. I glow with this inner presence. I glow with all that I am. I am.
I am without fear. I am without doubt. I am as I am and I am good. I am love. I am light. I am.
And my action now will stem from this, this deep inner connection. I am no longer a victim. I no longer feel sorry for myself. I am no longer ashamed of what I have done or left undone. I am.
I am as I am and I am love.
And from this place of deep love, I will act in loving ways to myself. I will act in ways which honor me. In this moment, this very moment, I am within my power, fully within my power. I feel my power surging through me and I am know that I am strong enough to handle anything and everything which comes to me from outside. And I know I am strong enough to handle anything and everything which comes to me from my old emotional attachments.
I release all of that. I release myself to be fully connected with my soul self, for I recognize that this is the true self, the real me. I recognize that this soul self glowing within me is the true self which wants to shine out and be seen in the world.
And I know that all power derives from this, this connection, this being. I know that all power comes from being me, just as I am, coming from this pure shaft of golden love and energy which flows into me and fills me from head to toe.
I am this. I am.
I choose to be this, to surrender to this, and to set aside the rest, the illusion, the spider web which I have allowed to entangle me.
And now I see it dissolving. I feel it dissolving. I feel the web loosen. For it is illusion. There is no problem for me to solve. There is no answer to seek; all answers are here inside me, as I fill myself with this glow.
I am. I am love. I am power. I am myself, my glowing golden self of love and power.
I ask to be fully released from fear, doubt and shame. I ask to be released from the emotional burdens which have entangled and ensnared me. I ask that I may be filled with the light of my own higher self, which comes from the great connection with the all, the great silence and the great one. I ask to have the power and glory of all that is wondrous and good fill me in every moment and remind me that I am an expression of this, this goodness, this love, this power.
I am strong and powerful. I am. |
