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When we feel alone in this world, know that feeling of aloneness is just that; a feeling. What do we know about feelings? They are temporary! Contrary to what we might perceive when we’re heightened by a strong emotional reaction, we are not our feelings and our feelings are not us. Feelings are vibrational frequencies generated by judgment. A judgment may occur in an instant, but it must happen in order: event (input), judgment (filter), emotional reaction (output). We must hold an opinion about something before we can have an emotional response to it. Whether we’re receiving good or bad news (input, a.k.a. stimuli or content), we first

1. receive the information (in its pure and free-of-judgment form),
2. process it by running it past the filters through which we view our worlds, by which we access our past experiences related to that information and–pulling from that file–we
3. form the “how I feel about this” response and release it into the world.

Depending on how emotionally-charged we find the information, and depending on many other factors swirling around us in that moment (including our emotional state prior to receiving the information), the severity of our emotional reaction will vary. We may feel happy, pleased, thankful, melancholy, angry, sad–we run the gamut.

Adversely, if we are clear–truly at peace–there is no judgment, and without judgment, we don the role of the “silent observer”, allowing ourselves to step back from information we are receiving, consider it, and let it pass without attachment.

I offer that emotionally-charged responses have their use! They are great for manifesting our intents. The challenge is–unless we’re aware of our judgments and the manner in which we’re directing our emotional energy–we could be manifesting the very things in life we don’t want.

For instance, I went a long time being unaware of how connected I was to my own abundance. I would look at my bank statement and upon seeing the balance, I would believe I only had enough money for this-or-that; seldom did my thoughts include this-and-that. Usually the “or” fell between something I wanted to do and something I felt obliged to do. During an EFT tapping session, a mentor of mine, Dr. Christopher Henley, helped me uncover this. It took me a moment to fully grasp the concept, but once I got it, I really got it. I realized I had been doing this for years! More, I realized I had seen my mother do this when I was a young boy. When it came to buying new clothes for herself or putting my two sisters and I through private school, she worked to achieve the latter and often sacrificed the former. She, herself, was the oldest of seven kids. Her parents had seen the Great Depression. My grandfather worked two and, sometimes, three jobs at a time to support their family as a Detroit fireman, a house-painter, and a purveyor of other odd jobs. My grandmother stayed home and watched the kids. My mother’s family grew up knowing sacrifice. Is it any surprise then that we grew up knowing sacrifice? Is it any surprise that it was many years before I really began caring about my own wardrobe? I believe this is what is meant when certain religions talk about paying for your ancestors’ karma. The thoughts, words and deeds we hold today telescope well into the future through those around us, especially our children. This is the reason I believe raising happy, healthy children is one of the highest responsibilities we have in life.

Well, once I realized I was operating financially from a this-or-that paradigm, I quickly realized I treated my time the same way. I saw myself as only having time for this activity or that. If I spent so much time on web work, it would take away from my spiritual work. If I allowed myself to work on the spiritual efforts, the web work suffered. I had effectively built myself into a construct where I could feel my limits all around me. That would lead to feelings of being overwhelmed, guilt-ridden, torn, depressed, tired, burnt out. Obviously, not where I wanted to be. Once I saw this error of this thinking, however, things began to open up for me. I began seeing possibilities where, before, none seemed to exist. By more fully realizing my connection to Divinity and my own abundance, I was able to shed this-or-that thinking and things began to happen very quickly.

As for getting free and clear of judgment? I think the quieter we can be on the inside, the less we will be affected by the outside. The less we are affected by the outside, the more present we become and the more open we become to receiving Divine inspiration from within.