The New Year is upon us. Are you setting your goals and intentions for 2009? Are you writing a list? Are you hauling out the craft supplies for your vision board? That’s good. Do all of that. But don’t for a second turn your goals and intentions for 2009 into a giant, oppressive “to-do†list that sends you into an egoic meltdown of attachment by April.
Sit with your list or your vision board instead. Pick just one thing – yes, it can be your “big†thing. Then ask yourself: “Who will I have to BE to attract and manifest this into my life?â€
This is the question that really matters. Usually when we have a goal or intention, we think about what we will have to DO to create it. But if our Being-ness is not in alignment with our goal, then we can do all we want. No amount of doing creates a goal if the energetic resonance of our Being does not also support that goal. And action always arises out of our state of Being … so we might as well start there.
So pick just one thing off your list of resolutions for 2009. Who will you have to become to align your state of Being with that outcome? Because, let’s be real about this one: If you already were the person you will need to become, you would have already attracted the outcome you want!
If you want a new result in your life in 2009, you’re going to have to create a new state of Being. You cannot simply change your external circumstances. You’re going to have to create transformation within your Being.
Let’s say your “big†intention for 2009 is to lose 50 pounds. What state of Being would resonate with that intention? Is it a state of self-love and self-care? A state of discipline and dedication? A state of emotional fulfillment that has nothing to do with eating food?
Let’s say that losing 50 pounds is about greater self-love. Action now arises very obviously to support the energy of self-love which you want to nurture and grow in your Being. How can you act loving towards yourself – not just in dietary and exercise habits, but in every other way?
Once you’ve discovered the state of Being that supports your one intention, you may find that the same state of Being supports most everything else on your list of resolutions. And that will make your journey of inner transformation in 2009 a much simpler endeavor than sitting with a long “to-do†list.
If becoming something other than you already are strikes you as unlikely or impossible, think again. The seeds of every possible state of Being are already right there inside you. Those seeds are what inspired you with your New Year’s intentions to begin with. These states of Being are why you’re choosing to create something new this year. Some of those seeds have already begun to germinate and grow. Others are still dormant, just waiting for a little watering and Light so that they, too, can begin to express themselves.
Everything you need to become in order to attract and manifest your intentions is already within you. All you need to do is identify the seeds, water them with appropriate supportive action, and give them the Light of your attention. They will grow to transform your inner landscape forever, in a way that allows you to create the life that you want.
Many blessings to all of you who have been a part of my own journey of growth and transformation this past year! Happy New Year!
Andrea
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This is awesome! This information came at the perfect time to let me know I am going in the right direction.
I have been thinking recently of the concept of “uploading” talents from “past lives” into this life and actually becoming a different person by changing my personality – discarding, adding to, enhancing traits, beliefs, etc. It is all there and all available NOW! All I have to do is choose.
Today was the day I set aside to do this in order to enter into the new year as a new person complete with a change of personality and a new state of Being. There is truly no end to states of Being we can create or choose.
Thanks for the wink and the nod, for confirming what I already suspected, and for helping me believe in my own intuition.
I made a new vision board on Christmas Eve night. This time, I wanted to focus on one thing — I felt my previous one was too broad and, although my desire was sincere for all the things / events in the vision board, I didn’t feel sufficient power for any of them because there were too many targets. So I made a new vision board for one thing. (Hey, something was in the air for us!)
And it’s about my personal life. It’s not like I don’t have a goal for my business for 2009. I do. But somehow, I feel everything will fall into place when I focus on this one goal in my life that is so close to my heart.
Thank you for reminding me about the Being. That’s what it is — to fully align in one energy flow and others will follow the alignment naturally.
Andrea, thank you for all your help and friendship. Wishing you and all your readers increasing joy and prosperity.
I have only ever kept one New Year’s resolution I have ever made in this particular corporeal lifetime. About five years ago I made the resolution to make no more New Year’s resolutions. I am proud to say I have been a rousing success at keeping that one. I believe it’s the wisest resolution I ever made.
Coulda’ woulda’ shoulda’ are three of the sorriest words in the English language. The use of them sets us up to do battle with what is. I would like to add the word “doing†to that list. Ego just loves that word. It makes us busy with something… with striving to be something or accomplish something and again we are at war with what is. The present moment becomes a means to an end, an enemy standing between us and our goal, as though some non-existent future were preferable to the present moment.
“Doing†is all about content and is ultimately meaningless. Ecclesiastes 1:14 reads, “I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and striving after wind.†Do whatever you want because 50 years from now it won’t matter. Or, do nothing because 50 years from now it won’t matter. Impermanence is the nature of the Universe.
I absolutely agree that no amount of doing will create what we want if we aren’t energetically aligned with it. What I find wonderfully interesting is how often it turns out that once I’ve raised my energetic vibration to align with a desired outcome, I find myself somewhere totally unexpected and much more fascinating than my original intention. Every moment is a new adventure. Life always has a much more interesting plan for me than I could ever imagine with my three dimensional brain if I just pay attention, constantly die to the past and fall in love with what is.
If I think my body needs to lose 50 pounds the journey starts with loving and accepting unconditionally my body as it is now. From that loving place I am better equipped to determine what action, if any, is needed. The thought, “I need to lose 50 pounds,†may turn out to not be true at all. Perhaps I have recently gone through a substantial healing phase that has caused me to become significantly less dense and my body is balancing that out. In that case the weight is helping to ground me and serves a useful purpose at this point in linear time.
As I’ve repeated ad-nauseam, “I am a human being not a human doing.†Anything I “do†I do for amusement, playing with form, because in the long run it is meaningless and “striving after wind.†Love is the only thing I need to “be†and that’s as easy and natural as falling off a log.
A very happy 2009 to you Andrea and all who read this comment.
I, too, no longer use resolutions, new year’s or at any other time. I’ve come to accept that I will do something once I am truly ready, trying to force it any time earlier out of an illusional need for ‘self-perfection’ (when we are all already perfect where we are) has never worked. It has been a great lesson in true acceptance for myself.
Once you are ready for something, it’ll automatically happen. No effort.
Productivity junkies may vehemently disagree & claim that you should fight your blocks & resistances if you really want to achieve something but what you fight, you only give more power to. Plus I’ve never seen anyone win a ‘fight’ for happiness.
But still, one will continue to make resolutions until one decides one no longer needs to. So, more power to anyone who has made good use of them & with the understanding that everyone has his or her own path of discovery to tread, a happy 2009 to all.
Dear Andrea
Thankyou for your good wishes and intentions. I particularly agree with David’s and Silver Huang’s comments. I, too have several years ago decided it AS USELESS TO FLOG MYSELF AFTER MANY YEARS OF INHIBITING MY OWN TRUE SELF AMD FOLLOWING A VERY RESTRICTIVE RELIgIOUS REGIME. I am now learning just how wonderful it is to live in the “NOW” and to value meditationn as the most important tool for learning about myself and for discovering the Kingdom of God within
My very best wishes to you and yours and all my fellow travellers
Marie
I am setting all kinds of intentions for the year and yes, I am creating a new dream/vision board.
How do we phrase the intention?
Which one is best?
#1. I am athletic, toned and fit and wear a size 8 dress.
#2. I am thankful that I am athletic, toned and fit and wear a size 8 dress.
#3. I want to be athletic, toned and fit and wear a size 8 dress.
I know #3 isn’t the best answer and I’m stuck between framing intentions using the first two examples.
Superhero Andrea to the rescue please!
Thanks for this post. One thing I’ve finally accepted recently is that the purpose of life is to know the truth, and that everything else I do — in my business, relationships, hobbies, and so on are really just ways to further that goal. What you said about emphasizing Being brought that up for me. — Best, Chris
Andrea wisely said: “Who will you have to become to align your state of Being with that outcome?”
This is a VERY interesting question! My ego first jumped in with, “Oh! And just how will I know who I will have to become?!” My reply to it was, “Use our intuition!”
I think we all know deep down who we need to be – and WANT to be – but sometimes fear and doubt rear their ugly heads. Ego, too, wants to know, “Who do you think you are, anyway!?” There is too much temptation to stay with the devil we know, instead of venturing out into the wild and wonderful yonder.
So, here’s to an adventurous new year!!! And to being significantly less dense! (Good one, David!)
Blessings,
Keena
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