(For those who aren’t familiar, Seth is a heavy hitter and leading edge thinker in the business world, not traditionally known for sharing deliberate creation tips!)

If you ever wondered how to share LOA principles with a traditional audience (read: without sounding wacky to someone who thinks LOA is woo wooey), Seth does it beautifully here.

In this piece, Seth suggests that our performance obsessed society causes us to focus on everything that’s not going perfect.  He says we’d be much better served by answering the “what’s up?” question literally with what’s going right.

As Seth writes, “Highlighting what’s working helps you make that happen more often.”

Abraham has long suggested we create a new habit of initiating conversation, where instead of asking each other how it’s going, and thus reinforcing the reality we’ve already created, or giving ourselves a cue to answer honestly when the truth isn’t necessarily what we want more of, instead we share what we’re looking forward to next.

The habit of answering what fun stuff we’re cooking up keeps our focus on where we’re going rather than where we’ve been.

In fact, here’s Abe on why not to focus on the past:

(You can’t keep up with who you really are when you’re thinking about what happened before.  ”You are forward looking beings.”)

So one of the best ways we can keep up with the vibrational reality we’ve created (i.e. “get what we want”) is to keep our attention on what’s going right, what we’re looking forward to next, and knowing the power of that focus.

I’d like to hear from you deliberate creators how you greet and answer others.

Have you given up the “How’s it going?” question for one that better prompts others to find a more helpful focus?

And how do you respond when you get the question about how you’re doing?  Do you answer as expected, or have you found a way to focus ton the future without sounding wacky?

I’d love to hear what you’re practicing out and about in the “real” world!

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1. How Simple Is It?
2. Quick Ticket to Your Vortex
3. What Does It Look Like?

Because the vortex is where everything that we want is.

So it often leaves a person wondering, okay - how do I get in there again?

The answer is simple: Feel good.  Be happy.  Find a good reason to smile.  Relax and enjoy.  Get inspired.

I’m finding that super easy to accomplish by just answering a vortex-inspiring question or two.

Here are some of my favorites:

• What’s so great about this moment?
• Wouldn’t it be nice if … ?
• What do I love most about him/her?
• What’s the good news?
• What’s right about this?
• What went my way today?
• What did I do a great job of today?

Let’s test it out now, shall we?

Pick a question, any question (from above), or make up your own similarly vortex-inspiring question.  (Share it with us if you do, please!)

Spend a minute or two answering it and see if you don’t find a noticeable improvement in how you feel!

That’s how simple it is to practice vibration management.

We’ve really no excuses, do we?

Remember this quote from Abraham (as shared in yesterday’s Get What You Want newsletter):

“If you pay the price of happiness, the manifestation will come. We promise.”

I can’t wait to hear your answers to these questions, because I suspect we’ll be surprised at how simple the answers are as well as how effective the process is!

Related posts:

1. Values: Quick Ticket to Raising the Vibe
2. Abraham’s Vortex
3. My Breakup in the Vortex

Some words of wisdom are worth ignoring.

Hopefully we spot those words before we learn the hard way that some advice is best ignored. 

Once we understand the role of energy and the power of attraction, we realize much traditional life advice just doesn’t make sense.

Here are a few life tips I might have been better off skipping:

1. Don’t go to bed mad

Talking when you’re mad may not be the best idea for every occasion, I have learned. 

Sometimes a good night’s sleep is the perfect answer for managing present moment conflict.  Many times all I needed was a nice dip back into non-resistant sleep to get my vibrational footing again.  It often allowed me access to a new perspective and a new vibe! 

In fact, maybe the better advice is to immediately go to bed once you get mad.  ha!

2. Don’t do yourself what you can pay someone else to do for less (than what you make) 

This advice is intended to free us up to do bigger and better things, like focus on the 20% of our activities that bring in 80% of our revenue.  (We’ve all been taught about the 80/20 rule, right?)

But what I learned through trying this one on is that it’s not all about the money. 

Rather, it’s about the enjoyment. 

If I enjoy mowing my lawn (which I do), I’m crazy to let someone else do it for me.  If I enjoy walking my dogs, it’s asinine to hire a dogwalker.  If I like vacuuming the carpets, even though I’d pay someone else a fraction of my hourly rate to do it, I’m better off experiencing that enjoyment myself, even if it doesn’t make financial sense to the rest of the world.

Because we know that when we do what we enjoy, good things come. 

Abraham shared that Esther likes cleaning the monster bus, but she likes writing the books even more.  So for her, it might make sense to outsource RV cleaning. 

What I realized is that I enjoy blogging and hosting GVU calls and creating new courses and writing ebooks way more when I have a variety of things to enjoy in life.

So mowing and cleaning and dog walking and yes, even some reality TV, are part of my daily to-do’s even though the experts tell me otherwise.  I’ll outsource it only if I can’t think of a better way to enjoy myself.   

Just because you can make more money doing your thing and pay someone else to wash the car or watch the kids or edit the articles, doesn’t mean you should.  Pay attention to the enjoyment factor.  After all, what else is the point of life?

3. Mr. Perfect doesn’t exist

When I told dad that my on-again, off-again boyfriend had proposed but I wasn’t jumping up and down with absolute joy, he said: “If you’re waiting for a saint, you can stop waiting.”  The implication was that this was as good as it gets.

Dad sure liked that guy.  (Still does!)  Probably the only guy (besides Rick Kreifeldt) he ever has liked.  (And for the record, I didn’t get to date Rick; he was my college boyfriend’s roommate.) 

Anyway, that piece of advice from dad led me to marriage.  We all know how that turned out.

With the benefit of hindsight, I like this advice better: “If it’s not a hell yes, it’s a hell no.” 

Settling just seems like we’re giving up, once we know that we really can have whatever we want.  (And if you don’t know that  by now, you haven’t studied up properly on the power of deliberate creation.)

There’s lots more typical advice out there that can lead us astray from our best life, but these are just the particular tips I went down the bumpy road with.

Would it defeat the point of this post to solicit your best tips for advice to ignore?  ha

We’d like to hear them just the same! 

PS – this post is titled with the past tense of “regret” because I don’t really regret these “wrong turns,” since I don’t actually believe in “wrong turns.”  But I find no need to repeat these steps, if you know what I mean.

Looking forward to hearing yours!

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The conversation arose when my coach quoted Abraham in saying that “Source doesn’t apologize.”  (She was late for a session and curbed a natural – and anticipated – apology for it.) 

Which made me wonder, if Source doesn’t apologize, then why do I find myself uttering the words “I’m sorry” so often and so easily?  Is that something I should be more conscious of?  Is there a better vibe to reach for in those situations?

And then I thought you all might help with the insights on this topic. 

Is there a better way to accomplish what we’re intending when we apologize?

One person said it’s just our “stock answer” that we give out of habitual social conditioning.  Another suggested that if it feels better to say it, then why wouldn’t we? 

Nancy had a fascinating story to share about her experience with it, and Carol quoted wisdom from Byron Katie that spoke to the reasons to skip the feeling of “sorry”: 

• “If I don’t have pain in me, I can see you as you really are.”
• “If it’s all about me than I’m not really hearing you.”
• “When you’re clear their pain is not your pain, you’re available to be there for them. You’re not afraid of their pain, because it’s not yours. It’s not about you. That’s compassion.”

What’s your take on this? 

Do you notice a dip or a rise in your vibe when you apologize?  Does it depend on the circumstance?  And is there a role for apologizing in powerful deliberate creation?

And how would you handle it when someone didn’t apologize for something that you thought might be warranted?  That one could potentially trip me up, I suspect.  (Like, Russ’ apology goes a long way toward helping me let something negative go.)

As usual, I’m looking forward to your take on the vibration of apologizing and its role in Law of Attraction!

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3. Q&A: When Competing with Creators?

Some of you heard me commit to having this breakup in the vortex, so I thought it time for an update as to how that’s working out.

Quick backstory: last month Russ said he’d had enough, was crystal clear that this wasn’t what he wanted, and if I wasn’t prepared to make immediate and significant change (which meant limits on a friendship with an ex-beau), then we were done.

So we were done.

Just like that.

While reeling from the shock of this surprise turn of events, I turned to my cohorts in creation and committed to having the best breakup I’d ever had.  A breakup in the vortex (ala Abraham).

I’ve never had one of those (a fun, enjoyable, loving breakup?) - so I didn’t know exactly what it would be like or how to go about creating it …

… but I did know from the anger, resentment and fear that was bubbling up that I needed to get very deliberate about what I chose to feel through all this.  Or I could easily get swept up in the typical routine of what we expect a breakup to be.

So in to the vortex I headed.

That trip in started with being really upset, primarily with his idiocy, some other name-calling (in my own mind and to a compassionate girlfriend or two), and a healthy round of blame.

That might not sound like vortex material, but it was an enormous step up from the initial despair and powerlessness I felt in those first red hot moments.

So with the feeling-better momentum in place (even if it came from bad-mouthing and imagining his deep regret about such a stupid move), I swiftly moved on to disappointment and then worked my way up to acceptance.

(When I say swiftly, I mean a couple of days.  This didn’t happen on a dime exactly.)

And get this: after being willing to fully feel all the not-so-nice stuff, I got beautiful access to the higher vibrations!  (It always surprises me how well that turns out!)

After being willing to feel scared and mad and all that other non-fun stuff, it gave me freedom from being stuck there.  Super cool how that works.

In that space, I had the presence of mind to remember that  big change can only mean one thing – good things coming!

Life only gets better (when you know to manage the contrast and go with the good flow), so to have a big shakeup like this must mean life was getting even better than before.  And I thought it was good to start with, so this would be interesting to see how Universe could top it!

I had no idea what “better than before” might look like – a new house?  A new man?  A new focus on me, or maybe my work?  This house to myself?  More cats??  I didn’t know.

I couldn’t see the end result, but I reiterated to myself that it’s only going to get better.

And I knew that would work best if I could flow some surrender and acceptance, rather than resistance.

So I got okay with it.

In fact, after a little bit of practice with the better-feeling thoughts, I started to be excited about what would happen next!

I actually woke up one morning, you know that moment of instant recall once you’re awake again and the flood of realization comes back about what’s happening in life – yeah, at that moment the thought that spontaneously popped in was “I love my life!”

To naturally come up with that thought in the midst of an uninitiated and unwanted breakup?  I knew I was in the vortex!

Which made it easier to appreciate all that was present in my life – not knowing whether I’d be with any of it next week even.

I soaked up the good stuff now: waking up in this fabulous bed, hearing those beautiful birds outside, seeing his ridiculous Frosted Flakes in the pantry, picking up his mail from the mailbox, dating a scratch golfer (surely that wouldn’t happen again!), admiring this gorgeous backyard, talking to him about the vote on Survivor that he missed, even something as simple as saying goodnight.

All the stuff I’d been taking for granted!  Sure I appreciated it, but not like I was NOW.  Now that I realized it might not be here tomorrow.

I mentally traced back the path to how I got here, those early dates in the beginning, what a breath of fresh air he was.  His traits of being super practical and thinking ahead and smelling so good.  And the frustrations, too!  I could even enjoy those now that I knew they wouldn’t be in my future.  No more not letting dogs on the people couch – ha!  No more over-trimming of the lawn.  Ahhhh.

It was a lot of enjoyment packed in those days.

Not to mention a tremendous amount of love and support coming from facebook friends and GVU compadres.  That was a LOT of love you guys sent!

So here I was dripping in love at a time when – normally – one would expect to be fired up with quite the opposite feelings.

It felt very vortexy!

I emailed Russ a sweet and heartfelt note about how I imagined he was having a rough day, because even though all this was his idea I knew it wasn’t easy for him.  I told him how much I admired his courage to do what was in his heart, and how grateful I was that he honored what mattered to him, even when I didn’t agree with it.

And I shared my confidence that good things were in store for both of us.

I even wrote to him suggesting that his next partner would be so much more of what he wanted.  I could genuinely enjoy the thoughts of him being happy with someone else, especially knowing life would get better for me, too.  However that might look!

So when he brusquely asked me to stop writing him and stay out of his way until we got into separate houses, I respected his request.  I knew his way of breaking up was different than mine, and I easily accommodated his request by laying low.  I stopped sending notes and did my best to not be home when he was.

I was turning out to be a really good ex-live-in-girlfriend!

After several days of this, Russ sent a note (when he couldn’t reach me by phone) saying he realized he had complained about things that seemed trivial now, that we had a good life together he had taken for granted, and that he hoped there was a road back for us.

My rather rigid response was that there was no going back, our breakup was official (it was on facebook after all) and that I wasn’t interested in “going backwards.”

He responded that instead of going back to how things were he was committed to moving forward to join me where I was.  In this place of love and appreciation and commitment to feeling good.

Holy hannah – he’s joining me in the vortex?!

Sure enough, that’s what the last month has been.  And continues to be once I dropped my resistancey “rules” about how to conduct relationships with exes.

This union is now better than it ever was – even though we’re technically “exes” – it got even better than it was before.  In too many ways to count.  (If this post weren’t already this long, I’d share some of those ways.)

Although there is one very surprising and interesting side effect I will mention from this vortex breakup: I have never had less interest in other men ever before in my entire life.

Like, I would have expected that in having a new ex I’d feel quite single and open to possibilities – “available” in some sense – since I wasn’t in a committed relationship.

And yet, the opposite has happened.  I couldn’t have less interest in other men.  That surprises me – to feel a deeper  level of commitment in a supposedly “uncommitted” relationship.

So I’m having the best time ever with my newest ex-boyfriend, and looking forward to more of it.  Although I know that if he changes his mind tomorrow, I know how to handle that situation quite nicely.  (Been there, done that.)

Universe delivered exactly what I expected in a way I didn’t anticipate. Big change ushering in even better stuff.  From my personal experience I will say that breakups in the vortex are not to be missed!

This post isn’t done, though, until I give due credit and thanks to those of you who flooded my world with vibrations of love and support.  Seriously, a girl couldn’t have a bad breakup when she’s in the midst of that sea of love!  Thanks, all.

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1. Quick Ticket to Your Vortex
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3. Ventures Out of the Vortex

We went to Macaroni Grill and I ordered the warm spinach salad.  (With garlic and goat cheese – mm mm!!)

But I only ate half to save room for dessert: “rich chocolate cake topped with homemade ganache and pecan pieces” with chilled whipping cream on the side.  Seriously, the description doesn’t do it justice – it’s delish!

Dad orders some lemon cake thing that sounds good, but I know he’s gonna wish he had chocolate.

My brother doesn’t order dessert; I’m thinking it’s because he’s happy to share ours.

The fabulous waitress brings two desserts and three forks and I can hardly believe how mouth-watering the cake looks. 

(I’m such a smart girl to have only eaten half my salad!  And what was dad thinking?!  Lemon?  Sure it’s good, but compared to chocolate?!  Oh my.  Rookie move, dad.)

Dad and I offer to share with brother, but he fends off yet another invitation by responding with a finger pointed to my cake, as if it were poison straight from the devil, “This is 1,000 calories” and pointing to dad’s, “That’s 200.”

For a moment my head spun.

He knows the calorie counts?!  That’s bad enough.  Even worse: he cares?!   

It spins even more when it registers: wait, this cake is a thousand calories?  Oh, that sounds like a lot.

Who brainwashed my brother into believing chocolate cake or 1,000 calories are bad things?!  Did his skinny wife trick him into not enjoying food any more?!

Apparently so.  He’s not having even a single bite.  He’s for real.

Did he die and go to hell?

Or maybe is an alien?

Or … was my brother the only smart one at the table?

Maybe I was a bad influence, running amok in life.

His wife is very thin, even after five kids.  Is that how she does it?

I thought about it today as I finished the rest of my (now deliciously cold) spinach salad.  (He was right that it would keep well.)  I realized that chocolate cake was important enough to me that even if 1,000 calories were a bad thing – I’m on board.

But it made me wonder, what am I vibrating that I can share a table with someone who judges 1,000 calories and deprives himself of the pleasure of chocolate cake?  (Or even lemon cake, if chocolate doesn’t float his boat.)

Which, I will say, dad did eat half the chocolate cake.  Told you so.

We know how this works – if I see it in another, that means I’ve got it in me.  And if I’m depriving myself of life’s pleasures, I want to know about it!   

It made me think of Abraham’s track the other day about how if you’re surrounded by needy people, that doesn’t necessarily mean you’re needy, too, but that you do have needy activated somehow.  Maybe it’s that you strongly don’t want to be around needy people.  Either way, somehow needy is activated in you.

So, what was I sensing at the lunch table?  Judging and deprivation.  How might I be flowing that? 

And if to you that sounded wise and willpowery, that just goes to show we don’t have the same vibes flowing.  Or the same taste in dessert.

Easy answer once I looked: I was judging someone who seemed to be depriving life pleasure.

Enjoyment is one of my core values.  There’s not a dog’s head I’m not gonna scratch when I pass by, or a single great song I’m not singing out loud when I feel the urge, nor a fabulous rain storm that doesn’t make me say, “gosh, what a gorgeous day!” when I skip out to check the mail.

Which means I’m likely gonna get wet, I might get fat (if I believe in 1,000 calories) and I’m certainly going to embarrass myself singing out loud.

My tombstone should maybe read: “She loved life!”  If it says that, I went to my grave a happy girl.

So instead of judging my brother as the poor guy who doesn’t let himself enjoy 1,000 calorie cake, I’m going to practice some live and let live. 

Like Abraham says, life’s a buffet.  We’re not all gonna do it the same way, and we’ll enjoy it way more when we don’t blame others for their choices.

So he’s not wrong for skipping dessert; the terrorists aren’t wrong for blowing up buildings; the child molesters aren’t wrong for .. dang, that one trips me up every time. 

But I get the gist and I see my chance.  To love life even more by letting others do it their way.  There’s no right, no wrong … just more cake for me. 

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Not just because it had a happy ending, but also because it seemed to defy all odds to qualify as an outstanding real life miracle.

I wasn’t alone in enjoying coverage of the event, as google reveals over 6 million hits for “Hudson plane.”

Recently, an Abraham workshop participant asked the question about how many people had to be aligned in order to allow that particular miracle to unfold.

Abraham’s answer is why I’m writing about this topic today.

While the guy asking the question viewed the Hudson River event as if it were a miracle of alignment that the pilot was able to land the jetliner without suffering any casualties, Abraham offered an alternate perspective:

Yes, this pilot managed to land in the river without sacrificing any lives.  But this same pilot also managed to rendezvous with a flock of birds that required the emergency landing in the first place.

Abraham said this pilot’s extensive training for flight emergencies made him an excellent match for experiencing a flight emergency. 

While we celebrate his ability to have managed it extremely well, it might be worth noting that a pilot who doesn’t attract emergencies might be something to celebrate, too.

Yes, I get it.  Training for trouble makes us more likely to attract trouble.  And is trouble what we really want?

But it was such a cool story!  How boring would life be if everything always went perfectly?!

And that’s exactly what Abraham shared at the end of the conversation about the perils of training for trouble – we do like our dramas. 

Don’t we?

Abraham added that in our culture it’s rare we’re not being warned or trained for some sort of trouble somewhere along the line, but that’s our opportunity as deliberate creators – to choose consciously what we’re attracting into our lives. 

Sometimes maybe close calls are exciting, and sometimes maybe they’re worth skipping altogether.

What do you guys think?  If you had the choice (which we do), would you choose no trouble at all?  Or are there some challenges you wouldn’t opt out of?

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(I rarely post these pieces online, but when my inbox is filled with folks requesting links, asking for permission to repost, and wanting to share comments, I make an exception.  Thanks for the love!)              

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It’s true that strong desire and strong belief are essential components to swift manifesting, but is it possible for our desire to become so strong it actually holds up the process?
 
It’s easy to conclude that’s the case, when seeing that things we want the most also seem to be the things that take the longest to arrive.  And things we care about the least get here the quickest.
 
It’s enough to make any good creator ask, “What the hell?!” 
 
That may have been my client’s question this weekend when I asked her to get her attention OFF of her desire and focus on something – anything – that felt good instead.  Because her long-held desire was no longer a friendly topic.
 
Sometimes we get to the point where our desire is infused with a yearning, frustrated or impatient type energy that clouds the picture.
 
Anyone else not felt that at some point in time?  Where you want something SO BAD you’re ready to shoot daggers at the next person who has it?  Or you want to wring the neck of the next LOA guru who says all you have to do is allow it in?
 
I’ve been there.  And that’s how I know that feeling that way does not help.  It does not help to want something that bad.  Because by the time you get to that state of mind, you’re flowing contrary energy that slows Universe’s delivery of it to a crawl. 
 
This is where it’s helpful to recognize it is possible to hold strong desire for something while still being happy without it.  To want something while not needing it to unfold in order to be satisfied.  To have a big fat dream way out in front, but at the same time finding complete delight and fulfillment with life as it is now.
 
That’s what it’s like to want it good.  Pure, clean desire; free of doubt, fear, frustration and attachment.  It’s the space of enjoying what is, while still having a conscious recognition that what’s coming next will be even more fabulous!
 
There’s no “pushing against” what is, and very little (if any) time spent noticing it’s not here yet. 
 
Because it doesn’t matter if it comes or not – life is good anyway.  There’s no need for it to happen, because we’re not making the realization of the desire conditional upon feeling good.  We feel good now!
 
As shared by Abraham, pure desire feels confident and positive, as in: “I want it, I got it, it’s coming, I know it.” 
 
While yearning sounds like: “I haven’t had it, but I’ve really wanted it, and I’ve done the work, and it hasn’t come yet, but I know it will, I know it will, I know it will, … it hasn’t come yet, I’ve written it down, I’m really getting sick and tired of this, I’ve wanted this my whole life, it’s not fair that he has it …”  (One of my all time favorite Abe tracks!)
 
Wanting something with pure desire feels fresh and light and free and frisky.  When you talk about you get a rush that feels good.  When you want something you’ve begun to doubt, it feels like work. 
 
When you feel that “work” feeling creeping in, it’s time to remember to want it good, not want it bad.
 
My favorite way to redirect when I’m wanting it bad? 

Remember that there’s plenty going right already.  There’s more to enjoy in this present day reality than I could even count.  But I’ll start counting anyway just to prove it to myself: strawberries, cats, Bella Foster artwork, chocolate, Christmas lights, Michele Woodward wisdom, warm purple sweatshirts fresh from the dryer, pink sparkly pens, modern plumbing, nice neighbors … get the idea? 
 
When we combine this genuine and strong appreciation for life as it is right now with the pure desire of what’s caught our fancy next, we’re home free.

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These are the words Abraham shares in response to our cultural myth that there’s no gain without pain. 

“Creation through action is mediocre at best.”

An important truth to remember, huh? 

It’s the main message of my Money Mojo Magic product (released today!), which doesn’t spend a single second on the action required to make money. 

(Despite the fact that I preached “action” for over ten years in the personal financial services field.)

I of all people know how futile it is to take action for money without having the energy lined up.

Since most of us weren’t ingrained with that message growing up, it can be an easy one to forget.

Yet, the evidence abounds to remind us that “pain for gain” doesn’t work.  Working hard for little money, counting calories like a mad woman yet not dropping an ounce, hitting our to-do list with fervor yet never feeling the payoff …

If we know anything, it’s that diving into action not only doesn’t work well, but often doesn’t feel good either.

The question becomes, are you relying on action for results? 

Is your first response upon feeling a new desire to “do something”?  Or is it to “feel something”?

When we take the time to line up the energy first, that’s when life gets magical.  That’s where our true power lies. 

Abraham goes on to say:

“Creation through alignment of energy is where all of the masters and all of those that you revere have found their place.  You cannot be a magnificent creator without alignment to the energy of the power that creates worlds.”

Well, listen for yourself (about three minutes in):

I’m curious to hear where we see we’ve been in action without first lining up the energy, along with commitments to shift it.  Anyone dare to share? 

Or does anyone struggle with the belief that there really is something to the “no pain, no gain” mentality of our current culture?

(I’d also love feedback from those of you who check out Money Mojo!)

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Some of you have posted questions on my facebook page asking what this “vortex” stuff is.  Let’s talk about the vortex and what it means to you.

Simply put: the vortex is “where what you want is.”  (Abraham in Los Angeles, March 2009)

(If you’ve heard Abe talk about vibrational escrow, it’s the same concept.)

Being in the vortex means we’re lined up vibrationally with what we want.  It means we’re feeling good (joy, love and appreciation) and that our desires manifest swiftly because we’re an easy match to them.  Being in the vortex also means believing and knowing and fully expecting those desires to unfold. 

You can see how the vortex is a happenin’ place to be, right?  It’s where dreams come true.  With swiftness and ease.  It’s where inspiration is at its greatest, it’s where our path becomes clear.  In short, it means we’re up to speed with who we really are because we’re flowing the high vibes.

Abraham says the best way to get in the vortex is to simply stop doing the stuff we do that doesn’t let us in.  And again, the vortex is “just this high non-resistant energy place where we rendezvous with the Source” (Abraham in Los Angeles March 09).

From that same workshop:

• If you’re mostly joyful, happy, eager and frisky, then you’re a cooperative component assembled in your vortex.  You’ll find that things work out for you, ideas come at the right time, you barely think about something you want and the path to it reveals itself, you wake up excited to hit the floor. 
• If you’re ornery, confused and resistant, you’re not in the vortex.  Most of us pop in and out of it, and Abraham actually says much of the time hovering on the brink of getting in.  But by focusing our attention properly, we can get right in.  That just means focusing on something that feels good.  Simple stuff.

Abe says everything they’ve ever offered has been to help us get in our vortex.  From the Mexico cruise last February:

We so want you to understand that you have the ability to get in [the vortex] but you’ve got to do the work. You’ve got to do the work that brings you relief. You’ve got to get a focus wheel out every day and you’ve got to DO the focus wheels. You’ve got to talk yourself into a place of feeling better. You must recognize the discord and you must soothe the discord.

In the vortex we are being who we really are; we’re tuned in, tapped in and turned on.  We know our desires will be satisfied.  We’re in love and we’re being love. 

Here’s Abraham describing how to get in the vortex (for free) last year:

You don’t need money to get in the vortex! Getting in the vortex is a conversational thing.

You don’t have to pay money to get in the vortex.

It doesn’t cost anything to be hopeful.
It doesn’t cost anything to tell a positive story.
It doesn’t cost anything to dream the dream, to tell the story!
It doesn’t cost anything to tell the story.

And you know what? You tell that story often enough, you’ll believe it!

And when you believe it, you’re in the vortex. And the Universe has to give it to you.

If there’s something that you want, and you’re not getting it, it’s only because you don’t believe it. And you say, “I believe it.” And we say, “You can’t believe it, because if you believed it, you’d be living it.”

And you say, “I sort of, kind of, believe it on rare occasions.”

You gotta give it more air time!!!  – Abraham in Denver, July 2008

Abraham has said the focus wheel is the best way they know to get in the vortex.  Again, here’s a great video on the focus wheel process.

I like this Abe quote on the topic as well:

It doesn’t matter what your excuse for your appreciation is, appreciation puts you in the vortex. And if you hang out there for just a little time, evidence has to show itself to you. But we don’t want you to go in the vortex looking for evidence. We want you to go in the vortex looking for the feeling.  – San Francisco, August 2008

Pretty simple stuff, huh?  Here’s one final quote from their Australia workshop December 2008:

If you’re believing, or knowing, you’re in the vortex and everything you want you know will be. And so then you’re standing in this place of anticipation, not worried about if it will happen – you know it will – exhilarated about the idea of when it will happen because it will be fun to watch the adventurous way in which it unfolds. You reach the place that you are so knowing that life is going to be good for you, that your worries are gone and now you’re focussed upon who you really are, what you really want and why you’re really here.

Wow, huh?  I’m super inspired to go dive into my vortex.  See you there? 

PS – here’s the link again to their new book if you want to learn more about the Vortex.

Related posts:

1. Quick Ticket to Your Vortex
2. Abraham on the Crisis
3. My Breakup in the Vortex