Summary: <br> <br> <br> <a target="_blank" href="http://yofa.net/thevortex/studygroup/index.htm">CLICK HERE to Join this YOFA Study Group</a><br> <a target="_blank" href="http://abraham-hicks.com/"><br> CLICK HERE for the Official Abraham-Hicks Website</a><br> <br> [mc src="http://blogaudio.s3.amazonaws.com/vortex/yofa-vortex-sg-p3contrast.output.mp3"/]In the last focus, I asked you to consider <a href="http://yofa.net/thevortex/">Page 3 para. 3. of The Vortex by Esther and Jerry Hicks (The Teachings of Abraham)</a><br> <br> I think I already mentioned we'd be going through this slowly, right?<br> <br> Good, because now we move on to paragraph 4.<br> <br> In respect for the copyright of this book, I will be using page and paragraph references most of the time, rather than direct quotes. I know this is less convenient, but while you have the book open, you can also get more context, read the surrounding ideas, and scribble in the margins to your heart's content.<br> <br> Enjoyment<br> <br> Ok, so last time we pondered the notion of going from enjoyment to enjoyment. We considered the idea of having set a pre-birth intention to enjoy every moment. <br> <br> Now let's go a little further.<br> <br> Please read the paragraph that begins with, "Before your birth into your physical body…" P3 p4<br> Contrast<br> <br> Now, let's talk a little bit about contrast. Abraham often asks you if you have "come to appreciate the contrast of your time and place." Here, on page 3 of The <a href="http://yofa.net/thevortex/">Vortex</a>, we're finding out that our relationships with each other are the primary source of the contrast we live. Interesting! And yet we welcome it (from our non-physical perspective). We love it. We can't get enough of it! <br> <br> So please consider this:<br> <br> When you:<br> · are harmonized with your broader knowing <br> · feel empowered <br> · don't feel like a victim of the contrast you are living<br> . . . you welcome the contrast. You perceive the contrast as the birthplace of your expansion and your potential for joy.<br> <br> Then, all these relationships that run hot and cold, with their highs and lows, and all the contrast we find with the people in our lives, it all becomes the raw material of joy. <br> <br> So, now it is apparent that the idea of setting a pre-birth intention of enjoying every moment has infinite potential. But maybe not the way we thought at first.<br> <br> Where we might have originally read that statement of an intention for continuous enjoyment and interpreted it to mean that life would be a series of enjoyable, pleasurable moments, we now see a completely different picture emerging. <br> <br> And what a relief! <br> <br> Because, if the fulfillment of our intention for enjoyment were dependent on conditions, we'd be in big trouble, fast.<br> Empowerment<br> <br> But what a breath of fresh air it is to know that the contrast is welcome - that our enjoyment of the moment is not conditional - that we are in charge of our state, regardless of conditions. Whew! This is good news.<br> <br> Well, maybe it's not news to you. Maybe you've gone to seminars and read books and you've held this conscious idea for many years. (Me too.) Good. Now we can all deepen our living of this knowing, no matter what our relationship to this truth is at this moment - whether it's old news or new news.<br> Try This<br> <br> So here is a little game you can play. When you've got something going on that you do not want, watch your reaction. It will tell you very clearly whether you are looking at the situation from a perspective that is in harmony w...
