Contrast and The Art of Allowing
The current financial markets are giving us a lot of reasons to resist success and not act upon the opportunities available.
With the media feeding the idea of a “Down Market” I find so many real estate professionals falling victim to the negative energy that permeates their business.
Before the “SLOW DOWN” of the market or pre 2005 market most real estate professionals we saw at least 7 years of pure abundance. No one questioned if it was a good market… It obviously was a great time to buy and sell real estate.
There was very little if any need to create a new conversation or recite affirmations to cause the universe to send more business. Business for most real estate professionals was simply a matter of answering the phone or holding an open house.
In 2007 the real estate market experienced what in “The Secret” language I refer to as contrast. Lately I have come to embrace the concept of contrast.
What is contrast: Well for me it’s the experience of being out of alignment with myself. It’s the uneasiness that I feel when I am aware of the GAP between what I’m truly committed to and where I’m finding myself in a given moment. It is my queue to realign or reset myself to what I am all about.
And I believe this is what is happening globally in many of the financial markets.
But do we need to stay in the contrast?
No we do not…
Contrast is an opportunity….
An opportunity to Allow for Success
It is an opportunity to turn our attention to what it is we would prefer and give ourselves the gift of allowing.
Here’s a simple exercise on how to use contrast and make a change:
1. Identify the Contrast
example: I feel overweight
2. Reflect on what it is you would prefer
example: I would prefer to weigh 170 lbs.
3. Direct you personal awareness to what it would feel like having “What it is you prefer”
example: I would feel healthy and fit and look good and wear stylish clothes.
4. Empty your mind and relax into that feeling
example: I silently meditate on the idea of feeling healthy and fit and looking good and wearing stylish clothes.
5. While in the feeling recite a detailed account to yourself silently or out loud using “I Am” statements. In other words what you would be experiencing if you were to have the desired preference.
example:
I Am experiencing joy and beauty as I wear the coolest jeans
I Am experience tremendous energy and vitality my 170 lbs. body
With pleasure I Am making healthy food choices
etc.
6. Upon conclusion state
“This or something better for the good of all concerned”
7. Joyfully Allow
Why do we conclude with the statement?
“This or something better for the good of all concerned”
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