BY DOVE
I was blessed with the opportunity last week to have a long conversation via cellphone with an athlete who competes at a world level in rodeo. What a gift it was as we started talking about where your focus goes, energy flows.
We discussed how best he could focus his energy for the competition for which he was involved. We talked about taking focusing breaths before beginning his event and becoming one with the animal involved in his particular competition. The respect given the animal was so important, and calming his conscious mind gave him access to stored energy. Again, where your focus goes, energy flows, and if you are in joy, then you create great stored energy.
Science has said that our conscious mind leaves our body every 28 seconds. That means your subconscious takes over and becomes automatic and your conscious mind can be in the past or future or on anticipating problems that don’t even exist at this point in time. Can you imagine if you did not let your conscious mind wander and you stayed fully conscious with the activity you were doing?
Remembering the conversation with this young man, I had the chance to practice what I preach as I was baking perfectly crafted pumpkin pies for my grandson. My mind was elsewhere and I was battling a negative thought pattern that I wanted gone. So, I said, “God, take this thought away, as it does not serve me. I don’t want this energy.” At that moment in time I had one of those beautiful ‘Aha’ moments about past energy with my mom. I realized that cooking with my mother was one of the things that brought me joy, especially at Christmastime. She made wonderful candies and I always got to lick the pan. I had never realized my connection to food was about trying to recreate wonderful memories with my mother. I was suddenly free from any negative energy and could be fully present with the food I was creating.
What if we all started practicing being fully present with whomever we were talking to or with whatever we were creating. We would only be focusing on one thing at a time. I have so often found myself thinking of what I was going to say next when talking to someone. Rather than focusing on them, I was focusing on me. Can you imagine how quickly we could change the world if we all focused on healing our planet and each other? If we all joined our energies together to declare, “Give us truth, healing, and justice for all!”
That truly is all I want for 2022: freedom from all manipulation by outside sources. I want truth and then appropriate action. I am going to try to be fully present with each endeavor I pursue in this coming year. I am going to try to be fully present with myself, my joy, and each person I encounter. I am going to be fully present. I know this is a big task and will require much focus from me, but I know the energy I put into whatever I am doing will be focused and charged. That is the way to manifest. Concentrate your love, your joy, your truth, and we can create freedom for all.
Many blessings for a coming year of magic. Much love, Dove
