As long as I believe I need something I don’t have, the world will appear to oppose my getting it.
Because the universe is always supplying me with all the acceptance, abundance, safety, love, understanding, comfort, nourishment and peace that I need.
All that’s required to confirm this is to get quiet, set my story aside and witness what is really happening. Whenever I do, I can’t fail to recognize that, aside from what I’m thinking and believing, I’m perfectly okay - now - in what IS - in this razor-thin moment.
If I think I am lacking any of these things, I am in an argument with reality - an argument I lose 100% of the time. That’s all “thinking the world is against me” is: me losing an argument with a benevolent universe. And thank God! If the universe always has my back, I want to lose every argument I have with it.
If I can be in the moment and not in my story about it, I realize that, aside from what I’m thinking and believing, I am ALWAYS okay. 100% of the time.
So the best way - by far - to experience getting what I need is to get out of the way, let the universe do its job on my behalf and surrender to the gift of what is.
So:
If I think I have to DO THINGS to be accepted, the universe - which is busy accepting me without my meddling - will seem to reject me (it will not actually reject me - ever).
I will see rejection everywhere I go. I will see rejection in the kindest looks of the most generous people. This is because I’m in the way: I cannot ORCHESTRATE my acceptance, I can only RECOGNIZE it. I can only be accepting of what is and include myself in my acceptance. By showing me rejection, the universe is letting me know I am in its business and out of mine.
The universe will never stop telling me the peaceful truth: that it is not my job to get the world to accept me (that’s already happening). My job is to see it. And accept it.
When I recognize that I don’t need to worry about, strategize, manipulate, hoard, scheme, or fight for my acceptance, I experience true acceptance (which is always here just waiting for me to wake up to it).
If I think I have to DO THINGS to hold onto my stuff, the universe - which is busy supplying me all the stuff I need and removing all the stuff I don’t need without my meddling - will seem to have people who will try to take what is mine (no one can ever take what is mine - if they can take it, it’s not mine).
I will see thieves everywhere I go. I will see thievery in the kindest acts of the most generous people. This is because I’m in the way: I cannot ORCHESTRATE having what I need, I can only RECOGNIZE that I do. By presenting me with apparent thievery, the universe is letting me know I am in its business and out of mine.
The universe will never stop telling me the peaceful truth: that it is not my job to get what I need (that’s already happening). My job is to recognize that I always have everything I need.
When I recognize that I don’t need to worry about what I have, I experience true abundance (which is always here just waiting for me to wake up to it).
If I think I have to DO THINGS to protect myself, the universe - which is busy putting me in all the exact situations I need to be in without my meddling - will seem to present me with people, objects and situations that hurt me (I am never hurt by people, objects or situations - only by what I’m thinking and believing about them).
I will see danger everywhere I go. I will see danger in the kindest looks of the most generous people. This is because I’m in the way: I cannot ORCHESTRATE being safe, I can only RECOGNIZE that I am. By showing me danger, the universe is letting me know I am in its business and out of mine.
The universe will never stop telling me the peaceful truth: that it is not my job to protect myself. My job is to know I am always protected, and live accordingly.
When I recognize that I don’t need to worry about protecting myself, I experience true safety (which is always here just waiting for me to wake up to it).
If I think I have to DO THINGS to earn love from others, the universe - which is busy loving me completely and unconditionally through everything that happens, without my meddling - will seem to reject me (the universe never rejects me, I only ever think and believe it does).
I will see rejection everywhere I go. I will see rejection in the kindest looks of the most loving people. This is because I’m in the way: I cannot ORCHESTRATE being loved, I can only RECOGNIZE that I am. By showing me rejection, th universe is letting me know I am in its business and out of mine.
The universe will never stop telling me the peaceful truth: that it is not my job to get the universe to love me (that’s already happening). My job is to see it. And to love it.
When I recognize that I don’t need to worry about being loved, I experience true love (which is always here just waiting for me to wake up to it).
If I think I have to DO THINGS to be understood, the perfectly understanding universe will seem not to understand (it always understands everything that needs to be understood).
I will see confusion everywhere I go. I will see confusion in the kindest looks of the most understanding people. This is because I’m in the way: I cannot ORCHESTRATE being understood, I can only RECOGNIZE that I am. By showing me confusion, the universe is letting me know I am in its business and out of mine.
The universe will never stop telling me the peaceful truth: that my job is not to get the universe to understand me (the universe always understands me perfectly). My job is to see that. And understand it.
When I recognize that I don’t need to worry about being understood, I experience true understanding, no matter what I do (which is always here just waiting for me to wake up to it).
When I recognize I don’t need to worry about being comfortable, I experience true comfort (which is always here just waiting for me to wake up to it).
When I recognize I don’t need to worry about being fed, I experience true nourishment (which is always here just waiting for me to wake up to it).
When I recognize I don’t need to worry about being peaceful, I experience true peace (which is always here just waiting for me to wake up to it).
And as long as I think I need it, I will seem not to have it.
So I know where to focus my effort: on clearing up my the confusion about what I have and what I need.