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“Now Realty” as the Springboard for Growth
because you are, so many of you, in agreement with what you see, you have collectively concluded that this reality is stable, maybe even stagnant. It’s sort of like cement. “It is, because my eyes see it, my nose smells it, my tongue tastes it, my fingers feel it. This is as I see it.” And we say, no it isn’t. It is your “now” snapshot vibrational interpretation of it. But your “now reality” is a passing parade. There it went again. There it went again. There it went again. We would like to assist you in getting your attention off of the “now reality,” and begin to put it into the imagination of that which is to come. We want you to begin visualizing. We want you to begin to experience more pleasure from the power of your mind, and use your “now” only as the leaping off place that it is. Not this stable: “This is how it is, I’ve got to drag it with me from place to place to place.” We see you as you meet new people. You’re so fresh and bright and alive as you meet, because you don’t know very much about each other. So your “now” has no real footing. And then you say, “Tell me about yourself.” And then you begin to drag all that stuff, all the “important stuff” like your insecurities, and your failures. And then you say, “Now, how do I look to you?” And you look at each other and you go, “Ick. You don’t look nearly as good as you looked just a little while ago, when we were standing in this fresh new place without all of that.”
Have you ever seen the acrobats on the big trampolines, or the people in the circus on the big bounding nets? And they hit that net and they spring forth into flight. Well, the moment that they hit the net, that’s like the platform of your life. But it is the flying through the air that is the main event. We want you to think of your “now reality” as nothing more than the net that is springing you — but it is the flight through the air that is your life. So many of you, you hit that net and then you lay on your stomach, and then you wrap your fingers and toes into it, and you put your face tight into it, and you say, “I’ve got to face reality.” And we say, you didn’t come forth to face reality. You came forth to spring off of reality. You came forth to let the reality be the basis from which you take flight. And that’s really what we want you to hear. We want you to be in love with the contrast that produces the desire. And we want you to milk those new desires for everything they’re worth. When you get a new desire, if it is big or if it is small, we want you to fantasize around it and give your attention to it, and take every bit of pleasure you can from the power of your mind — knowing that manifestation will follow. But it is not your manifestation that we are here rooting for. It is your moment-to-moment thrill with the power of your flight.
Your “Now Reality” is a Passing Parade
From Abraham-Hicks Workshop Philadelhia, PA — 11/6&7/99
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