Your State of Being

"Most people think that a State of Being is something that we experience as a result of conditions or events in our Outer Reality, yet it is just the other way around. When we adopt a State of Being ahead of time --- that is, before outer world events occur, or as they are about to occur --- we gain the power to actually impact and create outer reality.

This is because adopting a State of Being is an embracing of a particular kind of energy (to which we give the names happiness, sadness, joyfulness, peace, etc.) --- and an amplifying of it. When we adopt a State of Being we move into it, adding the energy of our very person (our soul's essence) to it, thus making it "louder."

As this energy is amplified, what we are "being" cannot help but affect what we are "seeing," because what we see is a matter of perspective, and all perspective emerges from Beingness.

Think about it. If you are "being" sad, you will hold a particular perspective...about yourself, about the moment at hand, about life itself. If you are "being" joyful, you will hold a particular perspective...about yourself, about the moment at hand, about life itself. If you are "being" positive, you will hold a particular perspective...if you are "being" negative, you will hold a particular perspective...if you are "being" patient or understanding or forgiving or compassionate...or impatient, or not compassionate...you will likewise hold a particular perspective about yourself, about the moment at hand, about life itself.

Perspective then produces Perception, Perception produces Belief, Belief produces Behavior, and Behavior produces Experience. And all of it emerges from the State of Being you have adopted.

Again, let me emphasize that your State of Being is not something that results from outer conditions, circumstances, occurrences or events. Beingness is not a reaction, it is a creation. Even when you think you are reacting, you are really creating. That is, you are deciding how you want to be. You are simply doing so after a particular event or condition has been encountered, rather than before.

Masters choose a State of Being ahead of time, students do so after the fact.

Yet even students who have not reached mastery (such as myself) can benefit from knowing that a State of Being is chosen, by simply choosing the State of Being that is preferred over a State of Being that has apparently been adopted without their knowing it.

This is what is known as Conscious Choosing, rather than simple accepting of whatever State of Being you selected at an unconscious level. "

Love and Hugs,
Neale.

Neale Donald Walsh is the author, not me, I'm just learning... ;) But this really spoke to me, and I've experienced it dramatically over the past few weeks. I just knew everyone here would and could benefit from this.....

Two and I send you much love....

Great article BTM, I think you've posted it before, it sounded familiar. Very true words. easier said than done I think.