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The Law Of Allowing:

The Time/Space Illusion

Action Vs. Thought

We usually don’t give much thought to the distinction between “wanting” and “having”, we usually just say, “this is what I want, what do I have to do to get it?” But it’s a distinction that makes all the difference in what actually shows up for us in life.

Wanting implies “NOT having” and having implies “no need for wanting”. Both are a state of “being” and as long as you remain in that state of “wanting”, life accepts this “wanting” state as your true desire and so continues to have your circumstances reflect that, i.e. still wanting!

By knowing this, if you truly want to see a change in your circumstances, you need to change your focus so that you “feel” that you already “have” what you want. Through that feeling (which is usually a feeling of joy, abundance and freedom), life will begin to reflect that in the world.

The reason being is that what we think, feel and receive is always a match, so if you behave as though you already have everything you want internally, life will match that in your external world.

The key to this is to have a good attitude no matter what happens, always look for the silver lining. Feeling good in this moment puts you in harmony with life rather than resisting it and that sets you up to receiving the richness you already have inside.

It’s not enough to consciously think something positive, if the feeling remains sour, then that’s what will be the dominant creative force within you. So to receive good things, focus on feeling good things (whatever that may be) and know that you already have it and you will succeed, GUARANTEED.

You may ask, how can this be guaranteed? Because you have already succeeded many times with the things you didn’t know you wanted. This is what happens when you feel fear, for example. When the fear becomes the dominant feeling, you receive the thing you were fearful of. Life doesn’t judge anything as good or bad so it simply gives you whatever is dominant in you.

We often think of things happening in life, in term of luck, something pleasant is “good luck”, something unpleasant is “bad luck”. But “luck” is a cop out and denial of responsibility for what shows up. Everything stems from us either consciously or unconsciously (most of the time it’s unconscious). This is not about blame or any other condemning description, it’s simply about accepting that each one of us is a creator and when we are not aware of what’s happening within us, life seems to happen to us and we “hope” we’ll be “lucky”.

The interesting thing is that in reality the power that it takes to have things show up that are unpleasant is the same power that it takes to have pleasant things show up, it’s really no different. The only distinction is that each of us has learned a mode of operating that we are comfortable with (and for a lot us that mode is one scarcity and struggle). When we make attempts to change that mode, it usually causes no ultimate change because it’s like trying to use a twig to change the direction of a fast flowing river!

So how do you start to live in a way that’s more responsible and deliberate? You do it by looking around you, no matter where you go, and say to yourself that you’re looking for things to feel good about and reasons to feel good and as you do this little by little, you begin to find things and reasons to feel good about.

As you feel good, you notice the good feelings and let the good feelings be there, you begin to let creativity in, you begin to let abundance in, you begin to let success in. Why? Because this is a fundamental principle of the universe, it comes down to the fact that everything is made up of energy that is vibrating at certain frequencies and for anything to be created it must find a match in that vibration.

So, change the way you feel and you’ll change your world!

Angelo Campione

Student Is Ready

More great video’s, these give a great explanation of how everything fits together. The total viewing time is a little under 30 minutes, grab a cup of tea and enjoy:

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

A very interesting video on how the bulk of DNA opperates in a non-physical sense.

This is the next part - DNA/Heart Connection:

Please read the previous article, “What’s Your Addiction?” before reading this one.

Ok, so the way to be free from any addiction first happens with an acknowledgement that there are things that happen through a compulsion to think, do or say them. The acknowledgement brings it to the surface and makes it conscious rather than remaining unconscious and this has you be more aware of it when it comes up next time. From here, you can look at why it is that you set up the addictions in the first place or you can begin to work on finding a new mode of Being so that you become the master of choice as opposed to the no choice in addiction.

It helps to understand why the addiction is there and, but at some point the work required to be aware and forgive yourself when you catch yourself thinking, doing or saying the same old things, is also absolutely necessary. The forgiveness is important because you invariably fall into the old patterns, and that’s ok, the tendency is usually be to beat yourself up over it, and that’s where the forgiveness comes in so that you can let it go and focus on being aware of what you’re thinking, saying and doing.

To truly help yourself here, be present in this very moment, you may be focused on the words you’re reading here, but see if you can also be aware of any underlying feelings while you read. Is there scepticism lurking in the background, doubt, anger, resentment, hope, fear, love, joy, whatever it is simply be aware of it. If there is any discomfort at anytime, that’s a signal that there’s something that needs to be brought to the surface.

For example, look at when you eat, are you eating because you’re hungry or are you eating because that’s what you always do at this time of the day and you “think” that it’s what you “should” do? What are you eating, is it something that you feel is nutritious and feels good eating it or is it something just to get some calories in and it‘s convenient and quick? Other things you can look at are:

·    How you dress – do you choose what feels good to wear or is it out of a habit?
·    What time you go to bed or get up – are you consciously choosing this or is it habit?
·    How you walk – are you aware of your posture or is it out of a habit?
·    How you shower/groom yourself – are these conscious choices or habits?
·    How you drive – are you on autopilot, listening to the radio or are you fully alert of what’s happening around you?
·    How you talk to people – are you aware of the pitch of your voice and the strength of volume in the words or are you concerned about what the other person may be thinking of you?

This list can be virtually endless, but ultimately the aim is to be aware so that the decisions you make come from a place of peace and clarity within, the awareness is what opens the door to choice and ultimately freedom. The old autopilot mode based on old unconscious conditioning has served its time and if you’re reading this now, it’s now time to take the next step.

Remember that we are all constantly making choices, they are either conscious ones or unconscious ones. Unconscious ones come from habits (that are often designed to keep us as an identity, safe). Addictions are often formed out of a need to feel our power and thereby feel “safe”, so you can see that unconsciousness and addictions go hand in hand.

It’s not easy to change the old well worn path but if you’ve had enough of being controlled by impulses or finding yourself in situations that either don’t feel good or doesn’t support you, then it’s time to work on being more conscious – through AWARENESS.

Finally, if you remember nothing else from these articles, remember that you are light and that light will shine through whenever you allow it to. The only reason why the light doesn’t shine through is because you’ve had experiences that caused pain at a some point in your life and this had you place a layer over it, as a way of protecting yourself so that you could feel safe and continue living as best you knew how. Learn to lower your resistances, through awareness and responsibility for what shows up and the light will shine without you having to “do” anything. At that point you and life become one and you do life’s dance.

Angelo Campione

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We usually think of drug or alcohol addicts when we think of addictions but you may be surprised on how much broader addictions are.

Firstly the definition of an addiction is “anything that compels you, in actions or thoughts, and you don’t feel you have control over it.” With this definition, it means that thoughts and feelings can be addiction as well!

If you can go with this for a moment, you see that all addictions are a reflection of a mental state, they’re either visible or non-visible. The visible addictions cover things like food, sex, work, exercise, money and drugs. Non-visible addictions cover things like drama, worry, grief, attention and approval

The key behind these addictions, is that there’s always a perceived survival element that the mind creates. For example if you grew up in family where you derived love through eating, you may now find yourself overweight because it became an addiction to feel love in this way and therefore to survive (the mind is formed from childhood and so these perceptions of survival are instilled at that point).

We can usually tell when someone has a visible addiction (although not necessarily within ourselves), although the non-visible ones that are a bit tricky (and even more so for ourselves).

So lets look at some examples of the non-visible ones:

1. Drama: lets say that as a child you found yourself in situations where you felt discounted and became a victim of situations and now as an adult, you still carry the victim feelings. These feelings give rise to situations in daily life that are seemingly beyond your control like getting delayed on your way to work because of a car accident that held up the traffic and as a result you miss your morning meeting with the boss. This has you feel angry, frustrated or helpless and you vent with a colleague through “complaining”. The drama that seemed to have nothing to do with you, now gives you the opportunity to be justified in complaining and this makes you right and the situation wrong and this actually feels good. It feels good because we feel power in being right and therein lies the addiction, to the power that’s underneath the situation (and of course the ego gets to survive in this also).

2. Grief: lets say that as a child, you felt that nothing you did was ever good enough for your parents and now as an adult, you still carry the feelings of worthlessness in not being good enough. These feelings may lead to a situation with your partner, where they come along and see you working on something and say, “Oh, why don’t you do it this way…” This triggers the old feelings of not being good enough and boom, you react by snapping back, saying something like “leave me alone, keep your comments to yourself, get lost, haven’t you got anything better to do, etc”. The reaction is usually out of proportion to the comment and there’s generally no conscious thought, simply an explosive reaction based on a need to protect yourself. The reaction arises from a place of power within you and this deep power is what feels good at a deeper level, it doesn’t matter what’s happening on the surface, the addiction again is to the power (and again your ego gets to survive).

3. Worry: lets say that as a child you were constantly told to be careful that this or that might happen and out of that you created a belief system that the world was unsafe and now as an adult, you still carry feelings of fear or concern for how things will turn out if you take or don’t take a certain action. These feelings may lead to a situation where you meet a friend that is excited about a new business proposition and offers you an opportunity to enter it. You then do one of two things, either you agree out of fear of missing out (without doing your due diligence) and then spend a heap of time worrying about whether it was the right thing to do or, you are paralysed through analysis paralysis and don’t make a decision out of fear as you worry about all the possible bad outcomes that may eventuate. Either way the worrying puts you in touch with feelings from childhood and this has you feel a level of comfort and control because the worry pretends to be important and this again has you feel a power within you and thus the addiction is again to power so that the ego survives.

4. Attention and Approval: lets say that as a child you felt that you were not given the love you needed and now as an adult, you still carry the feelings of being unlovable. This may lead to taking actions out of a hope that somehow others give you the love you need to fill the void and take care of the pain you experienced as a child. An example would be, you buy a gift for a friend and when you give it to them they don’t express their appreciation the way you’d hoped and this leaves you feeling resentful, hurt or angry, your action of giving was done with an expectation of a certain response or reaction so that you could get the attention or approval and thereby feel the love. When this doesn’t happen, it puts you in touch with the pain from childhood and the resentfulness, hurt or anger again puts you in touch with your power and so again the addiction is to this sense of power that is derived in such a way that looks like anything but power.

Essentially, each one of us is born into this world as light within the form of a baby, with limitless potential at our disposal. As we grow layers of limitations are placed over that light until the light is almost completely obscured as we identify with an ego. The effect is that we lose sight of the light (the Truth of who we are) and accept that this body and these circumstances are who we are. It’s not and it takes great power to create the illusion that shows us as anything other than the light.

And so, what I’m saying here is that whether we’re aware of it or not, we already have a knowing that we are extremely powerful underneath it all. We simply haven’t become masters of that power yet, so we unconsciously use what we’ve learned from a very young age to access it and we did that through what we consider to be negative or unpleasant circumstances that take on addictive qualities on the surface, i.e. things we don’t have control over and are compelled to do. The irony or paradox is that it’s these very situations that help us peel away the layers of limitation until we do allow the light to shine through.

In a future article I’ll discuss how to be free from addictions.

Angelo Campione

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A great video on depression and how to begin to lift from it.

In most cases, every day involves a sequence of events that need to be dealt with, from getting up on time to get to work, to preparing the kids for school to dealing with a difficult meeting or colleague.

These can be simply dealt with as they arise or a story can be created through worry. In any given situation, there is what happens and then there is what we do with what happens. What happens is a factual non-judgemental account of a situation whereas what we do with what happens is based on the story we’ve created from the past (usually childhood) and this can involve blame, injustice, helplessness, anger, frustration and almost anything you can come up with. From there it can all be used as fuel for worry.

Probably the best definition I can think of for worry is, “the thought of a future event or situation that gives rise to a feeling of insecurity or fear, based on a perception that was formed in the past”.

So lets break it down starting from the perception:

1. A perception is formed from the past – Something happened at a point or points in your life and that shaped the way you saw things from then on. For example, lets say you grew up in a family where your parents always shouted at each other, as a child you may have perceived that they would break up at some point and that had you feel unsafe. Now as an adult when you have a disagreement with your partner, you worry that they will leave you, and that has you feel unsafe. Note, the underlying feeling that you felt as a child is what’s recreated, the surface may look completely different.
2. Gives rise to a feeling of insecurity or fear – A discomfort is triggered by the thought that signals a danger that you may need to protect yourself from.
3. The thought of a future event or situation – thinking of a possible scenario raises possible dangers that may need to be dealt with

Clearly, worry is entirely based on possible unsafe outcomes in the future formed from a perception in the past. What’s the truth?

The truth is that our mind as a foundation is unstable and our thoughts sway us like waves sway a cork on the ocean.

It’s only when we appreciate that our mind is notifying us of possible dangers and TRUST that we will be able to take the appropriate action when needed, that we can rest in this still present moment and allow the thoughts to pass through.

If you find that you are constantly worrying, make notes on what the concerns are, forgive yourself for hanging on to these fears and say, “I am concerned that …… (insert your worry here), I trust life and I trust myself that I will be ok no matter what happens, I now let go of the worry and rest peacefully in love”. Write this down and read it whenever you catch yourself worrying and feel the anxiety leave your body.

Angelo Campione

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This is a game I came up with in order to get an independent perspective of myself and I now want to give it to you as a gift.

When I did this exercise, it opened a door within me so that another layer of unconscious beliefs could be brought to light, and this in turn has lead me a step closer to freedom.

I call it the “Who’s who” game, it’s very simple but also very powerful.

This game gives you a chance to step outside yourself, so to speak, and look at yourself as an external observer.

The key is to see your name as separate to you and imagine yourself as the item you inserted (no matter what it is), see it and feel it. This gives you an outsiders perspective while also knowing exactly what your name likes and dislikes.

It’s your perception that counts here and you’ll get some surprising and confronting answers quite often. If you don’t get a clear “YES” or “NO” answer to a question, then it’s probably “NO”.

Ok, lets go…

1. Get a sheet of clean paper and a pen

2. Think about the things you’ve wanted (or not wanted), things that are important to you and write them across the top of the page (there is no limit to the list, it can be as long as you want).

3. Write:

If I was…………………….(insert one from the list you just wrote)., would I be attracted to…………..………(Insert your name)?

An example is:

If I was Peace, would I be attracted to Angelo?

I get a clear YES answer to this (when you look for an answer, It helps to be in a quiet place).

4. When you get an answer, write it down and ask, WHY? Look for the reason as to why you got the answer you did.

For example, If I was Money, would I be attracted to Joe? If the answer is “NO”, then the reason may be that Joe was brought up with the belief that money was root of all evil and so to have an abundance of money would make Joe evil. You can see how difficult it would be to attract money if you operated with this belief about yourself.

5. When you have your list of answers with reasons why, do the following:

For the things that you do want:

If the answer is “YES” then you are clear that this lives as a reality within you and the thing you want in physical form is simply waiting for you to be ready to receive it, and you feel good about this. From this place, doors will open up to you so that the outer world matches your inner knowing.

If however, the answer is “NO”, then the feeling associated with it isn’t so good and this puts a limitation on you allowing this in your life. Look at “why” it is that you wouldn’t allow this for yourself. Write down what comes up, you’ll realise some interesting things about yourself and will begin to clear away old baggage in the process.

The next step is that with the opening that’s been created from the understanding for why you’ve had the blockage, link good feelings to the thing you want and allow that to be ok.

Do this by sitting quietly with eyes closed and focus on your breath entering your lungs and then exiting, feel the calmness and stillness and notice how good it feels to simply be there in a state of neither wanting or not wanting. After a minute or two, imagine the thing that you’ve wanted coming in through the crown of your head and sitting inside you, notice how good that feels to have what you wanted.

Spend a few minutes everyday on this so that you reinforce the good feelings to the point that it becomes a natural association and you know that you already have what you want in a formless sense and it’s waiting for you to claim it in a physical one.

For the things that you don’t want (and it’s handy to look at this so that you can gain clarity on why they show up and then accept responsibility for them and move on):

If the answer is “YES” then look at why it is that you would allow this for yourself. Write down what comes up, you’ll realise some interesting things about yourself and will begin to clear away old baggage in the process.

Next write down a symbolic representation of what love, health and abundance look like, describe them as vividly as possible, e.g. Love could be a bright circle filled with white light that feels warm and inviting and so on.

The next step is that with the opening that’s been created from the understanding for why you’ve allowed these unwanted things to be part of your life, link good feelings to you, that you deserve and are worthy of love, health and abundance and allow that to be ok by being grateful for being here on this planet at this moment..

Do this by sitting quietly with eyes closed and focus on your breath entering your lungs and then exiting, feel the calmness and stillness and notice how good it feels to simply be there in a state of neither wanting or not wanting. After a minute or two, imagine the symbol that you came up with for love and see it coming in through the crown of your head and sitting inside you, notice how good that feels to have that love. Then do this for health and abundance also. The aim is to know that you are in fact worthy and deserve love, health and abundance.

Spend a few minutes everyday on this so that you reinforce the good feelings to the point that it becomes a natural association and you know that you already have what you want in a formless sense and it’s waiting for you to claim it in a physical one.

If however, the answer is “NO”, then you are clear that this does not live as a reality for you.

By doing this, you begin to sharpen your awareness, so that when situations crop up that trigger the deep seated limitation, you’ll be able to see it and start to have a choice on whether you want to believe that old thought still.

That’s it, very powerful stuff.

Go through this process for as many items as you can.

To help you get started, here’s a non-exhaustive list

If I was Money, would I be attracted to …..…….?

If I was Love, would I be attracted to …..…….?

If I was Joy, would I be attracted to …..…….?

If I was Tranquillity, would I be attracted to …..…….?

If I was Fun, would I be attracted to …..…….?

If I was Happiness, would I be attracted to …..…….?

If I was a Man (Woman), would I be attracted to …..…….?

If I was Despair, would I be attracted to …..…….?

If I was Depression, would I be attracted to …..…….?

If I was Pain, would I be attracted to …..…….?

If I was Drama, would I be attracted to …..…….?

If I was Tragedy, would I be attracted to …..…….?

If I was a Complaint, would I be attracted to …..…….?

If I was a Baby, would I be attracted to …..…….?

If I was a Home, would I be attracted to …..…….?

If I was a Job, would I be attracted to …..…….?

If I was an Employer, would I be attracted to …..…….?

If I was an Employee, would I be attracted to …..…….?

If I was an Illness/Disease, would I be attracted to …..…….?

If I was Success, would I be attracted to …..…….?

If I was Talent, would I be attracted to …..…….?

If I was Fear, would I be attracted to …..…….?

If I was Failure, would I be attracted to …..…….?

If I was Courage/Strength, would I be attracted to …..…….?

If I was Health, would I be attracted to …..…….?

If I was a Healthy Body, would I be attracted to …..…….?

If I was a Customer, would I be attracted to …..…….?

If I was God, would I be attracted to …..…….?

If I was a Pet, would I be attracted to …..…….?

If I was an Invention, would I be attracted to …..…….?

If I was Beauty, would I be attracted to …..…….?

You get the idea, enjoy,

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Angelo Campione

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