| Receiving
Abundance
Receiving: verb (r-sving)
To admit; to take in; to hold; to contain; to have capacity
for; to be able to take in. To allow or to accept.
Recently, four of us were celebrating the January birthdays
of two girlfriends at a Scottsdale restaurant. We had a wonderful
lunch, followed by going to see Calendar Girls. I arrived
at the theater first and purchased my ticket. I had no idea
that Birthday Girl #1 wanted to gift each of us movie tickets.
Friend #3 was having “receiving” issues, sputtering
in protest, “It’s your birthday and you shouldn’t
be buying tickets for us!” I responded, “It is
her joy to give and you are taking away her happiness if you
don’t receive this.” She got it instantly—and
accepted the gift graciously.
Receiving Abundance is an Art Form
Why do we have receiving issues? Most of us give easily, but
often have resistance to receiving. There is an art to receiving,
and once we start holding our self in a good feeling place,
we come to recognize and appreciate that it is a joy for people
to give. Receiving becomes more natural and comfortable as
we practice allowing, letting it flow graciously, which simultaneously
honors the giver.
Everything is vibrational. It's easy to find your vibrational
place on most subjects if you imagine having a vibrational
stick or meter on a variety of topics, which are described
in my book, Magnetizing Your Heart’s Desire. When you
pick up a stick that says giving on one end, then the opposite
end of the spectrum will be receiving. If you find yourself
vibrating in a place where you are uncomfortable receiving,
whether it be compliments, gifts, etc. then understand that
you are disallowing the true gift. You are stepping on your
own hose and disconnecting from the Source.
The well-known Biblical quote
says, “Seek and you will find, ask and it shall be given,
knock and the door shall be opened. However, to complete the
circuit of giving and receiving, you have to walk through
the open door of allowing and receiving. We live in a vibrational
universe and everything is magnetic. It’s the Law of
Attraction in action. Abraham-Hicks has reduced the universal
creation equation to three parts:
1. The first step is: Asking.
2. The second step is: Source responds and answers.
3. The third step is: You allow it.
Can you imagine saying thank
you to God, and God having receiving issues?! Can you conceive
of God not feeling worthy, or not deserving of your expressions
of appreciation? How ludicrous would that be?! Become conscious
of opening your heart to receive—don’t automatically
feel like you have to reciprocate. Simply BE a vortex and
pure open channel for receiving.
"Gratitude is the most
exquisite form of courtesy." — Jacques Maritain
Initially, you may feel tender
and vulnerable as you open up to graceful receiving. I invite
you to actively engage in receiving by taking baby steps.
Once you understand the principle of cause and effect, you
see how being receptive is part of the magic for the giver.
Be willing to receive (without feeling you have to give back).
Embrace it. You get to modulate and mold your experience of
receiving. Know you are worthy and deserve to receive. Resistance
or reluctance keeps you from receiving fully. Receiving is
not passive. It is a conscious, active, dynamic choice. Many
people have past conditioning that gifts have to be “earned.”
There are some things that can’t be earned in life and
receiving is one of them. Practice the art of letting it in.
It is an art form you can play with to feel the movement energetically.
Some people see gratitude as a weakness. Or, perhaps you feel
someone is doing something better, nicer or spent too much
money on a present or you have difficulty receiving praise.
That comes from “old tapes” or beliefs of not
being good enough, which results in receiving issues. As Dr.
Phil says, “How’s that working for you?”
As a deliberate creator, you mold and shape your life energy.
When receiving begins to feel
familiar, I invite you to allow it to flow more rambunctiously!
Let receiving be alive and vibrant! Do bold rituals that will
anchor it that feeeeeel really good! It might be looking in
the mirror and exclaiming out loud, “Today I openly
received! God bless me!” Play with receiving in ways
that are memorable—that might include big out loud Yeehaws
or doing cartwheels. Have fun with it! Value it! Treasure
it! Welcome it! Say Yes! Know the art and joy of your receiving
matters to the giver! Be dazzled by your newfound ability
to receive! Look for new opportunities and open the floodgates
to receive! Create sacred space for receiving easily and naturally!
Give the gift of receiving to yourself! Nurture it! Appreciate
it! Let yourself truly feeeeeel the joy in receiving! Accept
it now! Feeeeel the sweetness of it! Amplify it! Magnify it!
Absorb it! Expand it! Celebrate it! Let it be contagious!
Become exuberant in your receiving! It strengthens the heartfelt
bonds for both the giver and receiver!
"Today, declare to the
Universe that you are open to receiving all the abundance
it's waiting patiently to bestow. Each day offers us the opportunity
to learn that as well as giving, it is blessed to receive
with grace and a grateful heart." — Sarah Ban Breathnach
Let the magic begin as you
shine on!
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