Hi,
Abraham has talked about getting off the subject in order to reduce the resistance on it. They have said that if we were to focus on other subjects that feel good to us, then the subject that is thorny will eventually improve in vibration and manifest. Which means we can get off a subject and still manifest it while focused on feeling good on other subjects.
What are the ways in which you distract yourself? What processes do you use?
I would think that we just use meditation, rampage of appreciation, creative workshop on other subjects.
In this distract and forget method, do we need to 'work' on our thorny issue at all?
Distract and forget
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Re: Distract and forget
Hi lelouch 
Often with a resistance-filled subject, I find it comes up into my mind throughout the day. Then it's a matter of catching it, sometimes offering some loving soothing words, (eg "Good thing I noticed this, and now I can be more deliberate in my focus.") and then getting off the topic, changing the subject as quickly as possible to think about other things deliberately, and deactivate the problematic area.
Finding ANY task that feels good and that keeps you focused on other things other than the resistance-filled subject is really a good way to go. (So it depends what you like to do really! A walk in nature / cooking / drawing / doing a craft / tidying the house /hanging out with friends or a pet - anything as long as it feels good!). Or as you say, it could be meditation or an Abraham exercise.
If you focus on feel-good things and raise your vibration, the resistance will be deactivated and its momentum slows down. I think the idea is, if you focus generally on raising your vibration, eventually you'll be on a different vibrational disc in general, so that the wanted-end of the stick can flow to you more easily. Or if at a future point you look at the problematic subject, now you'll see it from a different perspective and hopefully it won't feel as resistance-filled anymore. When you're on a higher vibrational disc, you become more in the receptive mode from which you can receive solutions and inspirations that can help lift resistance further.
For me, getting off the subject is more of a "throughout the day" thing rather than a "sit down to do some Abraham exercises" thing.
Often with a resistance-filled subject, I find it comes up into my mind throughout the day. Then it's a matter of catching it, sometimes offering some loving soothing words, (eg "Good thing I noticed this, and now I can be more deliberate in my focus.") and then getting off the topic, changing the subject as quickly as possible to think about other things deliberately, and deactivate the problematic area.
Finding ANY task that feels good and that keeps you focused on other things other than the resistance-filled subject is really a good way to go. (So it depends what you like to do really! A walk in nature / cooking / drawing / doing a craft / tidying the house /hanging out with friends or a pet - anything as long as it feels good!). Or as you say, it could be meditation or an Abraham exercise.
If you focus on feel-good things and raise your vibration, the resistance will be deactivated and its momentum slows down. I think the idea is, if you focus generally on raising your vibration, eventually you'll be on a different vibrational disc in general, so that the wanted-end of the stick can flow to you more easily. Or if at a future point you look at the problematic subject, now you'll see it from a different perspective and hopefully it won't feel as resistance-filled anymore. When you're on a higher vibrational disc, you become more in the receptive mode from which you can receive solutions and inspirations that can help lift resistance further.
Whether to work on the thorny issue directly- I'd say, "only if it feels good to do so". If working on it directly manages to give you feelings of relief, that's helpful. If you can't find any thoughts that offer relief, or you notice yourself feeling tight and clenched while working on it, or it feels like an uphill "efforting" struggle experience, then it is better to get off the subject and distract instead.