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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?

Hi lelouch

lelouch wrote: Tue Jan 21, 2025 3:16 pmWhat are the ways in which you distract yourself? What processes do you use?

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.

lelouch wrote: Tue Jan 21, 2025 3:16 pmIn this distract and forget method, do we need to 'work' on our thorny issue at all?

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.

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.

Yup totally. But I think we can aid it by doing Abraham processes.

I think we should be engaged in activities that help us get out of our head. And it can differ for us. Just choosing to enjoy things like looking at the clouds, reading, etc..

lelouch wrote: Wed Jan 22, 2025 3:29 pm Yup totally. But I think we can aid it by doing Abraham processes.

I think we should be engaged in activities that help us get out of our head. And it can differ for us. Just choosing to enjoy things like looking at the clouds, reading, etc..

Yeah absolutely! That all sounds like a good way to go!

lelouch wrote: Wed Jan 22, 2025 3:29 pm

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.

Yup totally. But I think we can aid it by doing Abraham processes.

I think we should be engaged in activities that help us get out of our head. And it can differ for us. Just choosing to enjoy things like looking at the clouds, reading, etc..

Totally.

I think, this teaching really gets fun, when you start to effortlessly integrate it into "life". Life, having fun, or finding relief- all the time... and not taking things so seriously!

Thanks for the replies.

Is it possible then to forget your problems?

Abraham has talked about deactivating stuff by activating something else.

They also have said that if you give attention to something, it remains active in your vibration.

Suppose if you just stopped giving attention to something, can you solve the thorny issue?

So can we just forget our problems and they will solve on their own?

lelouch wrote: Thu Jan 23, 2025 3:44 pm Thanks for the replies.

Is it possible then to forget your problems?

Absolutely. You see this happen in the hot-seat, in Abraham-seminars, quite often. People come to the HS with a long laundry list of issues, enjoy the gaze (andmaybe even the teasing or jokes) of Abe- and have forgotten what they wanted to talk about. That is easily explained:
Problems exist on a much lower frequency than solutions!
And that is what Abe try to teach to all of us: We CAN NOT solve a problem, when we stay on the low vibration of it. We must allow our vibe to rise.

And so, people always have adviced to sleep over a problem, before tackling it again or trying to solve it, again. In the moment you "let it go" or "let it be", your vibe CAN rise all on it's own (when you don't kill it again). And then you are in the vibe of clarity (=on top of the EGS), aka "the receptive mode", aka the Vortex. And there are no problems, just all the other sides of those problems: The solutions.

Abraham has talked about deactivating stuff by activating something else.

Exactly. That's how it's done. And, to do so, you don't need on the same TOPIC! You just need to be on a joyful WAVELENGTH (topic is irrelevant).

They also have said that if you give attention to something, it remains active in your vibration.

...for as long as you KEEP it active, aka, give attention/thought to it!

Suppose if you just stopped giving attention to something, can you solve the thorny issue?

If you can pull it off to not think about it!
Which is not so easy as it sounds, when it is a long trained issue, that probably has a ton of momentum, that might just throw you in the bushes when you attempt it! So, take it easy. Don't force yourself to get that done in the first attempt (it probably will not). And -as the funny quote above says- it doesn't need to! This is no race. It should be FUN- every step along! Feeling better and better and better, in babysteps. And sometimes, you get an avalanche, And then... not so much. Enjoy it ALL!

So can we just forget our problems and they will solve on their own?

ABSOLUTELY- if you BELIEVE that. It is all about YOUR vibration!

lelouch wrote: Thu Jan 23, 2025 3:44 pm Suppose if you just stopped giving attention to something, can you solve the thorny issue?
So can we just forget our problems and they will solve on their own?

I think the theory is:
Focus and attention feeds a subject.
If you stop feeding it, it will stop growing, and eventually won't have enough "creative power" to stay in existence. So in theory, it can disappear / be solved on its own. Especially if coupled with a belief that "everything is working out for me" and a belief that you've delegated to the Universe to sort this out for you and trust and have faith that this is what will happen. Well, that is if you can get to genuinely feeling those beliefs to be true

Another option is: When we shift to higher frequencies (after working on raising our vibrations while staying off the thorny issue), if we happen to remember the original issue and think about it from this new, stable, higher vibration; now we see it from a new perspective where it doesn't look quite as thorny any more. From your new higher perspective, you may suddenly see ways of dealing with it (solutions) that you weren't aware of before. And then you can help with the solving from this perspective.

spiritualcookie wrote: Thu Jan 23, 2025 5:38 pm if we happen to remember the original issue and think about it from this new, stable, higher vibration; now we see it from a new perspective where it doesn't look quite as thorny any more. From your new higher perspective, you may suddenly see ways of dealing with it (solutions) that you weren't aware of before. And then you can help with the solving from this perspective.

That is so big. Again, in the higher vibes, you UNDERSTAND the truth of the "issue". You see it's goodness, and that it was always there FOR you (not against you). You know that it was there to help you understand something. And then, it is no issue any longer, but something to appreciate (even you might not need it anymore).