On the surface of most things, is that which is observable, apparent, or fairly easy to discern. But you were designed to look deeper, and literally propel yourself forward into your experience. Thus, actuating yourself. We are asking you to find the handle, knob, or whatever you choose to call it, to make this happen.
Have you thought about the word, ‘manufacture?’ It originates from the term: to make by hand. So we ask, what do you turn your hand to? What will you make of your experience and your opportunities? For you see, you are only a footfall away from what is coming into your experience next, and it could be wonderful, or less than wonderful. That’s up to you. Yet it’s not arbitrary, as so many of you think.
What is arbitrary around you? Do you think trees grow arbitrarily, for example, and that they don’t seek out a place to root, grow, and sustain themselves? Perhaps it’s the seed doing the thinking, or perhaps it’s the mother tree and all the trees in the woodland who help with that decision or intention, yet it’s far from arbitrary.
You must not ascribe so much power to what you call chance For we defy you to find things that are truly attributable to chance, unless you want to describe how you apply your free will. We mean this tongue in cheek, but our intentions to assist you and draw attention to this are very serious indeed.
We understand where your heart is at all times. You would prefer to have only good things happen to you, right? But that’s not always possible, and getting less so all the time when you aren’t connected, and don’t see or wish to see how you are connected.
Thus, your moods may determine your outlook, and it follows what you turn your hand to making or creating for yourself. We hope you can see how arbitrary that can seem, and we are less happy about that.
We are always concerned, and get engaged with you when we see that you are in some way hurting or injuring yourself, and when it is so unnecessary to do so, or it isn’t indicated, a favorite word of ours. When something is indicated, we mean it is there before you as an obvious path to take. Will you take it? Or will you steam off in another direction, without reflecting in advance or calling upon your inner guidance, or us to guide you? We are always here for that, by the way.
We mean that literally when we say, ‘by the way.’ We’re on the sidelines of your life, along your road, if you will, waving at you and trying to get your attention. “Come look over here! We have some good news for you, some suggestions and guidance for achieving what you’re most wanting.”
That sounds better to us than ice cream in the summertime! And we get how good that can taste!
Deborah attended a fair early one morning to beat the heat and the crowds. Voila! There before her was home-made black raspberry ice cream. Wow, creamy deliciousness! “What a great breakfast for this morning!” she thought, and felt richly rewarded. She remembered how she used to make it by hand for her nieces.
Now, we aren’t writing about ice cream, but indirectly you could say we are, for we are asking you to turn your hand to making something truly delicious, awe inspiring, and unforgettable in your life.
In fact, it is your life, your life actuating itself with you in the center of it all! Isn’t that what you want? Can we make that any clearer? Why miss out?
You have your hand in it all. Do you turn your hand to good? Or turn on TV to tune out the world? Do you tune in to distractions that have little to do with real living?
If you make the decision to turn your hand to creating magnificent experiences for yourself, how different your life will be! One way you accomplish this is by regulating your thoughts, choosing what you will think about, and spend time playing with in your mind, turning over and creatively contouring it to match the experiences you really want. Now, this is what we like to call real living, or authentic living. Why not give it a try?
Here’s a way to begin. Start applying the philosophy we are teaching you. A fresh avenue for this is coming soon We’re pleased to bring you new learning handbooks to accompany our published works. Soon you will be able to order one for our latest work, Verdant: The Greening of Your Prosperity. Here is an opportunity to deepen your learning. Use this handbook to help guide you, assist with your individual reflection and/or group learning. We encourage and invite you to do so. We will provide more information and a link to this handbook when it is completed.
In the meantime, we have devised a fun word game for you, to help you chart your level of connection, and to tune in a bit better to achieve a clearer connection. We’re linking you to a post titled Taking Note on this site, which we think you might find enjoyable, and hopefully mind opening!
We’ll write much more about this topic, however, we do want to encourage you to start thinking now about the outcomes you are manufacturing, and to notice what you are offering as thoughts, how you are focused, and to what you are giving your attention which might be affecting the outcomes you are experiencing.
We look forward to sharing more about this with you.
Keep tuning in. —Your teachers.