Re-Membering - Thoughts About A Word

Remembering...

Re-membering!

Today I want to talk a little bit about this particular word, especially given our contemplation about past, present and future...

What Does “Remember” Mean?

The dictionary meaning of the word “remember” is:

“... 1: to have an (event, thing, person etc) come to mind again; think of again”

2: to bring back to mind by an effort; recollect, recall

3: to bear in mind; keep in the memory, be careful not to forget

4: to keep (a person) in mind with some feeling, ...”

Re-membering simply is the action of bringing something back into your mind, and feeling something about it.

Well, as I said on the home page, everything is energy. Feelings and thoughts are energy, too!

So, if you are thinking something – again – and having feelings about that thought, what the heck are you doing?

You are re-membering (re-constructing, re-structuring) whatever it is you are thinking about. You are creating that person, place, thing or event – again.

That sends a vibration out into the ethers. By feeling the feeling as you re-member, you are sending out even more energy.

What you send out is what comes back to you!!!!

I cannot stress this point enough (and we will re-visit the idea many times).

What Does Re-membering Do?

Well, now that all depends on your perspective!

If you re-member a joyful experience, then you send the vibrational energy of joy out, and joy is what must return to you. If, however, you are re-membering something that made you angry or hurt, well, the same thing happens.

It probably won't be an identical circumstance, but whatever circumstance happens, you will experience the identical feeling.

This is why it is important to gain control of our thoughts, and by association, our feelings. And yes – We are in complete control of both. It just takes practice.

What's with Re-?

The prefix “re-” can be taken, simply, to mean “again.” With the gift of free will, we are free to do again, with or without making a different choice...

Would you rather re-live a negative experience, or re-vise it? You can re-member, re-create, re-envision. You can re-lax, re-make, re-form!

GET IT?? I'd be willing to bet there was a little tickle in there somewhere -

There is subtle but profound – and infinite - power in this knowledge.

Thoughts Are Things

Anyone involved in metaphysics, self-development or most spiritual practices has heard this phrase. And, it is true.

Everything being energy, then thoughts are indeed things!

I was listening recently to a Google Hangout featuring a favorite speaker, Mary Morrissey. She was re-lating a past experience in which she'd had a profound awakening and healing. What stood out for me was her explanation of this concept, in which she said she was told, in part:

“Everything is created twice.”

Wow... she was told that everything, from the dis-ease she was experiencing, to the medicine she was given, and the treatments performed was created twice! First, it had to be an idea in someone's mind, and then it could be created in a tangible, physical form.

Think about this. What a concept!

She says (and was told) that we all know this, and really, we do. We all at some level realize that everything we encounter had to be “thought up” by somebody! If no one ever thought of it, would it exist at all?

Meanwhile, most of us do not ever grasp the power and the freedom associated with this idea.

We Create It All

Most of us, especially when we are struggling, cannot accept the idea that we are responsible for what is going on in our lives. We recoil at the idea that our cancer, rape or beating was caused by us.

Certainly, we would never choose these experiences! How on earth can we be responsible for what someone else has done to us, or which dis-ease took hold of our bodies?

It seems terribly heartless, cold and cruel to blame for any misfortunes that happen to them, and on a purely mundane level, rightly so.

On the level of Truth, though, we have created it all. Every bit of it. However, we have done so without knowing what it was that we were doing. There is no fault, no blame.

In this existence, “Like Attracts Like.” It can be no other way.

Well, cancer has a vibratory frequency. Violence, rape, war, poverty, abandonment – they all have a frequency. If you are vibrating at that frequency through self-loathing, self-doubt, anger, resentment, terror – then you are attracting experiences into your life that will match that vibration.

Re-membering YourSelf

What I want you to understand is that you are not to blame. It is not your fault – you didn't re-alize what you were doing.

All learning in the 3D world is actually a process of re-membering. I can't teach you anything. No one can teach you anything because You already have access to all knowledge and all understanding!

You already know. But, through the conditioning of countless generations, you have forgotten who and what You are.

Another insight Mary shared hit on this point. To paraphrase her concept -

At any point in history, we could have had light anywhere we wanted it. The “Law” of electricity did not simply manifest 100 or so years ago. Indeed, electricity has been around probably longer than our planet has! But, we didn't learn (re-member) how to work with it until 100 years ago.

It is that simple. But, now that you understand the underlying cause, it is up to you to learn (re-member) how to create differently!

Things to Do Today!

By now, you should be starting to get a handle on what sorts of thoughts you think to yourself every day. Even if its still just one out of thousands, You will have at least caught one thought. And, you will know how that thought made you feel.

I want you to continue doing this, but with a twist.

Just for today, for every thought you catch that does not make your heart sing, I want you to pause for a moment, notice the feeling, and then I want you to come up with the opposite thought!

Once you have discovered what the opposite of that negative thought is, I want you to re-peat it to yourSelf a few times. Just notice how it makes you feel.

Just notice it. Don't judge it, don't let yourself spiral with it. Then thank it, and move on to something else.

And.

The other thing I want you to do – and this was soooo hard for me in the beginning – is to stand in front of your mirror, look yourSelf in the eyes and state – OUT LOUD:

“I love You. I respect You. I accept you, exactly as you are in this moment.”

For Most, This is NOT Easy

I know for a fact that this is hard on people. I stood in front of that mirror for 8 mornings before I could ever bring myself to utter a single word. Then I spent another week or two crying as I said those words! I'm not talking sniffles and a couple quiet tears. I balled my eyes out.

(So you know – crying is a sign of re-lease. You are re-leasing LIES about yourSelf that you have believed for a long, long time. If you feel like crying – do it! Do it to the point of exhaustion if you have to...

I promise you will feel better, it just takes time and commitment.

Go ahead and transfer that contract with all those lies you were taught about yourSelf to the ethers and create a new one! You deserve it!)

I did not understand the depths of my Self-loathing until I tried to do this. Once I had tried and failed, I did get the fact – on a heart level, not in my head – that I HAD to continue. There was simply no other acceptable choice for me. I had to be able to look myself in the eye and mean what I was saying.

You do too.

Re-solve to do this! It is the very first action step you must take in order to change your life.

It DOES get easier. And, the easier it gets, the more relief you will feel, the more you will be open to healing and uplifting any and every area of your life.

I cannot over-stress the importance of doing this.

No one is going to hear you. No one (but you, in the beginning) is going to judge you. No one will embarrass you, make fun of you or insult you.

If you don't believe it – that's fine. If it makes you cringe – do it anyway.

And, do it every day. Twice a day is better.

But for now, once is enough if you just can't bring yourSelf to that mirror twice.

“Danger Will Robinson, Danger!”

One last warning on this one... You might believe that this is too simple an idea to do anything about changing your life, and try to continue on without its benefit.

It is dangerous to judge simple as being ineffective.

My warning is simply this: IF you attempt to build a house on air, it will either never be built or it will float away. So, if you try to make permanent changes in your life without benefit of loving, respecting and accepting yourSelf, those changes are either not going to happen at all, or they will be fleeting and temporary.

If you are willing, please consider sharing your experiences below. It is always encouraging to know we are not alone!

All My Love and Blessings

Selene