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Take the effort out of Manifesting!
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Abraham:
"Line up your energy as often as you can.
If
two to three times per day, you can stop and find 68 seconds of pure thought
about something,
YOU'VE
PUT IN A VERY PRODUCTIVE DAY!"
Why
17 Seconds?
Abraham
says that a thought reaches a combustion point at 17 seconds of pure undiluted
focus. It draws another thought to it and it is exponentially more powerful. At
the end of another 17 seconds, 34 seconds total, the next thought combusts, and
by Law of Attraction, evolves to a higher level of energy. Again another 17
seconds to 51 seconds continues the process, and finally, if you can continue a
pure thought for 68 seconds on any given subject, it will be on its way to
manifestation. The key word is pure, meaning positive focus, strong energy, no
resistance; to not slip into sloppy thinking.
Abraham
says the average person rarely finishes a single sentence without contradicting
their energy, as in "I want a new car, but it is too expensive." So
they say most of us haven't had much experience with ever feeling the
combustion of thought that comes from 17+ seconds of pure thought.
In
talking about the leverage of 17+17+17+17=68 seconds of pure thought, Abraham
offers the following information:
17
seconds is worth 2,000 man-hours (about a year at 40 hours per week of action
taken) 34 seconds is worth 20,000 man-hours (or about 10 years...) 51 seconds
is worth 200,000 man-hours (or about 100 years...) 68 seconds is worth
2,000,000 man-hours (or about 1000 years...)
That's
two MILLION man-hours (or woman hours!) If we can learn to offer pure thought
energy for 68 seconds at a time, action becomes INCONSEQUENTIAL!
Here's
a simple story of 68 seconds of pure thought from an experience:
A
woman had a fun demonstration of deliberate creation while on vacation in New
Mexico last year. She was coming down the road from the Sandia Tram and
realized that the one thing she really wanted in Albuquerque that she hadn't
done yet, was to see a road runner. She had never seen one before, and although
she'd had a wonderful time birding all week, seeing a Black headed grosbeak,
scaled quail, some kind of wonderful owl and hawk, she still hadn't seen a road
runner. So, driving down the road, her friend Kate talked with her for 68
seconds about the wonder of road runners, how fun they are, how excited they
would be to see one, how great the birding had been since they got to New
Mexico, etc.
And
sure enough, they came round a corner at about 69 seconds, and there - on a
fence post, no less, was a road runner. Kate did a quick U turn and they spent
ten minutes having the road runner experience. He (or she) preened on the fence
post for awhile, allowing them to take pictures profile and head on, then hopped
down and ran into the gully to catch and eat a lizard, then back on the fence
and then down the other side to do some wing unfurling behavior that looked
like it could be mating behavior. All and all, a very satisfying 68 seconds of
fun directed thought!
How
to Get to 17 Seconds of Pure Thought: Getting to 17 seconds of pure thought
purely mentally is harder for me than doing it either out loud or in writing. I
find the discipline of speaking or writing helps keep other thoughts from being
too distracting.
If
I am going to do it in writing, I often put in the form of a letter to a friend
from the vantage point of already having accomplished what it is that I am
wanting. Then I can describe the feelings and details of my new place of being,
and really get into the sense of actually being there.
I
also play the "68 second game" out loud, with some friends that I
meet with in a group every week. The person who facilitates gets to pick a
subject, then everyone contributes to her 68 seconds. For example, One wanted
to have a beautiful wedding, so her week we did 68 seconds on how wonderful the
ceremony was, and how much she loved having a fun reception for all of her
friends. They all chimed in on how much they enjoyed the party, how great the
band was, the deliciousness of the cake, the beauty of the decorations, etc.
Our 68 seconds in the group often lasts 5 or 10 minutes!
And
I know that if I am in a place I don't want to be emotionally, I can call any
member of that group and ask them to do 68 seconds with me on what I am wanting
in that moment! It really helps to have some partners to do the process with
me.
If
you have a friend who is also into Abraham processes, you might ask them to be
a 68 second partner for you.
Start
with Less Important Issues
Abraham:
"Focus on nothing is more important than you
feel good. Period. it is not necessary to focus on feeling good about oneself,
focus on feeling good; period. It is not necessary to feel good about your
body, or about your financial situation; find thoughts that make you feel good.
Period.
We would recommend that you spend the first week writing 68 seconds
about things that you don't care much about, such as blue glass, butterflies,
feathers. Because you will attract those things. This exercise will teach you
two things: one that you can focus for 68 seconds; two, that the universe does
respond to a pure vibration. When you have a level of confidence in the
universe, then you can tackle your main issues.
We would every day, twice a day, write your 68 seconds about all
areas in your life, relationship, abundance, house, job, etc. You will find it
very easy to do. For instance, on your house, appreciate how convenient it is.
Appreciate the thermostat that keeps the house at the perfect temperature.
Appreciate the sewage system and the plumbing in your bathroom. Appreciate the
comfort of it. Know that this house will be temporary, that you will have may
others closer to the dream house you want, but meanwhile appreciate it. You
see, there was 68 seconds.
So, all of you have major work to do in the next 30 days. Write as
many 68 seconds as you can. And do it deliberately."
Ease
of Achieving 68 Seconds
Abraham:
"Realize that 68 seconds isn't hard to find.
Throughout your day, you have thousands of opportunities to do your 68 seconds.
Even if your work schedule doubled, you could still find plenty of 68 seconds?
Now, Esther didn't believe us at first that 68 seconds were the equivalent of 2
million man-hours.
She couldn't conceive it. But since there isn't anything that we have
said over the years that wasn't true, Esther now believes it and uses it. So,
we want to ask you, do YOU REALLY BELIEVE when we say that 68 seconds is the
equivalent of 2 million man-hours? Because if you did, YOU WOULD FIND THE TIME
TO DO THEM!!! Who would want to bang things into place, when they know that
they can spend 68 seconds and have the universe do it for them? Nobody, yet it
is what the majority of you do. You would rather jump into action than do your
68 seconds. You would rather jump into action than align up your energy."
The
Recipe for deliberate creation has 10 parts:
- 5
parts of appreciating what is
- 2
parts of imagining a little better than what is
- 2
parts of looking for things that would make you feel better
- 1
part of quieting your mind, relaxing and not trying so hard, being at ease
at it
