Where does your Spirit dwell?

A warm hello and welcome to today’s blog, in which I am going to explore the idea of choice in another way and frame.  The choices we make with our mindset and life expectations. The act of choosing possibility in your life and being open to that. The act of truly believing that there are a number of options open to you, in most aspects of your life – both the seen and unseen. The ability to stay truly open to the possibility that there may just be “possibilities” that are open to you in ways you may not have envisaged.

In life we all experience ups and downs and various challenges along the way, but through it all, there still remains the ability to choose possibility. Possibility that exists in so many ways , shapes and forms. Lately I have had some conversations with people who are either very negative about their life situation in some way, or very hateful towards people around them and it got me thinking about a wonderful quote I read a long time ago, which has stayed close to my heart ever since:

“Dwell in Possibility” – Emily Dickinson

For me this can mean numerous things and for you it probably can to – so firstly I would ask you to explore your immediate reaction to this quote.

What did you think as soon as you read it?

What was your immediate thought?

Did you feel open or closed to that thought?

Why am I asking you this? Because your first response may tell you exactly where you sit, in relation to being “open” to possibility in your own life and experiences.

Getting back to my recent conversations – I have been struck with these two examples of how “set in stone” these people have been when discussing their situations. There was simply no possibility of things being different for them. No matter how many suggestions I made, as to options that could possibly lead them to a new way of being, a resolution to this dissatisfaction and a resolving of the hatred – they were simply not willing to let it go.

It made me think that perhaps they were enjoying the “dissatisfaction and feelings of hatred” and I wondered what the pay off was for them?

Perhaps some people find it easier to reside in their “status quo” – no matter how unpleasant – rather then take the action necessary to contemplate and embrace change.

Perhaps some people prefer to not have any possibility, as it removes the need to take action?

After all – if you dwell in a place, where things can never change and there are no options or possibilities open to you, it makes for a very easy life. Just ride it out, stay the same and wait for it all to come to an end at some point.

Now I am not here to judge, as we are all on our own journey and working through our own issues – but the simple fact is  - that if you do not dwell in possibility, then perhaps you are choosing to dwell in a place that is offering you very limited room for growth, choice, expansion and happiness.

If you are not willing to change and move forward

If you do not dwell in a place of possibility

If you do not exist in a place of options and choices – you have cut yourself off from so much expansion and movement.

So again, I invite you to look at your own life in areas where you feel dissatisfied or within conflict and ask yourself:

Am I open to possibility here?

Can I see another way in this situation?

Do I truly believe that there is possibility here?

For instance – you may believe that life is meant to be hard and that you will never have enough money to do all the things you want to do. If this is your cemented belief – you are not dwelling in possibility. You have set a rigid parameter, that can not be shifted until you open yourself to other options and “dwell in possibility”. The first step to moving any circumstance in your life is to truly BELIEVE that another option is possible. You must DWELL IN POSSIBILITY. In this instance, you first must believe that it is possible to change your financial situation, get your life back on track and live a stable financially rewarding future. Without dwelling in this possibility, nothing can take shape. You will never take the appropriate action, if you are not acting from a belief that another possibility is actually possible. Possibility has to exist for change to occur.

Or maybe, you are single and believe that all the good men are taken. You firmly believe, that there are no decent men in your area and it is hopeless to think you will find a decent partner with whom to share your life. Well – guess what? Bingo – that is exactly what you will experience until you open yourself up to another option. Nothing can change in your material world and experience until this idea moves to a place where “you dwell in possibility”. You first need to think and believe that there are heaps of perfect and available men around you. You must dwell in possibility to change the energy attached to your vision and bring it to a place where it can change.

You need to give your lifestyle ideals life and possibility before they can manifest into reality.

I guess it is an extrapolation or expansion of the Law of Attraction.

If you can not even conceive of something being possible in your life – then there is no way at all that it can happen. You have to be able to visualise change and feel the change before that change can actually come to fruition.

You must be willing to dwell in possibility.

So you want to lose weight…….then believe in that reality 100% , change your diet, start exercising and dwell in possibility.

Do not dwell in doubt.

So you want to play the piano……then believe that you can do it, book in for lessons, practice regularly and dwell in possibility.

The point is that your mind, body and Spirit all need to be contributing to your success, whenever you want to make change of any sort. So it is of utmost importance that your mind, body and Spirit “dwell in possibility” –  for whatever physical action you take will be meaningless, unless you also have the right mental and emotional attitude – and that has to be one of possibility.

Many people it seems, dwell in acceptance.

Acceptance of how things are and how they perceive they will always be.

So perhaps have a look at your own life and ask – is this me? Do I dwell in a place that offers no possibility – where everything is rigid, unchanging and impossible?

And if it is – look at what the pay off is for you to exist in this realm of “no possibility”.

Perhaps it means you do not have to make any changes to your lifestyle that may require a lot of effort?

Perhaps it means you can replay an old story over and over and over for all your friends and family to hear and get the sympathy you have come to love and thrive in?

Perhaps “no possibility” means you can relax and never try to do anything at all which makes for an easy existence?

Some of these examples have certainly been the case for me a few times in the past – playing the same sad old tune to get sympathy from people ha ha. But once I realised, how counter-productive that attitude really was, I set myself up new parameters and decided to live and dwell in possibility.

I now choose to dwell in possibility in every facet of my life.

Was it easy? – No it was not easy to look at myself, my habits and my beliefs honestly

Was it rewarding and worth it to do it nonetheless? – Yes it was. 100%.

Now – only you can answer the questions I have posed today and only you know what is the truth for you.

Only you know where you are currently choosing to dwell and if you are in need of a shift or willing to change?

But one thing I can tell you for sure, is that when you DWELL IN POSSIBILITY – a whole new world can open up before you and many of life’s problems and conflicts just melt away, as the possibility of a new way and a new world shine in the distance.

So my recommendations for today are:

Dwell in Possibility and feel your spirit rise

Dwell in Possibility and feel the world open up to you, as you open up to it

Dwell in Possibility and allow new parameters to establish themselves in your world and life experience

Let a new day dawn and a lifetime of possibility flicker on your horizon

It can make a real difference

#DiscoverYou #LoveYou #BeYou

- Christine -