Spoon MeditationGreetings, love and abundance to you all. It is the topic of abundance that we wish to address with you right now. Many of you still believe in your heart of hearts that to be abundant you mist exert effort, and you must struggle.
We have come to tell you that abundance in any form does not and indeed cannot “come” from force. Rather, it comes from surrender, from a state of “being-ness.” This state of beingness is actually your natural state. It is the state from which all creative energy flows. It is the place of your eternal spring.
We wish to use as an example the idea of spoon bending. We will not refer to this as an exercise because it is not. It is actually just the opposite. Yet we hope you might be with this idea by picking up a spoon and relaxing into this meditation.
Sit in a comfortable meditative position with a metal spoon in both hands. Hold it lightly between the thumb and first finger of each hand. Remember, nothing comes from force. We will tell you that even holding the spoon at all is not really necessary and you will understand this in due time.
As you hold the spoon and relax into beingness, take a look at any attachments to outcomes. What reasons might you have for “needing” to be able to bend the spoon? Or might we say knowing you are able. You can already bend it. You have just forgotten. You can release attachments to outcomes anytime just by knowing it is so. Release attachments now.
As you do so, notice how the spoon feels in your hand. Notice your internal process (thoughts, emotions, etc.). Feel your body. Is there anyplace you are holding tension? Relax those parts now.
Continue with the spoon. How do you feel about yourself as you hold it? Have you begun to get impatient to be “able” to bend it? Have you given yourself a timeline? In what ways have you been judging yourself? What doubts are coming up?
We wish to clarify that the purpose of this meditation is not to bend a spoon, but to use spoon bending as a means of understanding how we approach life situation and abundance in general. Perception is everything. It is one thing to know some people can be abundant (or can bend spoons), it is another to know you are abundance itself.
There are some who will hold the spoon in their hands and notice in subtle ways that they are forcing or willing the spoon to bend. There are some, this channel included, who might give up rather than feel their own perceived inadequecies. We are offering this spoon meditation as a way to bring up, bring to light, resistances to abundance, self imposed blockages so you can release them.
We recommend that you be with this activity regularly with the “goal” not being to bend the spoon, but to learn from the process. We also recommend that you keep the spoon nearby to remind you to treat yourself with unconditional love. Whether you can remember to bend the spoon or not, you are worthy of unconditional love and this is the source of all abundance. The spoon is a great teacher, but it is only symbolic.
And so we say surrender to love, surrender to who you already are, and you will do a lot more than bend spoons. You are powerful loving beings worthy of all the abundance in the universe. You are not only abundant, you are abundance itself. All you have to do is feel it.
Linda White Dove
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