Source 5  Connecting to the Universe

•   Allow

.».  Opening
     In a sense allowing is something you do yet it’s (as the word suggests) something you allow.  You could walk over there or you could sit right here, both are allowing both are actions.  The action being to sit here and to allow, to walk over there and interact with that possibility allowing it to unfold in conjunction with your action.  You allow the space the Universe fills with life.

.».  The Ethos of Allowing
» Allow yourself to:  Need, want, desire, to like to have, to (be) open to/space for, service (Universe I am here, God I am here).  See S10. Need to Service.
       Allow all of it.  Even to need for a time…
       + Allow yourself to make mistakes.
       Allow yourself to receive (the lesson, the opportunity, the object, the person, the connection).
       The uncomfortableness… allowing is the living out of the energy.  Allowing it to flow (through, in).  
       The making it all impossible is not allowing.
       Note:  For me the relationships seem so impossible yet, they are not.  The life seems so impossible yet, it is not.
       Moving from one activity to another seems so impossible.
       Only when you only think… allow.  
       It’s all so complicated.
       Only in your head, sometimes just allow.
       The connection of allowing (now) and never did (need) those issues?  What about the lesson (associated with the issue)? 
       + The need is only one way to learn (evolve).
       I don’t need that problem (those problems) anymore.
       + This is the allowing.
       I don’t need those fears anymore.
       + This is the allowing.
       S12. Surrender is a place to release the need to.
       Note:  A friend once told me it may feel different in your body yet that may not be bad, that could be the uncomfortableness (of allowing).

.».  To Practice
» In a sense you allow the space (S11. Space) and sometimes we don’t, this is to go without… action.
       Will you look at (contemplate) allowing as an action in your life. 
       + Allow a different outcome (to occur).
       Note:  You may be holding onto your past beliefs so tightly, those past limitations on what is possible.  Sometimes will you consider allowing as an option too.

.».  Expressions 
Negative:
» When you are rushing are you allowing in your life?
       How much space is there for connection, for life to unfold as your intention.  Can you be running late, possibly due to another (child, partner, unexpected traffic) yet allow?
» We allow the negative to occur too.
       Usually in the form of waiting, hesitating (S2. Waiting).  We allow the ego and fear to win the moment essentially.  Allowing the anger to take over you is another example of negative allowing.
» Whoa, whoa, whoa what role do we play in allowing them to be angry at us?
       + Facilitator.
       Allowing them to be angry at us as an action.  This is the cycle we want to break.  You may stop allowing them to be angry at you and they may still be angry at you.  The difference is you are not allowing it.  Not participating in their anger, not allowing it in you (not allowing it in).
       Note:  The whole whoa, whoa, whoa I did want to change this wording but realize for a moment the possibility it’s all (most of it) intentional (E1. Reading).  If it sparked an annoyed reaction then maybe there is ego in your life (interfering with your connection).  When you realize changing the way you butter your toast each morning (or the more famous the way you wash the dishes) has the power to change your entire life you possibly understand the intention of the writing more… choose moments to trust in your life (through being vulnerable) and you will change.

Connection:
» Allow the connection.
       I know you are there… feel this.  Allow it to be true (to you).
» Allow yourself to receive.
       By opening up the space (through) in acknowledging your worth.  Allowing (the receiving) is the space.
       Note:  It would be easy to read over this Expression without realizing this is possibly the “what” that most of us are looking for.
» Allow yourself to love.

Action:
» Allow pleasure.
       You feel it in how you carry yourself day in day out, the tightness in your body.  Allow the peace to be (in you, of you).
              (S11. The Body, » Feel your body).
» Allow… posture.
       Posture is a path to allowing.  Pause for a moment to notice your posture.  Tight, slouching, this is not allowing.  Nervous contraction is not allowing.  Excited too can elicit contraction.  Smile, breath, posture is allowing.
       Note: It’s easy to be relaxed maybe at home in your underwear staring into the refrigerator.  Say that person from 12th grade English comes and sits at your table, where has your posture gone?  There is a chance you are no longer in high school, will you allow the metaphor?  Beyond “I get it” will you allow it to change you (to where you allow in your life).
» What is your intention, allow around your intention.
       Space in this moment is… focused doing, being while.  Some sort of schedule too.  Walking around happy, open to possibilities, when done (when you live this way) then opportunities turn to action (S5. Action).
       Note:  What is your intention (S1. Intention)?  My intention is to open up space for…
» Will you allow the thoughts to be as they are, for you to be as you are.
       Fighting them adds to the collective (S11. Collective), being you heals the collective.
       Note:  While dealing with some limiting anxiety I came across this Expression.  The anxiety and the fear were only thoughts.  Of course there were things going on in my life, those were almost never the cause of the anxiety or fear.  Fighting the thoughts did not help.  It would be nice to put here something like ‘and I practiced the work and lived happily ever after’.  I can’t say that as I don’t know the future but I can tell you in reading this Expression and feeling into it I did feel better in that moment.
» Am I allowed to be happy?
       + No, you allow yourself to be happy.
       Happy is not something you are allowed to be.  It may be your right (as a Being) yet it’s not knowing it’s your right that then allows you to be happy.  You allow you to be happy, it’s innate in you.  In a sense you allow your will (S11. Your Will) to be forefront in your actions, this case being happy.
       You could read this one and roll your eyes, “really”.  If you were to observe yourself how often would you witness moments of not allowing yourself to be happy?  How often are those unhappy moments just thoughts in your head?  Maybe the moment is not awesome or great but does it really warrant you being unhappy (sad, angry, depressed, ill at ease).
       Note:  I recall sitting in a coffee shop, great lunch, chai latte and coffee cake.  I had time to sit and write yet there was this unease and restlessness.  There were things I wanted, things to change and work to be done yet in that moment life was?  How much of it was only a thought.
       Happy is who we are to be.
» Allow yourself to recover.
       From the missed opportunities.  This action may be to let go of the regret and guilt.  Recover from the good stuff too, rest can be part of this.  Allow yourself to rest, this quells the excitement.
» To allow myself to become that person.
       Beyond the fear and pain am I.  Will you allow yourself to be that person, to live as that person?  It’s all right there inside you, allow the living.
       Note:  I’ve personally missed out on some opportunities simply because I didn’t allow and choose to contract (not act) instead.  For many of them there was nothing I had get, just a simple action.  Maybe a smile or ‘hello’, take a few steps in one direction.  Sometimes just allow it to flow…

.».  Example
       Imagine someone offers you the last cupcake (or whatever) how often do you respond with “no, someone else can have it” or “are you sure?”.  Maybe just accept the receiving in your life, “ok, yes I would like that thank you”.  We don’t have to fight every aspect of our lives, consider you may be the block and allow the receiving….
       Note:  This is different than the Egoic response of say “of course I’ll have it, I’m the boss” or how ever that may look.

       This Topic could easily be in Source 12  There is Nothing to Figure Out as well.  It’s less about how do I figure out and more about simply allowing.  Placed here in Source 5  Connecting to the Universe for you to make the connection of allowing being an action you perform here in the Universe, here in your practical life.

       You might ask isn’t this one like that other one (Topic)?  From E3. Intention: + At some point you may realize all the prayers are the same, all the meditations are the same, all the asks, they are all taking you to the same place… Inward.
              Allowing you to live outward?
              + To remember.  Goes with the idea of it’s all inside of you and you simply are to remember (not learn).

.».  Summary
       We typically don’t allow.  We think, we force yet don’t allow.  Will you allow, remember to allow…

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