Identifying problems is a step in the process of the expansion and evolution of our culture and our consciousness. Unfortunately, though, many of us are getting bogged down and stuck in focusing on the problems. We are well meaning- most of us- and really want to make the world a better place.
To contribute to positive momentum and forward evolution, the next step after the identification of a wanted improvement is to pivot ones focus in the direction of the solution. What we are observing in our current reality is old news! The longer we focus on it the more we perpetuate it or escalate it. The energy of a problem is very different than the energy of a solution, and you can only focus on one or the other. If you remain focused on the problem, you hold yourself in resistance to the solution. This principle is fundamental to ancient wisdom teachings and is supported by modern science, and I have seen it at work in my life experience, both to my detriment and to my benefit.
Have you ever had someone ask you to “pay attention?” I have found it very helpful to think of my focus as a currency. My work is to invest only enough of my attention on a problem to understand how to pivot my attention toward potential solutions. One of the solutions to many of the challenges we face in our current age is for each of us to cultivate a deeper relationship with our spiritual and emotional bodies. This has been the primary focus in my own life for the last seven years, and I have received tremendous insight. My life experience has provided me with plenty of opportunities to get all bogged down in fear, doubt, shadow, and victim consciousness. It never feels right for me to hang out there for very long, and I have proven to myself that positive focus works better for my own expansion and the expansion of collective consciousness.
What have you been paying your attention to lately? How are you focused? Would you say that you are predominantly focused positively or negatively?
Jared Tredway 