What we Focus on Expands
Have you heard the expression that “energy flows where attention goes”? Well guess what, it’s true!
And today I have a real-life example to share with you and how you can use this in your life in this very moment.
Audio Transcription:
Hello, and welcome to my musings.
Today I want to talk about energy and a recent experience I had that so demonstrates the energetic principles at play in our lives and our world.
I’m sure you’ve heard the expressions “what we think about we bring about”, “where our attention goes, energy flows” or “what we focus on expands”.
Today I want to talk the fact that the things we place our attention on grow or expand. I know this, I teach this, I live this, but energy isn’t something we can see with our physical eyes so when we do have a physical experience it can stand out.
I few years ago I discovered that I have a salivary gland stone. It showed up on a dental xray.
I didn’t think too much about it, but sometimes it would bother a bit. I would feel an achiness or was just aware that it was there so my physician and I decided to get more information. Last year I had some imaging done. We discussed it and decided to leave it for the time and then check on it again down the road.
So, since that time I basically forgot it existed. I didn’t feel it. There was no achiness. No issues what-so-ever. But here’s where it gets interesting. I went back to the dr recently to follow up. He decided to get another set of images so he could see what it was doing, if anything.
So, I had a doctor visit and then I went for the imaging the next week and guess what? Suddenly, I was aware of this stone. It got achy again. I felt it off and on for days. I couldn’t figure out what was going on and then it dawned on me! The only thing that had changed is that I was paying attention to it! I was thinking about, discussing it, taking pictures of it etc, etc, etc. And once I realized what was going on I shifted my attention away from it. I thanked it for showing me this incredible example of how what we focus on expands and I let it go. I haven’t felt it since.
And, just in case you’re wondering, all is well! It’s just a stone and it’s just hanging out there.
But, in the scheme of things, don’t you think this is cool? What we think about we bring about, what we focus on expands. Think about it, this goes both ways. If we spend our energy and time thinking about what isn’t working, how things are going wrong, how you never get what you want. Then guess what, things don’t work, things do go “wrong” (in quotation marks because things aren’t right or wrong, they just are, but you get what I mean), or you can’t seem to get what you want.
The opposite of this is also true. If we spend our time in gratitude for all that we appreciate in our lives, if we give our energy to what is working out for us or what we would love to experience, then we get more of that. This is very good information for us to have!
So, my example is very concrete and a lot of the things in our lives are more abstract, but the same principles apply no matter what. What we think about we bring about.
I invite you to take check in with yourself throughout the day. Where is your attention in that moment? What are you focused on? Are you focused on what would you love or what you don’t want? And then really think about this, if you are focused on what you do not want, you have the power to shift in each moment. Bring yourself back to your body, take a breath and shift your focus to what you would love to be experiencing in your life.
I would love to hear how this lands for you. Does it resonate? Can you relate? Where do you want your attention to be?
Thanks so much for being with me today and remember, that true peace is always just one breath away.
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