Try Softer

A friend of mine who teaches jujutsu in Japan frequently signs his emails with the imperative - "try softer." This is obviously a play on the cliche "try harder" but it carries a lot of meaning.

As a martial art, jujutsu focuses on yielding to an opponents energy instead of directly conflicting with it. Let the energy do what it wants, stop resisting and it will diffuse itself. This is a perfect metaphor for the Universe (but then again, everything is a perfect metaphor for a holographic Universe).

Did you ever notice that the harder you try to control things, the more frequently you lose control. It's the grasping of attachment that pushes things away, and the scrambling energy of aversion that holds them closer. Instead, let the energy do what it wants and step out of the way.

Just like people, the more you push against the Universe, the more it pushes back. As an infinite being, you can just relax and float in the sea of beingness that you and the Universe are.

The Most Powerful Word In The English Language

Metaphysically speaking, the most powerful word in the English language is not love, or God, or even cookie - although cookie is up there on my list. The word is "allow".

First, you are an unlimited being that creates the Universe with your consciousness. Your beingness created a mind which thinks it's a body. However, you are unlimited.

So let me pose this question: What does an unlimited being have to do to create anything, any situation, any experience in the Universe? The answer is merely "allow" it.

In the Sedona Method and the Release Technique, goals are usually phrased as such: "I allow myself to ....". Think about that. In order to achieve any goal you merely need to allow it. Let go of resisting it.

The entire Universe is yours now, but you are holding away the things you think you don't have. Your mind thinks you are this limited body. What do you desire now? what is preventing you from allowing it to happen? Let that go.

"Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter."
-Yoda