How to Remember the Future and play with 'reality'
Have you ever had an idea, dropped or forgotten it, and then
seen it working for someone else? That may have been an idea
whose time had come. Though the idea, which may have been a
memory of the future, occurred to many people, only a few
focused their energy clearly enough on it to actually
participate in that particular future.
Remembering the future, a mostly latent natural ability
Studies show that most precognitions are of tragedies. The
likely reason for this is that we are so thoroughly conditioned
to believe that perceiving the future is not possible that our
natural precognitive abilities have gone dormant. Like the
superhuman strengths individuals display during life threatening
emergencies, they only spill over into our conscious minds
during times of crisis.1
Further evidence of this is found in studies that show most
precognitions occur during sleep and that hypnotized subjects
score significantly higher on precognitive tests than
non-hypnotized subjects.1
Yet numerous experiments have now proved that, awake or asleep,
we all have pre-cognitive abilities available to us.
Passive observers or 'players'?
Other experiments have shown that we can affect the random
movement of machines simply by an act of will. When experiments
also engaged the unconscious, the results were more significant.
It's evident, then, that we can, to some extent, use mind and
will power to influence future events. They are useful tools,
widely touted as a panacea for all ills. They have their
limitations, however. Used alone, they can be a thin veneer of
positivity, clarity and focus over a mass of contradictions.
Bringing more of ourselves into the game
We know from physics that everything, including physical matter,
is made up of energy. Energy is the only base building block
there is.
What makes things different is their energetic signature or wave
form, the amplitude, frequency, phase, intensity etc. of their
energetic vibration. In a room full of tuning forks, calibrated
to various pitches, if one is dinged, all the ones calibrated to
the same pitch will ding too.2
In the same way, we resonate with things, people and futures
that are, literally, on our wavelength. Like attracts like, to
him who has will more be given.
Our thoughts are energy and that's why they are important. But
we often have inner conflicts to our thoughts that are also
energy. Until these inner conflicts are cleared, we won't
resonate with and attract what we want.
Another thing that happens when we use thought and will power
alone, is that we can climb the ladder of success only to find
that it's leaning against the wrong wall. Or that there is an
escalator round the corner. Or that the wall will be toppled. Or
that it takes continual effort to stay on top. Or that an
emptiness or change in another area of our lives limits our
happiness.
There are many possibilities. We've largely lost access to our
knowing and, to compensate for this, we try to figure out what's
best for us. But our thinking minds simply didn't have access to
all the information we need to make effective decisions.
Ear to the ground
If we are all influencing the future, then, depending on what
happens in the present, the possibilities and probabilities for
the future must evolve. This is one reason why people sometimes
feel their intuition has let them down. Their initial intuition
may have been right at that time. As things changed, there may
have been updating clues that they missed.
As certain futures become more and more probable, they may be
less open to change. So, ideally, we would remember the possible
futures that are relevant to us early on and get updates as they
evolve.
How to remember more of the future
Early previews and updates can be subtle and fleeting, and come
in many ways, including words, images, feelings, hunches and
physical sensations.
Our bodies are useful barometers. They can indicate when we are
on or off course. Unlike our minds, they never lie. They simply
respond to stimuli, including, those in the future.
This was shown in an experiment in which volunteers were wired
up to physiological monitors that recorded changes in skin
conductance, heart rate and blood pressure. Then the computer
randomly displayed photos of tranquil, arousing or shocking
scenes. Volunteer's bodies responded as expected after seeing
the different images but also registered similar physiological
responses before seeing the photo. Their bodies were
anticipating what they were about to see.3
To make use of such clues, we need to be aware of them. To do
that, we need to be fully present. The only time we have to
remember the future is now. If, in the now, we are distracted,
we will miss the clues.
Who or what is the 'I' that creates our own reality?
When we are fully present, the experiencing self is not separate
from the experience. When we are integrated in this way with our
experience, we are what we think, for thinking is inseparable
from being, not something used to manipulate our lives. From
this space of Wholeness or Oneness with all that is, the "I"
that is the totality, truly creates our reality.4
When we try to shape reality without first being fully present
to what is, we are rejecting our experience and, though we may
manipulate our lives to some extent, we are further divorcing
ourselves from our Wholeness.
When we are fully present we have access to apparently limitless
knowledge, inspiration and vision, far more than our intellects
could ever figure out. And, the distinction between thinking and
knowing is crystal clear. Through that universal intelligence,
we can know precisely what we need to know, when we need to know
it. This includes memories of possible futures and knowing what
to focus on.
What keep us from being fully present?
One reason we're not present is that we habitually resist
feeling our feelings fully. When we were very small, we were
easily overwhelmed by our emotions. It felt like they were going
to destroy us. In order to survive, we learnt to shut down, to
avoid feeling too much.
Baby elephants are tethered with stakes they can't pull out. By
the time they are strong enough to pull out the stake, they
believe they can't, so they've stopped trying.
We are like that with feelings. We have no memory of shutting
down. It happened before we had language. And everyone around us
is resisting feeling things fully too.
My work now includes clearing this 'shut down' and teaching
people a simple and effective way to feel fully. This, even for
those like myself who have been feeling our feelings as fully as
we can for some years, enables us to utilize more of our feeling
capacity. We are able to stay present even to intense feelings,
as in confrontation, intimacy and joy, and to come out of the
grip of any emotion easily.
Energy pulling us every which way
Another thing that keeps us from being fully present is the mass
of contradictions, mostly unconscious, we've acquired through
years of human conditioning. These include unresolved emotions
from the past, fears, habits, beliefs, interpretations,
associations and the modelling of others.
These are also the things that keep us from participating in the
futures we'd like. They frequently keep us from being clear and
consistent about what we want. Without that focus, clarity and
commitment, we won't resonate with and hence remember the
futures that would enrich and delight us.
Even when we remember something we'd like to participate in, our
inner conflicts deplete or distort our energy, keeping us from
naturally flowing into that future.
Bugs in our inner human software
We are like computers with bugs in our inner human software. We
can strive and struggle, but, until we remove those bugs, we
won't have the ease and consistent results we want.
When we know how to eliminate these bugs, the process of
remembering the future provides an excellent structure in which
to do that. Once we clarify and focus on what we want, any inner
conflicts to that can be brought up and cleared.
Once most of our bugs are resolved and released, life becomes
amazing, we live continuously from Wholeness and truly create
our reality.
Stepping out in trust
Remembering more of the future is a work in progress for me.
Even though specific memories come 'out of the blue', the more I
honour them, the more I remember.
I often only know the next step. For example, when looking for a
home, I happened upon a house being auctioned. Buying and
letting that enabled me to have my dream home.
Another time, I found that an old decision to give up writing
fiction because it had entailed struggle, was blocking me. I
cleared the energy of that. The very next day, I felt inspired
to write a novel to share this way of evolving. I am now on the
third draft and there has been no struggle!
References: 1. Michael Talbot. (1991) The Holographic Universe.
HarperCollins. 2. Lynn Grabhorn. (2000) Excuse me, your life is
waiting. Hampton Roads Publishing Company. 3. Lynne McTaggart.
(2001) The Field. Element. 4. Richard Moss M.D. (1985) How Shall
I Live? Celestial Arts.
Article first publishes in ReSource magazine
www.resourcemagazine.co.uk