Kate Question #5

 

Dear Joshua

When you talk about a higher perspective - what is a higher perspective? How do I get to a higher perspective? I see how Abe does it with people in the hot seat ... It seems like chewing around for a thought that brings a bit of relief, sometimes by stepping back and saying something as broad as "maybe this will work out" (this is just an example).

What do you mean by finding a higher perspective? What would be a higher perspective? Is it spiritual,or is it just any thought that brings me a bit of relief ("look for a different perspective that makes me feel better" would be a higher perspective) - For example, Sometimes my higher perspective is " F*** it" -and I occasionally get relief from that, but does it shift my vibration since it isn't a different perspective, it is just looking for relief and trying to regain some power in a situation?

Is "looking for a silver lining" to a situation, a form of taking a higher perspective or is it sticking a smiley face sticker on an emotion? Or something else?

Thank you :)


Dear Kate,

Imagine for a moment that you are in our nonphysical shoes looking down on your life. From our vantage point high above it all, we can see what is actually going on. We see the big picture. We understand your desires and we can see the road ahead. We know how all that you want may come your way. We can also see how you are resisting it at times. Our perspective is broad.

Now imagine yourself looking back on your life. Think about your first serious romance. Think about how you felt when the relationship ended. At that young age, you felt like the world was ending. However, looking back from your broader perspective, you can see that it was all part of the journey of your life. You might not choose to be with that person now. You might realize that the experience, even though at times it was painful, was actually a good experience. As you look back on your past, you are looking at it from a higher perspective.

The higher perspective is one where you can see what is really happening in the moment. Since your perspective is limited, you must reach for a higher perspective. Since you cannot see the road ahead, you must imagine that things are going to work out. You must conjure the higher perspective. You must try to see things as we see things. When you feel some relief, you've found the higher perspective.

The higher perspective is not necessarily spiritual, although it could be. If you believed in a God, and if you chose to believe that God was working it all out for you, and you found relief in this, then that would be the higher perspective. When you say "Fuck it," and you feel relief, then what you are really saying is that this one situation is not as important as I'm making it out to be. If you find relief, then that is a higher perspective. Looking at something from a higher perspective causes you to take yourself out of the situation which seems so important and puts it all into proper perspective. While you're dealing with something in your immediate space, you tend to make it a big deal. But from the higher perspective, it is just a moment in time that is not as serious as it seems. If you feel negative emotion, this is your indication that you are reacting in a way that does not support what you want or who you really are. So change your perspective, change your thoughts about it, and look at it from a point of view that allows you to feel better. That is the higher perspective.

By soothing yourself, you are actually finding thoughts that feel better. When you come to feel better, you alter your trajectory and your point of attraction. The earlier you can do this, the better. When you can create a habit of pivoting from a thought or perspective that feels bad to ones that feel good, quickly and automatically, you stop momentum and redirect the forces of the universe so that they align with what you really want.

That's the power of perspective.

Joshua

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