"As you diminish contrast, you diminish your ability to decide, and as
you diminish your ability to decide, you diminish your ability to focus,
and as you diminish your ability to focus, you do away with your reason
for existing."
- Abraham-Hicks.

I had been turning in circles for a long time before I discovered Abraham.  If you have not done so already, listen to their free CD (online).  It’s practically an "Owner’s Manual" for human beings. 

Abraham talks a lot about this concept of contrast.  Contrast is all the different experiences in your life that provoke a strong emotional response in you: You hate it, you love it.

Contrast is useful because it helps us clarify what we want.  And when we know what we want, we can go for it.  By the time your car breaks down on the highway for the third time, you become QUITE clear that you want a newer car…Contrast triggers evolution.

Humans also enjoy a healthy dose of contrast.  Imagine going to see a movie where everyone is perfectly fine.  Nothing ever happens to them.  No intense emotions one way or the other… Compare this to day time soaps or action movie (very popular in the US) where everything happens to everyone and no one is ever happy for long. 

Which leads us to that "sweet spot" of contrast.  Abraham mentions that without any contrast at all, we loose our reason for living (evolution).  But too much contrast can lead us straight to depression and suicide.  That’s not much fun either.

On a daily basis, we are looking for the perfect blend of contrast that keeps us reaching for more things to be happy about (evolution) while also being comfortable enough to avoid feeling overwhelmed (depression).

In my work as an Intuitive Counselor, I constantly see people who think they would be so much happier without any contrast at all.  And yet, without contrast there is no purpose for life, no evolution. 

Part of my work is to bring that "sweet spot of contrast" where you feel really good about your life and yet you know that contrast will happen.  By being aware of this process, we make sure you spend the least amount of time being stuck in contrast before swiftly moving up towards evolution.  I’m just a shortcut

Elise Lebeau, M.Sc.
Intuitive Counselor
www.EliseLebeau.com

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I stumbled upon my Intuitive gifts when I was pregnant with my son.  That was 5 years ago.  At the time, I was struggling with depression, chronic pain and constant mood swings.  I felt angry at the world which made me depressed…

One of the most significant miracles in my life happened when I went to see John of God (a famous spiritual healer in Brazil).  While I was there, someone talked to me about the teaching of Abraham.  With the little strength I had left, I started to apply these teachings.  Reluctantly at first, while grinding my teeth.  Then results started to show up.  But they were SO SMALL!  I wanted to be happy, and all I got was to feel less angry.

And yet, that was a new beginning for me.  I started heading the right way, instead of digging myself deeper and deeper. 

Years later, I am feeling tons better.  My financial situation is exciting (it’s always fun to make money doing what you love), my relationships are more fulfilling and I’m getting really good at manifesting what I want in my life.

But for the last year, I have kept hitting the same wall: boredom.  Now if you are not familiar with the emotional scale from Abraham-Hicks.com, here it is:
1) Empowerment/Joy/Knowledge/Freedom/Love/Appreciation
2) Passion
3) Enthusiasm/Eagerness/Happiness
4) Positive Expectation/Belief
5) Optimism
6) Hopefulness
7) Contentment
Boredom
9) Pessimism
10) Frustration/Irritation/Impatience
11) Overwhelment
12) Disappointment
13) Doubt
14) Worry
15) Blame
16) Discouragement
17) Anger
18) Revenge
19) Hatred/Rage
20) Jealousy
21) Insecurity/Guilt/Unworthiness
22) Powerlessness/Fear/Grief/Depression/Despair

So five years ago, I have bouncing around between 22 and 17.  After 6 months with Abe’s teachings, I  averaged between 17 and 15 but I was starting to have several days in a row where I would peak around 3.  After 1 year, I was hovering between 14 and 10, with daily peaks around 2 and 3.  Five years later, I average around 6. 

Don’t get me wrong, I still get a nice, juicy 22 once in a while.  But it’s the exception, not the rule.  And I climb up the scale ever so quickly that I don’t stay there long.

But there is always a "sticky spot".  My sticky spot used to be hatred.  I could not tolerate to feel hatred (19) towards someone or something.  As such, I would end up in guilt (21) and find myself unable to move the right way on the emotional scale (i.e. upward).  I finally developed tools (see the workshop "Embracing the present: Using Intuitive Healing and Polarity to get past roadblocks" here for details) to help myself moved past that sticky spot and I bubbled up to 6.

So where’s my sticky spot now?  Boredom (8).   By sticky spot, I mean a place that keeps lowering your daily average because you always find yourself there.  No matter how high you peak, the sticky spot drags you down. 

So why I am posting about this?  The first step in releasing a sticky spot is to stop fighting it.  The more your resist, the more it persists.  I am posting here as a way to embrace my current situation.  To let it be so it can let me be.   It’s very exciting for me as Boredom is the very last negative emotion on the scale before you start bouncing between all the positive ones!!! 

So I have the day off today…and nothing planned.  Should be interesting

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The creators of the movie "The Secret" were invited on Oprah yesterday.  I stumbled upon this even though I usually don’t watch TV during daytime.  So I figured this was my cue for a post about it!

If you have not heard of this movie, you might want to get out a little bit more…It’s been spreading like a wild fire.  It discusses the Law Of Attraction (LOA) and the concept of Deliberate Creation.  I watched this movie (online) because Abraham was in it.  For years I had been studying Abe’s teachings and it was so exciting to see a movie about LOA.

While my work as an Intuition Coach is still considered weird and marginal, I always knew it was only a matter of time before mainstream picked up on its fundamental concepts, such as LOA.  And I am watching this happen with uttermost delight…TV shows about non physical beings started popping up (Medium, Ghost Whisperer).   Movies about Deliberate Creation and LOA are now  available in theaters and video stores (Conversation with God, The Celestine Prophecy, The Secret).  And now, a final consecration: Oprah!

There has been some interesting drama around this movie (for those of us who like a little drama with their well-being).  Abraham, after being the back bone of the first version, expressed desire to withdraw from this production.   It seems that the producers were quite surprised by the public’s response to the movie and started cash-in on this phenomenon by jacking up the prices.  You used to be able to buy it for $8.95.  Now it’s on sale at $23.95. 

I can’t say this has affected me much.  I don’t like being crowded by DVD boxes, so I watch it online for $4.95…

So many people have been talking about LOA one way or the other for so many years that it has gathered significant vibrational escrow in collective consciousness.  No wonder it’s getting so much attention right now. 

I am eternally grateful to Abraham for offering me a crystal clear presentation of this concept and all its repercussions.  It changed my life!

In love,

Elise Lebeau.M.Sc.,
Professional Intuitive
Intuition Coach
www.EliseLebeau.com

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