Law of Attraction Part 4 of 5

The 4th part of The Law of Attraction according to Abraham. Transcript is below video. And did you know…

When life gives you an expanding experience you’ve got to go… or you don’t feel good.

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Law of Attraction Part 3 of 5

Again… the written transcription is below. Today’s valuable nugget for me:

We don’t think you should have to croak to catch up with you.

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Law of Attraction Part 2 of 5

The written transcription below…. valuable nugget:

How you feel about everything is what you’re living.
~Abraham

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Law of Attraction – Part 1 of 5

For the next few posts I’m going to share information about The Law of Attraction… as I understand it. As I’m most in alignment with the teachings of Abraham, it makes most sense for me to share their explanation.

Part of the reason for doing this is because I want us to have conversations about specific issues that come up when you’re living with children… and how you can really live that experience in a more downstream way. Having a basis of understanding this Universal Law will help what’s to come, make sense… perhaps in new ways.

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What is Downstream Parenting?

I’m delighted you decided to explore downstream-parenting.com – and I figure now is as good a time as any to talk with you a bit about the title and subtitle of my blog.

I’m aware it may be a deal-breaker as there is a high probability I will step on some fairly fundamental beliefs of some of my readers. (should that say ‘potential’ readers? ;-)) Yet it seems only fair that we lay our cards on the table and be upfront early on in our relationship here.

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Reading – not just for bedtime

I’m a reader. I LOVE reading! Books are full of stories. Stories are full of adventure. And adventure is what a kid lusts for (even the so-called shy ones who might deny it). With hardly any encouragement at all… books and their stories can inspire wonderful, magical play!

And that’s the problem with only reading to your children at bedtime. (You ARE reading at bedtime, aren’t you??) Don’t get me wrong, bedtime is a wonderful time for reading. It just A time for reading. After all… inspiring rowdy play right before sleep makes little sense, and  while reading can be a very calming experience… providing an opportunity to talk about a variety of things…  it can also be an experience that calls for ACTION!

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Why do siblings respond differently to similar influence?

Have you ever noticed siblings who were raised by the same parents don’t become carbon copies of one another? You know what I mean, where one child will grow up to be happy and successful while a brother or sister can experience a very painful life?

There are times when I get together with my siblings and we’re talking about childhood experiences it often sounds like we were raised by entirely different people in entirely different neighborhoods!

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life before life?

You may have pondered what comes after ‘death’ of the physical body.  Perhaps you’ve made a ‘decision’ about that which satisfies for today. At funerals we often hear those meant-to-be-soothing words, “He/she is gone to a better place”, or some such sentiment. Yet I have to confess, during the five years I worked in a newborn nursery I never once heard anyone say, “I wonder where he/she/they were before they arrived?”

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Children Want The Truth

The Truth Matters to Children

What is “downstream” parenting, anyway? It’s a bit like following the path of least resistance… while learning from that resistance. It’s heading in the direction of what you desire. And the biggest challenge to it all is unlearning all of the things we’ve learned… hopefully BEFORE we pass down those faulty lessons to our children.

If you’re like most people you’ve lived some version of this scenario described in The Astonishing Power of Emotions by Esther and Jerry Hicks (The Teachings of Abraham):

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Grandpa’s dead. Are you going to the pancake breakfast?

Children and Death

I am constantly amazed at the ease with which young children choose a new direction of thought.

Several days ago I was with a small group of girlfriends when one of them received a frantic call from her grown daughter, “DAD’S UNDER THE CAR… I’VE CALLED 911… IT’S ALL MY FAULT! WE WERE ARGUING… COME QUICKLY!”

We flew into the car and while we were on the way ( a 15 min. drive that we did in about 7 min.) we received word that my girlfriends ex-husband was dead. Compression suffocation – from the car he was working under falling on him when the jack failed.

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