Part of learning how to improve the conditions of your life is learning to "see" that life is responding and that change is now inevitable, even if it appears that it will take a while. Growing a garden takes a very different skill set from going to the grocery store and buying food. You must be able to see that that fragile seedling is your promise of a bountiful harvest.
Jesus once told his disciples that though they look at a field and see seedlings, he looks at the same field and sees that it is already "white unto harvest". When you look at your life, do you see it "white unto harvest" - do you see the fulfillment of your desires for your life - do you see that life is responding and that you are "winning" when everyone around you still sees only "losing"? This requires "eyes to see; and ears to hear". A life is like a large ship. It takes a while to turn it. However, any good sailor knows that even a small force applied to this large ship over time and distance will dramatically change the destination. So the captain may alter the controls to make his course change, but see very little immediate response. Even so he knows with certainty the change in course is set in motion and unless be alters things it will be fulfilled. He confidently waits for the ship to fulfill his expectations.
Co-Creating the life you want is very much like captaining a large ship. You do your work on the invisible level. You hold to the new course you have set in motion. And you vigilantly watch for the small simple responses that tell you that your course change has been set in motion and is continuing. With spiritual perception you look for the subtle experiences that reveal that something is moving. You have "eyes to see" those subtle responses that most others would ignore. And you happily know the outcome of this course correction, while others are still excitedly complaining that nothing is happening. They may even declare that things are getting worse. (In 4T we recognize that for some people, things get worse before they get better. This can actually be a sign that things are in motion.) But you endure is what you know, bolstered by the subtle responses that you have paid attention to. You see the "field white unto harvest", because once set in motion IT IS! You joyfully declare that things are happening, success is already unfolding, while others around you think you are nuts or in some fantasy world. But if you truly have eyes to see, you are watching a true course correction, not blindly fantasizing success with the hope that your positive outlook will somehow eventually prevail.
Take an honest look at your life. See what course corrections need to be made. Apply the inner consciousness pressures you need to to create those corrections. Boldly do in the outer what must be done to be in harmony with these inner course changes. Then HOLD over Time! Hold your rudder where it needs to be and with "eyes to see" notice those subtle responses from life that indicate that your ship is still on course for the desired correction. Life will offer these subtle responses from all around you if you are vigilant. Then rejoice! The harvest is already there waiting for you. Faith, held over Time (we call that strength), will always turn the ship, no matter how large, slow and unresponsive is seems to be. True FAITH doesn't need things to go any faster than they are going. However it does open the way for JOY & OVERWHELMING GRATITUDE, which actually could speed things up!
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