The Universe Has Your Back: Transform Fear to Faith

by Gabrielle Bernstein

“What happened to you? You seem so clear.” I replied, “Meditation.”

This doesn't sound like an exchange between 2 teenagers. Bffr

The moment I chose to see my health issues with a loving perspective, I was able to receive support from the Universe. The way we perceive our life’s circumstances will determine how we respond to them. If we see our difficulties with lack, judgment, and fear, then we’ll respond with lack, judgment, and fear, in effect blocking all guidance from the Universe. But when we choose to see the same issues with love, we create space for miracles.

When you notice that you’re triggered by your Universal assignment, breathe into the pain. Feeling the pain allows it to pass through you, and strips away its power. Letting yourself feel the pain releases you from fearing it.

So previously, we had to get away from thinking that pain has a purpose, but now feeling the pain lets us not fear it? Contradictory.

Maharishi’s prophecy was proven right in a study published in 1976. A group of monks was sent into a crime-ridden community. In this case the number of monks sent represented one percent of that community’s total population. The monks practiced meditation in the community, and, over time, the crime rate dropped by an astounding 16 percent. This phenomenon—the power of meditative joyful energy to shift the energy of the collective conscious—is called the Maharishi Effect.

For more on this topic, see David W. Orme-Johnson’s 2003 article “Preventing Crime through the Maharishi Effect,” in the Journal of Offender Rehabilitation.

Sounds like bs but i will take a look

If you like to meditate to music, I often recommend using a certain mantra for this visioning meditation. This Kundalini mantra is: Ek Ong Kar Sat Gur Prasad Sat Gur Prasad Ek Ong Kar. This mantra means that there is one creator of all creation. This mantra is the only Kundalini mantra that comes with a warning. Whatever you’re thinking about while listening to or singing the mantra will manifest in your life. You will be in such a state of manifestation that your thoughts will have even more power than usual.

Each day set positive intentions for yourself. Intend to be more loving to your partner, intend to have a productive workday, intend to eat more mindfully, and so on. When you set positive intentions, you send a clear message to the Universe that you’re ready to receive support. Your work is done! All you have to do then is be patient, have fun, and believe in miracles.

Not long ago, I was left out of an event organized by a prominent teacher in my field that featured a few of my contemporaries. The fact that I wasn’t asked to participate seriously bruised my ego. And while I wouldn’t admit it to anyone, I was really upset by what I considered a missed opportunity. I asked my publicist to look into it and find out why I was left off the roster. After a little digging, she called me and said, “Gab, this is really strange. When I asked them why they didn’t consider you, the women in charge of the event looked at each other silently for a second and then responded that they felt you were self-entitled.” I responded with a defensive tone: “Why would they think that? I never did anything wrong.” She replied, “They said it was the vibe they got from you.”

This is exactly why i can't get into this book. I also feel like she is self-entitled.

Right around the time that I began writing this book, my husband and I also began trying to conceive. I had it all perfectly planned. My expectation was to get pregnant right away and then cut back on traveling so that I could relax at home while spending time working on the book and enjoying my pregnancy. I was very committed to this plan; I canceled speaking engagements, said no to big opportunities, and otherwise took things off my plate to free up my time to take care of myself. My goals were set, and the plan was airtight. But there was one problem: I didn’t get pregnant. Month after month I’d rearrange my goals and expectations to try to stay on course with my pregnancy plans. I’d tell all my friends that we were “consciously conceiving,” but it was really more like unconsciously controlling.

This is so wild. How can you plan your current life and cancel plans for something that isn't even real?

Honor the wounds that got you here. The Sufi poet Rumi said, “The wound is the place where the light enters you.” Trust that your wounds are exactly as the Universe planned. They were divinely placed in your life in the perfect order so that you could show up for them with love and remember the light within.

Make it make sense.

honor the pain,