How to receive

You have to be empty of any and all personal wants.

More money.

More exposure.

More confidence.

A relationship.

Solution to a problem.

Better home.

Better clothes.

Etc.

Even if you are living in poverty.

(Especially so.)

Wanting sources from a personality disconnected from the presence of the moment.

From the now.

It comes from a thinking, analyzing mind that believes it knows better than what's here, right now. It sees and experiences lack and deficiency.

Wanting is a declaration of doership.

I must work harder.

I must do something.

Do, do, do.

This confusion is like paddling upstream, like going against the current.

You struggle.

You get frustrated.

And either you muster so much will you actually get what you want (which will be like eating unripe fruit) or you let go.

Eventually you have to let go.

When I feel I don't want a thing, reality shifts.

My shoulders drop.

Breathing relaxes.

A smile can develop.

I move through reality much more harmoniously. I'm not seeking. I'm not trying to get. My hand is not out asking for change.

I allow myself to be provided for and am content with that offering.

We've got it backwards.

We think we need to provide for ourselves. We have an entire culture and world to back up this belief.

But the truth is: we need to surrender any sense of this need.

And receive what's here now.