Receiving is our natural state. We must choose for ourselves the way we would for a child of ours whom we loved and wanted the absolute best for. The gifts humans have been graced (or original sin if you are that way inclined) cannot be returned. A course was set, a challenge accepted, a choice made and understanding, growth and skill are the markers requested upon that route. We have only follow-through-with or deny as our own options in this life. The weak can take the shelter of denial, the stagnation of a self-perpetuated hell in denying their given power in favour of the lower frequency charade of power. The meek are those who understand what was chosen for them and fulfil this challenge of bringing about the new eden 2.0, within which they are active custodian (able to populate the entirety of the universe), rather than as the indulgent guest which once-upon-a-space-and-time was rejected as too passive and unfulfilling for the creation they were. You see, both scientifically and if one were to read universal laws wisdom, everything is what it is because of the barriers to all else that its structure denies. So too are you able to receive anything and everything you can imagine receiving, so long as the structures, barriers (of thought and action and belief) and behaviours you hold as You are open to receive. When you hear of alignment, in self-development and spiritual work, it is the awareness of your boundaries (along with the habits and actions you take) and how you have to move away from those boundaries which have not supported receiving, towards habits and actions that do support receiving. Denial of what is possible is the human condition. The return to our natural state of receiving must be our primary focus, it literally is the cornerstone of any Noble Adventure. Able to receive we can accept opportunity that comes to us, be it a place on a boat, plane, train or automobile, a job in a far-flung location doing something epic, the vocation of our dreams in the best place for our future self, the apartment with the window that shows you the inspiration you require to fuel the creativity that makes real the vision in your soul. Or the people with whom you share true values and find loving support through all of your journeys together...without receiving being in place you might be surrounded by those who perpetuate the absence of what you have barriers towards. If you want time, freedom, sincerity and purpose for your life you must be open to receive these things, consciously open, aware of when and where you shut down your ability to receive, who and what stops your receiving state from naturally occurring and what responsibility for these barriers do you carry around with you merely looking for new ways to affirm them?

Brianna Lafferty, a 33-year-old woman from Colorado, lived with a rare neurological disorder called myoclonus dystonia, which causes sudden and uncontrollable muscle contractions. One day, her condition caused her heart to stop. While in hospital, doctors declared her clinically dead for eight full minutes. This means no heartbeat, no breathing, and no brain activity. But Brianna, like many other people who've experienced 'death' and came back, says she never truly left her awareness behind. Instead, she describes gently stepping out of her body, as if shrugging off a heavy coat, and entering a place outside of time. She recalls feeling more alive and whole than ever before, with no pain or fear - just a serene, clear presence. This is another commonly described experience. In this state of consciousness, she found that her thoughts seemed to shape her experience. Negative thoughts could be shifted before they appeared, and peaceful ones manifested gently around her. While eight minutes passed in the physical world, for her, it felt like months as she explored, reflected, and encountered beings of pure awareness - beings that radiated unconditional love and wisdom. Yet another common experience of near death. When she returned to life, she had to relearn basic functions and underwent brain surgery for damage to her pituitary gland. Yet fundamentally, she felt renewed. She’s now less afraid of death, more intentional in how she lives, and deeply aware of how thought shapes experience. Brianna frames death not as an endpoint, but as a “change of address,” a shift in form, not finality. So what can we take from this? What can we bring into our own lives that make them richer for the experience of another? Well, for one we can take the creative aspect of life, our imagination directly impacts our experience... sit on that... what we do, what we did today, was a direct reflection of the thoughts we held about ourselves in sincerity, moving towards the moment we experienced them. This is the single most important thought we can ever embrace in this life... we experience what we creatively think into being and so if we can think the best for ourselves then that will be our experience... how much fun is that!