Jennifer Hoffman, July 11, 2011
If we want to have a tone and trim body, we have to suffer through long hours of exercise. If we want to be successful in any area of our life we must be willing to make painful personal sacrifices. If we want to do well in school we have to study hard. If we believe the ‘no pain, no gain’ theory then we believe that anything that we want will be hard to acquire and that unless we work hard we will fail to get it. Many of us have heard this message for so long that we believe it is true, to the point where we believe that if we do not work hard, sacrifice and suffer that we will not succeed in life. What is wrong with this picture?
Our reality is created through our beliefs so if we believe that pain must occur before we achieve our goals, we will spend time suffering before we receive our blessings. And the ‘no pain, no gain’ belief can extend into many areas of our life. We can even have the belief that we are a better person if we suffer or that the more we suffer the greater our reward will be. What we are just beginning to learn is that we can have the rewards without the suffering, and that the ‘no pain, no gain’ mentality is a thing of the past.
Think of one thing that you want to have in your life right now, perhaps a new car. If you believe that buying a new car means financial struggle then you have created a space for the pain to happen before the gain can occur. Yes, you need and want a new car but you will have to go through some pain in order to get it. Now, without the ‘no pain, no gain’ mentality, you simply focus on getting a new car. How is it going to come to you without suffering? Any number of ways, someone could give you a car or you could buy it at a very reasonable price from someone who needs to sell it quickly, or you could win one in a contest, etc. Once we remove the belief that we have to experience pain to receive what we want, we are open to the limitless possibilities for what we want to come to us.
If we have the ‘no pain, no gain’ mentality, we essentially tell ourselves that pain is a prerequisite for all of the good in our lives. If that is the case, are there goals that we avoid or things that we do not ask for because we don’t want to experience the pain? Once we rid ourselves of the ‘no pain, no gain’ mentality we can move forward through the manifestation process much more quickly because we can eliminate the pain and suffering and move on to enjoying what we manifest. It’s an easy process to identify-what do you think you have to suffer, emotionally, financially, materially or in terms of time or effort, to receive what you have asked for? That’s the pain. Let the Universe be your partner in co-creation, set your intention for what you want and create the space for them to roll into your life, painlessly.
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