One thing Abraham-Hicks frequently talks about is how action is not what’s needed, if you’re wanting to manifest the things that you want:
Once you start deliberately offering thought, then you can never offer enough action to keep up with the thought. Once you access the Energy that creates worlds, a huge vortex comes into place, and there’s just not enough action for you to keep up with that. And so, what you have to do is visualize every step of the way, envision you happy in the process. Envision things in place, envision people catching on. Just envision it working. Skip over the how and the where and the when and the who — and just stay focused upon the what and the why.
- Monterey, CA Workshop, 03/14/00
Take the time to line up the Energy first, and action becomes inconsequential. If you don’t take the time to line up the Energy, if you don’t find the feeling place of what you’re looking for, not enough action in the world will make any difference.
San Diego, CA Workshop, 08/03/97
But this can be quite puzzling. Does it mean that I should just sit and feel this all into being real? What about taking action? What about doing “stuff” - you know, the stuff that everyone does, to get from point A to point B (or Z)?
Inspired Action
That’s where inspired action comes into play.
Inspired action was a concept I had trouble with for a while. I kept asking myself, how do I know when it’s inspired action? How do I know it’s not just “habitual”, nose-to-the-grindstone, because everyone says you should, type of action?
Abraham-Hicks also talks about specifically about inspired action:
I envision more and act less.
As you take the time to find images in your mind that are pleasing, you will more often achieve vibrational alignment with all things that you desire.
From that alignment, you will experience more inspired ideas and assistance from others.
Inspired action is very satisfying and extremely productive.
Or this little nugget, about the difference between motivated action and inspired action:
Yes, act all that you want — after you have flowed Energy towards the outcome that you seek. Let your action be inspired action, not motivated action. Motivated action is doing it because there is lack if you don’t. Motivated action is trying to overcome something. Motivated action is very often trying to perform action that someone else wants you to perform. Let all of your action be inspired action. So how do you do that? You do that by talking about what you want and why you want it. That will bring you to the vibrational connection with who you are, and from that place you will be inspired to the how, and the who, and the when, and the where.
Abraham-Hicks Daily Planning Calendar, page 33
Well, in the past little while, I’ve discovered what inspired action feels like, and why it is so amazing. Even though I wasn’t too sure what “inspired action” really was, I had made the decision earlier this year that I would try to act from a place of inspiration as often as I could.
Working with Inspired Action
So here’s what I’ve discovered works for me. And your mileage may vary, because Law of Attraction is always about feelings - specifically, your feelings. So if something I write doesn’t resonate with you, don’t worry about it. It’s what works for me, but something else may work for you.
1. Inspired action flows from commitment. This has been the biggest thing for me so far - as a good friend of mine told me, you get into full manifestational gear when you can wholeheartedly commit yourself to wanting an outcome, and not letting yourself fear that it won’t work.
2. You’ll know it when it happens. Seriously, you will. When inspired action comes along, you’ll be swept up by it all. You’ll accomplish things in next to no time, and the next logical step shows up almost immediately. It might come in the mail, through the phone, in a magazine, through a friend, in an email - there are an infinite number of ways that you’ll get assistance that moves you towards what you want.
3. You don’t feel like you’re working hard. Because everything feels so easy. You don’t feel like you’re “making an effort” because you find that things are just about as effortless as you could possibly imagine.
4. Take action when you feel that strong internal urge to do something. This is very important. If you feel this very strong urge to do something - something that maybe even the day before, or an hour before, you didn’t really feel like doing - go with the flow and Do It. Don’t talk yourself out of it, or put it off for later. When that urge comes up, take that one small step, because that’s all you’ll need. If all of a sudden you’re thinking, “I think I should do this. I don’t think it’s going to be that much work”, guess what? You’re right.
5. Time flies by. And it moves slowly, too. This is a hard one to explain, but what I’ve been finding is that it’s like time flies, but at the same time, I’m accomplishing so much in so little time, it also feels like I have more time than normal.
6. Take it one step at a time. Relax in your enjoyment of it all. Don’t start worrying about how long your feeling of inspiration will last. Remember the feelings that got you there - feeling good about the outcome you were visualizing, feeling good about everything - and don’t let yourself get overwhelmed by the “what-ifs”.
7. It’s okay to experience a slow-down. I stopped feeling letdown when I got tired, or things began winding down. I decided that it was all part of the flow. So basically, whenever this happens, I let myself rest, and give myself a pat on the back for all the things that I did get done. And then I look at where I’m at, and go with the good feelings that flow from that.
As for getting to that inspired place, I’ve basically been doing what Abraham suggests - lining up my energy with what I want before I contemplate doing anything.
And then I threw in the “commitment factor” that my friend was talking about. It’s not about “commitment” or “persistence” in the traditional sense of “being productive” and applying yourself to your goals - it’s more a commitment to letting yourself allow what you want into your life, and letting go of your fear that you may not get what you want.
So that’s what’s been working for me so far. Inspired action definitely feels better than motivated action, and from my perspective, it’s getting me to where I want to be a whole lot faster.
