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How Shifting Your Focus Can Transform Your Energy and Uplift Others
Have you ever noticed how spending twenty minutes reading negative news or arguing online leaves you feeling drained, restless, and discouraged? It is easy to assume that we are simply observing reality without being affected by it. However, human awareness is inherently participatory. Where your attention goes, your mental and emotional energy follows.
A timeless piece of wisdom—shared by Esther Hicks during an Abraham presentation in Portland, Oregon in 1997—encapsulates this principle with striking clarity:
“You cannot look at that which you do not want and not join and perpetuate that vibration. Take your attention from that which is not in harmony with who you are, and in taking your attention from it, your ‘now vibration’ will adjust to who you really are, and then you can uplift others.”
This simple insight contains a profound roadmap for personal growth, mental clarity, and genuine influence. By understanding how focus shapes our daily state of mind, we can move away from disempowering cycles and step into a place of authentic alignment.
When we constantly observe, discuss, or worry about unwanted circumstances, we inadvertently align our emotional state with those very problems. In psychological terms, this is closely related to rumination—the habit of repeatedly dwelling on negative thoughts or situations. From a perspective of energy and mindset, looking at what you do not want forces your internal state to match the tone of that frustration.
It is natural to feel that by watching a problem closely, you are protecting yourself or staying informed. But there is a crucial difference between constructive problem-solving and chronic fixation. When fixating becomes a habit, you begin to carry the friction of that problem within yourself. You become a participant in the negativity rather than a solution to it.
To create positive change in your life or environment, you must first stop feeding your creative energy into the things that drain you.
The middle portion of the quote offers a comforting truth: your natural state is one of balance, harmony, and clarity.
When you consciously withdraw your attention from toxic environments, chaotic arguments, or self-limiting thoughts, you do not need to force yourself to be happy instantly. Instead, your mental state naturally recalibrates. In the wisdom tradition of the Law of Attraction, this recalibration is known as adjusting your “now vibration” back to who you truly are.
Think of your mind like a quiet mountain lake. If you continuously toss rocks into it—in the form of complaints, anger, and worry—the water remains constantly agitated. But as soon as you stop throwing rocks, the water naturally settles back into stillness.
Taking your attention off disempowering thoughts allows your baseline well-being to restore itself. Your authentic self is naturally creative, peaceful, and resilient.
Many kind-hearted individuals spend years trying to fix external problems or carry the emotional burdens of people around them, only to wind up exhausted and burnt out. The reason is simple: you cannot pour from an empty cup.
True inspiration does not come from shared suffering; it comes from shared strength. When you are centered, calm, and focused on constructive solutions, your presence alone offers comfort and clarity to those around you. You become a steady lighthouse rather than another ship tossing in the storm.
You hold the power to choose where your focus rests. While you cannot control every event in the world around you, you retain absolute authority over what receives your sustained attention.
By gently withdrawing your focus from that which causes inner conflict, you allow your core well-being to emerge. From that balanced, authentic place, you naturally become a source of light, clarity, and genuine uplifting power for everyone you meet.
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You cannot look at that which you do not want and not join and perpetuate that vibration. Take your attention from that which is not in harmony with who you are, and in taking your attention from it, your “now vibration” will adjust to who you really are, and then you can uplift others.
Excerpted from Portland, OR on 6/10/97
Our Love,
Esther
(and Abraham and Jerry)
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