“We choose Love or we choose fear—we can not serve two masters,” Don Miguel Ruiz.  I ended last week talking about not being able to advance our dreams when we work on someone else’s and this is a pattern that follows: The most basic reminder that the energy we put out is what we receive so if we are extending confusion by living in a state of fear while trying to express love, the universe doesn’t know what frequency to pick up on.  It doesn’t know what to express back to us because we aren’t clear on what we are sending out.  I spent my life discussing my fears—I fixated on them, praying please don’t let X happen and I would get so angry when that exact thing happened, not understanding that it was on me.  The universe doesn’t understand the nuance of “don’t” in the context of us attempting to block/avoid a specific thing.  All it understands is we are focusing on a specific thing, and THAT it can pick up on. 

When we choose the emotional state to operate from, we are choosing what we send out and receive back.  From that logic alone why would we choose to live in anything but an elevated state of love?  If we knew we would receive pain, why would we ask for pain?  So if we know we will receive fear and have to live in that state, why would we put out fear?  Love can be confusing because we assume there are contingencies attached.  But the truth is love is unconditional.  When we put conditions on things, that is when we create fear because if we don’t do X, we won’t get Y-and that fear of loss becomes the motivator.  When we choose love, we accept what is, we understand abundance and reciprocity.

So look at our habits and ask which master we are serving.  Are our actions based in real, unconditional love that comes from our authentic self?  Or are they from the fear of losing?  And get really honest and ask if we have a foot on either side of that track.  When we can’t commit we create confusion for the universe as well.  Understand the connection between our thoughts and actions and what we receive.  Remember it all comes down to us and what we choose to think, what we choose to do as a result of those thoughts.  Do not let fear be the master—live in love.