PROCESS #5 of 5 for quick & easy FOCUS & ALIGNMENT Photo of old-fashioned water pump in green garden from Michael Fortsch on Unsplash. RESISTANCE ANYONE? Well, the answer is forcibly YES, because we all have resistance about something, sometimes more, sometimes less. When a lot feels hard or complicated, resistance grows. We resist
And as we all know, resistance feels bad and can make us feel bad about ourselves. We scold ourselves for being lazy, procrastinating, not getting behind our goals with action, not putting ourselves out there. … None of that gets to the actual root of anything and just makes us feel worse. Remember, these processes (this is the fifth of five I’m passing down from the wisdom of Abraham-Hicks) have the intention of helping us feel better—which bring us into alignment, into trusting life and its processes, into connection to inspiration and guidance. PRIME THE PUMP (from metaphor to process) Priming the pump is so simple and so very helpful. When you need a little support to rev up the energy to do something you don’t wanna do but you actually do want to get done … this is the tool for you. Have you ever seen one of those cool old-timey outdoor water pumps for bringing water up out of a well? There was one in the backyard of my paternal grandparents’ old black-and-white farmhouse amidst the cotton fields in Arkansas. It thrilled me to actually draw water after a bit of pumping with my own small, capable arms and hands, my very own strength. But you had to prime the pump before the water started trickling, then flowing out smoothly in no time at all. You just had to be willing to find the patience and exert the energy for a number of dry, seemingly fruitless pumps, while hoping and believing things would get going and the flow was on the way! So how do you quickly & easily prime the pump for those things you have resistance to—but actually do want to show up for in the name of well-being, cleanliness, following laws, moving toward goals and dreams, and more? It’s actually kind of STUPID-EASY. PRIME THE PUMP ON PAPER Abraham-Hicks offers this process of simply making a list of anything that makes you feel better about doing it. The list can include why it’s easy, what you appreciate about taking care of this, resources you have (working machines and tools, people you can ask for help or delegate to, online tutorials, etc.), and whatever else you think of. An example follows.  Photo of old-fashioned water pump in garden with purple flowers from Fikri Rasyid on Unsplash. A SIMPLE EXAMPLE I recently sat with my bizarre resistance to getting some audio meditations to my amazing helper standing by and ready to turn them into YouTube videos. I decided there was no big thing to figure out. There often isn’t! Or if there is good reason (or wacky reasons!) for your resistance, you probably don’t need to locate and label the why of it to move things along. I decided that what I really needed was to prime the pump. I quickly thought of a few things that I jotted down. I watched the stuff of support, readiness, and readiness accrue on the page. (I’ve emphasized in prior processes offered that what we’re focusing on comes into sharper, clearer focus when we WRITE THINGS DOWN.) Here’s what I came up with:
All of that was obvious and came right out. I’ve had instances of priming the pump that took a bit longer, but in general, it’s not that complicated. Just write self-evident things that are actually TRUE, and let it be enough to remind you that YOU’RE FULLY EQUIPPED TO DO THIS THING and you have good reason to do it, along with plenty of support right at hand. For those who feel unsupported in general or in the particular area you’re focused on (a common-enough basis for resistance), get super basic in your ideas of what supports you. It’s empowering and reassuring to do this. Think of how easy it is to get clean water or breathe clean air while you work; how you have a working phone, laptop, or whatever you need that’s already right here; you have a functioning body, or one functioning well enough to do the task at hand or some part of it. THE OUTCOMES RELATED TO PRIMING THE PUMP You know this already: it’s helpful, with any tool you use, to let go of outcome. Don’t do a process to make everything go just how you want it to go and get you exactly what you want in the exact way and time you want it. Do the process only to reach for feeling better. Use priming the pump to bring focus to what could help move you in the direction you want to move in (or simply help you feel how you’d like to feel) with no expectation of brilliant success or swift completion. Just get things moving. Prime the pump and you just may find yourself marveling at the flow that follows.  Photo of satisfied fluffy ginger cat sleeping from Ludemeula Fernandes on Unsplash. After I primed the pump in the example above, I was able to create a whole document that very day with instructions, links, music correlated to potential playlists … It felt amazing—so satisfying, such a sense of completion. The cat luxuriating in a sun puddle in the photo above is how I felt in the wake of all that. And the first playlist of soothing 3-centers meditations now exists (because my helper seems to be resistance-free)! I wish you the same with whatever you’ve been resisting or tend to resist. You’re equipped. You’re as ready as you need to be. Love & blessings, Jaya You can find Abraham-Hicks process #1, Easy Existing Matches, right here. Find Abraham-Hicks process #2, Segment intending, right here. Find Abraham-Hicks process #3, Zoom in, zoom out, right here. Find Abraham-Hicks process #4, Step outside, right here.
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