Contrast

Guest: When things come into my life that aren't necessarily good. I ask,"Why do I need this contrast? How'd I create this?" and try and find a reason for it being there.
Abe: Well we can make it really simple for you. The reason that it is there is because you were not focused upon what you wanted.It's sort of like - if you drive your car into the ditch, do you sit there for a long time and try to comprehend why you're in the ditch or do you just start trying to figure out how to get out of the ditch?And it's the same sort of thing - in other words, you got in the ditch because you weren't paying attention. And you get out of the ditch by paying attention. And for a while after you get out of the ditch you usually pay more attention for a while. In fact - sometimes even when you see somebody else in the ditch you pay more attention for a while. But - there is really - we think that what's complicating this is that it is true, and we really recommend, that you make the best of whatever happens. So sometimes when you're in a place that you don't want to be, it is to your greater advantage to say "Well, I received this clarity from it and I received this value from it." rather than saying "Well this was just really dumb thing and no good has come from it." And so, it is always good to do your best to look for the positive aspects. But, we would not spend any time looking for the lesson or looking for the value when you're in some spot that you clearly do not want to be in. We would just start saying "Wait a minute, it's not luck and it's not chance and it's not karma and it's not what somebody else did. I had my vibration, my attention upon something that brought me right here. And now I'm here,I'm really really sure I don't want to be here. I think I won't do that again. I think I'll start thinking about things that feel better to me when I think about them."
- Abraham-Hicks, Asheville 10/24/04

What is my purpose here?

To know that you are God.What is my purpose, as a physical being, coming forth into a physical time/space reality?Your purpose is to chew on the contrast for the purpose of giving birth to a unique new desire in this moment that will summon Life Force or Energy toward it. Contrast exists. You don’t get brownie points or anything for that. And you don’t get any for the desire that is born out of the contrast, because that’s the natural process.And so, once the contrast has produced desire within you, and the desire is summoning Life Force unto it, your work is to align with that Energy. The Purpose of Life is Joy (The basis of life is freedom, and the result of life is growth -- but the purpose of your life is Joy.) Your objective is to seek joy.Your objective is to find appreciation or pleasure or positive thought from wherever you stand, no matter how you got there.And when you align with that Energy, you are fulfilling your purpose. And then the twists and turns that your experience will take are dependent upon your willingness to allow yourself exposure to contrast. In other words, you cannot get it wrong.