Question: In a recent dictation during the Easter webinar, Mother Mary said we cannot predict anything on earth with certainty. This is because in situations involving many people there is a karmic wave that provides many possibilities for how their interactions will play out. Thus the future is unknowable until it actually occurs. Can skill lead to consistent success in a field that involves making predictions about unknowable future events, for example, investing? Or is success in these areas primarily the result of luck? More generally, what is a constructive way to think about the concept of luck?
Answer from the Ascended Master Mother Mary through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2023 Korean Conference.
Well, let us begin with luck. What people call luck is precisely this outplaying of unpredictable events. And this means that it is impossible to predict with certainty what will be the outcome of an event such as investing. But you can, of course, increase the probability that something will happen. This can happen if you increase your knowledge about the topic of investing, for example. But also by going into a certain state of mind of opening yourself up to a positive outcome.
There are many teachings out there that will say that it is not a matter of luck. You need to project out the result you want. Many people have attempted to manifest things by following various teachings about manifestation. Many people have used, for example, treasure maps or other methods, sometimes bordering on black magic, to increase their luck by forcing events to happen. This, of course, is not what we recommend for ascended master students.
But you can certainly have an influence on positive events in your life by, first of all, working on your psychology and resolving certain issues that cause you to push away things. For example, many spiritual people have a negative attitude to money from past lives. They are subconsciously pushing away money because they believe it is anti-spiritual. If you resolve such selves, then you will no longer be pushing it away, but you are not trying to push it into your life either. But you can go into this state of mind of being open, being neutral, but expecting that something positive will happen. In a sense, this is not about producing an effect, but more about attracting an effect to you. This would be one viable way to increase what many people call luck. Not that we are particularly saying that you should base your life on luck, but you can go into an expectant state of mind that will attract a positive outcome rather than push that outcome away from you.
When you understand what we have given you about the spiritual path, you can go into a state of mind where you are not attached to a specific outcome. You do what you feel is a constructive thing to do in a particular situation, but instead of being fixated on a specific outcome as the people who are trying to manifest are doing, you are opening yourself up for the best possible outcome, for a positive outcome, but you are leaving the specifics unclear. You are open to different possibilities and you go into a state of mind of being grateful for whatever happens, always seeking to make the best of it.
Now, many people who are into manifestation would say that is the wrong approach because you need to be as specific as possible. You need to be very specific in what you ask the universe for, but this is not the highest approach. And the reason is, as I explained, that all situations in the world are very complex and there are certain probability waves for what will be the outcome in a certain situation and it cannot be predicted with certainty. Therefore, if you project: “I want that specific outcome”, then you will often be disappointed because that outcome simply was not realistic based on the karmic conditions in the situation.
What unfortunately happens to many people who attempt to force things into manifestation is that they get disappointed very often and many get discouraged after some time and reason that it was all nonsense, it never worked, it was just New Age mumbo-jumbo or whatever expressions they have. We are seeking to give you a more long-term viable path whereby you can improve your circumstances in life. And if you use the teachings especially about resolving the separate selves, then you can achieve considerable improvement in your life. But it is always wise to have this grateful expectancy rather than specific demands.
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