Intention is the Law of Attraction in Action




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These days you can find material on the Law of Attraction everywhere. It is in bookstores, TV, DVDs and the Internet. But do you fully understand how it works? Do you ever wonder why some people can use it effortlessly to gain what they want all the time while others cannot get even a simple result from it. More importantly though do you understand why it only works sometimes for you or not all?

Because you can think and because you can feel and express emotion you are a creator already. Through your ability to think and feel you are using the Law of Attraction every second of everyday to attract to you the life you are currently living. By virtue of your dominant thoughts and feelings you are attracting everything that you have ever experienced and ever will experience into your life. You are a creator. However, chances are you are an unconscious creator. If you wish to become a conscious creator - a person who deliberately attracts and creates their life the way they want it to be - then you need to understand how to use the Law of Attraction.

It is not necessary to understand all the intricate inner workings of the great law but it is essential that you develop a deep understanding of how to use it properly. Many people do not understand how or why gravity is created but they still know not to step off a ledge that is 10 stories high!

The very first thing you need to do is create an intention. Having an intention is not only the first step in attracting whatever you want, it is also the most important and the most powerful. Without having a solid concrete intention you can expect to achieve little and you never live the life you deire to live. Your life will drift along on the oceans of change while you are carried this way and that depending on the desires and the intentions of those around you.

The Law of Attraction can be summed up simply in a short yet powerful sentence. If this sentence were totally understood the rest of this article would be unnecessary as would all the current and unwritten works that teach this law. The truth behind the Law of Attraction can be quantified in this short statement: You get more of what you focus on in life!

This means that whatever you give your attention to with thought and feeling you energize. As you focus your energy through your thoughts and feelings you are activating the Law of Attraction and setting it in motion. Through the Law of Attraction you then begin to attract into your life more of what you are concentrating on regardless of whether it is wanted or unwanted.

You are mostly using the Law of Attraction unconsciously. Sometimes you use this to your adavantage but most times you are activating this law to bring you things that you do not want. For example, as you focus on lack of money, bills and debts you will attract more things that require you to spend your money, more bills to pay and more debts to clear. If you focus on the problems or arguments in your relationship you will attract more reasons to argue and more problems to worry about.

Conversely, if you direct your focus to those things that are working well within your relationship you will attract more things that work well and create more harmony between you and your partner. If you focus on the positive aspects of your finances like having a roof over your head, a car, a job and money to pay the bills then you will attract more of these into your life. Basically, if you feel grateful for the things you have you will attract more of them but you will also attract more things to be grateful for!

In addition you can also create a focus for yourself. For instance if you desire a better job or higher income you can begin to imagine what that would look and feel like to have. As you focus on that mental image everyday you will begin to attract situations, circumstances and people that bring that vision closer to reality and ultimately into your life.

It is your ability to focus you attention on something that makes you a creator. By focusing your attention you activate the Law of Attraction. However, it is your Intention that unlocks the door to using the Law of Attraction to deliberately create a life that is pleasing to you.

Setting an intention is very powerful because it forces you to direct your focus on what you want and not on the lack of it. If your try to use the Law of Attraction to create more money in your life without setting a concrete intention then you will tend to focus on the "wanting" feeling which is in fact just focusing on the lack of money in your life. Most people fail to manifest anything consciously simply because they become frustrated and disheartened due to a misdirection of their focus - they are concentrating on wanting instead of what it would be like having!

List three things that would bring you joy if you had them in your life today. Under each of these desires write a few reasons why having it would bring you joy and make you happy. Once you have determined the reason state the emotion you are feeling that is assosiated with it. For example I intend to have $20,0000 in additional income because I could treat my wife to new clothes more often and a family holiday and this would make me feel like a better provider and give me a sense of pride, joy and accomplishment while making me feel safe and secure in my marriage and home.

Taking these simple steps means that when you think of your intention to attract or create an additional £20,000 in income you are focused on the goal itself and the feelings of having it rather than on the lack of it. The more intense your feelings of having it are the faster it will manifest. Now please note I am not saying that the more you want it the faster it will come! Wanting something can actually keep it away from you. Why? Because by wanting you are focusing on the lack! Focus your feelings on having it and you will attract it into your life with a speed that will surprise and perhaps even shock you. This is a knack but once you do it, it becomes easier the next time.

Every morning and every night read the list of intentions and the reasons for wanting them. Visualize what you will be doing when you have these things and most importantly of all FEEL how you will feel when you have them. When you generate the feelings associated with your desires you have already activated the Law of Attraction and the manifestation of your desires has already begun!

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Warning: Positive Affirmations Can Destroy Success!

Every day, in every way, I am getting better and better.

Most of us are familiar with this quote by renowned French psychologist, Émile Coué. Indeed, the method of auto suggestion (self-hypnosis) that he created is still being used today. Repeating daily positive affirmations is supposed to effortlessly bring you your heart’s desires. Many people are discovering, however, that affirmations not only fail to work, but sometimes bring the exact opposite of what they intended.

What’s going on?

Repeating Affirmations as True May Cause Doubt

Repeating daily positive affirmations can sometimes bring negative results when you don’t believe your words.

This is because the value of affirmations lies not in the words, but in the feeling behind the words! Positive affirmations work when you feel the truth of what you’re saying. They don’t work – or backfire – when your words instill doubt in your heart and mind.

Doubt Destroys Success!

Having doubt either hinders or completely destroys success.

As usual, the Holy Bible says it best in one of my favorite verses:

For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be though cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. – Mark 11:23

The problem with most affirmations is this: you state them as a present fact knowing that they are not true right now. Yes, if you repeat it often enough, faith may rise up in your heart. But until then…you don’t believe what you’re saying. In this case, such repeated repetitions, even if positive, will cause you to focus on what you still don’t have.

The result?

Your positive affirmations won’t work and can even cause the opposite of what you want to manifest.

How Does this Work?

It’s a subtle process, but it goes something like this:

You repeat this affirmation several times a day: “I’m 120 pounds and feel GREAT!”

But you weigh 260 pounds and feel awful.

So each time you repeat this positive affirmation, your mind calls you a liar. In fact, you can’t help but remind yourself how far away from 120 pounds your body really is. Each time you repeat this statement, you focus on your weight problem and how tough it is to lose weight. You become discouraged. You start eating bigger helpings at dinner. You add cake, cookies, pastries, and other goodies to your diet.

Your affirmations for having the perfect figure haven’t worked. In fact, you’ve gained an extra 10 or so pounds!

Secret to Making your Affirmations Work

The secret to making your positive affirmation work, then, is make the statement true for you – no matter how removed from reality the end goal actually is.

How do you do this?

In the book, Law of Attraction: The Science of Attracting More of What You Want and Less of What you Don’t, Michael J. Losier advises us to re-phrase your affirmation like this:

I am in the process of…

Put this phrase at the beginning of your desire/affirmation.

For instance:

I am in the process of losing 50 pounds.

I am in the process of weighing 120 pounds.

I am in the process of finding my dream job.

I am in the process of having $50,000 in my savings account

I am in the process of being financially stable.

Using, I am in the process of, makes any affirmation true for you! This phrase will take away your doubt and resistance to the idea of having your desire, and your positive affirmations wills start to work for you!

Try it and see. 

Do you have a tip for making affirmations work?
 

Give a Gift of a Spiritual Book this Holiday Season

Today is Black Friday and people are filling the shopping malls in search of the perfect deal on the perfect Christmas gift. The current headlines on this shopping frenzy is that one Los Angeles woman let loose with pepper spray, shots rang out in a NC shopping malls, and fights have broiken out  between Black Friday deal shoppers in many malls around the nation.

Wouldn’t you rather avoid all that?

You can if you do at least some of your shopping at Amazon.com this year. You can even maximum the return on your gift buying investment if you gift your Black Friday deals aficionado with a spiritual book (or 2 or 3).

Below are 4 books that I have personally read and think are fabulous. If you want to order them, or any other product through Amazon, please order through any Amazon link on this blog. As I am an Amazon Associate, I get a slight fee when you make a purchase through me. If you enjoy my blog, please help support it by making a purchase from Amazon through me.

The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success by Deepak Chopra

This is by far my favorite book by Deepak Chopra. In easy to understand language, Deepak outlines the 7 spiritual laws that, if followed, will make you successful in all areas. The highlight of each law is a list of action steps that you can take immediately to make your dreams a reality. The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success can be read in one sitting, and it is so effective at helping you accomplish your goals. It is also so small that you can make it a stuffing stocker for Christmas. You simply cannot go wrong by purchasing this book.

Law of Attraction by Michael J. Losier

Law of Attraction by Michael Losier is another great book. Losier succinctly sums up the basics of the subtitle: The Science of Attracting More of What you Want and Less of What you Don’t, and he gives you clear instructions on how to do this. He also tells you how to find out what it is you truly want, as most of us don’t know what that is. This is another books that can be read in one sitting but one that you will return to again and again as you begin to manifest awesome things in your life. If you follow the directions in Losier’s book, this may be the last Christmas of financial struggle for you.

Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill

If you have never read the classic book, Think and Grow Rich, you have to buy it. Long before the term “law of attraction” was coined, Napoleon Hill wrote about this then mysterious power. I think the book is more than 50 years old and it’s still in print for a reason—the principles outlined in this book work. This is a book that is also small enough to be a stocking stuffer this Christmas.

The Attractor Factor by Joe Vitale

The Attractor Factor is another effective, easy-to-read book that will help you to manifest your desires. If you don’t know who Joe Vitale is, you must have lived under a rock for the past 10 years or so. Once homeless, Joe is now called “Mr. Fire” for his ability to motivate others. The Attractor Factor would be a great read for you and a great Christmas gift for a friend.

So order one or more of these books through the included links today. Read them for yourself. Give them as Christmas gifts. If you read any of these books yourself, please send comments on what you thought of them. I would be so interested to hear your viewpoints.

Merry Christmas!

Manifesting your Desires

Manifesting our desires is something we’re hearing a lot about these days. It typically goes along with the Law of Attraction and bending the Universe to do your will. Except that this is the wrong way to look at manifesting your desires.

You see, manifesting your desires—in the way this term is typically used—means that you are separate from that which you desire. It means that you are creating something out of nothing. It means that you are pulling something toward you.

In spiritual reality, however, you are a part of everything in the Universe and everything is a part of you. Also, everything that can be created on this earth and in the universe has already been created.

So what you are really doing when you pray and believe that you receive is rearranging the atoms (in the case of a physical manifestation) into the form(s) that you desire. And even then, they are still a part of you.

So the next time you try to manifest your desires, don’t think of it as trying to get something that is far away from you. Think of it as something that you need to let flow out of you. You’ll see that it is far easier to manifest your desires from inside of yourself rather than to try to pull them to you from some distant, unknown place.

What we all Desire the Most?

Something GOOD is going to happen to you today!  Read this guest post by positivity website good2u2day and start reaping the benefits of positive thinking!

If one were to question what is the most prominent driving force within us that determines our almost every action, what do you think it is? May I humbly submit to you that what I believe and research has shown that that force we speak of is….. the overwhelming desire to be loved and accepted. We could spend a half of a century discussing the why’s but really what we want to perfect is the how’s, correct? So how do we do that? Well one way, that is so often overlooked is the overwhelming intuitive attraction that is felt among souls ( our real selves). We spend millions and trillions working on our outward appearance but if we really listen, it is the inner self that really determines long term attraction. So how do we dress up our inner self? Well I have great news, it can be done on an extremely limited budget. Make yourself attractive by creating an overwhelming desire for people to want to be around you!

So how do we do that? Be a positive uplifting force to all those you come in contact with! You may say, “I can’t do that!” but can’t you really do it? Isn’t it really a choice to be optimistic? Dale Carnegie said, “Don’t complain, condemn or criticize!” But you say its so hard. Well would you be surprised if I said, “I understand”?

Unfortunately, we are surrounded by negativity from so many sources everyday. But the good news is…… all we have to do is shut it off! Don’t listen to it. Don’t feed your brain with junk. I mean really would you drink acid for breakfast, lunch and dinner? Then why feed your brain with proverbial acid? Stop… stop it now!

So you say but how do I make my inner self more attractive? Well this is probably a first, but I am going to tell you that you need some BO! BO? “Are you crazy” you say! Yes, I said BO or rather …… Be Optimistic! “Ok”, you say! Here’s how you get started, and it can be done in 2 easy steps:

1. Feed your brain. Think about this if you ate unhealthy and fattening foods all the time what happens to your body? Isn’t the brain part of our body? So if we feed it junk, what is going to happen to it’s health? Exactly! It will be out of shape! So turn off and tune out the negativity as much as possible and fill your mind with positive thoughts from positive people as much as possible. At least 3 times a day, right? That’s probably how many times a day your eat, right? Click on the links on our home page or go to our Mind Nutrition Store to get some necessary nutrition. Remember…… Feed your brain at least as often as your stomach!

2. Share the Positivity! See this is when you start to become really attractive to others. Deep down inside everyone yearns for good things. We just lose focus of how to get them! So how do we start this new attractiveness? May we humbly suggest considering and trying the below exercise?

Remember you are your own best investment! If you won’t invest in yourself, no one else will for sure. Email us with your stories and best of all remember that you have 86,400 chances a day for something good to happen to you and ………. it will!!!!!

EXERCISE

Imagine the following as being your reality right now….

It’s 11:07 at night you had a tough day and you are wondering how in the world you even made it through it. Something broke, you got yelled at, the kids are fighting, you have no money or any number of things that just tie your gut in a knot. But then all of a sudden you remembered that something special is supposed to happen tomorrow. You are so excited, especially in light of today’s events. “Wow, you think! I can’t wait!” Now the question is how soon and how easily will you be able to go to sleep thinking about this really good, and special thing that is supposed to happen tomorrow? tick tock, tick tock…..

Now back to your current reality……

Well the truth is something good and exciting happens to us everyday!… Wait a minute, don’t click that X in the top right corner yet! Isn’t the truth that good things do happen to us everyday? But here is the question, why don’t we realize it? …….. One simple, common, ordinary, task that we do everyday…… FOCUS!

Now be honest with yourself, (I’m not in your head, so it doesn’t matter if you lie to me) but really be honest with yourself, didn’t you just highlight the bad things in your mind that happened today and set the good things to the back of the event list of your day?

So now that you have been honest with yourself, may I ask you to do a favor for yourself? Because you are your own best investment, right? But before I share with you what you should commit to, remember who you are doing it for. Who is it? It’s YOU, right? Great!

Here is the exercise:

Start with tomorrow and everyone that you meet before you bid them farewell, share with them that “Hey by the way, Something Good is Going to Happen to You Today!” Don’t want to share it with everyone? Just share it with one complete stranger and see and hear what happens. Not only will you brighten their day it will start birthing something within you. Go ahead, give it a try!

Now tomorrow night think about the good things that happened to you on this day. Then commit to doing it the next day as well. Just try it for a week. What have you got to lose? Nothing, but I can assure you will gain much. Just try it… but most importantly pass this message and website along to others. Not just so we can be a huge internet sensation, but because it will only help YOU and those YOU come in contact with! Just try it!!! You’ve tried more daring things, right? Just try it!!! I dare you!

http://www.good2u2day.com

Ask and it is Given: Book Review

Ask and it is Given: Learning to Manifest your Desires. Esther and Jerry Hicks (the Teachings of Abraham). California: Hay House, 2004. 311 pp


Ask and it is Given is a unique book being written, as it were, by nonphysical entities who collectively call themselves “Abraham.” For more than twenty years, Abraham has been channeling spiritual messages through Esther Hicks.

The teachings of Abraham/Hicks mostly concern the power of attraction. According to their teaching, God does not give us, nor deny us, anything. We, by the power of our own thoughts and emotions, attract to us that which claims the majority of our thoughts. For instance, if you constantly think about your lack of money, you will continually experience financial lack because your lack is where you are putting your attention.

If you have financial problems, you probably pray something like this: “Dear Heavenly Father, please send me money to pay my bills and feed my children. We never have enough money dear Lord. I am so scared. When will I get a break from these financial problems? We are on the brink of bankruptcy. Please HELP!!!”

Do you know what you just prayed? You just prayed for more financial problems. Why? Because there is no such thing as exclusion in the law of attraction. Everything that you notice, even if it is something that you do not want, is included in your vibration that will attract more of what you don’t want.

The answer, then, is to only focus on what you do want. And just how do you do that? By reading Ask and it is Given, of course.

This book is a great, easy to understand, and inspirational read. It explains every aspect of the law of attraction in depth. But it does something even more valuable to help you attract that which you desire. Ask  and it is Given includes 22 powerful, easy to practice processes that you can use immediately to start manifesting your every desire.

If you not only want to learn about the law of attraction but also want to learn how to use it to achieve your every dream, this is the only book you’ll need. Buy it today, try some of the 22 powerful processes lovingly given to you by Abraham/Hicks, and co-create the life of your dreams.

Then write me and tell me how Ask and it is Given changed your life. I would love to hear about it!

Feeling Good: the Key to Manifesting your Desires

Here is a very inspirational Abraham/Hicks presentation about the power of feeling good in manisfesting your desires.

Most of us feel that we have to struggle against our (frequently difficult) present situation and work hard--sometimes against great obstacles--to achieve our dreams. Not so, says Abraham (a nonphysical entity that  speaks through Esther Hicks). All we have to do is to start feeling good NOW.

So...

Wherever you go, whatever you do, look for that which makes you feel good. Find something to appreaciate about everything and everyone. Feeling good raises your vibrational level so that you attract that which you desire. You will then start allowing all the good that is your birthright to flow effortlessly into your life.

Listen to this short presentation and let me know what you think.