Saturday, September 27, 2014

The Law of Attraction - The 7 Biggest Myths Debunked


The Law of Attraction has received a great deal of media attention in recent years. Thanks to the movie The Secret and the subsequent explosion of television, print media and internet coverage, nearly everyone in Western society has heard the phrase "Law of Attraction". Most people, however, have picked up snippets and incomplete information here and there and don't really have a solid understanding of how the law works.

This has led to a widespread misunderstanding of how the Law of Attraction really works, or whether or not it even works at all. A lot of people feel a deep resonance when they are told that they create their own reality. They recognize a truth in this idea. However, they often quickly become frustrated when they're exposed to incomplete information and myths, and can't seem to make it work. They "know" that there's something to this, they can feel it; but they just don't know how to use it yet.

This article aims to debunk the seven biggest myths currently circulating about the Law of Attraction and bring some clarity to the subject.

Myth #1: The Law of Attraction is magic

The Myth: "Law of Attraction advocates will tell you that all you have to do is think positively and the stuff you want will just come to you. Obviously this is wrong, since things like money, cars and houses don't just appear out of thin air."

The Myth Debunked: No one with a true understanding of the Law of Attraction has ever claimed that if you just think a positive thought, a house with a million dollars on the kitchen table and a Ferrari in the driveway will just drop out of the sky right in front of you. This is usually a quote used by people trying to claim that the Law of Attraction is a scam. But the quote isn't true. That isn't how the Law of Attraction works at all.

The Law of Attraction doesn't just literally drop stuff in your lap. It brings you meetings with just the right people at the right time, brilliant ideas and coincidences. It's your job to pay attention to those ideas, follow your hunches and recognize the coincidences.

For example, you'd like to manifest a house. The Law of Attraction gives you an insight to drive through a certain neighborhood that you don't normally drive through. You see a house with a For Sale sign in the yard. The house looks perfect, except you're pretty sure it's completely out of your price range. You decide to stop and knock on the door anyway. It turns out the owners are a lovely couple who are moving to Australia in a month. You and they really hit it off and they decide to offer you rent to own terms that you can afford. They really want you to live there. So, you get the perfect house at a price you're able to pay, under circumstances that you never could've predicted. Did it drop right into your lap? Well, not literally, no. But if you paid attention and followed the insights and impulses the Universe was delivering to you, it could've seemed almost as easy as if it had. THIS is how the Law of Attraction brings you things. It finds whatever you're looking for that is also looking for you and brings you together through a series of perfect events, insights and hunches.

Myth #2 - All you have to do is visualize

The Myth: "The Law of Attraction is just about visualization. That's why they tell you to create vision boards and the like. You're supposed to stare at the things you want and they will just come to you (see Myth #1)"

The Myth Debunked: This one is partially true. Visualization can be a valuable tool you use to train yourself to create what you want. It isn't the visualization that creates, though. You create through the vibration that you offer. The vibration you offer is determined by the thoughts you habitually think (beliefs). Visualization can help you to retrain your thoughts, but there's much more to it than that. If you visualize a beautiful car, but have the belief that you'll never get a car like that, you can visualize all day, every day, and that car's not going to show up. How do you know if you harbor a conflicting belief? You can tell by the way you feel when you visualize. If it feels really, really good to visualize the car, and the entire visualization is positive, you're doing well. If, however, it feels a bit off and your visualization takes a bit of a negative turn, you've just uncovered some negative beliefs.

For example, you wonder how you'll afford the payments, which would point to a belief that states "I can't afford a new car"; or you might hope your kids don't mess up the beautiful new seats, which could point to a belief that you can't have nice things and they always get ruined, so, why bother anyway...
Visualization is a valuable tool in manifestation, but it isn't the creation process itself.
 
Myth #3 - The Law of Attraction is new

The Myth: "If the Law of Attraction is really a law, why hasn't anyone discovered it before? This is just some new fad."

The Myth Debunked: The Law of Attraction isn't new. It's been around since the beginning of, well, everything. It can be argued that it's the oldest law in the Universe. The reason that so many people are hearing about it now, is because more and more people are waking up and realizing, or at least getting a glimpse of, who they really are. More people are asking for this information than ever before, and therefore, the Law of Attraction must bring them more answers than ever before. There are more books written on this subject than we've ever seen. Thanks to the internet, people can find answers to their questions immediately.

The information is not "new"; we are simply asking for and able to receive more information, and at a faster rate than ever before. Also, we are living in a time where most of us can discuss spiritual matters and Universal laws openly without fear of being burned at the stake or stoned to death. All of this has allowed the idea of the Law of Attraction to spread at an unprecedented rate.

Myth #4 - The Law of Attraction is Non-Christian

The Myth: "I am a Christian and therefore I cannot believe in the Law of Attraction. This is just a bunch of New-Agey stuff that conflicts with Christian beliefs"

The Myth Debunked: This one could not be further from the truth. There are hundreds of passages in the Bible that refer to the Law of Attraction. Some of these verses can be traced back almost 3000 years. Jesus said "Everything is possible to him who believes." And "He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do..." Here are few more: "As a man thinketh, so he is." (Proverbs 23:7). "It is through thinking that man forms that which he has in life". (Proverbs 23:7). "For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened." (Matthew 7:8)

These, and many other proverbs just like them, support the principle that your thoughts create your reality and you can create anything you want. The point is that Christianity and the Law of Attraction are not based on inherently conflicting principles. There are actually now internet sites on the web dedicated to the study of the Law of Attraction from a Christian point of view.

Myth #5 - I have to do something to make the Law of Attraction "work"

The Myth: "You have to know how to use the Law of Attraction in order to get it to work. If it isn't working for you, you must be doing it wrong."

The Myth Debunked: This is another myth that is based on a complete misunderstanding of how the Law of Attraction works. There is nothing you have to do, or in fact can do to make the Law of Attraction work. Just as there is nothing you have to do or can do to make gravity work. It just works. That's why it's called a law.

You create your own reality. All of it. All the time. You can't help it. You're a lean, mean, creating machine. Everything you see around you, every person in your life, everything in your reality, is there in response to the vibration you offer. There's nothing you have to do to make that process work, nor can you stop it. That's why no one can claim that "it isn't working for you." It can't NOT work for you.

The problem arises when people are creating by default, which often brings them things they don't really want, instead of creating deliberately. Your job is to remember how to create consciously, to remember just how powerful you really are. That's it. And it's not supposed to be hard work. It's supposed to be fun. If you're not having fun, THEN you're doing it wrong.
 
Myth #6 - Thoughts are dangerous. You have to control every thought you think.

The Myth: "You have to control every thought you think. If you think a 'negative' thought, or have a fear of something, you automatically create that. So watch every thought you think!"

The Myth Debunked: While it's true that every thought has the power to create, there are two big reasons why you don't have to be afraid of your thoughts.

First, one little thought doesn't have all that much power. The power comes from thinking the same thought over and over again, until it's a belief. The more you think a thought and believe it, the more it affects your vibration and it's this vibration that attracts your manifestations. The Law of Attraction responds to your vibration, not the words you've said or thought (although notice that your words and thoughts can affect your vibration).

Second, we have this amazing thing called time. There is a time buffer between offering a vibration and receiving a manifestation. And while many of us often curse this time buffer in our impatience to receive the things we want, it is incredibly useful. Things don't happen immediately for a reason. You have time to notice if you're harboring any conflicting beliefs or are offering a vibration that doesn't really serve you.

For example, if you're driving down the street and have a random thought "I hope I don't get in an accident", you might remember reading somewhere that the Universe and your subconscious don't understand negative statements, and you just put "I hope I get in an accident" out there. So, obviously you'd better suck that thought right back in, or else you'll have an accident. Wrong. If you have the thought "I hope I don't get in an accident" but you don't harbor an underlying belief that driving is dangerous and there's a very good chance that you'll get in an accident, your vibration is not going to even begin to match you up with an accident. If your underlying belief is "I'm safe", you'll be safe.

If, however, you do harbor such a belief, formed by many, many thoughts about how you're a victim, how easy it is to get into accidents, how driving is dangerous, reading lots of news stories about how people get in accidents all the time, talking about those stories, etc., that one little thought has just given you an indication that you have an underlying belief. Do you think these thoughts often and easily? Then you might want to do something about that (or buckle up). The point is, that even though your thoughts help to form your vibration, which creates your reality, it is the vibration behind the thought you have to pay attention to. A random thought that means nothing to you isn't going to create a thing. But a thought that you believe and think over and over again, a thought you give lots of attention to, will affect your vibration and that will create.

Myth #7 - The Law of Attraction just teaches selfishness

The Myth: "The Law of Attraction teaches people to focus on themselves and how they feel, before focusing on others. This is selfish, and that's bad. We have a duty to be selfless."

The Myth Debunked: This myth and the belief that we must be selfless, have caused more burnout among people with great intentions than anything else.

The Law of Attraction does teach selfishness. But selfishness has gotten a really bad rap. There's a huge difference between walking over bodies to get what you want, which is what many people think of when they hear the word "selfish", and not allowing circumstances and other people to dictate your happiness. Giving of yourself with no regard to how you feel until there's nothing left but an empty husk, is neither virtuous nor necessary. The choices are not just between being a self-sacrificing saint or a complete bastard.

The selfishness that the Law of Attraction teaches, is the kind that allows a mother with three little kids to recognize when she's becoming overwhelmed, and give herself permission to take a hot bath and recharge her batteries, without feeling guilty about it. She comes back refreshed and in a better mood. Do you think this will harm or benefit her children? If we take care of ourselves (physically, psychologically AND spiritually), we have so much more to give others. If we focus on our own joy, we can uplift others, and truly help them, instead of commiserating with them in their misery and just supporting them in their being stuck in that vibration.

The more selfish we are, the more joyful we become, the stronger and more unyielding we stand in our vibration of happiness, the more we have to give others, and the more we can give to others without depleting ourselves. True selfishness is the best thing we can do for the world.

Article Source: Melody Fletcher

Sunday, September 14, 2014

THE KEY TO EFFORTLESS MANIFESTATION


Esther & Jerry Hicks have been creating and distributing the Abraham material for nearly 25 years, and are the authors of numerous audio recordings, videos, and books based on the Teachings of Abraham. Their books routinely make the New York Times bestseller list.

Esther explains that Abraham (no relation to the Biblical figure) is analogous to her "Inner Being" or "Soul", and that she has learned to translate impulses from this Non-Physical energy using her own vocabulary. 

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Saturday, September 13, 2014

5 Tips To Living Your Dreams



So, you want to be a successful marketer, first let me applaud you on your decision. The lifestyle afforded to those who learn to master a few simple concepts, can be more rewarding than you may realize at this point. First, know that we all struggle with ourselves and until we re-train our brains this will continue, like on a merry-go-round.But once you learn to teach your brain to believe what you tell it, your wishful thinking will turn into your reality. Here are five things you can do to start off in the right direction to living your dreams.

1) First, you need to make the decision that you are a leader. That's right, you do not learn to be a leader you decide that's what you are, then your brain opens up like a sponge and is ready to receive the knowledge required to fill the space you created for it.

2) Next, you must wrap yourself around the fact that you are not average, just the fact you are driven to do and be more validates that in your brain, once you believe this, you become the 3% of people who are action takers, the above average. You see, 97% of people fail in the home business or entrepreneurial world because they are content with watching instead of stepping out their comfort zone, therefore they remain average. Relax, society and cultural norms condition us for accepting mediocrity.

3) The next thing you must do is the work. I know you've heard that before and I get it...I do. But most people hear things so much that they either think of it has hokey and cliche or they they have not accepted the position they wish to hold, that of being a leader. If this is you, don't worry, it's not your fault. This is a survival mechanism inside your head that says whoa, by stepping out I open myself up to possible failure so I better just not do it at all.

That is where re-training your brain comes into play. Allow me to explain further. If you tell yourself that tomorrow, i am going to the gym and you don't your brain says okay. The next day you say, I'm going to the gym, but again you don't, your brain starts to doubt you. By the third day, your brain realizes you are lying to yourself and does not believe you. You have created a pattern and this must stop. So quit lying to yourself and do the work, hold yourself accountable to you.

4) Work, harder, longer and smarter than those around you. It is imperative that you invest in yourself, put in the effort to improve you. I am talking about, your skill level, your thought patterms, your physical condition. The rate of attrition in this industry is staggering and if you do not pursue a higher standard for yourself, how can you expect others to hold you in high standing in their lives.

5) Make your "self" attractive, more than on the outside, that is cultural garbage, you are unique, you are special and in order to be seen, you must be attractive to others. Consider this, you are all over social media putting up links to your company provided website, touting how great xyz product is and how fabulous the comp plan is, you do this religiously and wonder why you are not getting the results you seek. The answer is easy, you are invisible, you are blending in with average marketers who are pushing prospects away, you need to be pulling or attracting people to you. You do this by giving value, the more the better.

So, how do you become attractive, step out and introduce yourself to the world, craft your story, learn and master a medium that will allow you to stand above the noise and be recognized, provide value in your content, you get the drift. There are so many distractions and so much marketing in our daily lives that if you do not stand out you are invisible. Become visible, be yourself and attract those who are looking for you and you will find yourself living your dreams.

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Thursday, September 11, 2014

The Law Of Attraction Works When You Have Healed Your Memories


If you have tried using the Law of Attraction to achieve your goals and have not been fully successful, you have beliefs and feelings that sabotage your efforts. Consequentially, when you visualize, speak, and get in the feeling that the goal is already achieved, you can be like a car with the gas and the break on at the same time. Why do all of that extra work?

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Even the biggest proponents of the Law of Attraction emphasize that you need to clear the blocks for it to work. You can now get products that guide you through a meditation, listen to sounds and imagine colors, everything imaginable. Studies may or may not have been done on the results. However, I do know that when you go to therapy you can learn to remove the emotional blocks to having confidence. you then believe that you can achieve your goals. Then you will be clear and confident and will move towards your goals like a car that just has the gas on without the brake. You can take inspired action, which is action that you feel enthusiastic about taking. Combining cognitive therapy and meditations can help you remove mental and emotional blocks. Cognitive therapy can help you change the beliefs that you have that you can't achieve your goals, and meditations can help you remove the emotional blocks.

What if you are not sure if you have these blocks? One way to know is if you have tried to imagine your goal, said the affirmations, and tried to get into the feeling and it has been hard. If you have felt that you had to force yourself to believe that your goal is possible, or visualizing and saying affirmations felt funny, then you have blocks. By healing the hurts and self doubts that you took on in the past from traumatic memories, you remove the blocks and can move on with self-confidence.

If you don't believe in the esoteric components of the Law of Attraction, such as the ides of a responsive universe, it is still helpful to check your past memories and see what beliefs and emotional roadblocks you have that sabotage your efforts to reach your goals. For example, if you were always told that you were a bad person then you might feel that you do not deserve to have anything that you want. conversely, you might be tired of feeling bad about yourself so you strive towards a goal that will make you feel worthwhile. Such as getting a college degree. Then you go but find a way to fail a course and not graduate. Examining and changing your belief can help you clear that hurdle.

So whether you believe in the Law of Attraction, or just believe in having confidence, it helps to go to therapy and clear the mental blocks. You will greatly increase your chances for success.

Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Top 3 Tips To Manifest a Miracle


You’ve watched The Secret; conjured a feather, found a penny, and manifested rock star parking.

You're confident you’ve got a hang of the law of attraction: focus on what you want, believe that you can have it, and let it in. EASY!

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(Isn't it wonderful when everything falls into place like that? What a great feeling!)

You are now ready for the big league, and you turn your attention to realising your dream job, or getting a new mate, or fulfilling a lifelong dream of owning your own business.

Then the magic disappears; “POOF!” Just like that, your ability to part the Red Sea deserts you when you need it most. You try this visualisation technique. Chant that mantra. Buy a different meditation – and still, nothing happens!

Yet, you remain hopeful and persist. Because there is much joy and empowerment in knowing that you are responsible for creating your own life. It means you have the power to change things and experience miracles.

Here are three tips to help you out of the funk, so you can manifest a miracle.

1. Watch your speech
Your thoughts and words are truly your prophecy; with each word you speak you either breathe life into your goal or deny its fulfilment.


You just can’t ask for a job you love then go around complaining about your current one. Each time you passionately contribute to a conversation about how difficult it is to succeed in business you are only delaying your progress.

Speak words that reflect those spoken by someone who is successful; words that exemplify what you want to achieve and experience in your life.

If you want business success, ask yourself, “What would someone who has a thriving business with lots of clients be thinking? What would they be saying?” Then think it. And speak it.

As you repeat positive success affirming words, they will replace negative patterns in the subconscious that have blocked your success, and align your energy and beliefs with success.

Do this with all your desired good.

2. Release the how
We tend to have preconceived ideas about how our desired outcomes should manifest. We attach a particular way, time or sequence to the unfolding of our dream. But what you’ve asked for can show up in different ways than you’d imagined. You don’t have to know the ‘how’ – but you have to be willing to put your trust into something other than your own limited mind and resources.


Your job is to plant the seed of your desired outcome very firmly in your mind, and nurture it with positive thought and expectation. Then turn it over to the creative forces of the Universe to orchestrate its perfect completion. You can then relax and let go, knowing your manifestation is on its way.

A fun game is to think of different ways your desire could unfold. Get creative and outrageous – this will help you surrender the ‘how’ to the Universe. When you do this, it will take form in the most unexpected, delightful and miraculous way.

3. Give thanks in advance
If you want your desires to come quickly, start expressing gratitude for them now as if they were already here. Being grateful in advance is the ultimate show of trust. It is what creates magic, and moves ‘wants’ and ‘wishes’ into the realm of manifest reality.


Even before you receive your dream job, be grateful now that someone somewhere is looking for a person just like you.
Before you thrive in your new business, give thanks for the appreciative clients who are on their way.

Be grateful for the loving and loyal friends, well before they meet you and appreciate your charm and wit.

Give gratitude in advance and watch as miracles happen around you.

Monday, September 8, 2014

The Law of Giving & Receiving

The universe operates through dynamic exchange . . . giving and receiving are different aspects of the flow of energy in the universe. And in our willingness to give that which we seek, we keep the abundance of the universe circulating in our lives.

I will put the Law of Giving and Receiving into effect by making a commitment to take the following steps:

1. Wherever I go, and whomever I encounter, I will bring them a gift. The gift may be a compliment, a flower, or a prayer. Today, I will give something to everyone I come into contact with, and so I will begin the process of circulating joy, wealth and affluence in my life and in the lives of others.

2. Today I will gratefully receive all the gifts that life has to offer me. I will receive the gifts of nature: sunlight and the sound of birds singing, or spring showers or the first snow of winter. I will also be open to receiving from others, whether it be in the form of a material gift, money, a compliment or a prayer.

3. I will make a commitment to keep wealth circulating in my life by giving and receiving life’s most precious gifts: the gifts of caring, affection, appreciation and love. Each time I meet someone, I will silently wish them happiness, joy and laughter.
This post originally appeared on Deepak Chopra.

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Wednesday, September 3, 2014

#1 The Law of Pure Potentiality - Deepak Chopra




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Monday, September 1, 2014

The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success - The Law of Pure Potentiality

The source of all creation is pure consciousness . . . pure potentiality seeking expression from the unmanifest to the manifest. And when we realize that our true Self is one of pure potentiality, we align with the power that manifests everything in nature.

I will put the Law of Pure Potentiality into effect by making a commitment to take the following steps:

1. I will get in touch with the field of pure potentiality by taking time each day to be silent, to just Be. I will also sit alone in silent meditation at least twice a day for approximately thirty minutes in the morning and thirty minutes in the evening.


2. I will take time each day to commune with nature and to silently witness the intelligence within every living thing. I will sit silently and watch a sunset, or listen to the sound of the ocean or a stream, or simply smell the scent of a flower. In the ecstasy of my own silence, and by communing with nature, I will enjoy the life throb of ages, the field of pure potentiality and unbounded creativity.


3. I will practice non-judgment. I will begin my day with the statement, “Today, I shall judge nothing that occurs,” and throughout the day I will remind myself not to judge.

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