By setting an intention to expand your awareness of what you really want, you energize it into being.
Try this exercise:
Think of something you want very much. Take a blank sheet of paper and a pen, and write, “I KNOW that _________ (your object or experience) is present in my life right now, and I choose to expand my awareness of it.”
Examples:
“I KNOW that great abundance is present in my life right now, and I choose to expand my awareness of it.”
“I KNOW that perfect health is present in my life right now, and I choose to expand my awareness of it.”
“I KNOW that a healthy, loving relationship is present in my life right now, and I choose to expand my awareness of it.”
Write your statement over and over and state it aloud as often as possible, letting your conviction build as you do.
In short order the Universe will shrug and say, “Okay, if that’s what you really want.”
Did you happen to watch Oprah’s show Friday? I was mistaken, it was NOT a re-run. At first I thought it was the same show she did before with Louise Hay, Martha Beck and Cheryl Richardson — but I think this was actually a continuation of that initial show.
Anyway, it was good! I liked hearing about some of the successes people have had with the Law of Attraction. I also got a good laugh from Martha Beck while she was showing her vision board. She put two pictures of dogs on hers just because she thought they were cute - and she now has two dogs that look just like the ones on her board. She said, “Be VERY CAREFUL what you put on your vision board!” LOL
I also got a kick out of two little girls in the audience with their vision boards - one of them has a picture of Johhny Depp on her board because she wants to meet him. I half expected Oprah to bring Johnny out from the back to meet her but she didn’t. Maybe he was busy that day.
Anyway, great show!
Here’s a shot of my vision board, in case you’re curious:
I need to update it actually, there are a few things I still want to add to it. But for now I’ve got thirteen one-million dollar bills up there, a photo of a woman meditating in front of a buddhist statue (representing spirituality), a couple of sexy babes (not because I want to attract them, but because I want to look like them, LOL), my new car, our next dream home, a Thank You card I got from one of my newsletter subscribers, a $5000.00 check, and some key words like “Inspired,” “Financial Freedom,” “Passion,” and so on. (And yikes, I just noticed I have two pictures of dogs on mine too! One is a dog making a snow angel - that represents “playfulness”, and the other is a dog using the computer - representing “focus and fun”. Better be careful with those!)
I just noticed that Oprah is featuring a show of Law of Attraction success stories. I’m pretty sure this is a show that aired before, but I missed it the first time around so maybe some of you did too.
Stumbled across a good video last weekend that shares a simple technique for helping yourself feel good about money and recognition (and thereby attract more of them!)
If you’ve been working with the Law of Attraction for any length of time, you’re probably well versed in the importance of thinking and feeling positively as often as possible. However, you may not already be aware of the ways in which certain emotions can supercharge the power of your efforts!
Remember that the Law of Attraction is activated by your thoughts, emotions and beliefs. Emotion in particular is what provides the “fuel” for your desires.
If you’ve been experiencing lackluster results from your attraction efforts, give them a boost with the use of these 3 powerful emotions:
1) Joy.
Joy is one of the highest frequency emotions because it puts you into a state of near bliss. When you feel joyful, your heart is soaring, your spirits are lifted and you are emitting a blast of positive energy like you wouldn’t believe! The universe, of course, receives your “joy signal” and immediately begins shifting circumstances in your life to make room for more things that will bring you joy.
Practice sitting in a state of joy at least once a day. You can read or watch something that makes you feel joyful, or simply think of something and visualize it until you’ve got those powerful emotions flowing.
2) Gratitude.
Gratitude is another strong, positive emotion. Not quite as strong as joy, but still very good. Most importantly, gratitude puts you immediately into a state of allowing because you’re focusing only on abundance.
Make a daily habit of feeling grateful and appreciative of everything you have, see, and experience in your daily activities. You can be grateful for the blessings in your life, but also for the kind people you meet, the beautiful sunrise while you’re out taking a walk before work, or anything else that brings a smile to your lips.
3) Passion.
Yet another power-booster for the Law of Attraction, passion thrusts you into a state of feel-good that won’t allow any negativity or lack to intrude. This can apply to both romantic passion, or emotional passion like you would experience from doing something you really enjoy.
Make time for passion in your life every day. Indulge in fun hobbies, rich foods, beautiful artwork and music, and anything else that stirs your passion.
These 3 emotions alone can inspire impressive change in your life, but also be sure to make room for others like love, peacefulness, harmony, humor and serenity. All positive emotions have the power to turn you into a strong magnet for everything you desire!
I got an email today from a man who’s subscribed to my Prosperity Tips & Affirmations Ezine, and he was frustrated because it seems like everyone is charging money for their books and products. He’s going through some rough times financially, so he feels a bit disillusioned about the Law of Attraction and so many products costing money.
This brings up some great points about money and energy exchanges related to abundance and prosperity, so I’m copying my response to him below:
I’m glad you’re enjoying the emails so far, I truly love writing them. I understand how you feel about people constantly promoting their books and other products, it’s frustrating at times. Since I also sell my own books I might not be the best person to answer your question! LOL But I want to share something with you that I think can make a big difference in your own level of prosperity.
And that is: always try to appreciate the contributions that others make to you in the form of products and services. Rather than feeling disillusioned because people are selling products, be happy for them and develop a genuine sense of appreciation for their contributions. That goes for products like books that you buy and read, but also for the services you use in your day to day life like electricity, running water, rent or mortgage, etc.
That doesn’t mean you have to buy anything unless you really have a need for it or want it, of course. But what I mean is, don’t resent the people for selling them in the first place. When it comes right down to it, sales transactions are nothing more than an exchange of energy. A product creator invests their energy, time and knowledge into the product and offers it to the customer. The customer then offers their own energy back in the form of money. It’s an even exchange that benefits both parties.
If everything was offered for free it would create a huge energy imbalance. In fact, that’s exactly what happened to me. I started my first website in early 2000, and I gave away everything for free because I really wanted to help people. I still give away plenty for free because I really enjoy doing so. But after several years of that, I found myself having some serious problems. First, I had a lot of financial blockages and struggled to pay the hosting and domain fees for the website so it kept going down when I was unable to pay. Since I also had to pay my bills and living expenses, I was forced to work long hours at my job to cover everything, which meant I had less time and energy available to really help others like I wanted to.
Finally I realized that if I truly wanted to help people, I had to stop giving away everything for free and offer a way for greater balance to be achieved. That meant creating products and charging money for them. Yes, some people didn’t like it at all; they felt like I was trying to rip them off or all I cared about was their money - despite me giving them nothing but free information for 6+ years! But others were thrilled for an opportunity to give back to me for helping them. It all balances out.
SO - my point is, understand that the people who are selling products and services are doing so for a good reason. If everything was offered for free, they would be forced to make money some other way, which means they would have less time/energy/resources to offer people.
A very good way to attract more abundance into your own life is to start feeling appreciation for the companies and individuals who provide their products and services to you! For example, when you pay your bills, take a few moments to think about how wonderful it is to have a roof over your head and give thanks to your landlord or mortgage company. Do the same when you pay the electric bill, cable, car payment, etc.
Find a way to feel good about the money you send out, and you will encourage more to flow in! It really does work.
Finally, I want to offer one more insight. Take some time to think about how you would feel about the monetary exchanges if you already had plenty of money at your disposal. If you had a million dollars in the bank, would you be upset about someone charging money for their products? Probably not. Instead you would consider whether you needed it or not, and not focus on the money part of it at all.
That might seem like a big “duh” - but I want you to really think about that because I think the source of your resentment is not that these products cost money — but that you feel you can’t get the help and guidance you need if you don’t have the money to pay for it. Right? (That’s just my perception based on your email; only you know the true answer.)
There are so many possibilities that you can’t even see right now, but they will begin to appear as you begin to change your perception.
Whatever you “send out” in thoughts, words and actions will come back to you in some form. That sounds ominous but it can also be amazing!
I got an email the other day from a woman I’ll call Michelle. Michelle is dating a divorced man and things are going along great for them - but the problem is the man’s teenaged daughter, Kim.
Kim hates Michelle. Michelle was not the cause of Kim’s parents divorce, but she still hates her and wants nothing to do with her. Michelle does everything in her power to be friendly with Kim. She invites her over for gatherings and talks nicely to her when she sees her, but Kim just keeps pulling away. Michelle wanted to know if the Law of Attraction might help this situation.
Here was my response to her:
That is definitely a sticky situation! Part of the problem may be that she’s a teenager - don’t they hate everyone? LOL I’m kidding, but not really. That’s how I was as a teen, always looking for a reason to dislike someone or create drama in my life. (I wouldn’t have admitted it back then, of course - it was everyone else’s fault, not mine) Being a teen is a difficult stage of life; they are trying to figure out who they are and their place in the world. They’re under tremendous pressure in many ways, and that can bring up lots of feelings of anger which get directed all over the place. Then when you throw in family problems, like their parents getting divorced, it just makes it worse.
The good news is that this type of situation is PERFECT for using the Law of Attraction. Why? Because it’s a situation that you can do little about on a physical level. You’re doing as much as you can already by being nice to her, inviting her over, being patient with her, etc. That’s all great, keep doing that.
At the same time, however, begin visualizing the way you want things to be on a daily basis. Imagine all of you having great family outings and laughing and having fun together. Imagine you and her spending quality time together. Imagine the two of you being close friends. Mentally tell her the things you want her to know: how much you care for her father, how much you care for her, how much you want all of you to be happy. Tell her you love her and imagine hugging her and letting her know that you are there for her.
Do this every day. But don’t try to force any of it to happen on a physical level. Let her come around on her own. Continue to reach out to her, but don’t push.
I think you’ll be surprised at how well this can work!
And this same technique can be used to heal any kind of relationship! I remember years ago I worked with a woman and there seemed to be tension between us from the first day we met. I didn’t even know why but we seemed to have a strong dislike for each other for no apparent reason. I used the above technique and began visualizing us being friendly, laughing and joking during the course of the work day. Before long, I found myself smiling warmly at her and saying “Good morning” when I saw her at work, and she slowly began responding in the same spirit. Within a couple of months, the tension had completely dissolved. We didn’t become best friends or anything, but there was definite harmony between us. No more awkwardness.
So try this with your boyfriend’s daughter and see what happens. And report back to me, I’d love to hear about your progress!
If you are working with the Law of Attraction but having less than stellar results, don’t fear! It’s very likely that you need only tweak what you’re doing in order to become successful. Due to the nature of our current culture, our rat-race mentality, and our “logical” upbringing, there are some thinking habits we may need to override in order to be more successful. When addressed, it may be possible to go from absolute failure to powerful success with the Law of Attraction. Let’s look at a common mistake we make when using the Law of Attraction to manifest our desires.
It is important to understand this point. The universe will give you what you desire! Here’s where things get tricky. We are used to knowing that in order to buy our dream house, we need a lot of money. In order to lose weight, we need to change our eating habits. In order to get from here to there, we have to pass through the middle. This is where the Law of Attraction comes into play. The Law is responsible for handling the “HOW” in your manifestation. Only the end result, your desire itself, is what matters. It may come as a surprise then to find out that many people start by trying to manifest the “HOW” for their actual desire.
The Law of Attraction works by the power of your thoughts and emotions in making manifest your desires. Therefore, when you focus on your actual desire, you feel the emotions of excitement, happiness, expectancy, etc. These are what empower your intention and allow manifestation to occur. When focus is placed on the middle area, the stepping stone between where you are and where you truly want to be, it is very difficult to build the necessary emotions and energy to actually attract your target.
Therefore, by simply correcting the mistake of properly identifying your desires and not the stepping stones, you will become vastly more successful in your attempts.
The universe is made of vibrating energy. Anything is possible. It is not your concern to trouble over how it may be possible for something to happen. All you need to do is visualize your desire come to life. Feel the energy, daydream away, and allow your intent to magnetize your desire. Let the universe worry about how to make it happen – you focus on what you want to happen! The simplicity is such that we miss it. Our minds have difficulty adjusting to the need for focusing directly on the end result without any thought or worry over the in-between. Learn to overcome this weakness and you will succeed.
So to summarize, make sure that you identify your true desires, and that you are not in fact trying to manifest a stepping stone. The shift to working on your actual desire, no matter how far fetched it might seem, will allow you to generate the necessary energy to manifest it into being. The universe will then find a way to make it occur, and it will manifest for you. The more detached you remain from the means, the more quickly and easily the ends will manifest. Good luck!
Have you ever found yourself hanging in limbo, waiting for something you desperately want - no, NEED - to manifest, but it’s just not happening no matter what you do?
You visualize, you imagine, you affirm, you believe - and yet it’s still not coming. So you visualize a bit harder, more often, more intensely. You keep believing with all of your might that it’s coming soon. You start seeing “signs” and synchronicities everywhere you go - and you are SO SURE it’s getting ready to break through - but it STILL doesn’t happen!
Day after day you keep wondering if there’s something else you’re supposed to do to make it happen, some magical incantation you can recite to hurry things along. You wonder if you’re doing something to hold it back without meaning to, so you start analyzing your every move, every affirmation, every picture in your mind. But all of it seems to be in order. You can’t think of a single thing that you might be doing wrong.
This is a familiar situation to most conscious creators! In fact, you are probably nodding your head vigorously as you read this. Most of us have been there at least once or twice - some of us a lot more than that.
It’s a frustrating place to be, that’s for sure. But what is really happening when you find yourself stuck like that?
In my experience, it usually means that I’m trying to hurry things along. Either I really need what I’m trying to attract, or I’m depending on it to arrive by a certain time or I will face possible negative consequences. Not surprisingly, the longer it seems to take, the more frustrated I get. You can probably identify with that.
But if there is one thing I’ve learned along my journey in conscious creation, it’s that you can’t hurry manifestation. (Or love. LOL ) The very mind-set of “NEEDING” something to happen by a certain date will most certainly delay it. Need, desperation, frustration, exasperation, agitation, stress, disappointment - they are all SURE precursors to blockages.
When you find yourself in this type of situation, there is only ONE thing to do: LET GO.
Be okay with not getting what you want right away. Be okay with things staying as they are.
I know that’s easier said than done, but strangely there is also a certain sense of peace that comes along with giving up the fight. When you’ve been trying to FORCE something to happen quickly, you are expending a LOT of mental and emotional energy! As a result you end up feeling worn out and depleted.
On the other hand, surrendering to the universe’s higher wisdom and letting go inspires a sense of calm detachment and peace in the present moment. You realize that you’re still okay, even without this thing you want so desperately.
Letting go does not mean you won’t get what you want. It means you are choosing to know that you’re okay without it right NOW. It means that the arrival of it will be a great bonus, but your inner peace and well-being are not dependent upon it.
More often than not, we look to our outer circumstances to determine whether our intentions are working or not, but the outer clues don’t always tell the full story. What we can’t see is all of the energy and magnetism we’ve already built up in the invisible. We can’t see that our desire is getting ready to break through - and it WILL break through, unless we begin creating blockages that prevent it from doing so.
Yes, our very feelings of desperation and frustration are what create the blockages! The longer we stay in that frustrated mind-set, the longer we’re going to delay the arrival of what we want.
The next time you find yourself hanging in limbo between wanting something desperately and noticing you do not yet have it - STOP and LET GO. Just let go. Turn it over to the universe. Be okay with not having it. You can still visualize having it, you can still believe it’s coming. But DETACH from any need to have it RIGHT NOW.
In my experience, this is often the missing key needed to pull it into physical reality.
It boggles my mind that this knowledge has been around for so long - in fact, it goes much farther back than even these more “modern” writings. Isn’t it funny that we always think our generation is so advanced that we know it all? There’s a lot to learn from those who have come before us.
If you’re running short on reading material and want to discover (or rediscover) some true gems of wisdom, hop on over to my free Law of Attraction Ebooks page and explore to your heart’s content.
I still have a bunch more books that need to be added to the list, but there is quite a collection there already.
“I KNOW that great abundance is present in my life right now, and I choose to expand my awareness of it.”
Gratitude is another strong, positive emotion. Not quite as strong as joy, but still very good. Most importantly, gratitude puts you immediately into a state of allowing because you’re focusing only on abundance.
The Law of Attraction works by the power of your thoughts and emotions in making manifest your desires. Therefore, when you focus on your actual desire, you feel the emotions of excitement, happiness, expectancy, etc. These are what empower your intention and allow manifestation to occur. When focus is placed on the middle area, the stepping stone between where you are and where you truly want to be, it is very difficult to build the necessary emotions and energy to actually attract your target. 
This is a familiar situation to most conscious creators! In fact, you are probably nodding your head vigorously as you read this. Most of us have been there at least once or twice - some of us a lot more than that. 
Lately I’ve been reading back through some old favorite books about the Law of Attraction, like 
Come along as I explore the power of thoughts, conscious creation and the Law of Attraction.
