The Law of Attraction can work for You

By Margaret Tiveron

You can have whatever you want in your life— it’s just a matter of allowing it to happen!
-- the teachings of Abraham

If what Abraham teaches is even half true, wouldn’t you want to know more? What Abraham teaches is the Law of Attraction, the fountainhead of information on which The Secret is based.

Abraham is a non-physical entity that shares its messages through channeller Esther Hicks. Abraham tells us that life is meant to be joyful and we really can have everything we want if we learn and apply the skills. Esther and her husband Jerry Hicks are examples of the truth they teach, driving to their speaking engagements in a custom-built motor home they manifested using the Law of Attraction. Millions have benefited from the wisdom Abraham shares by reading their books and attending their public events. Now Esther and Jerry Hicks are coming to Toronto September 20.

Abraham teaches that the Law of Attraction is a simple three-step process. The first step is to ask. What do you want? Be specific and precise – what colour is the car? In what neighbourhood is the house?

The second step is the answer is given. Abraham says this is the work of “the GOD force.” Our work at this point is to know that God responds fully and immediately to every request we make. Every question is answered.

The third step in the Creative Process is to allow in that which we have asked for. Allowing is about getting in tune with the vibrational frequency of what we want, focusing on it and knowing it is ours, rather than think about not having it.

The allowing step is more difficult than it sounds. How often do you ask for something and then get caught up feeling badly that you don’t have it yet? Abraham says, “If you focus on wanting a car, that’s what you’ll get – the wanting of the car.” You’ve got to focus on the car itself, right down to the leather bucket seats and upgraded stereo system.

If the Law of Attraction is new to you, or if you’ve heard about it and want to know more, click here to get all the details.

And if you still want to know more about the teachings of Abraham, take a look at the synopsis below, taken from the http://www.abraham-hicks.com/:

A Synopsis of Abraham-Hicks' Teachings

• You are a Physical Extension of that which is Non-physical.
• You are here in this body because you chose to be here.
• The basis of your life is Freedom; the purpose of your life is Joy.
• You are a creator; you create with your every thought.
• Anything that you can imagine is yours to be or do or have.
• You are choosing your creations as you are choosing your thoughts.
• The Universe adores you; for it knows your broadest intentions.
• Relax into your natural Well-being. All is well. (Really it is!)
• You are a creator of thoughtways on your unique path of joy.
• Actions to be taken and money to be exchanged are by-products of your focus on joy.
• You may appropriately depart your body without illness or pain.
• You cannot die; you are Everlasting Life.
  

Are You Sure Your Messes are No Big Deal?

Do you have messes you’ll get to some day? I bet you do -- little pockets of clutter, long list of to-do’s, projects that aren’t quite finished and improvements you’d make if you could find some time. Things like the outdated address book, the burned-out light bulb, the missing button, the half-finished home-improvement project, piles of unopened mail.

Do you tell yourself the messes are no big deal? That they don’t impact your life in any way? Before you put off dealing with your messes again, consider the hidden costs of living with them.

Messes interrupt your peace of mind. They’re like and endless tape that loops through your mind – is your favourite shirt missing any buttons or can you wear it to the important function tonight? Do you have enough time to do all of the things on your long to-do list before you go on vacation?

Messes sap your energy and reduce your self-esteem. Every time you encounter one of your messes you get the familiar feeling of frustration that you haven’t cleaned it up yet. It leaves you feeling disappointed in yourself and frustrated that you can’t seem to handle even small projects.

Messes limit what your reach for in life. They feel like underlying evidence that you haven’t got your act together. Why would you think you’d be successful at something truly important if you can’t seem to organize your linen closet?

Messes keep you separate from people. They probably surround you in your home and prevent you from inviting people to your home until you clean up the messes.

Messes keep you from the delicious feel of personal pride. You know the satisfaction that comes with a job well done and the pride that you’re on top of things and doing what needs to be done. Messes are an obstacle to feeling that pride, but also one of the surest ways to experience it.

Are you beginning to agree that cleaning up those incomplete, disorganized muddles is important? A solution is to roll up your sleeves and start to slog away. Some of the best ideas I have found for doing that are listed in my decluttering article.

101+ Ways to Feel Better Now

A. Enjoy a piece of art. Practice appreciation. Be adventurous. Be your authentic self.
B. Enjoy something beautiful. Read an uplifting book. Take a break. Breathe. Bake.
C. Show compassion. Savour a piece of chocolate. Watch the clouds. Be creative.
D. Dance. Drink some water. Make a donation. De-clutter. Get dressed up.
E. Take off your shoes and walk in the earth. Eat a favourite food. Enjoy.
F. Do something fun. Spend time with a friend. Buy yourself some flowers. Forgive.
G. Spend time in a garden. Be goofy. Giggle. Grin.
H. Help someone else. Spend time on a favorite hobby. Let your humour out. Be happy.
I. Enjoy some ice cream. Spend some time on quiet introspection. Play an instrument.
J. Do something which gives you joy. Tell a joke. Journal.
K. Play with some kids. Try karaoke. Practice random acts of kindness.
L. Laugh. Do an act of love for someone else. Sit in the light. Live. Make love.
M. Play uplifting music. Move. Meditate. Be mischievous. Spend time in the mountains.
N. Spend time in nature. Say no. Eliminate the negative. Try something new. Be nice.
O. Get outside. Get organized. Be original.
P. Play. Buy a plant (or plant one). Play with a pet. Pray. Accentuate the positive.
Q. Enjoy some quiet time. Quench a thirst. Read inspiring quotes.
R. Sit on a rock. Take a small risk. Walk in the rain. Listen to the radio. Enjoy a rainbow.
S. Sing. Solitude. Watch the stars. Be spontaneous. Look at the sky. Simplify. Smile.
T. Spend time surrounded by trees. Enjoy your favourite TV show.
U. Contemplate the universe.
V. Enjoy a favourite verse of poetry. Go on a vacation. Send a valentine. Value your life.
W. Go for a walk. Spend time in or near water. Write a letter. Watch a sunset.
X. Get some exercise. Do something exciting.
Y. Appreciate yourself. Spend some time with youth. Yell. Yodel. Say yes.
Z. Go to the zoo. Do something with zeal. Be zany. Practice Zen. Catch some zzzzzzzs.

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I would love to see more people living lives of joy. Permission is given to reproduce and share this with others provided the contact information at the top of the page and the copyright information at the bottom of the page is included. And please visit www.dreamcrafters.ca/101.htm for our free ebook, 101+ Ways To Raise Your Joy Quotient. You will love this fun and uplifting ebook..

20 Ways to Get Good Karma

Instructions for Life from the Dalai Lama

1. Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
2. When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.
3. Follow the three R’s: - Respect for self, - Respect for others and - Responsibility for all your actions.
4. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
5. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.
6. Don’t let a little dispute injure a great relationship.
7. When you realize you’ve made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
8. Spend some time alone every day.
9. Open your arms to change, but don’t let go of your values.
10. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
11. Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you’ll be able to enjoy it a second time.
12. A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life.
13. In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current situation. Don’t bring up the past.
14. Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.
15. Be gentle with the earth.
16. Once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before.
17. Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
18. Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.
19. If you want others to be happy, practice compassion.
20. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

Give Yourself the Gift of a Retreat

In her bestselling memoir Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert describes a silent retreat on a tiny island near Bali. She created a space of solitude and introspection in which she could journal, cry, forgive, release and love herself into feeling more whole and balanced in the midst of a difficult divorce.

Like Elizabeth, I took a retreat that allowed me to look deeply at my life, acknowledge some truths and recommit to what is important to me. I returned from my retreat feeling lighter and more centred, deeply grateful for my blessings in my life and committed to focusing on the things that are most important to me. Here are tips for creating a silent retreat for yourself:

You’ve got to get away. No matter how you try to get around it, home is home and it’s full of things that will distract you from the complete attention you need. A cottage in off-season, a retreat centre, an island off Bali…whatever it is, find a place where you can completely focus on yourself and not your to-do list.

Make it silent. Limit your interaction with the outside world, including television, radio, internet, your e-mail inbox. Even limit phone calls to loved ones. The purpose is to focus on yourself and you can’t do that if you’re checking in with the world all the time. They’ll get by just fine without you.

Surrender. If you’re expecting wonderful things to happen, create room for them to occur. Whatever name you use -- God, Spirit, the Universe, the Higher Power – give It room to work by being willing to experience shifts and blessings.

Be active rather than passive. Reading books may give you insight but reading, which is passively taking in ideas, has to be balanced with the more active work of writing, thinking deeply and doing activities you may have chosen for yourself.

Write. If you use a journal, you know that journalling has the power to take less-than-positive thoughts and turn them around to show a more empowering perspective. You can also use a journal to empty your mind of the incessant chatter so that you can think without distraction. If you haven’t used a journal before try it. If you have, count on it being an important resource during your retreat.

Forgive. This huge step reaps deep rewards. I had a powerful experience under the late-night sky. In my mind, I had a conversation with each person I wanted to forgive. Then I chose a bright star on which to bury my grievances. I imagined the love that exists in the relationship reflecting back to me from the star and I felt peace and completion. Don’t forget to include yourself on the list of people to forgive.

Use rituals to support your experience. Just as using the stars supported my forgiveness, choose rituals that will work for you. Burning can be a powerful ritual of release – write out anything you want to release (situations, limiting beliefs) and then burn them. Native Indians have many rituals you may wish to consider including in your retreat.

Taking time for yourself to clear your mind and release things that may have been holding you back can be a very transformative and nurturing experience. You'll return renewed, relaxed and committed to giving yourself the git of a retreat again soon!

Get rid of things that don't serve you

When I pruned the shrubs in my backyard, some sprouted quickly, evidence that the plant was growing fuller and stronger. One group of cedars, however, appeared to be just a dry skeleton of branches that was all but dead. Although it took several months for sprouts to appear, the plants did recover but very slowly.

The plants that recovered flourished after pruning had received more attention over the years while the cedar hedge had been so neglected that it died inside. The overgrowth had restricted the plant’s access to the elements essential to life (light, water, air) and it had deteriorated.

The plight of the plant can happen in our lives as well. When our days are filled with too many things, we feel stuck and stagnant. Like the neglected plant, we struggle to get enough of the things that keep us feeling balanced and healthy. Once we lop off some of the extras, we feel lighter and freer.

Activities and expectations that are not serving us keep us heavy and unbalanced. In order to get clear about what we want, we need to take some time to get quiet and ask ourselves what is true for us in our hearts. Two tools that I have found to be effective are:

· “Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.” This is the advise of William Morris, furniture designer and founder of the Arts and Crafts design movement. This can be a powerful catchphrase when deciding what to keep and what to pitch. Donating your unwanted items to a worthy cause can make the releasing more bearable.

· Eliminate clutter ten things at a time. Take a few minutes to quickly put away or get rid of ten things. Ten things, that’s all. This brief burst of activity will give you satisfaction, and may even be done while you’re on the phone or waiting for someone. By the end of the week, you’ve eliminated 70 items and by the end of the month, 300.

· Give yourself an immediate sense of space and order by quickly boxing up all the things in a room that you don’t need right away or use frequently. Label the boxes with their contents and plan to go through them later. Usually, I don’t miss the things in the boxes and when I go back to them, I get rid of almost everything.

As soon as we release some of our clutter, we feel the freedom and openness a plant feels when it is pruned and we are better able to grow and expand in new directions.

Do You Have a Bucket List?

Did you see “The Bucket List” starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman? It’s about two hospital roommates with little time to live who take off on an odyssey to cross items off the list of things they want to do before they “kick the bucket.” They travel to Egypt, Europe and Japan to see the sights they’ve always longed to see. While the landmarks are awe-inspiring, the men realize that what they really long for is deeper connections with the people who are most important to them – family.

Whatever you call it – bucket list, life’s goals or personal intentions – making a list of things you want to accomplish in your lifetime is a valuable practice in getting clear about what’s most important to you. While the list may be generously sprinkled with “dream items” such as trips, adventures and possessions, if you take your time, you’ll find that your list will also reveal some of the qualities of you want to cultivate. For example, my list, which I started in 2000, includes being a really good cook and owning a convertible sports car. These define the way I want to live my life rather than how I want to spend my vacation.

Here are some tips for creating a meaningful “Bucket List:”

Indulge all of the things you want to do. Surely you’ve thought of some great vacations you’d like to take. Tuscany? An African safari? The Grand Canyon? Maybe you want to become a millionaire, run a marathon or start your own business? These are do-goals – based on you doing things to achieve the intention. Many of the things on your list will fall into this category. It’s a great place to start.

Next look at have-goals. What are the objects you’d like to own? The sports car, the beach house, the fabulous jewellery, a great stamp collection are things and have-goals are about getting them. What an awesome future you’re creating for yourself!

Then consider be-goals. How do you want to show up in the world? Do you want to be remembered for your integrity? Is it important to be the kind of parent who shows up at all the soccer games? Do you want to be incredibly fit all through your life? Who do you want to be? For me, it’s important that I am a part of the lives of my nephews and nieces – I want to be an influence and a blessing in their live.

Once you’ve created a “first draft,” leave your list for a few days and then review it to see if you have anything else to add. Really get into the process and imagine what it take to be satisfied that you had lived a good life? This is just you dreaming on paper so really get into it! If you give it some time, you may be surprised what emerges.

Choose an item or two on your list to cross off this year. Could you get started on the stamp collection, begin a business plan for your business, plan your next vacation to one of the places on your list?

Review the list every once in a while to see how you’re doing and add new things that have become important to you. If you do an end-of-the year review and goal setting, that would be an excellent time.

Consider working with a coach. Creating the life of your dreams is not as easy as it sounds. There can be fear associated with some of the things on your list and it may be difficult to find time for some of the others. A coach can help you stay focused on the projects you’ve identified as important to you.

Don’t wait until you’re faced with the prospect of the impending end of your life to start to cross things off The Bucket List.