Manifesting with the Law of Attraction

For years, the No. 1 task on my daily to-do list was precisely the same: Meditate.

It seemed a simple thing to do, a small investment in time and effort that would yield big payoffs in terms of peace of mind and better health. So I read books on Eastern philosophy. I listened to self-help tapes, took how-to classes, and consulted with a spiritual adviser. I invested in a meditation pillow, a shawl, candles, prayer beads, crystals, incense, statues, and Tibetan singing bowls. I wrote articles about meditation, and even edited a magazine on the topic (that being Yoga Journal). The only thing I didn’t do–at least not in a consistent way–was park my tush on the cushion and get that to-do done.

Why not? Because my mind naturally likes to complicate everything, I made meditation a BIG DEAL. I started to cycle through a series of esoteric practices far too advanced for someone in my starter-spirituality phase to master, and was therefore practically guaranteed to fail. On some level, I was also scared of what I might find under the surface whirl and eddy of my thoughts. “I want to meditate,” I told myself and anyone else who would listen, “but I can’t.”

This went on for nearly 10 years, the carrot always visible, but never quite within my grasp. Finally, my friend Jane Tarver, a seasoned Buddhist practitioner, stopped the madness. “Oh, knock it off,” she said (wisely and compassionately, of course). “Just sit still and count your breaths. When you get to 42, get up. That’s all you have to do. It’s no big deal.”

So I did as Jane advised, and quickly realized that meditation doesn’t have to be a scary, convoluted, or hours-long process. In fact, the easier, the better. Toward that end, this issue offers super-simple techniques designed to make meditation accessible to everyone. Read “5 Paths to Peace” (page 64), pick the style that resonates with you, and get started. By the time you come up with one decent excuse not to do it, you’ll have done it. Om tat sat

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Hillari Dowdle former editor-in chief of Natural Health Magazine.

Hillari Dowdle “Meditation made me crazy”. Natural Health. July-August 2005. FindArticles.com. 28 Jun. 2007. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0NAH/is_7_35/ai_n15691101

Tags: breaths, Buddhist, buddhist practitioner, eastern philosophy, Meditation, peace of mind, prayer, prayer beads, tibetan singing bowls, Yoga, yoga journal

People have always perceived money, wealth, abundance or prosperity to be scarce. By default, we have come to accept that and live like that in our everyday reality. We have been raised with our parents arguing about money or the lack of resources, we had to scrimp because there is little money, and we have heard a great deal about what the “want” of money can lead people to do.

It is exactly that “want” that leaves people wanting for more. The Law of Attraction or manifesting principle states that “you attract the things that your mind or thoughts focused on.” By this law, your “wanting” of money or abundance makes you want it more, but you are not attracting or creating it at all. All you will succeed in “wanting” is creating more of the same feeling.

Now this law is a natural law. It is part and parcel of the workings of the universe and therefore it will always apply to you whether you want what you are manifesting or not. This is not new and I am sure you’ve heard about all these before. If you haven’t heard of this, you might have applied this before albeit unconsciously.

As I have said, money or abundance is scarce in our reality because we have accepted it as such by witnessing hardships & financial problems over the years. This way of thinking is already like a habit. Habits are already automatic actions and unconsciously done. However, you can use the manifesting principle cited above to consciously attract abundance to you in the same you have unconsciously attracted scarcity. Just turn it around!

Yes it is easily said than done, but it can definitely be done. Overturning this “pauper mindset” as I call it is not just going to take a day or two. Years of living with it has ingrained it into our subconscious. It is going to take a strong & determined will power to overcome its hold in your psyche. The single most important step you can do right now is to make a firm a decision to ACCEPT THE ABUNDANCE THAT IS RIGHTFULLY YOURS. You can say it out loud right now (just don’t let anybody hear you, they might think you’ve gone over the edge!). Say, “I ACCEPT THE ABUNDANCE THAT IS RIGHTFULLY MINE!” If this is the first time you have done it, it is going to sound embarrassing. Just repeat the affirmation as many times as you can. Say it out loud and start with pretending that you really believe it.

Here are other things you should try:

1. Aside from saying out loud your affirmation, write it down, draw it, make a symbol of it and carry it around. Be specific. Be positive.
2. Visualize money in your hands or in your wallet as if you are holding it already.

3. Do meditation & self-hypnosis. During hypnosis, the mind which is always full of haphazard & clashing thoughts is tamed down. During this time, it becomes more receptive to the ideas, like your affirmations, that you introduce to it.
4. Pretend as if there truly is abundance in your life right now. No, I am not saying you have to live beyond your means or spend unnecessarily. Start by giving thanks for whatever blessings you have right now, including the ones you take for granted because it is always there, like air or the beauty in nature. Make a habit of giving thanks for the smallest goodness or kindness you have received.
5. Make a habit of reading motivational books daily.
6. Act!
7. Even if you have successfully manifest abundance, continue affirming, meditating and reading motivational books.

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Tags: abundance, affirmation, Law of Attraction, magick, Manifesting, mindset, money, money wealth, prosperity, subconscious, universe

So often, when something bad happens to us, it appears to be purposeless suffering. But what if our most difficult experiences are actually rich with hidden purpose. A purpose that we ourselves planned before we were born? Could it be that we choose our life’s circumstances, relationships, and events?

In my research for my book Courageous Souls: Do We Plan Our Life Challenges Before Birth?, I found that the answer to this question is a definite yes. Working with four of the most gifted mediums and channels in the country, including one who is able to hear the conversations people had with their future parents, children, spouses, friends, and other loved ones, I’ve examined the pre-birth plans of dozens of individuals. These people planned such challenges as physical illness, having handicapped children, deafness, blindness, drug addiction, alcoholism, losing a loved one, and severe accidents.

Why do we plan to experience challenges? I found four primary reasons. First, challenges allow us to balance karma from past lives. For example, someone who was physically ill in a previous incarnation and the one who took care of that person may decide to switch roles. What makes this life blueprint so difficult is that once in body, neither soul will remember the plan.

Second, we plan challenges in order to heal. For example, Penelope, the deaf woman in the chapter on deafness and blindness, planned to be born completely deaf because in a past life she had heard the gunshots that killed her mother. In this lifetime, she sought to focus on self-healing and wanted to make sure that her healing would not be hindered by a similar trauma.

Third, we plan challenges to be of service to others. In the chapter on physical illness, I write about Jon, a homosexual man who planned to have AIDS so that he could teach tolerance to humanity. Jon is not someone to be judged, but rather someone we may thank for having the raw courage to plan such a bold mission.Lastly, life challenges allow us to know ourselves as love. By this I mean not simply that we are loving, although certainly that is true, but that we are quite literally made of the energy of love. In our nonphysical Home, we experience no contrast to ourselves and therefore cannot fully understand our nature as love. On Earth, in a realm of duality and stark contrast, we often encounter a lack of love. As we choose in the face of such experiences to give and receive love freely and unconditionally, we remember who we really are.

Tags: experience, Life, life challenges, self healing