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If you need it, you're sunk…

By on December 18, 2006

The Law of Attraction – in essence – is simplicity at it’s finest. What you think about, you bring about. Very simple, very easy.

Or is it? Is it really just a matter of thinking good thoughts and then sitting back and waiting for what you thought about to come into your life?

Well, although sitting on your couch and waiting for the Key to the World to get delivered by the postal service is certainly not recommended, the basic concept of creating your life via your thoughts and feelings is very solid.

However, there are some sinkholes in the system that can – and will – trip you up if you are not ready for them, and needing things is one of the biggest.

The entire process of invoking the Law of Attraction involves matching your vibratory frequencies to the things that you want to attract into your life. When your vibrations are positive, then positive things will manifest, and the same thing applies to negative vibrations.

Contrary to popular belief, positive vibrations are NOT caused by what you think about. You can practice positive thinking all day long, but if you don’t match your feelings to what you are thinking about, you could very well manifest the opposite instead!

This effect happens when you want something, but the emotional feeling that you have about that thing is based in “lack”, rather than in abundance. Since money is the most common thing that people fail to manifest by stepping in this Law of Attraction sinkhole, I will use that as an example to illustrate the point.

Let’s say that you are trying to manifest a certain amount of money. For this example we will only use “normal” money that you want to bring into your life for things that you need to pay for. Although it is certainly possible to manifest large sums of wealth with the Law of Attraction, since great riches are something that we want – but that we don’t actually need – they won’t serve to illustrate this concept.

For now, we will focus on you just trying to bring in enough cash to cover your basic needs – a dependable car, enough money for rent, groceries, clothing, health needs, etc.

Since those are all things that we actually need, then we certainly feel strongly about having them. That is exactly when we start to put our foot into the sinkhole.

Whenever we need something – as opposed to wanting it – the vibration that we send out is one of desperation, which is certainly a negative feeling, and not very likely to bring about positive changes, aka more money in our pockets.

In addition to a baseline sense of desperation, we could also be sending out an entire host of negative vibrations; fear, doubt, worry, etc. Each of those negative feelings sends out a negative vibration and the Law of Attraction obediently brings us exactly what we FEEL about, not what we THINK about.

By having feelings of desperation, fear, doubt, or worry, the Law of Attraction will simply bring us more reasons to have those feelings!

One of the critical things that you must remember about the Law of Attraction is that it always delivers – every single time. If you don’t find a way to use it to manifest the things that you want, there is a pretty safe bet that you will be manifesting things that you don’t want.

How do you avoid this sinkhole?

All you have to do in order to get anything – and everything – that you want from the Law of Attraction is to FEEL GOOD! In the movie ‘The Secret‘, even though the audience has just spent 90 minutes learning the ins and outs of the Law of Attraction, Rhonda Byrne sums up the entire movie – and the entire Law – in one beautiful message that Nature helps her to deliver:

FEEL GOOD!

That moment in the movie actually invokes an emotional response from a lot of people who see it because it takes 2 simple words that everyone is already proficient at using to demonstrate the fact that we can all have whatever we want by doing something that we all know how to do!

So, how can we bring all of that back around to help us manifest things that we need? Simple: send out “feel good” vibrations via Creative Visualization.

Again, remember that the Law of Attraction is activated via our feelings, not via our thoughts. In order to feel good about something that you don’t actually have, you can access the absolutely unlimited power and depth of your own imagination to envision a landscape where you DO have everything that you need.

Here’s the trick, though. It’s called Creative Visualization for a reason – you need to actually paint a mental picture that is so real in every detail, that you actually feel the feelings of being there.

Take the actual circumstances of the scene that you are visualizing and map them out in every possible detail to make it as real as possible. Actually paint the picture by adding in the same “real life” details that you would have if you were actually living that moment:

  • What time of day is it?
  • What is the weather like?
  • What are you wearing?
  • Who is with you, or who do you see?
  • How big is the smile on your face as you spend the money that you manifested?

As you put together this pseudo-real set of circumstances in your head, it is absolutely imperative that you view the scene in your head as if you are actually there. You are seeing the scene through you own eyes, not through the eyes of a casual observer.

Also, your visualization must take place in the NOW, not in the future. Even though you don’t actually have the money yet, in your visualization you do have the money. If you make the mistake of visualizing a scene at some point in the future, then it will always stay at that point in the future.

And finally, the most critical piece to this entire puzzle is that when you are visualizing your scene, you must feel good about the fact that you are there and that you have the money!

The feelings that you generate with your powerfully holographic visualization are the entire point of the exercise.

If you create a detailed visualization, but think the entire time that you really don’t believe that it will work, because you really don’t have the money, and your rent is really due, and your cupboards are really empty, and because…etc.

Do you think that type of thinking will generate the positive vibrations that you need in order to manifest positive things into your life? Of course not.

However, you can – and will – bring those positive things into your life when you put yourself in the middle of your visualization by painting a great picture. Build a happy moment in your mind and believe in your created scene so much that you actually start to feel the way you will feel when that moment arrives.

That, friends and neighbors, is when you are in the sweet spot! At that moment in time, you have the Law of Attraction tightly within your control, and you can use it to manifest every single thing in your visualization, and much, much more.

This system works, and it will work for YOU, as well. Remember, though – if you need it to work, then it won’t. The Law of Attraction will never bring you anything that you need – no matter how badly you need it. However, it will bring you what you want – every single time.

If you have a need, then turn it into a want, and it will show up for you!

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  1. Anonymous says

    December 18, 2006 at 7:48 pm

    Very well said, Aaron! The key truly is to hold the desire lightly, knowing your happiness doesn’t hinge on whether or not it manifests. Feel good regardless.

    I’ve found great resources for releasing the feeling of Neediness: Byron Katie’s Inquiry (www.thework.com), Sedona Method (www.sedonamethod.com) and Eckhart Tolle’s writings are among my favorites.

    Remembering that our feelings are always choices is empowering as well. Thanks for great info about the importance of releasing “need!”

    Jeannette
    Attraction Coach
    Good Vibe Coaching

  2. aaron says

    December 19, 2006 at 2:47 am

    Jeannette,

    I appreciate your comment and that great list of resources – thank you so much! I haven’t checked out Byron Katie’s work yet, although I will certainly do so. I have dabbled with the Sedona Method, though, and found it to be wonderful.

    Plus, Hale Dwoskin has a funny laugh, so that always helps! 🙂

    Thanks again!

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