For this instalment of our Law of Attraction discussion we will be focusing on a touchy subject, but we promise to be gentle. It has to do with taking a genuine look at yourself and taking responsibility for the circumstances for your life.
There are a lot of techniques floating around out there expounding the virtues of this multi-step process or that life-changing product, and they may have their merits. Yet in the end they mean nothing compared to your emotional state. That said, here’s reason number two of what Law of Attraction isn’t working for you as well as you’d like it to.
2. You’re Too Aware of What You Don’t Want
Those wanting to create their own reality will spend much time speaking affirmations as if the words themselves will bring about what they are seeking. Affirmations are just devices, tricks really, to generate the desired emotion. Speaking them with intensity and persistence is not the same as speaking them with conviction. In truth using them improperly will actually be counterproductive to what you are wanting to achieve.
You can repeat ad nauseum “I want to be healthy” but if while saying it you are acutely aware that you aren’t healthy now then you’re not going to change anything as you’re simultaneously emphasizing where you want to be and where you currently are. It’s a two steps forward and two steps back sort of dilemma. You’re going to get nowhere fast as you recreate your current condition over and over again.
Affirmations aren’t themselves necessary. Your don’t ask the universe for what you want by stating it with words or building vision boards, those are just techniques and excuses you can use to feel good now. Petting your dog, listening to music, meditating, writing in your journal, these are all suggested in an attempt to get you to the place of feeling appreciation. But appreciation is really where it’s at.
Frequently the best course of action isn’t to keep paying attention to the situation you want changed. Shift your thoughts to something else entirely that definitely makes you feel better, that will be much more useful. The universe already knows what you want and you’d have it right now if you’d just get out of your own way.
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