Do you remember that first spark of hope you felt when you watched The Secret? I clearly remember the desire that filled my heart, knowing that… Yes, I can make my dreams come true — FINALLY!
But how many of you soon saw that hope dwindle into frustration? How many of you (and be honest now) started muttering things like:
- “It seems to work for other people, but I just can’t get it right.”
- “I’m frustrated that sometimes I can get it to work, but sometimes I can’t. What’s the trick?”
- “Why am I having so much trouble?”
- “I think the Universe is against me.”
- “I’m trying very, VERY hard but still nothing is happening!”
Don’t worry, you’re not alone. About 97% of people also couldn’t make the Law of Attraction work for them the first time round. Think about it, just like anything else, you have to practice many times before you see success. A child doesn’t learn to walk without falling over a couple of times, right?
But in practice, everything is easier said than done. When you’re frustrated, it’s hard to stay positive. And it’s especially harder to stay positive when the evidence all around you screams negativity, like the unstable economy or senseless acts of violence such as those recently seen in Mumbai.
And do you know what happens when you fail to stay positive? That’s right! You start attracting negative things in to your life.
So how can you make the Law of Attraction work for you — without getting frustrated? How do those who successfully implement the Law of Attraction do it with such confidence and finesse?
Well, here’s three quick tips so you will never feel frustrated or tired of begging from the Universe, because you know how to start manifesting like a pro.
1. Allow yourself to receive
Just like a lost child who approaches a police officer and asks, “Excuse me sir, can you tell me how to go to the post office? Can you? Can you? Can you? Can you? Can you?” Well, if the child goes on and on asking, the police officer can’t even give an answer, right?
Well, it’s the same thing with your mind. If the only thing your mind is doing is transmit, transmit, transmit, the Universe–which is trying to respond–can’t give you a single thing because you’re not allowing yourself to receive!
So, have the confidence in yourself and stop exhausting yourself by running around person to person begging for riches, and then wondering why nobody is dropping a penny in your cup. (Hint: It’s because you’re running away too fast for them before they can even reach for their wallets).
Just think of your desires and leave it out there, go away, and trust that your cup will be filled with gold coins (or whatever it is you asked for) when the time is right.
2. Be patient with yourself
Receiving takes time.
Sadly, many people give up just a couple of steps before the finish line because they’ve decided that if it’s not working by now, it’s never going to work at all. Worse still are those who throw in more and more energy because they think that with more resources, the results will come faster.
This is as ridiculous as expecting 9 mothers to conceive and deliver a baby in 1 month. You also can’t expect to bake perfect cookies in half the time by doubling the temperature. You’ll incinerate those cookies to ashes!
In simple terms: Everything in this world has a natural development time, and this fact will not change no matter what resources you throw at it.
So relax and be patient. Remember that you too, as part of the Universe, are also governed by the laws of the Universe, and you cannot change the natural development time.
If you remember this, you will less likely work yourself up into frustration, or worse, push yourself into a downward negative spiral.
3. Support and educate yourself
Like the child who is learning how to walk, you need support. You also need guidance on how to do it, and the role models to look up to.
Many people give up because they think that “The Secret” is the “be all and end all” solution. Well, it’s NOT. “The Secret” is just a small portion. It was never intended, and has never been, the whole answer.
Coming to the conclusion that the Law of Attraction doesn’t work when all you ever did to educate yourself was watch “The Secret” 19 times (without looking at changing the habits of other areas of your life) is like coming to the conclusion that exercising is not an effective way to lose weight because all you did is run on the treadmill for 2 hours a day (but you’re still stuffing yourself with fried foods and cheesecakes).
So seek and be hungry for new knowledge. Also, make an effort to be amongst people or communities where you can support each other, learn from each other, and also share new knowledge that you have found.
While the Law of Attraction is not an overnight delivery service, it will indeed deliver, if you do your part too!
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It all comes down to action. You know what you want because you visualise it then you need to act on your thoughts when they come, about learning what you need to know. Great ideas here especially about asking, but you need to realise that you deserve what your asking for which will relieve your mind to receive what your asking for. Thank you for the ideas. Merry Xmas.
Thank you so much for tips I can change my life with engeging myself with others that is a wondeful secret merry x mas
Getting help (what we ask for)is also about “intent”. What do we intend to do with what we get? Are we just selfishly ‘wanting’ things or do we have pure intent?
Each of us is on earth to learn something — would having a life of luxury impede our learning?
In times gone by people talked often about “character building” but nowadays people talk about “asset building”.
We’re here on a soul journey and if a new car somehow will help with that journey then I’m sure you’ll get what you asked for. (An old car might do the same job.) It’s important to remember also that none of us has special psychic (law of attraction) powers! All we have is gifted to us from the one source.
Have the right intent and be grateful for what you receive even though it might not be “new” or quite what you expected. Go with the flow. Please don’t be one of those people who’s waiting all their lives to “win the lottery”!
I thoroughtly enjoyed the article, it had so many truths,that I placed myself in those situations..
How can living by the laws discussed in The Secret ever be wrong or not effective. By living the laws we make the world a better place. Have a very very merry holiday season.
Something not mentioned in any of these techniques is that you need “money” in your “account” before you can start “drawing”.
In the law of Karma, it is possible to direct your energies into an area of your wishes, bringing the results you want. But if you do not have the right Karma in the first place, no amount of direction will work.
Another thing to note is the concept of collective Karma. What if A and B are both wishing for the same thing, and only one of them can get it? How can it be possible for both to have the same result? What if your wishes will affect other people? So the result is also dependent on how the result will affect others.
So what’s the conclusion? Make sure when you work on the law of attraction, go out and GIVE! Build up your “account” before asking from it.
And I also like what Lane said about intent. At the end of the day, we need only good wishes with good intent to make this world a better place for all of us.
I understand that but I guess I put myself under so much pressure with my debits and family. I guess its like maybe 15 years ago I told my wife as we left her brothers house and looked out the car window at the house just above her brothers, and said that’s the house we need. Then not ever thinking of it again until on day my wife’s brother and sister in law called and said the house is for sale and we have first chance. Well we have been here just over 8 years. Now how did I do that? Thanks
Law of Attraction
2 parts: Theory + Practical
Results are available only when ‘Practical’ methods are correct!
So, its better to get trained in practical methodology to get the correct rewards, in time!
Right Time ? Most ill understood component.
So again, World Wide Wait 4 the Universe to Smile on Us!!
3 years ago i came cross of secret till now i been watching and start working on myself development , reading and reading 100,s books these secret people recomended ‚plus more relating , now 209 i can say im much better ‚healthier person ‚with huge helthy brain,thoughts , and start visualising and asking from higher level spirits, either good spirits, OBE , deep hypono, meditations, i only recieved few small ordnery things , but its loughfable ‚to see the car i wish to have every day they passes from my eyes but someone eless is driving it , i work hard and spend moneies ‚to find my right partner ‚and dream house , years,
but no luck ‚i dont want them when im older than now ‚not much fun ‚so how they spect us to wait for right time with univers , arent they smart then us these planet,univers?
“The Secret” introduced us to different methods and different ways to manifest more abundance in our lives. Abundance takes more forms than just money: abundant and prosperous relationships, abundant career opportunities, abundant connections with your spiritual wealth.
All of these different methods were introduced to show people that there are many ways to get to the goal of living a Fully Abundant Life.
So far, so good…
Where “The Secret” did a lousy job was in teaching us the “HOW” of attaining that Abundant Life using any of the methods!
Tony is correct when he says that a key is “action”; however it’s more than just action. In addition to taking whatever action is necessary on our part to make our dreams come true, we must intently visualize our goals and place ourselves in a sort of movie in our own minds.
When you are able to see yourself acting as if you already have your dream; if you really see yourself interacting with your longed-for soulmate; when you feel the security and comfort that comes from a large bank balance…that is when the Universe starts to shift the energy to making sure that what you are feeling for yourself continues.
Put as much emotion into your goals as possible. Smell the leather of the new car, taste the sweet kisses of your soulmate, touch the brick on the outside of the new home…you are almost there!
I think detachment is very important. I have manifested many things, or circumstances that worked in my favor, in a matter of hours. I just expressed a wish and like Neil said, never thought about it again until I see it happening. So I know for sure LOA is working. My problem is that I can’t detach that easily when I wish for big things. I am working on that.
I’m beginning to think when I hear, half the fun is in getting there, may be the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
Practicing the Law of Attraction, I am most joyful and excited when designing, creating and placing my order with the universe.
When it never shows up for years on end or while in my heightened and joyful state, I eventually give up. Okay, I mean that I am detached to the point of apathy, and really, really DO NOT care about it anymore.
If it shows up now, I’ll be surprised and way less than joyful in it’s arrival.
It would be more fun if what we desired came when we really wanted and created it.
I have heard that the time required is for us to be really sure if that is what we desire with all our heart.many a times I have desired things and while waiting for it to be manifested I have second feelings.Maybe what I desire was not really this.Thank Gos what i desired did not manifest instantly or else I would have found myself holding something which I no longer desire wondering what to do wit it!