Do You Let Negative Thoughts Rule Your Life

Okay, that’s what I thought.   I've been gone the last couple of months volunteering as watch stander aboard the Training Ship State of Maine, the cadet training ship for my alma mater Maine Maritime Academy.  In other words,I trained students to become deck officers in the merchant marine.  After two months I was ready to get home, so I did as I always do and visualized the experience I expected to have flying home.  No long lines.  Flights on time.  No lost luggage.  Well, you get the picture.

The trip to the airport was uneventful, but I had already prepared myself to be angry for having to pay for my bags.   You see the airline had emailed me saying that my second bag would cost me money.   I already had a response prepared for when they asked for more money.   I put both bags on the scale. They both hovered around 49 lbs so I got in under the wire on baggage weight.  Now was the time when they'll ask for money.   I was ready.  But she just passed me my ticket and said have a nice trip.  Hey! Wait a minute, ask me for money! I have a lot of emotional time invested on being upset for the injustice of paying for the second bag!  All a waste of time. I could have spent that time doing something fun.

I noticed that my seats had changed for the second leg - the 5 hour leg - of my journey.  No aisle seat for me - now I was in the middle.  Oh the injustice!  I bought my ticket 3 months ago for an aisle seat and they gave me a middle seat.  They explained the flight was overbooked and they had changed the plane at the last minute.  There was nothing they could do.  Externally, I was polite - it wasn't the fault of the airline people behind the counter.  Internally I was furious, so my inner self started working negatively.  Hey, what about this intention I made?  This law of attraction mumbo jumbo doesn't work and I now have proof.  The heck with Law of Attraction Simplified.  There was nothing simple about this!

On the flight to Newark I internally preparing myself to give the airline representative a piece of my mind.  Hey, you've had my money for 3 months and this is what I get.  It’s no wonder everyone hates you guys. My inner self was working overtime putting me into a frenzy.  Well, the airline representative had an attitude to match my attitude so I didn't get very far.  The flight was really overbooked and they were even asking for volunteers to give up their seats.  So my inner self started saying, so much for this law of attraction stuff.  So it’s worked a couple times in the past but this is proof this LOA stuff just doesn't work.  That’s what my inner self was telling me and I was starting to believe it.   I went back in time for a few minutes and visualized some of my previous law of attraction accomplishments.  Sure they worked, but that was then and this is now.

I'm sitting in Newark airport watching the people go by when I get a call from the airline representative.  My inner self started thinking the worst. So I go up to the desk and the representative said they had changed my seat.  Oh great, probably a middle seat further back in the plane.  She said that a family needed two seats together.  Great, my inner self said, what am I, a pawn in a chess game?  So she gave me my new seat up front and on an aisle.  Hey, my inner self said, hey, this is not fair - I have too much time spent being mad.  You can't give me this great seat now, and beside this might prove that the law of attraction works.

Sorry, Law of Attraction.  I guess you were testing me.  How many of you people allow your negative inner self to dictate your feelings and emotions?  How many of you waste way too many hours of your life preparing for the bad things that just might come up?  Start spending your time on something more productive.  Don't give up on the LOA. 

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Using the Universal Law of Attraction

Have you ever felt that you should be doing something else?  For instance you're in a job but you know it’s holding you back.  It’s not that you hate the job, it’s just that you seem to be stuck in life. You ask yourself every day, "How did I get here?"  Unfortunately. some have been asking this same question for years.  They may think that it was going to be an in between job, just until a few bills were paid, etc. In most cases the job never stimulated you but you kept at it, lost track of why you were there and you've become a robot.  You probably have no passion towards your job and have lost your dreams and ambitions.

I'm not advocating that you quit tomorrow, but I am suggesting bringing back the dreams.  Start thinking again what you're passionate about.  What hobby or job puts a smile on your face?      The law of attraction is probably the simplest law in the world and the great thing about it is that it doesn't matter how large a dream you have. You will get results by working this simple formula.  Here it is: Thoughts = Feeling = Action = Results. 

I've used the law of attraction for simple things with unbelievable results.  Recently I was flying home from Baltimore and I only had a few minutes between planes and catching a shuttle in Seattle.  I had the attitude that my flight would be perfect and I'd catch the shuttle.  Here’s what happened.  My seat from Baltimore to Cincinnati was positioned so that I was the first person off the plane and I wasn't flying first class. In all my years of flying this the first time I was first off the plane and caught my second leg without problem.  Got to my connection without a hitch.  I arrived in Seattle late, having only ten minutes to collect my luggage and catch the shuttle.   I ran out to the shuttle without luggage and the driver said that his office called he was to stay an extra ten minutes.  I thought what a smart wife I have, to call and hold the shuttle for me.  I managed to collect my luggage and ran to the shuttle with 3 minutes to spare.  I'll be honest — for a few minutes I thought the law of attraction wasn't going to work this time. So what was the big deal catching this shuttle?  It was the last one for the night and the next didn't leave for 5 hours.  I wanted to get home since I'd been gone 3 weeks.

Anyway the shuttle drive was uneventful and when I arrived in Silverdale a couple hours later I thanked Beth for calling the shuttle service.  She said that she didn't call.  I thought to myself what a great example for a law of attraction post.  I can't tell you how many times using the law of attraction as worked for me.

So far I've only been using it for the small stuff. I'm moving up in the world and will be asking for something much greater.   I'll let you know soon enough but it’s a sure thing if I use the above formula.   How about sharing some of your law of attraction experiences?

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Who Had Heard of the Law of Attraction in 2003?

Do you think many people had heard of the principle of the law of attraction prior to the movie "The Secret" by Rhonda Byrne?  Not really.  There was a group who practiced it without knowing what it was called. A few people have read the teachings of Abraham by Esther and Jerry Hicks.  There are those who have read Wallace Wattles book 'The Science of Getting Rich'.  Bob Proctor has been teaching these principles for years but hasn't made the Law of Attraction or Wallace Wattles a household name. These materials have been followed mainly by the hard core self-improvement circles but aren't common to the general public.

So what Rhonda Byrne did was simply amazing.   She has made the Law of Attraction a household word. Many of its teachers, such as Earl Nightingale, Bob Proctor, and Napoleon Hill just to name a few, were never able to bring it to the level Rhonda has.  So how did she do it?

She used a medium of the masses, great marketing techniques in her DVD, and made the law of attraction popular.  Talking heads, sound bites, extravagant promises.  The Secret and its success is an advertiser's dream.  Oprah has had guests on her television show who had watched the movie in excess of fifty times. It seems everyone who watches the movie can relate to some portion of it.   Everyone wants to improve themselves in some way. It’s hard to find anyone who doesn't want a few extra dollars, to lose those few pounds or to find that perfect mate, and the list goes on.

Is the Law of Attraction here to stay?  It certainly seems so.  It seems to be all the talk in Hollywood and Saturday Night Live started doing skits.  Once you've made it to SNL, you have made it to the big time.  If you listen to Rhonda, you will hear her say that she used the Law of Attraction to make a success with the Law of Attraction.

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Using the Unstoppable Forces of Visualization and the Law of Attraction

I don’t know why, but I get the biggest kick out of the law of attraction. Let me give you an example of my latest adventures with it. I live on the West Coast and had a job interview on the East Coast. I’d been hearing all the negative experiences everyone's been having with the airports and unfriendly airlines. Okay, with all the security horror stories blah, blah it’s hard not to fall into negative expectations.  

So this is what I did. I started visualizing what my trip was going to look like. I saw myself passing through the long lines quickly. I saw myself passing through security without any problems. I visualized the planes on time and a no-hassle trip. And most important, Mr. X would offer me a job.

So how did it go? As I drove to the shuttle, I kept on seeing what I wanted to experience. I arrived at the hotel parking lot where I was to catch the shuttle to the airport. It’s 0200 and the hotel manager said he was doing an audit and couldn’t take my money. He said to park for free. The shuttle arrived on time and we got to the airport early. It was quite busy at the airport, but I walked straight through to my gate. No problems with security or lines. So far everything’s great. As I was walking to my gate I noticed a Bose representative at his booth. I had a broken pair of head phones and asked what it would cost to repair. He said "Sir, you’re in luck today," and gave me a new set.

I had visualized a much shorter trip, tailwind, etc. but I guess the law of attraction does have some restrictions. Anyway, we arrived on time and my trip from the airport to the hotel was short. The shuttle driver was just driving up as I walked to the curb. Talk about luck. Or was it the law of attraction?

I spent a day in Baltimore interviewing and caught an afternoon flight. I had the same results on the way home. My flight to Phoenix was 45 minutes late and I thought I’d be spending the night in Phoenix but my connecting flight to Seattle was also 45 minutes late.   I had visualized this trip and couldn’t have asked for any better. So does visualization and the law of attraction work? You be the judge.

To help you with your visualizations you can create a vision board.  Check out this easy to use and inexpensive piece of software and create your own vision boards.  Very cool!  And very personal to your own goals.   It will be the best $27 that you spend this year. 

So did I get the job? I’ll let you know.

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Video Affirmations Are Worth a Million Words

Do affirmations work? Well, in a nutshell 'Yes'. So what is an affirmation? It’s a positive thought or statement that you repeat to yourself. It’s so simple you might not think that affirmations work. Select an area that you want to improve and write your affirmation. What these positive statements are doing is reinforcing your subconscious mind. Here are some examples. "I am a money magnet, money is attracted to me." "I am losing weight, I feel good, and I look great." Affirmations can be used for anything you desire.

Does this mean that you don't have to take action? No. These affirmations put you in a positive mood and they will attract what you're asking, but there is no free lunch. What you're asking for is already there, you just haven't seen it yet. This is just part of the law of attraction formula: thoughts + feelings + action = results.

Here are four tips for a great affirmations.

One - Do not use negative words like don't, won't, or am not. Make your affirmation as if you already have your results. A positive statement will encourage you look ahead but a negative statement makes you relive your past. Which statement sounds better? "I am not sick", or "I am getting better and feel better everyday." Which one would you use for getting results?

Two - Affirmations seem to work more effectively if you say them out loud or write them. Of course, when you can't do either of the above you can think your affirmation.

Three - Repetition is the key. Whenever you find yourself going into a negative thought pattern, start repeating your affirmation.

Four - Video affirmations are now possible though some very low cost computer software. The saying a picture is worth a thousand words might be updated with a positive video is worth a million words. They can be downloaded on to your iPod, used for a screen saver which make video affirmation possibilities endless. You have the best of all worlds when you use pictures, sound and positive statements.

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