Law of Attraction: Attracting Positives and Negatives
Wednesday January 3, 2007
Affirmative Project: Day 3
The Law of Attraction (LOA) is not new to me. I've shared its theory over the years with friends and clients. Today, I discovered that Magic Unlimited with Ellis & Webster Blog gave me some recognition for having published my article Understanding the Cosmic Law of Attraction on the Web back in the nineties. The article has gotten a decent audience over these past years. I've thought about updating that article but never got around to it. I guess it is good enough as originally written.
A couple of other manifesting articles I have published that are favorite among my readership are my New Moon Ritual and How to Manifest A Mate. A more recent contribution I made on the theme of creating abundance is my Manifesting Scrapbook.
I was talking to my baby sister on the phone a couple of nights ago. After watching The Secret for the first time she delve in and began making a list of things she wants to attract. Almost immediately she had some luck in attracting some work her way that will bring her some extra cash each month. Cool. But 3 days into working with the LOA she has decided that attracting positives is hard. And, she's also not quite buying into the idea that we create everything in our own realities. She's currently dealing with a couple of negatives that she simply cannot imagine that she would have possibly attracted on her own. In her words "Nobody would want that." I couldn't help but laugh... My bad, I know. But I remind her that everyone has gotten caught up in dramas and wonder how they landed in the middle of such a mess. The LOA takes practice, practice, practice, to get good at attracting the good stuff.
I have attracted both positives and negatives in my life. I admittedly take the credit for attracting both. I'll share an example of each from my own experiences.
Positive Attraction Experience: Manifesting My Husband
We will be celebrating our twentieth year anniversary in September. Three years before I met (urr... actually manifested him) I was fantasizing about what a perfect mate for me would be like. Notebook and pen in hand I scribbled out all the traits that I would want in a partner. The list looked sort of like this:
I was a single mom with two divorces behind me. The reason I wanted a life partner who didn't want to have children of his own, but also liked kids, was because I already had three children and couldn't physically have any more. I did not want my future mate to already have children because I honestly felt I would not make a good stepmother. I also desperately wanted a lover who thought I was pretty. My first husband told me I was just okay in the looks department after we had been married a year and that really hurt me. A husband is suppose to think his wife is pretty, right??
It took some time, but the universe delivered my husband to me just the way I ordered him three years before I met him.
Negative Attraction Experience: Financial Setback
I told a group of friends OUT LOUD that I didn't want to win the lottery, further stating "Money isn't important to me." Within the week I was facing a financial setback that took my sails out. I had to quickly re-evaluate my thoughts about money and financial security. That was a scary time for me... and a lesson well learned that we DO create our own realities by our thoughts, words, and actions.
Affirmation of the Day
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What is the Affirmative Project?
Daily journal postings beginning January 1 focusing on my New Year's resolution "I resolve to live in a more affirmative light in the coming year."
Affirmative Project Daily Posts
The Law of Attraction (LOA) is not new to me. I've shared its theory over the years with friends and clients. Today, I discovered that Magic Unlimited with Ellis & Webster Blog gave me some recognition for having published my article Understanding the Cosmic Law of Attraction on the Web back in the nineties. The article has gotten a decent audience over these past years. I've thought about updating that article but never got around to it. I guess it is good enough as originally written.
A couple of other manifesting articles I have published that are favorite among my readership are my New Moon Ritual and How to Manifest A Mate. A more recent contribution I made on the theme of creating abundance is my Manifesting Scrapbook.
I was talking to my baby sister on the phone a couple of nights ago. After watching The Secret for the first time she delve in and began making a list of things she wants to attract. Almost immediately she had some luck in attracting some work her way that will bring her some extra cash each month. Cool. But 3 days into working with the LOA she has decided that attracting positives is hard. And, she's also not quite buying into the idea that we create everything in our own realities. She's currently dealing with a couple of negatives that she simply cannot imagine that she would have possibly attracted on her own. In her words "Nobody would want that." I couldn't help but laugh... My bad, I know. But I remind her that everyone has gotten caught up in dramas and wonder how they landed in the middle of such a mess. The LOA takes practice, practice, practice, to get good at attracting the good stuff.
I have attracted both positives and negatives in my life. I admittedly take the credit for attracting both. I'll share an example of each from my own experiences.
Positive Attraction Experience: Manifesting My Husband
We will be celebrating our twentieth year anniversary in September. Three years before I met (urr... actually manifested him) I was fantasizing about what a perfect mate for me would be like. Notebook and pen in hand I scribbled out all the traits that I would want in a partner. The list looked sort of like this:
- Doesn't already have children of his own
- Doesn't want to have children of his own in the future
- Likes children
- Romantic
- Sense of Humor
Tells me I'm beautiful whether he thinks so or not- Believes I'm beautiful
- Adores me
- Will support me regardless if I choose a career or decide not to work at all.
- Generous of heart
I was a single mom with two divorces behind me. The reason I wanted a life partner who didn't want to have children of his own, but also liked kids, was because I already had three children and couldn't physically have any more. I did not want my future mate to already have children because I honestly felt I would not make a good stepmother. I also desperately wanted a lover who thought I was pretty. My first husband told me I was just okay in the looks department after we had been married a year and that really hurt me. A husband is suppose to think his wife is pretty, right??
It took some time, but the universe delivered my husband to me just the way I ordered him three years before I met him.
Negative Attraction Experience: Financial Setback
I told a group of friends OUT LOUD that I didn't want to win the lottery, further stating "Money isn't important to me." Within the week I was facing a financial setback that took my sails out. I had to quickly re-evaluate my thoughts about money and financial security. That was a scary time for me... and a lesson well learned that we DO create our own realities by our thoughts, words, and actions.
Affirmation of the Day
----------------------------------------------------------
What is the Affirmative Project?
Daily journal postings beginning January 1 focusing on my New Year's resolution "I resolve to live in a more affirmative light in the coming year."
Affirmative Project Daily Posts
Comments
I tried looking at the universe and asked for visitors, and true enough friend s we had`nt heard from for years dropped in.
Attracting visitors…. cool. Bet it was great catching up with old friends.
My greatest lesson learnt is to realise that whatever I have in my life I attract it into my life.
For most people, this fact is very hard to swallow. Of course, we did not want to attract the the low pay, lousy
boss, bad figure etc etc..
In the past, I also did not realise this lesson until I watch the movie The Secret. The movie talks about the law of Attraction and how we as individuals can tune ourselves to attract positive
thoughts, positive people and events.
It was then I realise I could not get out of debt because I was not focusing on prosperity. I was still thinking about debt.
It wasn’t till I really focus on prosperity, I start to see money coming from some of my investments.
This weekend I suddenly realized I had a financial setback. Not sure how that happened as it is bad timing… so what do I think about? Not the problem obviously… I think about the prosperity I want. Not because I am greedy but because it will help me live the life I want and help those I am led to help…. thinking only prosperity and not on the situation… prosperity for me prosperity for me… ok so where do I go from here? where do I take such thoughts…maybe more detail… *sigh* this is hard work.
I see my mesage above got cut off. I also made comments on the fact I want a mate- a husband. I am divorced x 10 years and I am tired of feeling lonely but do not want to settle. So…. what to do… well I have previously made a list a few weeks ago. Perhaps, it needs refining, you know so I get exacty what suits me and makes me happy… *sigh* So this is what I want- a man and these are the qualities and characteristics… so when I am feeling lonely…I will not dwell on lonely… I will think about this ‘perfect man’ just for me…. LOL