“Why isn’t the Law of Attraction working for me?”
This cry of frustration is uttered often by
people who are learning to consciously create better lives using the
Law of Attraction.
After spending weeks trying to raise their
vibration, focus their minds and bring forth a better reality, they
can’t understand why they’re not seeing results.
Does this describe you? Have you raised your
eyes to the heavens and demanded to know why the Law of Attraction
isn’t working for you? Or perhaps you’ve resigned yourself to one of
these deadly beliefs:
“It seems to work for other people, but I just can’t get it right.”
“I must be doomed to failure.”
“I knew it wouldn’t work, but at least I tried.”
“I’m such an idiot; why do I keep getting sucked into these ridiculous schemes?”
“God must really hate me.”
Well, wipe those destructive thoughts right
out of your mind! Seriously, they won’t serve you a bit, though I can
understand why you’re tempted to believe them - I’ve been there too!
Here’s the good news: the Law of Attraction IS
working for you. It works all the time, every time, without exception.
If you’re not seeing the results you want, the time has come to ask
yourself what you’re putting out there that is attracting similar
energy back into your life.
Before you get angry at me for telling you
you’re “doing it wrong,” please understand that you’re probably NOT
doing it wrong - but there may be one or two things you’re doing that
are creating resistance, which slows down your results.
Skim down this list of the most common ways we
hinder the Law of Attraction from delivering what we want, and compare
them carefully with your own habitual thoughts and feelings:
1. Indecision
Do you have a clear vision of exactly what you
want? Perhaps you aren’t picky, you just want things to be “better”
than they are now, whatever that ends up looking like. However, the
Universe doesn’t want you to settle for “something good,” but instead
attract EXACTLY what you desire!
What do you desire? Take some time to think
about the facets of your life. Think about your job, financial status,
relationships, health, body size, vehicle, residence, and more. Are all
of these things an accurate reflection of what you would create if you
could start over?
Make a detailed list of EXACTLY what you want
to create for yourself. Write down every tiny aspect you can think of.
Then read this list frequently to keep your vision sharp and clear in
your mind.
2. Unworthiness
Do you REALLY believe you deserve the things
on your list? What makes you so special that you deserve abundant
health, wealth and happiness? That’s not a rhetorical question. I’m
really asking, what makes you so special? Don’t have an answer? How
about this: you exist.
Someone breathed you into existence and
infused you with all these desires, and for what? Why would your
desires exist if you weren’t meant to experience them?
Until you can understand just how special and
unique you truly are, you might resist the abundance and joy the
Universe is offering you. Embrace your true worth as a human being and
let it be a shining example for all to see. Empower others (and
yourself) with the knowledge that they too can create better lives.
3. Distrust
Some of us have a skewed view of the Universe
(or God, if that term resonates with you). From an early age, we’re
taught that we have to comply with certain guidelines and behavioral
rules - or else.
We see the Universe as some angry force that
will deliver a wrath of misery upon us if we do something wrong. It’s
no surprise that most of us end up feeling like we’re walking on
eggshells.
We actually EXPECT bad things to happen
because we’ve developed such a negative view of the powers that be.
We’re afraid to ask for what we really want because we might be viewed
as greedy, ungrateful or selfish. We’re afraid to hope for something
better because we might get a lightning bolt up the wazoo.
How about turning this belief around? We can
just as easily believe in a loving Universe, one that wants us to do
well, be happy, and feel abundant. Rather than approaching the Universe
with the mind-set of a scolded child, why not step forward confidently
and joyfully and claim ownership of what is already yours?
Believe me, the Universe will applaud you for doing so, and reward you beyond your wildest dreams.
4. Doubt
Even if you WANT to believe that the Law of
Attraction really works, you might be holding back somewhat to protect
yourself from disappointment. If you don’t give it your “all,” you
think it won’t hurt so badly when it doesn’t work out. However, doubt
is like a big old rubber doorstop that prevents the gateway of
prosperity from opening.
You affirm, you visualize, you get clear, and
the gate begins to swing inward, creating a crack through which
shimmering golden light shines forth. You begin to step forward into
your glorious new reality, when “bump!,” — oops, never mind, there’s a
doorstop there and the gap isn’t big enough to let you through. Oh
well, better luck next time.
Think of FAITH as the oil that keeps the
hinges on the gates of prosperity operating smoothly. If you keep the
hinges lubricated and the gates free of any obstructions (doubts) -
they will swing right open and you’ll be dazzled by what you see on the
other side.
5. Disbelief
No matter how badly you want something, if you
don’t believe it’s possible, you will resist it. Perhaps you’ve set
some lofty goals for yourself, things that almost seem too good to be
true.
Perhaps you want to be a millionaire, but
you’re currently earning $15,000 per year. Or you want to meet your
soul mate, but you long ago convinced yourself that he or she doesn’t
exist. Turning these negative beliefs around is CRUCIAL to attracting
your desires!
For every limiting belief you hold, I want you
to take a blank sheet of paper and come up with ten reasons why your
desires are POSSIBLE. It’s important to make the reasons believable and
logical.
For example, “It’s possible for me to become a
millionaire because other people have done it, and some of them started
with less than what I have now!” Or, “It’s possible that my soul mate
exists because I simply haven’t met every person on the planet yet. He
or she might be searching for me even as I search for him/her!”
Keep repeating these reasons to yourself, until you are absolutely CONVINCED that your desires are indeed possible.
6. Duality
Do your day-to-day thoughts, feelings, and
actions paint a very different picture than the affirmations and
visualizations you project? Are you affirming your financial prosperity
while at the same time worrying about your bills?
Both realities CANNOT co-exist in your life.
Either you’re prosperous, or you’re not. Either you’re successful, or
you’re not. Either you’re healthy, or you’re besieged by aches and
pains.
At every possible moment, you need to let go
of your old reality - even if it means pretending that the symptoms of
lack, struggle, and illness do not exist. At the very beginning, it
will be a challenge to do this fully, but if you keep at it day after
day, repeatedly turning your attention to thoughts of wellness,
abundance, and joy, and focusing less on lack, struggle, and illness,
you begin to shift your reality to what you focus on the most.
7. Fear
Perhaps
you’re claiming to want something better, but you also fear it on a
deeper level. If you want to be a best-selling author but you fear
publicity and fame, guess what happens? You resist the formation of
such a reality in your life because it makes you uncomfortable.
If you want to be financially abundant but
you worry about what others would think of you, resistance is woven
throughout your desire for more money. In effect, you’re asking for
something but also pushing it away at the same time.
One good way to overcome these fears is by
facing them on paper. Ask yourself how you would handle people who
thought poorly of you for being wealthy. “I’d tell them to mind their
own business,” might be one response, or “Their opinions of me don’t
affect my life one way or the other” would work nicely also.
If you get clear about your fears, you’ll
realize that most of them are irrational or irrelevant. Even the ones
that hold merit, however, can be worked through and your resistance
will dissolve in the light of clarity and purpose.
8. Force
You watched the movie, “The Secret,” or read a
great book about the Law of Attraction, and now you’re all fired up!
You’re SO DETERMINED to change your life that you proceed full steam
ahead. You begin religiously reciting affirmations and performing
meditations and visualizations and feeling good at every possible
opportunity.
After a week or two nothing has happened, so
you increase the intensity of your efforts. You start meditating not
just for 15 minutes a day, but for two hours a day. Your affirmations
become a litany of desperation to make something happen.
Still no results, so you work harder, and
harder, and HARDER at it - until finally you scream in frustration,
utterly exhausted from trying so hard.
Lighten up! I know, that’s easier said than
done when you’re not happy with your current reality. But seriously,
the harder you “try,” the worse it’s going to get. Back off, relax, and
just let it happen when it’s going to happen. The more relaxed and
joyful you can be about the process, the more quickly your desires will
come forth.
9. Frustration
Speaking of frustration - it’s yet another way
we hinder the Law of Attraction. When we feel frustrated, we emit an
unmistakable signal to the Universe that acts as a beacon to attract
more situations to be frustrated about!
Remember the importance of FEELING GOOD! Why
is it so important? Because of the signal it puts out to the Universe.
The more you feel good, the more you attract situations and experiences
that will help you to feel good.
I know it’s challenging to feel good when
things aren’t going the way you want, but it’s so important to do so
anyway! FIND things that make you feel good, and do them as often as
possible. It is so, so, SO important!
If you have a few moments of frustration here
and there, don’t sweat it too much, just do what you can to have MORE
moments of feeling good than you do of feeling frustration. It will
make an incredible difference.
And finally, the Number One way we hinder the Law of Attraction:
10. Impatience
Most
of the people I hear uttering the weary cry above (Why isn’t the Law of
Attraction working for me?) haven’t been working at it for long.
Perhaps a few weeks, maybe even a few months.
Believe me, I know the feeling of desperation to get things moving in a more positive direction, but it takes time!
Remember that we’re constantly experiencing a
RESIDUAL effect of our PAST thoughts, feelings and beliefs. It’s
unrealistic (though understandable) to want to change it all overnight.
But it’s not going to happen that quickly most of the time.
Simply do what you can to stay positive and
keep up with the activities that will attract something better in the
future. Be gentle with yourself, and know that this too shall pass.
And in the very near future, when you really
begin to see this force shifting the circumstances of your reality
before your eyes, WOW - you’ll be so glad you stuck with it through the
tough spots!
The journey is worth it in the end......believe that!