How To Get Over Your Frustration With The Law of Attraction

By Natalie Ledwell

HAVE you ever felt frustrated with the LOA? If your answer is yes, you're not alone.

Many people understand the basics of the LOA, but when it comes to actually applying the mechanics of it to manifest your desires, this can be a little trickier than some folks realize - and I've experienced this myself!

Mind Movies' Natalie Ledwell

So to help you apply the LOA to see consistent results in your life, I'd like to share with you my 7 Steps to Applying the LOA:

1. Always start from what I call a "Happy Place". People often overlook this one. You must always make sure you're in a "feel good" positive vibration before you ever even think about setting an intention or goals, so that the goals you set will be infused with the same positive energy.

 One way to immediately increase your vibration is to think of one thing that you're grateful for in your life right now, no matter how big or small. Do this and you'll be surprised how quickly your energy will shift towards the positive!

2. Set a clear intention to enlist the help of the Universe. Write down your intention and repeat it each day WITH CONVICTION so you signal the Universe that you're ready to receive the help and guidance you need to make your intention a reality.

3. Create a clear, measurable goal. Get clear on exactly what you want. If you want to make more money, exactly how much do you want to make? If you want to attract the relationship of your dreams, what qualities or characteristics does this person possess? Get clear on what you want so that the Universe will know what to send your way... and when you receive it, you'll be able to recognize it!

4. Create powerful affirmations that support your goals. Create affirmations that describe what life would be like once you achieve your goal. Ideally they should also detail the thoughts you'll be thinking and the actions you'll be taking to move closer to your goals. Keep them short and powerful, make sure you use positive, present tense language, and say them aloud daily for maximum results!

5. Visualize with emotion daily. Take even just a few minutes each day to visualize what it is you want to manifest. The most potent time of the day to do this is the last 5 minutes before falling asleep! Also, when you are visualizing, make sure you're really allowing yourself to fully feel all of the emotions you'll experience once you've manifested the object of your desire. This significantly multiplies your manifesting abilities!

6. Take consistent action, big or small, in the direction of your goals. The Universe rewards action! So each day, aim to take one action that will create some forward momentum towards what it is you want to achieve - and you'll be opening the door for the Universe to send even more light bulb ideas, "chance" meetings and other unexpected opportunities your way.

7. Expect wonderful! Once you've followed all of the 6 steps above, your final step is to expect the abundance of the Universe to flow in your direction. Keep your eyes open for the people, opportunities and resources the Universe will send into your path, and be ready to reach out and grab them when they do!

Article source: http://www.mindmovies.com/blogroll/post.php?id=17

Big Goals? Bum-Glue Will Get You There

By Douglas R Kruger

EVER wanted to write a book? Your posterior may hold the key.

Best-selling Australian novelist Bryce Courtney once gave the most useful advice I've ever heard for completing big projects and achieving grand-scale goals. At a luncheon in Johannesburg, he was asked the question: "What is the single most important quality for an author who wants to write a book?" In response, he offered just two simple words of wisdom: "Bum-glue!" Or "butt-glue" for our North American readers.

'Stick-to-it-tiveness' can be the key to success

Sound mildly disturbing? How exactly does your rounded posterior plays its part in getting you to your goals? And, um... what's with the glue?

Bryce Courtney is simply saying that in order to be highly productive, and to see large-scale projects through to completion, the most important thing is to sit down each day, block out the world, and earnestly and honestly slog away at it. Come rain, sunshine or extreme boredom. And while his advice was aimed at writers, the wisdom applies in any industry. Writing a novel may require thought, planning and strategy. But the most important thing is simply to write, and write, and write. Bryce Courtney is referencing a quality that has become popularly known as 'stick-to-it-tiveness'.

SPECIFIC, MEASURABLE CHUNKS

As 2005 faded in the rear-view mirror, I wrote my own book to completion using this principle. This was my process: I set myself a goal of writing 2,000 words, minimum, per working day, and I stuck to it religiously. If I wrote more than my required allotment on any given day, this did not exempt me from my 2,000 words the next day.

By sticking to this simple theory of keeping my bum in my chair before my PC, I was surprised how swiftly 50,000 words - a workable book - manifested.

It was often mundane devoting such large blocks of time to a single project. But once it was done, it felt wonderful.

Writing your own book can be a significant step forward in positioning yourself as an industry expert. It can help you to take a quantum leap forward in your career.

SMARTER, NOT HARDER?

These days, we are all well-acquainted with the adage: Work smarter, not harder. But sometimes it's not about being strategic or trying to find clever innovations. Sometimes it's just about allocating a certain amount of time each day, consistently, to putting your bum in a chair and doing some good old fashioned hard slog.

A great number of people believe that they will someday write a book, start a company, work for themselves, or study for a new degree. I have at least one close friend who has spent the last seven years telling me about the technical course he plans to do, which, when completed, will result in a promotion for him. By December, he will have been talking about it for eight years. He's not aware of it, but he's been talking, and not doing, for the better part of a decade now. That's about one-eighth of his potential lifespan.

What's holding you back? Could it be that all you need is a little sticky stuff on the chair while the clock ticks merrily away?

WAITING FOR THE MUSE?

If you are serious about goal-setting, allocate a decent amount of time each day to your task. And none of that nonsense about waiting for inspiration to hit! The Russian classical composer Tchaikovsky used to say that his job was to be creative, so he would wake up first thing in the morning, and see to it that he produced creative work. French novelist Victor Hugo lived by the same principle, instructing his staff to keep his pants away from him until he had earned them back!

This could be your year to start living a truly remarkable and distinguished life. It is my sincere wish that your conscience will no longer allow you to think of your dream-goals as things you'll do 'one day,' but rather, that you will start to allocate time each and every day to your purpose. And as you work toward it, may you know and enjoy the mighty power of bum-glue!

Douglas Kruger is a professional speaker, trainer and author of the '50 Ways' series of books. His most booked keynote speeches are: The Rules of Hamster-Thinking, The Big Bum Theory, and How To Position Yourself As an Expert. See him in action or read more of his articles at: http://www.douglaskruger.co.za. Email him at: kruger@compute.co.za or follow him on Linked In or Twitter: @douglaskruger

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What does your HEART want? A simple exercise to find out…

By Aine Belton

VERY often deciding what you want, plans, and goal-setting are a left-brain process. Perhaps you sit down, think about what you want, and write down a list (if you take the time to do that).

Aine Belton

 This can be valuable as with any goal-setting, but how much of what you think you want is what you REALLY want at the deepest level?

Asking your heart what it wants can reveal dreams, goals and desires beyond those you may be consciously aware of, and ones that will always most benefit your life (and others).

I share a very simple exercise for asking your heart what it wants below, along with how asking mine led to some recent trapeze lessons!

There’s no ‘right and wrong’ with goals – you have free will and can create your life as you choose – but there may be goals and dreams that are most serving to you and the world at this time – things that will most reward and fulfill you and others, bring greatest joy, enhance your energy, and engage and express more of your gifts and true nature.

I’m not the most left-brain goal-setter! Some of my goals are far from conscious plans. The Global Love Festival, for example, began in a night-time dream in which I was organizing a festival followed by several other dreams, and many waking-life synchronicities.

I didn’t sit down and think “I know, I’ll organize festival”. I don’t think I would ever have consciously come up with the idea, not least because I knew nothing about putting on a festival! With the sheer extent of what’s involved, from a purely logical perspective I would probably run from the idea.

BUT, I so believe in the dream and am so passionate about it, I am fully committed, despite challenges and steep learning curves.

The ‘Ask Your Heart’ exercise below is a waking process you can use to access visions, dreams, and desires beyond those you may consciously hold.

It’s not an intricate meditation or specialized technique, it simply creates the space to listen to your heart so you can give it a go right now.

I recently began taking some “Ariel Skills” classes (i.e. trapeze)! This certainly isn’t out of any desire to do it publicly or professionally (if you saw my lack of knack at it you’d see why ), but I am having a blast. I love it! Aside achy muscles and flailing attempts to actually get onto the trapeze, once up it is such fun.

Why am I doing Trapeze?

Earlier this year I asked my heart what it wanted. One of the things my heart said it wanted was “to fly”.

This was quite unexpected. Then came flooding to mind a dream I used to have of flying an airplane or helicopter in my twenties. I used to be really passionate about the idea and even looked into pilot lessons, but I had little funds at the time and it just fizzled out.

Since hearing my heart say “I want to fly” I’ve had a lot of synchronicities around flying lessons – hearing an advert for flying lessons on my car radio (never heard that before!), hearing my friend talk about flying lessons he had not far from where I live, and perhaps the funniest, a neighbor that purchased a­­­­ mini helicopter he loves remote-flying that I’ve been seeing whizzing about. I am now booking flying lessons.

Then came the news about someone nearby teaching “Ariel Skills” classes. My heart lit up instantly. I was on to it

My heart shared several other ‘recommendations’ that weren’t on the conscious radar at the time yet have led to very rewarding experiences and new ventures.

Your heart is a gateway to the loving wisdom of your Higher Self and Source. What your heart wants will always most serve you (and all). You can ask what your heart wants in general, for its guidance in a specific area, or on a daily basis even.

Ask your heart when you wake up what it wants for your day ahead, for example. This will always be something that honours yourself and others and brings greatest love, joy and success.

"Listen for the voice of love in the crowded house of mind, soft it speaks yet endless are the blessings of this treasured find."

Your heart always has the answer

ASK YOUR HEART EXERCISE 

1) Get quiet, relax, take a few deep breaths, settle yourself and close your eyes (after you’ve read these brief steps so you can read them ). 

2) When in a peaceful calm state, place your awareness on the area of the center of your chest behind the sternum bone – this is the area of your heart chakra.

What does it feel like to place your attention here? Get a sense of the energy here. How is your heart feeling? 

3) With your focus on this area of the center of your chest, allow yourself to feel your love – the love you have for yourself, for someone you know, for nature, or any wonderful experiences that you are fond of, for example.

Whatever comes to mind, allow your heart to open and feel your love, gratitude and appreciation. As you do, see if you can sense the energy in this area of your chest expand and become more alive and tangible. 

4) You are now going to ask your heart what it wants.
You might like to imagine a mini-you inside this area of your chest – the loving, joyous, kind person that you truly are residing here in the center of your chest.

OR, you may just imagine asking this area of your heart in a more abstract way what it wants – asking the love you feel inside for its wisdom and response.

Whatever feels right to you, simply ask: “Dear heart, what do you want?” And then pause to receive a response.

You may prefer other words, or to extend the question for more specifics, such as:
“Dear heart, what would most serve me in my life at this time?”
“Dear heart, what do you desire today?”
“Dear heart, is there something you would like to share with me?”
“Dear heart, what would enhance my health/happiness/love-life/success at this time?” 

5) Listen to what your heart has to ‘say’. You may hear words, feel feelings, have thoughts, inspirations, images, ideas, or just get a sense of awareness and knowing. Just be open to what comes after asking your heart what it wants. Then thank your heart.

This exercise gets stronger the more you practice it and connect to your heart, so don’t be put off if you don’t feel an instant connection or get a clear response. Like any muscle, it gets more adept with use.

SUMMARY:

* Relax and still your mind
* Sense your heart area
* Open to and feel the love in your heart
* Ask your heart what it wants
* Open to receive a response

Try asking your heart what it wants right now, even in a simple way as with the summary just above.

Be open to whatever arises. It might not be something practical or tangible. Your heart may say “I want you to forgive yourself/your mother/your ex”, “I want you to share your feelings more with your friends”, or “I want to go outside and enjoy nature more”, etc.

Anything your heart revealed with this simple exercise? Any insight, inspiration, revelation or awareness?

Love and joy,

Aine Belton

Article source: http://globalloveproject.com/2013/07/ask-your-heart/