mochamajesty, for me the Abraham/Hicks LOA boils down very simply: Deliberately think thoughts that feel good when you think them.
It's not about turning on happiness, like it's a switch you can throw; it's about being aware of your thinking and what it's creating for you, and if it's creating a feeling you don't like, deliberately and incrementally generate a thought that will give you a little relief, and get you into an upward spiral (or thinking downstream thoughts, as they put it.)
I think we get ourselves into downward spiral ("upstream") and it becomes so habitual that we identify with our negative thinking, we think that's just Who We Are. Like: "I am not naturally happy" (identification) as opposed to "I habitually think thoughts that don't necessarily generate happiness for me" (choice).
In my experience, clinical depression interferes with the ease in which I can get myself relief by thinking downstream thoughts, so it's more of a challenge -- and I don't think my depression is too severe, so it's probably much harder for some depressed people.
Have you seen the latest Hicks book, "The Astonishing Power of Emotions"? They talk a lot in there about this notion of just giving yourself a little relief. Maybe you would enjoy reading it.
In any case, it's easy for me to see the "natural happiness" in you, because when we're communicating, you make happiness present for me. My experience of you is natural happiness, so it must be in there somewhere!
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