LOA Tip for the Day

[Acting Like Godot]

Every day, in this thread, I will share one little thought, tip or trick with the LOA.

[Wax Frog]

YESSSSSSSSSSS!

Pardon my exuberance

[Acting Like Godot]

Do not underestimate the Humble List.

Your thoughts create your reality. To create effectively, you need to think effectively.

If your mind is distracted, if your thoughts are constantly being pulled in multiple directions every day, then that reduces your ability to place your attention on the things you really want to create.

The situation gets even worse, if you are disorganised and busy and constantly struggling to remember all the different tasks and errands you need to do, and when, and how, and why.

Fortunately, the solution is simple. Use a simple "to-do" list. Check it a few times a day. Cross off the items that you've accomplished, and add the new items that you need to deal with.

You can use a PDA, or your handphone, or Microsoft Outlook, or Lotus Notes, or Google Calendar, or a notebook, or a simple piece of paper.

Whatever you choose, the key point is that you need to use the list consistently, regularly, every day. Dump all your tasks into the list. This will greatly free up your mental space .... enabling you to create more effectively with your extra, freed-up "thought capacity".

[marinik]

Originally Posted by Wax Frog

YESSSSSSSSSSS!

Pardon my exuberance

I second this!!!

[Vee]

Yeah! Daily LOA training to complement my daily nintendo brain training.

[jellyfishgiang]

Originally Posted by Wax Frog

YESSSSSSSSSSS!

Pardon my exuberance

I "three" this

Thank you ALG!!!

[Dreamcatcher21]

Thanks ALG. I’m also a big believer in to-do lists.

However, I do have one question for you. Do you see any benefit to prioritizing the items on the to-do list according to their level of importance?

Just as it’s easy for us to feel overwhelmed and unfocused when trying to carry all of our “to-do” tasks around with us in our heads, I think we can also become overwhelmed by making a to-do list that has, say 2000 items on it with equal status.

I like to keep two lists. One of important tasks that need to be done soon (this is the shortest list) and the other of tasks that there’s no hurry on, that can really be done anytime (this list is long, so I keep it in a binder – and all the tasks are sorted by category).

[Zas]

I love the abe hicks process where you have two To Do columns: Yours and The Universe's.

. . . Somehow the stuff I assign the universe to do is more likely to get done than the stuff I assign myself.


I'm excited to keep up with this thread.

[emeadow]

Originally Posted by Zas

I love the abe hicks process where you have two To Do columns: Yours and The Universe's.

. . . Somehow the stuff I assign the universe to do is more likely to get done than the stuff I assign myself.

HA, I need to be doing this, and I think I need to put most of the items in the universe's column!!!

Off to write a list......

[Acting Like Godot]

I will leave you guys to discuss Tip 1. I move on to Tip 2 - it's progressive muscular relaxation.

Everyone should learn PMR. Why? It's easy and useful and free. For the purposes of IM/LOA, you use PMR to deeply relax your entire body, before you actually start manifesting your goals. Apart from that, you can use PMR as a tool in itself, for stress management.

No point in me typing out what is available elsewhere on the Internet. Here are three links that give you information about how to do PMR.

Link 1
Link 2
Link 3

Through using PMR, you're also going to find out where you habitually carry the most unnecessary tension in your own body. For some people, it's going to be in the shoulders; for others, it could be in the jaws or lower back etc. For example, you might be habitually tensing your shoulders, as you type at your computer, or you might be constantly clenching your jaws, when there isn't any need for this.

Once you identify your regular tension areas, just pay a little attention to them every now and then, throughout your normal day, and practise dropping the tension.

As you drop your habitual tension & anxiety, you'll feel calmer, more relaxed, more peaceful .... All of these will put you in a better frame of mind to do manifesting.

[shasah]

I'm in. Need all the help I can get

[Lemon Juice]

Originally Posted by Acting Like Godot

Every day, in this thread, I will share one little thought, tip or trick with the LOA.

Great!
How long will this series be going on?

[Landi Star]

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That’s how I started way back… laying back daily using relaxation methods like autogenic training and progressive relaxation. Then I incorporated mindfulness methods… going through my body, feeling the sensations in each part; noticing what goes on in my mind and body. Every morning, supine (on bed or a foam pad), I tuned in…

And then I began adding sitting meditation (mostly the zen or mindfulness type)… day after day, year after year… as I got more and more into personal development and LOA.

To this day I still start my day with about half an hour (or more) of relaxation, mindfulness and meditation. It’s more free-form now than in the beginning… I lay back and just let my awareness roam free throughout my body-mind, noticing what’s there, letting everything go; sometimes ending with some sitting meditation.

How does all this help? These relaxation, meditation and inner-awareness practices are the “yin” of LOA. They quiet the mind (which raises your vibrations, according to Abraham)… and you learn to let go and allow and be non-attached… all important in LOA.

You also learn to be more tuned in to what goes on in your mind and body so that you can catch negative thoughts and feelings quickly, before they take root and start to sabotage or derail your positive intentions!

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[edith]

I'm laughing about how the universe takes care of some of the things on our lists. I made a list today (which I am loathe to do - don't know why I hate lists but I do) of things I needed to get done before some visitors arrived today. I got almost all of the things done, except for a few minor details, like dusting the very dusty living room, and I had to run some errands and figured I'd finish up when I got back.

Well, they arrived early and I didn't get to those last things at all! And it turns out they were really unnecessary. These friends had been camping and were kind of dusty themselves. It was taken care of - like that!

[Lioness]

Originally Posted by Acting Like Godot

Every day, in this thread, I will share one little thought, tip or trick with the LOA.

Hellooo, where are you?!

[Arboretor]

It is a certain consolation for the rest of us that not even for ALG all intentions are coming true

[Acting Like Godot]

Haha, sorry guys, but this thread will have to wait for at least another week.

I'm packing my bags, going off for a trip tomorrow. One week away ....

This is the free writing retreat that I manifested a few months back. I wrote about it in July, in this thread:

So where are we on that shortcut?

[Student of Life]

Hi ALG, how was the retreat? Just a friendly reminder that we are still waiting for you in this thread when you have time

[StarieEyed]

I love this for the "to do list" I heard it from morningcoach.com! I will be forever greatful to them for sharing it with me!

“About a hundred years ago, Charles Schwab was in charge of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation in the USA. Things were not going that smoothly so he asked Ivy Lee, an efficiency expert, for advice for himself and his managers to help them be more productive.

Lee told him that he would increase his company’s sales and the efficiency of his management team if he could talk to each man for about 15 minutes.

Charles Schwab asked: “How much will it cost me?”

Ivy Lee replied: “Nothing, unless it works. After three months, you can send me a check for whatever you feel it’s worth to you.”

He spent ten minutes with each executive and told them to follow the instructions below:

In the evening, write down the six most important tasks that need to be done the next day and arrange them in order of importance.
The next day, start the first task and finish it before starting anything else.
After finishing the first task, start the second most important task. Finish it and then start the third and so on.
After the day’s work, spend five minutes making a list for the next day. Unfinished tasks can be moved to the new list.
Do this for the next ninety days and check the results.
Ivy Lee’s plan worked well with the executives of Bethlehem Steel. Charles Schwab was so pleased with the results that he paid Lee $25,000 a huge sum in the early twentieth century.”

[Acting Like Godot]

I recently neglected this tip myself. The result was that my life went a bit crazy this past month. It was filled with major changes. None of them were necessarily "bad". But it's difficult to cope with several big changes at the same time. My wife and I are both feeling a bit overwhelmed at the moment.

Tip 3 is that you have to stay in touch with the deep quiet place inside you. You can get there with meditation, or prayer, or contemplation, or hypnosis. Whatever method you use, you need to stay in touch with that place.

Very often, when you are feeling very busy with your life, the temptation is to keep hurrying. You feel like you need to rush there to do X, hurry there to do Y, complete this errand, chase down that loose end, tick off more items on your to-do list. Hurry, hurry, hurry.

This is a mistake. When you are busy with your life, you need to make time to do nothing. You need to make time to sit down or lie down, and just connect with that deep, quiet place inside you.

When your mind is calm, then events will unfold in your life, at a pace that you're comfortable with. When your mind is chaotic, then events will unfold in your life, at a chaotic pace.

So make time to connect with that deep, quiet place inside.

Simple exercise:

1. Sit still in a comfortable position, close your eyes.

2. Relax your forehead.

3. Relax your eyes.

4. Relax your nose and the space behind your nose.

5. Let your jaws drop slightly.

6. Relax your tongue.

7. Relax your entire face at one go.

8. Shift your attention to your throat. Pay attention to every little sensation there. Just observe.

9. Shift attention to your shoulders. Pay attention to every little sensation there. Just observe.

10. Shift attention to your chest. Pay attention to every little sensation there. Just observe.

11. Shift attention to your tummy area. Pay attention to every little sensation there. Just observe.

12. Shift attention to your groin area. Pay attention to every little sensation there. Just observe.

13. Breathe slowly and deeply. As you exhale, feel yourself sink into the deeper layers of your mind.

14. Sink, sink, sink. Stay there.

15. As random thoughts arise, observe them in the way you observed the sensations in your physical body.

[JoePike]

Loving this stuff ALG. Keep it coming please. Great ideas, great thread.