LoA and feeling it NOW

[evandangie]

I wonder if anyone has any suggestions on how to get more into the feeling place of having or being something now, rather than projecting into the future while meditating/visualizing. I spend a good chunk of time visualizing, but I find it difficult to see myself doing it, or feeling like it's actually happening. It ends up being more like me watching a movie of myself doing things and I find that I kind of project it outside of myself. Obviously I'm not seeing a lot of the stuff I want materializing...

Any thoughts or suggestions?

[HappyIam]

I used to visualize like I was watching a movie of myself. One thing I found helpful was to start my visualization by watching the 'movie', I would then walk up to the me in the movie and step into myself. You may have to do this serveral times during your visualization....When I first started doing this I kept popping out of myself lol but eventually I found that I no longer needed to seperate myself.

[Matthew Cluff]

1. Simply be, act, and feel the way you would feel when you've achieved your goal/got what you wanted ... starting now!

2. Act as if you've already achieved your desires and they will start being drawn toward you.

3. Be grateful regarding the feeling of your desires already having come true (which is the highest form of faith).

4. Create and read/recite/write down present-tense affirmations which describe what you already want to achieve already BEING true in the present.

5. Use a Vision Board or a Mind Movie, using present-tense affirmations and powerful, tangible pictures of what you want.

[ButterflyWoman]

Originally Posted by Matthew Cluff

Act as if you've already achieved your desires and they will start being drawn toward you.

The problem I've always found with this is that there are limitations on how you can act.

For example, if you are manifesting for healing of, say, a pulled tendon in your leg, you can't go out and do Irish dancing, which you might do if you weren't injured. You can SAY "My leg is healed" but then you can't do what you'd do if your leg was healed.

The same is true of money. People with lots of money buy things, pay bills on time, give lavishly to charity, whatever. I can't act like I have money if I don't.

I understand the principle behind this advice, but it seems highly impractical in a lot of situations (such as healing, finances, etc.).

I'd be interested in hearing your take on this.

[Zenn]

You can feel it all the time and do it in your imagination/visualization.

[evandangie]

Here are some of the things that are coming up for me right now (11 days into millionaire spending experiment):

1. it's really hard to feel good about money because when I think of money, all I think of is paying bills and how I don't have the money right now to cover everything. I know this is the "wrong mindset" and that I need to turn toward possibility instead of "reality" but this has been a continuing theme for me for the past several years. And since it hasn't yet gone away, I feel I need to find another method to work on this. I feel so much stress and have for so long about this. I know I'm perpetuating, but the record groove is so deep at this point, I don't know what to do to get out of it.

2. I realized this this morning. Rationally and spiritually, I want to be giving. But deep inside I sort of feel like something is broken. This poverty feeling runs so deep. I think about giving and at the core of it I really don't want to because I feel I have so little- not just in material terms, but inside too. I think back to being a kid and realize I always felt like such a burden to my dad, he always made it feel like I was asking so much just for being a normal kid. So of course I've run up my credit cards and have no ability to manage my finances. I'm 35 and should be beyond this, but I can't seem to take responsibility for it. On the other side, my mom was the type who wanted to buy my love, made up for lack of emotional presence by giving me things. Very confusing messages about money: can't give it away because there's never enough on the one hand; not wanting to be "bought" on the other hand.

[Matthew Cluff]

Originally Posted by ButterflyWoman

The problem I've always found with this is that there are limitations on how you can act.

For example, if you are manifesting for healing of, say, a pulled tendon in your leg, you can't go out and do Irish dancing, which you might do if you weren't injured. You can SAY "My leg is healed" but then you can't do what you'd do if your leg was healed.

The same is true of money. People with lots of money buy things, pay bills on time, give lavishly to charity, whatever. I can't act like I have money if I don't.

I understand the principle behind this advice, but it seems highly impractical in a lot of situations (such as healing, finances, etc.).

I'd be interested in hearing your take on this.

I totally see where your coming from with this for certain situations, and after mulling this over for the day, here's what I've come up with...

As well as the Law of Attraction, there's also the Law of Cause and Effect. Regarding injuries, certain actions cause certain injuries. For example running on a treadmill generally leads to more injuries than - say - the easy, circular motion of exercising on an elliptical strider.

Therefore, in terms of health, it's important to strike the right balance between staying fit, doing what you love (eg. if exercising is part of your profession), and preventing injury.

Irish dancing, for example, to my knowledge puts incredible stain on the Achilles Tendon and causes it to shorten/tighten dramatically (because the heels are of the ground the majority of the time, I believe), and this leaves this tendon extremely vulnerable to injury for people who do Irish Dancing.

Ballet dancers have to turnout their legs when they dance, and they often force this turnout too much. This causes strain on their knees and leaves the ligaments in their knees highly injury prone. And if they do end up becoming injured, a professional will take the required amount of time off, but may even come back to it even if they haven't fully 100% recovered (simply because this is their life; their passion; what they love to do).

There's risk in everything we do, but we can't enjoy the benefits and opportunities that life has if we don't experience and take these risks.

Back to the healing aspect of things though...

As a general rule, the actions you take are caused by the subconscious mind's habits and emotions, and these states/bits of programming in the subconscious mind are controlled by the thoughts you have.

So ultimately, you can still "act as if" you have perfect health with your thoughts, emotional states, and certain actions while recovering; so just allow your body to heal, rest, and recover while thinking the right the right thoughts and emotional states (so you're still "acting as if" as much as you can.)

It really comes down to perception. If you perceive an injury to be an injury, this will negatively influence your thoughts, emotions, and subsequent actions.

Also, keep in mind that someone who experiences an injury has a cause behind why that injury happened. If they are a dancer (eg. like mentioned before)... well, if someone wanted guaranteed perfect health, in all honesty, they shouldn't dance at all, simply because of the high risk of injury. Sure, there's technique that can be improved and gained to prevent the chance of injury, but there's no fail-safe way to be sure that an injury would happen.

So, for example, a person shouldn't do Irish dancing or any other related physical activities (REGARDLESS of whether they're injured or not) simply because of the risk of injury. Therefore, avoiding these chances of being injured would help you out in "acting as if" you have perfect health (even if you don't). Does that make sense?

More than anything though, a lot of the time, injuries are attracted into one's life because they're subconscious programming is in resonance with incurring injuries. Therefore, to drastically eliminate the chance of injury in your life, regardless of what physical activities you do, you should ensure that you have a strong mind and have programming/thoughts that is/are conducive to the concept of perfect health.

So let's take this Cause and Effect principle and apply it to one's finances for a moment. Because thoughts invoke emotions/habits and emotions/habits invoke actions, the primary cause of one's financial situation (and all of their results for that matter) begins at the level of their thoughts.

"Acting as if" you have money really begins at a level of thought. If you think thoughts that are conducive to a having sizable income, then you'll ultimately develop the right programming for you to be ready to receive this new level of income, and when you take actions that are in sync with this, then you will attract an abundance of wealth into your life.

If you "act as if" you have a lot of money, though, by doing lavish things (eg. with using your credit card), then this only helps in your moving in the direction of earning a higher income.

For example, if someone with an average-sized salary buys a very expensive car (eg. let's say a Lamborghini or a Ferarri), then this helps move them on to the level of vibration of that of a wealthy person.

For the majority of people though, if they did this (or a similar action) and spent way over what their paycheck would allow for, before long, they'd get absorbed by the feeling of having no money and struggling to keep up with their debts and financial situation as a whole. It's these thoughts that keep people impoverished and getting results below that which they truly desire.

If thoughts cause results, though, the main focus they must have is on always thinking and emotionalizing with the idea of continuous and large amounts of abundance and wealth coming their way.

Ultimately, one way or another, people are going to spend their money. They just choose what they spend it on. They can make sacrifices in certain areas to give money and donate to charities or other instances of greater good, and if they do this, they'll eliminate poor usage of their money and start finding better ways of how they can spend it, in the process, helping promote others success as well as their own. What goes around comes around.

Furthermore, money is something that circulates. It goes around from one person to another. There's a phrase "givers gain" so if you give money, you're going to get money back (often in increased quantities) in one way or another (if you have the right mindset of giving unconditionally when you do give). "As you sow, so shall you reap."

I know I've kind of been all over the place with this response, but it was difficult to have an "organized" reply to a topic where there's so much that can be said.

So with that said, overall, I think that certain (physical) actions should NOT be taken in an effort to help promote the (attraction/manifestation of) healing an injury, but this doesn't mean that a person can't "act as if" in regards to their thoughts, emotions, and other various actions to help promote the healing process. For money, I think that as long as you have a "scarcity" mindset, then money simply will NOT flow abundantly to you. To change your income (or wealth), you must first change yourself, which is all inclusive of the thoughts you think, the programming/habits you have, and the actions you take regarding finance and how you choose to handle your money.

Hope this helps

[Frans]

Originally Posted by Matthew Cluff

Act as if you've already achieved your desires and they will start being drawn toward you.

Originally Posted by ButterflyWoman

People with lots of money buy things, pay bills on time, give lavishly to charity, whatever. I can't act like I have money if I don't.

I understand the principle behind this advice, but it seems highly impractical in a lot of situations (such as healing, finances, etc.).

I agree with ButterflyWoman: it's not smart to spend money you don't have or to do Irish dancing with a pulled tendon in your leg.
Therefore, Matthew, I recommend to replace "Act" with "Feel" in your advice.

Feel as if you've already achieved your desires.

[Bonadea]

Something that I've been trying is....

Think back to when you're a little kid and you pretend to have all these things you want. Technically you can't get those things, but that doesn't stop you from really believing in it back then. Try and do the same now.

Like I'll go on-line and just window shop of things I want without looking at the price.

Try it on the stuff you don't NEED right now. Be playful with it.

[Abha]

Originally Posted by HappyIam

I used to visualize like I was watching a movie of myself. One thing I found helpful was to start my visualization by watching the 'movie', I would then walk up to the me in the movie and step into myself. You may have to do this serveral times during your visualization....When I first started doing this I kept popping out of myself lol but eventually I found that I no longer needed to seperate myself.

I love this, HappyIam!

Originally Posted by evandangie

Here are some of the things that are coming up for me right now (11 days into millionaire spending experiment):

1. it's really hard to feel good about money because when I think of money, all I think of is paying bills and how I don't have the money right now to cover everything. I know this is the "wrong mindset" and that I need to turn toward possibility instead of "reality" but this has been a continuing theme for me for the past several years. And since it hasn't yet gone away, I feel I need to find another method to work on this. I feel so much stress and have for so long about this. I know I'm perpetuating, but the record groove is so deep at this point, I don't know what to do to get out of it.

Hello Evandangie, I have been thinking about this thread since I read it early this morning.

I think you are right in that you need a method. Because what you really need is to get to a desireless state when it comes to money. Where you are free to have it and free to not have it. Where you can feel intensely loving and accepting of yourself and the world even while thinking about money. And that is when money will flow freely in your life.

I so identify with you because when you speak about feeling like there was never enough, I felt that way for a long time. And this thinking kept me financially stuck.

2. I realized this this morning. Rationally and spiritually, I want to be giving. But deep inside I sort of feel like something is broken. This poverty feeling runs so deep. I think about giving and at the core of it I really don't want to because I feel I have so little- not just in material terms, but inside too. I think back to being a kid and realize I always felt like such a burden to my dad, he always made it feel like I was asking so much just for being a normal kid. So of course I've run up my credit cards and have no ability to manage my finances. I'm 35 and should be beyond this, but I can't seem to take responsibility for it. On the other side, my mom was the type who wanted to buy my love, made up for lack of emotional presence by giving me things. Very confusing messages about money: can't give it away because there's never enough on the one hand; not wanting to be "bought" on the other hand.

Poverty is a condition of the mind. Heaven and Hell are right where you are. It's your thoughts that manifest one or the other. When you learn to Release and feel blissful moment to moment, you will create more bliss; you will create only heaven.

If you test that theory you can see it in the universe. The rich get richer (because they have the mindset that they have money). The poor get poorer (because they have the mindset that they want money). It's easier to find a mate when you have a mate. It's easier to get a job when you have a job... and the list goes on and on. All of this is because it is what you keep in mind that which you create.

So the question remains, how do we free you of the poverty condition you have accepted? We learn to release it.

I am a hypnotist, master NLP practitioner and Reiki Master. I've spent thousands of dollars on my self-help education. But my favorite method for healing and abundance and bliss on tap I learned right in the privacy of my own home. ha! The universe is so amazing! I love the Release Technique or the Sedona Method for reaching that desireless, blissful, abundance state. And you can use it for anything. Anywhere you have lack (and desire) you have resistance. Anywhere you're not getting what you want, you have resistance. Release the resistance and you can have what you intend.

I think the part a lot of people miss is that you have to not only feel loving and blissful toward achieving the goal (attachments) you must also feel loving and blissful toward not having the desired outcome (aversions). Love will break both the attachments and the aversions and then you can have everything.

I've been testing it. Within days I had completely healed a severe depression I had been struggling against for years. Within a week I attracted a $1200 savings every year and no longer had to pay for a monthly bill I had planned on paying until May of next year. I attracted a job paying twice what my last job payed within 2 weeks. Miracles keep falling right into my lap. And I no longer feel like I there isn't enough. Before there wasn't enough time, there wasn't enough money there wasn't enough love, there wasn't enough of anything. And I now I have all that I intend. It's been truly amazing.

I have lots of information I can send you on effectively performing the Release Technique (it is my favorite) and I would be happy to share it with you. Just PM me if you would like it.

I wish you the greatest abundance, peace and joy

Abha

[alexb5784]

Have you ever heard of the classic book Wishcraft? The book has been around since the late 1970's and has helped hundreds of thousands of people.

I've owned three copies myself and have always given them to friends in need.

Here's the book's description:

Cindy Fox was a waitress. Now she’s a pilot. Peter Johnson was a truck driver. Now he’s a dairy farmer. Tina Forbes was a struggling artist. Now she’s a successful one. Alan Rizzo was an editor. Now he’s a bookstore owner.

What they have in common—and what you can share—are Barbara Sher’s effective strategies for making real changes in your life. This human, practical program puts your vague yearnings and dreams to work for you—with concrete results. You’ll learn how to

• Discover your strengths and skills
• Turn your fears and negative feelings into positive tools
• Diagram the path to your goal—and map out target dates for meeting it
• Chart your progress—day by day
• Create a support network of contacts and sources
• Use a buddy system to keep you on track

You can order a physical copy of the book from Amazon.com or get the free PDF form via the official Wishcraft website. If you download the free version, you'll have to download it by chapters.

Enjoy and I hope the book helps

[Abha]

This sounds lovely! Thank you

I see a wishcraft support group coming on...

Originally Posted by alexb5784

Have you ever heard of the classic book Wishcraft? The book has been around since the late 1970's and has helped hundreds of thousands of people.

I've owned three copies myself and have always given them to friends in need.

Here's the book's description:



You can order a physical copy of the book from Amazon.com or get the free PDF form via the official Wishcraft website. If you download the free version, you'll have to download it by chapters.

Enjoy and I hope the book helps

[evandangie]

Abha, thank you for the thoughtful reply, and thank you for keeping me in your thoughts today

I do know of, and actually own, the Sedona Method, and a few other recordings by Hal and Lester. But I really appreciate the way you phrased it! That makes so much sense to me, loving both sides of the coin. I've gone thru the course once, and dabbled with it here and there since, but I haven't ever gotten to the point of feeling equally blissful about both possibilities. And I know that's what's missing. Sometimes I feel like a walking ball of resistance, and I keep manifesting similar things- a good life in a lot of ways, but very unfulfilled in the areas that matter like being able to take care of myself and relationships.

I don't feel like I'm hung up on what happened when I was a kid, but it's just so confusing to have a taste of what you want, and the intention to have it and then never to feel like you're getting any closer. To some extent, just based on the struggles of the past few years, I have almost gotten to a point where I don't care either way sometimes, because I know what I'm doing isn't working, and I can't keep worrying as much as I have. I have started to relax a lot more, and now I will work to break the attachments on both sides of the coin!

@alexb5784, I have read "I Could Do Anything, If only I knew what it was" by the same author- love her!

@Happy, that's a great technique, I will definitely try that!

In another string someone posted the idea of asking god/angels/higher beings to *heal them while they were sleeping. Another idea that came for the forums is to sort of re-imagine the past, childhood. So I've been visualizing a little that my dad was really generous and giving, and that my mom was really present in our relationship.

[evandangie]

I started looking through old MP3s the other day and found some Abraham Hicks on my player. No coincidence, I'm sure! The audio I found was actually from this video and I found it to be really insightful. They have so many little processes, and there's always something that resonates and really helps you to understand what they mean.

In this particular session, they talked about bridging the gap between your belief and your desire, but don't go into to a ton of detail. I was curious, so I looked it up, and not surprisingly, the video online was about manifesting money

Part 1: Abraham: WINNING THE LOTTERY? Pt. 1 of 2 - Esther & Jerry Hicks - YouTube
Part 2: Abraham: WINNING THE LOTTERY? Pt. 2 of 2 - Esther & Jerry Hicks - YouTube

Have a listen and see what you think. I like the way they describe things like how they explain being in the vortex. A lot of times with LOA materials, I find it so easy to "do it wrong" because I don't really understand the why or the how of something. With this material, I feel like it makes a lot more sense, in a way I can make real in my head.

Another really fun idea is the Universal Manager. The idea is to frame LOA as an internal manager who you turn everything over to and then you don't think about it. Same concept as LOA, that you intend it, and then release it and that's how it comes to pass. Rather than intending it and obsessing over it... This is a thread from a different forum that I really like, may start a similar one here! It's all letters to the Universal Manager:

Dear Manager Letters...

[alambrose]

I am always working on wealth creation... currently have a 6-figure income, but I feel that I could do better.

This morning, a new affirmation popped into my head and I am really liking the way it feels, "My vibration is in alignment with my desire to be self-actual"

I highlighted self-actual, as I found that I could replace this with any particular desire that comes to mind; in my case, wealthy or rich. For me this appears to be a very powerful affirmation.

[alambrose]

When I consider any desire, I try to work back to the root, and I think that most would agree that regardless of what it is you desire, ultimately you believe that you will feel better once you have received/achieved the desired thing.

So when I look at intention manifestation I try to consider first the feeling or state I am trying to achieve. Sure, I'd like to be a millionaire, have unlimited funds and total financial independence and never have to "work" again; but why?

Because having a large amount of money would give me a sense of freedom, security, and power. So my REAL goal in seeking to create wealth is not so much to amass a fortune, but to create a state of freedom, security, and personal power... probably the way I'd feel if I were to become totally self-actual.

[Abha]

I totally agree. Lester Levenson says that every desire traces back to a desire to feel loved and accepted, to have more control and/or to feel safe and secure. All of those needs are filled when we are connected and aligned to the source.

We are creators and can manifest anything for the joy of creative expression once we know that our happiness/love/abundance is not associated with that creation in any way.

Originally Posted by alambrose

When I consider any desire, I try to work back to the root, and I think that most would agree that regardless of what it is you desire, ultimately you believe that you will feel better once you have received/achieved the desired thing.

So when I look at intention manifestation I try to consider first the feeling or state I am trying to achieve. Sure, I'd like to be a millionaire, have unlimited funds and total financial independence and never have to "work" again; but why?

Because having a large amount of money would give me a sense of freedom, security, and power. So my REAL goal in seeking to create wealth is not so much to amass a fortune, but to create a state of freedom, security, and perosonal power... probably the way I'd feel if I were to become totally self-actual.

[guthrio]

Originally Posted by evandangie

I wonder if anyone has any suggestions on how to get more into the feeling place of having or being something now, rather than projecting into the future while meditating/visualizing. I spend a good chunk of time visualizing, but I find it difficult to see myself doing it, or feeling like it's actually happening. It ends up being more like me watching a movie of myself doing things and I find that I kind of project it outside of myself. Obviously I'm not seeing a lot of the stuff I want materializing...

Any thoughts or suggestions?

Evandangie,

Whatever you are preparing to make in the photograph you've used as your avatar...provides the perfect illustration and the answer to your questions.

Pretend, for a moment, that shortly before this lovely photo was taken, you were probably somewhere else when you got an idea to go into the kitchen and prepare whatever you've used those utensils in this photograph for.....

The "feeling place" of accomplishment ("I can hardly wait to taste this pineapple upside down cake with chocolate frosting I've been dying to bake!" ) and the power to visualize the accomplishment of that "baked result"....BEFORE you even made it to the kitchen to pick up those utensils.....is still inside you at this very moment.

Once you got the idea and decided that it was something you wanted to accomplish....you simply gave yourself permission to just go and do it, right?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't you say that the problem you've described: "....projecting into the future while meditating/visualizing. I spend a good chunk of time visualizing, but I find it difficult to see myself doing it, or feeling like it's actually happening. It ends up being more like me watching a movie of myself doing things and I find that I kind of project it outside of myself...."

.....is because you have not made the whole process...."yummy enough to take a huge first bite out of"???

Obviously, I'm using the adjective "yummy" as a metaphor for "wanting something you want so badly you can taste it", you see? There is an immediacy to that enhanced level of anticipation that you can feel on the tip of your tongue as you swirl the tantalizing idea of it happening around in your mind. Even if you were to tell yourself "this is gonna taste yummy"....(like projecting it being done in the "future").... you're really thinking of it as finished...NOW....because you CAN taste it...NOW. Do you see ?

THAT'S what activates the LoA to bring you results you can sink your teeth into....

If what you were previously visualizing only gave you the equivalent "bang for your visualizing buck" as going to the store on Black Friday with zero desire to buy anything....you can readily see how such a lack of enthusiasm would dull any creative anticipation of the experience...before you even leave the house, right?

But if you wanted to make the experience of visualizing "yummy"....why not consider making a real video of yourself, instead of merely watching a mental movie of yourself doing things....except in YOUR video, do them (not merely see them) with such anticipation,..that you can actually taste yourself doing them....beforehand. Right now!

YOUR actions, not simply your thoughts, are the very life of your visualizations....just as the utensils in your avatar's photo are the means to bring life to the yummy deliciousness you made shortly after it was taken(and by now, have probably already enjoyed thoroughly!)

All there is really left now to do is smack those lips in joyous anticipation of bringing your desire to life....the same way.

The desire must first be fully alive IN you before the LoA and the Universe can bring your desire THROUGH you....not to you... THROUGH you.

I invite you to consider reading the excellent narrative in the source below, but especially the very last sentence in Chapter 13....

And give yourself permission to activate the infinite power and intelligence of the Universe to create you AS the very experience of your desire...

I hope this helps you to enjoy the "full course" Life you were meant to experience.

P.S. I'm gettin' hungry just thinkin' about this....and I just ate!

Source(s)

http://www.lightisreal.com/YourInvisiblePower.pdf

[evandangie]

@guthrio, EXCELLENT analogy. I'm going to let this settle into the subconscious overnight!

[guthrio]

Originally Posted by evandangie

@guthrio, EXCELLENT analogy. I'm going to let this settle into the subconscious overnight!

You are most welcome!

Just don't be surprised when you wake up tomorrow morning with a huge appetite for a full-filling Life !

[Abha]

Have you ever read, "The Science of Getting Rich"? IMPaul99 said that this is the "bible" of LOA and money. You can download it for free at this site: The Science of Getting Rich Network - Since 1999, FREE Law of Attraction resources

Here is a great quote from the book:

"If one person who reads this book gets rich by doing what it tells him to do, that is evidence in
support of my claim, but if every person who does what it tells him to do gets rich, that is positive proof
until someone goes through the process and fails. The theory is true until the process fails, and this
process will not fail, for everyone who does exactly what this book tells him to do will get rich."

A quote from "The Science of Getting Rich"
Author: Wallace Wattles (written nearly 100 years ago)

That's some claim, huh? Anyhow it's a great read. Short and to the point. I've decided to put into practice everything that he says to do.