The law of attraction

[pollyanna]

Hi there Schealer, first let me say I don't claim to be a leader in this field by any means.

What I do know is that "the why" is vital and will give you the passion.

I believe the sub-conscious part of the mind works like a heat seeking missile - it doesn't know the difference between what is true and what is not - what will bring good results and what will bring bad ones.

It will simply serve you by bringing about your most dominant thoughts.

For example, I used to feel really good when I imagined or visualised every day opening big patio doors and just walking the dogs through them into private beautiful grounds of parkland filled with trees and a stream (no putting collars and leads on them all - no putting them into dog cages in the car and driving to the local woodland where we would meet other dogs - and no getting dirty everytime I picked them up to put back in the car after they had had their run about)

Of course the parkland wasn't just for the dogs to enjoy - this was just what I imagined each day.

I also visualized a library room - the big reason why was to keep a library of "the good Books" I often mention. These will always be recommended to future generations so they won't have to wait until they are 40 as I did to discover all the amazing success principles.

I think one of the greatest fears is the fear of success and also the fear of loss.

Someone once said to me that once a persons mind is expanded by a dream, there's no turning back and there was a time, after all the excitement of discovering that I could achieve what I truly desired, when I wished I could go back to the ignorance of not knowing what I had discovered

All the doubts and fears would come flooding in - but I couldn't turn back for I knew too much then. Yet it seemed like the only way forward was to climb an impossible mountain (which I later discovered was my lack of belief in myself.)

Going to work, doing the same things day in - day out,for years had created a deep rut in my life which had worn so deep that I couldn't see the opportunities that were available over the sides.

I was like a hamster running round and around on it's wheel, chasing it's tail, expecting a different result.

Then I read the following words by Napoleon Hill "Any idea, plan, or purpose may be placed in the mind through repetition of thought. Hold a picture of yourself long and steadily enough in your mind's eye, and you will be drawn toward it. Man, alone, has the power to transform his thoughts into physical reality; man, alone, can dream and make his dreams come true."

Personally, I work on one dream at a time - I believe this creates a laser focus.

The more you visualize the more you realize and actualize - I believe this creates and builds belief.

Feeling grateful every day for everything good in life is a priceless exercise

If I become aware of any doubts I usually think about what I am grateful for.

Being quiet in meditation allows us to change our map of reality - we become more confident and as our cluttered mind becomes clearer, creative ideas have room to surface.

I hope this helps and wish you an abundance of peace and happiness

P.S. I wasn't quite sure of your following question sorry:-

"Also, how do you handle desires that are not materialistic - for example, having easier call nights or days - without it impacting your revenue stream etc)"

[schealer]

Thanks so much for your response - I didnt get a chance to log in in a few days. What I meant by the last part was: At present there is a belief in my mind that my current level of income is related to working hard and being busy and being available 24/7 (although I have partners who alternate being available with me 24/7 for urgent situations). After hours work can be sporadic - it can be quiet and restful (my preference) or can be busy .... and somewhat taxing. I guess the real question was if there was a way to use the principles to have peaceful evenings and weekends - without loss of revenue. In other words best of both the worlds - although being busy during daytime hours does not bother me and in-fact I like being busy, although would like to be more available for family in the evenings.

You claim that you are not an expert - but so far I have learnt more from youthan anyone else - so I look forward to your thoughts.

Thanks!

SC

[pollyanna]

Hi there Schealer and thankyou for your kind words - it is the greatest reward for me to be of help

Setting up business when we moved, made it necessary to do "whatever it takes" and we made the decision to pay this price. We had already done this in the U.K. for a number of years so we knew the kind of effort we needed to make.

We did make sure that we had quality family time, however we put exploring our new environment to a real minimum.

After two years of hard work we set some goals in the new year to work towards a 4 hour workday by June (to enable us to really enjoy the summer months)

Although we are only part way towards this goal, I suddenly realised something last Thursday while I was meditating. It's really difficult to explain -but I just felt quite clearly that we needed more balance and fun in our lives.

We had gotten into the habit of working long hours, my daughter had just moved home and I felt like everyone was ready for a better balance.

I called a brief meeting and everyone agreed excitedly - we believe we'll be just as productive finishing 2 hours earlier every day - and we'll be able to spend more time with our new friends, enjoying the pool, barbecues and general outdoor living.

Being disciplined and responsible as a team now gives us some wonderful choices - we all enjoy our work, however, we have always been working towards our choice of a healthy balance.

Just incorporate it into your goals, it's certainly a very exciting and worthwhile one. I wish you an abundance of peace, joy and family time out

[enlighteneduk]

Aha, Pollyanna!

Have you been reading Tim Ferris's '4 Hour Work Week'? I've just read it, whilst on holiday in Portugal! Excellent!

Heather

[pollyanna]

Hi Heather, my son read it some time ago and talked of "a 4 hour work week" which sounds amazing This probably inspired me to think of a 4 hour work day.

I think I'll give it a read and imagine the possibility of a 4 hour work week

Thankyou - what a great goal that would be possibilities are endless

Peace and joy to you

[enlighteneduk]

It is an excellent book Pollyanna! It had me chuckling in places at Tim's sheer audacity!! But an excellent source of good websites to help achieve the goal too!

Heather

[pollyanna]

Hi Heather, half way through thanks for the tip and I'll let you know the results. If I can go from poverty in deprived council flats to the story in the following link then it's possible I can go from an initial 60 hour work week to a 4 hour work week. Happiness and joy to you

The law of attraction

[purplevibe]

Be careful what you wish for - a bit of a joke really - but you will get what you wish for, it is the Law of Attraction. I spent a lot of time with my grandmother who lived in a one-bedroomed flat, and when I was a teenager I wished to live there rather than with my parents, years later I had a one-bedroomed flat, and when I first came to this site and Polyanna's wonderful endorsements of the Law of Attraction I thought about that flat. Further to that, I had a son, and wanted to live in the same area as the flat, but nothing that I looked at gave me the same feeling of community and safety as I felt where I was, but it was claustrophobic; I had all his toys in the living-room as we had no room in the bedroom.

Eventually, just as we needed it, some people were evicted from a house in the same close that we lived in, and I was told about it by a fellow neighbour very soon after. I told him, (he was next door to the evictees) I would be interested in the property if it was now for rent and to 'give me a knock' when the Landlord came round. Well, he did, and I am now in this lovely two-bedroomed house and I dreamed of William playing in the car-park (sounds strange, I know) in front of the houses (it is a kind of cul-de-sac) in safety. Recently, more children moved in, and now in the summer evenings they all play together in the car-park and I am in seventh heaven out there with them!!! The neighbours all look after each others children, even those who have no children! The nub of it is, that this is what I IMAGINED for my son, just as I imagined being 'cool' and having a flat to myself when I was a teenager.

I have recently had another instance, amongst many, I am now have a leather setteee - I always wanted a leather settee. Whilst I was away on holiday a neighbour had decided to get rid of a leather settee and asked another neighbour, Jane if she would like it, she suggested a friend of hers. Anyway, after coming back from holiday, I went in to talk about their new decoration and it came up, they told me they had offered it to Jane but if she didn't want it I could have it. So I spent the rest of the day focusing on the settee and how it would look in my living-room and feel to sit on, and she, on being asked said her friend didn't need it and how about me? I heard her say that, as our doors were all open when my other neighbour went to ask her, so my focusing on it meant that I got what I focused on basically. Like the flat. Like the fact that I looked at my garden and wished I had a spade and found one on the way back from collecting my son from school. Or I worried about the fact that the book-case I ordered for my son was too big and I had to cancel it and my friend rang up 5 mins later and offered me a book-case. Just concentrate on what you need and tune in, it will happen! Much more has happened to me since Michael's fantastic meditations, I might add, it took me about 15 years to produce the flat I loved at my grandmother's, since meditating with Michael the affects are almost instant.

What I am trying to say in this, is if you focus your mind, you can achieve what you want and more importantly what you need to be happy - go for it! Look at Pollyanna - she is a marvellous example to all of us.

It is not about greed, I am s-o-o-o glad to have a wonderful settee to sit on to type this because it what I always wanted ,and it appeared, not because this is all I would accept, I would have been very happy to accept any settee to replace the grubby one I had, but to get a LEATHER settee, the type I would have chosen is absolutely amazing, but why? especially? because it is what I dreamed, and it has happened, I have meditated on other things in the LOA which are coming to fruition, but some stuff just seems to happen if you tune into it all. Forget all the negative programming, tune in, HELP OTHERS, be positive about your life, you only live once, don't wait until you are old and grey to get what you need, think about it now, think now how you would really like your life to be....DO IT NOW!

xxx

live now

[pollyanna]

I'm so happy for you Purplevibe, thankyou for trusting me, however the credit goes to you I think you're very wise indeed. Sounds like you and your little boy live in a wonderful community. I love your attitude, it will serve you well and I wish you an abundance of peace and joy on your continuing journey

P.S. When I read your next post, I'll visualize you sitting on your lovely, comfy leather sofa.

[purplevibe]

Hi Pollyanna, your words make me feel so humble that I could not answer immediately. Thank you, and thank you for being such a beacon in LOA, you are an example to us all, I keep telling friends about your wonderful transition.
Whilst talking to my neighbours, (they are both 75 and tell me loads about parenting, if you want to know how to parent talk to your elderly neighbours with children that you think 'turned out alright'). Anyway, she was telling me about some hanging set of boxes that you can get from a well-known Swedish company, well we were out there a while, 10 mins perhaps and I had imagined these boxes in my mind's eye, as I had seen them in the catalogue and said I should get some, 10 mins later, just as I had gone in, she was still in the garden, my door was stil open and another neigbour came to the door, 'I've got these hanging boxes, good for shoes, any good for you?' Well, you could have knocked me down with a feather! or anything!!!!!! We have laughed about it since, and I have told them all how I attract things like leather sofas, which came from the lovely 75 year old I was talking to about hanging boxes, this really was a very good illustration of the power of attraction. Focus, imagine, and it will come. lots of love and attraction to all, focus and it will come, all you need will be provided for by the universe, really, you will see it, just believe it, this really happened, the law of attraction works! within 10 minutes!!!!!!!!! x