Blockages and Obstacles
The anxious mind can spiral endlessly along in melodramatic fashion, triggered by a single thought that acts as a catalyst for worry. For example, you just returned from the market, where you did a little banking and grocery shopping. Your teenage daughter approaches and asks for cash for a snack before going off to her after-school study group. You reach for your wallet, and it's missing. Your mind races.
“Where did I leave it … at the store? Oh, no … all that cash … the car payment …. Maybe the checker has it …. Yeah, right. Who'd turn it in? … Why would they? … My cash … my house payment … gone …. Oh no! … They could steal my identity!”
Mulling over a problem in order to come up with creative solutions is one thing, but when fear triggers the emotional part of the brain, worrying takes over, often obsessively. The worrying mind attracts more negative situations to worry about. Experts in behavior and brain science warn that worrying can overshadow and negate reason and logic.
In his book Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More than IQ, author Daniel Goleman asserts that while anxiety weakens the intellect and undercuts all types of mental and academic performances, a positive mood can facilitate flexible and complex thinking.
Your choice of words or use of language differs depending on whether you are in a negative or a positive mood. The brain cannot hold both negative and positive emotions at the same time, say Law of Attraction teachers. You will experience either positive or negative polarity, and it will be reflected in your inner dialogue word choices.
When you are in a bad mood and your mental thought vibration is negative, you use words like no, not, can't, won't, don't, and impossible. But when you feel upbeat and happy, you use positive expressions like yes, can, will, do, and possible. When you say can't, won't, don't, and no, you are focusing your attention on what you do not want because the mind sifts the negative contractions out of the statement and zeroes in on what remains. For example, the statement, “I don't want any more bills,” brings you more bills.
Try substituting a positively phrased question like “What is my deepest desire?” Then express what you want using positive language and avoiding those negative words. For example, instead of saying, “I can't get the job of my dreams; I'm not good enough” say instead, “I am excited to be in the process of getting the job of my dreams because I am skilled at what I do and am passionate about doing it.” Give focused attention and energy to your positive affirmation statements.
Some spiritual seekers who regularly spend time chanting a specific mantra each day have been known to awaken from a dream and remember that within the dream they had been chanting the same mantra, suggesting that repetitious verbalization or mental thought can be impressed upon the subconscious and emerge in the dreaming mind.
Create Desire Declarations That Align with Your Truth
The Law of Attraction responds to your feeling. When you say an affirmation that resonates with you, your affirmation becomes positive. But when you make a desire declaration or say an affirmation that is not true for you, your feeling is conflicted because you have doubts that it can really be true. Doubt cancels out your desire and blocks manifestation.
Clarity of desire and the absence of any doubt are of paramount importance in getting what you want from the universe. If necessary, write a list of what you don't want so that when you write of what you do desire, you can write it without obfuscation or words that evoke a negative vibration.
You'll know by how you feel if what you've declared is true for you. You will feel relieved, possibly joyful, hopeful, and excited.
Remedy Blockages and Eliminate Subconscious Doubt
When the law takes too long or doesn't seem to work as you had hoped, you can assume that there may be blockages or obstacles that need clearing. Check your thought patterns. Are you experiencing skepticism, fear, anxiety, doubt, or worry? Check your feelings. Remedy blockages by asserting control over your conscious mind. Become quiet and permit your higher self or Divine Mind to take charge in quelling your mind's constant chatter.
You can exert control over your conscious thoughts to some degree, but your subconscious may be a wee bit more challenging. You may have the urge to declare that you can't possibly be responsible for any negative thinking that goes on in your subconscious, but the fact is that you are the only one who could possibly be responsible. It is, after all, your mind. Don't blame your parents, ex-wife, or others. Use frequent affirmations and creative visualizations to eliminate doubt and negative emotions that can block your alignment with the workings of the law.
How can I use my senses of sight, smell, taste, touch, and hearing to work with the Law of Attraction?
Observe how your senses respond to various stimuli. What evokes negative or positive feelings for you? Use that knowledge to reset your mood or vibration. For example, an intense color or ear-splitting music may evoke a positive vibration in some people, but you may find it repulsive.
Reinforce Your Desire Through Journaling
If you are using personal affirmations, visualizations, and emotional magnetizing of your thoughts and you still feel blocked, try journaling your visualizations. From your visualization exercise, write down everything you observed with your mind's eye. Feel the positive emotions that come up for you when you read over your script. Record all the specific details as well as your feelings. Make your visualization and the journal entry as complete as possible.
Now take time to put everything together. Write, read, and recite a personal desire declaration and an affirmation. Make it true for you. Visualize your desire. Notice your positive emotions. Write about your visualization exercise in your journal. Allow the space in your life for the desire to manifest. When your desire comes into your life, be appreciative and bask in feelings of elation, satisfaction, fulfillment, and gratitude.
