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August 12, 2009
It is day 4 of the JOL Law of Attraction Challenge and I am having a marvelous time as I take more control over what is manifesting in my life experience! One thing that has been incredibly beneficial since I’ve started the experiment is my activity before bedtime. I have completely eliminated any television shows that stimulate negative thought for me. I have created a rule for myself that has had an amazing affect at shifting my attractive vibration: My last media exposure of the day must make me laugh. I love comedy and find that when I am engaged in a comedy act or funny movie I am able to completely forget any negative aspects happening in my life. It’s a healthy way to check out and begin a shift in vibration. When I decide to turn in, I put either relaxing music or an affirmative recording on. I really love Louise Hay’s “101 Power Thoughts” and “Morning and Evening Mediations.” As I hear the positive affirmations or music in the background, I think about all of the things I liked about the day and journal them. I now have a strong sense of well-being as I fall asleep.
The immediate benefits I have enjoyed as a result of this new routine are sounder sleep through the night, more positive dreams and a wonderful feeling of invincibility in the morning. This has been such a simple thing to do, yet it has completely shifted by vibration upon awakening. I have discovered the true meaning to “getting up on the right side of the bed!”
August 8, 2009
“Every thought vibrates, every thought radiates a signal, and every thought attracts a matching signal back. We call that process the Law of Attraction. The Law of Attraction says: That which is like unto itself is drawn. By the powerful Universal Law of Attraction, you draw to you the essence of whatever you are predominantly thinking about. So if you are predominantly thinking about the things you desire, your life experience reflects those things. And, in the same way, if you are predominantly thinking about what you do not want, your life experience reflects those things.”
~Abraham-Hicks, Authors of “Ask and it is Given”
What a powerful message this is…a reminder of the absolute control each and every one of us has to create the life we have always wanted. Just choose the right thoughts and watch your life unfold into the glorious experience you have always dreamed of. It seems simple enough, but there is so much more to the story. The fact is, we love the idea of thinking our reality into being, but how many of us really consciously do it? How many of us really practice the principles that make this law work for us?
I have a strong core belief in the Law of Attraction. When I learned of it through Jerry and Esther Hicks and their non-physical friends Abraham, it felt like absolute truth. It felt like relief. It felt like a knowing I had carried with me for eternity and had simply forgotten about. It felt like a re-discovery of my own personal power, which I had relinquished to outside circumstances and events for so long. It helped me to adjust my perspective in ways I never thought possible. I have no doubt that the Law of Attraction works, from a spiritual perspective, but also because it has worked in my physical life—for and against my desired outcomes.
I have had many wonderful manifestations appear as a result of my focus, charged with positive emotion around my desire, and I have had miserable experiences manifest as a result of my focus, charged with negative emotion around my longing for something absent, or my observation of a reality I didn’t want to live any more. What I have come to understand about the Law of Attraction, is that there is a commitment and some effort that must go into the process of “vibrating” your reality into being through thought. Most of us are very lazy in the sense that we just keep doing what we’ve always done and expecting a different result. I am guilty of it. I think most everyone is. The principles of the Law of Attraction are so counter to what most of us have been conditioned to believe, that it is not easy to change habitual thinking and behavior overnight. There is a discipline required to reach that higher place. Tending to our attractive vibration must be the first order of business in our lives if we want to manifest the wonderful experiences we have dreamed of.
We are so trained to be productive, work hard, and get it done. It is our belief through all of our years of conditioning that nothing good comes to those who don’t toil and suffer. Rarely have our school teachers or parents talked about the importance of energy alignment in our day to day living. Our lessons and examples have been primarily about taking action. Abraham, through Esther and Jerry Hicks, has taught me that action taken without aligning energy first is futile. In other words, if you want success to come from a particular action, yet you approach that action feeling defeated or frightened of defeat, you cannot achieve success. You can’t start your day feeling lousy and experience anything other than lousy. Imagine if you set out each day with an expectation of success and good experiences what your life would look like. But wait…what will happen if we decide to spend more time aligning energy than engaging in physical action??? Will our lives fall apart as we shift our emphasis from action to energy? I say, let’s find out.
Being an expert multi-tasker myself, it takes a conscious decision to stop and align my energy before doing. I have spent years doing, doing, doing–being busy, busy, busy. In between, I have managed to consciously create my reality some of the time, but I am now ready to take it to the next level. I am ready to commit to a new way of living: energy alignment first and everything else I have time to do second. What a radical way to live!
What this means is I’ll be taking time to enjoy things more…I commit to make myself feel good before taking action of any kind…I’ll appreciate and expect good things more….I’ll make lists of things to feel good about….I’ll “go with the flow.”
I want to prove how powerful this law really is. I want to practically demonstrate the immense value of energy alignment before action. Would you like to join me? Are you ready for some amazing changes in your life? If so, then please come with me on this journey over the remaining days of this year. I’ll be blogging about my experience and invite you to post comments about yours. Let’s set an intention to create the life of our dreams using energy alignment today!
JOL LAW OF ATTRACTION EXPERIMENT- 8 BEST PRACTICES:
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Read or re-read “Ask and it is Given,” by Esther and Jerry Hicks. I consider this book to be the most pure source of information on the subject. For more than twenty years, Jerry and Esther Hicks have been sharing Abraham’s message directly from source through this and other wonderful books. Many of the terms and concepts I will be discussing are inspired by this life-changing book. I recommend you refer to it and re-read it frequently, to refresh your perspective. (To purchase this book, click on the red Hay House banner at the top of this page).
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Wake up to gratitude. Before getting out of bed each day, ponder the many things you have to appreciate in your life, from the sheets on your bed to the breakfast you’re going to eat.
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Morning Journal. Journal how you are feeling before getting started with the day’s activities. Include anything you can remember about the dreams you experienced during sleep. Take the time necessary to get it all out on paper and notice what emotions are predominant. Make a conscious effort to reach for thoughts that bring emotional relief on the subjects you wrote about.
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Abraham Processes. Use the 22 processes from the book, “Ask and it is Given” to raise your vibration, based upon your “emotional set point.” (To purchase this book, click on the red Hay House banner at the top of this page).
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Visualization and or Mediation. Spend 15 minutes per day visualizing the reality you want to live or meditating to improve your vibration.
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Bedtime Journal. Before turning in for sleep, journal about your day with particular emphasis on all of the things you liked about it. Include any experiences that you believe are a result of your newly focused energy or higher vibrational set-point. Make it your utmost priority to, at the very least, feel relief.
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Play. Allow yourself to engage in “non-productive” activities that feed your soul and make you feel good daily, simply for the experience of it.
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Act when inspired. When an idea or urge comes to you and you feel enthusiasm or passion, don’t delay—DO IT! Inspiration is a result of energy alignment and your action vehicle to let your desired outcomes manifest.
So you think this is a lot of commitment. Well, if you think it is, it is. If this seems like a lot of work and you don’t feel good about it, don’t do it. If you aren’t excited about engaging in these activities, this is a waste of your time. If, on the other hand, you are exuberant or even just hopeful about what you have read here…it is an intuitive signal that you may have stumbled on to something that can result in amazing manifestational results for you. Remember that this is an individual process, and to “be easy about it,” as Abraham says. What’s right for me or anyone else isn’t necessarily right for you. If you do feel inspired to participate, and you fall off the wagon, no big deal….just get back on at the place that feels best for you, where you are in the moment. There is no perfection in this…just a conscious striving for a feeling of emotional relief and an effort to look for things to feel good about.
Over the coming weeks I will be sharing my experiences, discussing these best practices in detail and providing tools to make this experiment fun and effective. I will point in the direction of JOY and use my “emotional guidance system” (Abraham) to stay on track. I have great anticipation and enthusiasm for what’s to come, and I hope you do too. Now, let’s get on with the business of consciously creating our reality!
July 1, 2009
Unconditional JOY
We speak of unconditional love….the face only a mother could love, the forgiveness extended to the murderer of one’s son, the pure love a dog shows us day in and day out, even after we’ve just yelled at him moments earlier. The idea of unconditional love is critical to the process of manifestation and getting what we want in that process. Why is this so? Because placing conditions upon life’s circumstances and how others must behave so we can love them is a form of resistance, a lower vibration that is akin to the frequency of suffering. Parked at this frequency, nothing we want can come to us.
We have to love all that is, even the things we wish not to experience, in order to allow the wonderful things we have attracted to manifest in our lives. Question: Do you love “God” or “Source” unconditionally? Really think about your answer. If you’re picking and choosing what to love about life’s circumstances, you’re picking and choosing what to love about God. If you like the title, “All That Is” for your “Source” or “God,” the literal equivalent is all that is currently manifested in your experience and those around you. All that is, IS “All That Is” in the divine sense of the words.
We all have the capacity to love unconditionally, but sadly many don’t utilize that capacity. It is a choice to shift perspective from what is unlovable to what is loveable about a person, place or condition. It is a choice that is not always easy, but when made results in a massive energy shift. It is a view through the lens of All That Is, and what follows is a release of resistance resulting immediately in relief. Relief is always the immediate goal, reaching for a better feeling place, in order to allow the marvelous manifestations you have attracted that are lingering within your reach.
Vibrationally speaking, the concept of “Unconditional Joy” is one in the same as “Unconditional Love.” It is the highest vibrational frequency, the divine domain of miracles. Unconditional Joy says that one can choose to be joyous no matter the circumstances. Pollyanna is it may sound, looking at life through “rose colored glasses” is not only a beautiful way to live, but a way of focusing one’s attractive energy toward all things wanted. When you get to this place folks, and you can stay there most of the time, you are in a position to truly have it all. As Wayne Dyer says, “When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.”
You say, “How can I be joyous when I’m broke, sick, tired, lonely or all of the above?” Firstly, shift your attention away from whatever condition is causing you discomfort or negative emotion. Then, think of a time you were absolutely filled with joy and the happiest you can remember being. Feel those feelings intensely. When you begin to feel the heart based emotion of those feelings, focus them on anything and everything you can appreciate in your life at the present time. Anything and Everything….the bed you sleep in, running water in your home, the new capabilities and connections technology has brought us, the way your body unconditionally loves you regardless of what you do to it, the ability to focus, the freedom you have, the people in your life, the people coming into your life….you get the idea. Abraham-Hicks would call this a “rampage of appreciation.” A “rampage of appreciation” sure sounds better than a “rampage of the crap I’m dealing with today,” and it certainly feels better.
This is what manifesting and the Law of Attraction is all about—feeling better to allow what you have attracted to manifest into your experience. Oh and there’s that added bonus of feeling better for the sake of feeling better itself.
Feel better. The better you decide to feel, the better it gets!
May 27, 2009
-Joy is a delight of the mind, from the consideration of the present or assured approaching possession of a good. –Locke.
-The passion or emotion excited by the acquisition or expectation of good; pleasurable feelings or emotions caused by success, good fortune, and the like, or by a rational prospect of possessing what we love or desire; gladness; exhilaration of spirits; delight.
-A state of happiness or felicity.
-To fill with ecstatic happiness, pleasure, or satisfaction.
-Intense and especially ecstatic or exultant happiness. The expression or manifestation of such feeling.
How do you define joy?
There are infinite ways to define joy. Like everything in life, we all have our personal interpretation of what an idea means to us.
When it comes to the emotion of joy, we can all agree on why want to feel it. Or can we? Why do you want to feel joy? Have you ever asked yourself this question? When I ponder the question, the answer is simple, “Because I want to feel good.”
It is our divine right to feel good. What’s more, feeling good is our sixth sense communicating with us, confirming we are on the right path to all we want. It is the highest goal to aspire to and the true meaning of success. In joy, we feel really good. And in feeling really good, we are attracting the magical life circumstances we dream of, in love, abundance, health and overall well being.
From a metaphysical perspective, joy is the highest vibrational frequency. It is the place where miracles happen. In this field of energy, we are magnetically drawing the people, events, circumstances, experiences, vitality and all things we desire into our physical reality. While many of us place conditions upon whether or not we will feel joy, many of us have come to understand that there is no price for joy. Joy is a conscious choice. It is a choice that can be made in any given moment, despite what may be perceived as problems or obstacles in our lives. In this powerful moment of choosing joy, and in directing our focus toward things that feel joyful, we shift our energy in a cosmically powerful way and over time, those perceived problems and obstacles not only disappear, but reshape themselves into miraculous manifestations.
My greatest teachers, Abraham-Hicks, explain, “The basis of your life is freedom; the purpose of your life is joy.” This basic tenant of their teachings in the understanding and practical use of the “Law of Attraction” is in my mind, the simplest and most powerful message from the profound universal wisdom that is “Abraham,” channeling through Esther Hicks. If you understand nothing else about the Law of Attraction, understanding that your purpose in life is joy and that in consistently reaching for joy you are not only on the way to feeling good, but you are simultaneously attracting more to feel good about, is enough to become the master creator of your physical experience. It is the key to a magnificent life.
Knowing this, what more meaningful goal is there in life but the pursuit of joy?
Who wouldn’t want to experience joy on a daily basis? And why would you ever leave this blissful, creative, alchemical space we call joy? How do we stay in joy? When we’re not in joy, how do we get there? By focusing on what brings us joy. Where do we look to find joyful things to focus upon? Right in front of us! In an innocent baby’s face at the grocery store, in the fact that grocery stores exist and bring us wild representations of abundance in the produce section alone, in the appreciation of the process that grows the multitude of colored peppers we see in that produce section, in the smell of the sweet strawberries on the seasonal end cap there, in the pondering of what we’ll do with those strawberries to celebrate the season, in the taste of the freshly baked croissant from the bakery on our way to the deli where people who want to accommodate us wait for our order of what we want to be prepared the way we want it and in the quantity we want it!!!
What can I say? I like grocery stores. I feel tremendous joy, just by shopping at my local Whole Foods. Give it a try and pay conscious attention to your surroundings there and you will experience everyday joy in this multi-sensory environment that celebrates abundance, a well spring of choices, well-being, diverse people, upbeat music, a sense of community and connectedness, and oh yeah….many open checkout lanes with friendly, speedy checkers and baggers. No, I don’t own stock in Whole Foods, I just really love the place. I’ll tell you why I love Costco another time.
My name is Susan McCabe and I want to feel good. I want you to feel good. I want every person around me to feel good. If not for simply the sake of feeling good, (which is reason enough), for the collective higher vibration of this planet. I believe it is time we talk about, write about, and broadcast about things that feel good. So that’s what I’ve decided to do and this is my first post to the “Joy of Living Blog.”
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