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The movie The Secret has
been creating ripples across the world. It features some of the world's greatest
teachers, philosophers, entrepreneurs, scientists, doctors, authors and
financial advisors and presents the concept of the Law of Attraction in a manner
that anyone and everyone can understand.
The trouble with The
Secret, or rather I should say with people's comprehension of The Secret and the
Law of Attraction, is that many people only half get it.
They think to themselves,
"Oh! If I just wish for something then I'll receive it." If only life were that
simple. Also, you know they just might get away with it if they decided what
they wanted and held that image steadfastly in their mind.
However, people may say
they want something but continually look at their current circumstances which do
not support what they want. They worry about how they will actually achieve what
they want. They doubt themselves and the Universe repeatedly and then, as time
passes by, they become even more jaded in their thoughts and their thoughts
become increasingly negative and self-defeating.
Genevieve Behrend in her
book Your Invisible Power wrote,
"When your understanding
grasps the power to visualise your heart's desires and holds it with your will,
it attracts to you all things requisite to the fulfilment of that picture by the
harmonious vibration of the Law of Attraction."
Thoughts become things. So
the thoughts we have become manifest whether they be positive or negative. The
Universe always delivers.
I like to explain this
concept to my clients using a jigsaw puzzle. It's something I've stolen from
Robert Allen though I've expanded it. Imagine you are given a jigsaw puzzle to
put together. It could be a relatively simple puzzle with just a few hundred
pieces or it could have thousands of pieces. The problem is you haven't been
given an image of what the finished puzzle will look like. Could you complete
the puzzle?
Take a second scenario
where you have been given an image but it is incomplete or the image is faded
and difficult to make out. How easy would it be to for you to complete the
puzzle?
Take a third scenario
where you are given an image for the puzzle but the image keeps changing. You
look at it and one minute it represents this, then that. How easy would it be
for you to complete the puzzle?
Obviously, the best
conditions to complete the puzzle are where you have a clear, sharp,
well-defined image. Unfortunately, it is the former scenarios that we often
present to the Universe - no image, broken image or continually changing image
and then we wonder why things don't turn out the way we say we want them to.
The key then is to create
an image with as much clarity and detail as possible and hold onto to that image
but this is not enough. Recall the second part of quote I mentioned by Genevieve
Behrend, or as she expresses another way:
"The conscious use of this
great power [visualisation] attracts to you multiplied resources, intensifies
your wisdom, and enables you to make use of advantages which you formerly failed
to recognise."
Some people think that
visualisation alone will do the trick and get them the things they desire. No.
It's like arranging a date with someone, agreeing to meet them at a particular
rendezvous and then you stay at home.
The Universe will move
towards you. You must respond by moving towards the Universe and taking
advantage of the opportunities that the Universe brings to you in order to
achieve that which you desire. Darn! Yes, you have to do some work.
I love this quote by
Winston Churchill:
"During their lifetimes,
every man and woman will stumble across a great opportunity. Sadly, most of them
will simply pick themselves up, dust themselves down and carry on as if nothing
ever happened"
And that is exactly what
happens. The Universe will make available numerous opportunities to help us
achieve our goals yet we often fail to recognise them or take full advantage of
them. There's a saying "Don't wait for your ship to come in, swim out to it."
Having goals is important but more important it is what we become as we achieve
a particular goal.
Of course there will be
obstacles. That's the whole point of this game called life. Would you play any
board game or computer game if there were no obstacles or rules to make the game
more challenging? Of course not, that would be so boring. Why then do we expect
the biggest and best game of all to be any different?
So dream, dream big and
hold on fast to your dream. Embrace every challenge that comes your way; brush
the fear of failure aside. You might not get what you want; you just might get
something even better. As Joan Curcio puts it:
"Jump into the middle of
things, get your hands dirty, fall flat on your face, and then reach for the
stars."
About the author:
Nickolove Lovemore is a Life & Success Coach and a Certified NLP Practitioner.
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