It can
help you attract peace, abundance and joy
Mindfulness Meditation and the Law of Attraction
by Kevin
Doherty
Do you feel
overwhelmed and at odds with your life? Does it seem like your mind
rambles incessantly, as if you can never experience a moment of
peace? Many people in our modern world describe their lives as
frenzied and imbalanced. The good news is that it doesn't have to be
this way. Many Asian cultures have understood something for the past
several thousand years that modern people are gradually beginning to
discover: That we have to learn how to work with our minds in a
conscious and healthy way if we are to attract peace, abundance, and
joy into our lives. Without a consistent method of cultivating
awareness, we will be forever resigned to circumstances that feel
out of our control. That is why so many modern people are
struggling. We have lost the ancient practice of connecting our
inner world of thoughts, feelings, and energy with our outer world
of the circumstances we attract into our lives. Because of this,
everything that appears seems to be random. We lose trust in the
unfolding of the universe. As a result, our minds are filled with
anxiety and worry, which only attracts more seeming chaos and
confusion into our lives. Does this sound familiar?
The law of
attraction states that what you focus on expands. If your thoughts
and feelings resonate with anxiety and confusion, then you will
attract more of those qualities to you through your relationships,
work, finances, etc. The key is not to trick our minds into creating
positive thoughts through affirmations or other methods, but to
develop space around the workings of our minds altogether. Herein
lies the magic of mindfulness meditation. Mindfulness is a method of
becoming acutely aware of everything that happens within the scope
of our perception. We shed light on what we think, feel, and sense.
We make conscious all of the subconscious material that typically
sabotages our good intentions. We don't try to change it. Instead,
we just become extremely aware of it. We do this by sitting still
and doing nothing but watching how our mind works without attachment
or judgment. We just sit and witness what takes place within us and
we start to draw parallels between what we believe to be true and
what we are constantly attracting into our lives.
Many people,
particularly Westerners, try meditation for a period of time and
then give up after getting frustrated with the process. This is
because we are always looking for results. We are deeply attached to
our expectations of what should happen. Most of us try to use
meditation to shut our minds down, to dwell in a space of 'no
thought.' If you try to use meditation to stop thinking, you are in
for a rude surprise. You simply cannot do it. In fact, the harder
you try to stop thinking, the louder and more obnoxious your
thoughts become. This is not the way. The main intention of
mindfulness is to be fundamentally OK with whatever arises as you
practice. Whether you have a good thought or a bad thought, you give
it the same attention. You remain neutral. By doing this, you stop
feeding the energy of your thoughts. This is the first step in
cutting through the vicious cycle of
thought-feeling-reaction that keeps so many of us habitually
attracting the wrong kinds of energy, people, and circumstances into
our lives. If we believe what we think, the energy of the thought
will evolve into a feeling. The momentum of the feeling will cause
us to react to it, which will create a cause in the world that will
always lead to an effect. The effect will always be a reflection of
that initial thought impulse. So, if your thoughts are habitually
centered around negativity, greed, fear, or narcissism, then the
effects you will see in your life will mirror this back to you.
Mindfulness is
a process of becoming truly proactive for the first time in your
life. Most of the time, we are just reacting to what we think and
feel, which brings us endless cycles of conflict and disappointment.
When we remain neutral to our thoughts and feelings, then we will
gradually make contact with an aspect of ourselves that is
spontaneous and awake. We will act (not react) from this place. We
will attract what we truly desire into our lives based on a
conscious process of heightening our senses. And, yes, at some point
the mind does slow down. We experience wonderful and refreshing
moments of peace and openness. The universe is naturally seen as a
benevolent place. Instead of our typical attempts to outsmart the
universe, mindfulness is a humbling process of surrender and
gratitude.
Cultivate
space, endless space, around your thoughts and feelings. Allow your
spirit to inhabit your body fully. Don't buy into self-defeating
storylines and beliefs. Don't try to force yourself to see the
positive in life or repeat useless affirmations that you have no
innate connection with. Instead, taste the perfection of this moment
as it is. If you can feel in your bones that you are fundamentally
OK and that life is precious, you will attract much more meaningful
relationships with people, better health, more fulfilling work and
more prosperity on all levels of being. That is the power of
mindfulness.
About the
author: Kevin Doherty, L.Ac., MS is a licensed acupuncturist in
private practice in Superior, Co. where he teaches many of his
patients how to meditate to enhance their health and overall quality
of life. For more information on Kevin and his approach to
meditation, go to
http://www.mindfulnesscd.net.
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