Last weekend I celebrated a right of passage that many go through around this time of the year; I graduated from college.  And it only took me 27 years to do it!  The subject for how and why it took 27 years is for another day.  What I want to talk today about is illusions.

All the time that it took me to finally get to this monumental occasion, I had built up inside of myself a sort of vision of how it would feel to finally graduate from college.  Being a romantic at heart, I knew how it would feel, I knew how it would look, I even knew what it would smell like.  Yes, I know it sounds a little strange, but to me, graduating from a major university has a special smell associated with it. Some might say that it is the smell of all the beautiful Jacaranda trees blooming, and the other delicious smells that Mother Nature brings to us every spring, but this smell is different.  To me, graduating from college had a clean, sweet smell of success; and almost lofty aroma that lifts your very being to heights unknown to any other person but yourself.  The closer the actual day came; the more I looked forward to experiencing those sights and sounds, feelings and smells. I knew that they were mine, because I had focused on them so hard, and as I have come to know from the Law of Attraction, I knew that whatever I gave my attention to would bring me more of what I was thinking and feeling (and smelling) about.

And finally, the big day arrived!  Like any individual who has focused long and hard on a dream, I flew out of bed like a kid on Christmas morning, eager to greet the day and claim the prizes that I had stored up for myself in the Universe.  I raced through my morning routines and rituals like a gazelle so that I could get to the “good stuff” faster.  But when I arrived at the “BIG MOMENT,” that moment that I had been dreaming, thinking, and feeling about for so many years, I was met with……….nothing.  Well, nothing like what I had THOUGHT it would be like.

The place had not been transformed into the great Romanesque halls with the Ivy streaming down the sides like you see in the movies and on TV; there was no feeling of being elevated to heights unknown… there was no backlighting shinning down when I stepped up to receive my diploma…and no heralding trumpets to announce the entrance of the graduates.  There wasn’t even that special smell that I had waited and wished for year after year after year.  In fact, the whole thing felt kind of…….ordinary and mundane. I felt ripped off!!! “Hey Universe…..where’s my sights and sounds, feelings and smells???”

Before I go on, let me say that graduating from college was a wonderful experience!  It just wasn’t the experience I had hoped for.  I, like so many of us, had fallen under the spell of Illusion. I had fallen in love with the things that were not in alignment with Source, and thus allowed myself to be taken down the gilded pathway of Illusion where absolutely everything is possible, even if it is not practical or within vibrational reach. The result was that I felt unfulfilled.  “Is this it?  Is this all there is?”  It took me a couple of days to come to grips with the fact that graduation was not what I had hoped it would be, but I also gained some valuable insights into how the Law of Attraction and our own vibrational match points work.

Everyone has wants and desires, and this is what drives us to create new and better experiences in our lives.  Whatever that desire is, you must first take a look at how well you match the desire vibrationally, and then make the needed adjustments in order for your vibration to come into alignment with the desire that you have.  Since you cannot attract anything that is outside of your vibrational range, it is a futile attempt to try and attract something that, at least for the time being, cannot be yours.  It will only bring you great frustration.

The healthier thing to do is to start by reaching for something that is within your vibration. Accept the present with gratitude, and as you lift your vibrational range, all the gifts that are yours from the Universe will start flowing into your experience.  The campus of the school where I graduated from is a beautiful campus.  All of the Jacaranda trees around the school are in full bloom, giving off their sweet perfume.  I was surrounded by my loving family and friends, and I have many good memories that have been captured forever through the invention of the photograph.  I worked long and hard to get what many people have taken for granted, and that makes the moment all the more sweet.  I don’t need the Romanesque buildings, the Ivy, the heralding trumpets and that special smell.  I’ve got the real thing, and I thank the Universe for helping me get what I desired for so many years.

Maybe you too have fallen under the spell of Illusion at one time or another.  If so, I’d love to here your story!

Lee-GP

paradox

When you become a student and practitioner of the Law of Attraction, you come to realize that there are easy parts to accept, and also that there are parts that take some faith to accept. For example, if you want proof that Law of Attraction works, focus on feeling better for 30–60 seconds, and notice how you gain access to thoughts that feel even better. Focus on something for a day, and notice yourself finding unlimited thoughts that support the topic. Give a topic your full attention for a week, and you will feel it building and multiplying in your vibration. Focus your undivided attention on something for a month and see how it manifests in your life in multiple ways. The proof is in the changes you see and feel, and you gain momentum the more you do it.

But sometimes we all get stuck, and it feels as if nothing is changing. This is the paradox. If you give your undivided attention to something you want, you will see proof of progress in somewhere between 30 seconds to 30 days. But if you have something you have been wanting for much longer, you may have been missing a key step to manifesting everything you want: imagining that you already have it right now!

But wait, you say, how can I feel like I have something that I don’t have? And that’s the key…if you feel like you have it, Law of Attraction can deliver it to you in a real-life manifestation in 30 days or less. So if you think about the thing, and then feel bad that you don’t have it, and then desire it even more, and then feel worse that it hasn’t come to you yet, you get into a cycle that feels like being stuck in the same place. What you have to do is take a leap of faith: feel the joy of having it right now.

Let’s take weight loss as an example of this paradox. If you have decided that you want to lose some weight, then your first step is to simply notice what you say to yourself in your thinking on the topic of your weight. If you have been trying for a while to lose weight, then your thinking will have some contradictory vibrations. Sometimes you will feel optimistic about losing weight, and sometimes you will hate thin people, and you will feel guilt, shame, and even sadness around your present weight. Law of Attraction responds to all of this, and you get into a “two steps forward, two steps back” cycle. It seems like nothing is changing. Once you catch yourself in this cycle (and you will), just laugh at your thoughts and remember that they are simply thoughts.

Your goal is to reach for a thought that feels true, but that also allows Law of Attraction to work in your favor. The thought “I am exactly 120 pounds” might be too much of a stretch. But the thought “I am attracting my perfect weight” might have a ring of truth for you in this moment. Love the thought in this moment. Eventually you will find thoughts that feel true, and that reinforce the reality of the condition you are manifesting. You might think “my clothes fit so well, and I look great. People treat me like a very healthy person.” If you hold this kind of thought it will manifest in 30 days or less. It’s feeling good NOW that matters, and also staying in a good-feeling place on the topic.

The paradox is simply stated: If you want something, feel good about it now, as if you already have it. Experience the joy of it now, in your vibration. Don’t focus on NOT having it…feel like it’s yours already. When Law of Attraction hears “this is my reality,” it agrees every time and brings it to you quickly and expertly. Be well, feel great, and enjoy this most amazing day!  Chris-GP

1.     Be impeccable with your word.

2.     Don’t take anything personally.

3.     Don’t make assumptions.

4.     Always do your best.

The third agreement, “Don’t Make Assumptions” is an all-important one as it relates to the Law of Attraction. To “assume,” as an old, wise, yet humorous saying goes, makes an “ass” out of “u” and “me.”  The official definition of the word is:

assumption |əˈsəm(p) sh ən|
noun
1 a thing that is accepted as true or as certain to happen, without proof.

Assuming, by definition, means that you have no real proof that the event or situation is true, and it also means that you have a choice in terms of how you perceive the event or situation. We all make assumptions, often quite unconsciously, all the time. We might hear a beep in traffic and assume that someone is mad at us (when they really might know us), or we might assume that someone is ignoring us (when they just didn’t notice us). Assumptions become part of our daily routine and, over time, we ascribe our assumptions to blocks of reality that we never dare to question. The real question is, do your assumptions serve your greater sense of well being, and do you assumptions help you feel better in this moment? If you answered “yes and yes” then you are doing well with this third agreement.

Remember that the Law of Attraction responds to your average vibrational offering, and this vibration is always changing as you think and feel, and think and feel your way through every day. When you feel good, you are attracting the things that will feel good when they manifest. Likewise, when you feel bad or disconnected, you are attracting things that won’t feel great when they manifest. Yet being human on planet Earth means feeling good sometimes and bad other times…the key is to feel better, and to move your average vibration higher and higher. You do this by the thoughts you choose. Your assumptions directly affect your thoughts.

The next time you feel a disconnected thought, or a feeling that feels bad, notice if the thought is connected to an assumption you are making. Are you assuming that you hurt someone’s feelings? Are you assuming that you failed someone? Might you be assuming that something in the future will go wrong? In almost every case, you have a choice to drop the assumption and feel better in the moment. Because you have no real proof of the validity of the assumption, why not just ignore the possibility for now, until you get a better sense for what has, or what will, happen? I have noticed that I make assumptions that I can never prove, such as if a stranger thought I was nice of not. I may never see the person again, and I don’t need to assume anything about the interaction…the experience is only in my mind once it is over, and I get to choose how I perceive it.

Because I practice the conscious art of the Law of Attraction, I like to take this agreement one step further by being selective about my assumptions. If I make an assumption that feels bad, I do my best to drop it. But if I make an assumption that feels good, I just roll with it. A simple example would be: if I assume that something bad is going to happen I just let go of the thought, and remind myself that it is merely an assumption. But if I have a thought that all is well, or that something good will happen, I embrace the better-feeling thought and let it permeate my vibration. So my agreement with myself is really: “Make No Bad-feeling Assumptions.”

I hope this makes sense to you. You have the power to feel better and better, and to attract the life you have been asking for and wanting. It is yours for the taking, as long as you are open to noticing how you feel. Use this agreement to your advantage and see the difference it can make in your life today. Enjoy this most amazing day!  Chris-GP

You might wonder, then, why your experience doesn’t change every time you define your new preferences. When I set a new font on my computer, you might say, it stays changed until I change it again. This is true for your computer, and it is also true for you…sort of. You see, you are not an “on and off/black and white” device. You are a vibrational being that is always experiencing what the Law of Attraction is lining you up with. The LoA is responding to the most practiced thoughts you have been thinking. When you set a new preference for more money, you are setting more money into motion for you immediately. It’s like ordering from the internet. The deal is done as soon as you order it. But it takes time for the order to be picked, handled, put on a truck, and delivered to your door. For the Law of Attraction (or the US mail in this case) to bring it to you, you simply have to stick with your preferences and NOT cancel the order! Can you image how silly it would be to order, say, a pair of shoes on line, and then call to cancel it, and then reorder it, and then cancel it, and then reorder it…and then blame the company for not bringing it to you quickly? That is pretty much what you are doing sometimes if your preferences are not manifesting for you over time. Once you set a new preference, love the fact that you have set it into motion, and then get excited about how it will arrive. See it coming to you, and don’t entertain thoughts for very long that may cancel your “order.”

I love to define my preferences, and I love knowing that the Law of Attraction is the delivery system I can count on to bring it to me. I have preferences set for my job, my mate, my art, my car, my pets, my living spaces, my body, my friends, and the list goes on and on. It’s fun to get to decide on all of these. When something isn’t working anymore, I get to imagine it in a better light, and I get to enjoy the coming improvement. I get what I prefer as long as I don’t cancel the order. How FUN! What are you ordering from the Vibrational Universe today? What do you prefer your life to be like? Put that order in and have fun today while the order is processed. Before you know it it will be on your door step. Thanks for reading. Let me know if you liked this post!  Lisa-GP

I believe that optimism is especially powerful because it includes a reference to both sides of the issue: the glass is half full, or it is half empty. It helps you choose to focus on the side of the issue that tells a better story. It looks objectively at something and makes the most out of it. It is a launching pad for climbing the emotional scale on any issue. It recognizes the choices you have with two distinct paths, one that leads you closer to where you want to be, and one that leads you away from your desired emotional destination. It is the opposite of delusional; it is grounded and realistic while still being a reach on the vibrational scale. (Incidentally, you can make a good case for the concept of being delusional too, forgetting about “reality” completely and giving thought only to your goal. Many successful people call this “being focused.”)

Do you consider yourself to be an optimist? I know some people that pride themselves on being a self-described “devil’s advocate” and finding the fault in any idea, plan, or brainstorm. They feel that they play an important role in the conversation by bringing everyone down to a realistic level. But they actually do themselves a disservice by lowering their own emotional set point of vibration, which inevitably keeps them feeling worse and worse. The “important role” of pessimist keeps them from manifesting their desires and askings, and their Source will never take a pessimistic view of anything…so they live out of alignment with their own inner being.

Notice today what your thoughts and words feel like. Are they optimistic or pessimistic? Do your thoughts and words lead you to feelings that feel better or feelings that worse?  Just notice. If you find that you inject part your day with pessimism, acknowledge that optimism is a choice, just as pessimism is also a choice. Each can be practiced just as easily as the other. In every moment you can choose to see the best, or the worst. You can reach for the best thought you can find, or you can reach for the worst thought you can find. It’s all up to you, and by paying attention you will be empowered to choose more consciously today. I truly believe you will do great things today, and I know you will feel better and better as the day goes on. May you find joy in every moment in this most amazing day!  Chris-GP

1.     Be impeccable with your word.

2.     Don’t take anything personally.

3.     Don’t make assumptions.

4.     Always do your best.

The first agreement, “Be impeccable with your word” is not easy to understand at first.

impeccable |imˈpekəbəl|
adjective
(of behavior, performance, or appearance) in accordance with the highest standards of propriety; faultless : a man of impeccable character.
• rare Theology not liable to sin.

Does it mean that you have to only use certain words, or that you have to monitor your speech in ways that feel unnatural? Not at all. If you think about the Law of Attraction, and if you remember that LoA responds to your vibration, the “word” takes on a more profound meaning. The words you think to yourself, and that you speak to others, create a vibrational average that we call your point of attraction. When your thoughts and words are in alignment with your Source Energy, then you feel a strong connection and flow which is translated into an experience of feeling good. Another way to say this is: if you use words that align with Source, you feel good. In fact, if you feel emotions that feel less-than-good, you can be sure that you have been practicing thoughts that are not aligning with your Source.

So what does Source Energy think about you and anyone in this reality? That is the million-dollar question, because it is the key to feeling good, being in the flow of life, attracting the life you want, and using the magic of Law of Attraction to manifest everything you have been wanting. Source Energy loves you. It knows that you are good, and it knows that you are worthy. It sees the best in others, it sees the best in you, and it knows that you are perfect in your eternal imperfection. It rejoices every time you expand and become more than you were. It understands that the purpose of life is joy and expansion. It uplifts, loves, expands, and celebrates every moment. Get in the flow of Source, and you feel good. Feel good more of the time, and you attract more things that help you feel good. It is a cycle of thinking and feeling that has no upper limit…but you have to think like your Source…and hence you must agree to “Be impeccable with your word.”

Being impeccable with my word means, to me, doing my best to love myself and everyone I come into contact with. It means abandoning “put down” thinking that normally accompanies gossip. It means reaching for a better-feeling thought more of the time. It means leaving behind preconceptions of myself and others in exchange for vibrational offerings that align more and more with what my Source thinks. It implies that I look for the best in every situation. If you are impeccable with your word, you will not suddenly be perfect. But you will make a new agreement with yourself that will help you feel better and better. You have no eternal cosmic commitment to be disconnected, feeling bad, or a negative realist. You can choose to think the way that feels best, and the door through which you must walk is via your personal word.

I hope this helps you decipher this first agreement a little. I am grateful for this information, and also for the opportunity to bring it to you through my perspective. Happy New Year, be well, and enjoy this most amazing day!  Chris-GP

Your perception is just like this story. As humans on planet Earth we are not supposed to see the whole room. If we didn’t have a way to focus our attention we would be overwhelmed and not be able to see anything. We have an ability to focus our thoughts in a single direction, like shining a flashlight in a dark room. What ever we shine the light on (or give our attention to) becomes illuminated as part of our “reality.” Whatever we look at becomes our point of attraction, and Law of Attraction tirelessly sends more of the same to our experience.

People who don’t get this will shine their light on all kinds of things that they don’t want more of. They feel it is their duty to “see what’s in the room.” But if you use your focus to look for things you don’t want, or that don’t feel good when you look at them, you are increasing the energy of these things and making them stronger in YOUR reality. Everything is real…that you give your attention to. And there is nothing that can get your attention that you don’t shine your light on. There is nothing lurking in the darkness that is trying to “get you.”

So relax and use your power of focus wisely today. Keep scanning the room until you see things you want to see, and then stay on them for a while. It’s not your job to clean the room, or to keep others from looking at what they want to. Isn’t it great to really know this? Aren’t you grateful and appreciative that this is how the Universe works? I am!! Have fun and enjoy your day. Be.Love, Hannya-GP

Law of Attraction

When I don’t have something that I think I want, I try not to get too worried about it in the present moment. Instead, I enjoy taking the following steps that give me fun and relief in the present. You can do this too:

1. I identify with more clarity what it is that I want. If it is, for example, more money, then I write down the phrase “I am attracting more money to me.” I become clear in my asking.
2. I then think about how I will feel once I have this money. Will I feel complete, prosperous, and generous? If I think I would, I spend quiet time alone reaching for the feelings of prosperous, generous and complete.
3. I then give attention to the desire in my waking, everyday life in small but important ways. I leave bigger tips, give money to people in need, and look for opportunities to help others with my money. Giving 45 cents more on a tip helps me reinforce a feeling of generosity and gratitude. Giving a dollar to a person in need feels prosperous and makes me feel good and complete. Neither costs very much money, but the feeling of prosperity, completeness, and generosity feels good. My attention puts me in an allowing vibration.
4. I then talk to myself about my wonderful expanded prosperity. I tell myself how much I love having enough money, and I bask in the fun and relief of knowing I have plenty…enough to meet my needs and to give some away too.
5. I then talk to others about how well things are going for me, and how I know there is plenty of prosperity to go around. I even look for little but true stories of things coming to me, like checks in the mail, or unexpected dividends or bonuses. Even someone giving me a penny they have found on the ground is an opportunity to tell a story of how money flows to me.
6. I then give myself the intention to dream about expanded resources and riches just before I sleep. I assure myself that my dream will expand my desires, and that I will be in a receiving place when I awake.

When you give this much energy and attention to a subject, and when you let Law of Attraction do the heavy lifting for you, you will soon have the essence of what you have wanted. Your constant attention to the desires summons a powerful Vortex of Attraction that aligns events and circumstances, creating a glorious manifestation of prosperity in the present. You will have attracted new wealth, and you will have summoned this experience to you by the Law of Attraction.

Once you prove to yourself that this really works, you will have no limits as to what you can attract to yourself consciously. You will no longer be a creator by default, and you won’t expect the world to change to make you happy either. You will gain the knowledge and skill to make your life amazing and fulfilling. You will learn to attract anything you want, simply by giving your attention to the subject…and by feeling good while you think about it. Life is supposed to be fun, and what greater fun is there than to have unlimited possibilities in front of you? I can think of only one thing more fun: having the ability to manifest those possibilities, if you choose to do so. Try it and see for yourself. What you think about becomes your reality…it’s really just that simple. Enjoy this most amazing day!  Chris-GP

Getting the knack of manifesting your desires is as easy as holding on to an intention, and then giving it your full attention. You have to believe it will come true, and through trial and error you can convince yourself that Law of Attraction does, in fact, work. I suggest that you start small, and then work your way up to bigger and bigger things. One way that I like to manifest every day is to allow parking spaces to appear for me. Here’s how I do it…

I work at a large University that has unbelievably limited parking for the 35,000 students and 3,000 faculty members looking for a place to leave a car for the day. Paying for a parking pass is just a license to hunt for an empty space, and not a guarantee that one will be available. There was a time when I would experience daily frustration with my inability to park close to my office on campus. I decided to use the Law of Attraction and vibrational allowing to manifest a new condition. Instead of dreading the parking hunt, I decided to use affirmations to change my focus as I neared the campus. Several minutes before I would arrive, I would start saying the following to myself:

• I always get a parking spot.
• Spaces always open up for me.
• I am in perfect timing to get a parking spot.
• I need not rush or worry because my spot will be available as soon as I arrive.
• No one can get my spot because it will appear as I approach.
• My parking is assured. I am in alignment with parking.
• I am a master at manifesting parking.
• I can’t wait to see which space opens up for me.
• A space will probably be waiting for me.

At first, these thoughts and affirmations seemed merely like optimistic and wishful thinking. And at first, parking didn’t open up every time. But as I practiced these thoughts, I began to feel that the words were true. And the next miracle was that parking spaces suddenly started becoming available to me when I needed them. These days, it is a very rare occasion that I don’t just cruise into a spot when I get to campus, and even in the lot closest to my office. I have come to expect that a single spot will be waiting for me. I “see it” opening up as I pull up, and either it is open, or someone is walking to their car to leave as I arrive. Pretty cool. Thank you Law of  Attraction!

This doesn’t work as consistently, however, when I don’t take the time to get into an allowing vibration or think my affirmations before I arrive on campus. If I am hurried or stressed, I am likely to hunt for 20–30 minutes before a space opens up, and usually far from my office. I love the fact that I can make it work 95% of the time if I relax, think deliberately, believe, and attract the space to me.

You can do this too! What do you want? Start small and work your way up to bigger things. Give your undivided attention to your intentions, and get on the road to believing that they will manifest. If you want more money, see small amounts flowing to you. Think multiple thoughts of money flowing to you from everywhere. Believe that it is possible for more money to flow to you. Then as you see evidence of a little money coming in from an unexpected source, affirm that more is on the way. Soon you will have a flood of prosperity being attracted into your experience. Most days I value parking spaces more than money, because no amount of money can get me a space when I need it, but Law of Attraction can make it happen. Today, identify a desire and then just “see it” coming to you in some small way. Play with the feeling of having it. Enjoy the feeling of attracting the things you want with little effort…just deliberate thoughts. You will soon be convinced that your thoughts create your world, and then you will be able to change the world! Enjoy this most amazing day!  Chris-GP

Once you come to the realization and conscious understanding that your life results parallel your thoughts, feelings, and actions, you can start noticing what you think, feel, and do on a daily basis. What are your habits of thinking? Do you tend to think like an optimist or a pessimist? Do you justify pessimism in your thinking by labeling it “realism?” What if “realism” is just your habit of thinking, and what if optimistic outcomes could become “real” for you instead? Would you change your patterns of thinking to look for the best in things? What are your habits of feeling? Does it feel normal for you to feel sad, irritated, frustrated, or dis-empowered on a daily basis? Are mad at everything including your spouse, boss, or your government? Your feelings are always justified, by the way. But you have a choice in the ways you focus your attention, and as your focus of attention changes, so will your habits of feeling. What are your habits of doing? What activities do you give your time and focus to, and do you enjoy these activities? Are you bored by the things you do, or do you feel a calling toward these activities? How you answer these questions will help you clarify your point of attraction, which is the vibrational signal you broadcast in all directions, and the signal that Law of Attraction reads, matches, magnifies, and aligns you with to create your “reality.” Your signal never stops, but it can change with your attention to your thoughts, feelings, and actions.

Imagine being a master chef in a well-stocked commercial kitchen. You can make any dish you choose to make, and you have all the required knowledge and resources at your fingertips. What will you make? The first thing I would make would be my favorite Indian meal, Saag Paneer! I would get the spinach and cheese ready, and I would savor the smells and tastes, and I would enjoy the process of creating the meal. Sitting down to this meal would be like the results of Law of Attraction in my life…I would get a great result based on my focus of energy and desire for specific tastes. But what if I decided to use the first ingredients I found near the stove instead? What if I decided to use literally anything I noticed? The result might be a soup with a really weird combination of tastes. It might be salty, sweet, and bitter at the same time. When I sit to eat this soup, I get to decide if my focus gave me the results I wanted. Most likely, I will enjoy the Saag Paneer much more than the haphazard soup, because I got to decide what I wanted to include more carefully, and I had a recipe to follow that I knew would lead to a successful outcome.

What, then, is the recipe for creating and attracting a successful life? Be like a master chef. Live your day looking for the ingredients that will make your life feel and taste good as you live it. Look for reasons to feel grateful and appreciative. Tell stories about how well things are going for you. Look for evidence of wellbeing in others, and make it a point to tell others the good you see in them. Make the best of every event. Choose to change your habits of thinking, feeling and acting so that you judge things by how good you feel, rather than defaulting to the most practiced experience or emotion. Choose the ways you express your life as if you were creating the best meal you can imagine, and refuse to include things that spoil the taste for you. Take others’ opinions of what you are creating with a “grain of salt,” realizing that YOU will be the only one eating and experiencing this masterful culinary experiment. You are the chef. You get to choose. Yea!

I hope this image helps you see your life as an amazing opportunity to create anything you desire. Every time you reflect on how things are presently going for you, see yourself eating the meal you have crafted over time for yourself. If it tastes great, savor the flavor and keep doing what you are doing. If you crave a different diet, simply change your habits of thinking, feeling and acting until the meal takes on a new flavor and spice. You always get to choose, so choose well today. Enjoy this most amazing day!  Chris-GP