Attractive Attraction

In Twelve Step meetings, it’s traditional to groan when someone says, “Let’s have a gratitude meeting.” People don’t like to talk or think about what they’re grateful for. It’s not in our nature. We’re more tuned to what’s going wrong than what’s going right. We can’t help it. The cave men who sat around and admired how white the teeth on the saber toothed tiger were, didn’t last long enough to reproduce. The ones who realized those teeth were a bad thing are our ancestors, so to speak.

But gratitude is important. Sometimes I just sit in my office, which I painted and decorated myself after moving into a wonderful new house, and I look at all the hangings on the wall and the things on my desk and the books on my shelves and I remember growing up in a house where I couldn’t sleep in my bedroom in the winter because the north wind blew through the window and the room was uninhabitable. And I feel grateful.

Gratitude gets a bad rap as being some sort of “feel-good” thing, but it’s not. Real, true, deep gratitude comes from the soul. It’s not some pop-culture thing. It’s not something you say to make yourself look good or to make someone else feel good.

Real gratitude is truly appreciating what you have, and feeling it’s enough. Sure, there are other things you’d like to have. There always will be. But in gratitude, you realize that if you don’t get the new car or the new house, it’s enough.

We should be “grateful for gratitude” because it’s one of the fastest ways to appreciate our lives and feel happier. This simple technique, practiced every day, can change your life.

About The Author

Angie Dixon helps small business owners get their acts together. She is a personal development coach specializing in helping people integrate their home and work lives so they feel less stretched and more balanced. Get her FREE EBOOK on balance at http://www.discoveringtruenorth.com. For questions or to discover how coaching can change your life, contact Angie at mailto:angie@discoveringtruenorth.com.

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Seven Simple Steps to Attract Abundance and Prosperity Now!

1. Pay attention to what you say - your words indicate what you think and feel.
This is where it all begins and where change can occur. When your thoughts
tell you there isn’t enough, that something is missing, you are in lack
consciousness. Know it’s okay for those thoughts to surface for we all find
ourselves in this place at times, but don’t remain there!

2. As the thoughts of ‘can’t have it’ or ‘not enough’ surface into your consciousness,
visualize a mental garbage pail and toss those thoughts in it. Tell yourself
you know this is not a truth and you no longer need that thought, so you’re
trashing it. Then immediately focus your thoughts on something good.

3. Surrender your dis-empowering thoughts about lack. You’ve recognized their
existence and have begun to toss out those unwanted thoughts, but now ask for
Divine assistance to help you change your thinking. Here’s where your real
power is!

4. Remind yourself that you deserve all the good things you desire. Most
individuals fall down with their manifestation at this point because they genuinely
don’t believe they deserve the good. People who say “What else would you expect?
Things like this always happen to me” are simply saying they don’t deserve the
good so don’t expect it. Duh! So why do you complain when abundance passes you
by since you set yourself up for more lack?

5. Look around at all you presently have and are. Make a physical list of the
things and people who are blessing your life right now and read it daily - your home,
family, health, job, friends, etc. - and everyday things from the easy drive home
from work that day to the neighbor who surprised you by cutting your grass, even
though it was shorter than you like it! Be grateful for everything in your life, including
the extra bill facing you that you’re not sure how you’re going to pay. As you do this
you will see changes in the way you perceive life and the way life responds to you.
Remember, it must be genuine because your spirit knows what your truth is.

6. Now do nothing! That’s right - do nothing. The universe will begin immediately to
bring your desires, but you must get out of the way. This is so hard for most people
because we are used to being in control, thinking we must make things happen. Don’t
do it or you’ll block the flow of abundance that’s on its way to you. When abundance
and you are in alignment it will simply flow effortlessly to you in amazing ways.

7. Say “thank you.” Even though your desires haven’t manifested yet, become grateful
for them before they are seen. By this you are saying you know they will arrive and
you’re acknowledging this as a sign of your belief; this is called faith.

These simple steps will take you to the realm of abundance and prosperity. I know because I’m living proof that it works. Although I say they are simple steps, it is often not an easy task to shift your entire way of thinking and believing. Know that in the beginning it might even be difficult and you may be tempted to give up when doubts creep in. Don’t give up! It’s not something that happens overnight. Success in everything requires taking baby steps to achieve the desired end result. Follow these guidelines listed above and watch the miracles unfold in your life! And as the abundance and prosperity flows to you effortlessly, then move forward through the doors that open to you.

Here are some examples of how to change your thoughts and words from lack to abundance.

Lack: I wish I had the money to buy a new car, or at least one that’s newer with less problems.
Abundance: Thank you for sending the resources to buy the perfect car for me, one that runs beautifully.

Lack: We can’t ever seem to get ahead with our finances.
Abundance: I choose freedom from debt by making wiser choices with my finances.

Lack: There just isn’t enough money; we’re always having so many things break down.
Abundance: I am grateful for the money I have to pay the bills I can and know the rest will come
in Divine timing.

Lack: I hate my job. It is boring but pays the bills so I guess I’m stuck in it.
Abundance: I am grateful for my job but place the intention for a job that allows me creativity and
enjoyment, and gives me my present income or more.

Lack: I’ve been waiting a long time for Mr./Ms. Right. All my friends have someone so why can’t I?
Abundance: I place the intention for my soulmate to show up in the right and perfect timing.

Do not try to figure anything out - no details, no plan, no manipulation. Simply say the words and let it go, then watch all the pieces come together. State exactly what you want. It is really that simple! When it doesn’t work, it is because you got in the way of the Divine flow and blocked it.

Sometimes the easiest things in life seem to be the hardest. Is it because we expect something of value to be hard, that we must work hard to obtain it? Or is it the old thought that it must be too good to be true. I can promise you that the best things in life are free and come without strings attached, and they all come from LOVE!

Give this a try - you have nothing to lose and everything to gain! Need help? Contact Carolyn through the information that follows.

Carolyn Porter, D. Div.
Empower Productions, Inc.
www.drcarolynporter.com
info@drcarolynporter.com

Carolyn Porter, D. Div. is an Author of multiple books and ebooks, Spiritual Counselor, Life Coach, and works with the Angelic realm. Her passion is to help you understand your power of choice and how to create your life into what you truly want and deserve. She is available for coaching and energy sessions. Please visit http://www.drcarolynporter.com for more information.

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The wholeness of life has, from of old,

Been made manifest in its parts.

-Lao Tzu

Healing your body, soothing a painful relationship, recovering from a loss, transforming the quality of just about any unwanted situation can begin with one simple step. This step may create an instantaneous shift or it may require time and repetition. In either case, it is profoundly powerful and it sets in motion a cascade of beneficial influences. The simple step that acts like a healing balm on any situation consists of a calling forth of an awareness of wholeness. It is achieved by tuning in to the experience of the whole within the part.

The need for healing, whether it seems physical, emotional or otherwise, can be understood as an
imbalance in the relationship between the parts and the whole. Whether you translate this into the
relationship between the cells as parts and the whole of the body or the selves as parts and the whole of
humanity, we can quickly see that all parts are wholes and all wholes are parts.

When the part aspect of the whole dominates, there can be a coming apart. When the wholeness native to
each part resounds with the greater whole, healing occurs. When wholeness permeates the part, ease
becomes the tone of that part. Harmony characterizes its relationship with the whole. Health, prosperity,
beauty and wisdom spring from this arrangement.

Whole Hearts

It is my desire to do nothing which I cannot do with my whole heart.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
A good way to start cultivating the wholeness of the parts is by practicing whole-heartedness. Harboring
conflicting intentions breaks the heart into com-part-ments. As love flows through the com-part-mentalized heart, it scatters the heart’s light. This disarray creates shadows. We experience these
shadows as negative emotions: a bad mood, anxiety, depression, frustration, anger.

The practice of cultivating whole-heartedness unifies our perception of the heart’s light. It blurs the
divisions and brings the wholeness of the heart into direct experience. Like looking at the sun, the
brilliant glow of the whole heart expresses as one. No parts are apparent as the wholeness comes into
awareness. No shadows are cast within the wholeness of the heart because it is all light. With a little
conscious effort, we can feel the wholeness of the heart. Its integrity is unmistakable. Its completeness is
palpable.

Whole-heartedness sets a tone of oneness that rings so expansively that it brings forward the wholeness
within other parts. It resounds powerfully throughout the body and soul. It vibrates through the world
and the ethers.

The heart that is whole pumps love through the world. The love that flows from heart to heart inspires
gratitude. The gratitude that springs from the flow of love heals even the most ancient wounds. When
gratitude is whole-hearted, every part benefits. By a simple turning of your attention to your own wholeheartedness,
you can bring healing to your world.

Being “Greatful”

To be grateful is to be great. In gratitude, we focus upon that which is great and tune ourselves to that
vibration. In gratitude, we, as parts, tune ourselves to the whole.
To be great is to be grateful. Within greatness there can always be found an honoring of the whole. This
honoring of the whole finds whole-hearted expression as gratitude.

Habits and Lost Parts

The part in question may be a cell, an organ or a system in your body. It may be a memory, a desire or a
specific aspect of your personality. The part may even be your perception of your role in a personal
relationship, a community or all of humanity. The part in question can go astray and lose its resonance
with the whole. Parts that get lost in this way tend to create unwanted patterns which can become habits.

We often feel at the mercy of these habits as they undermine our well-being and have us doing things we
later regret. These unwanted habits represent parts which have lost their resonance with the whole. They
are parts that see themselves as separate partial entities living in a world of other separate partial
entities.

Battling these habits becomes a futile struggle of part against part. This struggle can manifest as a
medicine cabinet full of prescription bottles, a never-ending stream of fad diets or a repetitive history of
“giving up smoking.” As long as these solutions are based on a reaction of one part to another, they are
still part-dominated. Living in a dominant vibration of the part promotes disharmony which can manifest
in any form of misalignment between your intention and your activity.

We tend to think of habits as patterns of behavior. It can be useful, however, to notice that we have more
subtle habits of vibration which precede our actions and generate the more visible outer habits that can
plague us.

Bringing wholeness into balance with “partness” will shift the way you feel and may inspire completely
different actions, both on a cellular level and in your conscious activity. Keeping your feeling awareness
steeped in whole-heartedness will bring forth in you uncompromising integrity and enormous compassion
both for yourself and others. It will set the tone of wholeness (health) in your body. Bringing the feeling of
wholeness into the heart heals all wounds. It breaks unwanted habits. It makes every moment new.

The Habit of Gratitude

Developing a habit of gratitude ensures a balance of the parts with the whole. Gratitude amplifies the
presence of the whole within the part. Once gratitude becomes habitual it nourishes the system on an
ongoing basis bestowing all sorts of benefits. It awakens the inner wholeness of the part. It harmonizes
the actions of the part within the whole. All aspects benefit.

To begin developing the habit of gratitude, let your extremes be your triggers. When things are going
magnificently well, let that be a reminder to give thanks whole-heartedly. When things are going all
wrong, let that be a reminder to look for something good. Let the unwanted circumstances be a trigger
for your new habit of whole-heartedness and gratitude. Find something you can appreciate with your
whole heart.

By replacing your conflicted awareness of the unwanted part with a feeling of wholeness through
gratitude, you are shifting the patterns of karma. You are revealing your inner glow. You are brightening
your future. You are healing your whole system. You are contributing a beneficial vibration to your
world.

© Rebbie Straubing

You can receive Dr. Rebbie Straubing’s Free e-Course,
“7 Secrets for Manifesting Your Heart’s Desire,” at
http://www.yofa.net

Rebbie is a workshop leader, Abraham Coach, and writer.

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