Imagine for a moment that you have just arrived home from the grocery store.  As you are putting your groceries away, you reach into a bag and pull out two perfectly ripe peaches.   “Ahhh, I remember buying these,” you say to yourself.  You lay them on the counter and continue putting away the other groceries.  As you do, the aroma of the peaches fills the kitchen.  These peaches are a golden, coral-like color, the skin is soft and smooth, and they are firm yet soft to the touch – just perfect, right now.

When you finish putting away the groceries, you decide to give yourself a break and have a snack.  As you bite into the perfectly ripe peach, the juice runs down your chin, so you grab a paper towel.  The aroma comes through loud and clear now, can you smell it?  The texture of the peach is perfect as is the taste, and you think to yourself, “Delicious!”  You wonder if you will ever eat another peach like this one ever again.  Then you remember that you thought that the last time you ate a peach, so your faith in the universe to produce delicious peaches, repeatedly, is restored.  You finish the peach, and wipe the remaining juice from your chin.  You look at the remaining peach and can hardly wait to dig in.

This website has been listed among the top 10, “Best of the Best,” websites for free information on the Law of Attraction.  As my career development seminar comes to a close this Tuesday, I plan to honor that distinction and provide even more information on applying the law of attraction and basic principles of success to everyday living.  Interestingly enough, my last seminar in the career development series is on action.  Delicious action.

A common criticism of the movie, “The Secret,” is that the producers did not spend any time talking about action, leaving viewers, possibly, with a sense of, “I can sit around on the couch visualizing and all my dreams will come true.”  The main “characters” of the movie have been on some very popular television shows explaining that that simply is not true, but of course, criticism remains.  Honestly, this lazy attitude has been perpetuated by the law itself in many cases because of people recounting stories where they visualized receiving money without working for it, then suddenly received an unexpected inheritance.  The part of the story that is not often told, is that the inheritance was only $1,000 or so.  They fail to give you the rest of the story.  So today, right here, right now, during this post, you can call me Paul Harvey.

Is it possible to become aware of the law of attraction, utilize it, and suddenly receive a windfall of cash?  Yes.  Does it happen to everyone that way?  No.  Could it happen to you?  Yes.  Is it possible to never have to work again?  Yes, and no.  Let me explain.

At some point in our lives, we’ve all had jobs that we just could not stand.  Whether it was a part-time summer job that you took between semesters to have some extra spending money, or you found yourself in a career that wasn’t right for you, most of us have had this experience at one time or another.  Then, we’ve also had those jobs that we wish could go on forever.  Even though we worked physically hard, maybe, or mentally hard, at the end of the day, we were tired, but it was a “good tired.”  You felt exhausted and exhilarated at the same time.  Remember that?

When you first start applying the law of attraction, you must first decide what it is that you want.  You must become very clear on this.  Whether it’s a thing, like a house, boat, car, or a condition, like health, happiness, or making money without working, you must become clear about it.  Then, become very still and quiet, and tell the universe what it is that you want.  Most people find that the best way to do this is to write down what it is that you want.  Doing so allows you to refine your desires later.

What will start to happen possibly very soon after you write these goals down, is that you will start to receive “inspired thoughts.”  Thoughts about doing things - or possibly going places – in other words, taking action that you never thought of taking before.  You might get a phone call from a previous employer offering you a tremendous raise, or you might, just might, receive a call about a long-forgotten uncle who’s recently passed on and left you some money.

Now, here is where a lot of people mess up.  They think that because they’ve meditated and written down their goals with the intent of utilizing the law of attraction, that any direction they receive is it.  Their thinking goes like this, “Well, I prayed for this to happen, so this is a sign, this is what I’m supposed to do.”  Imagine how upset they become when they find out their uncle had only $1,000 to give them.  Or the turmoil caused when this previous employer was a real jerk to work for.  Using the law of attraction at that point becomes confusing because you think, “Is this all?”  “Am I doomed to work for this jerk for the rest of my life?”

A lot of “Secret” teachers will tell you that what is happening when you get these little glimpses of the LoA working is that the universe is simply telling you it received your request.  Some people call it an “Alpha reflection.”  What is truly happening, is that you are holding on to some previous beliefs like, “The only real way to make money is to work yourself to death at a job you hate.”  Or, “The only way to make money without working is to have someone die and leave it to you.”  And because you’re holding on to those past beliefs, that’s exactly what you get.  “Ask and it is given.”  “Your wish is my command.”

So, the next question is, how do I ask for what I want, while overcoming those past, limiting, beliefs?  Let’s say that you want to attract a million dollars, but you know you can’t do it just by working harder in the job you have now.  You also know that you don’t have any long lost rich uncles with one foot in the grave.  Here is what you do.

You put your intention out there like this:  “I want to manifest one million dollars, and I want to find a way that is compatible with me to receive it.”

“Compatible with me,” are the keywords here.  Did you catch that?  “I want to manifest one million dollars, and I want to find a way that is compatible with me to receive it.”

So what happens next?  When you receive an “inspired thought,” you’ll also stop to think, “Is this compatible with me?”  If the answer is no, then this action is not required of you.  You are still the ultimate creator of your life experience.  You get to choose what you actually do.  It could be that you’re still holding on to a past belief system and you have some work to do.  Your work, in this situation, is simply to raise your vibration.  I’ll write about that in my next post.  (You can register here to make sure you don’t miss it.)  In the meantime, “raising your vibration” means feeling good most of the time.  Be happy where you are and trust that all your desires are on their way to you.

But if the answer is yes, if this inspired thought is compatible, it’s going to feel like you’re getting ready to take a bite of that delicious peach.  The idea of performing this action will excite you, and make you smile.  When you receive a compatible and inspired thought that requires action on your part, it will not feel like work, it will feel like biting into a perfectly ripe, golden coral-yellow, glorious piece of fruit.  In other words, it becomes delicious action. It feels like you’re not really working at all.  It feels good.  You love whatever it is you’re doing and you catch yourself saying things like, “I can’t believe I’m getting paid to do this,” or, “I can hardly believe how easy this was,” or “This is amazing; why didn’t I think of this sooner?”

When you put the intention out by stating that the ways and means must be compatible with you, the universe will respond in tremendous ways.  When this happens to you, you forget about “work.”  It’s just “taking action.”  Delicious action.

“And now you have, the rest of the story!”

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