This brief article will show you how to know what what it is that you are wanting, and how to allow it to happen in your life. (Go here for Print Version.)
Getting
What You
Are Wanting
by Larry Kiser
The Law of Attraction
Do most of us even know what it is we want? How do we find that out? Are there universal laws that operate even without our knowledge? If so, what are they? Once we do know what we want, is there some magic formula that tells us how to make it happen?
The answer to these simple questions is, Yes, there is a way to deliberately create what we want in life. For we create our lives by the thoughts we have and the patterns of thought and emotion we hold in our mind and body field. These patterns are simply energy that is vibrating at a certain frequency. These energy patterns act as attractors to other, similar energy patterns that also are vibrating at the same frequency.
We all know the phrase, "Birds of a feather..." or "Like attracts like." In fact, we all find friends who believe more or less as we do — unless we think, "Nobody understands me," and then we may attract the reality of not being able to find like-minded friends. How do we find the right people to fulfill our inner beliefs and feelings? Quite simply, we gravitate toward that which is dominantly within us. This is why great mystics tell us, "Look within. The universe is within you."
At the subtle (and scientific) level, we know that atoms and molecules vibrating at a certain rate will attract, and gather together with, other atoms vibrating at the same rate. In one sense, you are a gathering of like-minded atoms and molecules disguised as a human being!
Thoughts Possess Physical Reality
A first step in creating is to understand that the mind and body do not recognize a difference between what is imagined and what actually happens. In other words, thoughts have a physical reality. That's why horror movies and war stories are so popular. They enable us to participate in these extreme, exciting experiences without leaving home or having to get stuck with the sometimes brutal consequences.
Here is a true story that gives us a very positive example of the physical reality of thought.
Several years ago, a young man who loved golf but didn't play very well (he shot only in the 90s) was unable to play for seven years. Instead, every day for those seven years, he imagined himself playing 18 holes of golf. He saw (imagined) each shot and took each step exactly as though he were playing perfect golf on the course that he knew. He actually did this seven days a week for four hours each day!
Later, when he finally was able to play golf "for real," he immediately began shooting like a pro — in the low 70s!
You see, this man had been a prisoner of war in Viet Nam, shut up in small cubicle where he couldn't even stand up. It was playing golf in his mind that kept him alive.
Notice that this man, because in his mind he was playing perfectly, accomplished mentally something he had not been able to do through physical practice.
Thought Alters Our Environment
 A few years ago, a man named Masaru Emoto wrote a book called Messages from Water, in which he proved — by taking before-and-after photographs of water fast-frozen to crystalline form — that water changes its structure when words are spoken, prayed, or written over or to it. And different thoughts create different structures.
"Words are the vibrations of nature," says Emoto. "Therefore beautiful words create beautiful nature. Ugly words create ugly nature. This is the root of the universe."
The pictures in his book prove the point. The photo at left is one of Dr. Emoto's before-and-after examples. Here, the water whose image is shown on the left was "treated" with words reflecting health and immunity from disease, producing this beautiful crystalline form.
So stretch your mind, now, to go from "Words (thoughts) change the actual structure of water" to "Words (thoughts) change the structure of all that happens to us!"
We can see how striking this effect is on our own bodies when when we realize that our adult bodies are more than 50 percent water, and closer to 80 percent at birth!
How We Attract
As science tells us, despite appearances, nothing is really solid. Consciousness itself is the force of the universe. How does this work to manifest reality?
It works by intent. What we think and imagine, especially with emotion, becomes our intent, setting into motion the vibration that attracts what we have intended. This vibration goes out and literally draws more of itself to itself, until — ultimately — the circumstance that was imagined takes "solid" form.
Of course, this description greatly simplifies what happens when we create. There are invisible steps "in between." But the process of manifestation is, essentially, the attraction of like vibration to itself.
So when we imagine a thing happening — whether it's something we want or something we do not want — we are setting up an intention that then operates independent of our rational mind to carry itself out and bring the imagined circumstance into our physical reality.
I had an experience while writing this article that illustrates the mystery of the Law of Attraction.
I was trying to send this article in an email, but I could not attach it in a format that my recipient's computer could open and read. So I consciously set my intent to send out this article in the needed format.
As I was thinking of all the reasons I wanted this intent to happen, it occurred to me to go to Staples and look for a program that would work well with other computers. While wandering around at this huge store, I "accidentally" ran into a friend of mine who happens to be very computer literate. He not only told me how to do what I needed to do, but actually volunteered to come to my house and install the necessary software.
I asked him why he had come to the store, and he said, "Oh, I had a few minutes to kill before my next appointment, so I just decided to stop in."
In other words, while working on an article about how the universal Law of Attraction works, that very law drew to me — from seemingly unrelated acts — the exact person I needed to solve a problem associated with that article.
How likely is that? In truth, it is not only likely, but certain. It is the law! By setting my intention, trusting without doubt that it would happen, and then following my impulse (intuition or inclination) to go where I thought of going, behold! Exactly what I needed was provided.
Speeding Up Our Creations
Now that we see that our vibrations, in the form of thoughts and patterns of thought, create what we are focusing on, we need to understand the effect of emotion.
For when we put emotions and feelings into our thoughts, we are adding power to them. Emotion is the force behind creation.
So the rule is this: The more emotion we put into what we are wanting, the faster it is created.
And the corollary to the rule about emotion, of course, is that the more feeling we put into what we are not wanting (as we do when we are worrying about something), the faster we create what we do not want.
When It Feels Like It's Not Working
Perhaps you are saying, "This about getting what you are wanting is just not true. I have been wanting a red car and a new house for years, and they have never come to me."
The answer — the flip side of this coin of creating — is that you may be canceling out your positive thoughts with contrary thoughts. For example, if you are saying, "I wish I had a red car and a new house," you are focusing on the not-having, and that is what you are attracting!
Or you may have the positive thought, "I can really imagine myself driving a new red car and I am really liking it!" but then you think, "But I can probably never get it because I don't deserve it and anyway I can't afford it." And in one motion of negative thought you have canceled out your positive intent.
A further understanding is that your wanting does not stand by itself, alone and unassisted. The universal life force — whatever that may mean to you — begins to reach out with you and for you the moment you commit to what it is you are truly wanting. So when you consciously focus on your positive desire with intent to create it, that is more powerful than your casual negative thoughts.
I think of it in this way: Life is always seeking harmony. When you are wanting something you don't have, or not-wanting something you do have, life seeks to bring about the desired circumstance. Consciousness literally knows no bounds or boundaries. When you want something — even if you only want to know something — the universe cooperates to bring that to you as long as you do not cancel it out with too much emotional focus on the negative.
If you really think about this in your own life history, you will see how often, when you wondered about something, you "just happened" to encounter the right person, or read the right book, or see the right movie to solve your problem or answer your question.
How To Deliberately Create
When you want to purposely create something, here's how to go about it.
First, imagine what you want from the position or attitude of already having it, and the positive feelings that go with it.
Thus, if you want more rain, see, think and feel what it is like when that is happening: Your environment is all green, the grass is lush, the flowers are blooming, the garden is growing.
And remember not to think from the negative, for if you do, the negative is what you will attract. If you say, "I hate this dry weather," for example, you just attract more of the same.
Let us take an example from everyday life, something you want to change. Health and relationship come to mind.
What do you think about your health? Do you think you "catch" things from others? If your child "catches" a cold do you accept, because the collective consciousness does so, that you must "catch" it, too? Is it true that your child "caught" the cold? If the flu is going around, do you resonate with the vibration, the thought pattern, that says you will "catch" it, too — or will have to get a flu shot so you won't "catch" it?
Do you think you must decline in health as your biological clock ticks away?
You can say to yourself:
"You know, I never catch things! I can heal anything in my body or mind. And I can get older in years, while remaining vibrant, healthy, and youthful in mind and body! Just because a group of people accept 'catching' and 'aging' does not mean I must accept them, too."
We can, in other words, change our health by our attitude and the words we use to describe it. Try it. You'll like it!
So what if it is relationship you are wanting to create? Again, what do you believe about relationship? Do you think you need to be alone to accomplish your goals? Do you really like men/women on an intimate basis? Do you think, "I am good enough." Or has your past experience — which is actually just based upon your past beliefs — "shown" you that relationships just don't work for you?
How we feel, think, and believe a relationship will be is how it will end up being.
So perhaps you are now saying, "Okay, I understand. But how can I make this work. How can I deliberately create what I want in health or relationship?"
First, you want to become aware of what it is that are you experiencing right now. That provides a powerful mirror of how you are "feeling" about yourself toward the subject of your desire. Examine what you think and see. If you need to, once you've taken this self-examination as far as you can, get some assistance from an outside source.
Now, think about and imagine what it is that you do want. Realize that while it's important to notice what it is that you do not want, it's equally important not to dwell on it. For doing that will attract more of what you do not want. The Law of Attraction works both positively and negatively! Once you notice something you do not want, you must immediately replace it with what you do want. Mentally, put something else in its place.
Now, as you imagine what you are wanting, you are beginning to create it. You attract more thoughts of what you want in a process that builds. Little by little, you will begin to notice things coming into your life that support what you want.
Let's say, for example, that you are wanting better health. So you begin thinking about having that. Then one day soon, something happens to help you. Perhaps a personal trainer shows up to get you exercising, or you read about a new way of eating and you follow it. Whatever happens, you follow it and keep following it. And as you do, you begin to notice how you are feeling. And you keep on doing the things that bring you joy and a feeling of good health.
And to improve your relationship to both yourself and others, begin to notice in others only those things that you are wanting to see. This is a magical process, for these qualities will increase dramatically, not only in the people around you but also in yourself.
Knowing What You Want
The answer to knowing what it is you really want is this: Intend to know what you want. Set up the positive vibration of really knowing, at a deep level, what it is you want in life, or what you want to happen from a given situation. As you can see, the trick is to ask the right questions and keep seeking clarity.
Try this: "I want to know what I want." Or you can even just say, "I want to feel good." And imagine what that feels like. Imagine the joy and inner peace of truly knowing what you want, or feeling the way you want to feel.
Once I was driving along in my truck and was not feeling good. So I said to myself, "I just want to feel good." I repeated this to myself a few times. Then, for some reason, I looked up — and saw a beautiful shaft of light piercing the clouds near the mountains. I began to watch this light, and as I did, I started to feel the beauty of the sky and the mountains. Within a few minutes, I felt really good.
It is the little things you do that create the larger things in life. And thoughts are the beginning point.
It's also important to be aware of what the universe is mirroring back to you — in the circumstances of your life, the friends you have, the partners you choose. For life is always fulfilling your own prophecy. Friends, partners, and circumstances provide clues to your inner feelings about yourself and what you believe is possible.
Conclusion
We create our lives by the feelings, thoughts and emotions we hold on to. We can change anything in our life by changing these factors. First of all, we notice what we do not want, but then stop thinking about it. Instead, we put our attention on the things we do want. And then we imagine how it will be when we have these things, focusing on the good that we will feel and on the positive aspects of what it will mean when what we are wanting is present, now.
Perhaps you don't believe me. But belief is not required. Just do it. Then you'll know! |
