When I first started hearing about Manifesting (or Cosmic Ordering, depending on who’s talking about it) my reaction was it’s a bunch of BS, just another way for people to prey on unhappy, regular people to make money selling hollow promises. To my way of thinking, there was no way you could just order money or anything else from the Universe and expect to get anything. Except maybe MORE disappointment.
The Reality
What I found out, though, is that the very thing that would make it impossible for me to have any success with manifesting anything good into my life was that same way of thinking that told me it wouldn’t work. Negative thinking. Skepticism. Cynicism.
Because my way of thinking and seeing the world - my normal attitudes and outlook – is (or was) so ingrained, I didn’t see anything wrong with it. When someone mentioned my negativity, I didn’t agree; I thought I was just telling it like it is. Yeah, “like it is” as seen through my gray, as opposed to rose, colored glasses.
How did I gain this perspective on life? Who cares? It doesn’t matter now. All that matters is, I want to change it!
FACT: In all the information I’ve seen, read or heard about the Law of Attraction or Manifesting, not ONCE has it been mentioned that if you want to attract any positive change into your life, you FIRST have to have – or develop - positive thinking. Go ahead, if you haven’t already, watch The Secret and see if I’m right.
How, and What Am I Doing?
I’ve been working on that for a little while now. Reading, buying and using subliminal audios, practicing more positive self talk. I found and downloaded a free positive thinking subliminal audio and if I play it on loop when I go to bed, it seems to help. (I suspect one you’d have to pay for might be better.) And I just ordered a package called The Ultimate Self-Talk Series . I’ll be writing a review of it soon, and obviously, since I’m going to be using it myself, I hope it’s an excellent review! If you want to check it out, click on the title – it’s a link. Well, duh, it’s probably blue.:-)
The reason I decided to try the Self Talk Series is I read somewhere that the words we consciously choose to use actually program our sub-conscious minds, even as they give a hint to what’s already programmed in. An example: We recently had a very hot spell and one day my wife said something like, “They say it’s going to be worse tomorrow.” Her perspective obviously was that the hot weather was bad, even though she kept saying she likes it warm. So her expectation for the next day was that she was going to be miserable. Which, of course, came true for her. I, on the other hand, chose to say “It’s going to be hotter.” Neither good nor bad, just what is. And the next day I didn’t feel any different.
Alright, So What’s the Point?
I’m going to be documenting and commenting on my progress through this whole process of becoming a positive thinker, right on to giving manifesting a good, honest try. If I find anything that works for me, I’ll recommend it to my readers. If I see something I think is a rip-off, I’ll tell you that, too.
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