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I have been posting several articles and blogs about faith lately, so I decided to give you something fun to play with this time for a lighter focus. Here is an exercise that will help you visualize yourself in the most positive way.
Find a comfortable chair and close your eyes. Inhale deeply and slowly, let the air begin to fill up your lungs and feel your chest expanding as a result. Hold the breath for about three seconds and then release slowly, breathing out through your mouth. Repeat this process several more times and then let your breath become slow, fluid and natural.
Now imagine that you are sitting in a large open field where the wild flowers have managed to colonize the grassy expanse all around you and for as far as the eye can see. As you look around, all you can see are the vibrant colors of summer flowers and in the distance, the dense green foliage of woodland trees that frame the field’s edges.
In front of you is a large wooden easel, which is supporting a large blank canvas, and positioned in front of the easel, there is a small chair, which is surrounded by a vast array of oil paints, palettes and other assorted painting equipment. Sit at this chair in your mind and completely try to clear your mind.
Do this by not allowing any thoughts to access your mind and focus instead on the sultry sounds of summer. Listen for the sound of melodic bird songs, for the consistent sound of insects on wing and also for the gentle sound of the faint breeze as it rustles periodically through the long grasses.
Regardless of your real painting ability is, here you are an expert artist in the medium of oils. You are going to paint a picture of yourself as you feel intuitively that you would look, should you not have had to endure any negative emotions or experiences in your life.
Contemplate for a moment how you feel you would look. Then pick up the palette and begin to mix your paints, choosing the colors, which you feel corresponds to the most to you. Begin to pain without hesitation or fear. It is a large blank canvas, which you will fill quickly with your chosen colors and the image of you. Allow your arms to move freely across the canvas, feel the sensation of the paintbrush as it blazes a trail across the canvas itself.
You have the ability to visualize the person that would be you clearly in your minds eye. You are able to recreate the same hair, same eyes, features of course are exactly the same, and yet there is a difference, but in a subtle way.
As the painting begins to come to life, observe the differences between yourself and that of the painting. This image is of you without all of the pressures of life. See how you would look when you are happy, contented and with no pressure holding you back.
Paint yourself smiling and without any stress or worry lines. Imagine your forehead smooth, your skin glowing, and your smile is open and natural.
See how you look without all of those limitations, which freeze you in place in your life. See how you look without all of the pessimism of the world affecting your inner self.
Continue to paint this picture of the ‘peaceful you’, using large swirls of paint across the canvas, feeling your creativity flowing from you as your picture comes to life.
When you have finished, stand back from the painting. Make sure you can view your masterpiece and see what the real you would look like if you could obtain true happiness and fulfillment. This picture represents you if you could be successful in your chosen field and if you could strive for your goals in life without fear of failure or rejection from holding you back. Take a few moments to contemplate your painting and understand what this means.
So now you know how you would look and feel if you were able to switch off from the past completely and hopefully you can realize that we do, if we are not careful, carry the whole weight of the world and all the consequences of our own actions in our minds and bodies, and this can have a hugely detrimental effect on us.
Eva Gregory, International Coach of the Year 2006, "America's Feel Good Coach", speaker and author of The Feel Good Guide To Prosperity has instructed thousands on the Law of Attraction in person, on the radio and in dozens of teleconference training seminars and programs. She is the author of several books and e-books and has co-developed several telephone-based and internet-based training courses on the Law of Attraction. Eva is regularly featured on radio and in the media and is a recognized authority on the Law of Attraction. Her latest book, co-authored with Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen is Life Lessons for Mastering the Law of Attraction. To learn more about her products and services, visit http://www.LeadingEdgeCoaching.com
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You do not have to be religious to believe in other Laws of the Universe do you? You can choose to ponder who set up these Laws of the Universe, but this is not necessary.
There are similar beliefs between religion and the Law of Attraction. The greatest similarity is prayer. You ask God for something and he or she will grant it. The Law of Attraction states you should ask the Universe for what you want and it is brought to you. The process is slightly different but the results are essentially the same. The other similarity is the concept of belief or faith. In religious practice you acknowledge that God exists and that you must have faith. In the Law of Attraction, you believe that the Universe will provide for you. The greatest difference is that you do not have to go through an intermediary such as a priest, minister or rabbi. You can ask directly.
You do have to have faith that you will receive what you ask. It is a faith that a natural law is at work. You must believe in the process. You are the director of the process. It is not different than planting a seed in the ground. You have faith that if you provide sunshine, water and the right nutrients that a plant or flower will grow. You don’t have to be religious to believe that it will happen. It is just a biological law of nature. Seeds will grow into a plant when the right components are present. A religious person may wonder how God created such a beautiful flower and see it as proof that God exists. However, the lack of this belief will not prevent that flower from growing.
Atheists may not believe in God because there is no tangible proof. They need to be able to observe things in order to accept that they exist. They believe there is a Sun and Moon because they can see them. They may believe in gravity because they have tripped and fallen as a child.
Here is a secret revealed - there is proof of the Law of Attraction. You can record it by getting a notebook and paper. As you go through your day, write down when you see progress toward your goal. No matter how small the progress is, write it down. It becomes your written proof of the existence of the Law of Attraction. When you achieve your goal, you can look back through your notebook. You will be able to see that Law of Attraction at work and how it brought you and your desire together. It will be all the proof you should need. It will increase your belief in the process and your future goals will come to you even quicker and easier.
The Law of Attraction does not require that you sign up for any organization. It does not require that you join a church or believe in a certain deity. It does not include a concept of sin or repentance. It does include within its concepts the idea of self creation and responsibility. Since you are the creator of your reality, you are totally responsible for how it turns out and what you do along the way.
The idea of sin is that if you do something bad or negative, then something bad will happen to you. The Law of Attraction is similar in that negative things attract negative things, good things attract the same. The more positive your life is, the more positive things you will bring into your life.
The other thing about the Law of Attraction is that it does not require you give up anything or make sacrifices to appease it. It works regardless of who you are and what you believe. It does not judge you nor does it judge what your desires are. It will serve you what you ask for, no questions asked.
The Law of Attraction neither needs religion nor is it against religion. It works well with most world philosophies and religions and does not contain anything that would offend anyone. There are those that would say that being the creator of your own universe excludes God. Creating your own reality does not mean that you, as a physical extension of non-physical energy created the stars, the moon or mountains. It means that you create how you interface with the Universe. If you choose to be positive, then you can create a shining life filled with brightness and abundance.
Belief is such an important part of the Law of Attraction. Belief begins with believing in yourself. Sometimes it can be hard believing in yourself. There have been those giving you feedback all your life. Some of the feedback has been positive and some not so positive. Not everyone can give good constructive criticism, not to mention those who are just mean and say things to hurt others.
While you may have left your baggage behind, some scars and pains will not fade so easily. Even if you can let the events from your past go, they still can affect the way you are and the way you think. Your self-image is often shaped by the outside world. It is hard to escape because most of us see ourselves through others eyes.
So how do you become Wonder Woman (or Batman, if you like). Wonder Woman is one of my favorite superhero figures. She fights for justice with no fear or doubt in her abilities. I realized something as I watched Wonder Woman on the cartoon “Justice League.” Wonder Woman has no super powers. She was standing shoulder to shoulder with Superman, Green Lantern, and Aqua Man all of which had super human powers, yet Wonder Woman had none.
How can they be considered “super” heroes without any “super” powers? Batman has an alter ego, like many of the other superheroes, of a quiet, meek secretary. She lived on an island in her youth with her Amazon sisters. She had wondrous gadgets like a lasso that made people tell the truth, but she herself did not possess any magical or super human powers. Even with that, what sets Wonder Woman apart from the average woman?
Wonder Woman was trained to be focused, powerful and fearless in her youth. Because of this, she is able to focus her will on her mission, to balance the scales of justice and peace. She has no doubt she will accomplish it, and she believes in herself. When she glides over the city in her invisible plane and dons her all American outfit, she becomes an unstoppable machine.
Reach inside yourself. Wonder Woman is an enduring character because secretly many of us want to be like her. Focused and fearless. What I am suggesting is that you do have that fearless spirit inside you. It may lay hidden and deep, but it does exist. Any child that has ever borrowed a bathroom towel and run around with it around their neck as if it were a cape knows what I mean.
We each have a power within that guides us and removes obstacles from our lives. You have to be able to look into a mirror and see that you are a superhero and that there is nothing that can get in your way except the person staring back at you.
Even if you have to borrow a towel from the bathroom and run around the house like a child again to regain that feeling of invincibility then so be it. (Just make sure no one sees you and try not to frighten your pets.) You can accomplish anything you set your mind to. Do not let the Joker convince you that you are any less of a superhero than you really are.
