Pssst. I've got a Secret

What do you most want out of life at this time: success, abundance, happiness, inner peace, freedom, or the things that bring about these experiences? Well, they are yours! So say The Secret, Abraham, and similar programs all designed to tap into the Law of Attraction. You can manifest anything you want by using the oldest and most powerful law of the Universe. Science even proves that this Law does exist and can work for everyone who understands how to use it.

While many people have eliminated the restrictions in their life that created barriers to these experiences, countless numbers of individuals have tried to use the tenets suggested by these programs to bring about change in their life without success. While I cannot categorically state the specific reason why an individual failed to manifest their heart’s desire I can provide you with some guidelines that may make your use of the Law of Attraction more effective.

Let’s begin by looking at the Science behind the Law. The Law of Attraction would be considered part of the Noetic Sciences of which Quantum Physics is a part. It is where Science and technology meet Spirituality. According to the Friends of Noetic Science, “The word ‘noetic’ is derived from the Greek word ‘nous,’ meaning mind, intelligence or ways of knowing. There is no exact equivalent in English. It refers to ‘inner knowing,’ a kind of intuitive consciousnessódirect and immediate access to knowledge beyond what is available to our normal senses or the power of reason.”

“Noetic sciences are explorations into the nature and potentials of consciousness using multiple ways of knowing -- including intuition, feeling, reason, and the senses. Noetic sciences explore the ‘inner cosmos’ of the mind/consciousness/soul/spirit, and how it relates to the ‘outer cosmos’ of the physical world.” Noetics is controversial, but research grounded in scientific approach has brought the subject into a more serious light in recent years. Many members of academia in the fields of medicine, biology, psychology, philosophy, and physics believe in and study the effect of thoughts on the physical world, from health effects to throwing dice.

According to their theories our thoughts work both like particles (mass) and waves (energy). Now, it is known that all mass, no matter how miniscule exerts a gravitational pull on its environment. The greater the mass the greater the gravitational effect. So, if you’ve tried in vain to manifest some change in your life it could be that the mass of those thoughts is comparatively small to the thoughts that produce the opposite effect. In other words, maybe you are manifesting your suffering because your thoughts of suffering outweigh your thoughts of happiness and it is more suffering that is being pulled towards you.

Our thoughts also emit a type of energy like radio waves. Radio waves are transmitted at specific frequencies and only those receiving devices tuned to that frequency receive the transmission. Now, the stronger the frequency the clearer the transmission and the father its reach. It could be that your attempts to manifest change are not sufficiently strong or clear enough to reach those who could make a difference in your life. Or again, your suffering is so strong that it is being picked up by those who can help you continue your suffering. So what do you do to improve your chances for change?

I started out as a Sport Psychologist and assisted athletes achieve their performance dreams. I used the simple formula, “Performance equals potential minus interference.” We first began by eliminating all source of interference and then increased their potential by developing new skills. When they’ve eliminated all fear and developed the appropriate skills they created the conditions necessary to perform in The Zone. The Zone is an altered stated of consciousness in which one experiences mental and physical relaxation. We live in the present, foregoing all thoughts of past and future events and exude positive energy. It’s as if we are on automatic pilot with all of our thoughts, decisions, and actions occurring without a sense of exerting or imposing control. We are also free of stress, tension, and anxiety and are detached from the environment and time so that potential distractions do not interfere with our efforts, regardless how important or stressful the situation. The Zone is also known as the “Quiet Mind”, “High-Performance Mind” or “Awakened Mind” state. I believe that same formula and approach are necessary for all areas of life.

The biggest source of interference is stress caused by fear or threat. By reducing your level of stress and anxiety you reduce the mass of thoughts that compete with manifesting your heart’s desire. You also decrease the frequency and strength of the energy produced by these competing thoughts. If you’ve been reading my blog you already have tools that eliminate the destructive effects of stress. They are the Breath of Life, The Attitude Adjustment Routine, and Relaxation Therapy. In the moments that you reduce your stress through these or other tools you create a clear space in which to raise your thoughts of manifestation. The more often you achieve this state the more positive results your manifestations will produce.

One of the side effects of stress is the shutting down of the parts of the brain that are unnecessary for survival. While I don’t have sufficient space to explain how this occurs, just remember when we experience fear or stress an unconscious, primitive reflex is triggered to help us survive a life-threatening event. The unconscious mind doesn’t know the difference between a threat to our life or to our way of life so shuts down all those areas of the brain that are not necessary for survival. This is why we have difficulty controlling our thoughts and emotions, and find it hard to produce viable options to solve the issue when we’re stressed out. It also disconnects us from our heart center because we either act from fear or from love. So while in fear we lose the ability to access our heart’s desire.

I provide my clients with simple mechanical tools that they can use to switch on those parts of the brain that have been turned off by their stress response, reconnect them to their heart, and open up the passageways to unconscious and sub-conscious memories necessary for problem solving and creativity. These include 26 techniques based on Applied Kinesiology, one of which is referred to as “Lazy 8’s. This tool is intended to switch on and create coherence between the right and left hemispheres of the brain and right and left visual focal centers. All together these tools and techniques expand consciousness and create a connection to higher levels of awareness that improve our chances for success in all kinds of activities. I will talk more about these behaviors in future blogs.

Once we’ve eliminated competing thoughts and expanded consciousness and awareness we are in a far better position to begin the process of manifesting. You’ve already heard that a picture is worth a thousand words so creating images in our mind are far better for manifesting than mere words. In previous blogs I’ve shared how to develop your imagery/visualization abilities. Just remember, to create the most powerful images, use all of your senses, visual, auditory, touch, taste, and olfactory. Also include how you would feel when you achieved or acquired your heart’s desire as this increases the energy of the image being transmitted. Finally, imagine your heart’s desire as if you’ve already achieved it. The subconscious mind doesn’t know the difference between something that is real or vividly imagined. If you vividly imagine it as if it’s already been achieved, the transmissions sent out by your brain will connect you with the appropriate people and experiences to make it happen. Your mind will be tuned in to positive experiences and behaviors, not your suffering, feelings of being victimized or neediness.

I then tell athletes who are trying to achieve their performance dreams that practice is required. In order to experience new ways of being one must practice new ways of being until they become second nature. Remember, performance occurs naturally when in The Zone or the Awakened Mind State, but this only happens with practice. The more you practice the better you get at it and the more effective and efficient your efforts. Science suggests it takes thirty consecutive days of consistent practice to create a new behavior and another thirty consecutive days of practice to dislodge old behaviors to effect change in our life. I don’t know how long it will take to begin manifesting your heart’s desire, but I do know it will never occur if you are not committed to engaging in those behaviors that bring it out. Wishing, pleading, or begging does not work.

Finally, you must do all of this without expectation of them working. The more you think about whether or not your efforts are working the further from The Zone or the Awakened Mind State you get. You will never know when you’re in this state because when in this state you lose awareness of yourself. Athletes become so involved with the task at hand that they are not focused on themselves. If they ask, “Am I in The Zone?” They’re not. They're focus is on themselves and not on the task at hand. If they start playing well and comment, “I must be in The Zone.” They’ve just lost it.

When they stop focusing on themselves they become part of the action. It’s akin to sleeping. When you sleep you are not aware that you exist. When you’re playing in The Zone you are focused only on the task at hand. When in an Awakened Mind State you are focused only on your heart’s desire. You must stop worrying about when you will achieve your heart’s desire or fear that your life will never change and just create the conditions that allow them to come into your life.

So what is your heart’s desire? Do you want to do better in school, in sports, at work, or at home? Do you want a relationship, more money, happiness, or success? You can have it all! Eliminate your fear and stress, expand your consciousness, create a vivid image of your heart’s desire, believe you already exist in that new world, and do it over and over without expectation until it suddenly appears, as if by magic. Pssst. Please pass on this secret.