This Rule is closely tied to rule #2 – remember in rule #2 I told you that you had to decide specifically what it is you want. You can’t go back and forth and back and forth and expect the Universe to know what it is you’re really asking for.

Well, Rule #3 tells us that once you’ve made up your mind (evaluating all factors but most importantly your emotions), you have to tell the Universe what it is you want. You place your order.

You don’t go into a restaurant and say “I’ll have the chicken please”. The waiter will look at you like “and…..?”

You have to tell him what kind of chicken you want. And then he’ll ask about how you want it done, whether or not you want salad, what sides you want, if any, etc…..he wants you to tell him exactly what your order is! The Universe is standing by just like the waiter – simply waiting for you to place your order. Think of an online order. You can’t finish the checkout if you haven’t answered all the questions. In real life it is feasible that the waiter might think he knows the answers to all the required questions and he might fill in some for you but online you have to select all the boxes yourself before you can finish. The “system” won’t let you complete and place your order unless you make some sort of selection. The “system” just like the  Universe doesn’t know if you’ve made the correct selection or had a “fat finger” accident but all it knows is whether or not you’ve specifically made your choices.

Now that you’ve completed the first part of your order you must do the second most important thing – you must PLACE YOUR ORDER! In the words of Abraham-Hicks you have to “Ask” for what you want. In other words you have to click on the ORDER button. You can work very hard to make your decisions as to what you want and fill in all the blanks but if you don’t click on the ORDER button, you will NEVER get your order, no matter how long you wait.

Many people get stuck at this point. Perhaps it’s because they are unsure if this is really what they want or perhaps it’s because they have been taught that you shouldn’t ask for things – that that is too self-centered or egotistical. That couldn’t be further from the truth. You have to ASK the universe for what it is you want. If you don’t, no matter how specific you’ve been, you won’t receive your gift. The Universe will have created what you want but it’s still sitting in the warehouse, unable to be delivered because you have never asked for it. Think of all this like Amazon. There are many fulfillment centers around the country (and probably the world) but none of them will package up a product and send it to you if you haven’t asked for it. Get the point yet?

There is another part to this rule – you have to then sit back and wait for it to be delivered. It does no good for you to be running to your door every five minutes to check to see if  your order has been delivered  yet. If you hit the “order” button, then it will be delivered. The Universe thinks you’re questioning it (and interprets that as you’re not sure you made the correct selection so it backs up a bit). So, sit back and relax knowing that it will show up. Have faith that you made the right selection and that the Universe will bring you what you asked for. This is the “Receive” part of the equation. You have to allow it to come to you. This is where you must break down your resistance and stop thinking things like “it won’t work” or “I’ll never get that”. You have power and you have the Law of Attraction which is always working for you. So sit back and wait for the delivery.

Terrie

 We’ve talked about this before but it’s probably right up there with Rule #1 in importance.  I call Rule #2 – “Shoot Straight, Don’t Play  PIng-Pong”

What do I mean by this…and why is it important? Remember that the Universe will bring you whatever you ask for (especially those things you really feel strongly about). You simply have to place your order.

People hear that and say “but I know I don’t want any more bills or any more debt but that never happens. Does that mean the Law of Attraction doesn’t work for me? And if so, why is it so selective?”

The Law of Attraction is NOT selective. It works, bottom line! No matter what, it works. All you have to do is read last week’s post on Rule #1 to realize that it works. So what’s the problem in this situation?

The problem with this person’s request/order is that it’s based in “lack” so that’s what they will get more of – more lack. That is NOT what we’re after! We have to approach our desires from a position of abundance. But we’ll cover that in a later rule.

What Rule #2 is all about is being sure of what you want.

You’ve heard me talk before about wanting a new car and not getting it. I know exactly why I haven’t gotten it and that’s because I can’t figure out which car I want. Some days I want a Toyota Prius, other days it’s a Honda hybrid (and there are a few of them to pick from) and then other days I want a replacement for my convertible that’s 22 years old but still runs well.

I just can’t make up my mind. As soon as I start thinking about a Toyota Prius, the Universe begins to make plans to deliver that to me. Everything is working to manifest my desire….but then, bam – I change my mind and I’m wanting a Honda. So, now the Universe is scurrying around stopping “production” of the Toyota Prius and starts working on delivering the Honda. But then I think about another type of car. The Universe then stops “production” (or creation/manifestation) of the Honda and begins working on the other car.

See what I mean about playing Ping-Pong. If I can’t make up my mind, how can the Universe give me what I want. I haven’t decided what it is I really want and therefore I am not focused enough to be placing my feelings in a positive, consistent direction to bring the car into my life.

Take your time and decide what the heck it is you want!  You have to be specific and you have to really want whatever it is you’re asking for. You can’t be wishy washy and you can’t keep fluctuating in your desires and thoughts.

In all my discussions on this, I tell you how to make sure it’s your desire and that it’s believable, etc. You have to check on the “Define and Conquer” information for more on that.

Shoot Straight and let the Universe know exactly what to bring you.

Terrie

 So, I’ve been missing in action for quite awhile. Those of you who know me will know why – I’ve been running, running, running….culminated in my 2nd 100 mile event in 6 weeks – finished 1 week ago. But in the week before that event which started at 6 a.m. Friday the 14th of June, I saw the Law of Attraction work taking my life from bottom to top – and I created it all! I want to share it with you because it’s such a powerful lesson in what you can do with and to your life if you don’t pay attention to your every thought, word and most of all feeling.

Let me start a bit earlier though. When I finished my first 100 miler 7 weeks ago I was on top of the world and felt like I had accomplished so much – after all, this was a 15 year old dream I had had. I wanted to try it again and the only chance I would have to be able to do it in my time frame was this one 6 weeks later. So I signed up. I even ran 2 or 3 marathons in the interim to try to keep my endurance up.

All throughout these 6 weeks I debated writing to all of you to ask you to figure out some way to support me as I knew I would have no support during the race but wanted to ask you all to think of a charity or something you would donate to if I finished – that would motivate me to keep going. But I was too chicken to write and ask you all because I felt it would be too presumptuous and you’d laugh at me or worse yet, ignore me (see how our feelings and emotions really mess with our world and how beautifully we could orchestrate it if we paid more attention and believed in the Law of Attraction more?). So I never even let you know what I had done or was planning to do.

Two Sundays ago as I scrutinized the weather forecast (I had been doing that every day for the entire six weeks even though it was of no use since the weather can’t be predicted out that far). But by that Sunday they had the 10 day forecast available and it said SUNNY and in the mid 90s for Friday and Saturday. I was terrified. The trail we run on for the events has absolutely no shade and I did not believe I could survive the pounding sun and heat for two daylight periods (totally probably 28 hours of sunshine out of the 40 hours it would probably take me to do the event). I was panicking. I think that on Monday or Tuesday I wrote the race director and told her I didn’t think I could survive and wasn’t even sure I could/should start the race. All of this was churning and turning in my mind.

By Tuesday night/Wed early morning though, the forecast said “mostly cloudy” and I knew how much I wanted to run this race so I told myself I could do it and would do it and would conquer all of these adverse factors no matter what. I had made up my mind!

What I didn’t know is that the fear and uncertainty that I had experienced over the previous few days had also “made up my mind” and the Law of Attraction was definitely in action (as it is all the time in my life- and yours too).  By Wednesday mid-morning I could not walk. My sacroiliac joint had “gone out” and my back was so bad that I could only walk short distances and by limping.

What the heck? I really wanted to run this race but if I couldn’t walk, how could I even start. Well, my fear had created an “acceptable” way of getting out of starting the race – no one who even saw me could possibly think I would be able to make it to the start line. My mind had given my body the “socially acceptable” way out.  The Law of Attraction had given me what I had asked for.

My only problem was that I had “fixed” my mind and decided I wanted to do the race and eliminated the fear and all the other negative emotions that went with it and had gotten excited again about doing the race. Unfortunately, the Law of Attraction and my mind had gone to work immediately when I said I was too scared to start.

So now what?