You always hear “You are what you think”. But that’s only partially true.  That sentence should be reworded to “you become what you think and feel”. What you currently ARE is a result of what you’ve thought and felt prior to right now. In other words, what you “thought” before.

It doesn’t really do anyone any good to wonder “why me”, “why did this happen to me” because they don’t really want the answer which is that we have brought everything into our lives that we have. The Law of Attraction always words – even when things aren’t as we wish. The Law of Attraction doesn’t work only with the things we say we desire.

Everything in our lives was brought there by our thoughts and feelings. Always remember that. When you start to get angry at someone or criticize someone or some thing, ask yourself what you’re feeling right now and if you really want more of that in your life.  Because you are focusing on that emotion and pretty strongly perhaps, too, if you’re angry.

That emotion is what you are focusing on and what you are putting out to the Universe. Remember that the Universe stands ready to bring you whatever it is you’re looking for and concentrating on. When you put such emotion into a thought or feeling such as anger, the Universe doesn’t know that it’s just a temporary thing. It thinks (if it could think) “wow, Terrie is really focusing on that thing…she must want more”.

So as s dutiful servant it brings more of the same thing I was angry about into my life. Then I get angry again and the whole scenario is repeated over and over and over again. It will continue as such until I change and start focusing on something else. But you can imagine that after the second time that “thing” comes into my life (sometimes even after the first), my vibration won’t be the greatest. Not only will I be angry that it’s happened again but I still have the anger at the “thing”. So that’s double anger. Then I start with “Why me, why is this continuing to happen to me”.  That continues the focus/vibration on a lower level than I would like.

Remember the definition of insanity we talked about (doing the same thing over and over yet expecting different results). So, I have to change my thoughts and focus completely in order to stop repeating this pattern. I can’t just say “I will stop being angry” because that brings the situation and events into my thought process = focus. This is where I could really use a “Kodak moment” to put my mind on other things. I also could practice my story telling technique and start telling a story to myself the way I want it to happen.

Often, people’s reaction to the realization that they are what they thought can be one of discouragement. They think that they can’t do anything to change their life, that they are stuck with what they have thought and felt all these years.

The Universe, however, is not stuck in the past as we are. It will respond to a change in your thoughts and vibrations almost immediately. My most vivid remembrance of this happening in my life is from over 20 years ago when I was moving to Quantico, Va and all the plans I had laid out fell through at the very last minute. The movers had my stuff loaded and on the way to the address of the house I thought I was going to move into when I found out that there was a significant delay and I wouldn’t be able to move into it. My mother, the realtor and I had been driving around all day looking for another house. NOTHING was right, not even ok. So I was pouting in the back seat while my mother and the realtor were chatting away in the front seat. I was contemplating my possibilities. Suddenly I yelled out (amazing we didn’t go off the road because I’m sure I shocked them both) “I am not moving again!” – I did not want to put my stuff in storage and then have to move a second time.  The amount of emotion behind that statement was palpable. I am not sure I’ve ever made such a declaration.

The realtor said “well, I have three more houses but they are in Fredericksburg and I didn’t think you wanted to be that far away”. I told him to take us there. The first two weren’t going to work but the VERY LAST house we looked at was absolutely perfect. And I mean perfect. It was a model so it already had all the utilities hooked up, had a gigantic back yard (for my dogs), had a basement which I wanted, and was close to the roads I needed to drive on to easily get to the highway.  And I could move in the next day because it was a model.  I had declared what I wanted and the Universe had delivered.

Usually there is a Law of Gestation at work so that things don’t materialize as fast as this did but the house had always been there. My emotion simply told the Universe I was really, really serious so it led me to this house.

The Universe didn’t care that I was upset or pouting. It only cared about the amount of emotion I had generated. My vibration was so strong that the Universe couldn’t resist.

Another example shows that the Law of Gestation is involved and that we cannot get impatient with these Laws. I decided when I was four that I wanted to be a doctor. I never ever wavered even when I developed epilepsy. I had to change my ultimate goal of being a neurosurgeon but I was still going to be a doctor. Then in my senior year of college I didn’t get accepted into medical school. I never gave up though. For three years I continued to apply. I knew nothing of metaphysics at that time. I just knew I was going to be a doctor. Then everything fell into place (long story) and I was finally accepted at medical school and my dream came true. But it was because I never gave up on my thought and emotion about what I was supposed to be.

What do you want? Do you have a medical problem? Don’t think about healing; picture yourself as healthy and whole. If you think about healing, then you continue to focus on the illness even though you think you’re directing your thoughts in a more positive direction. In order to heal, you have to have something wrong. You don’t want something wrong. You want to see yourself as completely whole and well. Start telling your story about your healthy self.

Use the same principle with prosperity, relationship, peace of mind issues. Focus on what you want to be, how you want to be, not what you want to get rid of.

Think back and find where something you’ve felt very strongly about has come into your life. Tell us about it in the comments box below.

Remember that you are what you thought but you can always change your thinking!

Terrie

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You often hear people say “rules are made to be broken”. Even though it sometimes is meant as a joke, people often are serious. They feel it’s ok to break rules and as long as they aren’t “caught”, everything’s fine and dandy.

When it comes to the Universal laws, however, there is no breaking them. Take the most known one – the Law of Attraction – for instance. How would you break the “Law”? By focusing on the things that you don’t want all the while expecting what you want to show up in your life.  The Universe does not respond to words – “I want a million dollars”. It responds to your feelings, your vibrations – “I have so many blasted bills to pay, I’ll never get anywhere since I just don’t have enough money”. Even while writing this I could feel the frustration and even despair that would be in someone’s voice if they were saying that. Those are the emotions. There’s frustration, despair, helplessness, anger, depression, disappointment, etc. These are what the Universe responds to. And, as such, this is what you will receive – more lack, more bills. Why? That is the Law – you receive what you ask for and by concentrating on or focusing on the lack, the bills, that is what the Universe thinks you’re asking for – more of it.

“But I can’t escape reality” you say. “The reality is that I have all these bills ad I’m NOT making a million dollars nor do I see how I ever could. How do you expect me to believe and focus on that?” I don’t. I know that it would seem unrealistic and unbelievable for you to believe you have a million dollars when you have a load of bills to pay. You can’t lie to yourself. Well, you could lie to yourself but you wouldn’t believe that lie. So how do you keep from breaking the Law.

You change what you’re thinking about and focusing on. If you’re ill and have a less than desirable diagnosis, you won’t be able to change that just by making an affirmation. So, you have to find something else to focus on – that Kodak moment I keep referring to. When you are thinking about something that makes you feel good or accomplished, then you build up your momentum and your entire body energy alters and that energy will go about working all throughout your body to try to facilitate manifestation of health.

Bottom line is that you stop breaking the law by “going” someplace else. If you go to your “reality”, then you will have to struggle to try to change your negative emotion and turn it into positive energy. That’s next to impossible since the power of your resistance is amazing. So don’t even go there. Go to a happy, satisfying and successful place. Remember all the posts I’ve written advising you to stop telling your story? Even if you can’t find a Kodak Moment (although you should have plenty of them stored up to pick from), talk about something other than your story. If it’s a health issue, don’t think of healing. Think of yourself as healthy and whole. If you think of healing, that is still addressing lack. If you say you need to be healed, you are recognizing that you are not healthy right now and you are focusing on that lack of health. Instead, just think about and visualize yourself as healthy.

Learn the rules, the Laws. Then you have to apply them and work within their rules. You can’t be saying that the Law doesn’t work because it hasn’t made you a millionaire because that’s not true. What is true is that not only have you most likely been focusing on the fact that you are NOT a millionaire but you’ve also been ignoring the Law of Gestation. You don’t plant a seed and then every day dig it up wondering why it hasn’t blossomed yet. You know how long it will take until it’s supposed to grow, break the surface and bloom.

These Universal Laws are NOT made to be broken, nor condemned nor criticized. You must follow them in order for them to work. Monitor your thoughts, monitor your words and find something to focus on other than the areas you are experiencing resistance in. You’ll know resistance by the way it feels – if it feels uncomfortable and like a struggle, then you have resistance.

These Laws are universal truths just like the Law of Gravity. You have to follow them in order to be successful! Listen to yourself and your feelings and you’ll know what to do.

Terrie

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With all the talk we’ve done about vibrations and momentum, it’s so important to realize that EVERYTHING in your life is centered around YOU. That’s why you should think of your surroundings as your YOUniverse.

No, this is NOT selfish but it is self-centered. Most people have a negative reaction to that phrase too – self-centered. But, if you understand the Law of Attraction and the fact that you create everything in your life, you will realize that this requires self-centeredness (is that a word?).

However, this concept is also the most generous and giving there is. Because if you get your own momentum going in the direction you wish (some call it positive although there really is no positive and negative when it comes to emotions) and your vibrations are elevated, you will be doing more for those around you than you can by taking conscious actions.

When you create your world, it’s so important that you focus on the things that make you feel good. Focusing on them will bring more of that good feeling into your life. Remember that you only have to “Ask” the Universe once for something. Then move on to raising your vibration and getting yourself in the right space (vibration) to accept what you have asked for. That 3rd step is the hardest part for us humans. We “ask” all the time – any time we think about something for more than 17 seconds we’ve essentially asked for more of it.  After we’ve asked, the Universe immediately provides it – but what happened? It sure hasn’t appeared as a physical manifestation in your life. So does that mean it doesn’t work? No, it means two things, one of which we should be very grateful for – we cannot immediately manifest things in our life – there is the Law of Gestation which means that things come into your life when the time is right. Dr. Kunath used to use a great example in her own  life. When her kids were little she recognized one day how grateful she was that she didn’t immediately manifest what she said. She found herself looking out the door and seeing her kids playing on top of the neighbor’s roof. She screamed at them “Get down from there – you’re going to fall and break your neck”. At that moment she realized that we needed much more Divine Wisdom to be able to immediately manifest. Otherwise some of the really stupid things we say would actually come true. She also gave a presentation at one of the big international conferences on “Oops, what do you do when you get what you asked for”.  Something to think about for sure. Thank goodness for the requirement for 68 seconds of focus (concentrating on something for a series of 4 consecutive 17 second periods puts the Universe into action bringing you what you’ve asked for). Most people can’t (or don’t) focus on one thing for that long.

The second implication from not receiving what we ask for (or so it seems) is even more important. We must “Allow” the physical manifestation to come into our life.  Many times this is because we’ve been taught that we shouldn’t ask for things or that we have to deserve something or earn something.  We have all sorts of limiting beliefs – beliefs that keep us from accepting that we are deserving, we are worthy of receiving what we’ve asked for.  That’s where the vibration/emotions and momentum comes into play. Concentrating on your YOUniverse and how you feel and think and act with the express purpose of being at the highest vibration possible while generating and maintaining momentum on a higher plane will put you in a space where you allow the Universe to bring you what you asked for. Remember my analogy of placing your order (asking), the company fulfills and ships the order (the Universe gives you what you’ve asked for). The shipper is at your front door but if you don’t answer the door or open it to receive what you’ve ordered, you will continually think that your order has not been filled. And you’ll get disappointed, discouraged and disbelieving.

It’s so important for you to work on realizing that what you have in your life is something you’ve asked for at another time in your life. Make a list of the good and bad things that you’ve experienced and see if at some point in the past you hadn’t been concerned or focused on something of that nature.

Being positive, by itself, won’t work. You can say affirmations all day long (and I’m a big believer in affirmations), but if you haven’t cleared the land of your limiting beliefs (especially the self-worth and deserving beliefs), you will blocking the good from coming into your life. For example, you can say affirmations in the morning and the evening but if all day long, you’re thinking about those bills you can’t pay, that is what’s prominent in your vibrations and feelings. As such, you’ve spent much more time on the not having enough money to pay your bills, that you will receive more and more of that as long as you continue thinking that way.

This is why my YOUniversal phrases are (I know I repeat them a lot but they have gotten me out of trouble so many times that I can’t say them enough):

“That is not my truth”

“Nothing and nobody can interfere with my prosperity, well-being and peace of mind, not even myself!”

And say them with emphasis. Keep saying them until your fear or anxiety level has significantly decreased and you can focus on one of your “Kodak Moments” stored in the album in your mind – mine is always running related and it works!

Concentrating on your life will bring you all you need to provide the love and kindness for others that you really want to. You hear all the time that you have to love yourself before you can love others. That applies in every aspect of your life.

Start working more in your YOUniverse and remember the 17 second rule (four periods of focusing for 17 seconds will get you to 68 seconds and that is essential for bringing the manifestation into your life).

Terrie

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