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I have been studying and learning about the so called law of attraction for many years.  I have written about it previously on this blog and on my other websites.  I have to say I now have such a different understanding of it all and I just want to start writing about it again.

First off I am not sure who coined this concept the ‘law of attraction’ – was it just the marketers in the movie “The Secret”?  The law of attraction simply put is the idea that your thoughts create your reality or what you have or don’t have in your life.    The movie “The Secret” was one of the first to really start bringing the concept out into mainstream – or so many think.   Really the movie “The Secret” is just the creator – Rhonda Byrnes collection of current teachers of the concept of the law of attraction.   I personally liked the movie at first but the more I read and researched the many speakers and books that they referred to the more I thought it was very incomplete and inaccurate.   The basic premise they talk about is following these three steps:

1. Ask.  Ask for what you want.
2. Believe.  Have the utmost unbreakable faith.
3. Receive.  All you have to do is feel good and you’ll get what you want

Sounds simple.  Sounds like anyone can do it.   Sounds like hogwash to me!

After studying and learning to apply the law of attraction I can now say I think there is no secret and there isn’t a law of attraction.  I would rename the law of attraction- the law of unconscious attraction – because that is what it is really.

I started my studies of the law of attraction with one of the earlier writers about the concept – Wallace Wattles.  He wrote a few books -one called “The Science of Getting Rich”.   I read the book (it is Free online now because it is in the public domain) and took an online class studying the book and concepts more in detail called “Practical Geniuses” by Rebecca Fine.   It is a great way to start really looking at the unconscious thoughts that run most of our lives.

I also found other authors from the past and present who were all writing about the same ideas.  Napoleon Hill and his “Think and Grow Rich” and many others that you can find on my website at www.workless-playmore.com

Somewhere along the lines I found Esther and Jerry Hicks book -The Law of Attraction
and then that is when this all really started to make sense.

Your emotions are your physical indication of your relationship with your inner being.  In other words, as you are focused on  a subject and have your specific perspective and opinion about it, your Inner Being is also focused on it and has a perspective and opinion on it.  The emotions you feel are your indication of the match or mismatch of those opinions…..

Your emotions are letting you know whether or not you are in the process of creating something you want or something you don’t want…..

Instead of trying to monitor your thoughts, we encourage you to simply pay attention to your feelings.

I went on to read most all of their other books:

• Ask and It Is Given: Learning to Manifest Your Desires
• The Amazing Power of Deliberate Intent: Living the Art of Allowing
• The Astonishing Power of Emotions: Let Your Feelings Be Your Guide
• Money, and the Law of Attraction: Learning to Attract Wealth, Health, and Happiness

In the book “The Amazing Power of Emotions”, the Hicks shared their insights into the movie “The Secret” which is really quite interesting.   The idea that there is a secret comes from Napoleon Hills classic book “Think and Grow Rich”.   He instructs people to look for the secret about 24 times throughout the book. But if you get the Unabridged addition you will find that it was actually edited out of the many editions that were the most popular.

The same thing happened to the Hicks!  They were asked to be in the movie “The Secret” but they unfortunately were edited out of it because they talked too much about the concept of ‘vibrations’ which is the real secret to the law of attraction!

So what does vibration have to do with creating and living your life or building your massage business?  Everything really is a vibration of energy.  The bulk of the Hicks work is about using your emotions as an indicator of  where your vibrations are at.  The goal of course is to feel joy, inspiration, happiness.   Whenever you are feeling anything less you can know that you are out of sync with your inner being.  Your feelings are giving you a message- and a very important one at that.  On the inside everyone is a precious being that has been bombarded with the many rules and regulations of growing up.  We develop a critical false self that keeps our true selves protected from the many losses and hurts of growing up.  These things become a way of living for most.  We develop thoughts that we just aren’t good enough, smart enough, worthy enough of having the many things in life like enough money, loving relationships and good health.

It is your feelings that tell you when you are out of harmony with your true self!  The thing is that most of us are not even aware of what you may be feeling at any given time!  We don’t pay attention to the little inklings or moments but let the critic run the show!  Once you really understand though that it is your emotions that are telling you when you are off track and you can start to change your conscious thoughts to change your feelings to more positive emotions.  When you take action in your massage business or in life that are more from a place of positive emotions and vibrations, things will be less difficult and even will start being easy to do.

All of the things you put off in the way of marketing and building your massage business will get easier and easier little by little.

The hard part is of course becoming more aware of all the things that you are unconscious of.  After all they are unconscious!  The negative things seem so real – and they are for the time being.   When you start really looking at the deeper underlying beliefs by tacking or watching your feelings and reactions then you can begin to change your beliefs to ones that are more supportive.   You can start believing that you are ‘good enough,  smart enough, ” or whatever it is that happens to be your false belief.

There are many ways to begin tracking your thoughts and feelings:

• start with enrolling in the ““Practical Geniuses” – Practical Geniuses online course.
• start tracking your income and expenses in your business and personal life.  Making ends meet is just a math problem.  When you start tracking you can begin to see all of the feelings come up around making purchases and around your income.  Taking the emotions out of finances helps bring clarity in your goals and marketing efforts.
• start tracking your judgments about people with money.  What thoughts and feelings do you have when you see someone living in a mansion, driving a Bentley, or making $100,000 as a massage therapist?   Keep a journal for a year of all the times you notice the judgments you have about money.   Start looking at them and asking the question – what would someone believe to have that judgment about someone?
• Start reading and learning about the process of becoming more conscious and how we get to be so unconscious in our daily lives.
• Start reading about the law of attraction from people like the Hicks, Napoleon Hill, Brian Tracy and others listed on my website

Share your stories or understanding of the Law of attraction and how it affects your massage business and life by making a comment below!

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