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One of the things that starting this blog as forced me to do is go back and look at what created success in my life in the past. When I did my interview with Lamar Smith, the author of There’s More to Life than a Corner Office, he told me “we’re better at remembering how we failed then how we succeeded.” We have all succeeded in something and yet somehow we forget to repeat that behavior. The law of attraction has worked for each and every one of us in a positive way, whether we are familiar with it or not. As you start to pick apart the law of attraction you realize it has alot of moving parts.
One of the most powerful techniques that worked for me in the past with affirmations, visualization, and anything else involving wanting to succeed in a certain area of my life was to make note of the evidence. Making note of the evidence does a number of things for us. If we have certain result in mind and that result isn’t in our lives, making note of the evidence will strengthen our belief that it’s on its way. Let me give you an example. After I decided to put the writing on the wall, and change my story a part of it was
“The job search has been a dramatic success. Employers have been responding to my emails to setup interviews. Several have already made offers..”
Well, there is a part of this story that is not true yet. I haven’t had any offers, but I have had people email me. Let’s just say I kept a list of everything that has gone the way I want it to:
- 5-6 responses to my resume last week
- Met with a recruiter
- Blog traffic is up
- etc, etc
Basically, what I’m doing is building a list of evidence to support my affirmation/story/visualization. If every single day you could find one piece of evidence and just write it down, at the end of 30 days you would have 30 pieces of evidence that this new story is true. The key is to note and review the evidence everyday. This is like the snowball effect of the law of attraction. Another key is to interpret even the smallest signs as evidence because in the beginning you won’t feel like much is happening. Then your mind will start to filter this world through your new reality because you generally find the thing that you are looking for. This is like watering the seeds in your garden of life.
Tags: law of attraction, affirmations, visualization, lamar smith
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Great tip on keeping a track of your successes. No matter big or small, they should be recorded. As you have mentioned, you should definitely learn from your mistakes and build on your successes.
What a great idea! It’s very positive and I think I will definitely try it. Thanks!
Hi Srinirao,
My experience has been very different, so I hope you don’t mind that I share it here.
The Law of Attraction does work–Patanjali mentioned it two thousand years ago in the Yoga Sutra, and the ACIM says thoughts can move mountains, and the Buddha said everything we are, we have thought. However, in the cluttered mind, the LOA cannot work, and this is why it doesn’t work for most people. If we look at the LOA without narcissism or egotism, we can see why it doesn’t work even for desperately starving. If it doesn’t work for the 50 million children who are dying of starvation–well, it’s not terribly surprising it’s not going to work to get a job.
I have been out of job for two years, so I sympathize. I have been out of a job because the LOA worked for me. I wasn’t meant to have job–other far more beautiful things have unfolded.
Joe Vitale was one of the original pushers of the LOA in The Secret and today he regrets it. He says LOA intentions are actually limiting. LOA intentions are narcissistic and egotistical; it cannot be any other way, and they obfuscate divine inspiration.
I found my true passion not from the LOA but through awakening. The LOA is very limiting. You rarely hear the enlightened talk about the LOA. Adyashanti says he uses it to get good parking places, otherwise it’s useless. Arjuna Ardagh says the LOA is only works after awakening, but using it after awakening is like a billionaire begging in the streets.
Awareness, and Release–and life unfolds miraculously, and we see why the Buddha and Patanjali don’t think very much of the LOA.
“we’re better at remembering how we failed then how we succeeded.”
- really prophetic quote. and sooo true. think it’s largely dependent on our mood though. when we go through rough times, all we can remember is things that reinforce we suck. when we’re having an awesome time, we wonder how it used to be so hard – feels like we’ve always been this awesome.
think really powerful idea all-round. “taking note of the evidence” is something i’ve always done but not really long term – so really cool to keep note of it. find it really helps when, like above, you’re feeling down and feels like you’ve sucked forever. then look at pictures, notes, annecdotes – the evidence.
power stuff
gave it a stumble.
all the best
alex – unleash reality
Hey Alex, thanks for the stumble. It’s funny because I did this technique years ago when I first went through personal power II and I completely forgot about it. Blogging about all this has made alot of my insights come back.