Attracting Anti-goals, or Resonating Results?
By Aaron M. Potts
With the "self improvement movement" that is going on in today's
society, more and more people are becoming aware of the fact
that the attitude that they have about their lives is the single
most defining factor that determines what their lives are going
to be like.
If you have a bad, negatively-charged attitude about your life,
and you expect things to never go your way, then you tend to get
exactly that. On the other hand, if you keep a positive
attitude, and you remain confident that you are going to get
what you want out of life, then you tend to manifest a positive
and enjoyable life.
These are pretty basic concepts that are now becoming more
widely known, and as more people grasp and internalize concepts
such as these, a marked increase in people living the lives that
they actually WANT to live is the net result.
That all sounds well and good, but the problem that comes into
play for a lot of people is that in an attempt to make their
lives more enjoyable, they are actually causing further
negativity because they are going about the process from the
wrong point of view.
Whenever you make a conscious decision that you no longer want a
certain lifestyle, you tend to focus on NOT having that
lifestyle, which is actually the opposite of what you should be
doing.
Have you ever heard the term "What you focus on grows?" That is
a very real description of the human condition, and it comes
into play for positive as well as negative results.
To use the example of not wanting a certain lifestyle for
yourself, you are focusing on the wrong end of the spectrum. You
are focusing on what you don't want, as opposed to focusing on
what you want to have.
The universal Law of Attraction basically states that whenever
you have an emotional response to something, that you will then
attract people and circumstances that resonate with that
emotional response.
In more simple terms, to resonate with something means to be in
alignment with it, or to agree with it. A common confusion about
the Law of Attraction is when it is described as "like attracts
like." On a general level, that is true. Positive attracts
positive, and negative attracts negative.
However, it actually goes deeper than that when you realize that
to "resonate" with something does not necessarily mean that
"like attracts like," but rather that the attraction will be on
a more "general direction" level.
If you focus on something positive, that does not necessarily
mean that you will immediately manifest the exact thing that you
are focusing on, but rather things that will take your life in
the general direction of that focus, thus assuring goal
attainment.
The science applies exactly the same way to anything that is
focused on in a negative manner. You may not get exactly what
you were negatively focused on, but you will get things that
take you in a generally negative direction.
To bring that back around to your efforts at making your life
what you want it to be, consider the fact that your job is to
focus on what you want to have, rather than to focus on what you
already have, but don't want. For example:
The statement "I don't want to be overweight anymore" focuses on
one thing - being overweight. When you focus on being
overweight, you will continue to be overweight.
The statement "I don't want to work at this dead-end job
anymore" focuses on the dead-end job, thus assuring you that or
a similar position in the future.
The statement "I am sick of dating people that don't make me
happy" focuses on people who don't make you happy. More of them
will be in your future, because that is your focus.
Let's turn all three of those examples around in order to show
you not only what you should say to yourself about your goals,
but the feeling that you should have about those goals:
"I am happy and healthy, and my body is lean, sexy, and
powerful."
"I have a rewarding and well-paying job that I enjoy so much
that I hardly even consider it work."
"I have a wonderful relationship with someone who gives me all
of the things that I want, and with whom I thoroughly enjoy
spending my time."
Do you see how in each of those three examples the end result
that you want to bring into your life is the same, but one
version focuses on the negative aspects, while the other version
considers only the positive end result?
This may seem like a stupid "mind trick" that you don't really
believe in, and if that is the case, examine that point of view:
"...don't really believe in..."
Does that point of view demonstrate a positive or a negative
outlook about what is possible?
Remember that your mind controls what your body does, both
consciously, and sub-consciously. If want to resonate with the
results that you are looking for - thus bringing them into your
life - start looking at your attitude and what you consider to
be "possible." You will probably see that on several levels, you
are standing in your own way!
Aaron Potts is the founder of the Today is that Day Success
Community, and the author of Energy Harmonics, which teaches
about self improvement, vibratory alignment, and the Law of
Attraction. Visit his site at http://www.todayisthatday.com to
learn about Energy Harmonics and to get his free newsletter, or
visit his blog at http://www.todayisthatday.com/blog/
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