With the uncovering of the law of attraction, we are now empowered to do and have what we want. “You can be anything you want to be.” Today I was watching Eckhart Tolle on Oprah talking about his book “Awaken you life’s purpose.” He talked about allowing life to reveal its purpose for you, and if you are still you will have impulses that will lead the way. This triggered something within me. Many times we have something set in our mind that we want to accomplish. We become obsessed with it, fixated on it, positive that we have to have it. (a job, or a mate, etc…) We know about the law of attraction and use the principles to achieve what we believe to be the solution. For somethings it works, and for others it just does not work… WHy? Why does it not work for some circumstances and work for others.
When Eckhart Tolle said to silence yourself and see what life has in store for you, I really began to think. It is similar to the christian belief that ” god has a plan for everyone.” Think about the times in your life that you were trying to get something done and for some reason it would not happen, later to discover that you are better off for not having done the very thing you were trying so hard to achieve.
I was speaking to a friend today, and she was talking about a job. She said this is the perfect job for me. Whenever she tried to figure out what she would do next in her career, this job came to the conclusion. (Even though she only wants this job for 3 years.) It just so happens that this particular job is on a hiring freeze that was set in place two weeks into the interviewing process. If they had interviewed 2 weeks earlier maybe she would have the job. But she doesn’t. Why? If this was the job for her, then why doesn’t she have it? What does life have in store for my friend? If we are not silent and accepting, then we will never find out.
As humans we find a formula and try to use the hell out of it. Look at the music these days. There is almost a generic feel to it, they have found a formula. Verse 1, chorus verse 2, chorus ,verse 3 fade out. So now with the law of attraction we think we have all the answers. We think because we know how to attract good things into our life that we can dictate each moment of our lives. Unfortunately that is not the case, but what an exciting idea to put out my wish list and see where life takes me. It may end up some where you never expected, or somewhere you saw in your dreams.
So maybe next time you are struggling, take a long walk a listen to your inner being. Let it take you to the next level.
I would love to here anyones fun stories of where this was true for them.
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If anyone had told me three years ago that I would be living in Seattle, not doing photography but instead teaching pilates, I would have said they were out of their minds. But at the same time, I knew I would be teaching pilates at some point in my life. For me, I believe that I’ve always had ambitions, but no goals. Abraham says that there’s something in the action of “trying” that causes you to paddle against your stream of life. I think you’re right on. The LOA gives us the opportunity to think about our desires, but it doesn’t guarantee that they will come to fruition. but I believe that we feel certain desires and ambitions for a reason: because they are leading us to our destinations. It may happen on a different path than we have coursed for ourselves, but I think we’re still headed in the right direction.
Oh, and another great book by Eckhart is “Stillness Speaks.” It’s really short, but really insightful and thought provoking.