The Art of Consciously Creating, Part II: The Law of Attraction and Clearing the Fear: How to Be on the Right Side of the Law

Now that you've met your Magical Creature, unearthed your unique why, and started making your new creation of life real by setting goals and creating action steps in Part 1, its' time for a check-in with the Law of Attraction.

We are all powerful creators.  If we place our consciousness on a past negative event, we have the power to conjure up all of those same emotions and remain there and relive it over and over.  If we choose to place our consciousness on something negative that might happen in the future or in uncertainty about the future, we can remain there, mired in worry about something that doesn't even exist...yet.  You are so powerful, that if you focus your energies on it, there's a good chance it WILL exist in the future, which is why you must be SO conscious of where you are placing your attention and energy in each and every moment. 

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What You Need to Know About the Law of Attraction....

The Law of Attraction is ALWAYS working.  The Law of Attraction says "like attracts like".  We like to think of the Law of Attraction in a positive sense, but it actually is a universal law and works just like, for example, gravity.  Gravity just is, and it is always working. If something falls off a shelf and breaks, we know gravity was at work.  The Law of Attraction is the same - like attracts like - this means you need to be extra aware of what vibes you are putting out there in the world.  

Pause for a minute and think about where your mind has been - where have you let your attention wander?  How are you feeling in your body?  Is there tightness in your chest or stomach?  Is your breathing shallow?  Are your shoulders up around your ears?  Is there a twinge of resentment or obligation or defensiveness or criticism or fear that is hiding just below the surface but always operating?  

You are a powerful creator and it is your responsibility to direct all of that power into focusing on what you truly want to create.  It is your responsibility to uncover and weed out the negative and limiting beliefs and fears that reside below the surface that hitched a ride way back when and became a habit.  It is your responsibility to consciously monitor yourself so that your efforts to create what you truly desire are not undermined. 
 
The Law of Attraction works on our energetic vibration, and our emotions create the vibrations off of which the Law of Attraction works.  In order to successfully engage the Law of Attraction, you must be emotionally connected to your goal, and those emotions need to be aligned with what you want to attract.  Remember in Part 1 where you wrote down not only what you wanted to experience on a mundane level in your life, but what feelings you want to experience?  

Linking up your worldly desires to your why and your feelings is the Magic Formula!

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Alchemy 101:

Your beliefs create your thoughts, which in turn create your emotions. Finding that thing that fills you with energy and that has a “why” behind it that truly moves you emotionally, and aligning with that vibration is using the Law of Attraction to manifest your desires. This is Alchemy 101.  When backed up by your beliefs, feelings and thoughts, your intentions are pure MAGIC​.  

If you have limiting beliefs and fears operating subversively in your subconscious, then they will be more powerful than your desires, and the Law of Attraction will be working in your life off of these things instead of your intentions.  You must continually keep looking within and clearing out anything and everything that no longer serves you in order to clear the path for manifesting what you desire.

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Where is My Mind?

Now pause again and think about where your mind has been.  Has it been reliving past conflict or trauma, or projecting worries out in the future?  Why? You must become aware of your thought habits and create new ones that support your vision. You must dig deep and unearth any limiting beliefs that are operating in your subconscious, and bring the light of consciousness to them so they no longer hold sway over you.  A belief is stronger than any affirmation or intention.  If you are harboring limiting beliefs about yourself or the world, you must take your power back from them.  If "I'm not worthy", or "I can't get my needs met", or "everything has to be hard", is running down in the dark depths of your psyche, its time for some serious house-cleaning.  "Clear the fear", because any limiting beliefs running beneath the surface of consciousness that are in conflict with what you are trying to create will block the process. 

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Clearing the Fear:  Uncovering and Rewiring

Many times this process of becoming aware of and clearing limiting beliefs happens over a period of time for us and not immediately.  We slowly clear layers of negativity and past programming and blocks.​  There are two parts to this process - the first is uncovering what we may be carrying that we are unconscious of, and the second is rewiring with new beliefs that support us and our new goals.

Uncovering

There are many ways to do this.  I like to work consciously with the lunar cycles and journaling as a method of ongoing house-keeping.  Other types of regular activities that help awareness are yoga or meditation or even walking in nature.  Uncovering requires allowing the space to really be with yourself and gain insight.  It can be something very foreign to us and can seem uncomfortable at first, and it can take more time and space than you might expect to allow things to "bubble up" and come into your awareness.  You may find extra support and guidance via some type therapy helpful if you are unfamiliar with this process or feeling blocked.  I use astrology and hypnosis with clients for bringing awareness to areas of life that may be challenged or blocked. 

One exercise that can help us get to the heart of the matter is sentence stem completion.  If you are trying to unearth a limiting belief and you ask yourself, "What is the worst thought I think about myself?", and go blank, you can try this.  Ask yourself, "One negative thought I think about myself is __________."  "Another negative thought I think about myself is _________."  "The worst negative thought I think about myself is _________."  Now you should be getting closer to the root negative belief.  

With your new awareness of that root negative belief, you can trace it out into your life and see how pervasive it is.  You can see just how it affects everything you do everyday in your life.  And knowing that the Law of Attraction is always working, how do you now see that limiting belief and the Law of Attraction working in your life? What if that belief was a positive one that supported your soul's desires instead of a limiting one?  How much power would you have to create the life you want?

Rewiring:  Saturating and Acting "as-if"...

Now you can replace that limiting belief with one that supports your why.  This is typically just changing the limiting belief to its exact opposite, but its your belief so make sure it feels right to you.  You are a powerful creator and your mind is an amazing tool.  Now you take your power back and direct it.

Remember that uncovering your limiting beliefs is an ongoing process of awareness.  It doesn't happen all at once,and neither does replacing them.  It takes 21 days to create a habit.  It's generally easiest to focus on shifting one belief at a time rather than several at once.  You are creating new neural pathways.  Think of it as driving down a two-track with super deep ruts and trying to stay out of them as you drive.  The deep ruts are your old neural pathways that the limiting belief has taken over and over and over in your life while you weren't consciously aware of it.  Now you are trying to create new neural pathways with your new supportive belief, but it takes conscious effort and attention at first, until you begin to develop new "ruts".

Once you've uncovered the limiting belief, there are two steps to replacing it with your new supporting belief.

1. Saturate.  Saturate your mind with the new belief.  Repeat it as a mantra, use mala beads, sing it, write it, keep sticky notes where you will see them, use a hypnosis MP3 - whatever works for you to keep the new belief in the forefront of your brain.  
2. Act "as if".  Solidify the new belief by acting on it.  Think of an action step you can do every day, something small, that is based in the new belief.  If you're old belief was "I'm not worthy", and your new belief is "I AM worthy", then what is something you would do differently every day in your life if you are truly living from the foundation that you are worthy?

Keep these steps of saturating and acting "as if" up for 21 days and watch your experience of life change. Then keep following the ongoing process of awareness, clearing the negative and replacing it with what supports you.  ​

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To wrap this up, in Part 1 you found your why, connecting with your Magical Creature, your unique authentic self and found the passion, experiences and feelings that truly set you on fire.  

Now in Part 2, you are clearing out any negative beliefs you have and replacing them with positive ones, and aligning your beliefs and thoughts and emotions with your why, your values, so that you can leverage the Law of Attraction in consciously creating your life.  

In Part 3, we will be delving into the tool box for manifestation, and in Part 4 we will be pulling together all of the steps and discussing how to stay present in the process of manifesting and "stay in the current".

You are powerful and you are always creating.  These steps are about ensuring that YOU are steering your ship consciously and are harnessing your energy and working with the current to manifest what YOU desire.  This is how you consciously create your life.  ​​Now you are tapping into the magic!