For a while now, I've been following the law of attraction.
If you're unfamiliar with what I mean by that, you can read a bit more about it here to bring yourself up to date - but in basic terms, I practice something called cosmic ordering to manifest things I want into my life.
I've had a number of really interesting experiences with the law of attraction over the years, infact I fully believe that I "cosmic ordered" my relationship with Jon (A story for another time perhaps!) But this year is the first time that I've fully focused on manifesting - and I've been pretty blown away by the results already!
For example - at the start of this year, our financial situation was not great.
We were in a position where we struggled every month to pay the rent, and it felt as though we were plagued by bad luck. Things seemed to break and need replacing often, surprise bills would keep cropping up - whenever we started to get a little ahead financially it seemed as though something would come right along and knock us back off our feet again so that we could just never quite get our heads above water.
But now...our financial situation has improved far beyond anything I could have imagined 6 months ago, despite the fact that nothing has changed with regards to our work lives.
Instead of always living way into our overdraft - we've been living very comfortably in the black for a few months now.
Instead of desperately trying to scrape the rent money together every month and feeling as though we were always robbing Peter to pay Paul with bills, we now always have the rent money ready and waiting to go each month (In fact we have 3 months rent ready and waiting to go, just incase!), and our bills are always paid on time.
I can't tell you how much of a far cry this is from us 6 months ago, when our rent would be consistently late and final reminders would be landing on the doormat regularly.
I've even managed to accumulate a nice little savings account with a decent amount inside, which is growing all the time.
We feel financially secure for the first time ever. And I want to make it clear, I'm not sharing this to brag at all because believe me, I know how it feels to live with money worries and I know that this situation is far more about luck than anything else.
I'm sharing it because if it helps one person, then it's worth it!
And I know that many will laugh it off, and think its a fluke, a coincidence or whatever else...and that's fine. Nobody HAS to believe this. But I do....and I have seen the results of it with my own eyes.
As I said...nothing in our lives has changed. We have no extra income from anywhere, no second jobs, we've had no wins or windfalls or inheritance money.
The only change has been starting to embrace the law of attraction.
I've also had really interesting experiences with manifesting specific things into my life lately, too.
There are quite a few examples I could share - from mundane things like the fact that we always have a parking space outside our house now after 4 years of never being able to find a space on our half of the street (Something that seems like a little thing but actually makes everyday life run much more smoothly!) , to more extravagant things like manifesting tickets to sold out concerts - but I'm going to focus on sharing just one experience I had last week which I believe really demonstrates the power of positive thought.
This week, Jon and I are going to a concert in Cornwall.
We rarely have chance to get away together for couple time, and so we really wanted to make the most of it and book into a hotel the night before.
We had our hearts set on one specific hotel that both of us love - but when I priced it up, it was going to cost £400 for one night and (despite our improved finances!) I just didn't want to pay that much.
So I decided to try to manifest a stay there, instead! I had nothing to lose, right?! So why not just try!
So that's what I did.
I set the intention for it. And then I acted as though it was already sorted. I talked about our break as though it was already booked and secured. I acted as though that hotel stay was mine.
In order to give the universe a helping hand, I emailed the hotel to ask if they might be interested in me writing a blog review for them in return for a stay - this isn't uncommon in this sort of work, but it's not something I do often as I don't feel too confident with it. But I believe you need to give the universe a helping hand with this sort of thing.
But despite my effort - nothing came of it, I never heard back from the hotel.
As the week went by and the date of our trip got closer, it seemed unlikely that this particular "Order" would be fulfilled by the universe.
But then - I found an email in my inbox from a company who offer hotel bookings as a third party. A sort of last minute deal finder for hotels.
They asked if I'd like to work with them on a hotel review, and so I accepted and said we'd love to review any hotel in Cornwall on this particular date.
They told me to leave it with them and they'd look at their available hotels, and come back to us with an option.
They run deals on behalf of over 100 hotels in Cornwall. It could have been any of those hotels that they chose for us.
But guess which one it was?!!!
Yep - the very hotel I had "cosmic ordered" a stay in! What are the chances?!
Of course you could call this coincidence...but I believe this is another example of the universe delivering exactly what I had asked for. (And it's one of three specific travel-related intentions I've set in the past few weeks which have ALL already come to fruition! I have the confirmation emails for all 3 sitting in my inbox just weeks after cosmic-ordering them!)
So...are you curious to try it for yourself yet?!
If so, here are my 5 simple tips to get started!
5 Quick & Easy Steps To Start Attracting Luck & Money Into Your Life
1) Set Your Intentions
To begin with, you need to decide what exactly it is that you'd like to manifest into your life. The only limit here is your imagination, but the problem that a lot of people have is their own limiting beliefs about what's possible.
In order to manifest things, you have to TRULY believe that the universe will provide what you ask for. If you decide to manifest a million pounds, but you struggle to truly believe that this will happen - then it probably won't. So I always recommend starting with something smaller...something that you believe is achievable.
You can always think bigger later on!
There are a few different ways that you can set your intention. A lot of people love to create vision boards - this is a board ( a corkboard or a big sheet of paper is fine!) on which they create a vision of their life as they wish it to be. You can use magazine clippings, or you can draw your intentions - whatever works best for you. But create a collage full of the things you want to attract to you.
Personally though, I'm not a fan of vision boards as I find them too overwhelming. Instead I prefer to write cosmic shopping lists - this is very straight forward, it's just a list of the things you want to attract. I prefer to focus on one or two things at a time, but this is just a matter of preference.
2) Scripting
I use a practice known as "scripting" to help me to visualise my intentions happening. Visualisation is really important in the law of attraction - you need to really create an image in your mind of the thing that you're manifesting becoming yours.
Imagine how it will feel when it happens, and try really feel those emotions. The clearer the picture you can build up in your mind of how life will be when this thing comes into your life, the better.
Scripting is the practice of writing a diary-like page or two, as though you're living the experience that you're manifesting and it makes the process of visualisation much easier.
You simply write in the first person, describing everything about your life as you wish it to be in minute detail - describe what your home looks like, describe what you're wearing, describe who you're with, describe how you're feeling - and make sure that you describe those things you're trying to manifest very specifically.
So for example - if you want to manifest £1,000 - then describe yourself holding that £1,000 in your hand and how that feels or describe yourself looking at your bank account and seeing that amount.
Don't focus on the how and why of that money coming to you - that's for the universe to deal with - , just focus on the end result and how that feels.
3) Live As Though Its Already Happened
This is probably the part of manifesting that I find most difficult, but it's an important part.
Think of it this way - if you place an order for a book on Amazon, you don't then spend the new few days constantly thinking about that book, looking for it in book stores, and trying to figure out ways to get that book to you.
You just know that you've placed your order and it will be fulfilled. the book will be with you soon.
The process is the same with cosmic ordering. You place your "order" and then you go on with life, as though your request is on its way to you.
If you're trying to manifest money when you currently have issues with low finances, it can be very tricky to live life as though money is already yours - I get it. But it's not impossible.
Try your hardest not to focus your attention on lack of money - the law of attraction teaches that what we put out into the universe is what we receive back, so if we're thinking about bills we will attract more bills. If we're thinking about having no money, we will continue to have no money.
Instead try to focus on what you do have, even if its very little. Collect up all of the loose change you can find - pennies from down the back of the sofa, forgotten pound coins in old handbags etc - and once you've collected that all together, look at it. Hold it. Create a feeling of abundance in that moment. Don't focus on the amount or the value, just focus on the money in front of you - in your hands.
The more you focus on the money you have, the more money you will notice appearing in your life.
4) Be Open To The Universe
As much as it's important to live as though your desire is already making its way to you, its also crucial not to close yourself off to ways that the universe may be trying to bring things to you.
Your "order" may not come to you in exactly the way you had imagined.
For example, if you wish to manifest £1,000 - don't expect a random check to turn up out of the blue. It may well happen that way of course, and if it does - great! But if the universe presents you with an opportunity to sell an item worth £1,000 or you receive a job offer that will pay you that amount - you need to take those opportunities.
The universe can only do so much, and you need to be prepared to look for the opportunities being presented to you and grab them with both hands!
5) Practice Gratitude
This is one of the most important parts of manifesting.
An "attitude of gratitude" is vital if you want to manifest good things into your life.
It's all about the power of positive thinking, and being grateful for what we have and the blessings we receive not only makes us more likely to continue to receive blessings....but it also makes us happier and brings us joy.
And feelings of joy attract more joy into our lives!
Try keeping a gratitude journal and record 3 things that you're grateful for in life every day. They can be anything at all - your health, the roof over your head, a new season of your favorite TV show - all gratitude is good gratitude!
And that's it! I hope you found this helpful and that you start manifesting good things into your life soon!
The only limit is your imagination! Now go manifest your best life! Good Luck!
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