In this post I am going to talk with you about the function of the reticular activating system(RAS) which is a specific section of our brain that is claimed to be related with the law of attraction process by the new age believers.
If you are someone who is familiar with the law of attraction and applying various methods to achieve your desired goals using those LOA principles then you might have realized that you automatically start to notice all the things related to your goals in the external world.
New age beliefs say that it is the universe showing you the signs that your desire is under the process of manifestation whereas there is also a biological phenomenon behind it which is one of the function of a brain part called as the reticular activating system(RAS).
The goal related stuff flashes in front of your eyes as if some invisible force is trying to remind you what you have asked from the universe.
For example in my case, I have set a goal to buy a particular car and whenever I am walking in the street that car passes by flashing its logo in front of my eyes, what’s so amazing about this is-It happens every time!
I was astonished with this sudden appearance of my desired car everywhere I go then I came to know about the reticular activate system which answered my questions in a practical way, but still I would prefer to believe that this particular mechanism is an indication of LOA at work.
RAS, is basically a part of the brain that consists a set of connected nuclei which takes care of various bodily operations and it also regulates the sleep/wake cycles.
However, RAS also plays an important role in causing increased alertness from relaxed wakefulness and what is more interesting thing about this brain section is that it acts as a doorway for the information that we receive using our senses.
This means that every bit of information that we receive from our environment is filtered by this brain system.
You might be wondering what decides this information filtering process?-The reticular activating system only allows the data to enter to our conscious attention that is relevant to us.
The relevancy of the data depends on our interests, beliefs and needs.
This means that we unconsciously reject so many sounds, visions and other forms of information from our environment; this is a much more complicated process than how it appears because we actually receive millions of bytes of data every second but, only the selected ones are brought into our conscious attention.
Let me use some examples to explain this…!!
A simple example would be your hearing of your name in a crowded noisy place, your mind filters up all the unwanted sounds and enables you to hear your name being called.
A visual example of this would be your spotting of your friend in a public place, his face lights up in the crowd and you are able to ignore all other people except this particular individual.
You might have experienced this while learning a new language or improving your vocabulary, you learn a new particular word and then it starts to appear in various ways in your world-In books, newspapers, songs, conversations etc whereas it was non-existing for you before.
By knowing about this function of the brain we get to see the truthfulness of the old saying “perception is reality” but only for “you” because someone else’s reality is different whereas in truth there is no one reality but numerous possibilities and that is what I have discussed in more detail in the post- Existence beyond Reality.
Now, from the above discussion we can infer that our senses depends on our mind and the world appears to us the way our mind has been programmed, we only get access to the information that is relevant to us in some way.
So, when you start to use the law of attraction tools like visualization, affirmation, intention setting etc, you are ordering your brain to work in the direction of the desire on which you have been focusing and this way you are programming your mind radar to catch the information that are essential for your success.
Once you clear the way for your goal related information, then you will receive the ideas that can lead you to the winning post!!
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Recently, I received an email from a reader in which he asked me what is the law of attraction and how does it work, I have been writing about the universal laws for quite a while now but suddenly I realized that I have never answered the basic question so, in this post, I am going to explain this to you in the simplest way possible.
There is a similarity between all the theories and concepts that get popular, the more it gains fame the less it is understood by people and in this way millions of skeptics are born.
My intention in this post is to give a clarification to the skeptical part of your mind which might be finding this LOA stuff as “too good to be true”.
If you have watched the movie “the secret” then you might be wondering what the law of attraction is really all about? Well, it is not something new, the universal laws are created by mother nature.
When we learned about any laws of physics in school, we realized the reason behind so many things, those laws are what controls the objective reality so nobody can question them but these laws deal with the subjective reality and every person has to realize this on an individualistic level by diving deep into this knowledge. Continue reading
First of all, I want to make it clear that I am not writing this article to help any Christian to decide if the concept of the law of attraction is something approved by their religion or to debate over any religious topic.
I was born in a Hindu family but I have explored Christianity to some extent, in my childhood I used to attend prayers regularly as one of my Christian friends introduced me to it.
I think I can talk about the connection between the law of attraction and the Bible because I have been reading Bible, Bhagvat Geeta and New Age books. I always keep my mind open for wisdom; I take from it what resonates with my inner being and discard what doesn’t, that’s just my way and I respect what is yours so, my intention here is not at all to challenge your beliefs in any way.
The reason behind my multiple attempts to avoid any conflict despite writing an unbiased, loving and informative article is that I know that each individual perceives the same information in different ways.
Here, I will just refer to a few verses from Bible that are concurrent with the principles of the law of attraction; my motive behind doing this is to shed light on the fact that all religious texts do point towards our creative ability.
Recently, I read a Christian blog where the author condemned the new age philosophy saying that according to the Bible humans do not have any supernatural power, I was totally disgusted by reading his blog because the author was not enlightening people with any kind of knowledge there instead his writing was disempowering, where he was just trying to impose his own convictions upon people which was a byproduct of his ignorance.
I would start with this verse which I consider will be very appropriate to depict our true potential:-
We all were created in the image of god which means we too like almighty have the ability to create, we have been gifted the skill to write our own story and live it!
The next verse clearly explains us that all our limitations depends on our faith:-
Luke 17:6: If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you..
So, talking of having supernatural abilities..The above words say that our faith is responsible for what we are able to do. All our conditions and limitations are self imposed and we can rise above them by strengthening our faith.
Here is the verse which precisely explains that the higher power delivers what you have asked for, isn’t it the same as what LOA says? :-
If you have read the personal growth materials, you might be familiar with the concept that in order to make something happen in your life you need to work with your inner beliefs and remove doubts from your mind. Here is what Bible says:-
I want to end this post with the verse based on which James Allen wrote his famous book “As a Man Thinketh” according to which you become the image of yourself that you hold in your heart:-
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Reading about metaphysics, watching movies that excites you with these concepts and hearing the stories of other people undoubtedly strengthens the faith you have on your creative ability and motivates you to chase your dreams, but still implementing the law of attraction in real life is much different from the magical “fantasy world” that such movies conjures up in your mind.
My intention here is not at all to discourage you, life being magical or not does not depend on what one has gained from the outer world instead it is a matter of his/her outlook towards the world. Yes, it depends on your perception about the world and life.
Manifesting something into your life is much more practical and simple than how most people look at this process.
Unfortunately, a lot of people enthusiastically try to apply what they have learned from various personal development programs, and then they fail and become skeptics.
Why do they fail? Why manifestation of desires becomes difficult for some people? Why it starts so beautifully and ends up being a mess?
Here is the answer- People tend to mistake this process with some new “out of the world” recipe to create a better life when it is something which they have always been using unknowingly.
If you will use these principles with a better understanding then you will realize that it is a skill to be perfected with practice like any other.
Here I am going to share with you 3 simple things that you must keep in mind in order to see positive results while using the law of attraction:-
In order to achieve the desired results you must select your goals with proper self analysis.
Application of LOA tools like creative visualization and affirmations requires persistence, and you can only be persistent with the goals for which you are truly passionate.
Be sure to set your goals a little higher (just a little) than the limit which you consider to be reachable!
Don’t set goals to which you are too much attached!
More than any other thing what matters the most is the “Inner Work”.
Whatever you are attracting in your life is a direct result of what is going on in your inner world. The beliefs that are present in your subconscious mind decide what you can attain in your physical world.
In order to see the change in the external world you will have to make changes in your inner world.
So, the inner work is most important for you to manifest any desire which is higher than your current reach.
Creative visualization, meditation, positive affirmations etc are few practices using which you can alter your subconscious mind’s programming. So, make sure to set aside few hours daily for these processes and be consistent with it.
This is the most essential yet least understood step in the journey of manifesting your desires. You can only have that in your life which you are not blocking from showing up “unconsciously” by worrying about its arrival.
Detachment doesn’t mean that you should take your focus away from something; instead it represents your unwavering faith that you will receive what you have asked for.
In order to practice detachment you will have to stop worrying about the end results and experience it in your imagination as if it has already happened.
I will advise you to take away your attention completely off your desires when you are too much worried about the results.
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The flow of wealth in a person’s life entirely depends on his beliefs about wealth, I am not pointing towards the conscious outlook of an individual towards wealth by saying that instead it is concerned with a much deeper level of a person’s mind.
The beliefs about money which control the financial aspect of a person’s life are the ones that are ingrained in his subconscious mind. These beliefs are formed according to the set of ideas that a person usually picks during his childhood. This why I focus a lot on the personal development of kids in my blog because when parents understand this important thing, they can raise their children by giving them the gift of a positive mindset.
These ideas are like a set of programming codes that controls the money mindset of a person and this mind programming is usually done by the family or society in which they grew up.
Here we will be discussing how these set of ideas affects a person’s life and we will see how you can attract more wealth if you clear the limiting beliefs about money. Continue reading
When it comes to using the law of attraction, the common purpose of people for which they want to apply the LOA tools is either wealth or relationships.
We can use these laws for numerous purposes which include our external appearances as well. Our looks are a direct reflection of the thoughts which we hold about ourselves on a deeper level of mind.
Undoubtedly, we inherit a lot of features from our parents and ancestors, but a lot of our looks are the result of our beliefs about ourselves.
When we talk about external appearances what we find as the major cause of worry amongst most people is their weight.
People who are too concerned about losing weight try everything to become fit from rigorous physical activities to extreme diet plans and still they fail to shed those pounds.
Apart from few lucky individuals most of the crowd craving for a fit body fails miserably, Yeah I have been there!
I still have a lot of pounds to lose, but unlike earlier I have found the reason why nothing worked for me whether let it be a diet plan or daily workout.
In one of the energy clearing sessions of Christie’s energy clearing course, I came to realize that I have held a lot of negative beliefs about myself which was not allowing me to get into a better shape. Unconsciously, my own mind was working against me to stay with below average looks, why? I had few limiting beliefs about “looking good” which were causing me to be overweight, after understanding and clearing those beliefs using Christie’s program I am now able to see great results.
I will discuss with you here how our limiting beliefs about weight loss causes us to stay stuck when it comes to fitness and I will also be sharing the method to clear those beliefs.
Whatever we are in our life is a reflection of the thoughts and concepts which we hold deeply in our subconscious mind. Unlike the ideas of our conscious mind which are temporary and random these deep root concepts are quite firm and long-lasting, these are the beliefs which we have picked up in our childhood and they act like a set of information according to which our mind shapes our life.
So, in other words, our own mind works against our conscious desire and keeps us stuck where we are.
The reason and cause of the formation of such beliefs varies from person to person, you may have subconsciously decided to stay with below average looks because you feared of getting special attention, you didn’t want to be envied by your siblings, you saw your mother struggling with losing weight and you accepted the idea that it was hard to lose weight etc..all such subconscious impressions which were the result of your feelings as a child are the reason for your current body state, but our concern here is not about why or how those beliefs were formed, what we are focusing here is on how to change them.
I would like to share that listening to Christie’s energy block clearing sessions is what I find as the most effective and the quickest way to clear the limiting beliefs formed in our subconscious mind about anything, but what I am going to talk about here is a tool which we all have readily available within ourselves and that is creative visualization.
Yes, creative visualization is one of the most powerful practices using which we can give instructions to our subconscious mind.
So, take a few minutes off from your daily routine and visualize yourself as fit and slender, see people appreciating you, see yourself in clothes which you were not able to wear earlier, see yourself in your new body and enjoy how it feels to be fit.
Keep in mind to only visualize the end results and not the process, and when you get any insight act on it!
Be sure to be regular and persistent with this process. Most importantly, use your creative visualization to experience what you want rather than to achieve it.
“Self Image” is what decides our body state, to know more on this read my post:- The Connection between Weight Loss and Mind Conditioning
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“I want to earn a lot of money”, “I want to make my family and friends proud”, “I want to prove my worth to the world”, Most of the people in today’s world are working because of such reasons and most importantly your “job” also gives you a “social identity” which is very much essential for your ego.
You might say here “But, that is quite practical we need wealth and social identity in this world for survival”… I would like to tell you that it might be true that the social identity and money is essential for all of us to “survive”, but “happiness” is what we actually need in order to “thrive”.
So, back to our main topic in this post that is using the law of attraction for career purpose. Well, you can attract any kind of job using the law of attraction principles, then why was I talking about “happiness” specifically?…Because no matter where you reach in your life if you are not doing what you love then you will be forever unsatisfied even though you may have a good salary and a reputed social identity.
I will be discussing here with you the method to attract your dream job; I have helped a few of my readers to attract their desired jobs and I can assure you that you too can do it if you follow what I am going to share here.
It is very obvious that we all knowingly or unknowingly associate job with money. Since, salary is the foremost thing which we think while talking about job let us get specific on how much salary you wish to be paid.
But, before deciding that we will have to do a little inner work to know about your subconscious beliefs regarding money because that will only decide if you can get paid that much or not.
So, sit down and honestly write down the amount on a paper which you consider that you can easily earn, if you have been in any job before then write down the amount that you have earned earlier..
Done?
Next, increase that amount by 20 percent and honestly answer if you can earn that much..
If it’s a yes then increase it by 20 percent again..do it till you feel that it’s impossible for you to earn that much presently…and freeze that amount! -yes the impossible one.
That amount is your current subconscious barrier. Doing this process will help you to set a goal which will excite you whereas it will not be unattainable according to your current mindset.
Since we have decided our desired salary, next we will have to be clear about other aspects of the dream job.
How do you want the environment to be? How do you want to be treated? What kind of colleagues do you see yourself with? Come up with all such details.
Visualize yourself in your new job, see yourself working there..
Visualize your interactions with your boss and others..
See the morning hours, lunch time, evening hours…as much vivid as possible.
See how you now behave around your family, friends and mate..
See how you manage your salary…
Fill your vision with as much colors as possible, try to make it real!….
Once you have put LOA at work, learn to trust that universe will bring it you and let it go!…More than being too concerned about the outcomes, try to enjoy the process..And be open to any inspiration or idea, if something feels like the next step then act on it..!
Using the above process you can really have the job of your wish if you do it properly and take action at right times, but it won’t guarantee you the “happiness” as I mentioned before for that you will have to find your “joy”..Which means the “work” which doesn’t feel like “work” to you..
To know about this please read my post “The State of Flow-Finding Your Life Purpose”. I hope you liked this post. I would love to hear your views about this so please do leave me a comment in the box below. (Your email id will be safe and hidden, you can even prefer your secondary email id for commenting)
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Law of attraction has become a well-known concept to people now, however only a few numbers of people have realized that it’s not just a concept but a law according to which the universe operates to create the events of our lives.
Among this rare group of people who understand its role in this universe only a few people are able to use it to achieve whatever it is that they want in their lives.
Why are most people failing to reach their goals using the universal laws? Why do people stop believing in their creative power? Why it is that despite of so many materials available on the universal laws people are not able to take control of their lives?
See, reading or trying to understand the law of attraction and putting it into practice are two totally different processes.
There is one major mistake that most of the people for whom the law of attraction doesn’t work are making – They are fooling themselves!
A lot of people have this misconception about the higher power that it is something which exists outside us; we think that by ignoring the truth we can change it.
Most of the LOA materials talk about “faith” and to be grateful for what’s coming as if it has already happened, this is a tricky stuff.
Imagine a person who has asked for things and the universe has delivered it to him, he has seen the significance of LOA all around him. For him asking for something and to believe that he will get it will be easy, for him having such a faith as if his wish has already been granted would easy and quite obvious.. it is like ordering a pizza, you know it will reach to you from the minute you order it right?
The above example is of a person who tested LOA playfully, saw results, and his faith grew stronger… that’s how it works!
Now, imagine a person who is badly in need of money, he learns all the ways to attract wealth using the laws of universe. This guy does everything affirmations, creative visualization, gratitude journal and he thanks the universe for granting his wish in advance even though he is completely broke.. What do you think this guy is doing? He is trying to fool the universe and in doing so he is fooling himself!
Can you see the difference in both the above cases?
The first guy is building his faith by seeing the results and on the other hand he is not too concerned about the results whereas the second guy is practicing all the techniques but he is also too worried about the results.
Working with the universal laws is like learning to play a musical instrument; you will have to learn it with patience and practice.
So, most of the people who are failing are trying these principles to get something rather than to learn the art itself.
It is like you have a car and you do not practically know how to drive but you have read about driving meticulously and now you have to reach to the airport urgently.. you get worried and you try your best to drive it because you have to reach to the airport but you are not even able to move it..why?..you haven’t released the hand brake!! ..You get out and say “this doesn’t work and every other person driving car is just lucky”.
Sounds crazy right? But this is what most people are doing in their real life when it comes to using LOA.
I would suggest you to start using LOA methods to attract things to which you don’t have any kind of attachment. Beginning in a playful manner will help you to build your faith because you will see evidences and as you will develop more faith you will also start to become more successful in using these principles.
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One of the main concerns of people who are using various tools for attracting something they desire in their life using the universal laws is that they want to see something tangible which tells them that they are doing it correctly.
Well, there is no particular criteria using which you could track your progress while applying the principles of the law of attraction other than your own feelings. The more you feel good while thinking about your goals the faster you are going to achieve it, other than this your own inner beliefs about “how big the goal is” also affects the speed of manifestation.
You can never know how much time it will take for something to be manifested but, the less you are concerned about the “when” the quicker the process will be.
However, there are few signs which you can notice around you which indicates that what you have asked for is moving towards you. So, here we will be discussing 3 such signs that universe may give you to indicate that the law of attraction is working positively for you.
Usually, when a person begins his journey to attract the lifestyle he desires, he is not aware of the path that could lead him to the place where he wants to go.
Gradually, when he starts to focus on his goals by using various LOA tools his mind picks up the ways by which he could achieve them.
The process of manifesting your desires is more about developing your awareness. We all are capable of doing anything that we want; it is just that we are unaware of how to do it.
So, when you begin to focus on something that you desire, you put your mind on automation to come up with the ideas which will help you to reach your goals.
Yes, these ideas existed earlier also but you were oblivious to them.
In other terms the universe will show you the ways using which you can successfully have whatever it is that you want.
If the law of attraction is positively working for you then you will experience what they call as the “paradigm shift” which is when your subconscious programming about something changes, this is a sure shot point from where the manifestation process becomes obvious.
Paradigm shift is a result of persistence, it happens when a person is consistently using various tools to alter his subconscious beliefs without being too concerned about the results because worrying about the results reverses this process.
Hence, when you are doing it the right way consistently then the universe will show you the evidences which will convince your mind that your goal is achievable, this again will cause your inner beliefs to change which in turn will help you to see more evidences in the outer world and this process goes on until the “paradigm shift” happens.
This is natural behavior of our brain, whatever we consider important in our lives we start to notice it everywhere in the world.
For instance there is one particular car which I intend to buy, whenever I step out of my home it never happens that I return without seeing that car for at least one time, in fact I notice it everywhere.
So, while applying the law of attraction a person who is doing it in the right way starts to notice whatever he has asked all around him, may be on television, other people talking, internet etc. It appears as if universe is flashing it in front you in magical ways but, the truth is that it has been present always around us it’s only that now we are aware of its presence.
Call it a brain function or a universal conspiracy; you can stay assured that you are heading towards the direction when such things happen to you.
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Our mind has the ability to completely transform all the areas of our lives, thanks to the recent popularity gained by the new age concepts, we are now getting aware of our true potential.
Unlike the earlier generations, today’s generation believes that they have the control of their life in their hands and as a result of that people are now learning about the universal laws and putting them into action to get the results that they wish to see in their lives.
So, if you are one of them and if you believe that you hold the power to alter your current reality then I will discuss with you here three simple yet very powerful law of attraction activities that can alter your current reality.
If you have already been into various LOA materials then the activities that I am going to share here won’t be new to you but more than the knowledge of these activities what I want to show you is how to actually perform them in order to get the maximum benefits and these activities are not something to be done one or two times, you will have to follow them like a daily ritual.
This is what most of the people who come to know about their creative power don’t actually do despite reading about it.
I think that the reason people don’t meditate is because they have various false impressions about it, these people are often too much concerned about the right way to meditate and most of them are oblivious to the benefits that it could actually offer.
Meditation is like a reset button for your mind, by meditating daily you give your mind a chance to relax which in turn allows your mind to come up with creative ideas that can help you to get the desired results in life.
A very simple way to meditate is to sit peacefully and concentrate on your third eye which is the region between your eyebrows. Now, take deep long breaths and repeat to yourself the word “relax” in your mind every time you exhale.
There are a lot more ways to meditate, just pick any one of them that you like and do it regularly.
I would suggest you downloading Christie Marie’s Free Heart Centering meditation which I have used many times.
This is a process which is super effective for making quick positive changes in a person’s life but it is rarely performed the right way by most of the people who come to know about it.
There is no technically correct way to use creative visualization, you can use your imagination the way you like to and there is no need to get confused thinking “should I imagine as the third person or as the first person?” you may think here why did I then mentioned that people fail to use it the right way?
It is because they are doing it to get something rather than to enjoy the process.
Visualize every day about what you want in order to feel that you have already acquired it instead of doing it because you want to “acquire” it.. can you see the difference?
Do it to feel “good” not to get something which will make you happy in the future.
Keeping a gratitude journal is a simple method using which we can fill our life with joy.
It is proven through studies that if a person starts to feel grateful for what he has in his life then his happiness level increases significantly.
Writing in your gratitude journal is a great thing to do in order to increase the happiness in your life, you can prefer it do whenever you want whether let it be when you wake up or when you go to sleep, by expressing your gratefulness to the universe you attract more reasons to be grateful.
Again, this process should be genuine and real. Just write in your gratitude journal whatever it is that has made you happy in the whole day, it doesn’t need to be something big.
The purpose behind keeping a gratitude journal is to bring the feeling of abundance so, make sure that you are genuinely feeling grateful for whatever it is that you are writing.
By using the above three methods you can alter your current reality and fill your life with things that you desire but, just be sure that you do it regularly and properly.
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