Meditation takes you back to a more relaxed state. During this state of relaxation people often times misuse it. They think about the wrong things when they meditate, so they end up feeling worse than they did before meditating.

Meditating With The Wrong Thoughts

When you ask some people, they say that they meditate because they are angry and they want to relax. This is entirely wrong. The moment you meditate while you are angry, you are actually creating more of that particular feeling – so you end up feeling worse.

Instead, bring yourself to a state where you do not have any negative emotions. When you reach that point of feeling, only then should you start meditating.

Stay Free Of Negativity

The things you do while you are in a particular mood or state creates that same emotion. So when you feel negatively while you visualize or meditate, no matter how hard you try, you will not be able to bring positivity in your life.

You have to know how to let go and get yourself on the positive side of life. When you finally reach that, use meditation to further heighten your positive mood and attract all you desire.

If you want to bring more wealth into your life, you need to put your attention on having money – not wishing for money, but possessing it now. You can do this by simply visualizing things and situations that give you the feeling of being wealthy, or you can use physical aids to help make the experience more tangible.

Here are a few examples:

• Deposit Funds into Your Account-
  Get some blank deposit slips at your bank.  Imagine you have a large amount of money you want to put into your account, and then actually fill out a deposit slip. Think about how good it feels to fill out the deposit slip and give it, along with a pile of cash or a large check, to the teller. You may never have had the experience of writing down or seeing that many zeros before, so this will help make the mental exercise  feel more real.
• Write Checks for the Items You Want-
  Get some checks from an unused account, or photocopy a blank check. Pull out a catalogue and look through the pages.  When you see something you want, write out a check for it.  Doesn’t it feel good to write out a large check?  You can then actually put it in an envelope and address it – you could even make a special “mailbox” to send your order through the universe. Now, feel happy and excited about receiving the items in the mail soon.
• Increase the Amount in Your Checkbook Balance-
  Close your eyes, and see another $10,000.00 or $100,000.00 in your checkbook balance – instead of seeing $240.00, imagine that it’s $10,240.00.  Get a vivid image of that nice big number.  Feel good about the large amount of money that’s yours to spend. You want to get used to seeing and writing these amounts on a regular basis.

These exercises, with or without the physical “props”, will help you send out a vibration of prosperity.  Use your imagination to think of other exercises like these, and practice them regularly.  The more you feel wealthy, the more the Law of Attraction will compel the universe to bring wealth to you.

I’ve found a good exercise that will allow you to use the positive feelings you have from being grateful to attract specific things that you want.

1. I Am Grateful For… Write down two or three things that you are already grateful for. For example: I am grateful for my health, my family, and my career. Go into detail about why you are grateful for each of these things.
2. Visualize Think about what you are grateful you for and feel happy about having these things. For example: Close your eyes and truly see yourself healthy and happy with your family and why you appreciate them. Focus and hold on to that fuzzy happy feeling, let a smile come across your face.
3. Feel In The Present Moment Write down one thing that you want that you don’t currently have, and feel that same feeling of gratitude as if it is already yours. For example: You may want a promotion at work,  imagine being promoted right now. How does it make you feel at this present moment to be promoted? What are you going to be able to do with the extra money, time or perks? Focus and hold on to that positive feeling. Feel grateful and happy about this promotion in the same way you’re grateful for the position you already possess.
4. Repeat Continue to repeat this pattern – focus on two or three things that you are happy you currently have, and then focus on one thing that you want.

Be Grateful You Are Living the Law of Attraction

This is living the Law of Attraction: using the feeling of gratitude to bring into your life more things to be grateful for.  Try to blur the line between things that you have now, and the things that you desire.  The universe responds to the way you feel about things.  If you can feel happy about things that you want to attract, by law they must be delivered to you.

Use All of Your Senses to Make Your Visualizations as Real as Possible

The sense of sight is the dominant sense with human beings. We define the world predominantly using this one sense. Though the term “Visualization” means getting a visual picture in our minds, the other senses can play an important role in making the experience more real.

In fact, the other senses sometimes have a greater effect on our emotional reaction to the world. Think of the way that certain smells will trigger strong feelings. For instance, the smell of freshly cut grass can make us think of playing outside with friends when we were children, which causes a strong emotional response. (I’ve read that smells trigger emotions more than any other sensory experience.)

If there’s a particular car that you want to attract you should:

• Visualize a detailed picture in your mind
• Feel the steering wheel in your hands and the soft seat cushions
• Hear the sound of the motor
• Smell that “new car smell”

By using all of your senses you’ll find that your “visualizations” will feel much more real and more pleasant. Try this yourself, and you’ll see what I mean.

Practical Application

• Visualization is not only using your sense of sight but also utilizing as many senses in your visualization process, this will make it more believable
• Visualizing in your mind, vision boards, or putting quotes and pictures near things you use on a regular basis are great exercises
• Keep that goal fresh in your mind with some type of Visualization exercise and it will be real before you know it

One way to put yourself in the right frame of mind for making big things happen is to focus on smaller, more immediate segments of time. When you wake up, think positive thoughts about the morning cup of coffee that you will enjoy.

When you start to go to work, imagine a drive without traffic problems. As you’re driving, notice the nice weather and the beautiful buildings or trees that you pass by. Think about having good conversations with people at work and getting your tasks done on time.

These are all things that you know are possible, so it’s fairly easy to clearly visualize them. The positive thoughts will put you in a state that attract these things more readily. Days that start out good tend to continue to be that way all day. You’ll get the ball rolling in the right direction.

You’ll find that your more ambitious goals are much easier to visualize when you’re in this state of mind. When you feel positive about small things, you will be able to believe that much bigger things can happen for you.

Practical Application

Focus Your Attention on the Present. Don’t think about the past, because it’s gone and you can’t do anything about it. Additionally, don’t worry about the future, because it’s not here yet.

The interesting this is not that I fell, but why I fell.

I fell because I was trying not to fall.  You see, I hadn’t been skating in several months and had deemed myself “rusty”.  So I was skating around – legs and arms stiff, tensed-up and nervous (in other words, worried).

So after going around a few times like that, I tried a side jump (which I always do) and fell smack on my butt.

OUCH! (It still hurts as I write this)

I got up and dusted myself off…then sat down for a while.

As I was sitting there (in pain) I realized a couple of things:

The first is that I hadn’t fallen in a LOOOOOONG time… and that I hadn’t ‘worried’ about falling in just as long.

When I was skating regularly, I never worried about falling, and interestingly enough, I rarely did.

The Law of Attraction states that we get what we focus on… even if it’s a ‘fear’ or something we don’t want.

After sitting there for a while, I went back out…this time not worrying about falling. I performed the same jump I was trying before and landed perfectly.

The second epihany I had was the realization that there is nothing “wrong” with falling.  My fear of falling wasn’t really about me hurting myself…it was motivated by ‘not looking bad’ in front of all the people in the skating rink.

But here’s the reality – IT’S A SKATING RINK!!!  People fall!

It’s not only normal…it’s expected.

When I fell, no one laughed; the DJ didn’t stop the music, turn the spotlight on me and say, “look at that loser that just fell on the floor!”  In fact, a couple of people came to ask if I was okay and helped me up.

What was I afraid of?

Nothing really.   Only the ridiculous scenario I came up with in my head.

Practical Application
There are three lessons here you can benefit from:

1) Focus on what you want…not what you don’t want

2) Loosen up! Just go with the flow of things. Usually when you’re tense and fighting things (i.e. struggling, worrying, etc) you tend to attract the things you don’t want…at the minimum, you’ll make things more difficult for yourself.

3) Get clear on what you’re “really” afraid of. Sometimes it’s some imaginary scenario that will never happen anyway.

There is one investment that outperforms every single investment ever created. It provides the greatest ROI, the lowest risk, the highest yields and longest paying dividends… and I’m going to share it with you in a moment.

You’ve come to this site for one reason. Personal Growth. What ever personal growth looks like for you, whether it’s…

• finding a mate
• making more money
• manifesting a new house or car
• starting a business
• losing weight
• overcoming a fear…

you are here to grow.

You aren’t reading the blog posts and listening to the podcasts to stay the same…you, just like me are striving to expand your consciousness, eliminate limitations, achieve your goals, change the world…in short, to be an even greater person than you are now.

And that’s what the greatest investment is: you.

You are the key to achieving anything you want in life – and it’s your job to invest in yourself to make sure that happens.

There are many many resources (including my own ) available to help you on your journey. Even if you decide my products aren’t for you, please consider other programs on the market. I provide a list of recommended Law Of Attraction Resources But what ever you do, don’t fall into the “I already know that” or the “I can’t afford it” trap. You owe it to yourself to get the resources that will help you live the life you desire.

I encourage you to look beyond the financial function of ‘investing’ but see what this type of knowledge actually provides you – the ability to live the life you desire (and deserve). What cost can you put on that?

I’m late on my update for the double a dollar a week. It’s been a little hectic.

This week I didn’t do as well as last week, but I did exceed my target of $16. I made $33 this week! This is getting exiting.

Next week my goal is $32.

We’ll see how I do…

Talk soon.

Does this sound familiar?

“I can’t buy that eBook, I need the money to pay the electric bill…”

“I can’t find someone to be in a relationship with, I just don’t have the time to look”

“Sure that business coach could really help me get my new business off the ground, but I can’t afford to pay him because my car payment is due”

If you’re hoarding every dime you make so you can have enough to pay the bills…you’re probably getting just that- just enough to pay the bills. But this is the poverty mentality and this is the exact attitude that is going to keep you in “poverty”, keep you from becoming successful. It’s the Law of Attraction – in action. You get what you constantly focus on.

When you’re pinching pennies every where you go. You going to get more of that.
You absolutely must break out of the poverty mentality line of thinking. Stop focusing on what you don’t have and don’t want and focus on what you do have and on what you want in life.

One thing I find with people who have this mindset, usually are too scared to invest in their future….which is one of things that keeps them in the same place. People who are successful in any area are always investing in themselves to continue their education.
Invest both your time and finances in the things that will get you want you want – like investment/business books, seminars, coaching. I’m not implying that you should spend, spend, spend on everything and get yourself into debt. But like I said in the How To Easily Create The Millionaire Mindset post, spend like a millionaire and the millions will come.

This is what will get the energy of money flowing to you.

And when people try to pull you back into the poverty mentality, RUN….run like your life depended on it….

Because it does

Okay this week I was supposed to make $4.   I made $3.55.  Not great, but not bad.   I’m not sure why I didn’t get my $4.  But it’s still progress.

I’m going to focus on what I need to do to make $8 next week.

Keep track of my progress here:  Attracting Wealth: Double A Dollar