You already know about the importance of visualization and affirmations. But, is there anything you can do on the outside to help to manifest your goals?
Yes, in fact there is. And, you may already be doing some of these things. But even if so, there is probably much more you could possibly be doing, if you choose to.
This is really the intersection between magic and the law of attraction. These steps aren’t required, but they can certainly help you to increase your belief in the process.
Are We Not Supposed to Depend on Action?
So, there may be a bit of confusion here. I’ve said before that inspired action should only come when you’re lined up with the goal. So, aren’t I really just talking about action here, and if so, doesn’t this contradict what I’ve said in the past?
When I speak of inspired action, I’m talking about action you take to bring about your goal in the physical world. For instance, if your goal is to get a job, an inspired action might be to send out your resume to various companies.
As I’ve said, if it doesn’t feel good to do that, then you don’t. Inspired action will always be a reflection of your vibration. If you are fearful, then your action will reflect that fear, and the results won’t be beneficial.
So, this type of action is action taken directly on the physical world.
But, the ritualistic action I am speaking of is a bit different. It is an action taken to represent your goal. You don’t believe the action will literally cause your goal to happen as a physical consequence of the action, but it is a magical act that helps your belief and trust in the process, and helps to communicate your goal to your subconscious mind via symbolism.
So, for example, if you cast a circle, call the quarters, light some candles and chant a spell, you don’t literally believe that this will, for example, directly cause more money to flow into your life. That is, you don’t believe that after the circle is closed, you’ll just happen to find a $100 bill on your altar. Well, if you do believe that and it works, then that’s pretty awesome! 😛
But more likely, you believe that this action is a representation of your desire, and that through this action, you’ll raise and shape the energy needed to perform this magical act. Then, the Universe will get to work bringing it to you.
So, there’s a huge difference between, say, performing a ritual and entrusting the result to the Universe, and sending out your resume to try to get a job. One is indirect and magical, and the other is direct and physical.
With direct, physical actions, you want to be sure that you’re already feeling confident about your manifestation. On the other hand, an indirect, magical action is used to build that confidence so you can go out and achieve the results you desire.
The Importance of Ritual
Most law of attraction teachers focus on the inner aspect of the manifestation process. Visualization, affirmations, releasing resistance—all of these are vitally important.
But, magic has been practiced for thousands of years, and magic commonly includes ritualistic aspects, which can help with the process of achieving your desired outcome.
Magic doesn’t require ritual, and in fact much of the magic I perform is purely internal. However, ritual is certainly a huge part of common practice.
You may actually already be performing ritual without realizing it. One of the common rituals that is often recommended by law of attraction teachers is vision boards. The idea goes that if you create a board filled with pictures of your desired outcome, it will cause you to feel good when you look at it, and so it will create a path for that manifestation to come to you.
It doesn’t literally and directly do anything that is going to cause your goal to come about. Instead, it is a representation of your goal, and intended to instill greater confidence within you.
In other words, it is a magical act.
There are plenty of other examples. Abraham has the “Placemat Process”, wherein you write the actions you plan on taking, and then the things you’d like the Universe to take care of. You don’t literally think this list will require the Universe to do what you ask, but it’s just simply to make you feel better about the process—i.e., magic. 🙂
So most likely, you’re already performing magic.
But why is it so important?
The fact is that the mind is extremely hard to control. I tell you to not react emotionally to the things that you don’t want to see in your reality, and to focus on what you do want, but it is far easier said than done.
But when you represent that desire through some magical action, it somehow communicates the goal to your subconscious mind, and therefore to the Universe, in a more real, concrete, definitive way.
The subconscious mind loves action. Remember that you are both a spiritual as well as a physical being. Imagining something in your mind is great, but it often doesn’t seem quite real to your subconscious unless you act it out physically in some way as well.
Have you ever tried to speak in public? You might rehearse the speech over and over in your head, and feel pretty good about it, but it doesn’t really hit home until you’re actually in front of an audience or even practicing in front of a friend.
Like it or not, words and actions are far more rooted in physical reality than thoughts. Thoughts are a necessary foundation, but they should also have their expression in outer reality in some form.
Magic Is Always Happening
I defined magic in my last post as “The manipulation of energies in order to obtain a desired end.” And this is still by far my favorite definition.
However, I see magic in a very broad frame. I see magic as any thought, word, or action intended to achieve a particular goal.
- Are you visualizing greater abundance in your life? That’s magic.
- Are you creating a vision board for the vacation you want to go on? Magic.
- Do you wear a “lucky” shirt to help your favorite sports team to win? Magic.
- Are you sending out your resume to get a job? Yep, still magic, because of the intent to achieve a goal.
Magic is even present often without the intent to shape reality:
- Are you telling someone about what a great day you had? It’s magic, because you’re putting positive energy out there into the Universe, which will come back to you.
- Are you complaining about what a horrible day you had? Magic, for the same reason, but this time acting against you. Also known as a curse.
- Are you speaking poorly about someone else? Magic—specifically placing an unintentional curse on them.
- Are you thinking about how much you love your partner? Magic, which will benefit both you and your partner.
- Are you going out to dinner, which makes you feel abundant? It’s magic, because that abundance will come back to you.
- Are you cutting out coupons, and it makes you feel poor? Magic, because that feeling will come back to you as well.
You see, magic is happening all the time, because you are always sending energy out into the Universe.
But, deliberate magic is what I said above: intentionally using thought, word, or action to shape your reality.
That’s why I like the word magic so much more than law of attraction for this, because it much better describes what is actually going on—and, well, to me it’s just a lot cooler. ????
Using Everyday Rituals
Now, the question is, how do you put this knowledge to use? Am I saying to go make yourself a wand, along with a bunch of other magical implements, and start doing ritual magic?
No, not necessarily, unless that type of magic resonates with you.
It can be so much simpler, and I hope to give some good examples here.
As I said, magic is all around you. You’re really never not doing magic. The question is, how will you become more deliberate and intentional about it, so you can start getting the results you want to get in life?
It doesn’t require studying witchcraft and buying a whole bunch of ritual tools. It can be done with simple, everyday items, mixed with the intention to shape the energies around you to your will.
Releasing Resistance in the Shower
I’ll give a really simple one I’ve been practicing lately. Showering is a pretty simple act, right? But, what if it became a magical act?
In particular, it can be used to release resistance and clear the way to your goals.
- Before you get in the shower, set the intention of allowing this shower to wash resistance away.
- As you get in the shower, either think of your particular goal, or bring to mind the specific resistance and obstacles you’ve been facing.
- If you thought of a goal, let the resistance to that goal spring to mind.
- Allow yourself to feel that resistance in your body. Imagine it as a dark layer of energy all around your body.
- As the water hits you, imagine it washing away all that dark energy. As you wash, imagine all the dark energy just pealing away.
- Imagine that dark energy flowing down the drain and out of your life.
- Let yourself feel the new lightness that is in and around you.
Money Flows Back to You
One of my favorite rituals lately is as follows:
Essentially, when you are paying a bill, or otherwise spending money on anything necessary, bless that money as it goes out. Feel grateful for what it is accomplishing for you.
Then, also intend that this money will return to you three-fold. Imagine the money returning in greater quantity than it left. You can choose another number if you prefer, but 3 is a magical number.
If you like, make up a brief affirmation to repeat in your mind, or out loud if you are alone, which affirms this intention. Some people like to rhyme their incantations, while others don’t care either way. But, using words can help that intention to be even stronger. I don’t have specific words for this one, but it is better if they are your own, anyway.
I’ve had very good results with this type of spell. It helps me to feel more open about spending money, because I’m always feeling the feeling of greater abundance returning to me.
Here are some other ideas in regards to money that I have found (copied from this source):
- Sprinkle cinnamon on your money.
- Always hand notes folded in half.
- -Before shopping envision that whatever you spend comes back threefold.
- Sprinkle dried mint or cinnamon in your purse or wallet.
- Everyday drop a penny into a jar and say:
“My life is filled with abundance And all my needs are met.” - Place basil leaves in pocket/purse.
- Keep an organic, unhulled almond in your purse or wallet; wrapped in a piece of green cloth and you will always have enough money.
Magic and Food
There is a very common branch of magic called kitchen witchery.
While it can be much more complex as what I will discuss here, a simple thing you can do is to tie your intention to food that you are making.
I’ve heard of a simple spell where you bake cookies, and carve a dollar sign on the top of each cookie. Then, you intend and visualize money flowing to you as each cookie is eaten.
Intending Health
Another simple one I’ve done is for health.
Before I eat any food, I intend that food only benefiting my body. I release any feeling of guilt or other forms of resistance. I imagine the food bringing nourishment to my body. I feel gratitude for the food, and what it will do for me. As always, you may use words if desired.
I suspect this is where the concept of saying grace came from. However, customize it to resonate to your own preferences.
Using Crystals
Crystals are another powerful magical tool. I may write a future post about crystals in particular, but I’ll mention a bit about them in brief.
Each crystal can be used for a variety of intentions. For instance, I have recently been using citrine for manifesting abundance.
Every so often, I will take the crystal in my hand, purifying it with energy, and telling it the intentions I have for abundance. I imagine it helping me to draw money into my life, and I thank it for its aid.
There are tons of ways of using crystals, and many resources that can be found online.
Putting It All Together
The above is just a very small sampling of what is possible. My goal was to give some ideas of everyday rituals you can perform, and inspire you to discover your own as well.
Magic and the law of attraction always respond to emotion. I’m not saying that these external actions are necessary. However, they can really help.
If you’re open to it, I suggest trying one or two ideas that resonate with you. If none of the ideas in this post resonate, there are plenty of others online, or you can create your own. The only indicator of whether it works is how it makes you feel. Does it help you to feel more confident about your goal? If so, then you’ve found a magical ritual that works for you.
I also wanted to demonstrate that magic doesn’t have to be complicated rituals. It can just be adding a magical intention to an everyday action. This, to me, is living magic, not just practicing it. Magic can be added to any action, and will bring your will to bear on that situation.
How About You?
Now it’s your turn. Has this post given you some ideas for everyday rituals you can perform to help with your manifestations? I’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments.
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I loved this post. I use rituals without realizing it. Whenever I do healing for someone and I have it available, I like to use oil as a symbol of healing for the person I am working on. I also love the idea that you don’t have to do complicated things to do a ritual. Simple is sometimes better.
Thanks, Christine. 🙂 I agree that simple is often better.
Interesting stuff about witchcraft etc Brandon, thanks. One thing I am now confused about is the apparent contradiction between magical focussing on your goal every day and making vision boards and all that, with the concept of ‘letting go’.
I ‘understood’ that it was important to focus on your goal and then let it go and let the universe turn the wheels in the background that bring your desire to you. Obsessing over it or constantly going over it in your mind was thought to be wrong and counterproductive.
Also, I ‘understood’ from reading various sources, that it wasn’t a ‘thing’ we were after, it was a feeling. You want a better job/car/relationship because it would make you feel happier. The feeling of happiness was the important thing, not the job or whatever, so how does making very specific wishes, as in your last post, fit in with that concept?
I’m not understanding something basic I don’t think. . .
Hi Jon,
Thanks for your comment. 🙂
To the first part of your question, you’re right that you shouldn’t be focusing on it all the time. Usually in magic, you do a spell once and then you let it go. Something like some of the money spells discussed above are more perpetual, and are just to help you to feel good about money in general over time.
But of course you shouldn’t be obsessing. I tell my clients not to do any kind of technique for their goal more than once per day.
To the second part: well you have to understand that magic and law of attraction, while I believe they are one and the same thing, the way they are taught might occasionally contradict one another.
The reason LOA teachers say that you should focus on how you want to feel, not on getting your specific thing, is because that will often reduce resistance.
Magic users have no such qualms about it, though. Of course there has to be some detachment, as I said, and you cannot obsess. But a magic user will fully intend to get his or her goal. They don’t generalize it to a feeling, and say that’s really what they were after from the beginning.
I think the reason for the difference is that it is easier to overcome resistance in magic/witchcraft, since you are really overloading your subconscious mind with all the symbolism that says your goal will come to pass. LOA users have done their best to strip out all magical components, and make it purely a mental art, for whatever reason.
I hope this makes sense.
To summarize, if you have a goal, an LOA user might say, “Well it’s the feeling behind the goal you really want,” while the magic user might say, “So, make it happen.”
Thanks Brandon, that makes a lot of sense. But what about the idea that you might get something even better than you had originally thought of, something you didn’t specify, but that will make you happier than the thing you did specify? “even more awesome’ as Melody puts it. .
If you are specific, you are dealing with the limitations of your imagination. The universe has no such limitations. . . Just wondering 😉
Hi Jon,
I believe that the “or something better” is implied in any manifestation. I never include that kind of verbiage myself because it’s always true. For instance, I spoke recently of my monthly goal last month, and how I ended up getting a lot more than I intended.
The feeling will determine the nature of the manifestation. If you do your techniques for manifesting / doing magic and feel anxious about it, it’s not going to work, or will even bring negative results.
But what I’m saying, and where I’m disagreeing with common LOA teaching, is that you should only be happy with the feeling.
Okay, let’s take a goal, and try out the two statements that follow, and compare how they each feel.
Goal: “I want to make an additional $500 per month.” (Substitute with your goal of choice)
It may be difficult, depending on how sensitive you are to energy. The first statement to me feels very neutral, perhaps slightly positive, but nothing too intense.
The second statement seems to evoke a lot more power and energy, which is what you want.
The first statement will likely get you there, but the second will probably be faster, due to the increased energy of the attitude of confidence.
Of course, the prerequisite has to be that you’re happy as you are now, and not pushing against your current situation. All that is still true.
And of course the Universe could bring you an additional $600, or $700, or $1,000 a month… depending on what your vibration allows for.
It’s just a difference of attitude and how you approach the goal. I suppose you could think of it as the yin vs. the yang of manifesting. The neutral, passive approach is one of total surrender and detachment. The active approach is one of complete confidence in your goal, and your ability to manifest it.
They both work. The active will probably be faster, though.
Got it. Thanks again for elucidating it all, Brandon
Hi again Jon,
I wanted to mention one other thing. Lately my practice has been to simply well, decide that my goal is going to come to pass. Confidence is the key. I’m not sure if you saw this post, but check out How to Take the Lead by Deciding on Your Path. It goes into the approach I’m talking about, of confidently saying, “This will happen,” rather than, “Well, it doesn’t really matter if it happens or not, just as long as I feel good.”
I have a similar question to Jon’s, about this post versus what other LOA people say. A lot of them say something along the lines of, “You don’t even need to specify what you want, because the Universe knows all of your preferences already. Your real problem is in allowing it, not in deciding what you want. Just line up with happy energy, and everything you want will come along, because you’ve already had tiny thoughts here and there about what you want all along.”
So, in your view, does the Universe already know what you want? Is it enough that you may have had a passing thought of, “Hey, that’s a nice car”? Would the mage say there is some added benefit to reiterating what you specifically want, even if the Universe already knows what it is?
I think you partly explained this in response to Jon, but I’d like a little more clarification if you have a chance. Thanks!
Hey Lisa,
It’s a great question.
If you have little to no resistance, then your passing thoughts can indeed manifest.
Deliberate magical practices come in when you’re trying to bridge the gap between where you are now, vs. where you want to be.
I’ll try to give an analogy. Imagine you want to go across the room. You simply get up and walk across, right? There’s nothing special needed.
Now let’s say you want to get to the store 5 miles away. Walking probably isn’t going to work. You’re probably going to get in the car and drive to the store.
Magic is that car. If you’re so close to your goal that you can just (metaphorically speaking) walk across the room and get it, then a car is overkill. If there’s a bigger gap, however, then you need to use some specialized tools.
I hope this makes sense.
That does make sense. Thanks!
I love how you always use analogies to help clarify points for us! So if you have no resistance to a desire then you don’t need to think about it at all. Just be happy and don’t focus on the lack and it will come about. However, desires that have resistance attached to them will most likely never come about if you don’t actively clear up your resistance surrounding the desire.
Hi Natasha,
Yes, correct. The less the resistance, the less you need to bridge that gap to get to your goal. Glad it made sense to you. 🙂
Hmm so, blessing water, food, shower, money, etc. can work even by a commoner like me (as opposed to a priest, a witch, etc.), as long as I invest positive emotions, and train my subconscious to believe that the blessing actually works?
This also brings me to something from yesterday. My biggest nemesis, paralysis due to trained avoidance of action got me hard. Having so many things to do, but being so resistant to action (because I’ve accidentally trained myself into inertia over the years), got me so overwhelmed and pushed me into despair.
I don’t know if you have time to read this, but it’s a 2-part experiment with taking action, and achieving results. It’s from a website I found long ago, that truly inspired me about Law of Attraction. First I’m gonna quote the guy, from the text in the link:
The links:
http://www.jasondemakis.com/a-social-experiment-in-synchronicity/
http://www.jasondemakis.com/a-social-experiment-in-synchronicity-part-2/
Anyway, my point with this is that I have noticed that usually I don’t get inspired to study for my exams. I can intend, but it’s not enough to inspire me to study.
What I have got from this guy is that, if you align with your goal (intending), and then take uninspired actions, you’re gonna get what you intended. As long as you don’t take the actions out of fear or desperation, but from knowing that it will get the energy moving.
If I take my studying for example, then I should intend passing the exams, doing well and having fun with studying, and then just start studying, even though I don’t find it appealing. As long as I keep telling myself that everything’s working out, things should work out, right? I haven’t yet tried this, but I do know that if I just intend, it’s not enough to motivate me to study something I dislike, and as a result I do nothing, I get paralyzed and drown into despair. Taking uninspired action seems like the only way for me to go.
If we take someone who wants a great job for example, then they could intend, and then send resumes that day even though they really aren’t inspired for it. As long as they keep reminding themselves that this is getting the energy moving, then something IS gonna start happening, right?
I’d really like to hear your opinion on this.
Hi Z,
Well, in witchcraft/magic there is really no idea of a “commoner” vs. a priest or something. Of course in covens there are high priests/priestesses, but it’s not like in Christianity where that means they are special in any way.
Anyone who practices magic is a magician. Anyone who practices witchcraft is a witch. The labels don’t matter so much. But the point is that there’s nothing keeping you from being able to use magic.
To the second part of your question, I strongly disagree with taking uninspired action.
I’ve had clients who thought any action was good action, so they would regularly take uninspired action towards their goals. I would have to tell them to literally stop any and all action towards their goals for the time being, because it was only keeping them stagnant.
Then, once we worked through the major issues that were keeping them stuck, they could then feel inspired to act, and things would happen much more quickly.
I’d say the same to someone sending out resumes. If you feel uninspired about it, you’re going to get uninspired results.
It’s like what we tell children: “Just take this bad-tasting medicine so you can feel better.” And that seems to be logical. But it’s giving in to the fear-based idea that we can’t have everything we want. It’s like the person who believes they have to get a job they hate so they can do what they love on the side. It seems logical, but really isn’t. It denies your power as a creator.
You outright said you dislike your studies. There’s a deeper problem, then, than just not feeling inspired to study. You need to look at how to correct the underlying issue. Stop making yourself take the bad-tasting medicine, for some abstract future hope that things will get better, eventually.
Because they never do, with that approach.
Either (1) get into a field where you do enjoy your studies, or (2) if you absolutely have to, inspire yourself by thinking what you can do with this degree, assuming you like that vision.
Thanks for the reply! I understand the 2 possible methods that you mentioned, however I’ll need to think of something else because I’m neither gonna enter a 4th college ever, nor do jobs related to what I’m studying excite me lol. I entered this college for wrong reasons, and now I’m keeping the whole thing alive until I get enlightened by what I’d like to do in life. What’s also keeping me here are friends (I’m still somewhat reluctant to call them friends, but I’m working on it). If only I were passionate about what I’m studying, then I could use LOA to passionately thrive in here haha. Oh the irony xD ~
So far the only thing that’s worked with me regarding studying (even the most awful subjects) was pushing through with action and trying to focus on interesting bits. I recall that even Abraham said something like, “choose something and line up with it”. In this case, I guess it would mean, just do it even it’s repulsive at first, and try to line up with it, as in, try to find the bits you like. Last semester I didn’t study unless I was inspired, and it backfired deadly, as you know already. I think I know what to do.
Also, I enjoyed the comments on this blog post, especially between you and Jon. Such a delightful new discovery of LOA and magic (I love this word). It’s a valuable gem for me. 🙂
Hey Z,
I agree with the idea to choose something and line up with it. But lining up with it doesn’t mean taking uninspired action. It means, you’ve made your choice to stay, so now find a way to feel good about it, and then act. 🙂
I’m glad you like the word “magic”. I’d love to always use it in reference to the law of attraction, but until more people know that they are one and the same, I’ll use both terms interchangeably.
I loved this post. I use rituals without realizing it. Whenever I do healing for someone and I have it available, I like to use oil as a symbol of healing for the person I am working on. I also love the idea that you don’t have to do complicated things to do a ritual. Simple is sometimes better.
Thanks, Christine. 🙂 I agree that simple is often better.
Interesting stuff about witchcraft etc Brandon, thanks. One thing I am now confused about is the apparent contradiction between magical focussing on your goal every day and making vision boards and all that, with the concept of ‘letting go’.
I ‘understood’ that it was important to focus on your goal and then let it go and let the universe turn the wheels in the background that bring your desire to you. Obsessing over it or constantly going over it in your mind was thought to be wrong and counterproductive.
Also, I ‘understood’ from reading various sources, that it wasn’t a ‘thing’ we were after, it was a feeling. You want a better job/car/relationship because it would make you feel happier. The feeling of happiness was the important thing, not the job or whatever, so how does making very specific wishes, as in your last post, fit in with that concept?
I’m not understanding something basic I don’t think. . .
Hi Jon,
Thanks for your comment. 🙂
To the first part of your question, you’re right that you shouldn’t be focusing on it all the time. Usually in magic, you do a spell once and then you let it go. Something like some of the money spells discussed above are more perpetual, and are just to help you to feel good about money in general over time.
But of course you shouldn’t be obsessing. I tell my clients not to do any kind of technique for their goal more than once per day.
To the second part: well you have to understand that magic and law of attraction, while I believe they are one and the same thing, the way they are taught might occasionally contradict one another.
The reason LOA teachers say that you should focus on how you want to feel, not on getting your specific thing, is because that will often reduce resistance.
Magic users have no such qualms about it, though. Of course there has to be some detachment, as I said, and you cannot obsess. But a magic user will fully intend to get his or her goal. They don’t generalize it to a feeling, and say that’s really what they were after from the beginning.
I think the reason for the difference is that it is easier to overcome resistance in magic/witchcraft, since you are really overloading your subconscious mind with all the symbolism that says your goal will come to pass. LOA users have done their best to strip out all magical components, and make it purely a mental art, for whatever reason.
I hope this makes sense.
To summarize, if you have a goal, an LOA user might say, “Well it’s the feeling behind the goal you really want,” while the magic user might say, “So, make it happen.”
Thanks Brandon, that makes a lot of sense. But what about the idea that you might get something even better than you had originally thought of, something you didn’t specify, but that will make you happier than the thing you did specify? “even more awesome’ as Melody puts it. .
If you are specific, you are dealing with the limitations of your imagination. The universe has no such limitations. . . Just wondering 😉
Hi Jon,
I believe that the “or something better” is implied in any manifestation. I never include that kind of verbiage myself because it’s always true. For instance, I spoke recently of my monthly goal last month, and how I ended up getting a lot more than I intended.
The feeling will determine the nature of the manifestation. If you do your techniques for manifesting / doing magic and feel anxious about it, it’s not going to work, or will even bring negative results.
But what I’m saying, and where I’m disagreeing with common LOA teaching, is that you should only be happy with the feeling.
Okay, let’s take a goal, and try out the two statements that follow, and compare how they each feel.
Goal: “I want to make an additional $500 per month.” (Substitute with your goal of choice)
It may be difficult, depending on how sensitive you are to energy. The first statement to me feels very neutral, perhaps slightly positive, but nothing too intense.
The second statement seems to evoke a lot more power and energy, which is what you want.
The first statement will likely get you there, but the second will probably be faster, due to the increased energy of the attitude of confidence.
Of course, the prerequisite has to be that you’re happy as you are now, and not pushing against your current situation. All that is still true.
And of course the Universe could bring you an additional $600, or $700, or $1,000 a month… depending on what your vibration allows for.
It’s just a difference of attitude and how you approach the goal. I suppose you could think of it as the yin vs. the yang of manifesting. The neutral, passive approach is one of total surrender and detachment. The active approach is one of complete confidence in your goal, and your ability to manifest it.
They both work. The active will probably be faster, though.
Got it. Thanks again for elucidating it all, Brandon
Hi again Jon,
I wanted to mention one other thing. Lately my practice has been to simply well, decide that my goal is going to come to pass. Confidence is the key. I’m not sure if you saw this post, but check out How to Take the Lead by Deciding on Your Path. It goes into the approach I’m talking about, of confidently saying, “This will happen,” rather than, “Well, it doesn’t really matter if it happens or not, just as long as I feel good.”
I have a similar question to Jon’s, about this post versus what other LOA people say. A lot of them say something along the lines of, “You don’t even need to specify what you want, because the Universe knows all of your preferences already. Your real problem is in allowing it, not in deciding what you want. Just line up with happy energy, and everything you want will come along, because you’ve already had tiny thoughts here and there about what you want all along.”
So, in your view, does the Universe already know what you want? Is it enough that you may have had a passing thought of, “Hey, that’s a nice car”? Would the mage say there is some added benefit to reiterating what you specifically want, even if the Universe already knows what it is?
I think you partly explained this in response to Jon, but I’d like a little more clarification if you have a chance. Thanks!
Hey Lisa,
It’s a great question.
If you have little to no resistance, then your passing thoughts can indeed manifest.
Deliberate magical practices come in when you’re trying to bridge the gap between where you are now, vs. where you want to be.
I’ll try to give an analogy. Imagine you want to go across the room. You simply get up and walk across, right? There’s nothing special needed.
Now let’s say you want to get to the store 5 miles away. Walking probably isn’t going to work. You’re probably going to get in the car and drive to the store.
Magic is that car. If you’re so close to your goal that you can just (metaphorically speaking) walk across the room and get it, then a car is overkill. If there’s a bigger gap, however, then you need to use some specialized tools.
I hope this makes sense.
That does make sense. Thanks!
I love how you always use analogies to help clarify points for us! So if you have no resistance to a desire then you don’t need to think about it at all. Just be happy and don’t focus on the lack and it will come about. However, desires that have resistance attached to them will most likely never come about if you don’t actively clear up your resistance surrounding the desire.
Hi Natasha,
Yes, correct. The less the resistance, the less you need to bridge that gap to get to your goal. Glad it made sense to you. 🙂
Hmm so, blessing water, food, shower, money, etc. can work even by a commoner like me (as opposed to a priest, a witch, etc.), as long as I invest positive emotions, and train my subconscious to believe that the blessing actually works?
This also brings me to something from yesterday. My biggest nemesis, paralysis due to trained avoidance of action got me hard. Having so many things to do, but being so resistant to action (because I’ve accidentally trained myself into inertia over the years), got me so overwhelmed and pushed me into despair.
I don’t know if you have time to read this, but it’s a 2-part experiment with taking action, and achieving results. It’s from a website I found long ago, that truly inspired me about Law of Attraction. First I’m gonna quote the guy, from the text in the link:
The links:
http://www.jasondemakis.com/a-social-experiment-in-synchronicity/
http://www.jasondemakis.com/a-social-experiment-in-synchronicity-part-2/
Anyway, my point with this is that I have noticed that usually I don’t get inspired to study for my exams. I can intend, but it’s not enough to inspire me to study.
What I have got from this guy is that, if you align with your goal (intending), and then take uninspired actions, you’re gonna get what you intended. As long as you don’t take the actions out of fear or desperation, but from knowing that it will get the energy moving.
If I take my studying for example, then I should intend passing the exams, doing well and having fun with studying, and then just start studying, even though I don’t find it appealing. As long as I keep telling myself that everything’s working out, things should work out, right? I haven’t yet tried this, but I do know that if I just intend, it’s not enough to motivate me to study something I dislike, and as a result I do nothing, I get paralyzed and drown into despair. Taking uninspired action seems like the only way for me to go.
If we take someone who wants a great job for example, then they could intend, and then send resumes that day even though they really aren’t inspired for it. As long as they keep reminding themselves that this is getting the energy moving, then something IS gonna start happening, right?
I’d really like to hear your opinion on this.
Hi Z,
Well, in witchcraft/magic there is really no idea of a “commoner” vs. a priest or something. Of course in covens there are high priests/priestesses, but it’s not like in Christianity where that means they are special in any way.
Anyone who practices magic is a magician. Anyone who practices witchcraft is a witch. The labels don’t matter so much. But the point is that there’s nothing keeping you from being able to use magic.
To the second part of your question, I strongly disagree with taking uninspired action.
I’ve had clients who thought any action was good action, so they would regularly take uninspired action towards their goals. I would have to tell them to literally stop any and all action towards their goals for the time being, because it was only keeping them stagnant.
Then, once we worked through the major issues that were keeping them stuck, they could then feel inspired to act, and things would happen much more quickly.
I’d say the same to someone sending out resumes. If you feel uninspired about it, you’re going to get uninspired results.
It’s like what we tell children: “Just take this bad-tasting medicine so you can feel better.” And that seems to be logical. But it’s giving in to the fear-based idea that we can’t have everything we want. It’s like the person who believes they have to get a job they hate so they can do what they love on the side. It seems logical, but really isn’t. It denies your power as a creator.
You outright said you dislike your studies. There’s a deeper problem, then, than just not feeling inspired to study. You need to look at how to correct the underlying issue. Stop making yourself take the bad-tasting medicine, for some abstract future hope that things will get better, eventually.
Because they never do, with that approach.
Either (1) get into a field where you do enjoy your studies, or (2) if you absolutely have to, inspire yourself by thinking what you can do with this degree, assuming you like that vision.
Thanks for the reply! I understand the 2 possible methods that you mentioned, however I’ll need to think of something else because I’m neither gonna enter a 4th college ever, nor do jobs related to what I’m studying excite me lol. I entered this college for wrong reasons, and now I’m keeping the whole thing alive until I get enlightened by what I’d like to do in life. What’s also keeping me here are friends (I’m still somewhat reluctant to call them friends, but I’m working on it). If only I were passionate about what I’m studying, then I could use LOA to passionately thrive in here haha. Oh the irony xD ~
So far the only thing that’s worked with me regarding studying (even the most awful subjects) was pushing through with action and trying to focus on interesting bits. I recall that even Abraham said something like, “choose something and line up with it”. In this case, I guess it would mean, just do it even it’s repulsive at first, and try to line up with it, as in, try to find the bits you like. Last semester I didn’t study unless I was inspired, and it backfired deadly, as you know already. I think I know what to do.
Also, I enjoyed the comments on this blog post, especially between you and Jon. Such a delightful new discovery of LOA and magic (I love this word). It’s a valuable gem for me. 🙂
Hey Z,
I agree with the idea to choose something and line up with it. But lining up with it doesn’t mean taking uninspired action. It means, you’ve made your choice to stay, so now find a way to feel good about it, and then act. 🙂
I’m glad you like the word “magic”. I’d love to always use it in reference to the law of attraction, but until more people know that they are one and the same, I’ll use both terms interchangeably.
Wow! I loved this post so much Brandon. It’s all so interesting. I am learning a lot from you :). I think whatever you have mentioned is all about suppprting our intentions and about boosting our faith and confidence.
It’s just putting our energy in those objects or words just to assure our subconscious mind that I am actually ‘doing’ something which will help to achieve whatever we intended. And I think it’s all positive stuff so no harm in trying. Sometimes just simple prayer or lucky objects we carry put our mind to rest in panic situations. For me it’s to keep mind motivated and using those good energies and sending out to the universe.
Our mind has tendency to doubt his power so I believe these things help to bring that power out and do the magic. Nothing has meaning unless you give it to it but sometimes it’s hard to convince that to your mind.
Thank you for another interesting post ????.
Hi Rhea,
Yes, exactly. You’re right. 🙂 It’s all to help our subconscious mind to believe in the goal.
Nothing has power unless we give it to that object… but interestingly, certain objects, because of hundreds of years of people putting a certain meaning to it, has sort of picked up that meaning as kind of a representation of the collective unconscious. For instance, the pentagram is a very powerful magic symbol of banishing. Nothing about the pentagram itself would indicate this meaning, and it’s had different meanings over the millennia. But, because of many, many magical users giving it this meaning, it does sort of have an inherent power.
That’s how certain crystals have certain powers, like citrine for abundance. Same for herbs, and other such symbols.
And because of this, magic is made more powerful, and more effective, because you have centuries of those who have strengthened the power of these various objects, and you really just have to trigger it.
so it’s a bit of both. 🙂
I’m so happy you enjoyed the post.
I like how you said “it’s all to help our subconscious mind believe in the goal.” Not long ago, I used to believe that we created via visualizing, or thinking about our desire constantly. Now I understand it’s already created, and we have to find some way of letting it in and believing in it so it can be realized by us.
Hey Natasha,
Right. Every desire is energy, and any energy you can imagine is already out there, somewhere.
The process of manifestation is really the process of homing in on that energy, focusing on its signature, and making it crystallize in your outer reality.
All the power is in your emotions. Visualization and affirmations are just a way to trigger the appropriate emotions, but they aren’t absolutely necessary. And doing it all the time really isn’t helpful. 🙂 Once a day works just fine.
Thank you for clearing that. Sounds great.
I use the shower to clens my aura, and I’m a huge fan of cristals.
Brandon,
Where does the phrase “God helps those who help themselves” come from and what does it mean, exactly? I would think it means you have an intention, you put in the order and go for it, and the Universe delivers.
Very helpful post!
Thanks, Kat.
The phrase actually comes from ancient Greece.
But I agree with your interpretation. I said something similar in the class I was teaching on Saturday: basically that you can’t plead with the Universe. You can’t beg it to give you your desire. You have to confidently choose it, and then the Universe will move. You have to take the first step, though.
That’s really great, B, thank you!
There is no fear that the thing you want won’t work out, huh? I was just thinking of this. People can’t manifest because of that- the fear of it not coming about. I know this is resistance, but in magic and mysticism there is no such thing, just knowing.
I can’t help thinking that we are so damaged by parents and society who stir the pot here and make us doubt what we want and getting to where we want to be. And then they ask how come we are still at it. Well, because of them. How can this be when their vibration is lower? We still picked it up somehow. Oh, it’s so bizarre.
Hi Kat,
Yes, you just need to have knowing, or at least find a way to get to that place of knowingness.
I agree society can definitely influence us. But I won’t say we’re damaged. We have the choice to overcome that.
As to how it happened, well as children we are easily influenced. And even if we have a high vibration, we still have buttons that others can push.
Yes, we have a choice, you are right, but I keep obsessing about it, or at least the part of my brain that ruminates does. Perhaps a future post on this topic would be beneficial to all.
Wow! I loved this post so much Brandon. It’s all so interesting. I am learning a lot from you :). I think whatever you have mentioned is all about suppprting our intentions and about boosting our faith and confidence.
It’s just putting our energy in those objects or words just to assure our subconscious mind that I am actually ‘doing’ something which will help to achieve whatever we intended. And I think it’s all positive stuff so no harm in trying. Sometimes just simple prayer or lucky objects we carry put our mind to rest in panic situations. For me it’s to keep mind motivated and using those good energies and sending out to the universe.
Our mind has tendency to doubt his power so I believe these things help to bring that power out and do the magic. Nothing has meaning unless you give it to it but sometimes it’s hard to convince that to your mind.
Thank you for another interesting post ????.
Hi Rhea,
Yes, exactly. You’re right. 🙂 It’s all to help our subconscious mind to believe in the goal.
Nothing has power unless we give it to that object… but interestingly, certain objects, because of hundreds of years of people putting a certain meaning to it, has sort of picked up that meaning as kind of a representation of the collective unconscious. For instance, the pentagram is a very powerful magic symbol of banishing. Nothing about the pentagram itself would indicate this meaning, and it’s had different meanings over the millennia. But, because of many, many magical users giving it this meaning, it does sort of have an inherent power.
That’s how certain crystals have certain powers, like citrine for abundance. Same for herbs, and other such symbols.
And because of this, magic is made more powerful, and more effective, because you have centuries of those who have strengthened the power of these various objects, and you really just have to trigger it.
so it’s a bit of both. 🙂
I’m so happy you enjoyed the post.
I like how you said “it’s all to help our subconscious mind believe in the goal.” Not long ago, I used to believe that we created via visualizing, or thinking about our desire constantly. Now I understand it’s already created, and we have to find some way of letting it in and believing in it so it can be realized by us.
Hey Natasha,
Right. Every desire is energy, and any energy you can imagine is already out there, somewhere.
The process of manifestation is really the process of homing in on that energy, focusing on its signature, and making it crystallize in your outer reality.
All the power is in your emotions. Visualization and affirmations are just a way to trigger the appropriate emotions, but they aren’t absolutely necessary. And doing it all the time really isn’t helpful. 🙂 Once a day works just fine.
On the side note, you wrote that you’ve been using citrine, and that your purify it. However, I have read a lot of times that citrine is one of the crystals that do not need purifying or cleansing. I’m confused a bit. ;p
That’s correct. But sometimes I like to scan it energetically and just make sure it is programmed to do what I want it to do. So I give it a bit of a refresher every few weeks. 🙂
I see. I’ve heard about programming crystals, but have never actually tried it. Sounds fun. Thanks!
Thank you for clearing that. Sounds great.
I use the shower to clens my aura, and I’m a huge fan of cristals.
Brandon,
Where does the phrase “God helps those who help themselves” come from and what does it mean, exactly? I would think it means you have an intention, you put in the order and go for it, and the Universe delivers.
Very helpful post!
Thanks, Kat.
The phrase actually comes from ancient Greece.
But I agree with your interpretation. I said something similar in the class I was teaching on Saturday: basically that you can’t plead with the Universe. You can’t beg it to give you your desire. You have to confidently choose it, and then the Universe will move. You have to take the first step, though.
That’s really great, B, thank you!
There is no fear that the thing you want won’t work out, huh? I was just thinking of this. People can’t manifest because of that- the fear of it not coming about. I know this is resistance, but in magic and mysticism there is no such thing, just knowing.
I can’t help thinking that we are so damaged by parents and society who stir the pot here and make us doubt what we want and getting to where we want to be. And then they ask how come we are still at it. Well, because of them. How can this be when their vibration is lower? We still picked it up somehow. Oh, it’s so bizarre.
Hi Kat,
Yes, you just need to have knowing, or at least find a way to get to that place of knowingness.
I agree society can definitely influence us. But I won’t say we’re damaged. We have the choice to overcome that.
As to how it happened, well as children we are easily influenced. And even if we have a high vibration, we still have buttons that others can push.
Yes, we have a choice, you are right, but I keep obsessing about it, or at least the part of my brain that ruminates does. Perhaps a future post on this topic would be beneficial to all.
Brandon,
I read quite a few blogs about wealth & LOA, and many of them talk about changing their vibe to attract money. But then when it comes to their own business, they achieve more wealth by marketing like crazy and jacking up prices to nose-bleed levels. So their client just get taught to do the same – bombard people with high pressure marketing and charge like wounded bulls. That’s not LoA, that’s old school manipulation.
I don’t really like this approach. If these people had a good money vibe, they’d just get into the stock market and let the money pour in at much higher levels.
CJ,
Wow, that’s a very limiting belief. Why is it they should get into the stock market? Why is it you think it is immoral/unethical to charge a proper rate for a useful service?
I don’t consider my coaching to be outrageous. it’s $125 per hour, and cheaper for packages of sessions. I know I bring real change to my clients’ lives.
I allow the Universe to bring me abundance via the people who sign up for my services. That is a valid mode of receiving abundance, as is any other method. I love what I do and am glad to help, and am also glad to be paid for it. 🙂
I’ll be releasing an LOA money coaching service soon, and it’ll be $1,000 for 3 months of coaching. I feel that this is a fair rate.
My point is, money is an exchange. It is a flow of energy. It allows others to repay me for the value I give them.
I get money in other ways, too, but I have no qualms about receiving money doing what I love.
It’s like those who think that psychics / intuitives shouldn’t charge what they do, or healers for that matter. I’ve been paid, happily, for all of the above.
I believe that to receive money, you must love money, in all its forms. If you limit money, it won’t come to you.
I wasn’t referring to you. John Assaraf would be one such example of someone I’m thinking of.
He promotes LoA, but relies on hard core marketing and very high fees to actually make his money. Why not just get into the stock market? Does he have a successful wealth-attracting vibe or does he not? He seems to use very manipulative techniques to get people to buy his products.
Hi CJ,
I know you weren’t referring to me. I was just using my services as an example.
The issue I take is the thought that if someone has a high money vibration, they should get in the stock market. The stock market isn’t a match for everyone.
I agree that hard marketing probably shouldn’t be used. But they’re on their own path. I’m just saying, look at your own beliefs around money, and why this is triggering you.
Hi CJ,
I suspect you haven’t seen examples of it because you’re simply not a match to that. Your limiting beliefs prohibit you from seeing such examples.
Any time you rely on a specific mode of abundance as your particular means, you are limiting the Universe. Again, some people might not be a match to abundance via the stock market. Some people might get it through the lottery, a successful business, inheritance, and so many more examples.
So again, I’d look at your own limiting beliefs. It’s tough because they can appear as fact, but I assure you they are not.
I guess I have resistance to wealth because if I allowed it then I’d become one of those awful people who screw and pressure people and bend the law (according to my limiting belief).
Here’s a tricky question. You know they say that the majority of people who win big sums through lottery end up *somehow* losing it, because they didn’t feel worth it. But how did they manifest it if they didn’t first feel worth it?
Thanks.
Hi CJ,
Most likely, their strong desire overwhelmed their resistance temporarily. Once they got it, though, the resistance kicked back in, and they lost it again.
Cool. Thanks.
Also, you couldn’t receive money unless you were a match to it. Marketing can fail to work, or it can succeed. The determining factor as to its success is the LOA.
On the side note, you wrote that you’ve been using citrine, and that your purify it. However, I have read a lot of times that citrine is one of the crystals that do not need purifying or cleansing. I’m confused a bit. ;p
That’s correct. But sometimes I like to scan it energetically and just make sure it is programmed to do what I want it to do. So I give it a bit of a refresher every few weeks. 🙂
I see. I’ve heard about programming crystals, but have never actually tried it. Sounds fun. Thanks!
Brandon,
I read quite a few blogs about wealth & LOA, and many of them talk about changing their vibe to attract money. But then when it comes to their own business, they achieve more wealth by marketing like crazy and jacking up prices to nose-bleed levels. So their client just get taught to do the same – bombard people with high pressure marketing and charge like wounded bulls. That’s not LoA, that’s old school manipulation.
I don’t really like this approach. If these people had a good money vibe, they’d just get into the stock market and let the money pour in at much higher levels.
CJ,
Wow, that’s a very limiting belief. Why is it they should get into the stock market? Why is it you think it is immoral/unethical to charge a proper rate for a useful service?
I don’t consider my coaching to be outrageous. it’s $125 per hour, and cheaper for packages of sessions. I know I bring real change to my clients’ lives.
I allow the Universe to bring me abundance via the people who sign up for my services. That is a valid mode of receiving abundance, as is any other method. I love what I do and am glad to help, and am also glad to be paid for it. 🙂
I’ll be releasing an LOA money coaching service soon, and it’ll be $1,000 for 3 months of coaching. I feel that this is a fair rate.
My point is, money is an exchange. It is a flow of energy. It allows others to repay me for the value I give them.
I get money in other ways, too, but I have no qualms about receiving money doing what I love.
It’s like those who think that psychics / intuitives shouldn’t charge what they do, or healers for that matter. I’ve been paid, happily, for all of the above.
I believe that to receive money, you must love money, in all its forms. If you limit money, it won’t come to you.
I wasn’t referring to you. John Assaraf would be one such example of someone I’m thinking of.
He promotes LoA, but relies on hard core marketing and very high fees to actually make his money. Why not just get into the stock market? Does he have a successful wealth-attracting vibe or does he not? He seems to use very manipulative techniques to get people to buy his products.
Hi CJ,
I know you weren’t referring to me. I was just using my services as an example.
The issue I take is the thought that if someone has a high money vibration, they should get in the stock market. The stock market isn’t a match for everyone.
I agree that hard marketing probably shouldn’t be used. But they’re on their own path. I’m just saying, look at your own beliefs around money, and why this is triggering you.
Thanks for the reply. For someone with a strong success vibe, there’s no quicker, easier way to start making money than financial markets. Most people like ease and rapid wealth, so you know… just make a few clicks and away you go?
To use a current example, how much of Trump’s wealth is due to bulldozing and pressuring his staff, competitors, contractors, etc? I don’t know the answer, but I have met many wealthy people where they end up rich because they manipulate and pressure people, bend the law and work *REALLY* hard. LoA should be wealth through allowing, moderate work levels and manifestation, but I’ve never seen a real life example of this, only the examples I just mentioned.
Hi CJ,
I suspect you haven’t seen examples of it because you’re simply not a match to that. Your limiting beliefs prohibit you from seeing such examples.
Any time you rely on a specific mode of abundance as your particular means, you are limiting the Universe. Again, some people might not be a match to abundance via the stock market. Some people might get it through the lottery, a successful business, inheritance, and so many more examples.
So again, I’d look at your own limiting beliefs. It’s tough because they can appear as fact, but I assure you they are not.
I guess I have resistance to wealth because if I allowed it then I’d become one of those awful people who screw and pressure people and bend the law (according to my limiting belief).
Here’s a tricky question. You know they say that the majority of people who win big sums through lottery end up *somehow* losing it, because they didn’t feel worth it. But how did they manifest it if they didn’t first feel worth it?
Thanks.
Hi CJ,
Most likely, their strong desire overwhelmed their resistance temporarily. Once they got it, though, the resistance kicked back in, and they lost it again.
Cool. Thanks.
Also, you couldn’t receive money unless you were a match to it. Marketing can fail to work, or it can succeed. The determining factor as to its success is the LOA.
Hi, Brandon.
LOA is about feeling good. You want to put yourself in the feeling good state.
Does that mean that music can be used to help with this? I feel like I am very sensitive to music at times.
Hi Cody,
Well, perhaps. But you must develop the ability to feel good on your own as well, throughout the day. But it can certainly be used to help you get to that place.
Hi, Brandon.
LOA is about feeling good. You want to put yourself in the feeling good state.
Does that mean that music can be used to help with this? I feel like I am very sensitive to music at times.
Hi Cody,
Well, perhaps. But you must develop the ability to feel good on your own as well, throughout the day. But it can certainly be used to help you get to that place.
You mentioned before that Virgin Mary is probably a goddess. What about Christian God? The Father.
What about him? He’s a god. A pretty jealous one, as he himself admits.
Oh I meant to ask if he’s real or not, but according to your reply I guess he really is. Interesting.
Oh yes, just about any god you can imagine is real, and many more besides.
Hmm now I wonder if all those gods were created by us humans imagining them and focusing on them, or they really already existed even before any human became aware of them.
Also, what is Christian God jealous of? Christians today talk about him as being merciful.
Oh gods, of course they exist! They existed far before we ever even came along. I know of many people who never believed in the gods until the gods came to them. Even one case when someone was an atheist, and the gods kept trying to get his attention.
And I’m not sure if you know Christians very well. 😛 Well, some might say that, but their scripture says otherwise.
Etc, etc, etc. 🙂
You mentioned before that Virgin Mary is probably a goddess. What about Christian God? The Father.
What about him? He’s a god. A pretty jealous one, as he himself admits.
Oh I meant to ask if he’s real or not, but according to your reply I guess he really is. Interesting.
Oh yes, just about any god you can imagine is real, and many more besides.
Hmm now I wonder if all those gods were created by us humans imagining them and focusing on them, or they really already existed even before any human became aware of them.
Also, what is Christian God jealous of? Christians today talk about him as being merciful.
Oh gods, of course they exist! They existed far before we ever even came along. I know of many people who never believed in the gods until the gods came to them. Even one case when someone was an atheist, and the gods kept trying to get his attention.
And I’m not sure if you know Christians very well. 😛 Well, some might say that, but their scripture says otherwise.
Etc, etc, etc. 🙂
Thanks for all the quotes haha. Wow, I can’t believe that despite having gone to church for many years in the past, I never heard of God being jealous. This is new to me. Maybe it’s because I never read the Bible.
I feel a bit strange. For many years I believed in the God, and then I stopped, because it was easier to believe that there was no God, than to believe that there was God, who allowed all the agony to happen to me. The latter invoked so much hatred and resentment from me. And now to hear from a different perspective that God actually does exist. It’s strange…
Also I wonder how come Melody hasn’t been able to perceive the actual existence of christian God, virgin Mary, Greek gods, etc., even though she’s very enlightened, but you have. Maybe your truth differs from Melody’s significantly. But that would also mean that my truth also differs from the truths of you two. And I should stop here, otherwise I’m gonna confuse myself to hell lol.
Hi Z,
I don’t really believe that people have different truths. I mean, if something’s true, it’s true, and if it’s not, it’s not. If the gods exist, they exist, period. Otherwise if they only existed to me and not to you, well then they wouldn’t really exist, would they?
But, she just probably doesn’t focus on those things for some reason. That’s her choice. She seems to want to make the spiritual side as abstract as possible, which some new age people do. I find it more useful to focus on the personal aspects, such as the gods.
What you choose is up to you.
Why do the gods allow you to go through agony? Well, the gods can’t really do anything that’s opposed to your vibration. If you aren’t a match to good things, then no power out there can override that.
It’s really only a problem in Christianity. In Paganism, we don’t claim that the gods are omnipotent. They have a lot of power, but they don’t have unlimited power. They don’t have the power to put something in our reality that we aren’t a match to.
If we have a relationship with one or more gods, they will help us, though. They can point out better ways of overcoming our resistance. They can give us perhaps even better results than we would have gotten on our own, strictly using the law of attraction. They’re allowed to do that. They just can’t oppose our vibration entirely.
I hope that makes sense.
Deepak Chopra’s book How to Know God gives a good explanation of the various Gods. He calls them projections of the mind, rather than realities. At the first stage, the mind projects a jealous vengeful God, and the projection changes as the person changes.
Hey CJ,
I disagree that they are projections of the mind. I’ve had extremely real experiences with them, and have heard of people whom the gods approached before they even believed in various gods.
So I think they are very much real.
Thanks for all the quotes haha. Wow, I can’t believe that despite having gone to church for many years in the past, I never heard of God being jealous. This is new to me. Maybe it’s because I never read the Bible.
I feel a bit strange. For many years I believed in the God, and then I stopped, because it was easier to believe that there was no God, than to believe that there was God, who allowed all the agony to happen to me. The latter invoked so much hatred and resentment from me. And now to hear from a different perspective that God actually does exist. It’s strange…
Also I wonder how come Melody hasn’t been able to perceive the actual existence of christian God, virgin Mary, Greek gods, etc., even though she’s very enlightened, but you have. Maybe your truth differs from Melody’s significantly. But that would also mean that my truth also differs from the truths of you two. And I should stop here, otherwise I’m gonna confuse myself to hell lol.
Hi Z,
I don’t really believe that people have different truths. I mean, if something’s true, it’s true, and if it’s not, it’s not. If the gods exist, they exist, period. Otherwise if they only existed to me and not to you, well then they wouldn’t really exist, would they?
But, she just probably doesn’t focus on those things for some reason. That’s her choice. She seems to want to make the spiritual side as abstract as possible, which some new age people do. I find it more useful to focus on the personal aspects, such as the gods.
What you choose is up to you.
Why do the gods allow you to go through agony? Well, the gods can’t really do anything that’s opposed to your vibration. If you aren’t a match to good things, then no power out there can override that.
It’s really only a problem in Christianity. In Paganism, we don’t claim that the gods are omnipotent. They have a lot of power, but they don’t have unlimited power. They don’t have the power to put something in our reality that we aren’t a match to.
If we have a relationship with one or more gods, they will help us, though. They can point out better ways of overcoming our resistance. They can give us perhaps even better results than we would have gotten on our own, strictly using the law of attraction. They’re allowed to do that. They just can’t oppose our vibration entirely.
I hope that makes sense.
Deepak Chopra’s book How to Know God gives a good explanation of the various Gods. He calls them projections of the mind, rather than realities. At the first stage, the mind projects a jealous vengeful God, and the projection changes as the person changes.
Hey CJ,
I disagree that they are projections of the mind. I’ve had extremely real experiences with them, and have heard of people whom the gods approached before they even believed in various gods.
So I think they are very much real.
Thanks for the post, Brandon. 🙂 I like simple ritutals that are easy to do. My favourites on the list are the ones for money and health. In the book Raising Your Vibration by Kyle Gray he suggess blessing your food or blessing the last meal you’ve eaten if you don’t always remember to bless your food before you eat it!
Thanks. I also love the simple rituals. 🙂 I think it helps us to keep connected with the Divine throughout the day, and make our desires more real to us.
Thanks for the post, Brandon. 🙂 I like simple ritutals that are easy to do. My favourites on the list are the ones for money and health. In the book Raising Your Vibration by Kyle Gray he suggess blessing your food or blessing the last meal you’ve eaten if you don’t always remember to bless your food before you eat it!
Thanks. I also love the simple rituals. 🙂 I think it helps us to keep connected with the Divine throughout the day, and make our desires more real to us.