Creative Sacred Living Magazine July 2014 | Page 66

What to do when the law of attraction isn't working

by Linda Markley

The law of attraction tends to work better for people at first. This is similar to many other practices - at first they can be easy and then they get harder, presenting us with the opportunity to explore and learn something new, thereby deepening and expanding our understanding and abilities.

1. Surrender/love what is

When we resist what is, even subtly by thinking it 'should' not be like this or feel a need for something to be different, we keep ourselves from being present. When we are not present we live in our minds. We can make this seductively pleasant by thinking or visualising what we want but, if that's all we do, it will interrupt our direct experience and enjoyment of life and keep us from knowing what is actually possible for us and how to enable that to happen,

2. Accept the possibility of the opposite of what you want

With success comes the possibility of failure. If the opposite of what we want is not acceptable to us, we will resist it and hold onto control, both of which limit how much we allow. Many of us resist similar things, which continually strengthens their energy field.

Our happiness does not depend on external circumstances. Once we really know this, we can make our peace with all possibilities. Then, instead of focusing on a particular outcome we can let go, which gives the part of us that interacts with infinite intelligence to play full out, exploring all possibilities, ramifications and eventualities, find what we need and tweak it according to our preferences, leading to the best of all potentialities

Come to the edge, he said. They came, he pushed, they flew.