The Science Behind the Law of Attraction Magazine August, 2016 | Page 24

A W i l t i n g Sex Li f e Doesn ?t Have To Be You r Real i t y
By El l en Wood, Feat u r ed Col u m n i st
Somehow our society has accepted the idea that
when we get into middle age and beyond, sex
becomes less exciting, less pleasurable, less
possible. And if that?s what people keep
affirming, that?s what they get. It?s the Law of
Attraction at work.
A wilting sex life doesn?t have to be your reality
and there are scientific studies that prove this.
We can still enjoy passionate sex into our 80s and
beyond. Lovemaking actually stirs up the life
force within and can help us to grow younger.
Catching ourselves whenever old programming
surfaces is an important part of growing younger.
Here?s one ?affirmation? that?s not expressed
openly, but can be subtly damaging our libido,
Sex is a problem; I must be getting old.
An unintentional affirmation works just as well as
intentional ones do. I keep forgetting where I put
my glasses is one of those. You might couch it in
stronger terms than I just did but remember, you
are affirming something you don?t want to do. The
intensity of your feeling, in this case frustration,
and how often you say it, will determine the
magnitude of your manifestation. Your memory
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will most likely become worse if you keep
repeating that it?s always forgetting things.
Intentional affirmations will not work to their full
potential unless you become aware of your mind
chatter which could be contradicting what you
really want. Let me put it this way: your moment
to moment thoughts are all affirmations, and
affirmations can be negative too. If they are
self-defeating thoughts, you?re accumulating
quite a bit of negative momentum. So catch
yourself whenever you?re saying something
negative about yourself or worrying about what
might happen as you get older. You can use those
moments when you catch yourself to turn the
thought into a positive affirmation. Let?s say you
catch yourself thinking: I?ll never be able to finish
a Sudoku puzzle. Red flag goes up. Now is your
opportunity to create a positive affirmation: I?m
getting better at Sudoku all the time! This negates
the defeating thought and eventually you?ll have
evidence that you can finish a Sudoku. Here?s an
example of a mindless affirmation I heard in the
ladies room at the hotel in Albuquerque right
before I gave a keynote address for the New
Mexico Department of Aging. A woman was