Live in a state of certainty

While visiting friends in Arizona, I had the pleasure of reading for several of my regular clients. Though many are ardent students of the Law of Attraction, some were frustrated over their inability to manifest certain desires. These certain desires also turned out to be desires they had longed for most, if not all, of their life. So the question kept occurring, if the Law of Attraction is so precise, why doesn't it work for everything?

The Law of Attraction – Ask, Receive, Allow - always works, no exceptions. You ask through your desire and Source energy responds immediately. In fact, simultaneously. The last step in the three-part process is to Allow. It sounds simple enough but this is the juncture where anyone who has yet to see their desires manifest experiences frustration. The key to attracting anything we truly desire is making the distinction between allowing our desire to come forward and waiting for the time it arrives.

When we allow our desire to come forward, we accept that what we have asked for is already manifested. We live in a state of certainty, very much like ordering a book from Amazon.com and confidently assuming it will delivered to our doorstep. There is a knowing, an unshakable faith, and no other action is necessary. Focus stays in the present moment and what is desired manifests into the visible world as soon the Law of Attraction assembles all the necessary elements.

When we wait, time and separation become a factor... now, then, here, there. The powerful, magnetic force of the Law of Attraction dissipates when we acknowledge ourselves in one place as we ask, and imagine ourselves in another place in time when we receive. Realization of the desire becomes a waiting game and so it remains in the future…when I get the money, when I find my mate, when I have a new car, etc. Because the energy is vibrating in two places, Law of Attraction cannot deliver the desire anymore than Amazon.com could deliver a book to an address that doesn’t exist.

This gap between the desire and its manifestation can trip up the best of us. So then, how can we observe what is in the moment - the lack of what is desired - and see ourselves as having it without toggling between the present and the future? One of my favorite tools to stay focused on the present moment comes from the Abraham-Hicks material: tell your story for the sheer pleasure of the story. In doing so, the intention is not to get anything, rather it is to experience the joy of already having it. Let’s take an example.

Suppose you need a car. In the time-space model, you might create a vision board with pictures of the car of your dreams, or write and paste affirmations around your house. Though these tools can be helpful, as explained above the desire can become objectified and easily slip into future tense. In the tell-your-story model, you imagine yourself telling your new story to a trusted friend. "I love driving my new car! The interior is so luxurious I feel rich every time I get behind the wheel. And talk about a quiet, smooth ride! I just glide over the road as if I'm traveling on air." Of course you'll add your own details, but you get the idea. It's all about feeling the feeling of having it in the moment.

Whatever you choose to call forward, make sure it feels believable to you (more about this later) and have fun creating it!