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The paradox of Attraction

One of the hardest parts of working with Attraction for me is to think, believe and act now as if the thing/person/event that I want is already present, although quite blatantly it is not.

Henry Thomas Hamblin wrote about this paradox in his book "Within You Is the Power", written in the 1920's, which talks about the unlimited abundance available to all of us. "One who realizes and really believes that there is abundance and plenty for him, puts into operation a powerful law which will surely bring opportunity to him, sooner or later. Many however ruin their hopes by not knowing that for a time they must live a kind of double life. They must be opulent in consciousness, but careful and thrifty in actual practice. The time will come when their means will largely increase."

So how do you maintain the 'double life' until the end point you want is reached, knowing that if you don't, you won't ever reach that point?

Solving this paradox is a lesson worth learning, because once you do reach that end point, you'll no doubt already be on the way to a new end point - you'll never stop having new desires.

How do you feel successful when you haven't got enough clients?
How do you feel loved and understood when you haven't met your soulmate?
How do you feel prosperous when the bills are mounting?

I know the theory and I'm discovering the practice - the theory is, as I said at the beginning, you have to think, believe and act as if what you want is already present. The practice is that I've had to devise strategies and daily habits that support the growth of my new beliefs and which enable me to think in a way that I know is going to produce what I desire.

The first part of the trick is to learn not to react to what is present in front of you, but to think in that moment about what you want in its place. A challenge!

The second part can be done later, after the event at your leisure, but is still a challenge. Knowing that everything that is presented to me is a reflection of something in me, a mirror of my thoughts and beliefs, my work is to make the time to bring those beliefs up to the daylight and to choose to replace them with ones that tie in with the manifestation that I want.

If you want to be a deliberate creator, you're going to have to be prepared to be deliberate, and diligent and disciplined in your creating!

I'm getting there, slowly. It takes time to build new habits, and I've found it's easier to do that in some areas than in others. With some people I still get hooked into reacting to what's in front of me, the now, rather than focusing on the creation of my 'future now'.

In other life areas, where I've been able to become more detached from the outcome being as I want it, I'm noticing some amazing results.

The amazing results have shown up not just as the right opportunities turning up just when I needed them, finding the exact 'thing' I was looking for, or events turning out as I had imagined them, but in how I feel most of the time. 'Struggle' is a word I used to use a lot - life often felt like a struggle. What I wanted in its place was effortlessness - and I can tell you, it feels good!

It's an exciting journey of discovery!

About the author: This article is written by Annie Meachem, CEO of The Feng Shui Marketing Center, www.fengshuimarketingcenter.com and of Trellis Coaching, www.trelliscoaching.com.

Annie is an expert in Attraction Marketing and author of "Attraction Marketing: How to Attract All the Perfect Clients You Want", published by the Lean Marketing Press, and available from www.bookshaker.com, Amazon, and many good bookshops. She works with Feng Shui consultants and self-employed professionals who want to spend more time doing what they love and less time marketing.

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