The Law of Attraction is the idea that you can manifest what you want by focusing on it and raising the vibration of your energy system. It was made popular by a movie called the Secret with a book of the same name. It has evolved out of many years of the idea of positive thinking.

The idea of positive thinking was to always focus on what was good. If you think negative thoughts then you’ll get more of that instead of what you really want. So you need to pay special attention to your thoughts, all day every day, and weed out all those negative thoughts. Having tried this, I can tell you its hard work. It’s hard to stay in the present moment when you’re trying to monitor every thought that comes into your head and edit every word that pops out of your mouth.

And then along comes EFT. EFT allows us to deal with negative thoughts and emotions, clearing “disruptions in the body’s energy system” that we feel as emotions that we label as negative.

When using EFT we focus on the supposedly negative. We say negative words while we’re tapping. A frequently asked question from newcomers is “why do we say the negative, when we’ve been taught for years to only focus on the positive?” There’s almost a phobia about focusing on the negative just in case, if you focus on it, even for just a little while, suddenly you will manifest all those bad things on the spot instantly! Uh huh.

When I first discovered EFT, I became almost obsessive with tapping on every negative thought that popped into my head, thinking that if I could just clear all those negative thoughts then I would be happy; then I would be rich; then I could have what I want.

So after 6 years of clearing negative stuff, how’s that working out for me?

While I do feel amazing on the inside, and I still very much use EFT as an effective healing tool for myself and my clients, my external circumstances can still be a struggle. Supporters of the law of attraction would say that I’m not yet vibrating at the right level to manifest what I want. So should I continue to search for why I’m not vibrating at the right level and continue to try and find the negative beliefs that are holding me back until I tap them all out before taking action?

One definition of insanity is to do the same thing over and over again and expect a different result.

So what else could be the case? 

A brilliant article by fellow Australian tapper Steve Wells on the Power of Negative Thinking and Feeling highlighted that there are some highly successful people out there with very negative thinking. They don’t get much more successful than Warren Buffet who is currently one of the richest man in the world. What is his mantra, his primary thought that has helped achieve such incredible success: “Don’t lose money” This phrase focuses on the negative. This phrase focuses on what he doesn’t want. Seems to have worked pretty well for him. This phrase hasn’t stopped him from achieving his dreams.

So are you using the law of attraction as an excuse for not taking action?

If you aren’t yet successful, is it because you haven’t cleared all those negative things and there must still be something wrong with your level of vibration so you should continue to focus on finding what’s wrong? Or, could it be, that there is nothing wrong with you except that you haven’t taking enough actions to achieve what you want?.

One of my favourite quotes is:

“If man advances confidently in the direction of his own dreams and endeavours to live the life that he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.” – by Henry David Thoreau

Don’t get me wrong, I do still think there is such things as self-sabotage, limiting beliefs, and psychological reversals but how long are you going to continue to focus on finding and clearing these before you start taking action towards your goals. How would you know if you have cleared all these things without taking action and receiving some feedback? You don’t receive feedback until you take some action to move forward.

I guess the whole point of this article is to encourage, prompt, and challenge you to take action, any actual real physical action, that will move you towards what you want regardless of what state you think your thoughts or vibration are in. Get honest with yourself and check to see whether you are using self-improvement, personal development, or the law of attraction as an excuse for not getting off your butt and doing something to move towards your goals.

Here are some examples about what action might look like:

• If you want to have a ideal relationship: are you actually dating people, are you listed on RSVP, or are you sitting at home visualising your ideal mate and hoping they will walk through the door?
• If you want to increase your income: are you doing something to increase your value in the market place or are you sitting at home staring at dream boards?
• If you want more clients in your business: are you trying different types of marketing or are you sitting in an empty office wondering what’s wrong with your level of vibration?

Don’t let the law of attraction stop you from actually doing something that can move you towards your goals. Now. Today. Right now. Why are you still reading?

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