The Attraction Trap
by Christina Cummings
I once used the law of attraction to manifest $75,000. It took about four months of visualizing, concentrating, and generating a sense of gratitude as if my desire had already manifested, but it worked. There is no doubt in my mind about the creative energy of thought. This energy has the ability to shift, merge, transmute, and ultimately, manifest itself into physical form, which is simply another state of energy.
The bad news is no amount of attracting material items or specific circumstances into your life will provide what you really want.
way. While having the financial freedom to do exactly what I wanted to do, I was then confronted with the stark reality that I was no happier, and certainly no more peaceful, than before I deposited that $75,000 check into my bank account.
Many people are seduced by the magical-seeming ability to produce specific, desired results by harnessing the creative power of thought. The ego’s mindset almost immediately latches onto this scientific and metaphysical principle in its endless pursuit of pleasure and avoidance of pain. Unfortunately, this misguided use of the law of attraction fails to provide that which is most truly desired: happiness, peace, and fulfillment.
Our ulterior motive, all along, is to find the things, people, and situations that will provide us with happiness, overlooking the fact that happiness can never be found outside of ourselves in the first place. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with having a beautiful house, a nice car, or the perfect partner; the problem comes from expecting those exterior things to give you the happiness and peace that you really crave.
The good news is that by using the same principles in the law of attraction, you can transform your life from one of scarcity, misery, and victimization to one of joy and Love. True happiness is within reach when you begin to harness the infinitely creative power of your mind. If you don’t like what you are experiencing in your life, you don’t need to look for any external fix. All you have to do is change your mind.
A Course In Miracles teaches us that the definition of a miracle is any shift in one’s mind from fear to Love. This miraculous shift from a negative mindset (fear) to a positive mindset (one based in Love) is the only way to uncover the endless abundance of happiness lying dormant within your own being. As you release your fear-based (ego) thoughts, patterns, and beliefs, they are replaced with the Love-based effects of peace, happiness, and joy. Every time.
Miracles are performed through the process of forgiveness. In forgiveness, we release all judgment and blame, of both others and ourselves. Then we take full responsibility for our perceptions, and thereby our experience of life, by acknowledging that we have created our reality through our own powerful thoughts. Finally, we must choose to see through the eyes of Love instead of the fear that has caused our unhappy experience. To be successful in choosing Love over fear, we must be willing to let go of our need to be right in favor of attaining true happiness. Also, we must seek help from the Holy Spirit, which is the divine guidance system within us, by asking for assistance in making this shift and allowing Him to intervene for us. In this way, we change our minds from a fear-based perspective (guilt, blame, judgment) to a Loving perspective (acceptance, humility, gratitude).
Are you enjoying a reality of joy, peace, and abundance? If not, you have the ultimate power to change your mind, and consequently, your reality. Pay attention to the thoughts dominating your mind as well as the words you find yourself speaking. Are they kind, positive, and loving? Are they negative, bitter, or a victim story? The former will result in contagious levels of joy and peace, whereas the latter will result in pain and misery. Which will it be? It is your divine right to choose.
Christina Cummings enjoys spending her time learning, discussing, and writing about the deeper realms of Life, Love, and God. She is a student and teacher of the metaphysical text A Course In Miracles. You can read and hear more at: www.christinacummings.org.
by Christina Cummings
I once used the law of attraction to manifest $75,000. It took about four months of visualizing, concentrating, and generating a sense of gratitude as if my desire had already manifested, but it worked. There is no doubt in my mind about the creative energy of thought. This energy has the ability to shift, merge, transmute, and ultimately, manifest itself into physical form, which is simply another state of energy.
The bad news is no amount of attracting material items or specific circumstances into your life will provide what you really want.
way. While having the financial freedom to do exactly what I wanted to do, I was then confronted with the stark reality that I was no happier, and certainly no more peaceful, than before I deposited that $75,000 check into my bank account.
Many people are seduced by the magical-seeming ability to produce specific, desired results by harnessing the creative power of thought. The ego’s mindset almost immediately latches onto this scientific and metaphysical principle in its endless pursuit of pleasure and avoidance of pain. Unfortunately, this misguided use of the law of attraction fails to provide that which is most truly desired: happiness, peace, and fulfillment.
Our ulterior motive, all along, is to find the things, people, and situations that will provide us with happiness, overlooking the fact that happiness can never be found outside of ourselves in the first place. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with having a beautiful house, a nice car, or the perfect partner; the problem comes from expecting those exterior things to give you the happiness and peace that you really crave.
The good news is that by using the same principles in the law of attraction, you can transform your life from one of scarcity, misery, and victimization to one of joy and Love. True happiness is within reach when you begin to harness the infinitely creative power of your mind. If you don’t like what you are experiencing in your life, you don’t need to look for any external fix. All you have to do is change your mind.
A Course In Miracles teaches us that the definition of a miracle is any shift in one’s mind from fear to Love. This miraculous shift from a negative mindset (fear) to a positive mindset (one based in Love) is the only way to uncover the endless abundance of happiness lying dormant within your own being. As you release your fear-based (ego) thoughts, patterns, and beliefs, they are replaced with the Love-based effects of peace, happiness, and joy. Every time.
Miracles are performed through the process of forgiveness. In forgiveness, we release all judgment and blame, of both others and ourselves. Then we take full responsibility for our perceptions, and thereby our experience of life, by acknowledging that we have created our reality through our own powerful thoughts. Finally, we must choose to see through the eyes of Love instead of the fear that has caused our unhappy experience. To be successful in choosing Love over fear, we must be willing to let go of our need to be right in favor of attaining true happiness. Also, we must seek help from the Holy Spirit, which is the divine guidance system within us, by asking for assistance in making this shift and allowing Him to intervene for us. In this way, we change our minds from a fear-based perspective (guilt, blame, judgment) to a Loving perspective (acceptance, humility, gratitude).
Are you enjoying a reality of joy, peace, and abundance? If not, you have the ultimate power to change your mind, and consequently, your reality. Pay attention to the thoughts dominating your mind as well as the words you find yourself speaking. Are they kind, positive, and loving? Are they negative, bitter, or a victim story? The former will result in contagious levels of joy and peace, whereas the latter will result in pain and misery. Which will it be? It is your divine right to choose.
Christina Cummings enjoys spending her time learning, discussing, and writing about the deeper realms of Life, Love, and God. She is a student and teacher of the metaphysical text A Course In Miracles. You can read and hear more at: www.christinacummings.org.