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Law of Attraction – Part Two

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Carla Berg, August 2008

Remember how it felt when you first learned about the Law of Attraction? The idea that you had sizable influence over your life was so wonderfully empowering. You put it to the test, first with something small like a parking space, and when that worked, you went after bigger things: a better job, more abundance, a soul mate. Before you knew it, you were dreaming about what you could have, and the sky was the limit. The Law of Attraction became something more like the Law of Acquisition…until...

Until you realized that the new job you attracted brought with it the same old feeling of being overworked. Until you noticed that increased abundance didn’t necessarily erase those old feelings of financial insecurity. Until your same old relationship issues recurred with your newfound soul mate. What good are acquisitions if they don’t change the subtle, but important, quality of day-to-day living?

Maybe the true magic of the law of attraction isn’t so much in the things we attract as in the experiences we attract -- the way it shows us where we have beliefs, fears or doubts that interfere with more meaningful qualities like joy or peacefulness. Maybe the magic is in seeing the physical manifestation of our inner self so that we can know what to change in order to create a better outer experience.

I was at a dinner party recently when the topic of conversation drifted to recent events. To our amazement, all six persons present had had at least two interactions with the police in the last several days. From parking tickets to speeding tickets, to expired license plates, we’d each been scolded or fined for some minor infraction. As like-minded believers in the Law of Attraction, we began discussing “how or why did we attract this?” and “what is this revealing to us?”

We came up with lots of possible explanations, but when we found a common thread of what was currently “up” for all six of us, we knew we’d revealed the message life was giving us. We found that we’d each been feeling guilty about debt. We were being hounded by credit card companies and letting shame and guilt take over. At a core level we were judging ourselves unworthy because of that debt and feeling like we weren’t good people. Unworthiness may have been what attracted debt to begin with, but either way, we were in a downward spiral that attracted experiences of scolding and fines (punishment) because deep down we felt like we deserved it. Our harsh self-judgment was attracting external harsh judgments. With the help of the Law of Attraction, life was presenting an opportunity to let go of unworthiness.

We asked for some spiritual guidance and conducted a simple ceremony of forgiveness -- forgiving ourselves for our indebtedness, letting go of unworthiness, and committing to self-love regardless of our circumstances. It felt as if a huge burden was lifted. And without any conscious intentions, a few days later new and unexpected sources of abundance started flowing to each of us.

Maybe co-creating our lives through the Law of Attraction isn’t so much about setting intentions for what we want to acquire, as it is about observing what we’re already attracting, using it as clues to what we need to release, and then effortlessly attracting everything we want. In other words, why create manually when we have the opportunity to do it automatically? I figure if I can raise my vibration high enough – by letting go of low-vibe beliefs, fears and doubts – that I can basically run on auto-pilot and attract nothing but things I love -- without any effort. What better way to create heaven on earth?

Love and Light,

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Carla Berg

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