Law of Attraction, life changing principle or giant fraud? A sticky question seeing as it depends on who you ask. A multitude of millionaires claim life changing, while the mass of middle-brackets call bullshit. What’s the difference? Surely manifestation can’t favor a certain type of person, so what’s the catch? If luck favors the prepared mind, just what does the prepared mind look like and, more importantly, how can you prepare your mind?
The makeup of the prepared mind is a tricky proposition. Many people have tried to find the secret recipe used by the rich and successful with mixed results. Stephen Covey narrowed down 7 Habits, while T. Harv Eker found the Secrets of the Millionaire Mind. And while these books are very informative and very practical, I’m uninterested in seven differences, I want THE difference. What does the successful brain do that the mediocre can’t or won’t? Without exaggeration, I believe I’ve found that magical difference. I think it is the ability and the self discipline to focus on the present moment, without being distracted by the chatter of the mind.
Those we consider successful all have an uncanny ability to focus. Ever notice how some of the most successful people in the world seem so relaxed? You never see them in a hurry. Go watch one of the presidential candidates next time you catch the news. Barack Obama doesn’t run, he strides easily no matter where he is. He never looks as if he wants to be anywhere else but here. He’s focused, he’s in the moment, he’s like a laser beam. This behavior shows a calm control of his own inner thoughts. His mind is collected and quiet. He is, in a word, focused. That focus creates a calm exterior by keeping the mind in the present moment where it cannot worry or regret.
Creating the Laser Beam
This ability to focus cuts down greatly on mental chatter. The brain can run away in many directions at once, giving rise to thoughts, feelings and fantasies that have nothing to do with the present moment. The mind is constantly in flux, moving from topic to topic, traveling from past memories to future anxieties.
And the future is always an anxiety to the mind. When left to its own devices the brain creates the worst case scenarios. It calls this planning, but that’s a lie. To plan is organized, this view of the future is always chaotic.
Have you ever looked around at your life and found that what you are manifesting seems like mixed signals? Great things one minute and aggravation the next? This is why! When your mind is chaotic, so are your intentions. This noise is like television static that is blurring the path to clear manifestations.
Bringing Your Focus to the Present
When we focus, we cut down this background chatter. We bring the mind to a pinpoint and, in a sense, place blinders on it. Don’t look left, don’t look right, look straight ahead. We keep it on track, not through a battle of wills, but through gentle persuasion. And your persuasion must be gentle. If you seek to force your brain into quiet, you’ll find it fights back just as hard. Your thoughts are created by you and will match your energy. Fight meets fight, peace meets peace, and when that idle noise is gone, we find peace inside ourselves. We no longer feel the need to worry or stress, especially over events that have yet to occur.
Put in this light, it’s easy to see why such focus is effective in manifesting things like financial abundance. How can you attract anything else when you are free to plan instead of worry? When you can feel peace instead of dread?
The process of gaining focus is easy, the practice is not.
To focus your mind, you must raise your awareness of your body. The biggest mistake is to place your awareness on your mind. Your awareness just fuels those random and ridiculous thoughts. It makes them worse and more frequent. Move your awareness into your body. Feel everything fully.
How do your arms feel? How do your legs feel? Your hands? Your face? The key is not to give yourself an answer. That would be making a judgment and that is an act of the mind. Just Be. Ask the question, but leave all words behind after that. Answers are irrelevant here. Observation is all that matters.
Now do this for as long and as often as you can. You needn’t close your eyes or let this state affect how you live your life. You should grow to maintain it throughout every day.
Now I am not suggesting that Barack Obama, or any other successful individuals perform this practice exactly as I’ve written it. I am suggesting that they do not need the process. The effects of this practice are already so natural to them that they are habitual. They don’t notice the method because they don’t notice the effects.
This should be your goal.
The process of manifestation will become more effective when you realize that it isn’t your identity that creates. It isn’t your mind. It is the power that remains behind once all of the false thought chatter fades away. It is the peace that you feel. The power is in the silence, never the words.
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