Meditation, Manifesting, Gratitude & The Law of Attraction

[CMF]

Hi everyone,

Not sure where to start so hope I can express myself clearly and maybe with others' input we can expand on this. I'm interested in people's thoughts/ experience with meditation, manifesting, gratitude & the law of attraction. I've recently started using the Smiling Mind app to meditate when going to sleep and sometimes when feeling a little anxious, like tonight. It is something i thought i could never do as my mind rarely stops, however, with persistence, I find I enjoy it. I guess i tend to have a negative mindset which I am determined to change.I always felt uneasy about thinking positive things as i thought i would jinx myself, and that whenever I made a positive comment or felt happy it would go wrong or something negative would happen. So i refrained from allowing myself to be too happy, I guess to 'protect' myself. Recently i have been feeling happier, stronger, expressing gratitude and taking note of when things have come to me when i needed them. Coincidence, or answers to what i put out to the Universe? I like to think the latter. A work colleague one day told me to manifest something i wanted, put it out to the universe , so I'm trying. Example, recently we needed to measure the floor space at reception so we could calculate how many people we could have in at one time. I needed a tape measure, which i did not have. At that moment our handyman walked into the office. Guess what he had? I am getting into the habit of practising positive thinking instead of thinking/expecting negatives. If something 'negative' does crop up, it can be dealt with, it's not the end of the world. I look for the positive in every negative situation. I am becoming more aware of being grateful for little things, things like getting a good car park at work, a warn cosy bed, a tidy house. I feel when i am expressing gratitude I am putting positive thoughts out into the universe and I notice more positives instead of focusing on negatives. Late last week we had internet issues at work and a colleague i found a little annoying. I've been feeling very drained, agitated, negative for a few days. This morning things were not running smoothly for me. A result of my negative mind perhaps? Little things became a big deal, my morning was crap. If i look back, it wasn't really an issue, i just did things in a different order which gave me more relax time this evening. The Law of Attraction, positive thoughts, positive experiences.

What are your thoughts?

cmf x

[Eagle Ray]

Hi CMF,

I think trust your own inner judgement/intuition. If you really enjoy going to op shops and it gives you a good feeling then that is what's important. I have gone through enthusiastic op shop phases and I found it has been helpful to me when I haven't had much money. It gave me a real boost to be able to find some things I liked that were affordable and it was also like an exciting treasure hunt compared with the regular shops which are more predictable. So for me it gave me a feeling of abundance at times where I really didn't feel abundant in other ways. So I guess feel into your own sense of what feels abundant for you and let that guide you.

[CMF]

You are both right my friends. The last visit I made I did not get a good feeling. It may have been the particular store but I agree, it can give a feeling if abundance to get an item you like that would have been expensive in a regular store. I also like finding something different. The money does go to a good cause so that is giving. I donate alot too.

I found something called the prosperity game. It is a mental exercise in unlimited abundance. Have you heard of it? Each day you give yourself virtual money or "write a cheque" from the Universe & have to mentally spend it all. You can spend on anything, food, clothing, a car but you must spend it all. Each day you give yourself a larger amount that you must spend. Example,  today I "gave" myself $500 and bought a washing machine. The idea is to practice knowing unlimited abundance is available to everyone. You want to get into the practice spending everyday so you start to feel your energy shift.  When you start to feel abundant abundance will find you.  So I started today & guess what. I checked my real bank account this arvo & money I was expecting had come in earlier than I expected. It was a weight of my shoulders.

I wonder what I'll spend my virtual money on tomorrow? 🤗

[therising]

Hi CMF

I haven't heard of that strategy but it does sound fascinating. I'll give it a go. Being a bit of a safe player, I think I'll start off small (dip my toes in a little at first). I really need to write this down where I can see it, as a reminder. Perhaps I'll start investing some faith a little by dipping in to buy a huge whiteboard. I shall call it 'My board of greater consciousness' perhaps. I swear, I have the attention span of a 3yo child at times 😅. I can start off all conscious of something wonderful and then, bamm, I'm onto something else truly wonderful while having forgotten about the last thing.

Wonderful amazing things (revelations included) can have me feeling like a kid in a candy store, as they say. Into that brilliant store I go, out of the occasional cold and darkness known as depression. So nice to enter that store together, with others. 'Out of that jar, I'll have a bit of manifestation, please. Out of this one I'd like a bit of magic known as synchronicity. That jar, filled with love from those on the forums here looks good. I'll have a bit of that thanks...' and on it goes. Life is a bit of a mixed bag, hey. ❤️

[CMF]

Apparently you need to give yourself large amounts and double it each day but I started in the hundreds.  I am actually finding it hard to think of things to "spend" it on . I'm clearly not used to feeling abundant.

On my way home tonight a feeling came over me that my ex was thinking over me.  It was a warm, calm feeling. Quite odd. I'm ok with it. I feel like he's thinking of me.

[CMF]

Therising,  I visit that dame store as you. I often  walk in and grab some feelings of relief,  handful of hope & of course a bag of gratitude. 

Yes I love that store. Always has what I'm looking for 🙏

[WaterFront]

Hi CMF and Others,

Thank you for this thread. I haven't read all of it, though I will. I'd like to share my 'universe' story.

Four years ago I went through something that I found really difficult to cope with and I kind of spiralled with ruminating constantly and feeling sorry for myself and not being able to get past what had happened. Truthfully deeply depressed. Feelings of rejection and a real lack of resilience. I was a bit of a mess for a good two years.

Anyway, two years ago, I realised that I can't do this anymore, it was too hard, and decided to give it to the universe. I literally said 'Universe, I'm giving this to you'. I didn't have to wait too long. The 'universe' came back to me, not with what I wanted necessarily, but with what I needed.

A way of thinking and being that helped me get past my problems and made me spend less time focussing on myself. I'm still processing, that's true, but not in a painful way like before and I'm a more honest, kinder, outward-looking, much better version of myself because of what was given to me by the universe. I had to help by doing some looking for it myself though.

This has opened up opportunities that I would not have considered previously and in the end made my life more fulfilling than before.

Go Universe!

WF

[CMF]

Hi WF and welcome. 

Thank you for sharing your story. I loved it. It is so inspiring.  I have been up and down lately with life & work. I'm tired, mentally exhausted. I'm going to take your advice and give it to the Universe this week. I need a break thank you WF🙏

[sbella02]

Waterfront, that's really beautiful advice, and sometimes it can be as simple as that - just changing your mindset.

Giving what you're struggling with back to the universe because it's getting too overwhelming is a great example, I really like the way you've put that. It's a gentle reminder that sometimes there are things that we worry about more, only because we give more time and energy towards worrying about them, when in reality, they're not worth worrying about at all (or as much).

SB

[CMF]

I've had a few things on my mind. Some I'm struggling to solve/deal with. I gave them to the Universe. Lo & behold, this afternoon an idea came to me to revolve one problem and it worked! It was something that was upsetting me all weekend.  I thought my ex had jinxed me, I was becoming anxious about it and just like that the problem is fixed. I felt a weight off my shoulders. 

Thank you Universe 🙏

[CMF]

Wow. Interesting things happened today. It's my bday & one of our managers ordered flowers from the local florist. She did nor give my name or request anything specific.  Usually they deliver a bunch of mixed flowers. Not today. Today was 10 roses. I didn't hear from my ex but to receive roses was freaky. I then picked up a task from my work queue and the client had his sister's name. Her name is not so common. It all freaked me out a bit but I'm still sad that he doesn't care or acknowledge how much he hurt me.