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

[minstores]

Hi, Sophie_M.

Thankyou for your support Sophie_M.

[CMF]

I've realised there are things that have come to me in life that I had manifested without realising. Like My job for example. I could always see myself doing what I do. For years now I've been interested on crafts and plants. I've made terrarium , learnt how to make patterns with coloured sand. I've made concrete pots and done markets. Atm I'm painting glass bottles and jars and making them into pit plants, vases and home decor. I've always seen myself having a shop where I make the things on site. I feel it strongly all the time. I've thought for years now that when my daughter finishes yr12 next year I could sell the house and give it a try. My partner has a rental property which is good size for kids and I can see us living there, give him the rent, and me selling my stuff. I see me doing it one day. It feels right. I have all these jars I've painted in ISO. It's my stock. I can feel and see my dream.

[ecomama]

That's so beautiful CMF and SO CREATIVE!

Wow. Sounds like a PLAN!

Remember that part of manifesting that teaches..... "Imagine everything AS THOUGH it's already here" or similar?

Is that how you're feeling?

What a beautiful life you're creating. You'd be helping others to create beautiful homes too.
How beautiful lol.... you can't have too many beautifuls!

We all deserve a beautiful life and how GREAT would our world be if everyone was living in their creative spirit all the time!

I'm manifesting a very organised downstairs space!
Sound exciting?
IT IS TO ME lol.

All the destruction of the past is going OUT, most of it is waiting in our driveway for a Council pickup! YAY!

Useful stuff we no longer want is going to a young family whose parents have lost their jobs. They sell anything online to cope, so they can have it all.

A builder is coming on Tuesday to fit shelving about 20m long!
3 levels of them YAY!

I knew I would need storage boxes and tbh just didn't want to spend the money on them....
then TODAY the most craziest weirdest thing happened.
As I was cleaning out another hallway downstairs, I found about 30 plastic flat packed storage boxes!
I HAVE NO IDEA where they even came from.

I didn't buy them. My kids wouldn't buy them if I PAID them to lol.

I cannot quite believe it. I'm still pinching myself lol.

They are JUST what I wanted but wasn't going to spend money on lol.

SO with that realisation that I CAN manifest the life I want.... even down to plastic storage boxes... when I'm downstairs I'm visualising it as a space where I can have tenants, overseas students, boarders... and be paid.

My intended cabin area is now almost 100% cleared of lantana.
I've designed the cabin the way I WANT it. Passive solar design, solar panels, water tank.. a fruit tree or 2 lol. Front porch.
If I want to make extra money, I can move in there when the kids leave home and rent the house. Even if it's for a few years then move back in.

Now to visualise the cabin there, down to the very last detail.

Pretty exciting.

Love your work CMF
EM

[CMF]

I've been been quite down and flat last few weeks. Almost depressed (I don't use that word lightly). haven't been writingi I'm in gratitude diary or meditating. Kids went back to school yesterday and I feel better. My vibration has lifted. Wrote in my gratitude book last night and today things have gone my way.

[ecomama]

Hi CMF

I'm sorry to hear you've been feeling low. I have too... a family 'blindsiding' which was freaking awful, still is.

The Gratitude journal is a great way to get us back on track.. I'm trying to find self-care things but struggling...

I wonder if whether when we're "in the flow" of powerfully positive thoughts and visualisations whether it creates like a tsunami effect of energy that carries through the "low times"?? And manifests anyway?

Have positive things manifested for you anyway?

I read your post and pondered this...

Previous to this low time, my mind has been focussed so much on the "beautiful garden" and home renovations to repair the past destruction to our home.

Right smack bang in the middle of LOTS of work being done our home over a number of days, the blindsiding happened.

The work continued.

I even tried to stop it this week but haven't been able to.

I guess the lesson to me is to say YES to the Universe (some times)... 'The Secret' tells us to say YES!

I've spent years learning how to say NO to people lol!

Strange paradox. But so is life.

Love EM

[CMF]

I often see recurring numbers. Yesterday Was 555. I googled and learnt it can mean I often feel 2nd in my relationships (I always do) and it may be a reflection of how I see myself. Therefore, I need to put myself first more often.

Cmf x

[ecomama]

That's really interesting CMF. It's difficult putting ourselves first any time as single parents.
Are you able to do this some times?

My fathers family were Christian Numerologists, so no baby could be named without having their full name put through the numbers lol.

Funny thing is, that I realised recently, the number settled upon was what THEY saw as the most useful character trait to develop in the child... maybe not what the baby would have preferred lol..

Mine chosen for me was "Study"... studiousness, diligence, seeking of information, that kind of stuff.

I find putting myself first almost impossible. I'll keep trying.

What I WANT to do is ground myself and focus my mind on creating a beautiful life and surroundings. Pretty difficult to do after another family shock. But I guess this focus might help our recovery.... hope so.

Love EM

[ecomama]

Okay guys.... I'm getting REALLY serious about manifesting.
Keeping it JOYFUL will be a challenge lol but I'm determined to do this stuff.

How are you pushing through your low times to get to higher ground?

I wrote a list of what got me through on my thread.

Visualising a beautiful home...
Today I'm working on my house with my Uncle. Instead of reacting about all the things that drive me crazy about him lol... I'm focussing on the finished product and my Uncle's generosity of time, energy and work.
Things to be very grateful for. .

A lovely glass room soon to be enjoyed. It has one part wall which will keep the nosy neighbours frustrated lol!
ANOTHER thing to be grateful for lol.

Starting with what we already HAVE to be grateful for and spring boarding to what we want.

I also want lots of lovely herbs growing. I can see them already.

I want a happy family. We've been hit hard again but we will rise from this also.

Onwards and upwards peeps!

Love EM

[CMF]

The more I think about manifesting the more I realise the things that have come to me because I believed they would. It took time, but I believed. I saw it in my mind, I felt it . I started watching The Secret tonight. I'll finish tomorrow was very tired but WOW.It is so uplifting, motivating, positive. It has prompted me to start my 'vision board" on my phone. I have screen shots of what I want and have them in a folder called 'my vision'. I can feel that I have them already.

I am feeling uplifted.

Cmf x

[ecomama]

That's beautiful CMF.

"The Secret" is so lovely to watch over and over again lol.

Your idea of having screenshots of what you want is lovely!

EMxxxx