| Many people complain that The Secret, or The Law | | | | Creative people, or people who are adept at creating |
| of Attraction, just doesn't work for them. They | | | | their own experiences, were taught, or have learned |
| exclaim, "But I am thinking about what I want; and I | | | | on their own, how to: |
| DID try to believe in it -- but nothing happened!" Well, | | | | - Tune-out current conditions -- focusing only on |
| there's more to thinking than meets the eye. Most | | | | what they want, external conditions are "filtered" |
| people spend most of their time thinking about things | | | | from the creative process. |
| they see and hear; while people who actively create | | | | - Think specifically about what they want -- using |
| the things they want in life tune-out most of the | | | | great detail, "sensory imagination," and "emotional |
| "external noise" from their environment, and think | | | | imagination" -- they "feel it." |
| about the things we will see in the future -- things | | | | - Think positively about what they want -- thinking in |
| they will create. Imagine the Wright brothers knowing | | | | ways that make them feel good about the reality of |
| they could fly while everyone else knew that | | | | their desire or goal. |
| machines couldn't fly. There were no textbooks on | | | | - Think consistently about what they want -- |
| aeronautical engineering, and no working, physical | | | | whether for themselves, or someone else, they think |
| models for the Wright brothers to copy; yet they | | | | about their desire regularly. |
| "saw" their airplane long before it was built -- in their | | | | Clearly defining your desire, and a positive reason or |
| mind's eye, with their imaginations. As Eleanor | | | | inspiration for the desire, is very helpful in actually |
| Roosevelt said, "The future belongs to those who | | | | experiencing it. Thinking positively about your desire |
| Believe in the beauty of their DREAMS." | | | | keeps you in a receptive, open state, and helps you |
| Most people don't give imagination the credit it | | | | attract conditions and events that lead you to your |
| deserves -- favoring other modes of thought such as | | | | desired outcome. Thinking consistently about your |
| memory, for instance. Imagination is where all the | | | | desire helps keep your mind from wandering into |
| "cool" stuff comes from -- cell phones, iPods, Plasma | | | | negative thoughts that will limit or sabotage your |
| television, airplanes, milkshakes, and anything more | | | | hopes and dreams. If you think only about what you |
| "high-tech," "technologically-advanced," than a rock or | | | | see -- your external circumstances -- you will |
| a stick. Albert Einstein said, "IMAGINATION is more | | | | continue to experience versions of it. Remember, "As |
| important than Knowledge;" new things come from | | | | a man thinketh, so it is done unto him;" and, "if you |
| minds that dream of new things -- and hearts that | | | | keep doing what you've always done, you'll keep |
| believe in those images enough to act on them. If | | | | getting what you've always had." Whether you |
| you want to be, do, or have something that you | | | | prefer ancient scripture, the words of Jesus, or |
| aren't experiencing right now, then you're going to | | | | common "folk-wisdom," we all KNOW how it works; |
| need to use your imagination to create a mental | | | | we just don't practice. Try thinking about what your |
| image, or "mental equivalent," and a plan for achieving | | | | thoughts -- and the way you're thinking them -- are |
| your goal. In other words, you are going to have to | | | | attracting to, or creating for, you. If you want a hint, |
| think about what you want; and, though there are | | | | take a look around you; those are the things you've |
| many ways to think, only one of them really works | | | | been thinking about. If you want something new, |
| to attract your desires in a form you'll enjoy. | | | | start thinking of things you don't see yet. |