| Plenty of people believe in order to get what we want, | | | | price we pay or the amount of effort we expend or |
| we have to go out and make it happen. That we have | | | | how much we've suffered in order to deserve it. It's |
| to roll up our sleeves and pay our dues to earn our | | | | simply a matter of getting what we vibrate. |
| reward. They would argue our thoughts aren't what | | | | So if we're going to rely on action to get what we |
| make the difference - action is. | | | | want, at the very least we want to ensure the action |
| Latest research is beginning to show, however, that | | | | we take allows us to vibrate alignment with our end |
| our thoughts ARE things that play a role in what | | | | goal. Otherwise, we're actually holding at bay the |
| happens. Author Lynne McTaggart compiles many of | | | | results we want. |
| those studies in her book "The Intention Experiment," | | | | THE POWER OF THOUGHT |
| which raises eyebrows among even law of attraction | | | | Let's look at it from the standpoint of relying on thought |
| skeptics. | | | | (or vibration) alone in order to get what we want. |
| For an open-minded person, the question surfaces | | | | Some practitioners of the law of attraction have been |
| about the value of thought and action and how they | | | | taught we'll be handed all our dreams and desires if |
| interplay when it comes to creating the lives we want. | | | | we simply believe them real. We're told the brain |
| Hard core proponents of the law of attraction tell us | | | | doesn't know the difference between what's real and |
| action isn't what makes the difference in getting what | | | | what's imagined, so if we just imagine strong enough |
| we want. They believe all that matters in regards to | | | | and long enough that we are rich, the Universe has to |
| what manifests in our life is what we vibrate. They | | | | make it so. |
| say you don't have to figure out how to make your | | | | And we need never leave the comfort of our couch in |
| dream come true - you just vibrate it and Universe will | | | | order to let it happen. |
| deliver. | | | | The problem for most of us is that it's a nice concept, |
| In the middle of the road are other metaphysical | | | | but we've been so conditioned to believe action is |
| practitioners who believe that thought alone won't get | | | | required that believing in the power of thought alone is |
| you anywhere, but that the combination of thought and | | | | a little farfetched. If we don't believe we can manifest |
| action is what creates powerful change in our lives. | | | | money "magically" into our lives, it's not likely to happen. |
| Who's got it right? Folks who believe action is what | | | | My experience with most people is that although we |
| makes things happen? Those who believe thoughts | | | | might want to believe we can think something into |
| alone create everything? Or those in between? | | | | existence, we often hold an element of doubt about it. |
| Here's how thought and action reallywork in our world | | | | (That doesn't mean it's not possible and that people |
| and how we can best use them to easily and swiftly | | | | aren't already doing it!) |
| achieve our dreams. | | | | COMBINING THE TWO |
| THE ROLE OF ACTION | | | | The power for most people is combining the power of |
| Let's take for example someone who wants financial | | | | thought with our reliance and belief in action. When we |
| abundance. Most people who want more money have | | | | leverage thought to create a vibration aligned with the |
| been trained to believe we have to earn it, that getting | | | | results we desire, and we take action that enhances |
| more money means getting a raise, working more | | | | that vibration, our creative power shines. That's when it |
| hours, picking up a second job or getting more clients. | | | | looks to outsiders as if we were favored by the gods, |
| Some resort to reducing expenses, while others sign | | | | living a charmed life where everything goes our way. |
| up for training or education to be more valuable in the | | | | Taking the action we think will serve us very often is |
| work place. Still others rely on chance by participating | | | | what triggers an aligned vibration. In fact, very often |
| in the lottery or going to Vegas. | | | | deliberate creators find once they get their vibration |
| Are these actions effective? Is there a right or wrong | | | | lined up (by holding proper thoughts and feeling aligned |
| way to approach financial prosperity? Although plenty | | | | emotions), they don't even have to take action before |
| of experts would sell you their formula for financial | | | | good things start happening. |
| success, there IS no absolute right or wrong action. | | | | Many of us approach our dreams backwards. We |
| Some things work for some people and not for others. | | | | think we have to "figure out" what to do in order to get |
| That's because it isn't the action itself that makes the | | | | what we want. We think action is required and that's |
| difference. It's how you feel about the action that | | | | what we focus on. But if we never check in on how |
| matters most. | | | | that action feels, we spin our wheels frustrating |
| Which means your results in life aren't dictated as | | | | ourselves to the point where we often give up - or at |
| much by the actions you take as they are about your | | | | least go at it the hard way. |
| feelings about the action. The important question | | | | Things go much smoother and manifest more quickly |
| becomes how does this action make you feel? No | | | | when we first get our vibration lined up (by thinking |
| one can know that but you. Some people pick up a | | | | right thoughts and feeling good) and then taking inspired |
| second job and feel empowered and on track; others | | | | action. |
| pick up a second job and feel desperate and spiraling | | | | Have fun playing with getting your energy lined up with |
| downward. | | | | what you want first, and then check in on what feels |
| What we feel is what matters. That's what makes up | | | | good to do next. Combining the power of right thought |
| our vibration, which is what the Universe answers. | | | | and inspired action allows for really cool manifestations |
| We're not awarded happy endings as a result of a | | | | in your life. |