The power of negative Attraction is just as powerful as positive Attraction.

So, for my friend, and for all of you out there who have experienced these kinds of drops in confidence, here’s a great guide from Lyndon Antcliff on quick ways you can improve your self esteem.

Ten quick tips to improve your self esteem

1. Do what you love.
Everyone loves to do something, when you indulge yourself in your love you improve the way you feel about yourself. You improve your self esteem.

2. Help others out.
Nothing makes you feel a warm glow than when you unselfishly help others. of course you can argue that this in itself is selfish, but if you take that line of thought you must think that existence is selfish. Forget that. Just do a good deed, help someone out, doesn’t have to be big and it doesn’t have to cost any money.

3. Acknowledge your strengths
There is no one who has no strengths. Everyone is good at something, know what your good at and give yourself a pat on the back. Do things that bring this quality out into the open. Excercise it, make it stronger.

4. Don’t put up with crap.
There is no reason you should tolerate other people being mean to you. Even if they say they are doing it with love. Make sure people know they should be nice to you and if they refuse, walk away from them.

5. Drop your negative friends.
Hang out with people who are positive and support you. It may be fun to bitch and moan but if you hang out with these types of people you will eventually become one of them. You may have noticed that people who bitch and moan are never happy.

6. Do your research
A lot of self help books are a waste of time in the sense that the only person who can change you is you. Reading even this blog post will not change you unless you get emotionally involved with the information. Which is really hard as it’s really dry and boring. Go read biographies of people you respect, people who do positive things and attain huge success. Learn from the master not the self help guru who is always in debt.

7. Learn to accept compliments.
It’s hard to accept a compliment and not to dismiss it as being ridiculous. Someone has an opinion and it should be respected, even if you do not argree with it. If people think good about you then maybe you should too.

8. Include positivity in your life.
I’m not talking an airy fairy chant in the mirror whilst naked. I mean take a positive slant on everything automatically. The meat pie you just bit in to may contain maggots, but maggots contain a lot of protien. OK that’s a bit extreme but you get the point.

9. Compare yourself against yourself.
If you look at how you were yesterday and how you are today and there is an improvement then that is great. If there is no improvement then you know you need to improve your efforts. Don’t start comparing your self to other people. Saying you are poor compared to D. Trump is just going to make you miserable.

10. There is no need for you to put yourself down.
Try seeing yourself in a negative light you are only reinforcing your low self esteem. If you want to improve your self esteem. Ask yourself, how can I improve my self esteem. The answer will always be, find one positive thing about yourself and that will do it.

Thanks for the awesome list Lyndon!

Welcome to the Tuesday of your life!

I find that Tuesdays are far worse than Mondays when it comes to the post-weekend blues. Tuesday is when most people have already snapped out of their Monday depressions and the work-week starts its trot into productivity. However, after a long, fun and tiring weekend, getting productive can be one of the hardest things to do.

Don’t you wish you could stay motivated easier and more often?

Instead of a broad “I WANT TO STAY MOTIVATED” intention, it is important to remember that your life operates day by day. Instead, intend to motivate yourself one day at a time.

But in order to do this, consider this great list of habits that you can adopt in order to start moving your thoughts forward daily!

Motivation is a key to success. If you are a motivated person, then you will very likely be success in everything you do. In fact, research shows that motivation is the key behind the expert minds. People who are motivated will be very successful in their learning process. And so will in other areas of life.

The problem is, it’s not easy to be motivated, let alone be motivated for the whole day. There are times when challenges and problems strike us and make us feel bad. Or maybe there is no real problem, but we just feel that our energy level is low throughout the day.

Well, don’t let this happens. Be motivated and energized throughout the day ! Here is how:

Rise early
I don’t know about you, but for me, rising early is a kind of magic. It makes me feel more enthusiastic and energized throughout the day. Maybe it’s because by rising early I can start the day fresh without having to rush on everything. I would have more time to be prepared mentally and physically to face the day.

Pick “quote of the day”
Pick your favorite quote in the morning and keep it in mind throughout the day. Of course, the quote should be something that motivate and inspire you. Then speak out the quote to yourself throughout the day, especially when you think that you need extra motivation. This way, it will be easier to get rid of negative thoughts because you always have something positive to say to yourself.

Find the positive side of everything
One main cause for losing motivation is thinking negatively about the events which are happening to us. Every time you think negatively about something, you actually lose a part of your energy. Do it for the whole day and you will feel very exhausted and even intimidated.
So find the positive side of everything. There must be something positive we can get from everything that happens to us. If your effort end up in failure for example, then you know that you can learn something from it. And learning is a positive thing. If you must do something boring, just think of a useful thing you can get from it. There is always positive side on everything, so focus on it and not the negative one.

Focus on giving
Contributing to others is always motivating. It works for me. I don’t know why, but maybe it’s because by doing so I become less focused on my own problems. It doesn’t mean that I run from the problems, it just means that the problems seem less daunting and intimidating. Why ? Because I’m not just thinking about myself.

Also, there is something about giving that gives you extra happiness. Brighten someone else’s life today and somehow your life will also be brightened.

Decide to be a winner
It is your decision that makes the difference between winning and losing. Nothing can make you lose if you don’t allow it to do so. So decide to be a winner. If you decide to be a winner then you will be tough and brave when facing all challenges throughout the day. You will not let problems overcome you. Instead, you will go out and conquer those problems ! You are the winner, so who can resist you ?

(Quoted from Donald Latumahina’s Personal Optimization blog)

Don’t forget, remaining motivated throughout one day is an awesome accomplishment. Set a goal for staying motivated by the end of the day and reward yourself with something nice when your done!

Goodluck and Happy Tuesday!

In order to understand what the positive placebo effect, here’s an example on what a placebo is:

A famous experiment was once conducted on the power of suggestion and the effects of alcohol on a group of people. A group of subjects are given measured doses of non-alcoholic drinks, but told that the drinks are alcoholic. Eventually, the group of subjects started ‘experiencing‘ the effects of the ‘alcohol‘ in their bodies, when in reality received none at all! Read more about the experiment here.

However, imagine being able to scientists from several prolific medical institutions have come across evidence that patients are able to improve the healing effects of proper medication through the power of positive thinking.

So how does the power of positive placebos affect medication?

Here’s a great article from Lauran Neergaard from the Associated Press that describes the positive placebo effect.

Your medicine really could work better if your doctor talks it up before handing over the prescription.

Research is showing the power of expectations, that they have physical — not just psychological — effects on your health. Scientists can measure the resulting changes in the brain, from the release of natural painkilling chemicals to alterations in how neurons fire.

Among the most provocative findings: New research suggests that once Alzheimer’s disease robs someone of the ability to expect that a proven painkiller will help them, it doesn’t work nearly as well.

It’s a new spin on the so-called placebo effect — and it begs the question of how to harness this power and thus enhance treatment benefits for patients.

“Your expectations can have profound impacts on your brain and your health,” says Columbia University neuroscientist Tor Wager.

“There is not a single placebo effect, but many placebo effects,” that differ by illness, adds Dr. Fabrizio Benedetti of Italy’s University of Torino Medical School, who is studying those effects in patients with Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s disease and pain.

The placebo effect is infamous from studies of new medications: Scientists often given either an experimental drug or a dummy pill to patients and see how they fare. Frequently, those taking the fake feel better, too, for a while, making it more difficult to tease out the medication’s true effects.

Doctors have long thought the placebo effect was psychological.

Now scientists are amassing the first direct evidence that the placebo effect actually is physical, and that expecting benefit can trigger the same neurological pathways of healing as real medication does. Among them:

–University of Michigan scientists injected the jaws of healthy young men with salt water to cause painful pressure, while PET scans measured the impact in their brains. During one scan, the men were told they were getting a pain reliever, actually a placebo.

Their brains immediately released more endorphins — chemicals that act as natural painkillers by blocking the transmission of pain signals between nerve cells — and the men felt better. To return to pre-placebo pain levels, scientists had to increase the salt-water pressure.

“Our brain really is on drugs when we get a placebo,” says co-researcher Christian Stohler, now at the University of Maryland. More remarkable, some especially strong placebo responders suggest “many brains can actually stimulate that (pain-relief) system more.”

Italy’s Benedetti gave Parkinson’s patients a placebo and measured the electrical activity of individual nerve cells in a movement-controlling part of the brain. Those neurons quieted down, a decrease in firing of about 40 percent that correlated with a reduction in patients’ muscle rigidity — they moved more easily.

To further prove the power of belief, Benedetti hooked pain patients to a computerized morphine injection system. Sometimes the computer administered a dose without them knowing it; sometimes a nurse pretended to give it. The morphine was up to 50 percent more effective when patients knew it was coming. (Read the Full Article Here)

Here’s a video from the Mythbusters demonstrating how positivity and suggestion can be used to treat seasickness, pay attention to Grant, one of the subjects, and the effects of a placebo on him:

Is the power of the positive placebo effect related to the the Law of Attraction and Manifestation?

Interested in finding out more on how positivity and the power of self-suggestion can attract well being into your life? Check out our article on the origins of the Law of Attraction, and see how the power of positivity can help guide your life in more than how well your medication can work!

Law of Attraction Quiz – Are you using the Power of Positive Thought and the Law of Attraction

Take this quiz to get on the right pathway to utilize the Law of Attraction for positive thought and don’t get left behind.

Remember it’s a universal law and you have the power to make it work in your favour.

 Are you not sure whether the Law of Attraction is working for you? Maybe you think it is but the results aren’t quite what you expected? Maybe you’ve been using it greatly, you just don’t realize it? Whatever the answer is I’ve found a useful tool for you. . . YES you guessed it a QUIZ!

This quiz is designed to tell you to what extent you are utilizing the Law of Attraction in your life

Take the quiz here >>

Here’s what my answers generated. Not completely happy with the results but there is an element of truth in a lot of what is said . . .

“Your life isn’t too shabby. You probably live a really comfortable life. But, there’s definitely room for improvement. Take this quiz response as a challenge to step out of comfortable and step into an extravagant life style.”

So where has positive thought got you? Was this Law of Attraction Quiz accurate for you?

Why not, after completing the Law of Attraction Quiz read about the top Law of Attraction guru, Esther Hicks and The Secret

Attraction Accelerator

A true rags to riches story: from homelessness and violence, to success so high, it made him giddy. The reason? He learned to be an “Attraction Accelerator”

Stephen Pierce used the Law of Attraction to turn his life around – he is now sharing this story and offering you the Attraction Accelerator to do the same.

From Zero to Inspiration to Millions

 From being kicked out of high school to this mansion thanks to the Law of Attraction.

The story: Rags to Riches with The Law of Attraction

Stephen Pierce before:

“I was kicked out of high school, left with a 10th grade education.

I filed bankruptcy twice but only one of them stuck because the second was filed to close to the first one.

I was evicted from my apartment.

I was homeless.

I was a thug on the streets and got shot and still have the bullet in me today.

I had multiple businesses fail (I was a business arbitrator, vinyl repairman, coupon book telemarketer, and more.)”

Nowadays, Stephen Pierce:

Earns over a million a year!

Considered one of the leading minds on internet product launches

Runs an consulting business in Ann Arbor, Michigan helping big companies think more creatively

Travels around the world conducting conferences to teach people how to apply spiritual and entreprenurial concepts to boost their life quality.

I produce millions of dollars in sales from traveling around the world as an international speaker.

Attraction Accelerator reveals Stephen’s secrets to tapping into the Law of Attraction 

Stephen Pierce is now offering you a free report which lets you in on how he harnessed the law of attraction to be where he is today. In his free report giveaway money making system, Attraction Accelerator, the products being sold both have two tier affiliate programs.

Find out more about this great man >>

This great YouTube video is a great clip of manifestation in action. This would be rockstar used to doubt the Law of Attraction and Manifestation until he gave in to his girlfriend who constantly banged on about manifestation. He admits manifestation isn’t easy but once you get there the wisdom and power is truly unbelievable.

The information he claims to share with you today has changed his life forever!!

Watch These Great Stories On Manifestation

One of the key things I want to achieve on this blog is for you guys, the readers, to share your own experiences with the Law of Attraction and manifesting.

We all know the power of it, but who’s had the best results?

Share Your Views

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Manifestation >>

Everyone has heard of the Law of Attraction, it’s hard to miss in these times. The art of manifestation can be seen as a Law of Deliberate Creation. Esther Hicks also points out that whether we are actively are manifesting or not the Law of Creation is omnipresent.

The video is superbly edited and I’ve always found Esther’s voice kind of enchanting. It certainly makes you listen!

Esther Hicks’s Teachings

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- Esther Hicks >>

                                                        Much of the fuss about the Law of Attraction centers around the art or the science of getting rich. This could be attributed to the dramatic rise of publicity with The Secret and many other personal improvement areas getting picked up by the mainstream – Oprah, Larry King and Ellen DeGeneres to name but a few. They are cleverly crafted marketing schemes as well as highly useful information.

HOWEVER, many people seem to forget the incredible power the Law of Attraction gives us in every area of our lives – we can manifest any of our wildest desires, be it money, love, happiness or relationships. This point was recently emphasized by the great Michael Beckwith; we should take note what this awe inspiring character has to say.

I found an excellent article which shows the Law of Attraction in motion, centering on developing the perfect relationship and finding the love you so desire.

Help! I Want to Get Rid of my Girlfriend

I heard from a young man last week who was having trouble breaking off a relationship. He wanted to know how the Law of Attraction could help him.

Let’s consider this together. There were obviously some things about his girlfriend that were keeping him interested. So I asked him to list them. I also asked him to list what it was about her he didn’t like. It’s ok to consider things you don’t like about a person or job because once done they can be restated as positive attributes. It’s important to get very clear on what you’re looking for whether it’s in a person, a job, or any goal.

Positive Thinking

We then discussed turning those attributes he was looking for into positive affirmations. For example, I’m so happy and grateful that I have found a partner who shares my interest in spiritual pursuits. I’m so excited and thankful that I’ve found a partner who shares my interest in the outdoors. Go through each attribute and write an affirmation for each one. Start reviewing and reciting them each morning and afternoon. Place them around your bathroom mirror so that you can read them while at the sink in the morning.

Manifesting

Now that he knew what he was looking for we started the envisioning step. I asked him to paint a picture either in his mind, written, or drawn of his ideal partner. Was she a brunette? What type of body? What color hair.

We then discussed closing his eyes and actually seeing this person, doing the things together that they both enjoy doing. It’s best to do this when going to bed at night and again when awakening in the morning. These are the times that you’re closest to alpha brainwave state and most susceptible to having you visions become part of you.

Action

We then headed into the action step. He was on his way to a conference sponsored by Bob Proctor and some others from The Secret team. What an opportunity to meet others of like interests, I was really excited for him. This is a perfect example of taking action to achieve what you desire. Whatever your desire or goal you can’t just daydream about it. If it’s a car get the brochure, if it’s a job read the help wanted. You’ve got to listen to your heart and it will tell you what you need to do. The actions you need to take will start to reveal themselves to you.

Gratitude

So what’s next? Gratitude of course. Many people don’t really understand this step but it is crucial. Without belief that you will find your perfect partner or job or whatever I promise you… you NEVER will. You can’t be truly grateful for something you don’t believe you will have and gratitude helps you with that belief. If you’ll return to the affirmation step you’ll see I used the words I’m so happy and grateful that… Gratitude is not really a separate step in applying the Law of Attraction.

 It is used throughout the process. When you’re envisioning being with your new partner and experiencing the joy of spending time with this person show gratitude for the experience. When you’re taking action and going to the places where you see yourself finding your new partner believe that she will be there be grateful that you are in the right place to find your perfect partner.

Isn’t it wonderful how when you’re in tune with the Universe wonderful things just begin to happen? I just received a message from the young man who inspired this article. He’s back from the conference and he had a wonderful time. He didn’t mention finding the girl of his dreams there but there is no doubt in my mind that he is on his way and the young lady he is looking for will be in his life soon. He’s Applying the Law of Attraction and he knows it works.

Read more on:

- This article and applying the law of attraction

- Michael Beckwith’s Take on the Secret

This is a truly moving and enchanting, exclusive 10 minute video from Esther Hicks, one of the modern day greats and gurus of the Law of Attraction.

Esther Hicks:

“You would much rather love than not love”

“You would much rather praise than criticize”

“You would much rather know your success and value than to feel you don’t have value”

Esther Hicks expresses how we have the option to allow wellbeing, it’s a natural phenomenon and it’s your own choice – energy will answer all your problems.

The natural human state according to Esther is a happy one:

 ”It is good to feel good”

SO, what should we take from this?

I think the main message is to not fight the natural human state – let yourself be happy!

Remember these words from the video:

Esther Hicks:

“Clarity is your natural state of being”

“Healthy is your natural state of being”

“Eager is your natural state of being”

“Loving is your natural state of being”

“Singing is your natural state of being”

“Playing is your natural state of being’

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- Esther Hicks and The Secret

- More Esther Hicks Stories

- Esther Hicks on Oprah

The producers of the phenomenon and hit self-help, law of attraction movie ‘The Secret’ claim that the Law of Attraction is something that the greats throughout time, Newton, Shakespeare, Plato, Carnegie and Beethoven, knew and used – and until recently was not widely known by the general public. They claim it was the release of The Secret which uncovered this age old, new phenomenon.

Left: William Walter Atkinson – one of the most influential American figures in the New Age Movement

However, the Law of Attraction has been one of the pillars of the New Age and New Thought Movements that first came into the public forum in Western society in the early 1900s. And the founding of this movement can be accredited to the great William Walter Atkinson who famously edited the magazines Suggestion, New Thought and Advanced Thought – the early publicized material on a previously untouched scene.

It was William Walter Atkinson’s book in 1906 called Thought Vibration or Law of Attraction in the Thought World that has in fact formed the benchmark for all other Law of Attraction works and thoughts.

This book is an absolutely remarkable read and many would say way ahead of its time.

This book has very firmly stood the test of time and is still an exciting work that anyone who is wishing to employ the Law of Attraction in their life should read and it will certainly get your thought processes blossoming.

Its modern day appeal is reflected in the rave reviews that it receives from many Amazon reviewers with an average of 4.5* out of 5.

“Groundbreaking in 1906 and still extremely thought provoking today – although the material is not new to me as I have seen so many new age pundits regurgitate it in one form or another – what is startling is to read it in the context of early last century. Luminous and superb!”- anon, CA

Wallace D. Wattles

Wallace D. Wattles was another influential figure in the new age movement. In his book The Science of Getting Rich in 1910 he outlines his thoughts on the origins of the Law of Attraction:

“This theory is of Hindu origin, and has been gradually winning its way into the thought of the western world for three hundred years. It is the foundation of all the Oriental philosophies, and those of Descartes, Spinoza, Leibnitz, Schopenhauer, Hegel and Emerson…..”

Whilst this is one of the early works on the Law of Attraction I don’t feel it has stood the test of time as well as William Walter Atkinson’s work. (Read this post for more)The language used is very dated and it’s not the classic that Thought Vibration is considered.

Despite this it has got the facelift that it requires to bring it into the modern era and could still be a great read. It still managed to get a rating of 4 out of 5 from amazon. The message must, still to this day, ring true. Give it a whirl!

Napoleon Hill

Napoleon Hill was an extremely influential figure in the new age movement and to this day his book, Think and Grow Rich remains one of the bestsellers of all time in the US. Many of you have branded this read as the ‘best self help book ever written’.

It’s a timeless classic that although primarily focuses on how to get rich the main lessons to be learnt from it are grounded in the Law of Attraction.

Napoleon’s Thoughts

“Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”

“Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.”

“What you think, so you will become.”

“Thoughts mixed with definiteness of purpose, persistence, and a burning desire are powerful things.”

Esther and Jerry Hicks

Esther and Jerry Hicks are widely regarded as being modern day gurus on everything concerning the Law of Attraction; this is because of their highly influential ‘Teachings of Abraham’.

The books they’ve written are essentially material reading for anyone wanting to get to grips with this great omnipresent law of the Universe. They published a well renowned, New York Times bestselling book entitled ‘The Law of Attraction’.

The virtues of this book lie in the way it teaches the Law of Attraction in such a well explained and clear manner like no other previous teacher.

If you have any interest in the Law of Attraction you must’ve heard of the phenomenon The Secret sweeping across the world like wildfire. In the original cut Esther Hicks featured very prominently but was subsequently cut. One theory that has been put forward is that she was cut because the producers didn’t want her to get such a cut (read this post to find out more on why she was cut).

Many other authors actually believe that The Secret is fundamentally based on the works of Esther and Jerry Hicks rather than that of Wallace D. Wattles like the producers would have you believe. ( read this post) Note that Esther and Jerry Hicks are so well thought of that they recently appeared on the Oprah Winfrey show to explain things.

Surely they have to be considered to be the modern authority on the Law of Attraction.

The Secret

If you haven’t heard of The Secret you must have been hiding under a rock for the last year or 2.

OK so the Law of Attraction has been around for absolutely ages and many, many figures and teachers have written about this Universal Law – BUT – Until the release of The Secret it has never received this much coverage and hype and generating so much attention. The Secret has thrust the Law of Attraction and the fields of personal development into the mainstream in a very dramatic way.

Oprah wants a piece of The Secret, Larry King wants a piece of The Secret, in fact everybody out there seems to want a piece of The Secret. This is represented in it being on the Amazon best selling list for so long and selling over a million copies.

For comprehensive news and updates on the Secret I recommend thesecretnotes.com.

Get Reading and Manifesting!

I hope you find the origins and teachings of the Law of Attraction exciting material to get your teeth into; these sources are a great place to start your quest for rapid manifestation and attraction.

I want to hear which other books you’ve read that are inspirational in this field. you might be looking at this thinking to yourself ‘there’s glaring omissions here’ – WELL this is just a taster of things to come. If you investigate these sources you’ll be on the right track to engaging in the power of positive thinking.

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