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One of the most powerful ways of creating good things in your life with the Law of Attraction is to develop the ‘attitude of gratitude’. Unfortunately, gratitude seems to have become something of a forgotten secret among modern day Law of Attraction practitioners, so in this article we will outline exactly why gratitude is so important.

The idea that ‘what you focus on expands’ is commonplace in Law of Attraction teachings, and many people interpret this to mean that they should focus their attention on their ultimate goal. If you can do this with a feeling of having already achieved the goal then that is a perfectly workable approach, but sometimes it is the case that fixing your attention on the goal also makes you very aware that you have not yet achieved it. Focusing on the goal can therefore also ‘accidentally’ involve focusing on not having what you want, and of course that ‘not having’ condition can also expand in your life if you are not careful.

An alternative approach is to develop the habit of gratitude, and specifically, to develop the habit of being grateful for whatever you have in your life that the manifestation of the intended goal would increase. Since the goal itself has not yet been achieved in terms of the linear time track, your gratitude target should be the emotion that you expect to experience when the goal has been achieved, rather than the specifics of the goal.

For example, let us imagine that you are using Law of Attraction principles to attract more abundance into your life. In this case you need to identify what emotions having a greater level of abundance would give you – let us say for the sake of illustration that it would give you a sense of security, optimism and freedom. That being established, you should now develop the habit of being grateful for whatever level of security, optimism and freedom you already have in your life, however small.

As you form the habit of using gratitude to focus on the emotions that you associate with your goal, what you focus on will, according to the Law of Attraction, expand. You will therefore find that the conditions of your life will naturally change to give you even more security, even more optimism and an even greater sense of freedom.

The expansion of what you focus on through gratitude could come via the straightforward manifestation of your goal, or it could come via another route that you haven’t even considered before, but your focus will certainly expand.

This is why it is rarely a good idea to be too specific about how you want a desired condition to manifest itself. You may think that more abundance automatically means that you have to get more money, but it could just as easily come into your life in the form of a gift or windfall. For example, you could win a new house in a competition and have security handed to you directly along with a reduction in your monthly living expenses (no more mortgage or rent payments). If you had been focusing exclusively on abundance manifesting as cash, you could easily have missed out on this non-financial way of experiencing your desire.

To summarise, developing the habit of gratitude is something that all Law of Attraction practitioners should do. Take your focus off your problems, worries and concerns and instead put it squarely on the conditions in your life that you want to expand. Be grateful for whatever measure of those conditions you already experience, and trust that the universe will expand them without you having to force the issue. Do this and we think that you will be very impressed with how things progress.

Previously we introduced this series on How to Manifest Money by discussing why you, as a spiritual being, deserve abundance in every area of life. We now present the first of three Manifesting Money principles that you can use to help you manifest money quickly and painlessly…

Manifesting Money Principle #1 – Make A Wish

This really is a vital principle in manifesting money and anything else for that matter. You have to start by ‘making a wish’ – by sitting down and deciding once and for all precisely what it is you want.

Now most people don’t actually do this. Most people mentally agree that they would like more money, or a better car, or a bigger home, but few actually sit down and decide that they are absolutely committed to getting what they want. Unfortunately, unless this decision is deliberately made, manifesting anything is virtually impossible.

Start by imagining that you have been granted just one wish to help you improve your financial life and that whatever you wish for you can have. Now decide what you will wish for, and be as specific as possible. Don’t rush this decision, but take your time. Sit down and seriously consider what you really and truly want. Not what you think you can get, or what you think you deserve, but what you want.

When you have made this decision, write your wish-goal on a piece of paper as though it has already been manifest. For example, instead of writing, ‘I wish for $10,000 in the bank’ you should write, ‘I have $10,000 in the bank.’ We use the present tense because this helps to unleash the power within us and makes manifestation a much faster process.

It may seem simple, but as we said earlier, most people never get around to deciding what they really want in the way of material abundance. Most people spend more time watching soap operas on television than they do making plans about their lives. It is therefore no wonder that they do not make any real progress.

So take these principles seriously. They have the power to give you whatever you want, but only if you use them. And the first step is to sit down and make a wish. So sit down and make it!

In this exclusive series on How to Manifest Money we will present three specific Manifesting Money principles which you can use to start attracting a greater level of wealth and abundance into your life.

Before we begin, we should first make sure that you are at ease with the concept of experiencing abundance. So many people seem to think that becoming wealthy – driving luxury cars and enjoying the best of everything – is unspiritual. This belief alone can block any abundance you might otherwise experience, so it is vital that you correct it at once if you recognise it within yourself.

The fact is that wealth and abundance to some degree are virtually essential in this current age. In order to enjoy many of the things on this earth plane – even modest things such as a roof over your head and food on the table – money is essential. Even if all you want to do is travel to Tibet and learn to meditate properly, you still need at least some cash to pay your air fare and put clothes on your back.

Money is neither positive or negative. It is merely a symbol of energy – a unit of exchange – and is therefore neutral. One man can use his wealth to control other people whilst another can use his wealth to set people free from financial burdens. Thus money can be used either negatively or positively, but money itself is not biased one way or the other. It is neither spiritual or unspiritual.

As the infinite spiritual being that you really are, you deserve abundance in every area of your life. You deserve abundance in your relationships, career, living environment, transport, wardrobe, friendships, spiritual knowledge and – lest we forget – your finances. Abundance is not only a normal part of your birthright as a divine being, it is actually a necessity. If you have abundance in your financial situation then you can use this to help yourself and others live life at the highest possible level. If you don’t have such abundance then you can seldom help anyone with anything of a practical nature. It really is as simple as that.

Now that has been dealt with, we can begin to discuss the art of manifesting money itself. The three Manifesting Money principles we present in this series should be incorporated into your daily life as soon as possible. Don’t wait for a few months and then wonder why you aren’t abundant. Abundance comes only when you act on the spiritual principles which you are taught. So study this series carefully, read through the text at least twice, then put the principles to work. If you do this then the results will be truly magical.

Right now you may think of yourself of being an individual, of being separate from other people, of living ‘your own life’. But no matter how strongly you believe in this illusion, that is all it is – an illusion. Even now you are simply energy and that energy exists in all times and in all places. You are even now an infinite and eternal being with no limits. In case you need us to say it just one more time, you are energy. Or, to express the idea in the bluntest and most direct way, you are God.

So what is this life all about? If you are God and we are God and we are all the same God, why do we perceive ourselves as being separate, of being individuals?

Our notion is that this physical life is nothing more than a training ground or ‘dream’. God, being infinitely creative, desires to experience every possible permutation of human life, and so it experiences this through physical life. It experiences existence as a single mother and at the same time as a member of royalty. It experiences abundance and lack. It experiences pain and it experiences ecstasy. It experiences being black, white, yellow, male, female, old, young, able and unable.

If you have battled hard all your life against poverty then this is God experiencing poverty. As God you can turn this poverty into abundance, and so learn more about the way that poverty and abundance work in your particular situation. If you decide not to turn poverty into abundance then that is something you will learn at some point in the future – perhaps in another ‘dream of life’.

We would like to talk more about this ‘dream of life’ belief, and perhaps the best way we can do this is to tell you a short story…

Once upon a time a man called Jack who fell asleep and had a dream. He dreamt that he was walking through the spiritual plane when he came to a small amusement park. In that amusement park there was a man selling tickets for a ride on his new Virtual Reality machine.
     “Would you like a go Sir?” the man asked with a smile.
     “Is it good?” asked Jack.
     “Good? It’s the best! In sixty seconds you will experience a whole other life as though you’re really there.”
     “And what’s the point of that?” asked Jack.
     “Well, wouldn’t you like to learn more about yourself?” the man replied. “Wouldn’t you like to know how you’d deal with different circumstances? Wouldn’t you like to try life as a completely different person and see how well you could cope?”
     Jack nodded. “That sounds good. What programs does your machine offer?”
     The man smiled. “More than you could handle in a million years of being in this place. You can be black, white, male, female, poor, rich, sick, healthy, relaxed, uptight, tall, short, thin or fat. You can live in London, Birmingham, Fresno, San Diego, Acapulco….”
     “I think I get the idea.” Jack said, knowing full well that this friendly salesman could probably go on forever. “I’ll give it a spin.”
     The man smiled again and helped Jack get aboard the machine. A helmet was placed on his head and gloves on his hands to make the Virtual Reality experience as plausible as possible.
     “Hold on tight, Sir. You’re Virtual Ride starts now!”
     Before he had time to say anything, Jack was catapulted into another world. He was born and experienced life as a baby, learning to walk and talk. Then he went to kindergarten, then school, then college, then university. Then he found himself a great job as a lawyer, met a beautiful colleague and a couple of years later they married. They had children and watched their children grow into adults themselves. Jack took vacations, played golf and grew old. And then he died in the arms of his wife. And just as everything went black….
     Jack opened his eyes and found himself on some sort of ride.
     “Where am I?” he asked.
     The man standing next to him smiled. “The ride is over, Sir. Now tell me, what did those sixty seconds teach you?”
     And then Jack remembered. He wasn’t really a lawyer at all. It was just a ride. “Sixty seconds? It felt like 70 years! And I learned a lot,” Jack answered. “But I could do with learning some more. Could I take another ride?”
     The man nodded. “Sure you can. Any place in particular?”
     Jack shrugged. “Oh, I don’t really mind.  But it would be good if it was a life in which I had the opportunity to learn more about the deeper aspects of the universe and about who I really am as a spirit being.”
     “No problem,” the man said, and helped Jack put the helmet and gloves back on. “Now hold on tight because this life is going to be a lot more challenging than the last. You’ll encounter difficulties at every turn, but it’s all for teaching purposes so you’ll be fine.”
     Jack nodded.
     “Okay then.  Your Virtual Ride starts now!”
     And then Jack woke up.

Now, which one was the ‘real’ Jack in the story? Was it the Jack who was dreaming in bed and finally woke up? Or was it the Jack who was strolling around the spiritual plane taking ‘Virtual Reality’ rides to learn more about himself as a spiritual being?

Think about your own physical life. Have there been times when your life got so crazy and out-of-perspective that it seemed more like a ride or a dream than reality?

Then maybe that’s just what it is…