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How to Be a Magnet for Money

There is a lot of "doom and gloom" in the media today when it comes to the economy.

Here's the good news!  You don't have to participate in the "recession" or anything else you don't care for.

But how do you go about this?  Our latest audio interview explains everything you need to know about prosperity and abundance...especially when it comes to generating money!

You'll learn...

• The 3 Things You Must Do to Manifest More Money (They Work Every Time!)
• The Real Reason You're in Debt...and What to Do About It
• A Simple "Mindset" Technique to Start Generating Money Now
• How to Attract Anything You Want -- Not Just Money!
• What You Must Do When You're Broke...So You'll Avoid More Debt
• Do You Have This Self-Destructive Behavior that Actually Repels Money?  (If so...how to get rid of it!)
• How to Create a Simple Daily Routine So You Can Attract Money Like a Magnet

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Two Awesome NLP Tricks for the Law of Attraction

For anyone studying the Law of Attraction, Neuro Linguistic Programming, or NLP, can be an incredibly useful subject.  NLP is the study of using of the mind and language to bring about change in a person’s habits, thoughts, feelings and experience.  There are a few particular tricks that really help when visualizing with the intent of manifesting your desires.

The first trick is to use submodalities to heighten your emotional response.  When people visualize, they form pictures or movies in their mind.  Actually, you will find that people often create these pictures externally, which explains why some have more difficulty visualizing with their eyes closed.  What NLP teaches us about these mental pictures and movies is that we can control them in order to change the way we feel about them.

Modalities for our purposes are the major senses and submodalities are the variances possible within each.  Visually speaking, your submodalities would be size, brightness, color, etc.  For hearing, submodalities would include pitch, volume, and tone.  By taking control of the submodalities for your mental pictures, you can vastly increase or diminish your emotional response to them.

For instance, have you ever heard someone say they had a problem they needed distance from?  They had a mental picture that was too close.  How about, “can’t see the big picture for the details?”  They are zoomed in too much to one part of the picture.  Likewise, you can use these submodalities to increase your emotional responses.  When you are visualizing your desires, try making the movie bigger, brighter, and louder.  You will notice your emotions will become much stronger, granting you greater energy towards your manifestations.

The second great NLP trick to know for manifesting is the practice of anchoring.  Anchoring works by touching a part of your body.  The exact spot, pressure, and type of touch all play into an anchor.  The more nerve endings there are in an area of the body, the more precise your touch will have to be.  You can anchor an emotional response, so that by touching that anchor again later, you will begin experiencing the same emotions again.

To use this in your visualization, wait until your emotions are stirring up.  Use submodalities to increase your emotional response to the mental movies and pictures you are forming about having what it is you wish to manifest.  When your emotions are high, choose an anchor (pinch your right knee, clasp your shoulder, etc).  The next time you are beginning to visualize, trigger the anchor and you will have a much easier time.

You can also use what is called a sliding anchor.  For example, when you begin to experience excitement about having your desire, touch your fingertip to your knee.  When your excitement goes up a notch, slide your fingertip an inch or two up your knee.  Doing this, you can set an anchor where you touch your knee, trigger the emotion, and then heighten it by sliding your finger up the same path as before.

Give these two NLP tricks a try, and your manifestation efforts will pay off much faster!  You may even find some applications for these techniques outside of manifesting (what happens if you take a mental image of something that scares or depresses you and turn down the brightness, shrink the picture and push it further away from you?).  Enjoy!

The Law of Attraction: Money in the Making

When using the Law of Attraction, what could be a more common goal than to attract money?  Money buys things we enjoy, money can buy us time, and ultimately money can buy us freedom.  They say money can’t buy happiness, but money can provide almost all of the elements that constitute happiness.  With freedom of time and freedom of finances comes the freedom of choice.  Isn’t that what makes most of us truly happy?  Having the freedom of choice to do what we want when we want?

And so, using the Law of Attraction, you can attract all of the wealth and abundance into your life that you deserve.  Now remember that money is a means, and that the money itself isn’t all that exciting.  When visualizing, visualize yourself with the ends, not the means.  Visualize yourself flying to the Bahamas, or playing on the beach.  Visualize yourself skydiving, surfing, or doing whatever it is you would do if you had the time and money to do what you wanted.  Feel free to visualize yourself buying whatever you want.  Make sure that in your visualization, money is never a problem.

By focusing more on the ends (freedom of time, freedom of choice) and allowing the means to simply be a no-problem part of your mental movie, you will begin attracting those freedoms.  Since those freedoms require money, you will naturally attract money.  Keep an eye out for any signs the universe sends you, as it may be necessary for you to take action where appropriate.  Once you put the energy out there and the universe begins working for you, you need to remain alert!

The universe and your subconscious mind are intimately linked.  You need to send clear messages to both that you value money and that money is important to you.  That means reaching over to pick up pennies in the parking lot, etc.  Otherwise, be it a penny or thousand dollar bill, you are sending a message to your subconscious and the universe that you don’t need/want/value money.  It has been said that Bill Gates will stop to pick up a dollar on the sidewalk.  That was meant to be a display of his greed, but in fact what that story illustrates is his wealth-centric state of mind.  Similar things have been said of Donald Trump.  What a shame it would be to be in the same boat with two wealthy fellows such as those!

Finally, once you have placed your order of wealth to the universe, relax but remain ever alert.  Sometimes it seems by the very act of remaining alert, the universe is able to meet your desires more quickly.  Otherwise you may miss the opportunities.  Take each moment in your daily life as a personal message from the universe to you, and watch for anything out of the ordinary that may contain the seed for your desire to become manifest.  Good luck!

Attracting More Options in Life

Sometimes in the course of life, we become so accustomed to our beliefs, expectations, and thought patterns that we begin to feel like we’re trapped in a never-ending cycle.  At these times, what we need are more options, but also these are the times it’s most difficult to see other possibilities.  Luckily, the Law of Attraction can assist you in finding more options for your life.

The first thing you need to do is to send out your intent stating that you will no longer accept things as they are, and you desire new things.  New experiences, new people, new places, and new habits.  State this emphatically aloud.  The more frustrated you are, the more emotion will pack into your words.  This is all energy going out into the universe.

There is no visualization needed in this exercise.  To attract new things, stating your intent is more than enough.  However, you must alter yourself in your daily life for a short while.  The way that you do this is to be ever alert for something new.  You know what’s typical in your daily life, and what is not.  The universe will send you a clue or a message in the form of something different; something new.  Keep your eyes peeled for a day or two - it won’t take long.

When you first note something new and strange, it may seem to have no value for you as far as something you can use in your daily life.  This was merely a clue, however, and your job is to ponder it.  Think very clearly about this clue.  Why did it happen?  Where did it come from?  What did it mean?  How does it relate to your life?  As your subconscious processes the clue, your conscious will begin to get an inkling.  It will slowly dawn on you, and then the answer will be so obvious you’ll wonder how you missed it.

That clue may give you a new direction, or may suggest a new hobby.  It may involve new people or new places and new things.  If you are still not clear on what to do with this clue, simply state your intention to the universe again and remain aware.  You can do this until you receive a message from the universe that you can understand completely.  At that point, you will have the answer you are looking for.

You may find yourself observing other people.  This is natural when you are in a more observant state.  Ask yourself, why are you observing this particular person at this moment?  What are they doing?  What are they saying?  What message is in this experience for me?

Before long, you will be very adept and processing clues from the universe, and will find that the natural flow of life offers you endless opportunities to explore new things.  The purpose of this exercise is merely to open you up and give you a nudge on your way to discovering more of the endless options available to you in your human experience.

Overcoming Negative Thoughts

When starting out with the Law of Attraction, you may notice that your mind has some ugly thoughts it likes to contribute to your efforts.  Almost all of us have one of these voices in our head: “That will never work.  You can’t do that.  That’s not good enough.  It will never happen.”  Likewise, we all have a voice in our head that encourages us.  “Alright!  That was awesome!  I rock!”  In some of us one or the other may be dominant, or even apparently missing.  If your negative voice is missing, you’re lucky!

If you truly take note, you will notice that the negative voice is quite different from the positive voice.  Not only are they different voices, differing in tone, pitch, and volume.  They will also be in different parts of your head.  The negative voice may be behind your left ear, and the positive voice may come from lower in your head.  Take note of where these voices speak from.

NLP, or Neuro Linguistic Programming, teaches us that we can change these voices by becoming aware of them and then making alterations.  The next time you hear the encouraging voice, by all means, turn up the volume!  When you hear the negative voice, there are a few tricks you can try.  Change the voice into a lower pitch and make it softer.  Give it a sexy ring.  “THAT’S NEVER GOING TO WORK!” is very different sounding from “mmm, that will never work” in a seductive tone.  Turn the volume on this voice down a little.

You may be laughing, but it really is that simple!  These voices are mental constructions we have created.  They reflect different beliefs we have that may or may not serve us.  By adding power to your positive voices and turning your negative ones into something you can laugh at, you change the impact both have on you.

You can try moving the voices around.  This may or may not work, depending on the person.  You can even mute the negative voices and give the positive ones a megaphone.  When you take control of your own thinking processes and mental habits in this way, you change the way that your thinking affects your reality.  By toning down any negative voices, you take away their impact at affecting your mood, your feelings, or your manifestation attempts. 

After all, who can manifest their desires while a drill sergeant yells “THIS IS STUPID!” from behind you?  Turn that drill sergeant into a mime.  Oh, and don’t form any mental pictures.  That’ll show em!

By becoming more aware of your thought processes and the different voices you use within your own mind, you can tweak your thoughts so that manifesting your desires is much easier.  But that’s not where the benefits end.  How much better will your entire life be when the voice of failure is forever gone from within you?

Empowering Your Visualizations With Meditation

Did you know that you could have far more success with the Law of Attraction if you learned just a little bit about meditation?  Would it be worth it to you to find yourself becoming more and more successful with your manifestation efforts?  All you need is a small amount of time each day for a week or two, and you can learn to meditate.  When visualizing from a meditative state, you will get vastly greater results.

First of all, this simple meditation I am describing is little more than learning to consciously enter a light trance.  In a light trance, your brainwaves slow down to alpha levels, your body slows down a bit and relaxes greatly, and your conscious and subconscious minds merge ever so slightly more so than in your normal waking state.  Being in this state will allow you to have more success with the Law of Attraction than you may be used to.  So beware, learning to visualize from a state of trance might just change your life for the better!

In fact, it has been proven that many creative people move into an alpha state when they are being creative, be that by writing, playing music, painting, etc.  Getting into an alpha state is not difficult.  It’s something that happens to you many times each day.  Whenever you “zone out” or “get into the zone” or were “entirely focused on what you were doing”, you were most likely in an alpha state.  The trick is to learn to move voluntarily into that state and to use it in a productive manner.

The cool thing about altered states is that once you learn to go into them and practice a little, you will be able to put yourself into them almost immediately.  Begin by relaxing your body, part by part, for about 10 minutes.  Relax your toes, relax your feet, relax your legs.  Relax your stomach, relax your chest, relax your neck.  Relax your upper arms, lower arms, and hands.  Relax your facial muscles.  Feel yourself becoming more and more relaxed.

At a certain point in relaxation, you will feel a very subtle shift as your body and mind slow down.  You will feel very pleasant, and very relaxed.  This is the alpha state.  You can reach this state with eyes open or shut, but you may want to practice with your eyes shut so that your senses’ ability to distract you is minimized. 

Practice entering this state for a few days, and before long you will find yourself able to move into it at will.  When you are in this state, many activities will be enhanced.  Creative activities, like art or music or writing, are greatly stimulated in this state.  More important to us right now though, visualization for manifestation is enhanced.  By using the alpha state, your manifestation efforts will yield fruit more rapidly than when you attempt to visualize in your usual, hectic waking state of mind.  Give it a try and log your results.  You will find that the difference is enormous!

Making Change By Taking Responsibility

The Law of Attraction states that we all create our own reality using the power of our minds.  This is happening all the time, whether we are aware of it or not.  Becoming aware of it and learning to use this awesome power is the purpose of the many teachings available on the subject.  However, there is one prerequisite that is really quite important in gaining true control over your life.  You must take responsibility for everything, both the good and the bad.

It doesn’t take much goading to get someone to accept responsibility for the good things that have happened in their life.  When you begin asking people to accept responsibility for the bad, you begin to find resistance.  None of us want to feel that we have been to blame for everything.  This goes far beyond a blame game though.  The game of life is a huge canvas and we are the artists.  In order to take control of our brushes, we must first recognize the things we have painted as our own.

You will eventually find this to be true in a literal sense, but for now you don’t need to truly feel this.  Just accept it.  Accept the new belief that you are responsible for everything in your life, and that you have the power to change it.  You have the power to add more good things to your life while letting the bad things drop away.  You do not have this power until you take responsibility however, so adopt this belief on a try-before-you-buy basis (also known as: suspend your disbelief), and you will find within a brief amount of time that it is true for you.

When you take responsibility, you regain all of your power.  No longer will other people or events in your present or past hold any power over you.  You will be in control.  When you adopt this attitude, your visualization exercises will yield far greater results.  Every effort you make to manifest a desire will be empowered tenfold.  Any feelings of being a victim will disappear and you will feel your true strength returning to you.  Do not allow others to tell you any different - they don’t know any better themselves.  Things are possible from this frame of mind that others could never imagine.

Most importantly, whenever you encounter something in your daily life that you do not like, you can consciously acknowledge it, recognize it, and choose to create something different next time.  You can literally begin watching the things in your life that you do not like fade back into the background while more and more of your desires move to the front.  This changing of perception is the shift in reality you are looking for.  Good luck!

Creating a Private Space for Manifesting

It can be difficult to find the time and place for daily visualization.  Between your job, your friends, your partner, and your kids (or any applicable combo thereof) you may find that you don’t have the time (or perhaps just the private space) to conduct Law of Attraction visualizations.  Perhaps there are some times/places you haven’t thought about, though.

1) The Bath/Shower - this is an excellent time to work on your manifestations.  Think about the bath or shower.  One common cliché is that people sing in the shower.  Why, instead of singing, couldn’t you visualize?  Water is very powerful and contains wonderful healing energy.  This energy also can assist you in your visualization process.  By cleansing your energy as you are visualizing, your intent will be clearer and more powerful.  Plus, most of us aren’t bothered too often when taking our morning bath.

2) Your Lunch Break - sure, it’s nice to eat out a time or two each week, but you can easily turn 20 minutes of your lunch break into a great visualization session.  Find somewhere that you won’t be bugged.  This could even be outside as you walk laps around your building.  Use this time twice a week to visualize your desires.

3) Your Smoke Break - I know, these are often social events.  However, think about how many times each day you smoke (this of course is only for smokers).  Could you not cut one smoke break away from everyone else?  Non smokers at work, could you not cut a 15 minute break for yourself as well?

4) Bedtime - Often the quietest time of day for a parent is the small window of time between the children going to bed and the parents going to bed.  Perhaps there is a window in here for you to visualize?  Or perhaps you could do it as you lay down, after you’ve told your spouse good night.  There are no rules against visualizing with your eyes closed, you know...

The point here is that there are many small time slots throughout the day where you can slide a 10-15 minute visualization session in without being distracted.  Sometimes we need to stop and really think about when we are going to work on manifesting our desires.  If you never cut out time to work on your desires, how will you see them met?  Remember, your desires being fulfilled will not only be a blessing to you, but also to everyone you care about.  So for their sake as much as your own, find a time, mark it off, and enjoy the fun of visualizing!