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The 7 laws of attraction: The law of paradoxical intent.
Filed Under (7 laws of attraction, law of attraction) by admin on 02-08-2008
7 laws of attraction: the series
This is the fifth article in the series of the 7 laws of attraction. The splitting up of the law of attraction in 7 parts allows us to better understand the workings of the law. Each of them details an aspect that we should take into consideration.
Today we continue with:
The law of paradoxical intent.
I think this law is the one that is used most often unintentionally by people who do not know anything about the law of attraction, and it often makes them miserable.
The law of attraction states that we attract whatever we put our concentration on. But what if what we concentrate upon is negative? Well, we still will attract it.
Let’s give an example: For years, I have been ill very often. And I have been looking for solutions in order to not be ill any more. And in this my mistake was embedded. I did not want to get ill, and so I concentrated on illnesses and … yes, got ill. But recently, I started concentrating on radiant health. On being in good shape and now I am much less ill.
Off course, its not perfect. Yet. But as I get more and more healthy, I get to be more and more confident in my abilities, and so I am more and more healthy.
Why is it not perfect?
Well, the real reason is that most people, including myself, are filled with negative thoughts, sometimes also described as limiting beliefs. To use the example of my health again: I used my weak health to avoid some responsibilities that I am afraid of. So I got ill to not have to take them up. After a while, this becomes annoying, and I started to hate falling ill. Now off course, I still have the habit of falling ill in order to avoid some responsibilities. And then I start to tell myself how inconvenient it would be to fall ill just now. And so I get more ill.
But once I recognize the pattern, I can break it. I tell to myself: “ok, if I fall ill, it will be like that. I will perform to the best of my abilities and see what happens”. In 90% of the cases, this is enough to dissipate the upcoming illness. Really wonderful.
Breaking patterns.
To break patterns, we first need to recognize them. To this end, a study of oneself is really needed. I do not believe one can get successful at the law of attraction without studying oneself. There are lots of methods on the market (like the sedona method) and I really believe most of them work.
But what they all have as a fundament is mindfulness. The constant observation of oneself. They do not always call it like that or say it with so many words, but it is actually implied. To learn more about this topic, see my post on mindfulness exercises and the motivaider.
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This was a really great post. I found your site on entrecard and just dropped in to drop on your box - but the post caught my attention. Very good read.
Thanks
This is too true, I only started losing weight when I started concentrating on getting healthier.
@roschelle: thanks for your kind words
@Wallace: I’m glad you also are getting good results. If more people would apply this, I guess health care would look completely different.
Timely message for me. I am focusing on what I don’t like at work and perpetuating getting what I don’t like. Thanks for reminding me to focus on what I do want.
Very interesting: The law of paradoxical intent. Now I feel that I must check out all the other laws of attraction too.
@Tim: Yes, we all do that, and it is a difficult habit to break.
@Sarika: Good luck to you in your endeavor.
It makes a lot of sense to me now. One keeps trying to avoid the bad instead of attracting the good, and ends up obsessing over and attracting the bad into ones life.
Wow that’s a great review of the the principle of the Laws of Attraction
Great review. When you focus on the solution instead of the problem you get answer. Great Post!
The easy way to tell if your thoughts are where you want them, is to pay attention to how you feel. It’s our human energy detector.
Interesting, you have made some of the same template modifications to the Atomic blogging theme as I have. How is it working for you? You should look to adding the link ads I have - they convert well.
Well, the number of page views went up. That is a very positive thing. I do not sell a lot though
although I get the occasional adsense click.