But for many people, affirmations create nothing more than unfulfilled desires and unnecessary stress. Why? Because they use affirmations that feel so way out of their reach. Try this on for size: “I am rich.”

Did something inside you just scream “Yeah, right!”? Or do your palms feel sweaty or is your heart pounding heavily?…. If you’ve ever been convinced to try affirmations, but nothing happened, don’t worry. Millions of other people have tried them too. Some ended up worse than they did before. Why?

Because if you keep on repeating affirmations that do NOT feel TRUE to you, you’ll end up feeling bad, and this, in turn attracts more negativity in your life.

Manifestation Law of Attraction: How To Make Affirmations Work

In order to really make affirmations work, you need to work with affirmations that feel true to you. (Do this at least in the beginning.) General affirmations like “Everyday in every way I’m getting better and better” work best for this. Try it. You will see that it feels good, because your body and mind isn’t offering any resistance to the statement.

So, when is the best time to do your affirmations? Do your affirmations immediately after waking up and just before going to bed. This is because the mind is in a very relaxed state during those times. When you’re repeating the affirmation, try to feel as if it were already true.

Remember, if you’re new to this manifestation and law of attraction thing, do NOT start with specific affirmations, because you’ll be running against years and years of negative programming that’s hard to get away from.

Here are some tips to make affirmations work even better:

1. Meditate before affirmations

When you meditate, a lot of the stress goes away, making your mind and body more relaxed. This makes it more likely for the subconscious mind to accept your affirmations as truth.

2. Bombard your senses

Look for evidence of what you’re asking. If you want to be rich, bombard your senses with evidence of wealth. This could be anything from watching Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous on TV, or browsing through magazines. Do this throughout the day.

I flipped through the pages, smiling at myself for all the pictures I’d cut out of magazines. Most of clipped-out images were of women I admired; there were some tokens kept from ceremonies and funerals, and a few certificates for awards I’d won when I was a girl.

My breath was caught short when I flipped to a blank manilla page. This picture torn from a jewelry store advertisement stared up from the inside edge of the page.

Without the extra little condiment diamonds and the sapphires, I realized, this dream from my childhood looks exactly like the ring KD imagined and designed. This is the ring she offered to me when she asked me to marry her.

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People ask why I have held off writing directly about the Law of Attraction. I’ve done so because of the prevalence of information on the subject that makes the LOA sound like a Cosmic ATM!

Visit any forum on this subject and you are bound to find threads by people looking for help manifesting new cars, luxury homes and stacks of cash. And this by people who have no interest in the more basic forms of manifesting that deal with day to day issues of peace and harmony within their lives.

The law of attraction and manifestation is a natural law, like gravity. And you ignore it with the same degree of danger you would have if you ignored gravity. This means that if you want to harness this power, it is necessary to experience it as it occurs in everyday life as an observer before you even attempt to steer it with your own thoughts and energy. Even with the Law of Attraction you need to be able to crawl before you try to run a marathon…

law of attraction and manifestation

We have each already observed the law of attraction and manifestation at work whether we realized it or not. How often have we seen someone put out negative energy in the form of anger only to get anger back? How often have we seen that some people never seem to have a problem with anyone due to their own calm demeanor? In each of these cases, the party with the greatest strength behind the type of energy they are emanating will prevail. With one seeming exception, which we will get to later.

law of attraction and manifestation

So each and every one of us are manifesting through the energy we emanate through our thoughts, words and actions. You are already interacting with the Law of Attraction by thinking, speaking and going about your business every day just as you are interacting with gravity by failing to fall off the planet!

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What we want to do though, is to learn to interact with the law of attraction and manifestation in a beneficial way. And when we say beneficial, we mean beneficial to all. When we seek to manifest in a way that is harmful to others in order to benefit ourselves, our efforts with fail. They will fail because by definition they are in conflict with the Law of Attraction. To attempt to manifest something that is good for the manifestor at another’s expense is a selfish act and will attract selfishness from others, hindering the desired results across all aspects of the manifestors life. See how this works?

law of attraction and manifestation

So the first thing we need to develop in order to begin even the most basic forms of Law of Attraction and manifestation is to develop Awareness. What is meant here by Awareness is first of all to be Aware of one’s own identity as opposed to the over-identification with one’s own positions, and identification with the content of life that is so common today. Awareness also includes being cognizant of everyone else as something other than competitors. The best way to accomplish both of these is to meditate on the following affirmation:

Everyone is doing the best they can with the resources available to them.

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This helps to build our empathy with the condition of others and eliminate our feelings that we need to overcome others. Awareness is key to success in your efforts to use law of attraction and manifestation techniques. This is one of the reasons that I have given more attention to writing about The Power of Now issues as they help to overcome the out of balance ego that the majority of the world struggles with.

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Awareness is also the energy that tips the scales in the favor of the Aware. Remember the one exception to the rule that the one manifesting with the most energy will prevail? Awareness trumps all. You can come up against the angriest of individuals with their yelling and cursing, and overcome them with far less energy as long as you are acting out of Awareness. This is because the energy that Awareness brings is of such a higher order, that it trumps just about everything it comes up against.

I will be writing further about the Law of Attraction and Manifestation techniques. It will be with an understanding that to even begin working to use LOA techniques as a steering mechanism, you have to start by developing Awareness as a baseline within your life.

Law of Attraction and Manifestation Techniques Require Awareness

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Instead of trying to take on all of your goals on your own, why not ask for help from the universe? The universe can be a powerful partner in helping you achieve your manifestation goals.

By calling upon the universal power you are setting yourself up for success. Your partner, the universe, knows what is right for you and what can be achieved with ease and natural ability.

In the well-known book, “Ask and It is Given” Jerry and Esther Hicks talk about the process they describe as the placement process. It came about because they were spending a lot of time traveling and were becoming overwhelmed with the day-to-day tasks and responsibilities they were faced with.

While sitting at a restaurant having a meal, Mrs. Hicks came up with a brainstorm. She turned over her paper placemat and on the back drew a line down the center. On one side she wrote the words “the universe” and on the other side she wrote the word “me.”

After writing down all of this, she found that almost without effort the universe would start handling all of the issues listed in its column. This was liberating because it allowed her to focus on those items listed on her side of the placemat. She invoked the power of the universe to become a part of her life in partnership to manifest her goals.

The reason I mention this is to suggest that you can use the same technique to manifest wealth and achieve goals and your own life. Why not ask the universe for help? Take a plain sheet of paper and draw a line down the center. On the side marked the universe list all of those items that you feel too challenged with or are insurmountable. Once you’ve done this, file the paper and trust that the universe will help.

The process of writing all of this out is much more effective than typing on a computer or just thinking the thoughts in your head.

By asking the universe for help you are lifting the burdens that seems so overwhelming. Calling upon the universal power to help you manifest success and wealth is a sure way to achieving your dreams.

Make this a regular process and you will be amazed at how quickly you achieve your goals. The burden of feeling all of the responsibility will be lifted and you will be on your way to manifesting wealth and success in your life.