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There is a universal law that is hardly ever talked about. It is the Law of Compensation.

Essentially, the Law of Compensation says that everything has a price. This is an essential concept for you to keep in mind relating to the Law of Attraction. You see, The Secret and some other LOA texts can be interpreted to mean that you can have, be or do anything you want in this life, and it comes to you like magic and you don’t have to pay for it.

While it IS true that when you have a deliberately created LOA experience, it feels truly magical, NOTHING is free. You may even attract a large sum of money with very little effort through the law of attraction. However, that does not mean it doesn’t come with a price.

The reason for this is related to another universal law called the Law of Polarity. It’s the yin and the yang. It’s that everything has the potential for good and bad, and the universe is perfectly balanced. (This is also why as human consciousness rises rapidly like it is now, we’re going to see the world become even more violent and brutal … as the good gets better, the bad will get worse … at least for awhile.)

In every moment and every experience, there are the seeds of something great, and the seeds of the bad, too. That’s really where human perception is key. It is the filter you experience life through that determines how you perceive that moment.

Nothing happens in one part of the world that doesn’t effect the world somewhere else, in however small a way. It’s because we are all one, operating from one energy field.

I want to talk about the Law of Compensation because I do not want you to be surprised nor disappointed when you discover it on your own …. when you become a deliberate creator of your reality, and then wonder why these “bad” things are happening to you.

Let me give you a few examples. First, let’s say you work with the Law of Attraction correctly, meaning your thoughts and beliefs are lined up, and you take massive action forward toward your dream, and over the course of the next ten years, you increase your income from $50,000 to $5,000,000 per year. That would be quite an accomplishment!

Now you have the financial freedom you’ve always wanted. You are secure. You can travel to Paris on a whim. Your children can go to the best schools. You have the life you always dreamed of.

Do you think that large sum of money you’re receiving has a price attached? Well, it does. For one thing, you may lose some of your middle class friends, who can’t handle the disparity in your incomes. You may have distant cousins come out of the woodwork asking for what they perceive they are entitled to: loans, gifts, etc. People may steal from you.

Did you know that both Jack Canfield and James Arthur Ray have been embezzled from? And they both have a firm grasp on the Law of Attraction. See, that was the price they paid for becoming rich.

People often sue wealthy people, as they take out their envy and resentments about rich people on them.

Let’s talk about the LOC as it relates to something a little more day-to-day. When you acquire a flat screen television at a store, you pay for it; let’s say $1600. That’s the price. If you find a really cheap one, say $200, you’d probably think, “This is too good to be true!”

Yes, it is. What do you think the real price will be for getting a $200 flat screen TV? Most likely, it will be poor quality. You may think you’re paying only $200, but you will continue to pay in inconvenience, because it will break, or the picture will be fuzzy. In less than a year, it may have gone to TV heaven, and you’ll have to buy a new one. Because high quality flat screen TVs don’t cost $200. Maybe it will be worth it to you. That is where individual choice comes in. One price may seem tolerable or even a bargain to one person, yet intolerable to another.

How about in relationships? Everything has a price there, too. Say you’re a single person. If you meet your perfect partner, your life will be enriched in so many ways (and if he or she is rich, even material wealth, right?). You might gain emotional security, a fun companion and a satisfying sex life, too.

But you will pay a price to have all that. You will have to give up some of your freedom, and you will have to compromise. You will have to take another person’s feelings into consideration. You may have to eat food you don’t like, or go to movies you don’t like, or any number of other things. But it’s worth it, because of what the person brings to your life.

If you don’t pay that price, chances are, whether it’s in one year, or 30 years, you’ll lose the joy of having that person around. That will be your price. Because who would want to be with someone where they bring joy and give of themselves, and the person takes and takes and takes?

If you absolutely adore chocolate, and you eat a big bar of it every day, you will have to pay a price. You will either be fat, or you will have to work out extra hard to maintain your figure.

If someone gives you your dream car for your birthday, you will have to buy gas, pay for maintenance, and pay for insurance. Even if they cover all of these things for you, you will eventually have to pay a price. Maybe when that person wants you to go on a trip to the backwoods of Alaska, and you couldn’t think of anything you’d rather not do more than that, you feel obligated to go. After all, they bought you a CAR. It’s a small price to pay, right? (Does that phrase sound familiar? “It’s a small price to pay …” See? You already knew about the Law of Compensation.)

For an actor, the price of massive success is total lack of privacy. Top Hollywood actors often feel they can’t trust anyone anymore. They have difficulty developing deep friendships and finding someone they can share their innermost thoughts with, worried it might end up in the tabloids.

The price you pay for ensuring you will have enough to retire on is not having everything you want right now.

The price you pay for tube of toothpaste is $1.89.

The price you pay for writing your book is time spent away from friends and family. Or a night out on the town. Or sleep.

Does this help you understand something as it relates to the Law of Attraction? Because The Secret definitely missed this. The Secret made it all sound like a fairytale.

If you’ve had a Law of Attraction experience, you know it feels magical. You deliberately brought something into your life. Wow, what power you discover about yourself! Just understand that it’s not a fairytale. Gratefully pay your price, knowing that you’re simply experiencing the wisdom of the universe, the divine balance we all live within.

Soon, I’m going to be announcing a HUGE giveaway on my Web site. I’ve spent over 20 hours working on this thing I’m going to offer you for free, and there will be much, much more. What I’m offering you will be extremely valuable.

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Have a great day!

Elizabeth

PS If you’re interested in coaching, call me and let’s set up a free coaching consultation. The price you pay is an hour of your time. Then I can learn more about how I might be able to help you get where you want to go.

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Let’s Talk About Money, Honey: Using the Law of Attraction to Create Abundance in a Shaky Economy

We’re all aware that we are in a down economic cycle. And if you have enough life experience, you probably know that the economy is cyclical (like everything in life). This isn’t the first economic down cycle I’ve experienced, and it surely won’t be the last.

But what do you do from a Law of Attraction standpoint with all the doomsday news going on around you? Here are some tips:

1) Keep informed if you’d like, but do not inundate yourself with information. If you hear it enough times, you will actually start to believe that no one will thrive in this economy — yet, that is simply not factually true.

2) Every time you see this doomsday evidence, correct the thought in your mind with something truthful and positive that’s the opposite of the news you’re hearing.

For instance, if you hear, “Things are going to get a lot worse before they get better,” choose a thought like, “There are billions of people in the world. I only need to attract 20 clients into my life at any given time who can afford my services. Easy!”

3) Remind yourself that your happiness does not come from external conditions. It comes from deep down inside of you. Even if you lose your job, home or some other external part of your life, you do NOT have to let it ruin your life. Embrace whatever comes your way and let your life take you where you want to go.

4) Find gratitude in every experience you have. Whether it’s a learning experience, the chance to really put your spiritual bliss to the test and prove your happiness comes from a deeper place, or just the chance to gain empathy for others, there is something to be grateful for in every experience we have.

5) Do not let economic news create doubt in your mind. Continue to put all of your attention on achieving your goals as if it is a given they will manifest. Does a downturn in the stock market mean you don’t get to live the life you dreamed of? Somebody’s script will be bought, somebody’s coaching practice will thrive, somebody’s products will sell. … might as well be yours! Assume it will be yours and keep going forward. Keep your attention on what you want and what you like.

6) Take daily steps to feel abundant. Here are some ideas: Do something nice for yourself, plan how you will invest that money when it arrives, test drive the car you want, take financially responsible action, develop a future budget that you will implement when your income increase to your target level.

Make plans as if it’s a given the money will arrive. And for goodness sake, don’t spend money you don’t have. You must take in more money than goes out … if you don’t do this, you cannot create wealth consciousness. Your sponsoring thought will continue to be worry.

7) If your budget falls short, look at ways of evening it up. There are only two ways to do this: cut back on spending, or bring in more money. There are lots of ways to bring in another income stream. You could start a direct selling business. Or you could get a second job. You could call your creditors and ask them to lower your interest rates. You can make sure your withholding is appropriate so you’re not overpaying Uncle Sam all year.

8) Through life’s greatest changes and transitions come life’s greatest opportunities. Embrace what comes your way, and let the universe take you where you want to go. A few years ago, I was laid off. It was the best thing that ever happened to me. I was given a little push to do what I’d always wanted – become a writer and find deeper meaning in my life. Out of that came a thriving freelance writing career, abundant book editing work, an audio book, a coaching practice and a budding additional career as a singer/songwriter. Wow! All from one layoff. I’m so grateful!

Economic conditions do not have to affect your mindset, beliefs or your personal happiness. Use these tips and you’ll continue to feel abundant — a key to attracting more abundance into your life.

About Elizabeth A. Grant

Prior to experiencing a spiritual awakening in 2002, Elizabeth A. Grant lived in an almost constant state of depression and anxiety. Within four years, she was living in an almost constant state of bliss. Almost immediately, though, she noticed that manifesting her external life became virtually effortless, later learning that her inner happiness had put her in perfect harmony with universal laws of quantum physics, such as the law of attraction. Through her experiences, she developed Quantum Approach, a method to help others awaken and find their true nature — one of happiness and bliss. Since then, she has helped clients find meaning in their lives and remain happy even amid seemingly chaotic external circumstances.

A firm believer in The Power of Thought and The Power of Now, Elizabeth is the author of Morning Commute, an audio book that helps listeners develop crucial mindsets, habits and beliefs to experience happiness from the inside out. She has been featured in the books Living the Law of Attraction and Serendipity Jane’s Guide to Life Coaching. Elizabeth is a graduate of Iowa State University and a certified life coach. She can be reached at www.TheQuantumCoach.net or 888-371-4958.

Having gone through some necessary healing and learning processes, I am back in “the zone” regarding the law of attraction. It is really amazing and it’s my goal to live this way all the time.

Some of you may know that I had some amazing experiences last year and my story was chosen to be included in a book, Living the Law of Attraction by Robin Hoch and Rich German, along with 59 other inspiring stories. My story had to do with launching my careers as a writer and coach. There are also stories of health, wealth, living your dreams, weight loss, sports achievement and others. The book was just released, and if you want to learn more about it, you can visit http://www.living-the-loa.com. This is one of the best resources I’ve seen regarding LOA and manifestation, mainly because it’s written by 60 “real” people telling actual stories and how they did it. At least one of the stories will resonate with every reader.

I wanted to share with you some of my recent experiences and specifically what I did to manifest them. What I want to manifest in my life includes filling up my coaching practice, working off site (from home or wherever I choose) all the time, attracting more book editing work and to increase my savings by $3,000 asap (lots of others but those are some main ones). I have also been wanting to get some specific coaching training, and have wanted this for the past year, but it costs thousands of dollars and simply wasn’t possible for me.

Just being included in Living the Law of Attraction was a LOA experience in and of itself. The authors were so gracious — they allowed the contributors to include their contact information. It is a given that I will receive coaching inquiries out of this project. The project also gained the support of two key people along the way: Bob Doyle and Marie Diamond, both from The Secret. In addition, Rich German asked me to be a part of the audio series for the book. Very fun and worthwhile!

So in late June, I began putting all of my attention on what I WANT and off of what I DON’T want. I also began flooding my mind with this affirmation: I love myself completely, and I am completely lovable. I love myself completely, and I deserve the best. I’ve said it perhaps 4000 times since late June. Almost immediately, anxiety and panic attacks that I was experiencing dissipated. I became more relaxed, and about three weeks later I began attracting like mad and still am.

Did I mention I have no money to market myself? That’s kind of important for you to know.

Anyway, a few weeks after I began the affirmations, Robin Hoch referred a book editing client to me, a successful life coach in Belgium named Lydia Proschinger. I was thrilled as I had wanted more book editing work, and the project was within my life purpose (to entertain people and inspire them to live their dreams). The book was about life coaching and featured 8 highly successful life coaches, all with different approaches. I emailed my quote to Lydia. She did not understand how much editing costs. Embracing what came my way (a key to LOA), a lightbulb went off in my head. I asked Lydia if she’d like to trade … I’d edit the book if she’s let me be the ninth coach featured in the book. The book is, among other things, being featured as a prize to participants in Bob Doyle’s 45 Day Challenge, so thousands of people will receive it.

She jumped at the chance, and so now I am being featured in a book where the whole purpose is to inform people about what I can do for them.

This only made me more motivated to complete the training I’d been wanting to do. But still I had no money for that. I made this a clear intention in my mind, and then let it go. I did not obsess about the thought. Three days later, I felt a nudge when I got home from work to update my Web sites. This action was in line with acting “as if” it’s given that my coaching practice will fill up and I will attract more book editing work. To attract, you must 100% believe what you want is on its way, is possible, and you deserve to receive it. Then, you move forward with action “as if” it’s a given. I am also doing things like updating my coaching program, setting aside coaching hours NOW in my schedule (I will just fill in the names as people hire me) and organizing the “business” side of my business.

Anyway, that night, on my Quantum Coach site, I mainly updated some language and the advertising. The next morning, I went to check the ads, and in my Google ads, there was one that said, “Life Coach Training.” I felt a strong nudge: “CLICK IT!” So I did.

And there it was.

A special offer for a $3,000 scholarship for the exact training I’d been wanting! The offer expired in 24 hours. And it would mean that I would pay only $850 for the training I wanted. AND they even offered that I could pay in three installments with no interest. This was on July 31. It was a 30 day home study program, so I would be finished by Sept 1, my target date! I couldn’t believe this was happening to me. It was a no-strings-attached gift from the universe.

Meanwhile, I was at my client’s office (I do writing for them) a few days later, and I was faxing my time sheet to the agency that pays me. I saw another freelancer’s time sheet sitting by the fax machine. I noticed that her sheet had 2.5 hours more per week on it, even though we work the same number of hours. This was the second time I have seen this happen, but before, I figured the person worked more hours than me. I felt a strong nudge inside. I went to another freelancer and discreetly asked what hours the other person worked. She told me basically my same hours. I told her I thought it was strange that I had noticed not one, but two freelancers’ sheets showing 2.5 hours a week more than mine. She told me that my client pays freelancers for for 30 minutes of lunch per day.

I was astounded. No one had ever told me this. I’ve been there almost two years! I ballparked the number of hours I’d missed, and the amount of pay it equated to. You’ll never guess the amount after taxes: $3,000. I told my manager and he is addressing this with HR. And when and if they agree to pay me that money, it’s going right into my savings account. What made me go to the fax machine at that moment, when I would see the other time sheet? What was the nudge inside? It is not a coincidence. It is the universe bringing me what I’ve asked for. It is my higher self speaking to me through my body.

Ask. Believe. Act. Receive. Most of the “act” part is not laborious. It’s inspired action, meaning, you learn to listen to the nudge inside, and you immediately follow it, even if it’s not logical. Or you take the action you would take as if it’s a given that you dream will come true — if you want to be a successful musician, you get the training you need, do what it takes to FEEL like you’re already a musican (maybe you dress the way you think a musician dresses, for instance), get business cards printed that say “Singer/Songwriter” etc. You get the picture.

While all of these things were happening, I was aware that I was having LOA experiences. You’ll know it when it happens, because you’ll be filled with a sense of awe and wonder at how effortless your life is.

Life is short. Live your dreams.

Elizabeth Grant
The Quantum Coach

Hey all,

I am excited to be featured in the inspiring new book, Living The Law of Attraction. This book, co-authored by Rich German and Robin Hoch, is a compilation of real-life stories from people who successfully applied the Law of Attraction into their lives.

To celebrate the release of this book, I want to invite you to attend a Virtual Book Release Party which will be held via tele-conference call on Thursday, July 24th at 5pm PST (8pm EST). On this FREE live call, you will learn from:

- co-author Rich German who will share practical tools and insights on living an amazing life

- Bob Doyle from The Secret who wrote the foreword to the book

- Marie Diamond, Feng Shui expert (also featured in The Secret)

- some of the actual contributors from the book who will discuss their inspiring stories

The call will be very fun, educational and inspirational!

To register for this free call, please go to http://richgerman.com/bobdoyle.

As a bonus for registering you will get an interview between Rich German and Bob Doyle plus a free sample from the book.

Thank you!

Hope you’ll join me on Thursday!

Elizabeth Grant
The Quantum Coach
http://www.thequantumcoach.net
888-371-4958

With Mother’s Day approaching, I had to let you know about a cute new video just released by a friend of mine, Michelle O’Connell. It’s called the Normal Woman Blues. 

Michelle is one of the nation’s top coaches. She specializes in coaching people in the arts, publishing, and entertainment industries, and also she helps people build confidence and improve their self-esteem. She is one of Jack Canfield’s top coaches. She is also a music producer and voice coach. She even coached Julianne Hough from Dancing with the Stars, who just released her first album!

Michelle just published a fanstastic e-book called Keys to Instant Self-Esteem. You can check it out on her Web site, http://www.theconfidencelady.com. And please tell all the women in your life to watch this great video about being a “perfect 10″!

I watched Louise Hay’s new DVD this week, You Can Heal Your Life based on her bestselling book from 25 years ago. I highly recommend it.

It doesn’t use the words law of attraction very much but the concept of law of attraction is prevalent throughout the movie. She invites guests like Esther Hicks and Wayne Dyer to share their wisdom.

She does an excellent job of getting across her point that your thoughts create your life. She also uses some great examples from her own life to illustrate this point. The subconscious mind is a sponge. It absorbs everything you see, hear, and experience and takes it as truth. It will immediately begin looking for references to support whatever it’s been told, and if told something enough times visually, auditorily (is that a word?), or through experience, it will then become a solid belief. Once it’s a belief, all of your thoughts, actions and results will follow this belief.

Today, I was watching a biography on LL Cool J. Not being too into hip hop, I didn’t know a lot about him, but what I knew was very positive. I knew he wasn’t a gangsta rapper. I knew he seemed like a nice guy, and I had seen him act in a couple of movies.

A native of Queens, NYC, LL had no father growing up. His dad had shot his mother when he was four as well as his grandfather. Both of them survived. This happened in his home and he was home at the time. He witnessed the bloody aftermath. Talk about being traumatized. However, LL had a very strong family experience. His mother taught him right from wrong and his grandparents were an active part of his day-to-day life.

When he began writing rap songs, this made his mother happy. He was at home, so she knew where he was, and she was glad he was writing and expressing himself. This was in the early 80s, at the very beginning of rap and hip hop. He never got mixed up with drugs or felt the rage that a lot of other rappers express through their music. LL, whose real name is James Todd Smith, goes by Todd in real life. He married his teen sweetheart and they are still married today. As his mom says, they did it a bit backwards, having three of their four children first, but they still did it.

What really struck me learning about his life was that his grandfather constantly told Todd when he was growing up, “You’re a genius.” He heard this over and over the way some children here “You’re stupid” over and over. His grandmother told him over and over to “get out there and knock ‘em dead.” After being told these things enough time, he simply believed them. He knew he was loved and he believed in himself.

If you didn’t hear, “You’re a genius” while you were growing up, it doesn’t matter. Everyone has a core genius, and you are no exception. You have the power to believe in yourself and to be your own “grandfather.” Tell yourself positive affirmations enough times and they become YOUR belief.

Louise Hay’s teachings are based on this concept. She discovered around age 40 that she could become a deliberate creator of her life based on what she chose to think about. In fact, the way she tells it, her life didn’t really begin until age 40 (she is now 82). She had a horribly abusive childhood and was out on her own at age 15.

She faciliated the healing of thousands of people through her workshops, which she began doing in the ’70s. She didn’t heal them … she taught them how to heal themselves from cancer and other diseases simply through immersing their minds in thoughts of healing and well-being. She has helped people heal their relationships, finances, and find purpose in their lives all through using this method.

Essentially her message is that when you love yourself, your life heals through the power of your mind and the law of attraction.

The other day I was talking to a friend and I asked him to explain about a person at work who seemed to be bothering him. He began explaining, and within 15 minutes, I realized that by taking his thoughts to this topic, he had plummeted from relative happiness into total unhappiness. I realized that simply by thinking about this, he had changed the course of his day (or I had, unfortunately). He said, “I was doing fine before.” He was right. He WAS doing fine, and by just starting his mind thinking about something negative, I had unwittingly facilitated an unwelcome change of mood. I felt awful. I had made a mistake.

You can use your thoughts to do the opposite, though. What affirmations can you bombard your mind with to heal YOUR life? Here are some of mine, as well as a few from other people I know:

I am creating the life of my dreams moment by moment.

The universe has endless abundance.

The possibilities for my life are endless.

Everything I need, want or desire appears before me effortlessly at just the right time.

People are always doing kind and generous things for me. (Note: people who know me are amazed at how true this is in my life. I ALMOST NEVER have people be rude to me, bully me, or treat me with disrespect. Instead, people constantly offer to help me and make my life easy.)

I love you. (If all you do is say this to yourself all day long, immersing your mind in this thought, your entire external life will be transformed. I cannot stress enough the power of this one statement.)

I totally and completely love and accept myself. (See above.)

Everything lines up perfectly for me, and everything I touch turns to gold.

I am so grateful to be helping thousands of people transform their lives.

I am so grateful to have found my perfect partner. We bring out the best in each other.

I am healthy, wealthy and wise.

I always have more than enough money.

The key to specific affirmations you choose, such as those dealing with money, career, or relationships is to develop statements that will be believable to you in a reasonable amount of time. Saying an affirmation such as, “I have a net worth of five million dollars” when you are knee deep in debt and make $50,000 a year isn’t going to be believable. Your mind will look for references and won’t find enough to support this statement. No doubt eventually it will work, but do you really want to wait 15 or 20 years to see the results of your affirmations?

But saying, “I am a money magnet and I make at least $8,000 a month every month” might work. I used to say an affirmation, “Money comes to me from unexpected places and money comes to me everywhere.” Within two months, I began to find money on the ground in front of me. Literally. I also received an unexpected sizeable gift from a friend.

Personally I find it easiest to record my affirmations on a CD and play them in my car. You can use Sony Acid Music Studio if you have a PC, or GarageBand if you have a Mac to do this. If you have my audio book, Morning Commute, there is a place right in there that guides you through saying them out loud. It’s a good idea to record them, though. You can even loop the track on your iPod to play while you sleep. If you do this, your mind is totally vulnerable to suggestion, much like when you are under hypnosis.

I also recommend that if you’re new to affirmations, you choose one at the start of each day (I call this a thought-correction phrase), and develop the habit of saying it to yourself all day long. ”I love you” is a good one. Or, “My life is filled with endless possibilities.” Something general, self-affirming, and positive. “Everything is at it should be” is good too. You decide. If you’re ill, you might use, “My body is creating a harmonious state of well being.”

Once you are used to doing this, expand your affirmations to include all areas of your life. (My audio book can help you with this.)

The key to the power of thought and the law of attraction is to believe you deserve what you want and believe you can have it. Be like LL Cool J and tell yourself you’re a genius! You DO deserve a fabulous life, and you CAN have it. Bombard your mind with affirmative statements, and watch your life change!

Have a great day.

Elizabeth

For more information on my audio book, or to book a seminar or inquire about private coaching, visit my Web site, http://www.thequantumcoach.net.

On your inner guidance system

Esther Hicks, a great teacher of quantum concepts, uses a powerful analogy to explain the greatest power every single human being innately possesses. It’s more important than your IQ or what you learned in school or the knowledge you acquired from the books you’ve read. It’s your inner guidance system (let’s call it your IGS for short). Esther uses the analogy of a vehicle’s GPS — a brilliant metaphor.

Your inner guidance system is constantly telling you the best, least painful, safest, easiest and most rewarding path to your dream, your ideal job or your ideal mate. It is constantly giving you signals to steer you on the right path. Your inner guidance system speaks to you as that little voice in the back of your head, or of feelings you get in your body. It may be a feeling of unease, your skin crawling, or that voice in your mind saying, “Hmmm … that seemed like an odd thing for him to say.” It may also be a feeling of, “Wow, every time I’m with him or her I am filled with positive energy” or “I have a gut feeling this business deal is a good investment.”

It’s much like the GPS in a car. Let’s say I want to go from my home in Chicago to Boise, Idaho, a place I’ve never been. I tell the GPS where I want to go and start my journey. Just like my life, I don’t know the path between my starting point and my desired outcome. Most of it is completely unfamiliar to me but I have to trust that I will eventually arrive in Boise, right – by following the signs. I don’t worry about what will happen in 100 miles or even 1000 miles. I am only concerned with the 50 feet in front of me at the moment.

My GPS system says, “Go straight ahead 22 miles.” I’m sure it’s more like 40 miles, but I drive forward. Then, 22 miles down the road, the GPS says, “Take the next exit and turn right.” But I really think I know the best route. In fact, I am now sure I should continue all the way to the next town before turning.

Now, this system has a satellite pointed at me. Who do you think is right … me or the satellite?

99% of the time, the GPS is going to be right. In fact, if I say, “You’re crazy … I’m going to the next town,” and keep driving, the GPS system’s voice will start freaking out, and very clearly tell me, “Error! You should have exited the freeway and turned north! Proceed to the next exit and turn around immediately.”

The thing is, like a GPS, your inner guidance system always knows the right thing to do. In fact, I would lay a bet that every mess you’ve ever gotten yourself into was preceded by a warning sign (or maybe four or five) that you should go back and turn a different direction. Even once on your path, your IGS continues to give you signs that it’s the wrong one.

But it’s very hard to listen to your IGS when your ego gets involved. Your ego wants you to repeat the same route you’ve always taken, EVEN WHEN THAT ROUTE ENDED IN DISASTER. Your ego will adamantly state that it knows the quickest path, the correct path from point A to point B. In fact, your ego may even try to sabotage you from making it to your destination at all, in favor of a different destination, one that has all the traits of all of your prior destinations, places or people that didn’t make you happy. It will cloud your mind with unproductive or self-defeating thoughts — anything to keep you out of the present moment of your journey. And the present moment is all you actually have; everything else is an illusion.

Sometimes listening to your IGS is extremely difficult. It may mean hurting another person, saying no (which is very hard for most of us), or going in a direction that people ridicule you for taking. People may call you crazy. People may judge you. You may doubt yourself. And you may experience a lot of fear because you’re going into unknown territory. But your IGS is always right. It comes from way beyond your mind.

Think of a situation in your life that didn’t have the outcome you desired. Maybe a job, a relationship problem, a missed opportunity, whatever. Now, list out the warning signs your IGS gave you that this wasn’t the best path. It might have been a little voice in the back of your head. It might have been a clue. Maybe your spouse came home with rumpled hair one evening. Maybe your boyfriend had the smell of liquor on his breath in the middle of the day. Maybe you learned a friend has bad credit, but you went ahead and loaned them money anyway. Maybe you encountered several roadblocks when trying to buy a certain home, but you forced the situation, and it turned out to be a money pit. Maybe someone made a remark that just didn’t sit right, but you kept allowing them to be in your life and get closer to you. Maybe a hint came to you that you and your fiancé had different values, but you got married anyway.

There are a million maybes … sometimes it’s just a creepy feeling as someone approaches you and you have a feeling you should cross the street. Listening to your IGS can save your life! It’s the times in your life when you say, “Something told me not to proceed …”  But it’s also the times when you say, “Everything felt so great when I was with him … I don’t know why I didn’t act on it.”

Trusting your IGS takes practice. This is especially true if you are a people pleaser or you have a strong pattern of dysfunction. It’s hard to take the road less traveled sometimes, or to tell someone no. But ultimately, if your IGS is giving you signs that you’re on the wrong path, it’s for the best.

Here’s a little exercise to help you trust your IGS. Look back on those desired outcomes that didn’t end up the way you envisioned. What were the warning signs that you were on the wrong path? List them out. Now you have the benefit of hindsight and you can learn from it. Then, as you forge ahead toward your dream, realize the tremendous power of intuition you possess, and trust it to take you where you want to go.

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Today I want to address the concept “Energy flows where attention goes.” If you’ve read or watched The Secret, or listened to my audio book, you’re familiar with this concept. If not, read on and I’ll explain.

Anything you put your attention on consistently, or with enough intensity, draws like energy to it. At that moment, the universe begins the co-creation process with you. But I think it’s important to REALLY understand what this means. Why do you give something a lot of attention? For instance, why do you give your child, or your significant other attention? You do this because you love the person. You give attention to the things you love.

Now think about that further. I know three people right now who are in a great deal of emotional pain. Their life situations aren’t what they’d like them to be. A bad marriage, a career transition, an overbearing coworker, a broken heart, uncertainty. All three of these people are giving almost all of their attention to how miserable they are. Practically 24/7. I’m not saying that to judge them, just to point out that it doesn’t serve them, and here’s why.

The thing is, energy doesn’t differentiate between good, bad, big or small. It just attaches to whatever you think about passionately. It doesn’t say, “Mary is thinking constantly about the fact that she doesn’t want her heart broken ever again.” It doesn’t matter that she DOESN’T want her heart broken. If she’s thinking about how miserable she feels, about the fact that someone treated her poorly, she is attaching energy, circumstances, and is extracting behavior from other people to perpetuate that same feeling. The universe is lining everything up to bring her situations, people and circumstances to perpetuate her feeling of misery. It might not be romantic heartbreak – it might be a completely different area of her life – whatever will produce that same feeling of loss. But by thinking about it nonstop, she’s actually sending out a request: “Oh, yes, please! Give me more of that!”

Essentially, what I really want you to understand is that Mary is giving all of her attention to her misery because she actually LOVES her misery. That seems kind of weird, doesn’t it? How can someone love their misery? But it’s the same reason you give your child attention … you do it because you love him or her. Mary loves her misery. She adores it. She feeds on it. It sustains her. Well, not her, actually, but her ego – her false self. And by putting all of her attention on her misery, her ego is jumping for joy, because it knows that she will remain stuck or repeat a pattern, rather than creating something better for herself. Or, at the very least, she will perpetuate her misery, and this makes the ego happy, because the ego despises change.

So how does a person fix this when he or she is in the middle of heartache, despair, depression? First of all, I am not suggesting that someone deny a necessary emotional process. Sometimes we need to work through emotions to release them. But at some point, one says, “I’ve had enough. I’m ready to be happy.”

The key is to stop the incessant stream of thought associated with anything that you don’t want more of. Breaking that stream just a few times a day will help de-energize it. Just breathing deeply and concentrating on that breathing for less than a minute several times a day will break the stream of thought, because you are being brought into the present moment of your life.

If you’re reading A New Earth (which millions of people are through the online program through Oprah.com), you know that the thought streams are just coming from your ego anyway. Your deeper self has no need to think about these things. It is sitting there in a state of bliss, but your ego has veiled it so heavily you can’t feel that part of you right now. You have been overtaken by your ego and its needs. Overtaken by what it loves – the familiarity of the past.

On rare occasions, something will happen in my life situation that will trigger an intense pain from the past. This happened to me recently, and I found myself feeling horribly depressed, crying, and having panic attacks. (Yes, I am human!) I felt overtaken by this pain. Then, in the middle of my misery, I woke up. Something in the back of my mind said, “I can fix this.” I knew that I create my own reality and I wanted a reality of happiness. I became fully present. I closed my eyes and focused on an imaginary point in front of me and breathed slowly and deeply. I cleared my mind of thought. I simply remained “present” for a few minutes. It wasn’t easy. My ego was ruling the roost. I was still in intense discomfort.

Then, I went deeply into my body. Slowly, I observed all the different areas of my body and discovered where I was feeling the pain and heartache. I actually took my attention through my body and searched for feelings of discomfort. I knew the pain I was feeling had nothing to do with the present moment. It was something in the past that was triggered by something in the present. I became the watcher, the observer. First, I noticed anxiety in my chest. It was an intense feeling of discomfort, a tightness and even some pain. I observed that. After a minute or so, it dissipated. Then, I noticed that I felt a heaviness in my head. I observed it carefully, too. I remained present. It dissipated. I kept doing that for quite awhile, until I noticed that I felt calmer. I went through my whole body, observing it while fully present.

As soon as you OBSERVE your misery, you no longer have your attention on your misery. It’s simply not possible to have your attention on more than one thing at a time. As soon as you accomplish that, to have an awareness that you are feeling miserable, rather than just BEING miserable, you have won. You have taken back your self. You have de-energized your ego and your misery.

Once my body felt more comfortable, I used the Abraham-Hicks method for bringing myself up the vibrational scale. I call this thought correction. I started simply with this statement: “Won’t it be nice when I feel better?” I felt so miserable at the time, it was the best I could do. I couldn’t see beyond that. I just wanted to bring myself up one small notch. It did make me feel ever so slightly better. From there I said, “Won’t it be nice when I have more certainty in my situation?” Then: “Won’t it be nice when I’m past this?” “Won’t it be nice when I feel blissful again?” “Won’t it be nice to feel peaceful again?” I let the statements come out in quick succession. I let my deeper self take over and bring me upward. I went on like that and let it flow naturally, to more thoughts of hope and serenity. My pain was so intense, that this process took quite awhile. From the “getting present” to the observing the body to walking myself up the vibrational scale with “Won’t it be nice” statements, it took me around two hours to correct myself. But at the end of the two hours, I was living once again in my natural state, one of happiness and bliss. I stood up with a smile on my face and intense gratitude for all that I have.

I don’t know if you have my 30-minute audio book yet, but it’s basically reminders of these and other quantum concepts, as well as a series of quick exercises to get you focused on what you want and get your intentions straight. It’s called Morning Commute. I’m receiving some wonderful feedback about it! If you understand the concept that energy flows where attention goes, and you’re ready to stop those tired movie reels from playing in your mind, you should check it out. You can read about it here: http://www.thequantumcoach.net/Store.html. There’s also a sample track you can listen to.

Keep in mind today that energy flows where attention goes, and when you find your attention on something you don’t want more of in your life, put your attention on something else! Do a thought correction. When a coworker irritates you, catch yourself right away in that irritation, and find ONE thing about your job that you like. Say, “I do love getting a paycheck.” Anything! Then say something like, “I would love to work with nice people who leave me alone while I’m at work. Wouldn’t it be nice to be surrounded with people I respect? I know it’s possible!” As soon as you do that, you will find that you FEEL so much better. Put all of your attention on what you WANT and take your attention off what you DON’T want. You’re attracting energy to how you feel. And you might even find that when you take your attention off your coworker’s irritating behaviors, the behaviors magically disappear. Because energy flows where attention goes …

For information on my audio book and private coaching, visit me at http://www.thequantumcoach.net or call 888-371-4958.

Elizabeth A. Grant

The Quantum Coach

copyright 2008

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