The Secret Is Wags

Last week, I let wise dog, Harry Fryer, know that I had used his photo in a Funny Law of Attraction Evidence post.  When I told him about it, I explained law of attraction.  He commented, “I is not sures it works, Ande, cos I is thinkings abouts jumbo bones ALLS the times and I is hardlys evers gets one.”

Handsome Harry’s observation is quite profound.  It brings up a critical point about the law of attraction, a point I misunderstood for a very long time … hence the messes in my life.

The law of attraction has come to stand for the idea that our thoughts create reality.  And the essence of that idea is true.  Our thoughts DO create reality.  They create reality because they have a vibrational frequency, and the law of attraction matches up like vibrational frequencies.  So you attract to you experiences that match up with the vibrational frequency of your thoughts.

What I misunderstood and what I think most people still misunderstand is how to activate that vibrational frequency that matches what I want.  I thought I had to actually think about what I wanted.  So I did.  Like Harry, I thought about what I wanted all the time.  And like Harry, I didn’t get what I wanted.

So what’s the deal?

Why does thinking about what we want not bring it to us?

Here’s a little story to explain what’s wrong with all that thinking:

I Want a Cheeseburger and Fries

You walk up to the counter in a fast food restaurant.  You say to the indifferent teenager behind the counter, “I want a cheeseburger and fries.”

The teen nods and punches in your order.

You say, “I want a cheeseburger and fries.”

“I got that,” the teen says.

“I want a cheeseburger and fries,” you insist.

“Yeah, I heard you,” the teen says.

“I want a cheeseburger and fries,” you repeat.

“Dude, what’s your problem?  I heard you.  I got it.  Now give me $2.72, and I’ll get them for you.”

You hand the teen $2.72, AND you say, a little louder, “I want a cheeseburger and fries.”

The teen frowns.  He looks around to see if he’s on Candid Camera.

You frown because you’re starting to get annoyed.  Where’s the beef … and cheese and fries?  You enunciate the words carefully: “I want a cheeseburger and fries.”

The teen turns around and waves the manager over.

You look at the manager. “I want a cheeseburger and fries.”

“Dude keeps saying that,” the teen says.  “Took the order already.”

A line of people has formed behind you.  They’re grumbling.

“I want a cheeseburger and fries,” you shout.

“If you’d just stand over there and wait quietly, we’ll get your order,” the manager says.

“Move it,” the person behind you says.

You dig in your pocket and pull out a piece of paper.  “See?  I have it written down and it’s on sticky notes I have all over my house.”  You hold out the paper, which reads, “I want a cheeseburger and fries.”

The teen rolls his eyes.

The manager throws up his hands.

The person in line behind you shoves you.

You plant your feet.  You throw back your head and bellow, “I WANT A CHEESEBURGER AND FRIES!!!!!”

The manager picks up the phone and calls the police.

You start a chant:  “I want a cheeseburger and fries.  I want a cheeseburger and fries.  I want a cheeseburger and fries.  I want a cheeseburger and fries.  I want a cheeseburger and fries.  I want a cheeseburger and fries.  I want a cheeseburger and fries.”

More shoving.  You close your eyes.  You don’t know why you don’t have what you want yet, so you’ll meditate on it.  You visualize a cheeseburger and fries.”

The police arrive.

The next thing you know, you’re wrapped in straight jacket, and you’re being carried from the fast food place.

The teen cancels your order.

“But I want a cheeseburger and fries,” you mutter as they take you away.

The Universe Heard You the First Time

Now, obviously, the universe, or God, or divine energy, has a more going on than a disinterested teen in a fast food joint, but the universe is just as willing to put in your order … and it’s just as willing to cancel that order if you start making a scene.

How do you make a scene?  By thinking over and over and over about what you want.

Why is that making a scene?  Because every time you think about what you want, you are doing it from a place of awareness that you don’t have it and you’re activating a vibrational frequency that matches up with not having what you want.  So what will the law of attraction bring?  You not having what you want.

You know that feeling you get when you’ve wanted something for a very long time and you don’t have it yet and you feel trapped by your current circumstances?  I sure know that feeling.  That’s the straightjacket that you thought yourself into by putting your order in over and over and over again.

The universe heard you the first time.

You didn’t even have to say what you wanted out loud.  The minute a desire is born within you, it is on its way to you.  It is granted.  Just like that.  Your life experiences give rise to a desire and voila, it’s created just for you.

So how do you get it?

By following the manager’s advice:  “stand over there and wait quietly.”  In other words, go about your business.  And what’s your business?

Finding the good feelings you’d have if you already had what you want.

You can do that by specifically taking on the identity of what you want to become or you can just do that by feeling good … period.

So, Harry, the reason you don’t have more jumbo bones is because you want them so much.

And the reason I didn’t get what I wanted in the last few years is because I wanted it too much.  I thought too much.

I’ve stopped thinking about what I want.

Why should I think about it?  I’m too busy feeling like I have it.

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