{"id":3353,"date":"2012-08-07T12:01:02","date_gmt":"2012-08-07T16:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/lessonsfromarecoveringdoormat\/?p=3353"},"modified":"2012-07-22T13:37:30","modified_gmt":"2012-07-22T17:37:30","slug":"law-of-attraction-in-action-using-your-imagination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lessonsfromarecoveringdoormat\/2012\/08\/law-of-attraction-in-action-using-your-imagination.html","title":{"rendered":"Law of Attraction in Action: Using Your Imagination"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>This is post 198 in my series on the Law of Attraction in Action. You CAN use your power to manifest your desires.. I do it every day! Read all the posts in my Law of Attraction in Action Series<\/strong><\/a> to see how.<\/p>\n

How\u2019s your imagination? Do you limit yourself because you can\u2019t see positive possibilities for the future? If you make the effort, you can use your\u00a0imagination to see it. When there\u2019s something you want to manifest, picture it happening in your head. See it, feel it, enjoy the picture. If not, what you want isn\u2019t as strongly in your mind as it could be. And it needs to be strongly in your thoughts for the Law of Attraction to pick up on it.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve had clients who longingly but wistfully, told me what they wanted. But they just couldn\u2019t picture it happening. For example, Rod told me his plans for the business he wanted to start. It was something he could do on the side and then leave his job if it began to make good money. I agreed that it was a great idea and encouraged him to try. But he countered by telling me while he wanted it a lot, and knew he could do a good job, he just couldn\u2019t picture it happening.<\/p>\n

He went on to tell me all the obstacles he pictured. Negative are always easier to imagine!<\/p>\n

He imagined all the reasons not to do it and that kept him from even trying to imagine what it would be like to have it.\u00a0 Rod was his own roadblock for not getting started. He couldn\u2019t let his imagination go wild and picture the life he wanted actually coming to fruition. He couldn\u2019t imagine that he could actually just work for himself, even though he acknowledged he was good at what he did.<\/p>\n

Often we can\u2019t imagine great things because our past disappointments and failures are still I our consciousness and therefore we\u2019re scared to imagine good stuff happening if it never did before. But the more your imagination sees what you want, the more your mind is in tune for the Law of Attraction to work to bring you what you want. So put your imagination to work and manifest more!<\/p>\n

See all the posts in my Law of Attraction in Action Series HERE<\/strong><\/a>.
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Take the 31 Days of Self-Love Challenge<\/strong><\/a>–a pledge to do something loving for yourself for the next 31 days–and get my book, How Do I Love Me? Let Me Count the Ways<\/a><\/strong> for free at http:\/\/howdoiloveme.com<\/a><\/strong>. Read my 31 Days of Self-Love Posts from 2012 HERE<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Please leave comments under my posts so we can stay connected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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