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The Law of Attraction and the J-Curve: Why Setbacks and Obstacles are Critical Stepping Stones Along the Path of Personal Mastery

Q: I wish a new car as well as the income to keep it on the
road and pay all related expenses.

My problem is I KNOW manifestation comes thru habitual
thought patterns BUT I just cannot seem to focus on my
desire.

Every time I sit down and try a million haphazard thoughts
race thru my brain and I find myself going off on a tangent.

Is there any technique I can use to overcome this? Thanks. -
Andrew

A: When our feeling nature and our thinking nature are in
harmony, our conscious desires will be fulfilled. The
challenge for many conscious creators is maintaining the
habitual thoughts and corresponding feelings long enough for
our 'wishes' to manifest.

There are many techniques we can use to accomplish this
habitual state of harmonious alignment. And, there's more
good news. When practiced regularly and persistently these
'techniques' will transform from a 'tool to be applied' to a
state of being.

It's this state of being that we, as law of attraction
students, optimally seek to obtain. This 'being state' is
the consciousness of the spirit within as our one and only
source and supply; it's a state that is consumed with ever-
increasing love, peace, certainty, and patience.

Ultimately, as we learn to seek this state (as opposed to
material possessions, for example), we automatically align
with our true desires and the vibrational essence necessary
to fulfill all of our dreams.

It's important to fully understand the ultimate goal that
I'm defining here. The ultimate goal is to become fully
aware and understand that it is the Spirit within that does
the work and it is our consciousness of this Spirit within
that produces the energy necessary to intentionally attract
the life we desire. You see, our ultimate goal is to live
from this awareness and comprehension, thus releasing all
limitations from our experience.

To clarify, although your immediate goal may be to use the
law of attraction to manifest a car, a new job, a
relationship, or a recovery from illness, for example, your
primary focus still needs to be on what the essence of these
'things' will give to you that you do not already have or
that you want more of. In short, this means you want to
focus upon the higher Truths of your desire which is always
in alignment with that which is God (Peace, Love,
Prosperity, Wholeness, Wisdom, Freedom, etc.)

A few tools that one can use to embrace their unlimitedness and this higher consciousness are:

- Meditation
- Seeking Silence
- Prayer
- EFT, Emotional Freedom Technique (or any of the Meridian Therapies)
- Affirmations and Visualizations
- Goal Setting
- Radical Forgiveness
- Positive Therapy (the kind that releases the old patterns through forgiveness while embracing the future as a primary intention of the therapy)
- Treasure Mapping
- NLP (Neuro-Linquistic Programming)
- Essential Oils
- Bach Flower Remedies
- .and the list goes on.

Let's look at meditation, for example, since it's a
universally accepted key to unlock spiritual enlightenment
and the doorway to personal transformation.

Now, if you sit down to 'intentionally focus' and your mind
races out of control, first, know that you are not alone.

Every spiritual teacher that has ever lived has preached the
benefits of meditation as a tool for connecting with the
Spirit within and quieting the mind. However, very few
spiritual seekers stick with meditation long enough to truly
reap the rewards of this spiritual practice. The reason
they do not stick to the practice is not because meditation
doesn't work for them, as many believe, but because they
can't 'stop their racing mind' long enough to experience the
benefits. They quit before they get to that place of
meditative peace and connection.

They simply choose to not finish what they started.

There's not a single spiritual teacher that has ever
obtained spiritual enlightenment that hasn't used meditation
(in its myriad of forms) for their personal transformation.
And, they too had to overcome their 'uncontrollable mind' to
achieve mental, emotional, and spiritual mastery.

When we make a commitment to improve our lives or master a
new skill, often our experience of improvement or our
ability to perform may actually worsen before we see the
improvement we desire.

In the coaching world, this often predictable trend is known
as the 'J-curve'. In a book by the same name, author Ian
Bremmer explains why nations who move from 'closed and
undemocratic' to 'open and democratic' will first go through
a period of instability before coming out the other side and
landing upon greater stability. Understanding that this
state of instability is par for the course can actually
support all parties involved in 'staying the course.'
While not understanding this curve can result in abandoning
the course before reaching their desired destination; which
of course, results in a return to the previously undesired
state of certain instability. This compromised place of 'a
known fear' is better than an 'unknown fear' leaves us
stagnant and complacent by default.

In our spiritual lives, we too go through states of
emotional instability when trying to improve upon our
spiritual connection (or manifest more). The intention to
align our feeling nature with our thinking nature requires
persistent attention, a willingness to practice the
transformational tools regularly and consistently and a
willingness to fail, fail, and fail again before fully
obtaining a greater state of stability on the other side.

The key here is not to look at the problem as an
insurmountable obstacle but as simply a part of the natural
process of improvement. In holistic health care circles this
J-curve is sometimes experienced as a 'healing crisis' and
in 'conscious creation' it's sometimes perceived as complete
chaos and is called 'chemicalization.'

No matter what you call this state of transition, recognize
it as just that - a state of transition.

Here's one more example, from the book, The Coaching
Revolution: How Visionary Managers Are Using Coaching to
Empower People and Unlock Their Full Potential by David,
Ph.D. Logan and John King, to help put your process into
perspective. When Tiger Woods, considered by many to be the
most gifted professional golfer of all time, decided to
improve his game, he began working with a new coach who
adjusted his club grasp. Initially, his game was decidedly
'off' and he lost more than he won. Fans who did not
understand the 'improvement' process lamented that he may be
gone for good and that he'd lost his touch. Then, as he
maintained the course and pushed through his 'J-Curve', he
eventually returned with talent far superior than his pre-
improvement process performance.

Anyone that maintains the course of constant and never-
ending improvement must be willing to push through their own
"J-Curve' when it appears. On the other side is the
glorious experience of greater freedom, fulfillment, and
spiritual unity. From this place of unity, all things that
we desire manifest with greater ease because we simply
maintain our connection to the constant and never-ceasing
flow.

And, there's even better news than this. ask any seeker who
has pushed through their "J-Curve' and they'll tell you:
"You'll be happy to know - you can't ever go back to the way
you used to be."

Copyright, 2007, CreataVision Enterprises, Anisa Aven.
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