Does Using the Word ˜Want" Contradict the Law of Attraction?

by Michael Losier

f you’re familiar with my work you’ll often hear me use the phrase “So, what do you want?” In my book and other articles, I often refer to wanting to attract something. In short I use the word ‘want’.

A number of people have been trained not to use the word ‘want.’ They have been told that when you use the word ‘want’ you’re actually holding the vibration of not having ‘it’. Or when you use the word ‘want’ you’re coming from a place of lack.

For example, the word homework excites some people yet causes a negative vibration in others. Words can feel negative to one person and feel positive to another.

To illustrate my point, read the next two scenarios and after each one decide whether you are sending a negative vibration or a positive vibration.
Note that the words are exactly the same.

Scenario # 1 – You notice something that you desire but in your head you catch yourself thinking, “I’ll never get one as it’s out of my reach.” Then you say “I want one of those”, in a whiny voice. (What vibrations would you be sending here?)

Scenario # 2 – You desire something new and you see it. With your eyes wide open and acting like an excited kid you say “I want one of those!” pointing at the exact item that matches your desire. (What vibrations would you be sending here?)

Remembering that Law of Attraction is responding to vibrations (your feelings), it’s how you feel about the words you say which is most important.

It’s not the words you use,
it’s how you feel about the words that you use.

So the next time somebody tells you not to use the word ‘want’ you can teach them why using the word ‘want’ is okay for you.

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Michael Losier, a Law of Attraction Trainer and author, supports people in understanding and practicing the Art of Deliberate Attraction, so they can have more of what they want and less of what they don't. Michael has been applying the principles of Law of Attraction for many years and enjoys a wonderful and rewarding life in the city of Victoria, BC, Canada. He facilitates a number of in-person Law of Attraction seminars as well as Teleseminars to a worldwide audience.

For more articles by Michael Losier, Teleclass information or to purchase the book, Law of Attraction, The Science of Attracting More of What You Want and Less of What You Don't, visit www.LawOfAttractionBook.com.

The Top 10 Roadblocks To Attracting Prosperity… And What We Can Do About Them!

This great article from the Manifesting with the Law of Attraction blog covers ten areas where we tend to build roadblocks:

1) CLARITY
2) PATH
3) STRUGGLE
4) FEAR
5) CONDITIONING
6) THE NORM
7) OUT-GROW YOUR PEERS
8) NEGATIVITY
9) COURAGE
10) BELIEFS

Click this link to find out more!

Why Are You Still Choosing Failure?

by Unstoppable Coach Frankie Picasso

Why do you always think in terms of failure? Is it so much easier to think that you can’t do things rather than you can? Have you noticed this about yourself? How about in the lives of others around you?

I am not sure why we so easily default to failure instead of success but it seems to be so.

We look to the future with a modicum of Hope in our heart, hoping, wishing and dreaming into a far off never ever someday land, but not truly believing that we could breathe life into those wishes and dreams, right now, Today!!!

Do you think it would take a miracle for something incredible and amazing to happen to you?

WAKE UP..something amazing and incredible ALREADY happened to you. You are ALIVE and breathing and experiencing an incredible moment on earth. Just because you can’t remember choosing this experience doesn’t mean you can’t use your innate intelligence to choose HOW you wish to live your life the rest of your life from on. That’s right, from this moment on you are in charge of the wonderful things in your life, just as you are in charge of the not so wonderful things in our lives. The word is called Responsibility, and once you latch on to it and use it, your life will change in way you never dreamed possible.

To quote the infamous Dr. Suess said before me,

You have brains in your head.

You have feet in your shoes.

You can steer yourself

any direction you choose.

* Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You’ll Go!

It’s all well and good to hope for great things to come, to use the Law of Attraction to manifest lovely cars and houses, but NOTHING happens without ACTION. Nothing happens without your active participation. You and you alone are responsible for what happens to you. It’s your choice and always has been.

Have you been watching your thoughts lately? Well you might want to start. OR, You could look at what is in your life right now, from job, friends, family, situations, and KNOW what your thoughts have been.

You brought this into your life. You attracted it all. You see, you are very powerful and you can make all of your dreams a reality, with just a little help from yourself.

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The Unstoppable Coach Frankie Picasso is a Professional Certified Life, Business and Master Coach Trainer and member of the International Coach Federation, and the Canadian Association of Journalists.

Tips From Readers: Tweak Your Vision Board

Anyone can contribute to the Law of Attraction News blog! Simply visit the Contact Form and send us a note. Today we get a great tip from Michael Dan of The Message of a Master blog. (Edited slightly for length.)

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Hey, I found that vision board will not help us to manifest easily.

I do have a concrete reason why it will not help. A vision board is full of our desires which are long term and short term together. So what happens is our energy is being scattered to many desires and insufficient force is directed to each desires. This is the reason why many cannot manifest by using vision boards.

The best method is choose our present desire let us say a cool car and place the picture where our eyes will meet them most. By doing this our whole energy is being directed towards the car thus it will be attracted to us. (See the full feature-length article on this topic at http://mysweetluck.blogspot.com/2008/08/vision-board-will-not-work.html)

Thoughts on Life Purpose

This article comes courtesy of the blog Life Less Distracted. Republished here with permission. It's a good pondering of the confusion surrounding "having a purpose", and how sometimes we end up attracting things we don't want purely because we think we're "supposed to".

I always thought a "life purpose" was a JOB. It is, but not the kind of job I was thinking. I thought it meant: I am a child care provider, or Realtor, or banker. Or artist.

Those are things you can DO with your Life Purpose, but those are not your Life Purpose.

Knowing your life purpose is knowing your soul's desired State of Being. This will be different for all of us.

In being a "mother" what are you REALLY "being?" You pick out verbs that describe what a mother does. You don't even need kids to be a mother... a mother is "loving, supportive, nurturing, etc..." You can BE THAT to everyone.

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That is not even close to my Life Purpose, lol, I just used it as an example.

I know my life purpose has something to do with being close to God-source, learning about spirituality, and spreading it to others. I just can't find the actual words that light that match of inspiration within me yet.

I have read when you find it you will know it because it will be SOOO emotional.

I don't want to be "preachy" but I do like to help others to feel inspired. I know I do that not so much by my WORDS but by how I live my life. An example? I don't know. I might be off a bit, too. I need a day on the weekend to just focus on this. I really want to find my Life Purpose sentence. It will be just one. Something like, "The purpose of my life is to stoke the engine of personal creative expression by encouraging and awakening in others the divine right to a finely honed, passionate life." That was written by Sonia Miller. It comes CLOSE to what I feel, but it is not quite right for me. Other examples may be, "My purpose of life is to encourage and inspire those around me to fully live and embrace life by embracing life myself." You CAN add what you love in there, "through my music" or "through the love and care of children," or something....

I don't know.

My husband thinks I am crazy for thinking I HAVE a life purpose. I have to whole heartedly disagree with him, though. I do believe we have purposes. And the fun part is we can live our purpose no matter what "earth job" we hold. A garbage man (or sanitation expert) can spread inspiration to others to live a spirit-filled life (if that is his purpose).

I truly believe by figuring out your life purpose you can begin to live it and that will bring on more opportunity for you. I know that when you are on the path, things align and opportunities open up to you. So, I DO feel I have a life purpose and I DO know I want to know it. :)

Will Smith on the Power of Positive Thinking

This will surprise you.

You might be thinking: "Am I really going to get something out of listening to a Hollywood star? I mean, Will Smith is a great actor but come on..."

Play the video, and turn up the volume. I wasn't sure either, but at about half way through he started saying things that I couldn't believe I had never considered. His comments on happy endings, on how to think about "unrealistic" things, even on racism... brilliant stuff.

++ Caleb Booker