Are you a creator, or are you an attractor? Is there really a difference? What is the process at work when we create our own reality?
This is a question I’ve gotten a lot recently. Is the law of attraction purely a passive process, or is it more of a magical, active one?
Obviously the common view is more of the law of attraction as a passive process. You feel good about your goal, and it just comes to you.
But, as it turns out, creation and attraction are really two ends of the same spectrum, and both play a role in the creation process.
I will be answering this question today. However, more detail will be added to this discussion in this Saturday’s podcast, so I recommend checking that out as well.
The Common View
The common view of how we create our own reality is one of attraction—thus the name, “law of attraction”. It’s not so much that we create what we want, as that we draw to us that which matches the vibration of what we hold within. So it is not creation, but attraction.
This sounds like a pretty reasonable view, and much of it is actually correct. However, it is missing an important element in the creation process.
Before I go into that, let me discuss the flaw in believing 100% in attraction.
First of all, it goes against millennia of magical tradition. In magic, it is not the emotions that create on their own, but the will that initiates the entire process, which I’ll discuss later. Your own inner state is a vital part of that process, but it is only one part of many. It is not believed that just feeling a certain way will cause every goal that is related to that feeling to come to you.
I’ve discussed before the danger of excessive positive thinking. This is related. Just because you think positively about something, it doesn’t mean that you are automatically going to draw that into your reality. There are other elements involved.
Why does it matter that this goes against magical tradition? It matters because magicians are well-known for thoroughly studying the act of creation through magic. Magic has been refined over the years to become as effective as possible.
Because of that, it seems wise that if we are going to study a principle of the law of attraction, we should compare it to equivalent concepts in magical traditions.
But the second reason that there’s a flaw in this belief in attraction-only is that it just doesn’t seem to apply in reality. As I’ve discussed before, you can feel good and yet not have everything you want. And if that is the case, which it seems to be, then we have to look for other elements that also play a role in this process.
We Are Creators
It seems self-evident that we create our own reality, not just attract what already exists out there. There are constantly new ideas being formed, new goals being achieved, new challenges being overcome.
That’s why “magic” is such a great word for what we’re doing. The law of attraction is really a misnomer, because it’s about so much more than attraction.
Magic is about creation. It is about starting with nothing, and creating something entirely new. It’s about having an idea of what is wanted, and through the application of will, bringing that idea into outer reality.
Yes, attraction is a part of it, but only a part. Where exactly attraction enters in, I will discuss later on.
But creation is a much more dynamic process than is implied by the word “attraction”.
Imagine for a moment the big bang. At the beginning, nothing existed. Well, an infinitely small singularity existed, at some point, and who knows what existed prior to that singularity.
However, the big bang did not just attract to itself the completed universe. It exploded. It expanded at a massive velocity. It created the universe from essentially nothing.
Once things began to settle, then what you might call “attraction” began. Large bodies formed. The gravitation of those bodies held other, smaller bodies in orbit. But, those stars and planets did not exist initially; they had to be created, and the big bang was the impetus that caused that to happen.
Similarly, we are creators. That is the power that we inherently possess. We can conceive of an idea which does not exist yet, either in our own life or even in the world at large, and we can bring that idea into physical existence. That is creation. It is forming something completely new.
3 Forces of Creation
I’ve written before about the 3 essential elements of creation, namely will, focus, and emotion. However, I’d like to bring these same elements together in a slightly new way, which will hopefully aid in greater understanding.
There are three things required to create fire: fuel, heat, and oxygen. If any of these elements are missing, then you don’t have fire.
I imagine the emotions to be like the fuel of a fire. The greater the intensity of the emotions, the more you add to the momentum of that manifestation.
But, fuel on its own cannot create fire. Similarly, emotions on their own cannot just “attract” the desired. You could have a massive stack of logs, all ready for a fire, but it will never light up unless you light them.
That spark, that initial heat which gets things going, is the will. This is the prime force of creation.
And finally, the focus is the oxygen that keeps it going. As you focus on your goal, you feed it more and more energy.
Focus we’ve already covered at great length in previous posts. I’d mostly like to discuss the relationship between will and emotions, because it is the same relationship as between creation and attraction.
Will: The Spark of Creation
I’ve been emphasizing a great deal the importance of the will in magic and the law of attraction. And there is good reason. It is often ignored, but yet it is one of the most important elements. Without the will, your manifestation just can’t get off the ground.
You’re always using your will. You will to get up in the morning. You will to eat breakfast. You will to do the work you need to do. Will is pretty easy to use when you are willing things that already exist.
The difficulty comes in when you are attempting to will that which does not yet exist. That takes a new level of courage.
There are two general categories for such acts, which you already know: that which you believe you can get easily, otherwise known as a current level goal; and that which you believe will take some work to achieve, or are not even sure of its feasibility, which is a next level goal. We of course also have ultimate level goals, but those are just another step up from next level goals, and the same ideas apply.
We’ll discuss current level goals later, because they are really just another stage of the manifestation process, as the goal becomes easier and more feasible.
Will is the most important in this first vital stage of the next level goal. The reason is that emotion just doesn’t have the energy to overcome resistance.
Imagine you’re creating a new painting. At first, it takes a great deal of vision. It doesn’t exist yet, and you have to know how to form your vision on the canvas. But as it gets closer and closer to your final vision, you are really just adding the final touches. The vision is nearly realized, and now you just have to shape it here and there to better match the desired end-result.
This first stage of forming the vision out of nothing is the creation stage. You take raw Universal Energy, and deliberately shape it into the image of what you want, despite the resistance that is present.
As said, emotion just isn’t enough here. You can feel good about the idea of something, but when you start thinking about bringing that thing into reality, the resistance will arise, and the emotions won’t have anything to sustain them in the face of that resistance.
It takes will to hold to the course and continuously return again and again to that vision. Without will, the emotions will be too fleeting.
It is in the creation stage that we generate new subconscious structures, which can aid us in achieving our goals. The generation of new subconscious structures is far from easy, so takes quite a bit of will to complete.
Imagine a balance scale. On one end is reality without your goal. On the other end is reality with your goal achieved. The creation stage helps you to shift that balance from reality without your goal, to reality with your goal. It makes your goal easier, and even probable. But this process takes the force of will to make this possible.
Someone might ask, “If I feel the emotion of abundance, won’t I have to receive abundance?” That is certainly what the law of attraction commonly teaches. And, it is true, to a certain extent.
You will receive abundance, within the limits of the abundance you can allow yourself. If your upper limit is, say, $50,000 a year, that’s the most you can attract to yourself purely through feeling abundant.
But now let’s say we feel abundant, and we deliberately will that we make $100,000 a year. It is through that act of will that we create something new, and it is only through that act of will that we can increase our standard of living and enter into the new reality we have envisioned. This is the secret to how we create our own reality.
Emotions: The Fuel of Your Manifestation
As I said, will, via the creation stage, tips that balance to a reality where the goal is much easier to achieve.
All throughout the process, emotions are important. They are the fuel to the manifestation. They make it inspiring. They give you a reason to want to achieve the goal.
They also smooth out the process. They allow you to receive as much of the goal as you can right now. Perhaps abundance only means $50,000 per year right now, but holding those emotions of abundance will ensure you maximize what you can receive. Plus, as that amount increases due to your will, and the generation of new subconscious structures, you can continue to maximize the amount you can receive at any given time.
See it like this: positive emotions will allow you to manifest the best reality you can within your current subconscious structures (i.e., a current level goal). If you want to alter those subconscious structures to allow for a new reality (i.e., a next level goal), then you’ll have to go back to the creation stage by using your will.
Emotions have a second job as well: they make it easier to generate those new subconscious structures. The subconscious mind responds to heightened emotions, and as such, anything you think about with intense emotion, you tell your subconscious mind that this is important.
They are a great tool. But, on their own, they cannot outright change your reality.
Their strength is the greatest in this final stage, when the goal seems easier and more within your reach. You could call this the attraction stage, since this is really when most of the popular law of attraction techniques apply. In The Art of Reality Creation, I called this the debugging stage.
Recall the metaphor I gave earlier of the artist painting the canvas. In the beginning, the painting is far from his vision, so it takes more work to bring that painting more into alignment with that vision. But eventually, it only requires a few finishing touches. He is essentially “debugging” the painting, though debugging might seem to be an odd word to use in that situation. He’s shaping it to be closer and closer to what he wants it to be.
That is the attraction stage. In the example of the universe I gave earlier, the attraction stage is when the star has formed and starts drawing planets into its orbit. But, it can’t do that until its gravitational pull is strong enough.
This stage takes very little work, just as most law of attraction teachers say. All the inner work is pretty much complete. Now it’s just a matter of allowing the completed manifestation to enter into our reality. Any work here would be counterproductive.
Do We Create or Do We Attract?
To bring this all together, as I said we are creators, and we are attractors of what we have created. The means by which we create our own reality is simple:
- Use the will to generate the necessary subconscious structures to support the desired reality
- Once those subconscious structures are in place (as evidenced by the goal feeling easier), use the emotions to attract that new reality
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It’s been a very difficult day. I feel like I’ve slipped back into old patterns and feel far from my goals again. My goals have been really frustrating me today. The stress has come back, even after communicating with divine beings. I really don’t know what to do.
What’s keeping me away from my first goal is money, not having enough money to move to the place I really want to live. I don’t want to get too much into details writing here, but there is a large (to me, perhaps not other people) amount of money I need to make this move happen. Even if I worked very hard for long hours, it would still take me many months to have enough to move there. I don’t know how I will get the money, which is really stressing me out. I focus a lot on how I would be living and all the things I would be doing there, but the money issue keeps coming up, despite choosing my goal over and over again. I’m panicking, because I really do not know how I will achieve this goal without the money. If I could get the money some way, I could easily move there though.
My second goal, which has to do with writing and recording a certain number of songs by a date in mid-March, is also really stressful. Not only am I still learning how to edit vocals and use the recoding/editing program I purchased last month, but I’m having issues with my voice and want to see a vocal coach to get help with them, but I do not have the money to do so right now (need to save it for other things as well). And although I’m spending time everyday working on songs, I am not writing them as quickly as I had anticipated. When I force passages to finish them, I end up hating them. The parts of the songs I love are from inspiration, but the kind that I can’t generate myself. Creating inspiration, writing everyday and working the same songs, going through melody after melody, lyric after lyric, hasn’t been working.
For my money goal this month, I have worked so hard and put so much effort into selling my online listed items and getting the attention of potential buyers, but haven’t sold anything for two weeks. I spend time focusing on my goal everyday and take lots of physical action, but I still am far below the amount I had set my goal for. I feel intense panic. I need this money, I set this goal and have been working hard at it. I have even expanded the channels through which it can come to me, but I still haven’t received nearly as much as I need to.
Hi R,
It sounds like maybe the gods are pinpointing exactly where your issues are. It’s not uncommon to have more issues pop up when you start working with particular deities.
The keywords I’ve picked out of your post: “need, panic, effort, worked so hard”
None of these are compatible with magic / the law of attraction.
It sounds like you are trying way too hard, honestly. Also, when you feel like you “need” this, you are not coming at it from confidence and certainty, which is the best standpoint for creation.
I get a big desperation vibe from your comment. That’s not going to enable you to accomplish your goals.
Also for your second goal, why do you need to record a particular number of songs within a certain amount of time? Is it just a choice? Because it sounds like it is killing your inspiration.
Maybe they did bring more of my resistance to light. I was hit very hard with it today with feelings of desperation and need. I don’t understand why it is that sometimes I feel more confident about my goals, sometimes there is a knowing present, but other times, like today, they fill me with stress.
I feel afraid to not try so hard. I feel like trying hard will at least get me something, even though on another level, I know this isn’t true.
Yes, the number of songs is a choice. I could pick a lower number, but I really wanted to prove to myself that I could do this. I think I really underestimated all the work, time and other knowledge I need to finish them. There is more inspiration when I’m not under so much pressure.
Hi R,
Magical living takes time to get used to. It’s hard to not believe so much in the egoic strategy of just pushing your way through. As you said, it doesn’t work, though.
There’s really no shortcut besides just working on trusting and having faith. As you start to have the experience of the LOA working for you, it’ll get easier.
I’d probably diminish the number of songs, or even just set the goal that you’ll work on your music every day, no matter how much or little progress you make.
I don’t know why I have so much trouble trusting when I have lived through magical events and solutions to my problems. It was definitely easier to trust when I was younger, even in the face of heavy resistance. I guess like you said, it really does take a lot of practice because it’s so different from mainstream thinking.
Working on my music every day is easy (of course there are some days I would rather not, but it’s not super difficult to overcome that resistance). I’m afraid setting an easier goal would make me a failure in some way, even if the goal does seem much more enjoyable and appropriately challenging.
I figure bad days are normal! I don’t know why resistance hit me so hard today.
BTW, we all have bad days. It’s okay. It’s not a setback, it just means that you ran into another pocket of resistance. When you work through that, you’ll be that much closer to your goal.
I always see resistance as a good sign. I see it as a sign that I’m on the path to my goal, and it’s brought up something for me to work through.
Once you do work through it, you’ll feel so much better than before.
That’s true. There is always what’s on the other side of this resistance (same message for Z!) That what I’m feeling now is coming to surface to surface so that I can release it…this is a really appealing idea!
Yes, I’ve found it very helpful in my own life.
Also, you don’t have to be perfect at it. I’ve had manifestations happen when I still had a lot of doubt. As we’ve discussed before, it’s about will and persistence.
As I said in the post, stay tuned for the discussion of Mars vs. Venus energy in this weekend’s podcast. It’ll be very closely related. 🙂
It seems that persistence applies not only with daily focus and choosing your goal daily, but also in carrying through with your goal even in face of massive resistance and fear.
I remember hearing that at least 51% trust/faith/belief is needed for a desire to manifest (of course a higher percentage is more ideal.) It’s good to know that manifestations can still come through even if doubt is present.
Hi R,
Yes you’re right about persistence. It’s very important. 🙂
I’m not going to give a specific percentage of faith/trust you need. You just need to be able to let go enough to allow the manifestation to enter into your reality. I don’t think it’s exactly 51% or anything like that, nor could that even really be measured. 🙂 But you’ll get a feel for how much trust you need over time.
Hi Brandon,
Do you mean letting go of resistance or letting go of thinking of the goal (outside of the daily visualizing/journaling to avoid obsession)? I definitely have issues with trying too hard and obsessing, but I’m working on strengthening my trust.
Hi R,
More of the former, but also letting go of needing the goal to happen, and being obsessive about it.
I’m afraid that letting go of the need would make the goal less likely to happen, because there would be less commitment to seeing it through no matter what. Maybe I’m misinterpreting the process though.
No, I didn’t say less commitment. Commitment is good. But commitment is not the same as need. Need is lacking. Commitment is an affirmative position of confidence. Need will result in more of what you’ve been getting.
It’s been a very difficult day. I feel like I’ve slipped back into old patterns and feel far from my goals again. My goals have been really frustrating me today. The stress has come back, even after communicating with divine beings. I really don’t know what to do.
What’s keeping me away from my first goal is money, not having enough money to move to the place I really want to live. I don’t want to get too much into details writing here, but there is a large (to me, perhaps not other people) amount of money I need to make this move happen. Even if I worked very hard for long hours, it would still take me many months to have enough to move there. I don’t know how I will get the money, which is really stressing me out. I focus a lot on how I would be living and all the things I would be doing there, but the money issue keeps coming up, despite choosing my goal over and over again. I’m panicking, because I really do not know how I will achieve this goal without the money. If I could get the money some way, I could easily move there though.
My second goal, which has to do with writing and recording a certain number of songs by a date in mid-March, is also really stressful. Not only am I still learning how to edit vocals and use the recoding/editing program I purchased last month, but I’m having issues with my voice and want to see a vocal coach to get help with them, but I do not have the money to do so right now (need to save it for other things as well). And although I’m spending time everyday working on songs, I am not writing them as quickly as I had anticipated. When I force passages to finish them, I end up hating them. The parts of the songs I love are from inspiration, but the kind that I can’t generate myself. Creating inspiration, writing everyday and working the same songs, going through melody after melody, lyric after lyric, hasn’t been working.
For my money goal this month, I have worked so hard and put so much effort into selling my online listed items and getting the attention of potential buyers, but haven’t sold anything for two weeks. I spend time focusing on my goal everyday and take lots of physical action, but I still am far below the amount I had set my goal for. I feel intense panic. I need this money, I set this goal and have been working hard at it. I have even expanded the channels through which it can come to me, but I still haven’t received nearly as much as I need to.
Hi R,
It sounds like maybe the gods are pinpointing exactly where your issues are. It’s not uncommon to have more issues pop up when you start working with particular deities.
The keywords I’ve picked out of your post: “need, panic, effort, worked so hard”
None of these are compatible with magic / the law of attraction.
It sounds like you are trying way too hard, honestly. Also, when you feel like you “need” this, you are not coming at it from confidence and certainty, which is the best standpoint for creation.
I get a big desperation vibe from your comment. That’s not going to enable you to accomplish your goals.
Also for your second goal, why do you need to record a particular number of songs within a certain amount of time? Is it just a choice? Because it sounds like it is killing your inspiration.
Maybe they did bring more of my resistance to light. I was hit very hard with it today with feelings of desperation and need. I don’t understand why it is that sometimes I feel more confident about my goals, sometimes there is a knowing present, but other times, like today, they fill me with stress.
I feel afraid to not try so hard. I feel like trying hard will at least get me something, even though on another level, I know this isn’t true.
Yes, the number of songs is a choice. I could pick a lower number, but I really wanted to prove to myself that I could do this. I think I really underestimated all the work, time and other knowledge I need to finish them. There is more inspiration when I’m not under so much pressure.
Hi R,
Magical living takes time to get used to. It’s hard to not believe so much in the egoic strategy of just pushing your way through. As you said, it doesn’t work, though.
There’s really no shortcut besides just working on trusting and having faith. As you start to have the experience of the LOA working for you, it’ll get easier.
I’d probably diminish the number of songs, or even just set the goal that you’ll work on your music every day, no matter how much or little progress you make.
I don’t know why I have so much trouble trusting when I have lived through magical events and solutions to my problems. It was definitely easier to trust when I was younger, even in the face of heavy resistance. I guess like you said, it really does take a lot of practice because it’s so different from mainstream thinking.
Working on my music every day is easy (of course there are some days I would rather not, but it’s not super difficult to overcome that resistance). I’m afraid setting an easier goal would make me a failure in some way, even if the goal does seem much more enjoyable and appropriately challenging.
I figure bad days are normal! I don’t know why resistance hit me so hard today.
BTW, we all have bad days. It’s okay. It’s not a setback, it just means that you ran into another pocket of resistance. When you work through that, you’ll be that much closer to your goal.
I always see resistance as a good sign. I see it as a sign that I’m on the path to my goal, and it’s brought up something for me to work through.
Once you do work through it, you’ll feel so much better than before.
That’s true. There is always what’s on the other side of this resistance (same message for Z!) That what I’m feeling now is coming to surface to surface so that I can release it…this is a really appealing idea!
Yes, I’ve found it very helpful in my own life.
Also, you don’t have to be perfect at it. I’ve had manifestations happen when I still had a lot of doubt. As we’ve discussed before, it’s about will and persistence.
As I said in the post, stay tuned for the discussion of Mars vs. Venus energy in this weekend’s podcast. It’ll be very closely related. 🙂
It seems that persistence applies not only with daily focus and choosing your goal daily, but also in carrying through with your goal even in face of massive resistance and fear.
I remember hearing that at least 51% trust/faith/belief is needed for a desire to manifest (of course a higher percentage is more ideal.) It’s good to know that manifestations can still come through even if doubt is present.
Hi R,
Yes you’re right about persistence. It’s very important. 🙂
I’m not going to give a specific percentage of faith/trust you need. You just need to be able to let go enough to allow the manifestation to enter into your reality. I don’t think it’s exactly 51% or anything like that, nor could that even really be measured. 🙂 But you’ll get a feel for how much trust you need over time.
Hi Brandon,
Do you mean letting go of resistance or letting go of thinking of the goal (outside of the daily visualizing/journaling to avoid obsession)? I definitely have issues with trying too hard and obsessing, but I’m working on strengthening my trust.
Hi R,
More of the former, but also letting go of needing the goal to happen, and being obsessive about it.
I’m afraid that letting go of the need would make the goal less likely to happen, because there would be less commitment to seeing it through no matter what. Maybe I’m misinterpreting the process though.
No, I didn’t say less commitment. Commitment is good. But commitment is not the same as need. Need is lacking. Commitment is an affirmative position of confidence. Need will result in more of what you’ve been getting.
Well, what a wonderful example with the Universe and then the celestial bodies attracting! This clarifies a lot! Thank you.
Now, since I live magically, I would like to add to this and include things shared with R above. This would also apply to spells, although I call them “intentions”, since that is what we really do and want. I do not digress here, because the same concepts and “rules” apply to both processes, the one you describe above and the one in “spell casting”. In casting a spell, you intend to create another reality. In doing this, as you say Brandon, there are no shortcuts. I was reading in a spellbook that trust and faith are required, as well as persistence in your vibration, and all that is involved in the situation for it to work. This sounded like the above post to be, and that is why I am mentioning it here.
Of course, you may not be fully there for something to work. Like, you may still have some worry and whatnot, but persistence is key. Oh, and this is for white magic. For something to work, you need to do the work involved, both energetically and practically and keep at it until it comes forth. So, “the getting an A” spell, for example, requires that you do the actual work required and also vibrationally align yourself with that result. This is the creation process, is it not? Magic helps your life go smoother, yet you still need that foundation to create and change your reality. Of course, I do small spells, full-time practitioners do the full ritual many times and align themselves many times and are persistent, etc. Ok, I will stop here because I am afraid one would get the wrong idea, but I just wanted to make the correlation here, that’s all,
Hi Kat,
This is great! I am familiar with this as a magical practitioner, but I’m glad you posted it for others who read this.
I’ve been trying to show that the law of attraction and magic are one and the same. But, not the traditional view of the law of attraction. The traditional view really won’t get much done at all, to be honest. But you have to add these additional components which I’ve discussed in this post, and it’ll go much, much further.
If we were to be pedantic, we’d call the creation stage “magic”, and the debugging stage “the law of attraction”. That’s really how it truly is, but for simplicity’s sake I’ve been lumping it in altogether. Also because some people might be a bit uncomortable with that “M” word. 🙂
But I love drawing these parallels.
Yes, that’s what I was afraid of, but it really is the same thing. That’s pretty much all I do- draw parallels, so I’m so glad it was understood! And yes, I like being pedantic too! ?
Kat, what kind of spells do you do?
All kinds of white magic. I did this since I was little and I didn’t know the terminology. Then I read about it and understood what I was actually doing. I find it very interesting that spells have requirements. For example, I read one of them that required a pure heart and mind (actually they all do) and not having committed a crime. I don’t remember the category that was under exactly.
Oh, and you probably didn’t see my comment to you in the previous post about the Dolly Parton interview with Oprah Winfrey from the 80s. It was really good and inspiring so I highly recommend it.
Also, I’ve been getting a lot of input about my regret. I am getting feedback from social events I attend that I actually did the right thing and not the wrong thing! This is very comforting. There is still a scar there but it doesn’t hurt as much.
So, that’s the scoop!
That’s awesome, Kat! Do you actually do a ritual and all that, or do you do it in your mind? I’ve mentioned before I don’t do a lot of rituals, but I still consider what I do “magic”.
See, that’s the thing. From what I’ve read and gathered from discussing this with others, I think the rituals are more for the full-time, professional practitioners. I’m an amateur part-timer, so I mostly go for the spells that are a few steps with little to no materials. I’ve written to a PhD in the craft (I don’t remember which program she attended) and she is very well-read in the botanicals and longer spells. But she does this full time, so she repeats the spell casted many times per day. I’m more to the point, as I have other stuff going on. But, there is no difference in efficacy. Size doesn’t matter, so to speak.
That’s cool. When I first got into this stuff when I was younger, I did the rituals and all that. Now I just don’t seem to care about that aspect of it. 🙂
That’s great. Some spells go on for hours, like all day and all night. Who has time for that? Or between certain times that people are at work. So, yeah, I agree for most things we can go the other, non-ritual route.
I keep thinking most rituals serve to help raise your vibration and bring you closer to a deity or Source anyway. I think that’s the main purpose, at least my perspective. As humans, these help us but they are not necessarily required
And I’ll be honest, I don’t think the Universe or the gods care about a “pure heart and mind”. I know a lot of Wiccan sources put that, but we know of people who aren’t so great who can still get what they want. Some gods might have requirements, of course, but if someone’s working with a god, they should already know their requirements.
I think this is added to maintain some sort of professional ethics and standard. Full-timers know this of course, but for those who dabble in it, I think it is helpful for this to be mentioned. Kind of like the warning on the cigarette pack. Well, maybe not the best example, but it’s from the top of my head. For those who really don’t practice full time, I think stressing theses standards is a reminder. You yourself mentioned that you need to clear your mind before doing a reading. I think it’s kind of the same concept. But it is true that spells won’t work if you don’t believe or trust. That is the crux of the matter.
First of all, this blog post does not show up on the blog site: http://www.playofinfinity.org/blog/
Second, I click the log-in button in the top right corner, and it logs me in, but when I click somewhere, like the blog site, it logs me out.
Hi Z,
It’s just cached, that’s all. You don’t need to be logged in on /blog, so it’s fine. If you clear your browser cache, I’m sure it’ll show up.
Clearing the cache helped, thanks. I’ve never experienced this before, or at least I was never aware of it.
Btw, you got interesting responses to your comment on the latest Melody’s post. What caught my attention is “breatharianism”, living only by prana. I personally would never give up on food, because it’s a very enjoyable physical experience for me, but still breatharianism fascinates me.
Also, I would love to go to an undergo an Ayahuasca ceremony, because I’m sure that after that my life would finally get to a place I want it to be. It’s such a pity, that Peru is far away from here, and a lot of money is needed to get there. Maybe I could manifest a trip there in this year, but then again, I need to be able to manifest first. Also this is a good intention idea, but has Christine considered going to Ayahuasca ceremony? Peru should be affordable to you two, and it’s very likely that she’d be able to release a lot of resistance, probably enough to be able to get her vision restored. I mean, if you can afford it, I’d say go for it. That’s what I would do. 🙂
Hi Z,
Personally I don’t believe in breatharianism. I think most if not all claims of it have been debunked.
It’s really beside the point, though. Rules are a part of the Universe. Gravity is a rule. Thermodynamics is a rule. It’s just about operating within the rules that exist.
Astrologically those who say that rules aren’t important are really toning down the Saturnian energy, which can be dangerous. I find this prevalent in spiritual communities.
So you don’t think that any rule can eventually be lifted, as we as individuals or the entire humanity reach higher and higher levels? In other words, you think that there are immutable rules that will eternally exist in this specific physical reality? I know that the science and technology (and spirituality) are developing rapidly, and many limitations have been pierced already. I still get amazed at many things, like 3D printing food.
Hi Z,
But 3D printing isn’t breaking any rules, it’s just working better within the existing rules. That’s like saying that flight is breaking the rules of gravity: it’s not, it’s just working within that context.
Yes of course some rules are overcome, but usually replaced by new ones. The point is, we exist within a structure of life. If we don’t respect that structure, well, we’ll suffer the consequences.
I see, thanks for explaining your view on this. I also wanted to ask you something else. You know what memes are, right? How would you explain humanity’s obsession with memes? My guesses would be it’s either people trying to connect in some way, that is, belong to a group, or they are trying to break away from their boring lives. I’ve been wondering a lot about this lately.
Hi Z,
I don’t really think they require an explanation. They’re just something people find funny. 🙂
Well, what a wonderful example with the Universe and then the celestial bodies attracting! This clarifies a lot! Thank you.
Now, since I live magically, I would like to add to this and include things shared with R above. This would also apply to spells, although I call them “intentions”, since that is what we really do and want. I do not digress here, because the same concepts and “rules” apply to both processes, the one you describe above and the one in “spell casting”. In casting a spell, you intend to create another reality. In doing this, as you say Brandon, there are no shortcuts. I was reading in a spellbook that trust and faith are required, as well as persistence in your vibration, and all that is involved in the situation for it to work. This sounded like the above post to be, and that is why I am mentioning it here.
Of course, you may not be fully there for something to work. Like, you may still have some worry and whatnot, but persistence is key. Oh, and this is for white magic. For something to work, you need to do the work involved, both energetically and practically and keep at it until it comes forth. So, “the getting an A” spell, for example, requires that you do the actual work required and also vibrationally align yourself with that result. This is the creation process, is it not? Magic helps your life go smoother, yet you still need that foundation to create and change your reality. Of course, I do small spells, full-time practitioners do the full ritual many times and align themselves many times and are persistent, etc. Ok, I will stop here because I am afraid one would get the wrong idea, but I just wanted to make the correlation here, that’s all,
Hi Kat,
This is great! I am familiar with this as a magical practitioner, but I’m glad you posted it for others who read this.
I’ve been trying to show that the law of attraction and magic are one and the same. But, not the traditional view of the law of attraction. The traditional view really won’t get much done at all, to be honest. But you have to add these additional components which I’ve discussed in this post, and it’ll go much, much further.
If we were to be pedantic, we’d call the creation stage “magic”, and the debugging stage “the law of attraction”. That’s really how it truly is, but for simplicity’s sake I’ve been lumping it in altogether. Also because some people might be a bit uncomortable with that “M” word. 🙂
But I love drawing these parallels.
Yes, that’s what I was afraid of, but it really is the same thing. That’s pretty much all I do- draw parallels, so I’m so glad it was understood! And yes, I like being pedantic too! ?
Kat, what kind of spells do you do?
All kinds of white magic. I did this since I was little and I didn’t know the terminology. Then I read about it and understood what I was actually doing. I find it very interesting that spells have requirements. For example, I read one of them that required a pure heart and mind (actually they all do) and not having committed a crime. I don’t remember the category that was under exactly.
Oh, and you probably didn’t see my comment to you in the previous post about the Dolly Parton interview with Oprah Winfrey from the 80s. It was really good and inspiring so I highly recommend it.
Also, I’ve been getting a lot of input about my regret. I am getting feedback from social events I attend that I actually did the right thing and not the wrong thing! This is very comforting. There is still a scar there but it doesn’t hurt as much.
So, that’s the scoop!
That’s awesome, Kat! Do you actually do a ritual and all that, or do you do it in your mind? I’ve mentioned before I don’t do a lot of rituals, but I still consider what I do “magic”.
See, that’s the thing. From what I’ve read and gathered from discussing this with others, I think the rituals are more for the full-time, professional practitioners. I’m an amateur part-timer, so I mostly go for the spells that are a few steps with little to no materials. I’ve written to a PhD in the craft (I don’t remember which program she attended) and she is very well-read in the botanicals and longer spells. But she does this full time, so she repeats the spell casted many times per day. I’m more to the point, as I have other stuff going on. But, there is no difference in efficacy. Size doesn’t matter, so to speak.
That’s cool. When I first got into this stuff when I was younger, I did the rituals and all that. Now I just don’t seem to care about that aspect of it. 🙂
That’s great. Some spells go on for hours, like all day and all night. Who has time for that? Or between certain times that people are at work. So, yeah, I agree for most things we can go the other, non-ritual route.
I keep thinking most rituals serve to help raise your vibration and bring you closer to a deity or Source anyway. I think that’s the main purpose, at least my perspective. As humans, these help us but they are not necessarily required
And I’ll be honest, I don’t think the Universe or the gods care about a “pure heart and mind”. I know a lot of Wiccan sources put that, but we know of people who aren’t so great who can still get what they want. Some gods might have requirements, of course, but if someone’s working with a god, they should already know their requirements.
I think this is added to maintain some sort of professional ethics and standard. Full-timers know this of course, but for those who dabble in it, I think it is helpful for this to be mentioned. Kind of like the warning on the cigarette pack. Well, maybe not the best example, but it’s from the top of my head. For those who really don’t practice full time, I think stressing theses standards is a reminder. You yourself mentioned that you need to clear your mind before doing a reading. I think it’s kind of the same concept. But it is true that spells won’t work if you don’t believe or trust. That is the crux of the matter.
First of all, this blog post does not show up on the blog site: http://www.playofinfinity.org/blog/
Second, I click the log-in button in the top right corner, and it logs me in, but when I click somewhere, like the blog site, it logs me out.
Hi Z,
It’s just cached, that’s all. You don’t need to be logged in on /blog, so it’s fine. If you clear your browser cache, I’m sure it’ll show up.
Clearing the cache helped, thanks. I’ve never experienced this before, or at least I was never aware of it.
Btw, you got interesting responses to your comment on the latest Melody’s post. What caught my attention is “breatharianism”, living only by prana. I personally would never give up on food, because it’s a very enjoyable physical experience for me, but still breatharianism fascinates me.
Also, I would love to go to an undergo an Ayahuasca ceremony, because I’m sure that after that my life would finally get to a place I want it to be. It’s such a pity, that Peru is far away from here, and a lot of money is needed to get there. Maybe I could manifest a trip there in this year, but then again, I need to be able to manifest first. Also this is a good intention idea, but has Christine considered going to Ayahuasca ceremony? Peru should be affordable to you two, and it’s very likely that she’d be able to release a lot of resistance, probably enough to be able to get her vision restored. I mean, if you can afford it, I’d say go for it. That’s what I would do. 🙂
Hi Z,
Personally I don’t believe in breatharianism. I think most if not all claims of it have been debunked.
It’s really beside the point, though. Rules are a part of the Universe. Gravity is a rule. Thermodynamics is a rule. It’s just about operating within the rules that exist.
Astrologically those who say that rules aren’t important are really toning down the Saturnian energy, which can be dangerous. I find this prevalent in spiritual communities.
So you don’t think that any rule can eventually be lifted, as we as individuals or the entire humanity reach higher and higher levels? In other words, you think that there are immutable rules that will eternally exist in this specific physical reality? I know that the science and technology (and spirituality) are developing rapidly, and many limitations have been pierced already. I still get amazed at many things, like 3D printing food.
Hi Z,
But 3D printing isn’t breaking any rules, it’s just working better within the existing rules. That’s like saying that flight is breaking the rules of gravity: it’s not, it’s just working within that context.
Yes of course some rules are overcome, but usually replaced by new ones. The point is, we exist within a structure of life. If we don’t respect that structure, well, we’ll suffer the consequences.
I see, thanks for explaining your view on this. I also wanted to ask you something else. You know what memes are, right? How would you explain humanity’s obsession with memes? My guesses would be it’s either people trying to connect in some way, that is, belong to a group, or they are trying to break away from their boring lives. I’ve been wondering a lot about this lately.
Hi Z,
I don’t really think they require an explanation. They’re just something people find funny. 🙂