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The following is an exercise that I have learned from Abraham-Hicks. They refer to is as the Placemat Exercise. However, because I do my tasks list on my computer or in a notebook I started mentally calling it the Universe Task List and the name stuck with me.

In case you have never heard of Abraham-Hicks, Esther Hicks is a medium who has long acted as a channel for a nonphysical group of beings known as Abraham. While I know some of you may shy away from the word channel or medium, some of the inspiration they provide regarding using the Law of Attraction is the most enlightening I have ever come across, so I think it would be well worth your time to check them out.

In this case I believe the story goes that Esther Hicks was sitting in a diner one day with her husband talking about how overwhelmed she felt over all the tasks that she had to accomplish within the upcoming days. She received a message from Abraham to turn over the placemat that was sitting in front of her and draw a line down the middle of the paper and a line across the top so it resembled the letter t. She was to write Me on the left side and Universe on the right side.

Then on the left side of the paper she was to write down all of the things that she was inspired to accomplish that day. The ones she was ready and willing to take action on immediately. The tasks that felt right and clear to her.

On the right side of the paper she was to write down all of the things she wanted Universe to take care of for her. Things she wasn’t exactly clear on, felt any kind of resistance to doing, or items she hadn’t even figured how to start accomplishing yet.

The point of this exercise is to 1. Get yourself clear on exactly what it is you are wanting and 2. Allowing and knowing that it is going to happen.

For example, a hypothetical Universe Task List I would use for myself would be:

ME:

1.Write at least 2 fun articles today.

2. Meditate for 20 minutes.

3. Do my yoga.

4. Have lunch with my best friend

5. Respond to some of the emails I have received

6. Update my website with some new articles from other authors

All of the items above are tasks I feel good and inspired about accomplishing. I am happy and enthusiastic about doing them.

Now on the left side I write what I would like Universe to take care of. Items I am not “in the mood for” or “ready to deal with yet” such as:

UNIVERSE:

1. Find me an easy and pain free way to come up with the money to pay the car insurance next month

2. Send me inspiration to help me get clear on the information I want to include in my new ebook

3. Find me an easy and pain free way to get out of a social obligation I’d rather not attend (in your case be specific on what that engagement is)

4. Find the right person who will be able to fix the bug on my computer

5. Find me a simple solution to getting the garage cleaned out

It does not matter how many things you give the Universe (or your higher self, if you prefer) to do. Just know that you are not alone here. What you ask for you will receive.

So as you write out what you want Universe to accomplish, act and feel as if it is without a doubt, going to be taken care of. Feel as if you just handed this list to the most reliable Manager you have ever met and that you are so confident that these things are going to be done, that you do not even have to give them a second thought.

You will be thrilled and amazed at how this works!

For instance, let‘s go back to the example of the list I would give Universe to take care of.

1. Money for the car insurance. How would Universe handle it? Maybe my mother wins money in Atlantic City and she decides to share some with me and I also receive an unexpected check in the mail. Between the two of them – they more than cover the premium.

2. The inspiration for my new ebook. Universe urges me to make an unplanned stop at the library where I find a new book that just came in and I find it is exactly the subject I feel inspired to write about.

3. The engagement I didn’t want to attend. The people I was supposed to meet with call me and tell me something else came up and apologize because we will have to do it another time. No hurt feelings on either side.

4. My computer problem. I find out the guy who runs my yoga class also fixes computers on the side and charges less than half what a professional would. I find this out by simply chatting with the person next to me while doing my fun task of taking the yoga class in the first place.

5. My garage getting cleaned out. My niece has just gotten into selling on Ebay and offers to clean out my garage if she can sell and keep the profit on the items I know longer want to keep.

I can‘t tell you the thrill-chills you will get as you watch Universe work out these kind of “miracles” without any effort on your part.

Now there is one last step to this exercise. As Universe goes about its business and accomplishes each of these tasks for you, it is important that you acknowledge it, be grateful for it and encourage more.

Anytime the Universe easily handles one of my tasks and I have clapped my hands together gleefully (and yes, there have been many times I have literally clapped my hands together gleefully) I always follow up with a “Thank You Universe and more of that please!”

It helps you to take notice of “who” is responsible for helping you out and reinforces the belief that you really can depend on it for the future. Plus when you say “more of that please” and you start knowing it is really coming, you get more excited about handing over the next task and watching with wonder to see how Universe will work it out.

I’ll be honest, while I used to write out this list almost everyday, I now find myself doing it more often mentally. Now if something comes up that I don’t feel like dealing with, I’ll immediately throw it in Universe’s court. For instance, if the boss says I have to work late tonight I give an immediate mental “Yuck! Universe I’ll let you handle this one. I want to go home happily on time tonight.” Then I forget about it and watch as the Universe does its stuff and reminds the boss that his child has a recital tonight and we can’t work late after all.

But if you are just starting with this exercise, I would definitely do the physical list. It will give you a great feeling of relief as you write down the tough things you want “your manager” to deal with, so you can stay focused on the things that you are inspired to do today.

If you would like to learn more manifestation exercises to help you use the Law of Attraction please visit http://www.theveryhappyhuman.com

Happy Creating!

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I guess it was about 10 years ago when I had hit one of the greatest “funks” in my lifetime.

It was right after Thanksgiving. My husband had been let go from his job because of an untrue rumor someone had spread about him, and we lost a major Christmas bonus we had been counting on. My online business was doing poorly because people were saving their money for holiday purchases. We were behind in all of our bills, creditors were calling constantly and of coarse Christmas was on its way and we didn’t have an extra dollar to spend on it. My husband and I were taking the stress we were both going through out on each other, and the guilt we felt over our sons growing Christmas list made us feel even worse.

It was about this time that I came across the Gratitude List suggestion.

I had already been studying the Law of Attraction principles for quite some time, but hadn’t quite mastered it yet. I was still at a point where my current “reality” problems took up more of my thoughts than the new reality I wanted to focus on. I had learned, however, about synchronicity (the coincidences Universe or your higher self keeps bringing to you when it really wants you to notice something.)

In one weeks time I had come across the Gratitude list idea in three different places. In an online article, in a book I was reading and then I heard it on television.

Anyway I got the hint. Obviously, this was something I was supposed to do.

Like I said, this was a really bad time for me. So trying to focus on good things at this point was extremely difficult. But then I figured who am I to argue with what the Universe was clearly trying to tell me? I decided to follow some of the examples I had heard in the three places mentioned above; and regardless of my current circumstances at the time, tried to look for things to be grateful for.

It seemed tough at first. My negative thoughts kept trying to come through – but I was determined. I would find even the smallest things to be grateful for.

I found it to be much easier than I ever thought it could be.

While I can’t find my original list (I believe it was on my old computer) I do remember most of what I wrote those first couple of days.

Things I Am Grateful For:

I am grateful I am alive today to give this life thing another shot (that is still one of my favorites)I am grateful I am healthy and pain freeI am grateful I have my freedom (I mean I could’ve been in jail or a hospital bed – so things weren’t that bad)I am grateful for my healthy family and friends.Even though I don’t have a lot of money right now- I am grateful I will spend the holidays with all of my friends and family. It was my favorite time of year.I am grateful that we live in a nice, safe, clean apartment.I am grateful we have enough money to eat today.I am grateful that while behind in my utilities, I still have my heat and electricity and cable today.I am grateful for my clean water to drink and shower with (think how many people in the world don’t have even those basic things)I am grateful for my pets who love me so muchI am grateful for the funny emails my friends who care about me send to me.I am grateful for this computer to receive them on.I am grateful for the internet that brings me all the answers I want in less than 5 minutes time (remember how long it used to take just to try to find information before the internet?)

Anyway I came up with a bunch of other things in those first few days. I would spend my first 15 minutes of the morning with my cup of coffee typing out my list.

While at first I was just going through the motions I found I did feel a little better each morning after I was done. What was more surprising to me however, was the lasting effects it was having without my even being aware of it.

Around the third day, I remember waking up feeling “lighter“ somehow. Before I started my lists I had been waking every morning with a knot in my stomach and a feeling of dread about all of the things I was going to have to unwillingly deal with that day. By the third day however, I found myself waking feeling a little calmer. A little happier. A little bit more confident that I could deal with whatever came my way, even though none of my outside circumstances had changed yet.

Seeing as that I wasn’t doing anything different other than my grateful list I realized that it had to be the reason. This got me excited and I decided to really go to town on my list.

I started looking for even the smallest things to be grateful for.

The laugh I had the day before hearing a funny story.An unexpected gift from a neighbor.My mom’s chocolate chip cookies Decorating my apartment with my well loved holiday decorations that I kept in storage (and it didn’t cost me a cent).The wonderful cards arriving in the mail from my friends and family with pictures of their healthy growing children.The holiday decorations going up around the neighborhood making everything more festive.

Sure enough I found the more I did the list every day, the better I felt right after I did it as well as generally throughout the day. I also found myself taking note of little things to be grateful for all day long so I could add them to the next mornings list.

With Law of Attraction being what it is, sure enough my outside circumstances started to change as well. My husband found another job through an unexpected connection, we received a check from his old company from an account that we had forgotten he had, my mother surprised us by purchasing almost all of the items on my sons Christmas list as a gift to us and I found myself having one of the warmest Christmas’ I could ever remembering having. Simply because for the first time I truly appreciated all that I had.

If you want to attract wonderful things into your life, one of the fastest ways to do it is to start being grateful for what you have right now. And I don’t mean by just giving it lip service. I mean really feel the gratefulness as you write your list. Truly imagine what it would be like to not have so many of those things you take for granted in your life.

The Law of Attraction brings to you what you focus on, think about and the vibrational frequency you are working from. If you are spending your time thinking about all of the wonderful things you can be happy about – the universe will naturally respond to that vibration and bring you even more.

It is a simple 15 minute exercise that costs you nothing but can make an incredible difference in your entire life!

So start today! You have absolutely nothing to lose but everything to gain!

Happy Creating!

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Abraham Hicks is the energy personality essence channeled by Esther Hicks. Esther hicks is an inspirational teacher and best selling author. She translates blocks of thought for Abraham, a group of non-physical beings. Esther Hicks holds workshops and writes books while she channels Abraham. She has several excellent books out, including The Law of Attraction and The Astonishing Power Of Emotions. These were featured on the New York Times best seller lists.
Abraham says that we create our own reality with our own thoughts and emotions. Our emotions are our own inner guidance telling us what we want and what we don’t want. Abraham also says that life is supposed to be fun. Here are some of the core teachings of Abraham;
1. You are a physical extension of source energy, that which is non-physical
2. The basis of your life is freedom and the only purpose of life is to experience joy
3. You’re the main actor or actress in your life. You’re the creator. And you create with your thoughts.
4. Anything you are able to imagine is yours to experience, be, to do, or to have
5. You choose your creation as you are choosing your thoughts
6. The Universe adores you. It knows your deepest and broadest intentions
7. All is well so just relax into your natural state of well being
8. Money is a byproduct of your focus on joy
9. You’re the creator of thoughtways on your individual path of joy and well being
10. You cannot die. You essentially are everlasting life
These teachings are very uplifting and empowering. They are very different from the religious teachings that most of the world has experienced. They empower each person to be able to experience more joy in life. Some people don’t believe that Abraham exists and question if Esther Hicks isn’t just making things up. They say that channeling is not true and it is hocus pocus. We do not have any proof if Abraham Hicks does exist, but one thing for sure, Esther Hicks has some very important information to share and that information is very uplifting and inspiring. Maybe she just has a unique way of accessing a part of her brain or her mind to be able to share that experience. Who knows for sure?
In my opinion, there are many things in life that have no proof. And the source or how that information is obtained is not so important as the information itself. If someone were to give you a key to a brand new castle, would you care who gave it to you? If it were yours to own forever would you care? Abraham Hicks definitely has inspired thousands, and Abraham Hicks publications are definitely worth reading if you’re interested in learning more about the law of attraction.
Esther Hicks holds various workshops and cruises throughout the year where she personally channels Abraham. In the workshops, she gives various people a chance to sit in the “hot seat” and ask their most pressing questions. Abraham Hicks is one of my personal favorites.

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As more and more people hear about the Law of Attraction, see films like The Secret, start reading the books or hear about Abraham-Hicks, a lot of confusion is generated through not really understanding how this powerful law operates or how it governs their prosperity.
So here are five basic elements to help you to understand how it affects your life:
1. The Law of Attraction is a universal law. It states that whatever you set your intentions on and focus on, will come to you. The world around you responds to your thoughts and feelings at a vibrational level . If you are thinking miserable thoughts and creating miserable feelings, you will notice more things around you to feel miserable about. Conversely, if you are thinking happy thoughts and creating happy feelings, you will notice more things around you to feel happy about.
2. The Law of Attraction is totally impartial. It works, just the same for everyone: for rich or poor, for old or young, for those who know about it and those who don’t, for those who believe in it and those who don’t. It simply responds to vibration. Knowing this is very empowering and helps you to move from wondering why some people have money and you don’t, or why some people succeed where you have failed. It’s all about their vibration and your vibration.
3. Your external world is simply a reflection of your internal thinking. What you see around you is an indication of what you believe to be so. If what you see and experience around you is not what you would like to be experiencing, then it’s important to remember that change comes from within and when you change your way of thinking, your experiences in the world will change. They have to. That’s how the Law of Attraction works.
So, I f you stop blaming external factors and start focusing on what you want to attract, you can change your experiences and start manifesting the life of your dreams.
4. When people start to intentionally work with the Law of Attraction to create whatever they want in life, they are likely to encounter what appear to be obstacles. These are actually very helpful indicators of where a person’s belief is out of alignment with what they want.
Most people have unconscious beliefs, that is beliefs that they don’t even know they hold. So if you think you want something, but aren’t getting it, you may well have unconscious beliefs, such as ‘I don’t deserve it’ or ‘Good things like that, don’t happen to people like me’ or some other belief which will block your process of attracting what you want.
Beliefs are simply habitual thoughts which you have decided are true. If you choose to, you can change your thoughts and your beliefs to support your manifesting. Abraham-Hicks say you can change your experience one better- feeling thought at a time, which makes it all very straightforward. In order to attract whatever it is that you want, you have to believe that it is possible. You don’t need to know how it might occur, but you do have to believe that it is possible.
5. Abundance is your natural state. Few people realise this as most have been so conditioned by the all-pervading limited thinking prevalent in the world today. But when you know that abundance is your natural state and believe this, then it becomes your experience and your life becomes truly amazing.
As Henry Ford said, ‘If you think you can, or you think you can’t, you’re right’. Human nature is such that many people would rather be right than be happy. Would you rather live happily in a conscious awareness of the Law of Attraction or maintain your scepticism and have your life stay as it is?
It’s your choice. If you choose to start intentionally using the Law of Attraction, your life will become great fun. The universe always responds to you. As you practice focusing on what you want and see the successful attraction you create, you automatically drop old limiting beliefs, because you don’t actually know just how much prosperity is possible for you. And you can have great fun finding out just how you can really enjoy life.
What do you think?

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Do you currently have a goal that you would like to attain, but are unsure of what the next step should be in attaining it? Or maybe you think you know what you “should” do but your find doubts or fears of failure are standing in your way? Maybe neither of the above apply but you find that no matter what you do, you still haven’t gotten to where you want to be.

Quite often people set goals for themselves and “on paper” they look very attainable if that person were to follow certain steps. In reality however, their subconscious mind may have something completely different going on and it could be sabotaging their efforts.

Fear of failure or success. Fear of more responsibility. Fear of change. Afraid that they are not good enough or deserving enough for what they are wanting.

Without even realizing it they may “say” that they want something, may scream it even; but in truth never “really” believe it is going to happen for them.

That is where this manifestation exercise comes in.

The idea behind this exercise is to pretend that you have already accomplished what it is you are wanting and now you are just looking back to see how you got there.

For example:

Say your dream is to become a best selling author. So you wake up this morning and pretend that you already are a best selling author. How does that feel? Do you feel proud that you made it? Do you feel accomplished? How satisfying is it? What would you be doing today as a best selling author? Would you be going to a book signing? Would you be checking on the computer to see how far up your title is on Amazons best seller list? Really get the feel of it. Would you stand taller, dress nicer? Imagine people driving by your house and saying “Did you know that _______ lives there? You know the best selling author of _________ books.” How cool does it feel that they are talking about you!

Now pretend that this afternoon as this best selling author, you are on your way to an interview and you are about to explain how you got to where you are today. What would you say? You see…this is the most important part of this exercise. The first part is to know how it feels to have accomplished your goal. It’s a done deal – you have arrived! Now it is time to figure out the steps you took to get there.

So you work backwards. You say “Well on such and such a day – I remember the day clearly (which would be today of coarse) that I decided nothing was going to stand in my way. So I sat down and wrote two articles that I submitted to these two publications. While waiting for them to be approved, I started attending a writing class during the evening and then would go home and write for 3 or 4 hours every night. Sometimes I would get so involved that I didn’t notice that the sun was coming up. Even though I had my doubts and fears I kept writing. I let nothing dissuade me. Until finally one day it all came together. My articles got printed, my book was ready to be edited..….”

Anyway… you get the idea. Sometimes people get so boggled down in fear or are so unsure of what their next move should be, that they find themselves paralyzed — spinning their wheels and going nowhere.

So the trick is to know beyond a shadow of a doubt that your goal is in fact reached. It is a done deal! It is already accomplished in your future and done! Now you just need to figure out the steps that got you there.

This exercise can be done with any goal you have.

You want to own a new house. Imagine yourself in it already and work backwards to see how you got there. Well, first you called a realtor, then you made calls to different banks about loans, than you packed up the stuff in your apartment…etc.

You want to get married. Imagine yourself on your wedding day in front of a mirror dressed in your gown or tux, thinking back to how you got there. How the two of you met in that Law of Attraction seminar you decided to attend and knew immediately that you were perfect for each other.

You want a promotion in your company. Imagine you are sitting in your new office explaining to a new hire the steps you took to become “the person you are today”

You want to lose weight. Imagine yourself in those awesome fitting jeans explaining to your best friend what you did to get in shape.

I have found that pretending that you are explaining your life and your success to someone else is very effective. Because you feel even in your pretending that you are talking from a place of authority. You are a person who has already accomplished what they set out to do and are the perfect person to give advice to others.

So get started imagining today! Write down all the steps you “took” to be a success. Then realize that this list in front of you has now become your blueprint. All you have to do is follow it. Start with the first step right now. And if fear ever tries to rear its ugly head, think “back” to your “future” vision and realize that you obviously worked through the fear because you “became” successful, so whatever that little pesky fear might have been, obviously wasn’t big enough to stop you.

Remember you really are entitled and deserving to be and have whatever you want while on this Earth. There is no one “out there” who has placed any limitations on you whatsoever. So look into your future and see who you became. Then work backwards and figure out how you got there.

Also keep in mind that the law of attraction brings you what you focus on. If you focus on the success you have become it has no choice but to help you make that a reality.

Happy Creating!

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In accordance with the Law of Attraction, you attract into your life those things, circumstances and conditions that correspond with the nature of your dominant, habitual thoughts and beliefs – both conscious and subconscious. Every area of your life, including your health, your finances and all of your relationships, are influenced by this great Universal Law that “like attracts like”.

What Frequency Are You On: Everything, including yourself, your thoughts and anything else you may or may not desire, is pure energy vibrating at different frequencies. The basic premise of the Law of Attraction is that like energy attracts like energy. You attract to yourself that which you are in vibrational harmony with, not that which you long for or even deserve. Your dominant frequency is determined by your dominant mental attitude, which itself is determined by your habitual thoughts and beliefs. Simply put, a positive mental attitude attracts positive experiences and circumstances while a negative mental attitude attracts those conditions that we deem negative or unwanted.

You Can Attract Anything You Desire: You are able attract anything you desire to yourself because you are already connected to everything, seen and unseen. Nothing and no one is separate from you. The sense of separation we experience in the physical world is created by the way our five senses interpret this infinite sea of vibrating energy. You are one with the One Universal Mind from which all things become manifest. The creative power of your thoughts is limitless.

Changing Your Frequency: To consciously attract that which you desire into your life you must learn to bring the energy of your thoughts and hence your actions into vibrational harmony with the essence of your desire, be it perfect health, success, abundance, true love or anything else. Creative visualization is the basic technique by which you can positively and effectively reprogramme your subconscious mind and so begin to attract to yourself those things and circumstances that you truly desire.

Don’t Play the Blame Game: Understanding the Law of Attraction is not about blaming yourself or anyone else for the negative or unwanted conditions in your life. Getting caught up in this blame game would only serve to attract more of those things that you do not want. Instead, this knowledge is intended to empower you to take full responsibility for your current conditions by understanding the attractive power of your thoughts. Know that by taking responsibility for your life, you also grant yourself the power to change it.

Match Maker, Match Maker Bring Me My Match: The bottom line is that you attract to yourself that which you think about (a lot). There is no judgement call involved about whether a particular thought is “good” or “bad” or whether its corresponding circumstance is “deserved” or “undeserved”. The Law of Attraction is neutral. It does not judge, punish or reward. It simply serves to bring like energy together. Think of it as the great match maker. You submit your criteria via your thoughts and beliefs and it brings you your perfect match – every time.

You Do Not Have to Figure it All Out: You do not have to learn to work with or apply the Law of Attraction. Being a Universal Law, it is already working perfectly in your life, whether or not you understand or accept it, and it never ceases to operate. Your primary goal is to adjust your mental attitude by changing your predominant thoughts and beliefs. To become the master of your life, you must master your mind not the Law of Attraction. It is already a master unto itself.

In a nutshell, to experience profound transformation in any area of your life, you must first become conscious of the Truth that the circumstances of your outside world correspond precisely with the thoughts of your inner world and are attracted to you by the Law of Attraction. According to this Universal Law, like energy attracts like energy. You do not need to learn to apply it or work with it because it always does whether you understand it or not. To attract anything you desire into your life you must learn to bring your thoughts and your actions into vibrational harmony with the essence of your desire and leave the rest up to the Law of Attraction. Essentially, all you need to do is work on yourself.

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