ATTRACTING SUCCESS

Attracting Success

No matter who you are or what you are doing, you want to succeed in your particular endeavor, whether it is seeking a new job, finding a dream house, or even a dream partner.

Using your mind to visualize what you want to draw to you is a natural technique that we can all learn. Many people use it unconsciously but wonder why they don’t have “luck” in their life. This is because they focus on negativity rather than positive trains of thought.

Thinking “I’ll never get a job that earns x amount, or I can’t afford to live in a neighborhood like that” are all affirmations that come true.

Creative visualization is a mental technique that uses the imagination to help you to “see” what you want and thereby assist it in coming true by attracting the success that you want. Visualizing your goals as already accomplished “tricks” the mind into thinking that it has already happened. The mind cannot distinguish between reality and fiction and envisioning that you have what you want and need draws the energy of the mental picture to you.



Successful Visualization

If you truly want to achieve and be successful, set aside a time and place for your daily meditation session.

Decide what it is that you want to draw to you, and enter into meditation using one of the previously taught breathing and meditation techniques in this blog.

• With the eyes gently closed and the breath and body relaxed, creating a mental image of what you want.
• For example, if you want to see yourself in a new house, try not to struggle with adding details that are too specific such as colors, types of moldings, styles of doors and windows. Instead know how many rooms you want, bathrooms, size of house, whether it has a garden, etc.
• See yourself unlocking the front door and entering the house. Walk through each of the rooms, spend time there.
• Every time you enter your visualization meditation, see the same image and it quickly becomes clearer and more real.

Universal Visualization

If you are unsure about what you want, practice the following visualization to familiarize the mind with the technique. This Universal Visualization helps you to start the day right.

Enter into meditation with a calm breath and mind.

• See yourself smiling and at ease.
• In your mind’s eye, follow yourself as you do each of your normal morning tasks. Feel yourself enjoying each moment.
• Embrace the day and see yourself being happy to greet everyone that you meet.

Your New Job

Enter into meditation with a calm breath and mind.

• See yourself smiling and at ease.
• Know what job you want to do. Envisage yourself doing the job
• See how successful and relaxed you are.
• Hear the praise that you receive for a job well done.
• See your environment and feel how happy people are to work with you.
• Everyone that you interact with is happy to see you.

Implementing Your Visualization

Identify the steps required to achieve your visualization. In the example of acquiring a house, identify all that you need to do in order to attract the house.

Creative visualization uses the power of the mind and can improve your life.

Writing down your goals helps you to work progressively toward the direction that you want to proceed in. This helps you to take control of your life and avoid or overcome obstacles that appear.

Do something everyday that helps you move closer to achieving your dream.

Expend your full effort to achieving your dreams.

See yourself successful every day. Notice your positive traits and believe that you are worth receiving what you want.

Gratitude

As you work toward achieving your goal, help as many people as you can along the way. Demonstrate gratitude through prayers, through acts of kindness, and by monitoring your thoughts and subsequent actions to ensure that you are truly thoughtful with every word and action.

Grazie
Merci
Thank You

No matter how you say it, giving thanks and showing your gratitude is a positive emotion that unlocks the fullness of your energy.
As opportunities open themselves up to you, you will be able to recognize them and act upon them. You have the power to influence your thoughts.
Meditation helps you to be mindful and remain in the present, thereby helping you to fulfill your dreams.

Breathe Easy

Breathe easy

Your breath, your mind, and your meditation practice are all intertwined with each other.

The breath is both a sign that the emotions are out of control and a means of drawing peace and harmony to the Self.
Troubled thoughts release adrenaline and stress hormones that increase outbursts of anger and undesirable consequences.

Researchers at the University of Miami found that controlled breathing, guided imagery, and meditation promote not only a positive mental attitude in women being treated for stage I or II breast cancer, but provide significant health benefits in supporting the immune system and the overall health of the body, including reduced serum cortisol levels in only 10 weeks.

Awareness of your reactions to what you experience enables you to release anxiety and block out the cause of your distress.

With awareness, you cultivate peace through control of the breath and become calmer, more loving, and in full control of your emotions.

Rather that being tossed about by the chaos of life, with the mind filled with hurtful and punishing thoughts, you can observe your thoughts, your reactions, and choose to hold onto the peace that resides within.


THE DAILY EDGE
Helping You Expand Your Possibilities
TODAY'S EDGE: Breath

As I breathe in, I fill my body with light
As I breathe out, I let go all internal impurities that arise from:

the foods that I consume
all pollutants I absorb from my environment
the toxins released from my thoughts.

I feel balanced and peaceful with each breath.


Meditation is for life.

Instant Relaxation

Two rivers meeting to become The Great River Ganga

Mastering the Basics
Once you have mastered the basics of relaxing through meditation and are familiar with the different layers of relaxation that occur within your body and mind, you can bring the benefits of meditation instantly to you, without spending up to 20 minutes sitting quietly.

Your mind loves the way you feel during meditation and wants to stay in this peaceful tranquil state.

Awareness of Emotions
Awareness of how you are feeling; tense, anxious, or breath rapid and shallow are indicators that you use to instantly draw your mind, breath and body back to a place of happiness and joy that is both internal and external.


Instant Relaxation and Important Events
Your ability to transport the effects of meditation instantly is a really useful tool prior to situations like giving a speech, attending an interview, or going on a first date. It helps stop feelings such as anxiety and fear of failure, and even reduces the incidence of sweaty palms due to nervousness!

You will release apprehension and gain confidence in your abilities, helping to put yourself and other people at ease.

How it Works
During your meditation, become aware of the point at which you become totally relaxed.
Make a mental note of the rate and rhythm of your breath.
Notice your relaxed arms, legs, and facial muscles.
Tell yourself that you can return to this place simply by following the breath.
Your mind will accept what you have told it.


Meditate Instantly
The Response
During your everyday activities, when you feel yourself becoming tense, simply tell yourself to relax and the memory of what it feels like to be calm and at peace, triggers a response in the breath and the body.
You respond by slowing the breath down, the breath lengthening and deepening.
The shoulders, facial muscles, and limbs relax.
Tension dissolves.
The benefits of your meditation practice recharges you and fills you with energy and well-being.

Peace

A breath of meditation.
The breath is linked to all the emotions.
When you feel angry or watch a scary movie, the heart rate increases and the breath becomes shallow and rapid.
When you are watching a sunset, strolling in a park, or meditating, the breath is slow and steady.

The breath is very powerful because it is closely linked to the mind. When you lose control of the breath through your thoughts and feelings, you find that your subsequent actions are also impacted.

Taking control of the breath through meditation enables you to to know what a calm mind and body feels like. With practice, you develop a new mental habit so that anytime you are faced with a stressful situation, you can recognize how you are breathing and adjust the rate and rhythm accordingly.

Controlling the breath helps you to control your actions. Any time that you sense that you are experiencing anger, frustration, or irritation with a person or situation, simply return to the rhythmic flow of the breath and you will find yourself calm, relaxed and able to think clearly.


THE DAILY EDGE
Helping You Expand Your Possibilities
TODAY'S EDGE: A Breath of Meditation
With the eyes gently closed
Follow the breath from the tip of the nose to the base of the lungs
Follow the breath all the way out
Notice the rate and rhythm of the breath
Adjust it so that is it slow and steady
Center yourself by seeing the belly rise and fall
With each exhalation, let the breath become deeper and deeper
Let the mind follow the breath
Let the body relax with the longer and deeper breath
Feel a deeper connection with the Self
Feel the body and mind relax
Feel calming detachment from anxiety and stress
Enter into meditation

With practice, you will be able to return to a calm and peaceful breath with ease and eventually maintain inner and outward peace at all times.
Meditation is for life.