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The Power of Now: The Missing Link Between The Law Of Attraction And The Reality

The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment is a self-help book written by Eckhart Tolle in the 90s that talks about how unconsciousness, which leads to excessive thinking, is the culprit behind the insanity of our civilization. In his book, Eckhart Tolle goes on about how the mind consists of only the past or the future moments. If one is to delve constantly in his mind, and derives happiness from the past or future, one would be cut off from the present moment, the now, which is the only moment anybody has any power to.

Being cut-off from the present moment also leads to being cut-off from life itself, for that life does not exist in the past or the future (which are moments that live in your mind), but in the now. To go deeper, Tolle also presented that living in the now, is a direct connection to the Source, to love, to joy and peace. It is also discussed thoroughly in the book that the voice in our head, the thoughts that we generate, are not us. They are generated by ego, a false-self created by the mind that most people mistakenly identify themselves with. And so through out the book, he talks extensively about how to detach from our mind, the false-self, so that one can live in the present moment and embrace life instead.

You may be wondering right now, how is this the missing link between the Law of Attraction and the actual reality? There is nothing about Law of Attraction in this Power of Now teaching. Actually there is...

The Law of Attraction

First, the Law of Attraction says that, well-being is natural to us. That is why, even when you do not consciously wish for good things to happen, bad things do not usually happen unless you offer the wrong vibrations that attracted them. Now even if you do not consciously offer positive thoughts everyday, your life will still generally be well. For example, most of the time we are still relatively healthy, even if we don't exercise much. That's because most of us don't usually think much about our health. Without all the negative thoughts, the only natural thing is well-being.

Second, the Law of Attraction says that, what that is alike draws to each other. If you are offering positive thoughts and hence positive vibrations, then for sure only good things can happen to you. Likewise for negative thoughts. In our daily lives however, positive thoughts and negative thoughts aren't always that straight forward. If we are able to log down all our thoughts in a day, we will see that we offer a huge mix of positive and negative thoughts through the day. Sometimes a positive attraction is neutralized by a negative thought; and in other times, a negative attraction is countered by a positive thought.

In fact this second point is responsible for many of our mis-manifestation because it is simply not easy for a lot of us to maintain only positive thoughts through any given day, on most subjects. You may find that you are quite confused as to why certain thoughts manifest successfully and easily, while others don't. That is because, consciously or unconsciously, your vibration is mixed so badly that... the Source has a problem deciding which exactly is that you want.

Of course there are many tools and processes that you can apply to manifest your desires more easily, especially if you follow Jerry and Esther Hicks' series on the topic. But on a more fundamental level, if you are able to sort out your inner world, then there is absolutely no need for all these tools or processes. You are already a living magnet for all the manifestations.

Limit Your Negative Thoughts Through The Power of Now

The reason is simple really. The Power of Now asks you to cease thinking unnecessarily and access the present moment, hence the life or the Source itself. The Law of Attraction says that, if you don't offer negative thoughts, or any thoughts at all, then your life is automatically heading towards well-being. By practicing the Power of Now, your life is already on cruise control towards well-being without all the unneeded negative thoughts. Now all you have to do every once in a while is to decide what it is that you would like to have and beam your desire to the universe. Without any inner conflict that confuses the world, manifestation will come and it will come very quickly.

In fact one of the loa processes that Jerry and Esther Hicks brought up in Ask and It Is Given is, to meditate for 10 minutes everyday without any thoughts. It is said that that 10 minutes is able to attract enough well-being into your life to accelerate manifestations. If that's the case, think about what one could do if he is able to control his thought process so well that, it is empty for most of the day, for way longer than 10 minutes?

In Eckhart Tolle's second book, A New Earth: Awakening To Your Life's Purpose, he briefly mentioned about how life has become cooperative to him once he started embracing the present moment, which I truly think that it is just a different side of the same story.

Now I am not sure if I have made this article friendly enough for those who have not read the book The Power of Now yet, by Eckhart Tolle. So before ending this article, let me just give it one last shot.

In Short...

• The mind is a false-self created by ego that we should not be confused with who we truly are. It is not our true self. Our true self is an eternal spiritual being connected to the Source (or God).
• Living in the mind and identifying with your false-self would cut off your connection with the Source. The mind is constantly worried and feel under threat by the world (note bad vibration for loa) as it sees itself as a fragile being that would die any moment. This fear cuts itself off from the world.
• When you are living in the now, you stop living in the mind that consists of only past or future moments (as well as the deep-seated fear of perishing any moment soon). Thinking stops when you live fully in the now (note no bad vibration). You will be more connected to the Source, and you will feel a deep sense of peace within you.
• Without unnecessary thinkings, and hence unnecessary bad vibrations, then your desires would definitely manifest more easily than previously.

And how do you live fully in the now? Read the book! Or really, just stop thinking.

The Missing Link?

Why is the Power of Now the missing link between the Law of Attraction and the reality? Because, by practicing the Power of Now, life would already be going smoothly for you as well-being flows into your life automatically. Law of Attraction however, would be able to guide the well-being of life into specific areas that you desired, shaping your life exactly as how you like it.

Many people feel stuck manifesting anything through the Law of Attraction because they are constantly offering such a mix bag of vibrations. In some cases, negative vibrations are even more than positive ones, to the extent that nothing is manifesting for them but hardships.

If you are one of these people, definitely... read the book The Power Of Now. It is a very profound book written in unconventional style. However, once you get the gist of it, it will transform your entire life literally. Once your inner world is on the right track, difficulties will stop coming your way. Then, use Law of Attraction to shape your life to the inches of your liking. :)