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"Thoughts lead on to purposes; purposes go forth in action; actions form habits; habits decide character; and character fixes our destiny." Tyron Edwards.

For many of us, the message that what we think about, we bring about or that we can manifest anything we desire just by the power of thought can be a little unbelievable. It might appear to work for others, but too often we just don't see it happening in our own lives. The new car, the big house and the cash windfalls can be maddeningly hard to attract. It would appear to be the case only the lucky few have intuitively aligned themselves perfectly with the Law of Attraction. After all, the only difference between you and say, a self-made millionaire is in how you each apply your thoughts to the objects you desire. Countless successful business people and entrepreneurs started in life with no external advantages over their peers. In fact many came from what is often termed disadvantaged backgrounds.

Therefore, we have to accept that success in achieving one's goals in life is primarily a question of what is going on inside our heads.

We may bemoan our restrictions and lack of opportunity. But let's take the successful entrepreneur, strip him of his wealth and place him in exactly your circumstances. Will he sit around feeling sorry for himself? Or will he brush himself down and become a success yet again? There are no reasons - just excuses.

As Robert Collier succinctly put it: "If you don't make things happen, then things will happen to you."

Worry, regret, annoyance, dwelling in the past, resentment, bitterness, revenge etc etc... all of us entertain some of these non-useful thoughts from time to time.

However, if, any of these have taken long term residence in your mind, then they are taking up valuable headspace and preventing you from using the power of your thoughts effectively. Of course there are often powerful emotional drivers behind these thoughts and they may be hard to shift.

But, the first step is to honestly assess how much time you give over to non-useful thoughts. If it is a significant amount of your thought power, then taking steps to address that will be hugely beneficial for you. Remember, only you can control your thoughts. The first step is AWARENESS, the second is CONTROL.

Bob Proctor said in the movie, The Secret "Most people have a goal of getting out of debt. That will keep you in debt forever....I don't care if it's get out or get in, if you're thinking debt you're attracting debt."

Going back to the list of negative thoughts above, all of these thoughts can be turned on their head if you are determined to do so. It may involve forgiveness, letting go, rising above a person or situation, maybe making the first move to reconcile, or just acceptance of a person or situation. Take whatever is causing you most negativity in your head, meditate on how you might improve that situation. If you must think about this negative thing, steer your thoughts away from dwelling unproductively, instead focus on a positive outcome.

It's not always an easy task. But, the key is to make sure that you are in the driver's seat and not allowing someone else to drive you mentally where you really do not want to go.

A habit is what develops when the conscious decision to think a specific thought gets bypassed. We are designed such that conscious decisions are only needed at first - before our subconscious sees the pattern and continues it effortlessly for us - thereby enabling our conscious minds to focus on other thoughts.

The simplest example of this 'handover' from conscious to subconscious is when we were learning to walk. At first, our movements were forced consciously, we had to remember to put one foot ahead of the other, while keeping our balance and looking straight ahead. It took us months to get it right, but once learned through repetition, the pattern for walking became hard wired into our subconscious. Now, we can walk and not have to 'think about it'....except perhaps after one or two drinks too many!

That same handover from conscious to subconscious happens whenever we persist in a particular thought. Eventually, that thought becomes hard wired into our subconscious. The result is that we fall into a daily habit of, for example, worrying about our finances or feeling ongoing resentment towards some circumstance in our lives. As an extreme example, we might be seeing some one in work every day who automatically triggers negative feelings.

In that kind of example, just becoming aware of the cycle is the first step to breaking it.

Otherwise, our lives can be at the mercy of feelings that we don't consciously control, tossing us from worry to anger to sadness to regret, while we feel powerless to change.

"Any act often repeated soon forms a habit; and habit allowed, steadily gains in strength. At first it may be but as the spider's web, easily broken through, but if not resisted it soon binds us with chains of steel." --Tyron Edwards.

In essence, the Law of Attraction is all about training ourselves to form beneficial thought habits and discard the non-useful ones.

When we persist in doing this, allowing no negativity or doubt to creep in, the subconscious eventually hard wires it.

When a vision is formed in our mind repetitively, it becomes 'real' to our subconscious.

That is the Power of the Subconscious. All our external 'realities' must first develop as internal realities in our subconscious.

There are three cards in the Tarot which provide wonderful imagery for the Law of Attraction. They are in fact the first three cards in the pack, the Fool, the Magician and the High Priestess.

The backdrop story accompanying the Tarot Major Arcana deck is known as 'The Fool's Journey' and is meant to loosely parallel our own journey through life. The Fool stands for each of us as we begin our journey. Of course, the Fool is only a Fool because he has not yet learned the workings of the world. He is depicted on Card 0 stepping innocently into the great unknown with his head held high. He is ready to embrace whatever comes his way, but he is also oblivious to the cliff edge he is about to cross. He has yet to learn the Universal Truths of his world. The Fool is 'unrealized potential'.

Upon starting his journey, the first two characters he encounters are the Magician (card 1) and the High Priestess(card 2). These two can be seen to represent the polarities of male/female, positive/negative or conscious/subconscious.

The Magician is our conscious awareness. What is a magician? A magician is one who, with the strength of his word, manifests and manipulates the physical world. The Magician is capable of changing his world through concentrated thought. He symbolizes the power to draw on universal laws and use them for creative purposes. He is depicted in a powerful stance. With one arm extended up into the Divine for inspiration, the other pointing toward Earth to ground its potent energy, he acts as a lightening rod. The sign of infinity above the Magicians head indicates the infinite creative powers of the conscious mind. His abilities appear magical at times because his focused intent helps him achieve what seem to be miracles. He is one who has learned to harness the Law of Attraction and make his desires appear before him.

The High Priestess is the female, receptive side. She is the unseen ethereal form of which we are all a part through our subconscious minds. It is here the seeds of thought are planted. She provides the fertile ground to grow the seed into fruition - bursting forth into reality in the conscious world of perception.

Our journey through life presents us with ample information and clues to the working of universal laws. In today's age of TV, books and internet, the wisdom has never been more accessable. The Magician represents one who has learned to harness the power of his conscious thought. His actions only *seem* to be Magic.

Thanks for reading this issue of Magnetic News .
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