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So what is it about this “vortex”? That’s the term Abraham now uses to describe the energy surrounding each of us. Energy that’s about to move from the non-physical – the world of our thoughts and feelings – into actual physical manifestation.

I just watched a totally inspiring Law of Attraction video by Esther Hicks on the vortex. Before I give you the link to view it, here’s some background on how we relate to the vortex. Read this first so you get the biggest possible benefit when you watch.

How I think of it is: we put stuff into the vortex whenever we ask for something better.

Every time you’ve experienced what you didn’t want, you simultaneously asked for what you preferred.

Whether you voiced your preference deliberately or not, the universe heard your new desire. And responded instantly.

All those preferences – edited and added to and updated as your life unfolds – now live in your personal vortex.

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Got a burning Law of Attraction question? Send it to me! Consultant and coach Tom Rausch (www.yourpurposeguide.com) asks:

Some LoA experts advise not to dictate how our intentions should be delivered to us. They say we should leave the how of manifesting our desire to the universe, that our job is to be specific about what we want — not how we want it to come to us.

Others emphasize the importance of pursuing our desires with purposeful action and advise their clients to pursue smart goals that get specific about how.

Can you clear up this seeming inconsistency?

Read my answer

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Do you sometimes wish you didn’t want your big dreams, because it feels bad when you’re not living them? As I listened this morning to the most recent CD from Abraham, they spoke about how we are all made for expansion — we can’t stop wanting more.

Thus, they say: “You have no choice, if you are to be joyful, other than to let yourself go with the flow of who you have become.”

How can you go with the flow toward your expanded self? Dare to trust the Law of Attraction: when you ask it is given.

(Why study this most important of universal laws only to turn away from it when you need it the most?)

To your happiness and success,
Andrea

A marketing consultant I hired last year revealed the biggest challenge she’s observed for entrepreneurs offering services and products that come from their heart and soul.

It’s that we can often take it personally when a customer complains or asks for a refund.

I was reminded of this recently when an attendee at an Abraham-Hicks workshop asked Abraham if Jerry and Esther get frustrated because so many people study the Law of Attraction but relatively few actually apply it in their lives.

Here’s a paraphrase of Abraham’s response:

If Jerry and Esther feel bad because not everyone who attends a workshop receives the full benefit of it, then Jerry and Esther feel less joy in their work. No benefit can come of that for anyone.

I’m not saying to use this information as an excuse to offer a mediocre product, fuzzy marketing or sloppy service. We must aim for impeccability in our businesses no matter what we offer.

But isn’t it nice to know we’re not responsible for what benefit people receive from us?
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Last weekend I headed up to Sedona for a writing workshop with Julia Cameron, inspirer of artists and champion of creativity, whose book The Artist’s Way is so popular and venerated that the hardcover edition is currently sold out on amazon.com.

I love examples of those who move past their human fears and choose to live their soul’s purpose. In doing so they thrive. Not necessarily because they are more talented or luckier than you and me. Because they dare to stay true to themselves.

Going to Sedona always reminds me of an Abraham-Hicks story from years ago, when Esther and Jerry Hicks still lived in Phoenix and Esther first began to bring in Abraham’s energy. She asked Abraham whether it would be good for her to go to Sedona and access more energy from the vortexes there.

Abraham told Esther that she, not those beautiful red rocks, was the vortex.

Most of us desperately look for something outside of ourselves to attribute power to. We look everywhere but within.

Which is not to say that getting up close to the rocks in Sedona isn’t a sublime and beautiful experience.

Only that we would do well to appreciate and radiate, vortex-like, our own powerful self expression as aspects of spirit. Imagine if Julia Cameron had given in to despair and stopped writing, composing and teaching. Or if Esther Hicks had given in to self doubt and stopped allowing Abraham to come through her.

Bell Rock vortex, Sedona, Arizona, photographed by Andrea Conway April 2008