There is an old Vietnam-era movie made in 1970 called Suppose They Gave A War And Nobody Came. It was actually a cute comedy about how an army base had a feud with the citizens of a nearby town. But I always loved the title and often wondered what would happen if both sides of a war had no recruits and just wouldn't go. Would the world leaders be forced to fight their own battles? You may be surprised to learn that the leaders, while they're certainly responsible for their own actions in voting for and waging aggression, are really fed by the energy of the people around them--the citizens who support them and the citizens who oppose them. In order for any vibration to manifest itself, it has to have your focus. And focusing on negative thoughts only helps to bring them into reality. The universe receives strong vibrations of a positive or negative nature and then sends them back to us full force. Take the current situation of the war in Iraq, for example. There was no middle ground among the people on this issue: folks either backed the war unconditionally or were vehemently opposed to it. So guess what? The extreme amount of energy surrounding the prospect of the war brought it to fruition. So what can we do to avoid being led into a similar situation the next time around? Should we just ignore our leaders and let them run amok? No. We'll be better off if we learn to focus on positive, peaceful resolutions all the time--not only in times of international conflict. When we, as a mass of citizens, can learn to make optimism and constructive thought the center of our collective attention, then we can avoid future wars, and no one will have to show up to fight them.
Peace will only come through compassion and open-heartedness and forgiveness. It might feel good to stir up a crowd by whipping up some anger and righteous indignation aimed at the President and other leaders, the ones who keep making the same mistake of using wars and violence to solve problems. And there might even be a place for expressing anger, for people who need to work those feelings out. But the wisest among us know you can't fight fire with fire. You only escalate the damage that way. In the same way, you can't fight for peace. Anger, ultimately, won't get you there. If you want peace, you must be peace. So when you're planning a peace rally, keep in mind that you want to affirm the value of being at peace. Start with a meditation, or a silent circle to remember the dead. Take a moment from time to time throughout the event to hold a space for breathing and feeling compassion for those who are caught up in war and opposition. And even though there may be some firebrands who want to create a frenzy of emotion and energy at the rally, be sure to plan on bringing the energy back down at the end with a candlelight vigil or procession or prayer. Don't protest war. Advocate peace instead. Attract peace to you by bringing it through you.
A Healthier Environment
If you worried about everyting you ate or every dust particle in the air, you wouldn't need to attract anything in your life because you wouldn't have the time to enjoy it. Warnings and cautions are for the best interest of the population, but focusing our worry and anxiety on every possible microbe or gram of fat in our food and environment only makes us that much more susceptible to their potential ill effects. Hypochondriacs are convinced that they are sick, when in fact there's nothing medically wrong with them. The more you try to convince them they are alright, the more positive they are that they are dying. We see what we choose to see and focus our thoughts in that direction. So instead of kicking yourself for eating that burger, and saying, "I'm killing myself!" say instead, "From now on, I will eat more healthy foods and improve my health by doing so." The key is, have an understanding of certain conditions but don't torment your conscience or you will make yourself sick and tired. Pay attention if you are told by reliable sources that something is not healthy or is a risk to the body and the environment. But take that information and look at ways to neutralize or negate the potential harm. That's taking action in a positive way.
Taking action is a marvelous thing to do when you're concerned with peace and environmental issues. But it needs to be something you take joy in, or else you are going against that feel-good energetic thing. If you participate in a group or organization that has a positive view about how to make changes to prevent global warming, for instance, and you are forcing yourself to go, that means you are not attracting better health to the planet. You're attracting the status quo or even a worsening of the situation. You may not even realize it, but if you are doing something you feel you are forced to do, you are sending out negative vibes to all the others and to the universe that you don't want to be doing this. The universe will send you back a real whammy in the form of a worsening situation. And perhaps just as bad, because others are picking up on your vibe, you may be influencing others to keep their distance from the planet crisis, too. Find another activity that makes you happy, or give money to an organization that works to heal Earth.
Healing Rituals For Mother Earth
Some Native American tribes would perform rituals (like dance, fire ceremonies, or prayer) to bring forth rain, bountiful crops, and a multitude of other necessities that came from Earth. These rites were designed to bring up the consciousness and belief of those who were involved in them. It was a collective effort to ask for what the community wanted and to believe it was going to come forth. You can conduct your own ritual to heal the planet if you want to. Here are a few rituals you might want to try to help the planet help itself:
- Send the planet love by visualizing it encompassed by a healing light. Some may see it as blue or green; others might see it as white or golden.
- Pray for the protection and the positive evolution of the planet and those people and situations that are not positive. Feel an upward shift and be happy when praying, not concerned or somber. Use words like, "May the planet be evolving in a positive cycle."
- Draw or find a picture of the planet and write the word PEACE on it. Every day just take a quick look and give it a thumbs-up or a big smile, and know it's already starting to happen.
Do Groups Attract More Quickly?
There is absolutely nothing like teamwork, people working together toward the same goal. In theory, you'd think that when people get together, the vibrations would be very strong. After all, the desire, excitement, and anticipation of so many should be able to give the vibration a huge boost. Although this sounds like a great idea, especially when it comes to the law of attraction, in practice it rarely works. Because no matter how much camaraderie exists within a group, no one can feel exactly what you are feeling. Have you ever been with someone who is very much like you, and yet she has certain opinions and feelings about issues that you completely disagree with? Everyone has his own unique guidance system or inner self. And his inner self tells him something different from what your own inner voice tells you. That's the benefit of being human. We think for ourselves and we each feel what we feel. There's no right or wrong, it just makes us different from one another. And the universe responds to each of our unique vibrations in its own way. When a group works together in a way that is more physical than emotional--say, planning a charity event--the vibrations are more general and unified and tend to work well. It's when a group tries to ask for abstract things, like world peace, that the varied vibes of the group are all over the map; hence, success is unlikely. It's alright to talk with others about the law of attraction. You can discuss books and other tools that help you learn this universal law. But at the end of the day when it's time to get into asking mode, you need to stay independent. Focus your energy on your own intent and you'll have a better chance of success.
Help Others
You may be wondering how you can know whether you should lend a helping hand or stay out of another person's trouble. You can't help every person you run into, or go running to a complete stranger's house when a friend of a friend tells you about this person's sad plight. You certainly don't want to offer pity, because that only adds to the negative vibe of the situation, but what else can you do in these situations? You have to check to see how you reall feel about it. The asking doesn't work if you don't feel it. So if there is someone you think you might like to help but you still aren't sure, you can take time to assess what your actions should be. First, simply think of the person and ask yourself how you feel. Do you feel sad for him or do you feel happy because you may think there is something you can do? Now you may feel blue at first, but then you might feel great joy when you actually think of the assistance you can give. However, if you feel that he is already in a situation that is hopeless and you aren't feeling confident that you can help, you probably can't. Don't scold yourself for the way you feel. You can't fake it. The best you can do is be honest about your emotional inner self and what it's saying. Your source may be telling you there is someone who can offer more assistance and if you get involved you would make matters worse. If, on the other hand, you sense that you can do something to help, but aren't sure what that is exactly, then use the law of attraction to ask for clarity on what you can do to help. When you allow or receive your answers, take action with a positive attitude and with love. If the person you've helped is going on and on about how wonderful you are to have assisted him, he may still be focusing on the problem, which should by now be in the past. Give him a gentle reminder to leave those hard times behind and concentrate on a positive future.
A forceful way to help someone on any level is to use visualization. In your mind, just picture the person you are concerned about in a better state of being. If she is sick, see her healthy. If she is in need of money, see her debt free. If she requires something important in her life, see her with the things she needs. Every morning, take a few seconds and "see" the person the way you want her to be. You don't have to make it a drawn-out process; just stop while you're having coffee, for example, and think she is already healed, secure, or whatever it is she is trying to achieve. In your thoughts you should not envision the person the way she is in her present situation. Instead, see her as you want her to be--that's the believing part of the process. Even if you meet someone for only a few moments and you wish you could help him right there and then, simply visualize the person being in a better situation. You don't have to know his name or his history. Your higher power knows who you are thinking about. If you visit a friend in the hospital, don't look at the surroundings and fall into the "It's really too bad" mindset. Rather, think about the joy he will have when he is discharged. See him in the car going home and back to his normal life. Talk to him about what he is going to do when he gets out. Don't discuss all the other sick people and how so-and-so in the bed or room next door is even worse off.
Seeing people in an absolutely positive status in their lives is an exceptional way of assisting them. Not everything is judged in dollars and cents. Even when we have little in the way of material goods to give, we can do a lot for others with our mere thoughts. If you were to stop and send good thoughts to everyone you see on the street, it would be overwhelming. So visualize well-being for those who you really feel you are led to. Even when you're able to go way beyond anyone's expectations, don't make a show of it or look for accolades. By centering your thoughts on how you helped those who have nothing, you are focusing on what they don't have. By telling others and expecting applause and recognition, you are, in essence, asking others to focus on the situation you helped the person out of--and thus creating more of the same.
Negative Vibes
Sometimes people suddenly start to worry again about what they don't have because they have a fear of success. To those who are not used to getting what they want, when it suddenly starts to happen, it may be so unbelievable that they unintentionally sabotage what they have started. Maybe they feel unworthy, or maybe they're scared of the power of the universe ... Whatever the reason, they put out a negative vibration that comes back to them, despite the fact that they're also concentrating on positive thoughts. When success comes a-knockin', open the door and allow it it. Don't think about the things that haven't come into your life thus far, and don't think about how success is going to change everything. Focus on one thing at a time, or you'll never go anywhere or get anything you want. You'll never be able to get back the time you've spent worrying about possible negative outcomes or not focusing on the things you want if your life. But you can save time in the future by not continuing to make these mistakes. Don't lament the fact that you didn't begin using this process sooner; be happy that you've found it now. As long as you still have breath in you, it's never too late to start using the law of attraction to fulfill your hopes and dreams.
Whenever you start to have a thought or a daydream about something negative, say to yourself, "Cancel" (or "Stop," "Halt," "Delete," whichever works best for you). It's like a thought starts to float up from your brain that is pessimistic, and by saying, "Cancel," you grab it and stop it from going out to the universe. In other words, you are taking back your thought before it goes too far. Sometimes people like to repeat the word two or three times in a row: "Stop, stop, stop." This may depend on how strong and negative the thought is. Do whatever works for you. Just try not to use an entire phrase, like, "Wow, I wish I could stop thinking such sad thoughts. They really bring me down and make me wish I was happier." You are not accomplishing anything there except for making yourself feel worse. One-word cancellation thoughts are the best, as they are fast and to the point. Don't think you have to monitor every thought, or you would be "cancelling" all day long. Use this method when your thoughts trouble you.
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