This week’s Ask Alexandria video centers around a reader’s question, how do I meditate? This busy person wants to begin a meditation practice, but doesn’t feel she has time. The truth is, meditation will help you use the time you DO have so much more effectively, so the less time you perceive having, the more you need it!
As I explain in this video, meditation gives you mastery over your mind, giving you the mental muscle to control what you think about. A must for every would-be deliberate creator, and for everyone seeking more peace and harmony in their lives!
It’s also important to remember that time is a human construct, and is elastic! INTEND that you have an abundance of time and you will discover it is so. Feeling you don’t have time is lack-thinking. Those lack thoughts will spiral into all areas of your life if you don’t nip them in the bud! It can become an Automatic Negative Thought, which, if you think about it often enough, can become a Negative Thought Form visible in your energy field! If you feel this is the case with you, it’s time for a Soul Realignment! Book your session today!
Namaste
Alexandria
http://AlexandriaBarker.com
The best stress relief activities work better when you don’t have ANTs (automatic negative thoughts). So how do you get rid of them? Squash them like a bug! But ANTS, like the pests they’re named for, are tricky buggers; sneaky, good hiders, and persistent as all get out. The first step in getting rid of them is to identify them. This can be tricky, they have a way of crawling around in our minds without our even noticing they’re there. They blend in, becoming part of the landscape of our minds.
I have some good news though. I’m about to share a quick simple way to free yourself of ANTs once and for all! (more…)
Beyond the Vision Board Welcome to 2021. Have you broken your resolutions yet? Most resolutions are doomed to fail because they make us beat up on ourselves about what we have and don’t want – like 20 extra lbs, or a smoking or spending habit. But there’s a fun system that helps you achieve your goals that will make you feel good in the process. Create a vision for your future to live into with a vision board filled with what you want to experience in the coming months, along with some powerful affirmations that match your version of your perfect year. It’s easy and fun to make a vision board – they basically consist of words and pictures that inspire you, cut from a magazine and glued to a poster board. If you’ve seen The Secret you may remember when John Assaraf pulls a vision board he’d created years before from a moving box, and discovers it depicts the house he’d just moved into exactly. Such is the power of vision boards! How do they work their magic? We get what we focus on the most. Vision boards help you focus on what you WANT, instead of what you already have and don’t like. There are no limits to what you can create. I have several – one depicts an overall vision of the happy life I intend to continue creating, while others address specific aspects of it. I call mine Gratitude Boards, which shifts the feeling from “I want it” to “Got it, Thank You!” There’s no higher vibration than that of love and gratitude, so I definitely want it linked to my future creations. But why stop at a board? There are many benefits to a portable gratitude board book – one you make with a binder filled with self-sticking pages from a photo album. Not only does this keep your goals private, you’ll be able to take your gratitude boards anywhere, even to the office or on trips. This is quite an advantage, as studies show the more often you look at them, the quicker you will manifest all the things on it! Another advantage to this approach is you can target a specific area of your life for each sheet; abundant health, wealth, relationships, personal development – anything important to you. Whatever you put on your vision board, remember to take time each day to focus on it and imagine having all the things on it in your life now. Then, as they start manifesting in your life – and they will – celebrate those wins to pave the way for more to come! Try it and see! Mentally create the story of your life the way you want it to unfold, make a vision board or book that helps you keep these desires in the foreground of your mind, and watch your dreams transform into reality, and 2021 the best year of your life.
I always love to share news of a Law of Attraction win. This one comes from a reader thanking me for my earlier efforts on their behalf. They graciously allowed me to share their success story as a way of cheering you on to your next Law of Attraction win!
“Hi Alexandria,
Back in May I wrote to you for help in manifesting employment. I am happy to tell you that I have been successful. It was with a series of “squeaking thru” and “just under the wire” situations that I was accepted into this company. Hooray !
Thanks again for your help.” Funnily enough, on the same day I received the following question from a reader that was also on the topic of career and it was such a great question that I decided to answer it in a blog post so you can potentially also benefit, or share with a friend. , though I won’t publish their name in order to preserve their privacy. “Hi Alexandria ! Thanks ever so much for the below noted e-zine ! (September Newsletter) It is very timely 🙂 I agree – I believe that “back to school” is the real start of the “new year”. I loved the tips for weight loss – do you have any for getting a new position with your current employer? I have been trying the LOA but so far haven’t had much success (I will not give up). But I am wondering if there is something I am missing 🙂 If you have any tips – I would love to receive them.” I recommend Acting As If as a powerful way to give the Universe clear direction about your intention. This means dress for the position you want, bone up on any additional skills that it may require, you get the drift. But in addition, focus on using the LOA to your advantage. I love the scripting process, where you journal about your day as if you actually have that job NOW. Make it as real as you can, including rich details about how you’re enjoying the fresh challenges, new co-workers, new income level! Write affirmations such as “I’m totally rocking ________” and post where you’ll see them often. Celebrate in advance, treating yourself to something special because you earned it by attracting this promotion! I especially like scripting out loud with a partner, someone who gets what you’re trying to accomplish, which is to FEEL the vibration of what you want to attract. In other words, WHY do you want this new position? Then discuss it with a trusted friend as if it’s already happened. As in, “I just called to tell you how much I love this new job! I feel fabulous, creative, inspired, and I love that I get paid to do __________ because it’s so rewarding, and the money is great!” The longer you can hold yourself in that place the quicker you’ll attract that matching energy to yourself. And remember, Abraham says that the reason we want anything is because we want the way we think we’ll feel when it arrives. So why not skip the middle man (for now) and go directly to those positive feelings! Do things that feel good as often as possible. Indulge in daydream pretending (I like to thinks of this as pre-INtending, virtually trying that potential future on for size now. I also like Abraham’s List of Appreciation. List out all the things you love about this new job, and about your new employer. And while you’re at it, remember to flow lots of love and appreciation to the job you’re at now. Keep those good feelings flowing and you’ll soon be writing me to share your happy success! 🙂
Is your karma good or bad? And whichever it is, what does that mean to you? Can you change it? In John Lennon’s song Instant Karma he warns that it’s “gonna get you, knock you right in the head.” Ouch! So what exactly is karma, and what can we do about it? The concept of karma dates back to about 300 BC. Wikipedia describes it as the spiritual principle of cause and effect, where a person’s intent and actions influences their future. It states that good intent and deed contribute to good karma and future happiness, while bad intent and deed contribute to bad karma and future suffering. In some religions it’s believed that your present karma affects not only your future in this life, but the quality of your future lives. A more mainstream understanding of karma can be found in the wisdom of the expression, ‘what goes around, comes around,’ which suggests karma is like a boomerang. For every action, there is a reaction. If, by your action, you create pain and suffering for another, you’ll one day experience the same. If you are kind and generous to others, you’ll receive that as well. While I believe we are infinite beings who come to play on Earth for countless lifetimes, I resist the belief that I’m doomed to spend any life atoning for the wrong doings of another one. I like to think I’m in control of my karma. Lennon’s Instant Karma resonates with me because it is so clearly evident in daily life. I don’t need my crystal ball to tell me if I drink too much wine I’ll have a sleepless night and wake with a pounding headache, if I drive recklessly I’ll increase my odds of having a car accident, or that if I’m nasty to someone I’ll receive the same in return. Being good to myself as well as others fits right in with my beliefs regarding the Law of Attraction, that things of a similar vibration are attracted to each other. What we think about, we bring about. Have you noticed that people with a happy cheerful nature seem to primarily experience good things? And that those who often criticize themselves and others seem to attract negative circumstances and people? That’s karma in action, my friend, and is totally within your control.
Lennon goes on to sing, ‘you better recognize your brother is everyone you meet’. I share his belief that we are all connected. Being kind to others makes me happy. And if that happiness is the price I have to pay to incur good karma in this and possibly future lives, I guess I’ll just have to live with it!
For, as Lennon’s song concludes, “We all shine on. Like the moon and the stars and the sun. Yeah we all shine on. On and on and on on and on.”
Feel free to contact me if you need some help with your karma! www.AlexandriaBarker.com
You want to be happy. I want to be happy. We all want happiness, even when it’s hiding behind the guise of ‘hot new body’ or ‘awesome new partner’ or ‘million dollar home’. Happiness is the hidden reason why we really want the things we want. Quite simply, we want them because we want the way we think we’ll feel when we get them. But guess what – if we haven’t been practicing a happy vibe along the way, even when we achieve the thing that feels so elusive now, there will be a hollow place where that happiness would reside if we had practiced.
Abraham-Hicks says, “there are no happy endings to unhappy journeys.” This means if work is a grind, something you only do to get enough money for a vacation, that vacation will not be a fun time. The weather will suck, or you’ll forget and drink the water and spend the holiday sick in your room. The diet you hate may result in weight loss, but it will return. Or you will succeed in attracting that new mate, then wish you hadn’t.
How to avoid this trap? Make happy your go-to mind set. How to do that? Practice. We get happy by practicing happiness. And it really is so simple. Because you don’t actually need any of the things you think are preventing your happiness. Allow me to demonstrate. Just for fun, set a timer for 4 minutes and pretend you just got the best news of your life! Dance, whoop it up, hug yourself, fist bump the air. Act as crazily happy as if all of your dreams had just come true. Thanks, Mike Dooley, for teaching me this! I do this daily!
All done? And don’t you feel good! I use this process first thing in the morning. That doesn’t mean I bounce out of bed each day with a smile on my lips (though most days I do) sometimes I’m groggy, want to stay in bed, or just don’t feel like mustering up enthusiasm. But I do it anyway and the feeling catches up with me quickly. Practice makes perfect. And, what we focus attention on expands. By practicing happiness I am creating more in my life, through the Law of Attraction. This practice makes an awesome start to your day, and you can keep building on it by noticing all you have to be grateful for.
If you aren’t being grateful for all the good in your life, you may fall into the habit of complaining, which is a sure joy-sucker. Suspect this might be you? Then try a simple challenge. Intend to notice every time you complain, and make a check mark on a piece of paper. And just notice at the end of the day how many checks you have.
This can be a real eye-opener, but the beauty of it is, when you become aware you can start to change these thoughts. Then you can start flipping them to thoughts of gratitude. Gratitude is a game-changer, which will usher in more happiness than you know what to do with – and those other good things you want too. Give it a try, and drop me a line to let me know how it works for you! Big Love!
You want to be happy. I want to be happy. We all want happiness, even when it’s hiding behind the guise of ‘hot new body’ or ‘awesome new partner’ or ‘million dollar home’. Happiness is the hidden reason why we really want the things we want.