{"id":7605,"date":"2020-04-24T15:19:16","date_gmt":"2020-04-24T19:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.livelifemadetoorder.com\/blog\/blog\/?p=7605"},"modified":"2021-07-30T06:49:37","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T06:49:37","slug":"law-of-attraction-can-i-have-a-positive-result-if-im-driven-by-a-negative-motivator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.livelifemadetoorder.com\/blog\/law-of-attraction-can-i-have-a-positive-result-if-im-driven-by-a-negative-motivator\/","title":{"rendered":"Law of Attraction: Can I Have a Positive Result if I\u2019m Driven by a Negative Motivator?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi Kelli, I want to be a youtuber, but it’s kind of scary and overwhelming in many ways so I’m having a hard time motivating myself to take an action. Yesterday I thought about getting a traditional job and since the idea horrified me, for the first time in a while I felt really motivated to give Youtube a try. Can I use what I don’t want as a motivator and still manifest what I want? I feel like I’d be focusing on the negative and I’m wondering how that would affect my vibrations. Thank you very much<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0If by ‘positive’ result, you mean the specific thing your mind wants…sure.\u00a0If by ‘positive’ result you mean something that will feel good…no. And that is what you are ultimately after so I wouldn’t recommend this approach.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Role of Contrast in the Creation Process<\/span><\/h4>\n

One of the best ways to figure out what we want to do, be and have is knowing what we don\u2019t want to do, be and have. That negative feeling alerts us to what we would prefer instead.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

While I certainly can\u2019t know for sure the motivations of every person pulled to the path of personal growth, and conscious creation in particular, it is a pretty safe bet negativity in some form was the catalyst. I highly doubt there are many\u00a0 whose life was going swimmingly already and just wanted to try and kick things up a notch.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Being stressed about your bills feels badly so it makes you want to manifest more money. Being single feels badly to many so it makes you want to manifest a relationship. Being sick feels badly so it makes you want to manifest physical healing. Being in a job that you don\u2019t enjoy feels badly so it makes you want to manifest a better opportunity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Struggling with your business and making consistent income feels badly so it makes you want to manifest more sales of your products and services. Not feeling comfortable in your body feels badly so it makes you want to lose weight.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s okay to have these preferences (which is what we ultimately want to view them as, not white hot burning needs). There is no reason to go without any of these things. There is no reason you wouldn\u2019t be able to receive them in your own life.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But beyond serving as some sort of springboard that leads us in the direction in which we want to go, this contrast absolutely cannot be what drives us. It brings us to the journey but we can\u2019t let it fuel it. We can\u2019t let our resistance to what is now, our resistance to potential outcomes our mind wants to avoid at all costs, be the driver.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

LOA 101: What we focus on expands, and the more we let this sort of energy drive us, the harder it will be to allow these manifestations in. Letting the contrast rule our energy, and influence all we do to achieve these different goals, will be a very painful journey.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

And even if you manage to squeeze out some stuff here and there, it will be hard won and likely inconsistent. You won\u2019t be happy anyway because changing the outside was never the solution.<\/span><\/p>\n

Letting our resistance to \u2018what is,\u2019 our attachments to certain outcomes, attachments to certain channels we believe will deliver the \u2018goods,\u2019 rule the day is a recipe for disaster energetically-speaking.<\/span><\/p>\n

Again, you may still be able to get somewhere–people do it all the time. But it\u2019s not the best approach, and especially for those well-versed in energy, vibes, and various other sorts of spiritual\/personal growth wisdom, doing it this way will be even more painful for you than for those who are living more unconsciously, and have no idea about any of this stuff.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

You know it doesn\u2019t have to be this way, you are more acutely aware of the pain, but your mind will convince you to keep doing things the old way. This will create a very unpleasant mix of feelings that again, you will be very tuned into.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

If we are pursuing something because we think will make a positive contribution to our life, we enjoy whatever it is we are doing, making it all about trying to avoid something we don\u2019t want, being motivated by all that–it won\u2019t be very enjoyable and then what is the point? Even if you succeed in the venture, even if you managed to head off the unwanted alternative, the emotional payoff you are probably expecting will be glaringly absent.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Contrast gives us clarity and that is very powerful from an energetic-perspective. Use that clarity about what DO want to keep you on the path, to keep you moving towards your goals, to help you get through the rough patches.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Contrast is valuable as a tool to discover what we would like in our life, who we would like to be, but it will do us no favors once we set out on the road to effect these changes in our life and ourselves.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

One of the Many Things Your Mind Doesn\u2019t Get<\/span><\/h4>\n

One of the reasons all this work is so challenging is because our mind fights us at every turn. It has no idea how energy works, the role it plays in influencing our circumstances. We basically have to do everything the complete opposite of how we have been our whole lives.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

And since the mind doesn\u2019t get any of it, it puts up a huge amount of resistance to these changes in behavior, thought, emotional responses and perspectives . Your mind thinks all its bullshit serves a purpose, that it is helpful.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Before we became aware of this whole law of attraction thing, we were operating under the assumption action was the true level of \u2018cause.\u2019 We didn\u2019t know it was a manifestation of energy, that it is one of the many \u2018effects\u2019 of our dominant vibration, our dominant frame of mind.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

And when we don\u2019t know about energy, manifesting stuff we want is usually a lot harder because we\u2019re not in alignment with it. We are taking actions from a crappy-feeling space, and our results are often just as crappy.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Or we may get a whole lot of stuff, a whole lot of success but it comes at the expense of our well-being. We never actually enjoy what shows up because it was never the answer to what we are really seeking. No manifestation, no \u2018milestone\u2019 is ever good enough for the mind and it just wants more and more.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We are in a lot of pain and this pain motivates the action. Taking bad-feeling action, struggling, toiling, working \u2018hard\u2019 all seems worth it if it means we\u2019ll get what we want and feel better. Trying to get rid of pain is the only thing that would make us willing to put up with more of it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

So if this whole time your mind was banking on your pain to light a fire under your ass and try to get all the \u2018stuff\u2019 it wants, this whole idea of giving up the pain, giving up the attachment, no longer being negatively motivated just does not sit well.<\/span><\/p>\n

It worries you aren\u2019t going to do all the stuff it believes you need to do to get what it wants. It worries you may abandon the desire completely. And this is the case sometimes but it\u2019s not a big deal because if you truly decide you didn\u2019t want something anymore, you would be okay giving up the pursuit of it, you wouldn\u2019t care if it never came.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Your mind can\u2019t fathom the idea of you merely wanting something, of having a preference for something. It believes that painful ‘need’ must be attached or all bets are off.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This resistance is something you are going to come up against a lot and you need to be vigilant about \u2018rejecting\u2019 this particular line of thinking. You don\u2019t need your pain, it doesn\u2019t serve you.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It may be a good motivator in the paradigm where we try to achieve all our results through action alone, but when it comes to aligning with results on an energetic level, not so much.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dissecting the \u2018Ick\u2019<\/span><\/h4>\n

The first step in not letting your various forms of resistance dominate your energy and efforts is getting a handle on where it is coming from.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0In the situation of the person who asked the question, she would want to get a better sense of why she is averse to having to work a regular job. What would that mean? What unwanted elements are contained within this experience?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What is fueling the desire to work independently in general? Does she feel any particular attachment to the specific line of work she prefers?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This is easier said than done. We don\u2019t like exploring this stuff. We would rather just figure out the various hacks and tricks that will guarantee we get the stuff we want, then we\u2019ll feel better and we won\u2019t need to bother with the feelings because this will make them go away.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

When you see what is really motivating all of this, that the \u2018stuff\u2019 or lack thereof really isn\u2019t the issue, it is easier to manifest these things because you remove one of the biggest barriers to receiving them–the attachment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

You approach everything from a more relaxed space. Sure you\u2019re human and this might not be an immediate process. You\u2019ll probably still have your moments. Unless we decide to totally give up the worldly life and all that come with\u00a0 it, we are probably going to fall prey to our mind junk at times–this will only be a problem if we continue to let all that dominate our emotional world, be the main motivator for all we do.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Which Journey Will You Choose?<\/span><\/h4>\n

This is another idea your mind really doesn\u2019t get. There are two energetic paths to every goal, and even though both are hoping to get to the same end point, the journeys will be very, very different.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Eating well, exercising, tending to your mental and emotional well-being to promote health, nurture your body, and show it love and respect, is a very different journey than doing all these things out of fear of illness and decline.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Moving towards something you want is a very different journey than running away from something you don\u2019t.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Trying to manifest something into your life because you will believe it will enhance it in some way, help you maximize your self-expression, maximize well-being, help you live your purpose, help amplify energies that you have already cultivated for the sake of it, is a very different journey than trying to get all these things to make emotional pain go away, to \u2018disprove\u2019 negative things you or other people may think about you, to feed your ego.<\/span><\/p>\n

The journey of doing all our inner work merely to get something on the outside is a very different journey than prioritizing inner transformation, KNOWING this is the key to what we really seek, KNOWING these ego needs\/wants –that it is OKAY you still care about–will be natural byproducts.<\/span><\/p>\n

Everything we want is because we think it will produce positive emotion. At the root of every desire is the same thing–we just want to be happy, we want to feel peace, we want to feel a sense of overall-well being.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Everything we do should be motivated by trying to enhance these feelings in our life, not avoid the bad ones–again, two very different journeys.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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