Often in Law of Attraction you hear people talk about being more positive.  As opposed to being negative.  While being positive will make you feel better over all and can help bring more of the stuff you want into your life, it’s not really what the Law of Attraction is all about.

Being positive is actually a symptom – not a cause of what you are experiencing in life.

The real cause is your inner feelings and the vibes you’re sending out to the Universe.  If you are sending out positive vibes then this will be reflected in positive thoughts and words on the outside.  And if you’re sending out negative vibes your thoughts and words will reflect that too.

This is excellent news because it means that you can now monitor your inner vibes and make changes if necessary to steer you toward your goals.  If you find that your thoughts and words about a certain subject are negative for example, you can examine your inner vibe and see what needs to shift.  And you will know when that shift has taken place because you’ll begin to feel sunnier, say brighter things and walk a little taller :)

Need a few pointers on how to do this?  These tips will help you get in touch with your inner motivations so you can shift to a more productive state of being:

• Follow your thoughts – Instead of trying to change your thoughts, follow them back to their origin.  Approach this with curiosity, looking at your thought from different angles to see what it’s made of.  When you know why you think what you think things will make much more sense and you’ll be able to shift into a different place much easier.
• Look at physical causes – We are spiritual beings having a human experience and part of that experience is that we have to deal with our physical bodies.  So if we don’t get enough sleep or don’t eat right or work ourselves to the point of exhaustion it will have a negative effect on our energy levels, vibes and thoughts.
• Ask yourself how you’d like to feel instead – In the midst of negativity stop and ask yourself if this feels good to you and if not then how you’d rather feel instead.  Believe it or not there are times when it feels good to feel bad.  The thing is to be honest about it.  And if you’re ok with how you feel then go with it (for now).  If not then set an intent to make a shift and start exploring those underlying causes.