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January/February 2007 Spirituality
Don't Read this Article: Understanding the Significance of Your Words

by Michael J. Losier

Words are everywhere. We speak them, read them, write them, think them, see them, type them, and hear them in our head. The words we think and use generate the vibration we send out. The word "homework" can cause some people to have a negative vibration and others to have a positive vibration. The word "money" can hold a positive vibration for some people and a negative vibration for others.

Don't, Not and No

Don't think of the Statue of Liberty in New York. I know that you know that I know that you just did! Your unconscious and conscious mind automatically filters out the words don't, not and no. When you use these words you are actually internalizing in your mind the exact thing you are being told not to. For example, if I said, "Do not think of a snowstorm," I guarantee you would start thinking of a snowstorm almost immediately. Even though the instruction was not to do something, your unconscious and conscious mind edited out that part of the instruction.

There are other common expressions that give more attention and energy to what you don't want. Have you heard yourself use any of these statements?

Don't get mad
I'm not blaming
Don't hesitate to call me
Don't be fooled
Don't worry
I don't want this to hurt
Don't litter
Don't smoke
I'm not judging

The law of attraction responds the same way your mind does: it hears what you don't want. When you hear yourself make a statement containing the words don't, not or no, you are actually giving attention and energy to what you don't want.

Here's an effective and easy tool that will help you reduce and eventually eliminate the use of the words don't, not and no from your vocabulary. Each time you hear yourself using these words, ask yourself, "So, what do I want?"

Each time you talk about what you don't want, in that moment you are giving it your attention and energy. When you ask yourself what you do want, the answer will have created a new sentence with new words. When your words change, your vibration changes and the best news of all is that you can only send out one vibration at a time.

Michael J. Losier is the author of Law of Attraction - The Science of Attracting More of What You Want and Less of What You Don't. Visit www.lawofattractionbook.com.