The Backwards Law
Have you ever wanted something so bad and didn’t get it?
Ever look for a boyfriend or girlfriend so much and find no one or the opposite of what you were looking for?
How about desperately needing a job and getting no callbacks after going to multiple interviews?
A man named Alan Watts who was a great speaker back in the 60s and 70s came up with the term “backwards law” or “law of reverse effort”. Basically what this means is the more you try to escape, prevent, remove or stop the negative experiences of life, the more negative the negative becomes. When you focus your attention so hard on what you want or essentially LACK, you end up pushing away what you want and attracting more of what you lack.
Look at it this way, have you ever tried to think of a song, a word or a name and you KNOW you know it but it just won’t come to you? You try and try to remember but it doesn’t come. So, you let it go. 2, 5, 10 or 30 minutes later BOOM it pops into your mind. WHY??? The answer is simple - you let go. You stopped trying to force it to come to you and when you did, it showed up.
That is just an example, but this law goes much deeper than trying to remember a song.
The desire to constantly be in a state of happiness can and does actually lead to more unhappiness. The desire to be in a state of happiness is really telling yourself that you ARE NOT happy NOW. So this state of unhappiness becomes deeper and deeper the more you try and remove it
Wanting something so bad can actually prevent you from getting it. So much of wanting is really living in the space of what you DON’T have.
So what is the solution?
Acceptance for what is. I know this answer is NOT attractive at all. But it is true. There is a time for everything in our lives. A time for love, a time for laughter, a time for happiness, sadness, loss, suffering and more. This IS LIFE. When you can accept what is you open the door for what could be.
Resisting what is only creates more turmoil and suffering.
Gratitude. Here we are again speaking about gratitude. Being grateful for even the smallest things in your life allows for more things to enter your life. Being in a state of gratitude will help you look at more and more things as a blessing rather than a curse.
Letting go. Put what you desire out into the world and let it go. Often times we get caught up in the HOW. How is this or that going to happen? MInd your business! That is not of your concern. How something manifests is irrelevant to you. A lot of times you need to get out of the way and trust the process.
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3.Believe. Belief in yourself is so powerful. Believe that you have that thing you want. Imagine yourself with it, what does it feel like, to have it or to be it?
2.Act as if you have, its yours and you are. This strengthens your belief even more. Act like the person you want to be, act like you have the thing you desire.
1.Let it go! Allow God/Universe to do their job. Don’t get caught up in the how of things. Trust God.
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