Telling Yourself "Not" to Do Something

A very common scene in movies is when somebody is on a high ledge. And as they're walking across it, they tell themselves, "don't look down, don't look down, don't look down." And what they do next... they look down!

Telling yourself not to do something will actually make you do it. It's because when it comes to the law of attraction, the universe or whatever you want to call it, doesn't hear the word "don't" or "not."

This is an important thing to remember, because many people incorrectly use these type of statements in practicing the law of attraction. They get exactly what they were trying "not" to attract. Then they turn around and say, the Law of attraction doesn't work, because I got exactly what I did not want to get.

Here's another example:

What if I told you, "Don't think of a pink elephant?" What he think you're going to do next? I'd be willing to bet that you would think of the pink elephant. No matter how hard you try not to, you will do it. You just can't help it!

So what's the remedy to this? If you want to avoid something, how do you use the law of attraction to avoid it? You don't. You cannot use the Law of attraction to make something "not" happen. Instead what he can do is focus on what you want to happen.

If you catch yourself walking on a ledge facing almost certain death, you should tell yourself something like, "I'm going to make it, I'm going to make it, I'm going to make it." You'll definitely have a better chance of getting out of that situation alive.