You may wonder what Wimbledon 2008 may have to do with the power of mind. A lot!

In the awesome men’s tennis final on Sunday July 6th, spectators watched two stellar athletes and tennis champions playing for arguably the most pretigious award in tennis – the Wimbledon final trophy.

The match was the longest in Wimbledon history - four hours and 48 minutes - with two delays due to rain, taking the entire match time from start to finish to six hours and forty minutes. The final result was 6-4, 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-7(8), 9-7, in favour of Rafael Nadal.

Why did Federer (five times Wimbledon champion 2003-2007) lose to Nadal?

Without detracting from Nadal’s brillance, Federer had more to lose (or prove to himself) than Nadal. His track record playing Nadal is 12-6 in favour of Nadal. That alone would have a bearing in terms of mindset going into the match.

And of course there is the intense media scrutiny of Federer’s every match as the current world No. 1 tennis player and the usual post mortems of matches long past. Roger Federer, in my opinion, is too nice, too accommodating to the media.

From a power of mind perspective, every time you give attention to something unwanted, be that answering media questions and hypotheticals, recalling failures or disappointments from the past, speculating about unwanted future events, getting angry with current performance, comparing yourself with anyone else – and coming up either ‘better than’ or ‘less than’ – what you are doing is adding to your point of attraction.

There’s no avoiding it. What you give your attention to – day in and day out – is crucial.

When the balance tips either way – towards what you want or towards what you don’t want – you will see evidence of it in your life.  However even before that time, you will get hints and clues of what is coming.

Sport is like a giant magnifying glass on how Law of Attraction and your amazing mind work with energy. Dreams come true. Often dreams start early in childhood.  Just listen to any sporting great and invariably they will mention having held ‘this dream’ for a long time. Listen to their self confidence and self belief. They will have positive expectations and will talk in positive terms (unless side-tracked by the media). 

What we don’t know or see, however, is what goes on privately in their own mind. This is where the ‘real work’ goes on.  We don;t see or hear what kinds of conversations they have alone or with influential people in their lives. 

All thinking (positive and negative) is adding to their point of attraction. Of course, the same is true for us all.  Being a sporting hero adds public scrutiny and pressure which needs to be managed favourably, from a vibrational stance.

Here’s a BBC music montage of the Wimbledon final in the style of The Secret (ad at beginning). Listen to the backing track! Music is a powerful tool.

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Posted: July 8th, 2008 under law of attraction, media, power of mind.
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Many years ago, author Joseph Murphy, coined the now hugely popular phrase, “the power of your subconscious mind’ in the title of a book.

He talked about secrets and powers of the mind that for most people might still seem to be a fantasia. 

However, many years on, and with the very popular self help movie, The Secret - inspired by the work of Esther & Jerry Hicks and their in-depth materials on the Law of Attraction - many concepts Joseph Murphy made accessible, have now entered popular jargon.

Once a topic has been on the Oprah Show – The Secret appeared on Oprah twice in 2007 – when you can be rest assured it has entered mainstream discussion (and criticism).

The term ‘subconscious mind’ is referred to by other terms like the unconscious mind, universal mind, Source Energy, as well as traditional terms like God or Spirit (which have the disadvantage of carrying a lot of ‘baggage’ associated with religion and religious zealots).

However, the now popular term, the Law of Attraction, is the most recent way of referring to the ‘subconscious mind’ and its immense creative power.

What is so important about the subconscious mind or the Law of Attraction?

A study of this topic reveals that instead of power to control your life and destiny residing outside of you (for example some benign being designing our destiny) – the power is within you and has always been within you. 

It’s just that somewhere along the way (from early childhood to adulthood) you/we forgot that we are innately powerful, wondrous beings capable of great things. That’s where religion has gotten some bad press with its teachings along the lines that everyone is born an unworthy sinner.  Sheesh – how did we fall for that line of thought? (I digress).

The subconscious mind responds to your imagination, belief, self image and expectation  

It uses these ingredients to fulfill your desires small and large – whether  consciously stated or unconsciously desired.  Whatever you imagine with belief (faith) and expectation comes about in your experience.

However many think that this is ‘serious work’.  And then wonder why they aren’t getting the results promised.  However, a vital key here is to be light and relaxed about the outcome you seek.  To want it, but not to want it desperately! Desperation actually is a cover for lack of belief or expectation. And the subconscious mind is literal and neutral.  It simply responds to certain indicators like imagination, belief and so forth.

When you genuinely expect something to come or happen it’s as easy and relaxed as ordering a meal at your favorite cafe and knowing and expecting the order to arrive in a timely manner.

An understanding and application of the fundamental principles involved in this topic has the potential to totally transform your life and experience in a way that’s great fun as well as a joy.

To learn more about the power of the subconscious mind and the Law of Attraction, visit http://www.abraham-hicks.com/

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Posted: March 14th, 2008 under law of attraction, power of mind, self help.
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