Be Careful What You Wish For
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Remember the story about Aladdin’s lamp? As the story goes, the boy picks up the lamp and rubs it. Out comes a genie and tells the boy that he has three wishes. The boy gives him his first wish and the genie tells him that “your wish is my command”. The boy continues with his second and third wish as the genie follows through with “your wish is my command”. I always found that story fascinating and dreamed that would some day come true for me.
When I was a child I did not understand that the genie is just a symbol and really stands for the higher power, God, the Universe, Allah, whoever is your highest consciousness. So what this story really means is that whatever belief system you have in place, that is who is granting your every wish. For now, we will continue to use the genie.
The Law of Attraction is always working in every person’s life whether you realize it or not. Have you caught yourself asking for something and then later thinking to yourself that you will never be able to acquire it? The genie is in everyone’s life and he is making your wishes come true. He is in essence saying to you each time you ask for something or wish for something that “your wish is my command”. Just think about that for a few minutes.
Say you want a promotion really bad at work and you constantly say to yourself that you deserve that job because you are the best person for that position. As time goes by and you have not heard anything, negative thoughts start creeping in and you start doubting yourself and your ability to actually get the promotion. Remember that every single thought that you are thinking is backed up with the genie telling you that “your wish is my command”. Be careful what you wish for.
The genie can get overwhelmed at times because you are throwing so many different thoughts that way. Such as I really would like to buy that; “your wish is my command”, but I cannot afford it; “your wish is my command”. I want that promotion so bad; “your wish is my command”, but I do not know if I will get it; “your wish is my command”. When you follow your wish with a negative statement that is what you are going to get. Keep those positive thoughts, wishes and dreams in your mind at all times and the genie will grant your wish.
The most important lesson I learned about keeping negative thoughts out of my mind is the genie story. Everything you say, think, feel and do are coming from that higher place. The genie is granting your wishes without you realizing that is what is really happening. Just remember to be careful what you wish for or your wish just might come true.
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Hey Chris,
No not at all my friend. Here is an example of what I'm saying.
Let's use the example of you wanting a job. Let's say you put your resume in and applied for a job. So to yourself you are thinking, man I want this job really bad. But you also at times start thinking, I really want this job but they will probably give it to someone else. I don't know if I am qualified or not. You are sending mixed signals and you need to be clear on what you want and don't waver from those thoughts. God doesn't play games, he just listens to what we want and gives that to us. When you send him mixed signals he's no able to receive a clear message.
Thanks for your comment, I appreciate that.
Thanks for your response; With all due respect, I have listened to literally everything about the law of attraction. What I'm concerned with is that there is a market in our society that is selling "pseudo psychology" and passing it off as having faith in God and saying "just the right prayer". God knows what's clearly in our hearts -- and we do not need to "properly" articulate it, especially if we don't even know how. God knows (better than we do) what it is that we need. In psychology terms, what you are saying is "if we believe in ourselves, we are more apt to succeed". I believe that... I've done it many times. However, from a spiritual stance, I cannot accept you or anyone else telling me I'm not praying right -- there is no such thing as a 'right prayer'. I think the author of "The Secret" and all the so-be followers of it are completely confusing and/or deceiving the masses only in an attempt to stuff your own wallets by selling one thing, while marketing it as another. A spade is still a spade -- and the truth is that no parent (physical or divine) would ever say something, in example, such as, "Be good and ask me in just the right way....then I'll give you what you need or want". You and nobody has the right to "sell success" by passing it off by telling us that we have some misguided lack of faith and the inability to pray ourselves correctly into the hands of God. Most people think that 'taking the lord's name in vain has something to do with 'cussing', but I assure you that any true pastor of God would tell you what it's really about is speaking of a 'cause' and saying "God said so". It's like declaring war and saying God told me to....
Chris 14 months ago
You refer to the "Genie" being overwhelmed and it's our fault because "we" are sending mixed signals. In essence, the message I'm getting out of this is God is unable to understand what is truly in my heart simply because I can't always articulate it. In short, you would have God playing games with us and withholding the fullfillment of our desires.