Aug 10

Today, I’m proud to introduce an brand new subliminal video series tailor-made for Law of Attraction users. The series is called Subliminal Wealth, and it’s already stirring up LOTS of positive feedback from users!

Subliminal Wealth uses massive amounts of both audio and video suggestions of wealth, prosperity and success, along with powerful binuaral beats which ease the user into a relaxed state of acceptance. We had an absolute blast putting this series together, and I hope you enjoy it as much as we have. You can view two sample videos from the series here. And as always, your feedback is welcome and appreciated! (jon@attractanything.com)

Subliminal Wealth is designed to subtly change how you THINK about wealth and success. The Law of Attraction says that we are the result of our habitual way of thinking. But many people wonder if there is any scientific proof that this is true? Even hard-core believers in the Law of Attraction can sometimes become skeptical, and begin doubting the enormous power of their humble thoughts. So today I want to take a look at the scientific evidence concerning the power of thought.

Lauran Neergaard of the Associated Press (AP) has written a beautiful article outlining recent scientific research on the power of thought. I couldn’t say it better myself, so I’ve include the full article below. Read it, and take it to heart. The power of positive thinking is not just a nice belief–it is a scientifically verifiable fact. I hope you enjoy Lauran’s article as much as I did.

To your increasing wealth and success,
Jon Mercer
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Your medicine really could work better if your doctor talks it up before handing over the prescription.

Research is showing the power of expectations, that they have physical — not just psychological — effects on your health. Scientists can measure the resulting changes in the brain, from the release of natural painkilling chemicals to alterations in how neurons fire.

Among the most provocative findings: New research suggests that once Alzheimer’s disease robs someone of the ability to expect that a proven painkiller will help them, it doesn’t work nearly as well.

It’s a new spin on the so-called placebo effect — and it begs the question of how to harness this power and thus enhance treatment benefits for patients.

“Your expectations can have profound impacts on your brain and your health,” says Columbia University neuroscientist Tor Wager.

“There is not a single placebo effect, but many placebo effects,” that differ by illness, adds Dr. Fabrizio Benedetti of Italy’s University of Torino Medical School, who is studying those effects in patients with Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s disease and pain.

The placebo effect is infamous from studies of new medications: Scientists often given either an experimental drug or a dummy pill to patients and see how they fare. Frequently, those taking the fake feel better, too, for a while, making it more difficult to tease out the medication’s true effects.

Doctors have long thought the placebo effect was psychological.

Now scientists are amassing the first direct evidence that the placebo effect actually is physical, and that expecting benefit can trigger the same neurological pathways of healing as real medication does. Among them:

–University of Michigan scientists injected the jaws of healthy young men with salt water to cause painful pressure, while PET scans measured the impact in their brains. During one scan, the men were told they were getting a pain reliever, actually a placebo.

Their brains immediately released more endorphins — chemicals that act as natural painkillers by blocking the transmission of pain signals between nerve cells — and the men felt better. To return to pre-placebo pain levels, scientists had to increase the salt-water pressure.

“Our brain really is on drugs when we get a placebo,” says co-researcher Christian Stohler, now at the University of Maryland. More remarkable, some especially strong placebo responders suggest “many brains can actually stimulate that (pain-relief) system more.”

Italy’s Benedetti gave Parkinson’s patients a placebo and measured the electrical activity of individual nerve cells in a movement-controlling part of the brain. Those neurons quieted down, a decrease in firing of about 40 percent that correlated with a reduction in patients’ muscle rigidity — they moved more easily.

To further prove the power of belief, Benedetti hooked pain patients to a computerized morphine injection system. Sometimes the computer administered a dose without them knowing it; sometimes a nurse pretended to give it. The morphine was up to 50 percent more effective when patients knew it was coming.

Likewise, Parkinson’s patients moved much better when they were told that doctors had turned on a pacemaker-like implant in their brains, which blocks tremors, than when it was turned on covertly.

But in a similar experiment with Alzheimer’s patients suffering pain, Benedetti found no difference between covert or expected dosing. The results are preliminary, he cautioned a meeting of the Society for Neuroscience last month. But it appears that because Alzheimer’s robs patients of the cognitive ability to expect a benefit, they need higher doses of painkillers to get as much relief as non-demented patients.

Placebos aren’t a substitute for real medicine. But the research suggests maybe doctors should try to manipulate patients’ treatment expectations, for at least some hard-to-treat conditions.

“The bigger question is how do we capitalize on the placebo effect,” said Dr. Helen Mayberg of Emory University, whose studies suggest some antidepressants have a “placebo-plus” activity in the brain. “There may be a phenomenon we all have access to.”

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Jul 12

Attract AnythingSenator Phil Gramm got in hot water this week by suggesting that the economic difficulty facing Americans right now is “mostly mental.” Gramm went on to use some pretty unfortunate language, at one point referring to Americans as “a nation of whiners.”

While Senator Gramm’s choice of words was undoubtedly inflammatory and ill-advised, the overall point he was trying to make is a valid one: the biggest problem with the U. S. economy at this time is a lack of confidence (read: faith) amongst the buying public.

When people get scared because of economic warnings and rising fuel prices, they tend to stop spending money. This has the effect of putting the crunch on retail and other businesses, who then proceed to lay off workers and “downsize.” In other words, worrying about financial hardship is a type of self-fulfilling prophecy, and it all comes down to what economists call “consumer confidence.”

Keep It off Your Radar

Those of you who have read my blog posts before probably already know that I don’t watch the news. I do scan the headlines on my start up page on the computer, but I only read a news story if it is directly relevant to me, or if there is something I can do about the situation (these types of stories are few and far between).

For example, if a hurricane is barreling toward the east coast of Florida (where I live), that is a news story that is directly relevant to me, my business, my friends, family, et cetera. Those types of news stories I will read; but speculation about how bad things are economically for some people, in some areas, in some sectors of the market, are frankly none of my business and I make it a point to not allow such nonsense “on my radar.”

In fact, I encourage everyone to place strict limits on the amount and type of news coverage they will expose themselves to. Some people think this is simply burying your head in the sand, but I see it differently. Exposing yourself to negative information about the economy (or anything else for that matter) tends to become a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Which Way is Your Energy Flowing?

James Ray is famous for saying “energy flows where attention goes and when we put our attention on problems, tragedies and other negative news stories, we are in fact inviting these things into our experience. This is exactly what happens in times of economic downturns or “recession.” People place so much attention upon negative factors that they become fearful, and end up making the economy worse.

Economic ups and downs are a fact of life for all people, in all countries, at all times. And while it is true that the economy has been sluggish in some areas and it has caused disruptions in some American’s lives, it is important to keep things in perspective. Economic upturns and downturns have always been, and will always be. Keeping that in mind is a good way to weather the storm without allowing it to blow you off course.

In times of hardship (economic or otherwise), it is important to return to the basics: keep your focus on what you want, and ignore the rest.

To Your Continued Success!
Jon

Jon Mercer, MA
Personal Development Coach
http://www.attractanything.com/
Managing Director, Youniverse LLC

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Jun 03

Do what you love!Today I just wanted to remind everyone (including me) how important it is to spend your days doing what you love. They say nothing is guaranteed in life–and tomorrow is not a “given” — not for any of us. That’s why it is so important to do what you love to do in life, and do it TODAY.

If you find yourself toiling away at a job or a lifestyle or in a relationship or (fill in the blank) that you don’t like on a daily basis, it’s time to make a change. But what is it that keeps us from moving forward in life, from letting go of those things we don’t want? One word: fear.

Fear keeps us in a perpetual state of indecision, and prevents us from recognizing and claiming our true calling in life. And don’t misunderstand me–I don’t mean YOUR fear is holding YOU back. Not at all. Fear is universal, and we ALL deal with it sometimes. I have to face fears all the time–sometimes I do so admirably, but other times I cave in or whimp out. That is simply part of the human condition, and I have personally never met anyone who has COMPLETELY conquered fear from their life.

But the good news is, you don’t have to conquer fear completely to become a more-evolved, more highly functioning (i.e a prosperous and successful) person. But you DO have to make an effort, and try to face up to your insecurities and fears, and then move forward even though you are scared.

“Just a Dream”

A client of mine in New Zealand once told me his greatest dream was to buy a boat and sail around the world. When I asked him what action he had taken toward acheiving that dream he replied, “nothing, I mean it’s just a dream — not something I could actually do.”

And of course he had a long laundry list of reasons why he could never sail around the world; too dangerous, required too much money, his family wouldn’t accept it, and so on… But when we went through his reasons one by one, he discovered that ALL of these excuses were based on one simple mindset: fear.

And you know what? Whether he eventually sails around the world or not is not terribly important. But whether he tries to make it happen or not is VERY important! Trying — expending effort on behalf of our dreams — is everything in life. Because lets face it: we all have only so many days and so much energy to spend on this planet. What we do with it is entirely our call. If we don’t use our time and energy in the pursuit of our dreams, then by default, we will use our time an energy on things we don’t like or care about. Imagine looking back on your life from your last day and realizing that you wasted it on things you didn’t care about at all. Scarey thought, isn’t it?

Do What You Love — Full Stop

Even if what you love seems impractical or improbable, do it anyway. The alternative is to give in to fear, and let it keep you in servitude to things you don’t like for the remainder of your years.

You (like me) will likely never conquer all of your fears. That’s just life, and you should never feel bad about that–being human is a GOOD thing after all. Just keep pushing toward what makes you happy, what drives you. Do what you love, or die trying. The alternative is to do what you hate, and die doing that. Seems like a pretty easy decision to make when you look at it that way…

All the best,
Jon

www.attractanything.com

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May 10

Law of Attraction tips on iTunes? Oh Yeah!

Just a quick reminder today that the official AttractAnything podcast is now on iTunes, with coaching and tips and techniques for getting the most out of the Law of Attraction.

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Namaste!
Jon
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Apr 01

Is the law of attraction always working, or only working every now and then when you want it to? When asked, most people will answer that of course the law of attraction isn’t only working when you want it to, but if you look at their lives, they might just live as if it did.

It is easy for us to look at other people and see what they are doing wrong when it comes to the law of attraction, but much harder to take the same look at ourselves. One thing that is repeated over and over again in almost all the material dealing with the law of attraction is the importance of taking responsibility.

We accept this concept in theory, and we might even be able to look at our past and admit to attracting to us the bad stuff that happened. Our problem comes when we are asked to do this in everyday life. It is hard to stop pointing fingers around at other people, blaming them for causing us problems or making us feel bad.

It is hard because we have years of experience with the finger pointing, and a lot of us still have a hard time taking responsibility without feeling that there is something wrong with us or blaming ourselves for the mistakes we made.

As hard as it might be, it is important to take responsibility. The finger pointing and blaming other people only attracts more things to place blame for. As harsh as it may sound, it is never them and always you. Whatever problems you have in your life, you created, and only by doing something different can you create something else.

The first thing you need to do in order to get a better life is to stop pointing to others when something goes wrong or you don’t feel good and start owning up to it. Rather than focusing on what someone else did or didn’t do to you, try to focus on what you can do for someone else.

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Mar 25

If it’s been a while since you first heard about the law of attraction and stared implementing it in your life, you might find that you have hit "the slump." "The slump" is my word for that period of time that comes after the first excitement over the discovery of the law of attraction has settled, and you start feeling a little disillusioned
because your millions have not manifested themselves.

If you are anything like me and a lot of other people, when you first started using attraction, you were baffled and exited at how it actually worked. After a while though, it may seem like it got harder to use the law of attraction, or like it somehow stopped working.

It is very common for people to hit "the slump" and give up on using the law of attraction all together. What happens when we get to this point is usually that attraction is not as new and exiting to us anymore, and we don’t dedicate as much time as we used to on the practices that will help us create the life we want. We gradually slip into our old, comfortable habits, and forget that as much as we might like them, they could have a negative effect on our lives.

If this is where you’re at, it is time to do a restart and go back to the basics! When was the last time you made or even looked at a vision board? When was the last time you meditated on money coming your way? As with almost anything else, after the novelty of it all wears off, we tend to not put the same amount of energy and attention to what we want to attract.

I suggest you start your back to basics approach by writing a gratitude list. Looking around you and listing what you are grateful for will steer your mind off negative feelings of discontent (and we all know what they will attract to you).

Here are a few more things you can do to get back on track:

1.Write a new set of goals. You might want different things today than you did when you first started.

2.Make a new vision board. You’re probably so used to the old one that you no longer even really see it.

3. Pay attention to the negative influences you get from the media and the people around you, and change what you focus on.

4. Set of time to meditate on wealth and visualize money coming your way.

5. Study the people you want to be like.

6. Read the books written by the old masters of the law of attraction like Wallace D. Wattles and Napoleon Hill.

These are just a few tips to help you get back on the horse. If you hit “the slump,” don’t waste time on doubt or worries; take action to move forward instead.

Stop looking at what you think is reality, and remind yourself that what you see around you today is the past, not the future.

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Mar 13

For most
people who learn about the law of attraction and start using it in their life, the biggest challenge
is to take responsibility for the things manifesting in our life that we really
don’t like much.

We often fall into excuses like, “Well, I might have attracted some bad
things to me, but he/she did so and so, so it definitely wasn’t all me!”
I know these excuses as well as anyone, I find myself doing it too sometimes,
but I personally believe that there is no “but” when it comes to
the law of attraction. Whatever bad you have in your life, you single-handedly
attracted. If this situation involves another person, they might have been attracting
bad things to them as well, making them play a “role” in your negative
attraction, but their actions are not part of the reason why you’ve attracted
bad things.

Other people do not attract in our life; they can happen to be an extra, or
even a supporting actor in our life “movie”, but you are the writer/director,
and you can not blame an actor for something that’s wrong in the script
you’ve written.

It doesn’t matter if we are talking about people we are very close to
or mere acquaintances, the people around us are never to blame when we feel
bad. If your spouse did something that made you feel bad, you attracted a situation
where your spouse was going to make you feel bad. Of course, your spouse attracted
the same situation, but the part where you got hurt would not have been there
had you not attracted it.

We have a neighbor that is very loud at times. The interesting thing is that
this neighbor didn’t use to be loud, I never heard him and didn’t
really think much about him until one day he was playing very loud repetitive
music that could be plainly heard from my home office. This was a one time event.
But I became stressed because I had a lot of work to do, and responded to it
as if it was a long-running, non-stop annoyance. I even visualized going next
door and telling my neighbor exactly what an inconsiderate jerk I thought he
was.

What do you think happened? After focusing with passion on what a loud and
inconsiderate neighbor I had, what do you know; the neighbor started being loud
more and more often, day and night. As pre-programmed, I got more and more annoyed
until I realized the loop I was in.

I had to start visualizing the opposite. I tried to notice all the times I
didn’t hear the neighbor, and focus on all the times he had bee really
helpful and considerate. I still heard some noise every now and then, but I
didn’t let it bother me. Rather than seeing him as an inconsiderate jerk,
I tried to imagine that he was loud because he decided to do something good
for himself, like was working out. Or maybe he was cleaning the house before
his wife came home. He was listening to loud electronica because music was his
passion etc.

Gradually I stopped noticing the sounds all together, and not just because
I was blocking them out; my neighbor is simply not loud anymore! The law of attraction is truly the gift that keeps on giving; as long as we focus on something,
we will continue to attract it to us. It’s up to us to decide what the
gift is going to be.

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Feb 21

Just a quick post today to inform everyone that the new AttractAnything! Newsletter will be ready next week. It’s been quite a while since our last newsletter, and we’re excited about starting up again.

The “new” monthly newsletters will feature Law of Attraction tips and resources, articles,and occasional unannounced bonuses. If you’re not already signed up to receive the free monthly newsletters, be sure to subscribe at the link below in time for our big new issue. You won’t be disappointed!

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Wishing you continued success and abundance!
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Jon Mercer, MA
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Jan 27

bigmoney.jpgYou may have noticed that it is easy to attract money (or anything else) as long as you don’t need it. This is an unfailing law of the universe that becomes obvious once we start looking for it. Lets look at a few examples:

Let’s say you run a company and you are interviewing candidates for a job. Who would you rather hire: a person who is desparate for the position because they don’t believe anyone else will hire them, or a person who knows they have many options and is accordingly calm and confident during the interview?

In my experience, the second candidate will get the job 9 times out of 10. And this same logic applies to a million other scenarios. Another example: Who would you rather go on a date with: someone who is obviously desparate to go out with you, or someone who has relaxed and laid back, has plenty of other opportunities, but they are interested in you and would enjoy getting to know you?

The point is this: desparation is NEVER attractive. Not to other employers, not to potential dates, and not to the Universe. To attract money, you must rid yourself of any desparation for the green stuff, and decide that you already have it.

The Universe (and people) always give us more of what we already “have,” NOT what we want. Attracting money is a simple as deciding that you already have it. This puts you in a state of gratitude because you have money, which is the ideal minset to attract even more money.

Of course, it can take time to develop this mindset–it took me years, for example. But once you understand that “your belief makes it so,” you will see the results in your life (and your bank account!).

Stop “needing” money or “wanting” money, and start “having” money, even if it is all in your head at first. Remember, we attract money and prosperity to us by virtue of our beliefs, not our wants or needs.

Jon
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Jan 19

The inter-web has been all abuzz lately with talk of a sequel to The Secret. “The Secret 2” as many people are already calling the follow up, is being kept a bit of a mystery for the time being, but a few sites have been hinting that it’s on the way.

For example, Wikipedia claims the movie is under production right now and will be released spring 2008. But so far, the official Secret web site is making no mention of the Secret sequel. Hmmm…

Several of the teachers from The Secret have also implied (or in some cases confirmed) there will be a sequel, though they have mostly gone quiet on the subject lately, building even greater mystery.

There is no doubt that The Secret has made a huge impact on popular culture, and introduced many people to the philosophies of “implied responsibility,” and “attraction,” which in my mind, can only be a good thing. But the film certainly has its share of detractors too.

It is a bit odd that a film like this can incite so much controversy. 95% of all films released seem to re-hash the same well-worn motifs of victimization, tragedy and powerlessness. And then along comes Rhonda Byrne with a simple message of loving yourself, and believing in your own power, and some people seem to respond with violent emotional outbursts (oh dear)!

It seems that every once on while, some beautiful soul will go out on a limb and say, “Hey, wait a minute; we are all one, and guess what? Our thoughts have power.” And as soon as they do, some group or other will get so offended by this sentiment that they’ll try to squash it immediately. Makes you wonder what they are afraid of…

But as the late-great Bill Hicks once said, “If you’re offended by any of this–you probably deserve to be.” Haha

Personally, I hope there are 50 Secret sequels and 5000 other Law of Attraction videos in the very same vein–the world needs better influences than the same-old mindless horror films and so-called “reality” programs we’re getting now. We DESERVE better.

So I say, bring on The Secret 2, and any film like it. It’s all good.

Namaste,
Jon
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Jon Mercer, MA
Personal Development Coach
Advanced Attraction Videos to Attract Wealth
Managing Director, Youniverse LLC

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