Most students of the Law of Attraction will go through many rotations and even more alterations of their methodologies and inner-climate before realizing how to dependably apply the power of their minds.

Initially, when we hear about conscious creation, we experience both an apprehensive hopefulness and a sincere eagerness to hear more;

we feel this overwhelming sense that we just KNEW this was true all along. This 'can it really be true?' information confirms something we've known all of our lives and yet weren't able to articulate. When we did, share our dreams or our inner knowing that all things are possible, we were shot down, told to be realistic, that we were just pipe-dreaming, or worse that we were stupid and would never see those dreams fulfilled.

These contradictory messages coming from both fearful bystanders and well-meaning friends and family alike set up a systemic response to doubt our unlimited nature. Unfortunately, this response lives on within most of us.long after their words have been filed away in the bottomless darkness of our mental lockbox.

When we find ourselves 'practicing the law of attraction' and simultaneously judging ourselves as 'not getting it right because it's taking too long', then we have just diagnosed a more significant crisis.

The critic within us literally becomes the enemy of our positive intentions.

The act of judging our 'goal' as taking too long literally sets up a vibration to push away the very thing we want. This goes for any self-criticism. For the purposes of this article, let's look at criticism in relationship to our thoughts about the law of attraction. Do you ever think any of these (or something similar) thoughts?

- This law of attraction stuff doesn't work.
- How long do I have to wait?
- Maybe I'm not doing it right or I'm just not good enough?
- Maybe I'm not supposed to have my dreams fulfilled.
- I can't wait to have what I want, my life just stinks right now.
- This is taking too long.
- This isn't what I wanted! This isn't at all what I was trying to create!
- I'm doing everything I've been told to do to manifest what I want - why isn't it working?

If you experience any of the above, then in those moments you are vibrationally out-of-alignment with the object of your desires.

However, most new conscious creation students will do the following (which doesn't work):

First, they create powerful images, visions, affirmations and thoughts about what they want. They may even go so far as to create a treasure map or a rain dance! They feel a great sense of hopefulness and they start looking around for their manifestation.

Then, instead of appreciating the time they have to prepare for their bounty and acknowledging the Divine Order and Divine Timing, they judge the time as 'too long'.

And, instead of appreciating the signs-of-land and doorways of opportunity that land in their path (and they always will), they judge these as 'not good enough', 'not what I wanted', and/or not a part of their Divine Path in some way.

What must happen is the eradication of all the self-doubt. And, there's really no other kind of doubt.