When something bad happens to you, it isn’t your “fault” (what a nasty word!). Yet, at the same time, you have responsibility over how you react to the situation and how you judge it. You may attract negative things to you if you think negative thoughts over and over again during the day (what Lynne calls the “rest” of the 23.5 hours of the day you are not setting your intentions), however, some people attract unwanted circumstances for other reasons.

A perfectly “positive” person may attract cancer to herself because in the global picture, she is due to experience compassion and love from others (something that she may not have experienced fully in her past). Other people’s mindset can also influence you, so be conscious of who you choose to spend your time with.

The stronger your energy field, the easier it is for you to manifest what you want and the greater impact you have on other people. I’d like to also note that the stronger the energy field that you have is dependent on how much practice you have at training your mind to vibrate at the frequency you desire. According to Lynne McTaggert, her research shows that Qi gong and energy masters very easily manifest what they want because they have had lots of practice at it.

Although I’m far from an energy master guru (who can bend spoons and change their body temperature ten degrees within minutes), I have experienced influencing a group of people with my energy. It is a wonderful thing to be able to radiate love and to shift an entire room of people who then easily follow in that vibration.

Recently, I left a business networking group that I was president of in order to train my skating. As president of the group, we had seen unprecedented growth of our group. I was the top referral member and our attendance was excellent. Not soon after I left, numbers began to dwindle and instead of growing, the group has apparently broken into factions. No one is very happy. Obviously the group could not sustain the energy without my presence (I’m not being egotistical here) and also, I realized that I could not influence the group long enough for it to be self-sustaining much to my disappointment.

Bottom line: be a light onto this world – be responsible for your choices and your reactions and at the same time understand that you don’t have total control of manifesting your life because you are part of a greater whole. We are all one.