You’ll be amazed at how life flows when you’re in harmony with the Universe. Abundance and joy can come effortlessly – if you embrace your inner Super Attractor.
1. Your Thoughts Shape Your Reality
Every thought you have sends energy into the Universe, creating ripple effects in your life. Negative thoughts fuel fear, stress, and setbacks, while positive thoughts bring joy and solutions.
Gabrielle Bernstein explains that each thought we have carries a vibration. The Universe mirrors this energy back to us, creating corresponding experiences. This feedback loop means that fostering optimism and gratitude will result in positive outcomes while dwelling in negativity perpetuates further negativity.
For instance, Bernstein shares how a stressful book launch spiraled out of control because of her mantra, “If I don’t do it, no one else will.” This self-fulfilling belief made her refuse help, overextend herself, and feel overwhelmed. The shift only occurred when she adopted a different mindset and started trusting her team.
Examples
- Your repeated focus on financial stress will tend to block creative solutions.
- Positive affirmations about love can bring healthier relationships into your life.
- Gratitude for a small success can spark larger opportunities down the road.
2. It’s Okay to Feel Good
Deepak Chopra’s advice, “Happiness without a reason is a virtue,” underscores Bernstein's point – you don’t have to earn joy. It’s natural and even necessary to feel good.
Many people associate happiness with achievement, as if it’s a reward rather than a state of being. Bernstein encourages breaking away from this mindset. Feeling good raises your energy vibration and aligns you with the Universe’s flow, leading to more abundant results.
Bernstein shares techniques like the “think it to feel it” method, where you remember a time you felt an emotion you want to cultivate. Pair this with a powerful mantra – “I am cared for,” or “I am strong” – repeated daily to embed positivity into your experience.
Examples
- A memory of feeling safe can help you overcome anxiety in tough situations.
- A simple mantra like “I respect my body” can ease negative feelings about self-image.
- Regular affirmations and visualizations encouraged Bernstein to consistently align her energy.
3. Leave Jealousy Behind
Comparing yourself to others creates a scarcity mentality. Recognizing that the Universe has enough for everyone helps you focus on your own goals.
Jealousy and competitiveness sabotage joy by shifting your focus to what others have rather than your own potential. Bernstein explains that when you celebrate others’ successes instead of envying them, you harness a powerful abundance mindset that attracts your own fulfillment.
For example, Bernstein talks about students in her Spirit Junkie Masterclass who initially doubted their talents. They found freedom by reframing their jealousy into joy for others' accomplishments, eventually finding their own unique paths.
Examples
- Stop comparing your career progress to someone else’s Instagram highlights.
- Celebrate a friend’s wedding instead of feeling disheartened by being single.
- Share your skills with others selflessly, letting positivity return to your life.
4. The Joy of Small Moments
Happiness doesn’t come solely from grand milestones. Bernstein emphasizes finding joy in the everyday to raise your energy.
Big breakthroughs rarely happen overnight. Instead, small steps build momentum toward larger goals. Finding joy in everyday pleasures – from a kind exchange with a stranger to a favorite hobby – creates a habit of high-vibration energy. This practice brightens your outlook and attracts more blessings.
Bernstein describes how starting a casual cooking show online brought unexpected connections, friendships, and joy into her life. Rediscovering these overlooked joys fostered her growth.
Examples
- Appreciate a heartfelt conversation with a friend or loved one.
- Find joy in creative hobbies like painting or gardening to renew your mindset.
- Use gratitude journaling to note daily moments of happiness.
5. Reframe Your Reality
Tightly holding onto boundaries between the material and spiritual makes life heavier. Viewing the world through a spiritual lens relieves fear and shows new possibilities.
Bernstein explains that we often forget our innate connection to the Universe, seeing ourselves only as separate individuals. This disconnection leads to judgment and fear. Instead, remembering that we're all part of something greater enables us to align with higher energy.
Meditation, journaling, and daily reminders of interconnectedness help lift this “veil.” Recognizing love and kindness in the smallest acts rebuilds this connection.
Examples
- Use guided meditations to explore your spiritual connection.
- Journal about small positive moments to reinforce a connected mindset.
- Reframe stressful events as lessons provided for your spiritual growth.
6. Listen to Spiritual Guides
When faced with challenges, asking for help from a spiritual guide can lead to unexpected support and wisdom.
Spiritual guides, whether inner voices, angels like Archangel Raphael, or the spirits of loved ones, provide answers you may not find on your own. Bernstein shares how her spiritual guide urged her to overcome addiction, saving her life.
To connect with a guide, clear your mind through meditation or prayer. Specific requests often yield comforting signs, from butterflies to simple wisdom delivered by others.
Examples
- A loved one’s advice can echo in pivotal moments, urging you forward.
- A stranger's kind words might provide guidance on tough decisions.
- Signs like repeated symbols can serve as gentle nudges toward a path.
7. Let Go of Control
Life can flow more easily when you relinquish the illusion of control and embrace faith in the Universe’s plan.
Bernstein highlights how relying completely on oneself creates fear and exhaustion. By surrendering to the Universe, you open yourself to solutions you might never have seen. Whether it’s praying or trusting a guide’s energy to enter a big moment, letting go helps ease pressure.
When speaking at Oprah’s SuperSoul Sessions, Bernstein overcame stage fright by meditating and surrendering control to spiritual energy.
Examples
- Share your burdens through prayer, meditation, or journaling.
- Trust unexpected opportunities that unfold without forced efforts.
- Embrace uncertainty as an opening for new adventures.
8. Act from Spiritual Alignment
Focusing purely on external results can block progress. Acting from joy and inspiration makes manifestation intuitive and effortless.
Bernstein’s four-step Spiritually Aligned Action Method provides a blueprint: confirm your desire serves others, trust the Universe, pursue joyful actions, and patiently await results. While pitching her press coverage in early career days, Bernstein trusted her inspiration rather than pushing forcefully.
Her approach aligned naturally with eventual outcomes.
Examples
- Pursue meaningful goals that excite and inspire you.
- Trust that setbacks serve grander purposes.
- Balance effort with joy, stepping back when stress dominates.
9. Appreciate to Attract More
Maintaining gratitude keeps energy vibrating at a frequency that magnetizes better outcomes.
By appreciating the positive, even in seemingly bad circumstances, you transform resistant energies. Bernstein shares how her friend, facing professional regret, learned to frame mistakes as educational moments that shaped future successes.
Appreciation exercises, like Abraham-Hicks’ morning lists, make this process habitual, elevating your mood and radiating positivity.
Examples
- Write “gratitude lists” for anything from cozy mornings to achievements.
- Focus less on setbacks by finding lessons within them.
- Proactively appreciate friends and colleagues to amplify shared positivity.
Takeaways
- Use mantras to redirect energy – Identify a simple phrase representing the energy you want, and repeat it when feeling discouraged.
- Incorporate gratitude journaling – List three things daily that you’re thankful for to keep appreciation a regular practice.
- Connect with your spiritual guide – Spend five minutes daily in meditation and open your mind to guidance.