The Energy of Words: Use the Vibration of Language to Manifest the Life You Desire (4 page)

breadcrumbs, as I like to call them) that we can navigate to-

ward and reveal those truths.

This book is a breadcrumb for you to follow. Read it from

cover to cover and follow its contents to peel back a layer

masking your own truth. Words are powerful creative ener-

gies that can change your world in an instant. Language is a

gift unique to humans; it is meant to serve as a tool in your

journey.

You now have in your hands a handbook to harness the

vibration of language and transform your life.
The Energy of
Words: Use the Vibration of Language to Manifest the Life You De-Introduction 17

sire
takes you through the steps to discover your personal jargon list, helping you pinpoint exactly what you’re manifesting in your life through the words you choose to use. Your Top-Ten Positive Power Words are the key to transforming your

life from negative to positive. These are your ten most fre-

quently used words; these words carry the most energetic

weight, and changing them to reflect what you really want

can quickly and profoundly shift your life and perspective.

What words are you creating with?

Choose well, choose wisely, and choose positively!

C H A P T E R 1

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The Gift of Language and Your

Conscious Choice for Change

What is it about a word that has the ability to strike a chord within? Just a single word can instantly melt our heart, infuse us with anger, or completely change our perspective. Most of

us take words for granted, because after all, they’re just

words—right?

Regardless of the language we speak, words connect us

on a far deeper level than just getting our point across. Each word carries its own energetic vibration and can have a profound impact on the quality of our lives. The gift of language allows us to become active creators from the moment we

utter our first word.

When a child transitions from vocalizing sounds to speak-

ing words, it is a celebrated event. More than just a develop-

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mental milestone, it marks the day when a child enters the

realm of conscious creation. Conscious choice replaces natu-

ral instincts, and the child begins the journey of creating his or her destiny.

Many of us are familiar with the law of attraction which

states “like attracts like”; in other words, what we think

about we bring about (positive or negative). Although this

law works when correctly and consistently applied, it can be

tricky business keeping our focus on what we desire 100 per-

cent of the time (we’re only human). Doubt often sets in and

we begin to fall back into negative thought and speech pat-

terns, undermining our attempts to make positive changes.

The important word here is
patterns
. As creatures of habit, examining and changing our negative patterns is the key to

unlocking our full manifestation power. Thinking about

what we want is only half the equation; changing our autopi-

lot language program is the missing variable.

We think, speak, and write using words, yet these seem-

ingly neutral forms are actually the building blocks of our

lives. Language is undeniably a gift and, as the only species to have this tool available to us, we have a responsibility to use it consciously. Words afford us the ability to have a proactive

role in the creation and progression of our lives. Imagine a

world where language suddenly became obsolete—talk

about being at a loss for words!

The Law of Attraction

The essence of this book is written around the law of attrac-

tion, meaning that what you send out to the universe

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through thoughts and intentions, you attract back to you.

For example, if you practice being optimistic and send out

positive energy in any form, you attract more positive energy

to you. Likewise, if you’re more of a pessimist and send out

negative energy, you attract more negative energy. This in-

cludes the thoughts and intentions you put behind the words

you use because many of our thoughts are word-based, not

just imagery.

Steve Pavlina, author of
Personal Development for Smart

People
and over one thousand articles on personal growth and development, has a life story that perfectly exemplifies successful application of the law of attraction. He hasn’t had a

“real” job since 1992 and enjoys living his passion. Sounds

like he has it all together, but it wasn’t always that way for him. His journey is an extreme one. He went from sitting in

a jail cell facing felony charges to becoming a globally recognized author, speaker, and personal-growth expert. How did

he accomplish such a feat? Solely through changing his think-

ing patterns.

Given his incredible backstory, Pavlina has obviously

learned a lot about the law of attraction and the power of

choice. The best part about life is that we all have choice as the driving force behind our ability to create. Once you become conscious of the fact that your life is based completely

on the choices you make, you can begin to shift your focus

toward making the right choices that make you feel good—

thus, creating the life you desire. The power is in your hands.

If you’re feeling powerless to make changes in your life

for any reason, it’s a choice you’re making for yourself. You

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are feeling powerless because this is the conscious choice you decided upon. By labeling yourself and believing that you are

powerless, you attract situations, people, and things into your awareness that bring about a sense of a loss of power to

change.

Steve Pavlina does a great job of simplifying the law of at-

traction and its relationship to our power of choice:

When you assume 100% responsibility for everything

you’re experiencing in your reality right now—abso-

lutely everything—then you assume the power

to alter your reality by rechanneling your thoughts.

This entire reality is your creation. Feel good about

that. Feel grateful for the richness of your world. And

then begin creating the reality you truly want by mak-

ing decisions and holding intentions. Think about

what you desire, and withdraw your thoughts from

what you don’t want. The most natural, easiest way

to do this is to pay attention to your emotions. Think-

ing about your desires feels good, and thinking about

what you don’t want makes you feel bad. When you

notice yourself feeling bad, you’ve caught your-

self thinking about something you don’t want. Turn

your focus back towards what you do want, and your

emotional state will improve rapidly. As you do this

repeatedly, you’ll begin to see your physical reality

shift too, first in subtle ways and then in bigger leaps.

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As you can see, the keyword here is “choice,” but the feelings (emotions) we have about that choice provide it with fuel

(whether positive or negative) to affect our lives.

As with anything you choose, the way you feel about the

words you decide to include in your vocabulary every day—

in your thought processes, speech patterns, or written ex-

pressions—shapes the way they will affect your life. In this

book, much emphasis is placed on how you feel about the

words you’re using and whether they make you feel good or

not. If you’re still uncertain about how to successfully apply the law of attraction in your life, the easiest way to stay focused with it is to check your emotions. Do you feel good

about your decisions? If so, then you’re on the right track. If not, choose again until it does feel good.

Below is a great example from Roi Solberg, an intuitive.

Roi’s story highlights what it means to manifest through the

words you choose to use and that a single word can shift your

perspective on any situation:

New adventures beyond my comfort zone were scary.

I never let it stop me—I’d put them at the top of my

list and do first, but with fear and trepidation.

That all changed when I realized that accomplish-

ing things through fear created more situations for me

to experience fear. When I shifted to affirming trust,

well, major changes took place.

My experiences are now more fulfilling because I

trust everything will work out for my higher good.

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Now, new adventures are easy peasy and filled

with an abundance of trust.

In Roi’s example, switching from the self-doubting, self-critical, indecisive energy of the word “fear” to the confident, assured, and doubtlessness of the word “trust” made all the

difference in terms of manifesting more contentment and

certainty in her life.

The Basics of Language

Although the origins of language remain obscure, recent

studies show there are about six thousand languages in use

today 4 (a third of them in Africa). That’s a lot of words. It is theorized by some that all of those languages in existence

today were derived from a single language only fifty thou-

sand to seventy thousand years ago.5 Considering that lan-

guage is relatively new, it is no coincidence that the world has evolved substantially, like no other time in history, during the last thousand years.

Words are unique to humans. Animals rely on instinctual

tones to communicate, but humans have an elaborate com-

munication repertoire to drawn upon. Our communication

ability comes from a special center in the brain called the cor-tical speech center or the Broca’s area, discovered by the

French neurosurgeon, Paul Broca, which operates not on an

instinctual basis but a rational one.6 In simple terms, we’re

able to think before we speak and can therefore choose the

words we utter.

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Arguably, over 90 percent of our communication is done

through nonverbal means. While this may be true, take note

of what is going on in the background the next time you’re

communicating nonverbally. No doubt you’ll find a wordy

conversation happening in your mind.

No matter how you look at it, language is an integral

piece of the human existence. Words have both built and de-

stroyed nations and continue to profoundly shape and shift

our planet. Miscommunication and misinterpretation of lan-

guage has been the start and end of many things both big

and small, from wars to lovers’ quarrels. Words can be the

ultimate healing tool or a weapon of mass destruction.

The Bible is an incredible example of how the interpreta-

tion of language can profoundly shift the meaning of a word.

Some believe the scriptures are purely metaphorical while

some take a literal approach to the Bible’s teachings. This is also true for other spiritual texts in many cultures. Our world would be vastly different today if words were not open to individual interpretation and perception. Perception is truly in the eye of the beholder.

Each of us is a micro of the macro, and therefore the en-

ergy we’re sending out via the words we choose to use has a

ripple effect. Consciously choosing positively charged words

will help you make a positive shift in your own life, but keep in mind that your words will also have a positive impact on

the world around you. Who says one person can’t change the

world?

Whether your native tongue is English, Hebrew, Spanish,

or sign language, the words you use are constantly shaping

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your world. In our youth, through both verbal and nonverbal

cues, we learn the meaning of thousands of words. We not

only integrate the straightforward definition, but we also as-

sign feelings associated with words based on our personal ex-

periences involving those words. The feelings we hold about

something have a great deal to do with how we perceive it,

and our perception is precisely how we shape our reality.

Although perception is a choice we make based mainly

on a combination of observing and drawing upon accumu-

lated knowledge and past personal experiences, there are

other underlying factors that may be swaying us one way or

the other. Some factors may be carved into our DNA and are

ancient in origin.

A study done in 2005 by Robert Schrauf, associate profes-

sor of applied linguistics and anthropologist at Pennsylvania

State University, revealed that negative words dominate our

vocabulary. The study (titled appropriately), “Negative

Words Dominate Language,” showed that all groups in the

study, regardless of age or nationality, had the same results:

“Half of all the words that people produce from their work-

ing vocabulary to express emotion are negative. And 30 per-

cent are positive and 20 percent neutral,” says Schrauf.7

The study results intrigued Schrauf so much that he