The Law of Attraction: The Basics of the Teachings of Abraham

by Esther Hicks

The simple key to knowing whether you are not specific enough or too specific is by the way you feel. In other words, as you are in your Workshop, the specifics of your thought will bring forth the enthusiasm, or the positive emotion; but if you become too specific before you’ve collected enough data, then you will feel doubtful or worried. And so, recognizing the balance of your intentions is a matter of paying attention to the way you feel. . . . Be specific enough that you feel positive emotion, but not so specific that you begin feeling negative emotion. When you speak of what you want and why you want it, you usually feel better. However, when you speak of what you want and how it will come to you, if you do not right now see a way that it will unfold, then that specific thought will feel worse. If you speak of who will help it to come, when it will come, or where it will come from, and you don’t have any of those answers, then those specifics are hindering more than they are helping. It really is a matter of being as specific as you can be, while still continuing to feel good.