I think at the end of the day whatever people are
intuitively drawn to probably works best, I'm a big believer in trusting intuition and letting that be a guide
I think it all depends on whatever your state of mind is, your personality and temperament, life circumstances, past history and maybe just general willingness to experiment and be playful and think outside of the box.
Like others have said I do believe that all the methods are related and inter connected and play a part, and they are tried and tested (and science based for all the people who would laugh) and obviously work for many people. (The comments sections are always interesting) that's why I personally like video's, because it's also a collection of many people's real life experiences.
For me personally (and has been said on this thread before) I find the most important thing is to believe in a higher power, that's why I am drawn to the universe/spiritual realm, because I believe in the cosmic consciousness and natural state of abundance.(That we can then channel)
I believe we are spiritual beings manifested on the material realm, aren't we made of atoms, aren't we just energy particles at the end of the day?
(I'm sure some other people could explain that more articulately
but nevermind!)
Maybe it's just energy (or belief) blockages that create trouble in manifesting in general ?
That's why I think yoga is great for example in bringing peace and clarity, and maybe realignment.
That's worth a try, also maybe acupuncture?
Some people swear by that, or visiting a Chinese herbalist.
My general point being there isn't one method, solution, way of doing things that fits all, some times the law of attraction works (when I was younger and more confident, I found that easy to master) now not so much, I find I need to remove internal clutter and baggage.
Law of assumption is great, I find it very welcoming and relaxing
it's as if you are waiting in a departure lounge and you are anticipating going on a wonderful journey, and you feel sure you'll get there but in the meantime your just getting ready and making last minute preparation
I do find that law of assumption in my case invites me to let go, letting go of that which is no longer needed, because you don't need excess baggage with you , weighing you down, it's best to travel light, not carrying the weight of the world right?
Anyway I'm waffling a bit, but I just wanted to add, that I believe in spirit babies(in regards to getting pregnant), (I have made previous posts on this) and that's what helped me conceive my youngest daughter (she will be 5 in 2 days time),.
She is my 4th child after having 3 boys and I admit I did want to have a daughter, but I did have to wait and it took me a while (about 6 years to get pregnant, but it was worth it, I needed to grow up a bit myself tbh).
So she waited!
Another time I got pregnant when I thought it wasn't possible because my husband had previously had lymphatic cancer and we thought he was (temporarily) infertile, it turned out that wasn't the case!) but I think going to Greece and Albania helped both his health and fertility!
In another example with my 2nd son I just knew I was going to get pregnant, I even told someone (while I was on my period) that I was pregnant, and I'm not one to tell lies, but I just knew this baby was coming and he did (the next month I was pregnant).
Then in the case of my firstborn son he is a rainbow
baby born after I miscarried my first child.
We had trouble conceiving him as well, because I was so desperate to have a child, but as luck would have it, I went to a friend's house and met a Scottish lady called Veronica she is a very well known and highly regarded and paid nanny (had worked with Mick Jagger amongst others) and she basically told me that I was trying too hard, that I was blocking myself, and to not think about it so much, just relax a bit and forget it for the moment.
The example she gave was, just think about those girls and women who have unwanted pregnancies, like have you ever noticed that sometimes when you don't want something you get it anyway, without even trying or desiring it?
That was the jist..and I took that in and promised myself that my aim was just to relax, have fun and enjoy myself (sometimes trying for a baby can really dampen a sex life?) So I did and about 4 months later I was pregnant.
In-between I have had quite a few miscarriages, and just for my own benefit now, I'm doing womb meditations (because I have had problematic periods)and trying to release and heal any internal damage or resistance, in my heart of hearts I would also love to get pregnant again, but I admit in my case I need to work on my relationships (also with myself) and also on my health.
So strengthening my core, working on healing my roots, and just generally letting go of anything that is toxic in my life is the way to go.
We are all on a journey and have different triggers, or issues or aspirations, needs, desires etc.
Sometimes it's just a mental block, fear can play a part, best thing is just to try and sense whatever it is that could be holding us back.
As Mary O'Malley wrote in her book whatever is in the way, is the way, meaning whatever obstacles we have also contain within them the key for our liberation I guess
The trick is just to find out where the blockage or obstacle is, in our mind, our body, our beliefs, and maybe work on that
Or on the other hand maybe none of that is true, and we are truly not lacking anything, it's just that for whatever reason we can't see the forest for the trees.
Sometimes though when you keep trying and something isn't working out, I understand how frustrating that can be, so I guess patience is also a bonus and maybe not being so goal oriented (difficult in today's society that's almost exclusively built around that idea, i.e reward, but then again the opposite of reward is punishment?)
Speaking for myself here, sometimes I have been guilty of falling into that trap, and yes punishing myself, and not feeling worthy when I couldn't for whatever reason manifest my goals.
I guess that's where it's best to dig deep even do a little soul searching, I recognised I carried ambivalence about becoming a mother, as much as I desired it, I also was (unintentionally) sabotaging it, by feeling scared and anxious and undeserving of it.
That's because I was an accident and my mother was always ambivalent about me, she wanted me almost like a trophy child to show off her fertility but she did not know how to love me, and often gave me the impression and information that I was a mistake (she told me never to have children).
So when I tried to become a mother I really wanted it to happen but I was also kind of terrified and she didn't set me a good example.
So working on inner child healing I think is also a good idea if anyone is carrying around any childhood wounds.
Phew I didn't mean to write an essay
, I guess this subject is just quite personal to me, and brought back a lot of memories, I hope some of them are useful or helpful
I'm not an expert (obviously) but we are all experts in our own lives then aren't we?
I still think there is something (interesting or relevant) about the whole concept of spirit babies if anyone wants to look into it, I will leave it here.
