I was responding to white lilac's comment. Sorry I was unclear!

plur

What?

Ok, northwind, we're officially hijacking your blog... at least for a bit....

Someone told me a joke - long time ago - about a man who kept begging God to make him win the lottery. Every night he'd pray for this. Finally, one night, the man is wailing and ranting, asking God why, why hasn't he won the lottery... and - you guessed it - God replied, "You have to buy a ticket first!"

plur

Oh yeah! I am positively hearing you! Personally, I occasionally spend an hour or so blissfully fantasizing about having a case of amnesia. (unfortunately, when I fall down I always wind up hurting my knees rather than my head and even if I could manage to hit my head, it is far too hard to be damaged)  I am a Capricorn and have spent my life being told that Capricorns always succeed, eventually! One of my teachers even told my Mom that I would be a late bloomer. Well, I am now 59yo and still struggling to bloom!   My DH refers to me a the hardest working failure he has ever met 'cause I work twice as hard to get half as far.  Keep hangin' in there! I always believe that success is just around the next corner. 

Pluralone -- those people who "discovered" the secret really crack me up! Lets's see...positive thinking is better than negative thinking. DUH!! Will believing that you will win the lottery make you a winner...no...but buying a ticket might help. I actually know people who dream about winning the lottery but never buy a single ticket.

BB and hugs,

whitelilac

Yeesh. Yeah, you are one of five people I know who have been out of work or seriously underemployed for an extended period. Know what they're often told when they share their frustrations with their spirituality-minded friends? "Why have you manifested this for yourself?" and "You can manifest anything you want/need; why aren't you doing it?"

When did the concept of manifestation come to replace compassion?

I'm not saying that negative manifestation is not a part of the problem; only that in terms of unemployment the individual's situation exists within a larger context beyond personal accountability. Still, I don't know about you, northwind, but the other folks I've spoken with find themselves fretting that unemployment might be evidence of a personal spiritual deficit. "Why can't I manifest a job for myself?"

Funny that unemployment skyrocketed after "The Secret" was published and made into a movie. Why couldn't all those folks who learned about the 'law of attraction' manifest a way to turn that particular tide? 

My point? I hope that you're not blaming yourself for this situation in your life. Yes, I do believe that maintaining a positive perspective and doing energy work to support your job search are essential efforts, and I applaud you for doing both -- I think I know you well enough to understand that the frustration you shared here isn't representative of your overall outlook, that you're not putting out massive negative energy and inadvertently extending your unemployed status by attracting 'joblessness energy'. I do not believe you've manifested this situation for yourself, and I hope you don't either. Some things (like the state of the global economy) are simply larger than any individual.

I'll be keeping you in my meditations, my friend.

plur