If you watch Abraham-hicks videos on a regular basis, I'm sure you have noticed this which they always harp on - It is perfectly fine to find yourself out of the vortex at certain times. It is normal and you should be grateful for these occurences, because it is these moments that allow contrast and expansion of yourself to happen. Without these moments, you would cease to exist, and there would be no way that you could enjoy the joy of feeling yourself back into the vortex.

So don't get too worried about it, it is good that you are able to notice when your thoughts are wrong and that you need to change something about them, but for someone who is still quite new (like me for example) to these teachings it is quite difficult to change those thoughts right on the spot. What I always do is whenever I notice something that I don't like or when I feel negative, I try to switch to thinking about an event which makes me feel good in my mind. I always have a fixed event ready. (it can be anything that has happened in your life which makes you feel really happy)

Then I just take a mental note of the thoughts that made me feel bad somewhere and ignore them for the moment by distracting myself with the 'happy' event in my imagination..only when I am free or have the time then I try to use focus blocks or some other way to try and steer those thoughts into a more positive feeling place.

When I find my mind wandering into disuseful places, I stop and view beauty. Beauty comes from a higher plain. It is a good connection with God or Source. An object, or person is made beautiful by Source. If you can train yourself to seek that beauty, it abounds everywhere.

You then can connect with the Greatest Power In The Universe!

I am never ever concerned about the time it may take me to get aligned because I know that when I am aligned, I am much more effective. A small inspired action outdoes a ton of "Get out of the way, Source, God, Inner Self, HGA, and let ME do this."

For instance, I am stuck in traffic and starting to boil. I look aound and change lanes because the other lane seems to be moving faster, but when I get over there, it isn't. More boiling. Clenching up. Maybe if I get off at the next exit, I can find a better route! Set the GPS for 'Detour' and see how I can get around this mess.

OR

Take a few deep breaths and look for Beauty. The red taillights of the other cars. The smiling lady in the car next to me. The deep azure color of the sky (keep an eye on the other cars as well). The white (or grey or black clouds), the greenery beside the road, the smells, the sounds -- the moment of NOW! The BEAUTY of NOW! The intoxicating feeling of my deep inhales and exhales . . . .

And within a few, very few moments, the traffic clears and I am up to speed. BUT if I stay in the tension, the anger, the frustration, the gloom, I STAY STUCK!! Getting aligned is the most important thing you can do!

Does this make sense to you? It is not that difficult. My difficulty is in remembering to do this. I have too easily said, I will skip meditation this morning because I am in a hurry! But If I skip it, my day can be a chain of unpleasant events.

Makes about as much sense as me getting up and walking around with my eyes closed because I am in too much of a hurry. I won't get very far with my eyes closed and I won't have a very good day without getting and staying aligned!

It is time very well spent!

I understand that there is the idea of getting into the Vortex first, then everything else but sometimes you do have to partake in actions when you can not get in the vortex to keep the flow of your life going.

Now if that flow is in the wrong direction, then maybe it is a good thing you don't have time to give it more energy and activities?

I have the problem where I get so obsessed with this stuff and I just end up reading about it and thinking about it and forget to actually BE IT!

Perhaps it is just a matter of time management, for example, tell yourself I have 10 minutes to get as close as I can to the vortex and what I can make of the 10 minutes, I will be happy with and move on with my work so I can pay the electric bill.

Please check out this Abraham Hicks link, this proved helpful to me today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfZjeLN5w_E

Hope this helps.

You have to learn to balance your physical needs along with your spiritual ones. I find that spiritual development does not come only from reading or listening but from actually applying the principles. I am now spending less time reading. i may read for 5 minutes a day or so but I apply the principles all day long no matter what I am doing. you may want to read Abraham's Book "Ask and it is Given". The book has many practical exercises that can help you stay in the Vortex.

So you are hooked on the LOA stuff and the Vortex? You are not alone; it is just a phase, until you move onto something else that you are passionate about. But you also have to remember to honor your other obligations, and prioritize least to most the important things on your list.

You do not have to do the same things every day. You can make a schedule of what you want to do each day, and how much time you want to spend on each task, set your timer, and apply discipline to stop the task when the timer goes off, so that you can go and attend to your other responsibilities.

Watch Gregg Braden's video link text The Science of Miracles. If the link doesn't work, search for it at youtube.