The Law of Attraction: Getting Everything You Want Out of Life Through
the Power of Your Own Mind. And Let Your Thoughts Determine Your Destiny
Imagine for a moment that you have in your possession a
source of complete and total power. You alone can command the warmth of the
sun, the fall of the rain, the turn of the tides and the direction of the
winds. What would you do with this kind of power? Would you abuse it causing
the world to fall into utter chaos? Would you be benevolent and merciful, using
your power to help the people of your planet achieve their ultimate potential?
Unfortunately
(or fortunately, as the case may be) there is no way for a person to have that
much power. Mother Nature controls the planetary systems according to her own
rules and her own designs. You will never be able to have utter control over
the environment you are inhabiting.
What if you could, however, have the power to determine
the course of your own life? What if you could accomplish great things and
acquire great riches just by using the power of your own mind? What if I told
you that this does not have to be a “what if?” What if I told you that you
possess in your psyche the power to chart the course of the rest of your life
on whatever path you see fit?
Chances are
you would tell me that I had obviously been watching too much Sci-Fi and needed
to get out of the house more often,
not to mention my obvious need to expand my vocabulary, considering the number
of times I have used “what if” in this conversation. You would be wrong (about
the Sci-Fi, anyway). Every person holds in their mind the power to shape the
events of their life to achieve whatever end they see fit. This power is what
is known as the law of attraction.
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What is the Law of Attraction?
The belief
held by many theorists is that the universe is governed by a set of universal
laws; these laws cannot be changed, cannot be broken and apply to every
individual, regardless of age or nationality. These laws are the riverbanks
which guide the flow of their lives on its journey to its ultimate end.
The law of
attraction is one such law. The law of attraction is the belief that anyone can
determine their destiny through the power of their minds.
"The
Law of Attraction attracts to you everything you need, according to the nature
of your thoughts. Your environment and financial condition are the perfect
reflection of your habitual thinking." Joseph Murphy
The
History of the Law of Attraction
Before we go
too deep into the modern applications of the law of attraction it is important
that you understand that this is not simply New Age nonsense (most descriptions
of the law of attraction refer to it as a product of a New Age Mentality). The principles of the law of attraction date
back far beyond the new found popularity of the New Age.
The immortal
Buddha was actually one of the first to introduce man to the law of attraction. He said, “What you have become
is what you have thought.” This was a principle that the people of the east
were acquainted with for centuries before it began to sweep into the western
hemisphere.
The concept
of karma also may have drawn its roots from the law of attraction. Karma states
that you will eventually be revisited by that which you have sent out into the
universe. If you have practiced kindness and compassion you will receive in
kind. If you have been deliberately cruel to another you will receive back into
your life that cruelty which you have sent out. Your actions and thoughts morph
into physical entities, causing the universe to react in kind.
The law of
attraction began to gain popularity in the western hemisphere in the 19th
century, as people began to appreciate the power of positive thinking and apply
it to their life. This new concept was first introduced to the general public
by William Walker Atkinson, the editor of New Thought magazine, who published a
book called Thought Vibration or the Law of Attraction in the Thought World in
1906.
As you can
see, the law of attraction is not new. The concept that thought can have a
predominate affect on the course of a man’s destiny has been taught by wise
men throughout the ages, and has given
rise to a whole new era of beliefs.
The theory behind the law of attraction is the belief that
energy attracts like energy in the vast expanse of space and time that
comprises our universe. Each person’s being is constantly radiating energy out
into space; the type of energy being radiated is determined by the emotional
state of the individual in question and may differ from day to day-sometimes even
hour to hour!
This
emotional energy is what is commonly known as a “vibe” and is referred to as a
vibration by scientists studying the law of attraction. Chances are that you
are familiar with the term. Have you ever been with someone who is so happy they
seem to be radiating a “glow which inspires happiness in all those around them?
By the same token, have you ever spent time with someone who was so critical
and unhappy that they consistently gave off a “negative vibe” which seemed to
suck the life and happiness out of all those around them?
You do not
have to possess psychic powers to be able to feel the vibes that people emit;
this energy is very real on a psychological plane and will affect anyone,
anywhere at any time. Our vibrations are usually an unconscious response to
some form of environmental stimulus; something has happened which has caused us
to feel happy, or sad, or scared, or confused, or stressed, etc., and our
subconscious response to this (because vibes are generated and projected from the
subconscious rather than the conscious) is something that is beyond our
control.
Chances are the person who is emitting a
negative vibe does not choose to be unhappy, nor do they wish to inflict their
unhappiness on all those around them by the simple fact of their presence.
(Before you say what you are thinking, yes, there are some exceptions to this rule. Misery
does love company and there are many who take a great deal of delight in
inflicting their pain on other people. It is important to understand that this
is not usually done in a desire to cause others pain but out a desire to not
feel so alone in their unhappiness. But we digress…)
There are a number of feelings which lead to positive and
negative vibes being emitted, and it is important before we continue on any
form of discussion about the law of attraction that you understand what each of
these are (you’ll understand the reasons for this a little later).
Positive
vibes
Positive vibes are generated from good feelings, such as:
v Joy
v Love
v Excitement
v Abundance (of anything
that causes a positive response)
v Pride
v Comfort
v Confidence
v Affection
Negative
vibes
Negative vibes are generated from negative feelings, such as:
v Disappointment
v Loneliness
v Lack (of any of life’s
necessities or luxuries)
v Sadness
v Confusion
v Stress
v Anger
v Hurt
What do
Vibes Have to With the Law of Attraction?
As we
mentioned earlier the fundamental principle of the law of attraction is the
belief that life energy attracts like energy. This means that if a person is
emitting positive vibes they will draw good things to them and if they are
emitting negative vibes they will draw bad things to them.
”You are a living
magnet, attracting what you want.”
You have
seen this principle in practice before. Have you ever known someone who was always upbeat
and positive and seemed to be too lucky to be true? On the flip side, you have
certainly known someone who loved to complain and look on the darker sides of
life that always seemed to have something new to complain about because things
were always going wrong in their life. These examples show people attracting
the results of the energy they are giving off.
“Remember, you attract to your life whatever
you give your attention, energy and focus to, whether wanted or unwanted.”
Michael J. Losier
Does this
mean that all of the bad things that happen to you in this life are because you
subconsciously wanted them to? This is one of the most common arguments against
the concept of the law of attraction and it often the hardest to refute because
people have not yet recognized that the law of attraction is not a pipe dream
or something that someone dreamed up while sitting on their porch one hot
summer night. It is a fact of life, and its effects are far reaching.
In answer to
your question, no, not everything bad that happens in your life is a result of
you subconsciously wishing for it to happen. Sometimes it is a result of
someone else wishing for it to happen. To quote an example from a website
pertaining to the law of attraction a child or a spouse who is abused is not
abused because they wished for this abuse to happen. This abuse happened
because the abuser allowed their negative thoughts concerning their child or
spouse to creep across their subconscious until they eventually began to
dictate their actions.
The mind is
a powerful thing, and where the mind goes the feet will soon follow. The
foundation of any success you are going to encounter in lie is not the ability
of your physical body to overcome the obstacles but of your mind to believe
that a way lies around them. “Where there’s a will, there’s a way.” Where your
mind can believe that there is a way for the body to achieve its heart’s desire
a way does exist.
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