The Law of Attraction – Creating the life we want
The Law of Attraction turns out to be the most important. It is the basis of everything. Simply put, the law is: “We attract into our experience that, and only that, that we think about, whether we want it or not.” This means that whatever we give our energy, attention, or focus to will inevitably be drawn to us.
The corollary is the Law of Non-Affirmation: “No one and nothing can affirm anything in our experience that does not match our vibration.” This means that no one and nothing (including “God”, fate, friends, family, governments, strangers, tsunamis, zodiac signs, etc., etc.) can cause us to experience something that does not resonate with what we what we are thinking
Another way of stating this law (in terms more in line with the language of modern physics) is the Law of Alternate Realities: “We choose which reality to enter by the things we give our energy, focus, and attention to.” This latest version appeals to me, but choose the version that suits you best, they all mean the same thing: we create our own reality.
Now let’s think a little more about that “whether you want it or not” part of the Law of Attraction above.
We all have an Emotional Scale. To simplify, we either feel good or we feel bad. If we don’t feel good, then what we include in our thoughts is what we don’t want. The Emotional Scale goes from
Depression-Pain-Fear-Anger-Frustration-Annoyance-Boredom Where we are thinking about what we DO NOT want to Satisfaction-Interest-Happiness-Emotion-Passion-Ecstasy where we are thinking about what we DO want.
To put it another way, the Universe doesn’t listen to negative things. So if we are afraid that something might happen, we are attracting it. Nothing -nothing-zilch- is more important than feeling good. Therefore, our “job” is to get to the place where we focus on what we want, to move up the scale from: Worry -> Hope -> Optimism -> Confidence -> Certainty.
The more we can move >>> towards the right end of the scale, the faster we can manifest what we really want.
So what we are spending our time thinking about is of paramount importance. And that’s how we’re thinking about it. For each theme, we have a resonant point of attraction. If you want to know where you are on any subject, look around you. What you are experiencing is where you are resonating.
For a minute, choose a topic in which you would like some change in your life. For example, say money. Is your first reaction “not enough”? Every time something you’d like to have pops into your consciousness, do you immediately choke on not being able to afford it? Or do you get a feeling of delicious anticipation?
So where does action, doing things, fit into all of this? Well, first we must understand what I call the BE-DO-HAVE(TM) principle.
In the world I grew up in, action was the most important thing. It didn’t matter if he wanted to do it or felt like doing it, he needed the self-discipline to do it anyway. With a combination of hard work and the luck of being in the right place at the right time, things just might work out. Well, according to the Law of Attraction, all of that is nonsense. There is no “luck”, and there are no “accidents”. Our actions by themselves cannot get us what we want.
But – the Universe is a powerful orchestrator. He always responds to our thoughts and always has us in the right place at the right time. To take advantage of this, we have to reverse the process: be-do-have.
If we can see/feel/imagine where we want to BE, then we will be inspired to DO the things that will allow us to HAVE everything we want (more on BE-DO-HAVE later).
So if we look at the way successful people order their lives, we see that many directly recognize this Law of Attraction. Others, as you begin to see the principles they live by, inherently take advantage of it. That is, they clearly order their lives according to their principles. Furthermore, there are legions of books on this subject, either directly acknowledging the Law of Attraction or giving principles and procedures that are in line with it. In short, what everyone says is: spend time visualizing what you want and it will appear.
Some quotes:
“Man must stop attributing his problems to his environment and learn again to exercise his will, his personal responsibility.” -Albert Schweitzer
“The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their mental attitudes.” -William James
“Your circumstances may be unpleasant, but they will not remain so if you only perceive an ideal and strive to achieve it. You cannot travel within and remain still without.” -James Allen
“Everything your mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” -Hill of Napoleon
“Follow your happiness and doors will open you never knew existed” – Joseph Campbell
