This site has made many references to the Law Of Attraction and to some of those readers who do not really know what it's all about, this post is for you!
How It All Got Started
Back when I had my trading blog, I kept close tabs on all the other trading blogs out there and several of these traders mentioned the movie "The Secret". Many were saying how inspiring it was to them and how they were going to apply it's techniques.I followed some links that some of these trading blogs had to the movie's website and I originally thought it looked too spiritual and too cult-like for my tastes and didn't explore it any further.
At the time, I didn't really know what the big fuss was all about. Others kept mentioning the movie "The Secret", but I wouldn't bother reading they had written about it.
The Discovery
One day, for whatever reason, I decided to browse around at Amazon.com as I was looking for some inspirational reads and I came across "The Secret" movie. I decided I would keep an open mind and I'll order it just to see what exactly the fuss is all about.
"The Secret" is not really a movie per se - it's more of a documentary with interviews from many well respected people from around the world as they share how to utilize "The Secret" and how it works.I cannot tell you what an impact that movie had on my life. It was a new way of thinking for me and after I had finished watching it, I suggested to my wife that she watch it too.
That night we watched the movie together and I could tell from her expression that it was eye-opening for her as well. After the movie, we both stayed up all night talking about how the things that had happened to our lives up till that point really did seem to follow "The Secret" to the letter.
A Brief Primer On The Law Of Attraction
Okay, this is just going to be a very brief primer on the Law of Attraction and by no means is it going to be comprehensive.
First and foremost, you must know that everything in this universe is made up of energy. Whether it's a rock, a piece of wood, or even your body - each of these things are made up of atoms and ions and when you get down to the smallest part, it is essentially just energy.
What are thoughts? Thoughts are just impulses of energy sent throughout a bunch of nerve cells in your brain.So what is "The Secret" from the movie? It's one of the most fundamental law in the universe - the Law Of Attraction.
The Law Of Attraction simply states that "like attracts like".
In a nutshell, if you have positive thoughts, you attract positive things. If you constantly have negative thoughts, you will attract negative things in your life. Whatever you think about the most, you will get more of.
As an example, if you are in debt and you are constantly thinking about how much in debt you are, then you will never be able to get out of debt because of your thoughts.
But if your thoughts are about success or about happiness, you will attract more of these things in your life.
Whatever it is you are thinking about, the Universe will slowly re-arrange the energy around us to eventually give us whatever we think most about - essentially it's our thoughts that are attracting the things around us.
What About All The Bad Stuff?
Some of you might be thinking about all the bad things that happen in life. You might be thinking "I didn't want to get injured in that accident" or "I didn't want to get sick".According to pundits of the Law Of Attraction, you did indeed attract it...it may have been a limiting belief you had or perhaps it was something you thought about in the past or perhaps it was something that you were constantly worrying about.
Even the thought of avoidance will attract it to you. If you are constantly thinking "I don't want to be in a car accident", then guess what, you are thinking about a car accident and the Law of Attraction will bring it to you. Likewise, if you're thinking "I don't want to be in debt", the Law of Attraction will bring you more because debt is what you are thinking about the most.
Also think about the diseases one can get - most of it relates to stress and/or other things we do to our bodies that are unhealthy. What causes one to have stress and/or do things unhealthy to their bodies (smoke, drink, drugs, overeat)? Most of it stems from unhealthy, negative emotions which in turn causes disease and is your body's way of physically manifesting all that negative energy.
Learn to restructure your thoughts and you'll become a more positive person.
Why It Appealed To Me
Many of the world's greatest leaders, politicians, and scientists utilize this train of thought and most religions from around the world are based on this premise.
We would all like to believe that there is a power that is greater than us all and since I'm an atheist, I like knowing that it's the Universe that is providing for me (and I don't have to affiliate myself with any type of religion).
For others who do have a religious affiliation, you can just as easily substitute "Universe" with "God" or "Holy Spirit" or any number of other names.
Some Final Thoughts
One of the key things to get it working for you is to visualize yourself having whatever it is you desire. If it's a new house you want, then you have to visualize yourself living in it. If it's a new car you want, visualize yourself driving it.
Why? Several studies have shown that when people visualize something, their bodies react as if what they are visualizing is real - this helps set you up for success in manifesting what it is you want. The main thing you have to do is to feel the emotions in your visualizations.Overall, I'd have to say that The Law Of Attraction is mainly just a state of mind that helps you achieve success and if by doing the visualizations and the positive thinking helps you get into that state of mind, then so be it. I will continue to do these things if not for the success it may bring, than for myself.
I've written about how it I applied it (without knowing it) and attracted the things that I wanted so hopefully you can find it in yourself to manifest the things you want.
There are a lot of resources out there about the Law of Attraction, but probably the best source for you to start from is to actually watch the movie "The Secret". Keep in mind though, many authors and Law of Attraction followers believe that "The Secret" is a good introduction, while many others believe that "The Secret" was too wishy washy and that many of the things explained in the movie needed to be further expanded.
My suggestion - watch the movie, then get your hands on some books about the topic.
