The Law of Attraction

Your mind is like a giant magnet. But unlike a typical magnet that attracts metal objects, your mind attracts thoughts. They’re like thought bombs, and once you have attracted them, they explode in your mind and you create either a wonderful life or a life full of worry, upset, and depression. rnThoughts are made up of a particular energy. For example, if you are feeling great, you attract positive thoughts: you’ve just hit your target for the month and everything is fabulous—you feel amazing and everyone you see looks amazing also. It’s as if the entire world is filled with a blue sunny sky and the sun is shining down on everyone. Now, let’s say something negative happens—which let’s face it can happen; even on a sunny day when everything is going great, a big fat cloud may suddenly appear out of nowhere and rain all over your parade. For example, you get a credit card bill! You open it up and think, “Oh no! Even with my commission I’m not going to be able to pay it!” And the feeling of worry and concern about money wipes out the blue sky and suddenly it’s cloudy, overcast, and dark. In the reality of your life, nothing has actually changed except that you got a credit card bill and now you are experiencing the fear of not being able to pay it. And the experience of fear emanates from you and taints everything you see and do. Even if someone comes along and smiles at you, it cannot wipe away your fear about not having enough money. So now, even though you are doing well at your sales job, you are feeding the negative thought: “Yeah, but I’m not doing well enough!”rnThat thought of not being great enough becomes a magnet that attracts more of the same negative energy. When you go home, everyone in your household looks awful, even your dog or your cat and even the fish in your fish tank are a burden on your resources. What a loser! And that energy continues and grows sometimes with disastrous results. Your spouse gets your bad vibe and suddenly he or she feels awful. An innocent question, “What do you want to do for dinner? Shall we go out and eat?” turns into a battle. “Are you crazy! We have no money!” So you sit in and watch TV and feel miserable eating your piece of toast.rnHere’s the same situation, only this time with an awareness of the Law of Attraction: You’re having a great day, you get the credit card bill, and instead of letting it cloud your day, you have the uplifting thought, “I’m going to make enough sales this month to more than cover this bill.”rnYou feel really powerful so you continue reaching for the higher thought, the more uplifting and positive thought, and you keep getting more and more sales. Except, one time it doesn’t happen that way. You are in a sales slump, and to top it all, you get the credit card bill—and you can’t pay it. This time, however, instead of allowing the fear of not having enough influence your feelings, you continue feeing the positive thoughts. In fact, this is where your real power turns on—you keep on being an amazing salesperson. You continue to come from professionalism and positive energy. rnMaybe you have to call the credit card company and work out a payment plan, and you do it with a positive attitude. Even if the person on the telephone is sharp, you continue to be amazing. Maybe you have to call a couple more credit collection agencies and work out a payment plan. In other words, you do not allow the outside world to affect your inner world. You have decided that you are going to be the best salesperson you can be and you keep a positive attitude.rnBy the way, this does not mean that you are in denial of what is going on. You take responsibility for whatever is going on in your life at the moment. You pay your creditors, you spend less money, you keep your word, and you do not gossip or talk negatively about your situation. Eventually, the thoughts that you feed will affect your outer world. Sales will come. Money will be yours. Abundance will be your way of being because there simply is no other way it can be. Your inner world, your thoughts, and your attitude to life are your life. Right now, this very moment, you can change your entire life just with a single change of thought.rnThe Law of Attraction doesn’t mean that bad things won’t happen—stuff happens! What the Law of Attraction does is make you change the way you deal with things until fewer and fewer bad things happen. And when bad things do happen, as they will from time to time, you will be in charge of how you deal with the situation instead of allowing the situation to be in charge of you and how you feel. The greatest discovery of the 19th century was not in the realm of the physical sciences, but the power of the subconscious mind touched by faith. Any individual can tap into an eternal reservoir of power that will enable them to overcome any problem that may arise. All weaknesses can be overcome, bodily healing, financial independence, spiritual awakening, prosperity beyond your wildest dreams. This is the superstructure of happiness.—William Jamesrn