The Law of Attraction.

Thanks to the movie The Secret (and its appearance on Oprah), the Law of Attraction has been receiving quite a bit of attention lately.

Simply put, the Law of Attraction states that “Like Attracts Like.” This is nothing new. Though the name “Law of Attraction” was originally coined by Abraham Hicks in the mid-eighties, the concepts behind it have been around in one form or another for ages - even in biblical times.

You can see evidence of the law in action all around you. Sayings like “birds of a feather flock together” is a common example. Your friends are your friends typically because you have things in common.

What the Law of Attraction means to you is that everything in your life (and everyone else) was attracted to you based on what you are putting out to the Universe via your thoughts. Your thoughts are “things” - energy waves, or vibrations, and are tangible. As you think something, you put that energy out to the Universe and the Universe responds by bringing something that matches that vibration into your experience in one form or another. The more you think it, the more you’re putting it out there, and becoming a stronger attractor to that vibration.

A common response I get when explaining the Law of Attraction to others is “but I didn’t want that and I got it anyway.” The point is that you were thinking about what you didn’t want - and therefore still putting that thought energy out into the Universe. The concept of negation (”NOT”) is a logical language concept and doesn’t exist in nature. There’s no such thing as a “not” anything in tangible form. In a previous post I talked about that further.

In an upcoming article we’ll talk in detail about how to use the Law of Attraction in your life.

By the way, if you haven’t seen The Secret yet, I recommend you go out and pick up a copy from your favorite bookstore or through Amazon.com.

If you happen to be in the Chicago area, Transitions Bookplace occasionally does screenings of the movie (yes, they carry it and yes, it’s probably in stock). Check their calendar for more details.