The Law of Attraction

Remember the book, The Secret? The best selling phenomenon that went viral overnight resulting in over 20 million copies sold? It was about the Law of Attraction, and what’s interesting is there was nothing new in that book – the thoughts, ideas, and rules have been around for a very long time. In my view, The Secret contained all of the key components to attracting the life you want except one: Action. You must take action to put yourself into the flow.So, the end result of this book was that readers were lead to believe that all they had to do was 1. Ask for something, 2. Believe that they already possessed it, and 3. Receive it. But none of this works if we don’t take action; we must participate in our own lives.

That said, here are some revised steps:

1. Ask for something that you are interested in. Develop that interest into a desire, and make that desire a burning desire. This is key. Desire sets up intention and intention is where your attention goes. As we direct our attention to our interests, this magnifies the power of attraction because it dominates our thoughts, attracting more of the same thoughts. Then, when opportunity presents itself, you instantly recognize it and can take action.

2. Believe in yourself AND believe that you are worthy to actually receive what you ask for. Most things that are sought never have a chance to come into reality because of the voice of internal judgment. An attitude of gratitude is one thing that will assist you in overcoming the voices that say you can’t do something or that you don’t deserve it. Getting the subconscious to buy in is key. The subconscious doesn’t have the ability to distinguish between real and not-real; it only works on the thought. That’s why they say to act as if you already have your desire or do the thing that you are asking for. This helps to anchor the thoughts to become what you want and motivate you to take action. There is that word action, again.

3. Receive. This is really about giving. You have to understand what it is that you are willing to give in order to get what it is that you desire. When you are willing to give, there can be an expectation to receive. I had a hard time with this at first, but it has great merit. Expecting results keeps you going with your intention. To desire is to expect and to expect is to achieve.

4. Action. The Law of Attraction is not a quick, get-what-you-want-from-your-rocking-chair scenario. Action puts you into the flow of abundance. It’s like getting ready to take a shower; you turn the shower on but you don’t get the benefits from it until you take action and step in. Taking action allows us to be in the flow of opportunity. Otherwise desire would have no way to present itself to us.