There’s a lot of information online and offline these days about the Law of Attraction.

Because this is a popular topic, it seems like a ‘new age’ fad or some concept that only certain people understand and talk about. Sadly, this becomes self-fulfilling, as others who don’t like ‘new age-y stuff’ avoid the latest discussion and miss out on a colossal opportunity to change and improve their lives.

In fact, the Law of Attraction is just one of many names given to a natural phenomenon, and there is nothing mysterious or secret about it.Myriad people over the millennia of recorded human history have spoken of the power we hold to control our lives.

I am no longer cursed by poverty because I took possession of my own mind, and that mind has yielded me every material thing I want, and much more than I need. But this power of mind is a universal one, available to the humblest person as it is to the greatest. ~ Henry Ford

While we may not always be aware of what we are creating in our lives, it is always true that we are the creators. Even people who believe their fates are in the hands of a higher power can see that they are demonstrably responsible for their choices in life – that their actions and words lead to certain natural and usually understandable consequences.

It is the study of the law of attraction and learning to consciously use your energy to choose and create differently that is so exciting to everyone in this latest phase, and the internet has allowed this knowledge to be spread quickly and widely. This brings new hope to people who have never before realized their personal power, and I’m hoping will play a large part in the awakening of the species to our own possibilities, including the potential for fulfilling, cooperative lives based on peace and human communion. We are so incredibly capable of love, productivity and creativity, and if all the ‘fad’ books, movies and websites can help lead us to patience, synergy and greater understanding of each other then so be it!

As for the details of how this all works, I learned and have always taught that your thoughts and feelings are the source of your vibrations, and that what you vibrate – your energetic signature, if you will – determines what you will attract. Someone like Mike Dooley at tut.com will say ‘thoughts become things,’ while Abraham-Hicks tells us that what we feel is our attraction point. Steve Pavlina, in a great article about vibrational alignment, puts things quite succinctly in another way, saying that both our thoughts and feelings are merely symptoms. Some may say this is semantics, and for the sake of simplicity I’ll agree. What is important is that we understand that what is inside of us is what controls and directs the outside – this is the key to conscious change.

Note: We’ve covered the nitty gritty elsewhere on this site and at the blog. The following article may be helpful:

Good Vibrations – Getting Them and Keeping Them (from the Breathing Prosperity.com blog archives)

Don’t think it’s true? Then why all the affirmations, meditations on creating abundance and efforts at improving your financial situation? Why the yearning for wealth and the buying of the occasional lottery ticket?

There are at least three immediate things you can do to attract money to you more quickly:

ONE: Remove your emotions from the subject. We all have attachments to the subject of money, and underlying beliefs and emotions which conflict with each other. We behave in ways which contradict our desire for more money and then wonder why we don’t have more of it. For instance, do you strongly desire welath but then spend every extra cent you have? Building wealth is about keeping money, not spending it (at least initially). Remembering that money is just a tool – an instrument – and can be used for the good of all concerned when attracted to someone ike oyu, can help dissolve those negative, frustrated emotions you have surrounding money.

TWO: Study from mentors who know how to attract money fast. Joe Vitale’s article How to Attract Money Fast provides an example of what can be done, and how. Joe is a master manifester and has taught many hundreds of people his effective methods for attracting wealth and abundance of all sorts.

THREE: Expand your perception and think of money as energy. Everything in the physical world, from your body and your chair to your thoughts and also, of course, money, is simply energy when you get right down to it. As Bob Doyle, founder of Wealth Beyond Reason reminds us, if you were to look at your desk and your hand under a very powerful microscope, they would look the same. Everything is made up of the same stuff – it’s ALL energy. If the energy called ‘money’ isn’t coming to you, perhaps you are keeping it away with how you think about it. Perhaps by remembering that it is only energy and by warming up to the thought of it, you can open the doors to the flow. Align yourself with the enrgy of money – imagine how it feels to BE lots of money, and to HAVE lots of money, and keep those feelings uppermost in your mind. Pay no more attention to thoughts of lack, for your thoughts literally attract your circumstances.

FOUR: OK, one more – you can get another job and/or build skills which will allow you to make more money, but remember – always remember – that it’s how much you KEEP that matters. For more on this, see ’30 Days to Wealth.’

Here’s something not talked about in everyday conversation, at least not by ‘normal’ people: We wield powers to create and change our lives and most of us have our heads down every day, focusing on the daily grind. How sad, and how unnecessary.

We have the power to collectively change this planet – our small, beautiful and interconnected world – for the better, each of us. There is no such thing as being ‘only one person.’ We are all intimately connected, and everything we think, say and do contributes to the reality here on Earth.

This power can either scare us or ignite us with passion, hope and excitement. We can use this knowledge consciously or we can remain unaware and continue down our current path…what sounds better?

It was a bit of a rhetorical question. Obviously what we’ve been doing thus far as a species isn’t working.

The good news is, as many people at the forefront of the thinking world will tell us, is that more and more people are awakening every day. This is unprecedented in the history of humankind and it is indeed a very exciting time we live in. It seems we are at a crossroads, and can go along as we have been or transform our lives and our world into the beautiful, magnificent creations they were always meant to be.

Change always comes from the grass roots; never the existing government or power/s. By embracing and exploring our abilities and questioning our beliefs and traditions we can begin to act consciously instead of react unconsciously. Some people feel frightened by this concept; they have been taught that security and peace of mind lies in trusting and following cultural and religious traditions, but are we wise and brave enough to see that this has not worked for us as a species? Can we see and create other ways? The answer is absolutely, unequivocally YES, but only if we want to, if we choose to. This is the crux. We have to be aware enough to want to be aware.

Humans have the capacity to co-create in synergistic, powerful ways, and we are only beginning to be aware of this. Let us consciously explore these possibilities and allow them to be the force of positive change on our planet. Let us be like lights who guide the way.

What if it wasn’t you?…

What if your best friend, or your sister or brother…maybe even your neighbor or someone you knew in high school, had an IDEA…

They put it out there in the business world or on the internet, and before long they had money rolling in…FLOWING as if from a gigantic waterfall, in fact…

This person, who you know to be ‘normal’, is suddenly getting a ton of attention, and showers of compliments and maybe even fantastic media coverage. Maybe one day you are taking the kids to Florida with the tiniest bit of money you’ve been able to save, or possibly using credit…and at the airport you see this PERSON, tanned and looking
wealthy, getting into their private jet…glamourous, wealthy, HAPPY!

How do you feel, really? Jealous? Resentful? Maybe even angry and wondering why everyone thinks they are so great? Could you really dig into this visualization and come up with some pretty strong, negative feelings?

Well, if you can, then you still have some work to do on your prosperity mentality/wealth consciousness. This is true for two major reasons:

1. Prosperity and wellbeing are like an ocean…they are for everyone, not just a ‘special’ few. Until we want for others what we want for ourselves; until we encourage others to follow their dreams just as much as we imagine following our own, then we are blocking ourselves from our own prosperity and abundance.
2. What we think of others who are prosperous is the same thing we secretly worry about others thinking about us…‘What if they hate me? My friends might resent me and talk behind my back?’…etc. etc..

A wise woman once wrote ‘It is none of your business what other people think about you.’ When you are focused on what others may think, you are not focusing on the one person that matters in your life – YOU.

You could not control others’ opinions even if you wanted to, so stop trying and get on with the fun of creating your life exactly how you want it to be. As you do so, you can shine like a light showing what
is possible, and allow others to interpret it according to their own levels of understanding…that is what will happen inevitably, anyway.

Choose what you want from the examples around you rather than resenting them, and go CREATE YOUR DREAMS!

by Shauna Arthurs