AttractAnything! (the blog)

Everyone who studies the law of attraction already understands that like energy attracts. This concept appears in lots of old sayings, such as “birds of a feather flock together,” or “tell me who your friends are and I’ll tell you who you are.”

But is most commonly expressed with three simple words: like attracts like.

But it’s important to keep in mind that the power of those three words is indiscriminate — it can either work for you or against you.

I was thinking about how this power can be used in harmful ways earlier this week. I encountered several people over the last week that seemed to be practicing a philosophy I could only describe as “lack attracts lack.”

When we think about lack, worry about lack, and focus on lack, what do we get? Bingo — we get more lack. And while all of us can fall into lack-based thinking now and then (I’ve been as guilty of it as anyone), there are folks out there among us who seem to be trying to make a career at of it. 

Anytime we think about what could go wrong, or a rejection we could potentially face, we are doing our self a serious disservice. And it is precisely because like attracts like that lack-based thinking is so dangerous.

Everything in this world is nothing but energy. To some people, that sounds like New Age hippie nonsense, but its science, plain and simple. Physics tells us that at the tiniest levels, everything we see around us (including ourselves) is actually just “strings” of vibrating energy. In quantum physics this is known as String Theory or M Theory, and it is the most universally excepted explanation of the physical world among researchers worldwide.

So if all is energy, what does that tell us about our thoughts? Yep, they’re energy too. And because like attracts like, the energy of our thoughts will always attract like energy to it. If our thoughts are of abundance, strength and joy, we WILL attract like energy to us in the form of other people, circumstances and material objects.

In fact, we ALWAYS attract people, circumstances and material objects that are in harmony with our dominant thoughts. This tells us that no one can attract lack unless they are thinking and feeling lack — it can only come into your life if you are in vibrational agreement with it.

I’ve studied the law of attraction for so many years now, but the implications of that last paragraph still blow my mind. It sounds fantastical, even far-fetched. But at the heart of the matter, is completely rooted in science.

Quantum physicists work in laboratories where they routinely observe molecules that exist simultaneously in two different places! Think about that for a moment. This is not hippie, New Age stuff — it’s hard science. And what does this tell us about the world we live in?

First, it tells us that our “map” of reality is faulty. The world does not work the way we think it works. Me, you, or our greatest scientific minds; none of us can grasp reality. Instead, we create a mental representation of reality, and we go through our lives assuming that “that’s just the way things are.” The truth is,” that’s just the way things AREN’T.” Einstein said “Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.”

But we shouldn’t feel insecure or afraid because we don’t have a firm grasp on reality (and we most certainly don’t). Understanding that “reality” is just a collection of thoughts, beliefs and paradigms in our mind (and not “real” at all) can be very liberating. We can break free of bad habits, bad experiences in our past, and most importantly, our own self image.

We can re-create ourselves anyway we want once we understand that what we think is “real” and what we think is “true” are nothing but mental shortcuts we use to navigate our way through life, and have nothing at all to do with “reality.” As the late great Bill Hicks said about life:

“It’s just a ride and we can change it any time we want. It’s only a choice. No effort, no work, no job, no savings and money, a choice, right now, between fear and love. The eyes of fear want you to put bigger locks on your door, buy guns, close yourself off. The eyes of love instead see all of us as one.”

–Bill Hicks (1961-1994)

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No matter where you live or what your political persuasion, you have to feel a sense
of pride and hope this morning. As I write this, Barack Obama has just been elected
President of the United States. Obama’s story is a story of hope, perseverance,
and above all else, belief.

President-elect Obama got were he is today by a strong and unwavering belief.
Obama’s story is everyone’s story. We ALL get where we are in life
according to our beliefs. And whether we are religious or not, each of us can
appreciate the timeless wisdom of that one simple phrase from the Bible: “According
to your belief it is done unto you.”

The subject of belief has been on my mind a lot lately. Monday I was recording
the narration for a new video on this very subject, and on Tuesday (yesterday)
I had a living, breathing example of the power of belief staring me right in
the face: the 44th President of the United States will be an African American,
something many people doubted they would ever see in their lifetime.

But as many of the world’s wisest people have noted throughout the ages,
what we believe tends to become our reality. Winston Churchill said, “We
create our own universe as we go along.” Famed psychologist Albert Ellis
said, “We become what we think about all day long.” Even pioneering
industrialists Henry Ford noted, “Whether you think you can or you can’t,
either way you are right.”

These aren’t just lovely sentiments, or stirring rhetorical devices;
these statements represent a universal truth regarding the world we live in,
and we ignore their wisdom at our own peril.

Once we recognize the power of belief, it behooves us to spend a little time
thinking about what we believe, what we REALLY believe deep down — and why
we believe it.

What do you believe about yourself? Do you believe you’re good, strong,
smart, wealthy, healthy, lovable? If we are really honest, too many of us seem
to believe the opposite of these things about ourselves. But why?

It’s important to examine why you believe what you do, especially if
you have limiting beliefs that are holding you back from achieving the things
you desire in life. The truth is, you can believe anything you want. If you
have a belief that is not serving you well, you can simply choose to believe
something else.

This may sound oversimplified, but in the end life is just that simple. The
universe responds to what you believe — it does not care WHY you believe it,
or even if it is true (true according to whom?). If you can believe something,
and persevere in that belief, you CAN achieve it. Great men and women have told
us that for centuries.

But if you’re skeptical, just turn on your television this morning (almost
any channel will do), and witness for yourself the awesome power of belief in
our new president elect, Barack Obama.

JM
www.attractanything.com

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