Like Attracts Like, but Lack Attracts Lack
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 accepted 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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