The Law of Attraction Really Works!!

Kirby --- you're all over the place with this LoA stuff :-).

There are things that happen that people claim is law of attraction and yet, those things would have happened no matter what thoughts had run through their mind. Those are real coincidences (yep, coincidences are real).

There are other things, however, that cannot be explained away so easily. These are things that happen specifically as a result of a shift made in a person's thinking. You can tell the difference, because it is often something that you otherwise would never have focused on, paid attention to, or done anything about. And yet, because of a conscious choice, you noticed this thing and you took some action on it -- and got a result that you probably could not have expected.

That is sometimes called a "happy coincidence" or synchronicity or serendipity. Whatever you call it, this is not a coincidence as described above. It is the result of action taken in the direction of an unexpected, but related opportunity.

The litmus test is this...is the thing that happened something totally random that has no relation to a specific intention you set? That's coincidence. If, however, you set an intention, focus on what it would look like and feel like once you have achieved your intention -- and then an unexpected opportunity shows up that provides something you desire --- that is synchronicity or what some refer to as LoA.

And, if you remember from my previous post, LoA is not about getting stuff. So the other part of the litmus test is that this event really had nothing to do with getting something. In other words, if a person is living their passion and providing value in every aspect of their life, the things that they want come about naturally (they didn't attract anything out of thin air -- rather, they went down a path that led them to things that were an important part of the life they want to live).

Does that make sense? You can't "use law of attraction". LoA, at the simplest level, is just a brain mechanism that notices things that would otherwise be filtered out of your consciousness. Why did this mechanism suddenly choose not to filter out this new piece of information? Because you specifically set an intention that told your brain that this type of information was important.

I'm sure you've heard of the phenomenon where you buy a new car and suddenly you start seeing that car everywhere? Of course, those other cars had been there all along, you just didn't pay any attention to them. The part of the brain that is responsible for that is the same part of the brain that works with LoA. It's not woo-woo or anything like that. It's all rather scientific and logical. Everyone already has LoA happening to them -- it's just happening on auto-pilot instead of you steering it in a certain direction. Hopefully that helps.

@socialentry

Ummm...no. :-). Would you really set that as an intention in your life? Would that really have anything to do with your ideal life, in which you are adding value to society? Doesn't seem likely, right?

A better question...what kind of life would you be living if that was something that showed up for you? That's scary.

The very critical point again is that LoA is not a "get stuff" mechanism. Your question is so far into "getting something", that it really has no basis in reality. You can't "use LoA" to get anything. If all you're interested in is "getting stuff", then you're already on the wrong path.

You have to come from a place where you have a definite purpose in your life that is so significant that it motivates you every day. It is something that gives you joy and gratitude and also helps many people in the process. As you're going down the path of that lifestyle, that is when things begin to happen as a side-effect of who you are and how you live your life.

Michael Jordan didn't get picked up as a spokesperson by Nike and Hanes because he had a thought something like "It would be really cool if Nike and Hanes picked me up as a spokesperson and paid me huge sums of money." Not at all, right? It was because of who he was and the path he was on. It was a by-product of the life that he was living.

If you would like to discuss something that is serious in relation to what I posted, I'd be glad to have that conversation with you.

kirby said:

It's not belief in LoA that matters. It's belief in yourself. You can't make LoA work. It works all the time. Whatever you are experiencing in your life right now, it's there because of all of the choices, decisions and actions that you've made up to now.

Critical point (again): LoA has nothing to do with getting stuff. You can't use it. You can only take actions that are in correspondence with it.

These things are not requirements for what I'm talking about (although desire and commitment are beneficial in anyone's life). Here are a few basic requirements:

• Decide on a definite purpose for your life
• Describe every aspect of that life and write it down on paper
• You don't have to know every step in the process, but you should create a "getting started" plan
• Determine what obstacles (self-limiting beliefs, etc) that may get in the way and work to remove these
• Take action based on your getting started plan
• Practice being in the present moment and be aware of everything that goes on around you
• Look for ideas, opportunities, information, etc that are related to your ideal life
• Begin living your ideal life to whatever extent is possible
• Use meditation to promote a calm, focused inner awareness (which helps with being aware in the present moment, which then helps you notice things that are related to what you are trying to achieve)
• Release any resistance or negative emotions that you have

All of the stuff above is like tip-of-the iceberg stuff. We are really just looking at bits and pieces of a much larger process. It's rather difficult to get a complete picture when we're only looking at small parts of it.

Honestly, I don't know if these tid-bits are helpful for you or not. But, if you think about it logically, you can see that the above steps would definitely lead you in the direction of a desired lifestyle. Just one of the many missing pieces of the puzzle are things like having passion for the lifestyle that you are living, providing massive value to people who are part of your life, and so many more things. It's just not possible to put it here in such a small space.

Does any of this give you a better picture of the concepts I'm referring to?