If you have never heard of the Law of Attraction you’re probably wondering why I keep posting quotes from people like Buddha and Albert Einstein. I learned about the Law of Attraction about 6 months ago through the book The Secret. The Secret was created by Rhonda Byrne. Her book, DVD, and audio series has opened the eyes of millions of people in the last few months. Without a doubt The Secret and the Law of Attraction have changed my life. I have introduced The Secret to my friends and family. My wife and I have attended classes and meet with a group of people once a month. I have listened to The Secret audio series countless times. The easiest way for me to explain The Secret is that it brings everything in your life together. Here is the official definition of the Law of Attraction:

The Law of Attraction is commonly associated with New Age and New Thought theories. It states people experience the corresponding manifestations of their predominant thoughts, feelings, words, and actions and that people therefore have direct control over reality and their lives through thought alone. A person’s thoughts (conscious and unconscious), emotions, beliefs and actions are said to attract corresponding positive and negative experiences “through the resonance of their energetic vibration.”The “law of attraction” states “you get what you think about; your thoughts determine your experience.” The idea has received intense criticism from multiple circles in the media, the scientific community, and even other areas of the New Age Movement.

History: Adherents claim that the statement by Gautama Buddha, “What you have become is the result of what you have thought”, is an expression of the idea that thoughts introduced into reality can attract like energy. It is also often alleged that the same idea can be found in beliefs as ancient as Hinduism. In the West, the idea of “positive thinking” became popular during the 19th century. One of the earliest known formulations of the ideas now known as as the Law of Attraction is contained in the 1906 book Thought Vibration or the Law of Attraction in the Thought World by William Walker Atkinson, editor of New Thought magazine. Dozens of books in the first half of the 20th century addressed the topic under various names of “positive thinking” and the “Law of Attraction.”

Principles: Proponents of the modern ‘Law of Attraction’ claim that it has roots in Quantum Physics. According to the ‘law of attraction’, thoughts have an energy that attracts like energy. In order to control this energy, proponents state that people must practice four things:

1. Know what one desires and ask the universe for it. (The “universe” is mentioned broadly, stating that it can be anything from God to an unknown source of energy.)
2. Focus one’s thought upon the thing desired with great feeling such as enthusiasm or gratitude.
3. Feel and behave as if the object of one’s desire is on its way.
4. Be open to receiving it.

Thinking of what one does not have, manifests itself in the perpetuation of not having. Proponents say that by abiding by these principles, and avoiding “negative” thoughts, the Universe will manifest a person’s desires.

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Source: wikipedia