What Is The Law of Attraction?
So, what’s the definition of the Law of Attraction anyway?
Believe it or not, the Law of Attraction isn’t a complicated magic ritual that requires initiation into an ancient, mystery school or secret order.
In fact, the Law of Attraction is a simple and unchanging universal principle.
Think of the Law of Attraction as gravity.
Toss a penny from your roof, it lands on the ground. Try to jump off your couch, you will fall.
Gravity is an unchanging law of our universe. Not believing in the law of gravity is not important — stuff will still fall and may break upon landing. But, believing in the law of gravity allows you to predict and expect what will happen.
The Law of Attraction works the same way.
Things within our universe have a tendency to migrate toward other like things. We’re using the word “things” here because this law encompasses thoughts, feelings, people, objects and everything else in our universe.
It’s a universal principle, so it applies to all the things.
Like attracts like.
Like migrates toward like.
Believing it’s true or untrue doesn’t change anything. It’s a simple universal principle. However, if you believe it and get in tune with it, you can start predicting and expecting what happens to you, for you. Your awareness of the Law of Attraction can affect your life.
How And Why Does The Law Of Attraction Work?
Just as the “why” of the law of gravity is complex and difficult to understand (unless you are a theoretical physicist) the “why” of the Law of Attraction is also complicated.
In fact, gravity is actually still a bit of a mystery to scientists. We understand that gravity prevents us and everything else on Earth from floating away, but the exact “why” is an intricate matter.
The Law of Attraction is very similar. As with all the laws of our universe, we understand that these laws do work, even though we don’t necessarily understand how to define them. So, quantum mechanics aside, read on to know how learn about this universal law and how it applies to you.
Your Relationship To The Universe
To really understand the Law of Attraction, tune in to your perspective of your relationship with the universe. In other words, it’s important to examine how you feel about the way the universe interacts with you.
Do you believe you can influence your surroundings so things happen for you? Or do you believe things happen TO you?
In psychology, this perspective is called, “Internal vs. External Locus of Control.”
Some people in therapy believe that they are a product of everything that has happened to them. This is called an external locus of control because these people believe they are not in control of their lives. The goal of therapy is for patients to realize that they actually have an internal locus of control.
The Law of Attraction works the same way. The truth is, your thoughts and feelings do have an effect on the events that take place around you. A shift in your perspective and understanding of the truth about your relationship to the universe, can begin to attract better things into your life.
It’s Not Magic, It’s Science
At this point, you may still remain unconvinced that this universal principle — which attracts like to like — still seems interwoven in magic and, therefore, unreal. Perhaps it’s because we’re talking about intangible concepts like thoughts and feelings. At least with gravity, an apple thrown up into the air falls onto the ground. You may not understand it, but you can visibly and immediately experience the effects.
It’s difficult to imagine that thoughts and feelings can have an effect on the world around us. Fortunately, advances in technology and science allow us to visibly and immediately experience the effects of our thoughts. Just like watching an apple fall through the air, there are experiments that demonstrate the immediate effects of thoughts and feelings.