The Secret has led to many people becoming self-styled Law of Attraction (LOA) “gurus. This movement is rapidly expanding as friends challenge friends and the overlapping circles of acolytes grow.
The Secret AKA Law of Attraction (the power of positive thinking plus creative visualization) is not new to me. I have been reading books on this subject for many years, and also practicing relaxation and creative visualization techniques.
Psycho-Cybernetics: A New Way to Get More Living out of Life was first published in 1960 by Prentice-Hall and first appeared in a pocket book edition in 1969.
Happiness and success are habits. So are failure and misery. But negative habits can be changed–and Psycho-Cybernetics shows you how. The mind/body connection us the concept that paved the way for most of today s personal empowerment programs. Turn crises into creative opportunities, dehypnotize yourself from false beliefs, and celebrate new freedom from fear and guilt. Testimonials and stories are interspersed with advice from author Maxwell Maltz, as well as techniques for relaxation and visualization.
Psycho-Cybernetics introduced Maltz’s view that a person must have an accurate and positive view of one’s self before setting goals, otherwise he or she will get stuck in a continuing pattern of limiting beliefs. His ideas focus on visualizing one’s goals. He believed that self-image is the cornerstone of all the changes that take place in a person. If one’s self-image is unhealthy, or faulty, all of his or her efforts will end in failure.
William Walker Atkinson, Richard Ingalese, Opheil and many others, have written books on the power of the mind to attract what one thinks about, and these books are still popular and available at bookstores. Other known authors are Joseph Murphy, Napoleon Hill and Wallace D. Wattle. Shakti Gawain also wrote an excellent book on the subject and popularized the term “Creative Visualization“. All of these books are about what is now termed The Law of Attraction or The Secret.
So what is this secret?
An underlying principle of The Law of Attraction is that the Universe is neutral. What you get from the Universe what you’re a vibrational match to. This means that if you were raised with negative core values as a child, and grew up to be a person of low self esteem, then you’re getting negative stuff you don’t want from the Universe because you are in sync with negative vibrations, rather than positive vibrations. In other words, you must also be out of sync with what you do want or you’d be already enjoying it.
According to The Law of Attraction everything in your current reality is a perfect vibrational match to you. If you want something different then you have to change your vibration to make what you do want ie. positive stuff in order for it to be part of your reality.
In Subjective Reality Q & A, Steve Pavlina contributes this: Subjective reality is a belief system in which (1) there is only one consciousness, (2) you are that singular consciousness, and (3) everything and everyone in your reality is a projection of your thoughts. We create our own reality. We attract those things in our life (money, relationships, employment) that we focus on. People who are efficient in attracting positives have trained their minds to focus on their desires and abundance comes to them naturally. They wouldn’t blink an eye if someone suggested they don’t deserve something, because it isn’t part of their reality.
The Law Of Attraction and The Law Of Resistance
In his book The Law of Attraction, Michael Losier suggests changing your perception around statements that activate its counterpart, The Law of Resistance. He suggests beginning to move towards making vibrational change with an exercise that amounts to making two columns: one that lists everything that you don’t like or don’t want; and one that reframes the resistance-filled statement with one that contains what you do want.
The following steps are to replace negative core values with positive ones thereby so shift your focus from your feelings of lack, and toward feelings of gratitude and abundance. The idea is to believe in yourself and know that you can make whatever changes in your life you want by creatively visualizing what you want and focusing on it.
The love of money: believe, request, receive
There are many different LOA “gurus” and they all have their own programs including pamphlets, ebook and videos, workshops, etc. Some are focused on instructing their acolytes to jettison the work ethic as clinging to it will means you will remain “stuck”. They encourage creatively visualizing enjoying what you love and then believing, requesting, and receiving wealth from the Universe. focusing on it. For example, if making money easily is what you’d love to do, then focus on it and attract it to you like a magnet attracts metal filings.
I have posted a link to some videos at the end of this post for those who wish to view them.
A recent survey of “Wealth Beyond Reason” students asked the question: “What are you finding most frustrating about attracting what you want utilizing what you know about the Law of Attraction?” As a result, a series of videos addressing the top responses was created.
The first two videos explain how to stay focused on your desire in the midst of “real life circumstances”… the next video deals with the issue of knowing what you really want when you start to intentionally create your life by design …
a further video deals with the critical issue of being held back by limiting beliefs that act as resistance against what you’re trying to attract … and the final video deals with the tricky subject of money.
Personal Development Videos – Law of Attraction
Core beliefs: Would you care to share?
It’s a quirk of human nature that we maintain our beliefs by selectively exposing ourselves to information that we already know is likely to support those beliefs. Yet, when we remove the emotional elements and take the time to gather information on the opposite side of any issue we are more likely to come to different conclusions. This is why it’s not surprising that gut responses based on deeply held core beliefs are not always the most accurate.
I’m aware that every decision I make is based on my core beliefs. To open my mind I review my core beliefs in an ongoing process I quiz myself about each one by asking myself why I believe it. Next I imagine that I don’t exactly believe it any more, but instead believe something marginally different, and then marginally different again.
My core beliefs are unique to me and my friend’s core beliefs are unique to them. An open mind is comfortable with the differences, and also capable of using a variety of lenses to view any issue from many angles. So I ask you, my readers, if you would care to share whether or not you have re-examined the core beliefs you were inculcated with as a child and replaced the negative with positive.
* This post was inspired by the repeated personal attacks I was subjected to by an LOA acolyte who became nasty in a forum thread.
