I barely care if the Law of Attraction is real.
Yes, I’m always up for a good metaphysical conversation about how the universe works. It matters to me to understand reality.
But what most matters to me is, can I gain value from the Law of Attraction?
That means being as healthfully selfish as possible.
And when it comes to a life I feel lit up about, I’ll draw in any tool that can nourish and nurture that.
What is the Law of the Attraction?
Jack Canfield defines the Law of Attraction this way:
“The law of attraction is a universal principle that states you will attract into your life whatever you focus on. Whatever you give your energy and attention to is what will come back to you. When you focus on the abundance of good things in your life, you will automatically attract more positive things into your life. But if you center yourself on negative thoughts and only focus on what you lack in life, then you will ultimately attract negativity into your life and what you want most will continue to elude you.”
Put succinctly, your thoughts and feelings attract your future experiences.
You still may wonder, do I believe this is true with 100% metaphysical certainty?
I won’t answer that right here. ; )
Why? Because my point to you today is to invite you to engage with the Law of Attraction, to be curious about it, to test it out, and entertain it as a possibility.
Most people will either go “all in” when they learn about the Law of Attraction, and unquestionably or dogmatically try to use it.
Others will immediately reject and dismiss the Law of Attraction and use a thought-terminating-cliche like “woo-woo” so that no further examination or effort is necessary.
Can you perhaps choose a third approach? Entertain it, without accepting it.
“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain an idea without accepting it.”
— Aristotle (attributed)
I like the “as if it were true” approach. Try assuming the Law of Attraction is real for 30 days. Then you can go back and reflect on and measure your results. But if you won’t allow yourself to jump in the fish bowl, you won’t know what it’s like to be a fish.
With the above mindset priming complete, here are my 3 Reasons to Believe in the Law of Attraction.
1) It’s about feeling good
At its core, the Law of Attraction is about thinking good thoughts and feeling good feelings. Isn’t that a good enough reason to try it out?
This doesn’t mean you pretend you aren’t feeling negative feelings, though. Actually, the skillset of the LoA involves watching your negative thoughts/feelings, and then actively learning to redirect and transmit them to new thoughts and feelings.
That’s a powerful skillset in and of itself! You are learning to empower your mindset to one of empowerment.
Even if the Law of Attraction isn’t metaphysically real, it’s worth building this skillset, IMO.
2) You’ll expand your imagination
One of the fun elements of the Law of Attraction is daydreaming, imagining, and envisioning possibilities in life. For instance, one game Esther Hicks recommends is the “Wouldn’t It Be Nice If” game. The purpose of this practice is to simply invite your mind to think about positive events unfolding, e.g.
“Wouldn’t it be nice if I suddenly got a raise?”
“Wouldn’t it be nice if I felt refreshed after waking in the morning?”
“Wouldn’t it be nice if my Dream Company reached out to me?”
“Wouldn’t it be nice if I went to dinner with my spouse tomorrow night?”
And so on.
Simply imagining nice things happenings plants the seed for them to come true, while also allowing you to feel more joyful feelings, and expanding your imagination for what you want to experience during this life. Scientifically, the Reticular Activating System (RAS) lights up in the brain as you envision good events unfolding. (Even if the LoA isn’t real metaphysically, this visioning in the brain is basic for what you want to occur to actually occur. If you want to make yourself eggs, you first imagine yourself making the eggs).
Now, I can already hear you saying, “but I don’t want to fall for wishful thinking, and just pretend good things are going to happen! I need to be based in reality!”
Fair enough….can you do both? Allowing yourself to feel joyful feelings seems worthwhile in and of itself. You can still monitor reality to see what’s actually happening in the present. But who knows, maybe one moment you’ll realize that the event you imagined a month ago actually comes true!
3) You’ll Start to Believe in Yourself
A huge part of the LoA is the art of positive expectation and allowing your dreams to come to you. In other words, you learn to trust yourself and the results that are on their way. Rather than stay in a mode of fear that nothing good will happen, you begin to expect, believe, and even assume that good things are unfolding for you.
Another term for this is unwavering faith. Think of the relentless mindset Michael Jordan had as a basketball player. No matter if he had missed the past 9 shots in a given game, he wouldn’t stop believing that the very next shot he took would work out for him. He was determined and he believed in himself.
Entertaining the Law of Attraction as a real possibility is, ultimately, the opportunity to step into unwavering faith in yourself. Whatever the metaphysical truth is about how the Law of Attraction works, that faith seems inconvertibly valuable.
A Final Word on Taking Action
As you go on your way, remember that no matter how skilled your mind, hard action is needed to create results in your life. You can’t skip that. At the same time, you can also let go of the forced, grinding “make it happen” type mindset that many high-achievers take on. As a new approach, the Law of Attraction invites you to step into a place of allowance and trust, knowing and expecting good events to happen WHILE you take the necessary action.
Above all, in reading this post, I hope you take a mindset of abundance and self-interest, asking yourself, “how can I find value in what I just read?”
