The law of attraction was first popularized in the 2006 movie “The Secret” by Esther and Jerry Hicks. It has had a huge impact on the mass consciousness, but there is still a large amount of confusion and misconception on its general application.

 

It’s About Vibration, and Action

 

By utilizing the law of attraction, you will attract into your life – whether wanted or unwanted – whatever you give your energy, focus, and attention to. – Jack Canfield

 

The main idea behind the law of attraction is that people manifest their reality not through their thoughts but through their vibration. The universe will respond to the energy generated by a particular thought as opposed to the thought itself.

 

So, you need to focus on what you want, rather than what you don’t want to project positive energy around your goals.

 

Then you need to take action! You can’t expect the universe to just hand something to you because you ‘manifest’ that you want it! You need to take actions which will encourage the outcome. For example, you can’t simply manifest losing 20kgs and wake up one morning 3 dress sizes smaller. You need to imagine it has already happened, visualize yourself at the weight you want to be rather than how much you need to lose, visualize what that outcome will look like and believe that it will happen. You then need to make the lifestyle changes which will give you the desired outcome, but it will be easier to achieve because you have focused on it, visualized it, believed in it and taken the action! That is the true nature of manifestation. You can’t manifest winning the lottery if you don’t buy a ticket!

 

Putting the action in attraction is an important step in achieving your goals! As soon as you activate the Law of Attraction, you'll go further, faster. – Jack Canfield

 

Letting Go of Limiting Beliefs

 

The level of internal resistance people have to the things that they want is not generally understood. People are typically limited by an identity of themselves based on their current situation. When something comes along that is at odds with our idea of ourselves as inferior in some way, we resist. We have to be a vibrational match to a new reality and not be attached to our former convictions.

For example, if you have conscious or unconscious limiting beliefs around wealth and abundance, you will never attract true wealth or abundance. This can be observed when people win the lottery and wind up losing it all some years later.

These limiting beliefs, however, can be removed leaving you open to attract more into your life.

 

Stay Open and Flexible

 

It is important to understand the vibrational equivalent of what you want. You can have an image or a feeling about what you want that makes you feel good. But as you get more precise about how it is supposed to manifest, the universe has fewer ways that it can give it to you.

 

Consider that most successful people have moved and changed their direction and goals. And they do so regularly. They might have a general idea about where they want to go, but they definitely innovate and change as opportunities present themselves, constantly evolving and growing. So, get happy and positive about the future, but don’t get too precise about how it will materialize, trust that the universe may throw an opportunity your way which you would never have considered, which can ultimately give you your desired outcome.