Many say that the law of attraction is vital to getting what you want out of life and, although, I have been a believer and naysayer over the years, I’m just beginning to really understand it.  Basically, the law of attraction states that what you think and believe grows and manifests.  So, if you think you’ll get the promotion, great partner, tons of money and the perfect body, you’ll get it.  Seems easy, right?  Then why don’t we have what we think we want?

There are a lot of reasons why the law of attraction doesn’t work but the most powerful is that what you mean and what you think can be diametrically opposed.  For example, you can think, say and affirm that “you are not your weight” but if you don’t mean or feel that’s true in your body and soul then you are at odds.  More importantly, the Universe gets confused and will go with what you mean/feel and not what you say, thereby, voiding the affirmation you think and say.

The trick to the law of attraction is to get your thoughts and feelings to align.  This isn’t so easy because I have been on a quest to figure out how to do this for the last 18 months!  What has worked for me is realizing that “I’m The Only One” has the answers (I included a link to my blog post here).  If I pay attention to external forces to approve of myself, I will NEVER think I’m OK, if I let external forces define my thoughts and beliefs then I will always be misaligned.

In order to align, start by discovering what you feel and mean about yourself.  Do you REALLY, deep down in your soul believe that you’re not good enough because you’re not the perfect weight or eating the perfect diet?  Or is this belief a result of thoughts planted by external forces?  Feelings and beliefs should drive thoughts, not the other way around.  We often get it confused and let negative, externally influenced thoughts play on repeat to form our beliefs.  Self-discovery into how we REALLY feel about ourselves will usually uncover that we ARE OK and that we love ourselves once we push aside the toxic thoughts.  This is the stuff that makes the law of attraction work for us and get us a life filled with joy, peace and love.

Here are a few resources I like on the law of attraction:

1. E-Squared by Pam Grout:  http://www.amazon.com/E-Squared-Do-It-Yourself-Experiments-Thoughts-Insights/dp/B00CAYHVKQ/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1401125366&sr=8-2&keywords=e+squared
2. Esther Hicks Video:  http://www.hayhouseworldsummit.com/home-registered-free/?vid=93299716