At this point, if you are reading this article, I can assume you have heard of the movie “The Secret” and are aware on some level of the Law of Attraction. I believe this over-simplified treatment of the issue served a purpose in prompting people to investigate further but I have attempted with this series of articles to paint a deeper picture of the factors involved and tie it to the teaching of the “constitution of man”. If you check our Archives you will find articles on this subject that will help to clarify it further.
The Law of Attraction is really the Law of Attraction and Repulsion and operates in conjunction with the Laws of Resonance and Karma. Nothing exists in a void and all of these things are related and interactive. I’m sorry to make it sound so complex but as we move forward you will realize that since these factors are all working in harmony, (whether we are or not) it really means that the right actions and motivations align these forces and that’s what makes things happen.
Let’s break it down a bit and I’ll show you what I’m talking about. We are all “acting” in one way or another all day long. Every action creates an immediate and opposite reaction. This was posited by Sir Isaac Newton and classified into the various Laws of Inertia. Inertia is a physical plane manifestation of the Law of Karma. Karma means “deed” or “action”. It does not mean “bad action”. “Bad” is an illusion at worst and, more likely, a mental construct. When I push on a wall, the wall pushes back with equal force. Pressure is equally distributed in a closed system. I am not “good pressure” and the wall is not “bad pressure”. We are two sides of the same coin.
We have all heard the phrase “what goes around, comes around”. “Garbage in, garbage out” has a similar implication. What we are putting out into the world will be coming right back at us. We are casting our bread upon the waters, and we will see it again “in many days”. So, what are you putting out there? Are you spreading happiness and joy or are you negative much of the time and spreading your misery to those around you through endless complaint and criticism? Think about the effect that is having on your ability to create happiness for yourself. Tony Robins does a demonstration where he has one audience member mimic the physiology of another and see if they can intuit the thoughts of the person they are imitating. It’s remarkable how accurate they can be at times.
How we feel creates a resonance on the astral (emotional) plane and astral matter that vibrates in harmony with that resonant frequency will be attracted as other particles which are not responsive are thrown off. Have you ever seen a cartoon of a guy with a cloud over his head? Do you know anyone like that? It’s interesting that a cloud is used because emotional images are always liquid and frequently use weather metaphors. In this condition, even if we have a good idea, it will be squished by all of the negative “what ifs” and not survive. The same rules apply to the finer Manasic (mental) plane substance of our thoughts themselves. “As a man thinketh in his heart so is he”. Note the involvement of mind and emotion in creating “the man”. It’s creating his world at the same time.
Everything in the universe is the result and the outward appearance or creation of consciousness of one form or another. That is the basis (for some) of the assumption of the one creator. We are all wholes and parts at the same time, just as our cells are whole lives and essential parts of our lives, with incidentally, no idea of what the purpose of the whole may be or what their part contributes to that purpose. As we carry this idea higher we approach the whole whole and call it “God”.
My consciousness uses my mind and can examine my motives if it has a functional level of detachment. If it is overcome by my emotional nature it has a much harder time using the mind to create or analyze the world and we can have a reality “clouded” by fear, separateness, and greed. If we detach and we become capable of active harmlessness we can stop creating “bad Karma”, and start resonating with the “Law of Love”, the cohesive force that holds the universe together. That is part of the process of alignment. We are aligning our will with the divine will and under those circumstances it is easier to create a reality of happiness and success.
The Secret tells us that what we focus on we will see more of, so if you are running around thinking and feeling like a victim you will find plenty of evidence to re-enforce that idea. If you focus on problems you will always be able to find new ones when you need them. You will always find what you are looking for even if you think you are looking for something else. There are so many of us that can find 100 reasons why an idea can’t work and every single one of them is true. There are others who can find a solution to every one of those obstacles and they are the ones who get things done. Which one are you?
