Just about everybody knows about the Law of Attraction. It was the main theme of the movie The Secret. It’s been talked about on Oprah, Larry King and about a million other places. It sounds great doesn’t it, this Law of Attraction? Think and manifest. Focus on your desires and feel good and everything you want will come to you. It sounds so simple. Yet, why does it seem to not work for so many people?

The problem is our beliefs. I’m not talking about the beliefs that we claim to have. I’m talking about the deep seated core beliefs about how the world works that we cannot deny. Things like gravity. Things like eating too much junk food and not exercising makes you fat and unhealthy. Things like money comes in exchange for some kind of work, not just sitting on the couch visualizing it.

People want to believe that exercise and calories are irrelevant to health and weight. They would love to visualize money and have the checks just show up in their mailbox. Some folks would enjoy bending the law of gravity a bit. The Law of Attraction would encourage these ideas. However, trying to ignore or deny your deep seated beliefs is just another form of resistance. If you know anything about LOA then you know that resistance or pushing against something brings more of it. So, for example, if you are determined to believe that you can look like Jillian Michaels without ever lifting a dumbbell you will fail and probably just get fatter. Because as much as we want to believe, as much as we might see the potential and be open to the possibility of such a thing our true core belief is that it’s not possible.

We must get honest with ourselves and recognize what our real beliefs are. Once we know them, and once we stop fighting them, we can make them work for us. First of all you must fully accept where you are now in order to move forward. If you hate everything in your now and are desperate to have something else, then you may free yourself of the outer circumstances. The details will be different. It will look different at first glance but, all the elements that you put your energy into hating will still be there in some form. So, accept your beliefs, whatever they are.

Believing that healthy eating and exercise are required to get a lean, fit, healthy body is one example. Deep down you believe this but, you don’t want to eat healthy, you don’t want to exercise. If you could change your deep seated belief about it then you could have the dream body without any effort. However, it is rare that anyone can do this. So, accept your beliefs on the subject. Then use the Law of Attraction to work with them.

Start visualizing an exercise session that feels easy. If that’s too big a leap to start, then imagine exercise being OK or tolerable. Imagine your workout is very effective and that you are burning lots of calories. Imagine that you feel fantastic at the end of the workout. Spend time imagining yourself all lean and gorgeous as well but, don’t insist that you get there in a way that circumvents your core beliefs.

Let’s talk money. I cannot think of a single LOA guru who sits on their butt and visualizes money and just has it come to them out of nowhere. Every single one of them works for their money. They may love their work. It may feel like play to them. But they work for their money. If the gurus have to work for it then the rest of us probably have to work for it too.

I’ll give you a personal example. My life seems to go along fine in most areas but, not so much with money. It’s not that I’m destitute or anything close. It’s just that in this one area my goals and my current reality are exponentially further apart than with any other subject. On the other hand I’m really successful in the area of health and fitness. It finally dawned on me that if I spent as much time on making money as I do on being fit and healthy, I’d probably be a millionaire!

Yet, all this talk of visualizing and feeling good in order to get what I want had suckered me into doing little more than wishing for it. Why? I don’t want to have to work hard doing something I hate and I feel unsure how to make money outside of that. And this is where the Law of Attraction really works. Rather than insisting that all you have to do is visualize, intend to receive guidance from the Universe about what action to take. Ask for opportunities to present themselves. Look for ideas and inspiration.

The more you DO things that feel right and feel good toward your goals and desires, the more you become immersed in that energy. The more you see evidence of moving in the right direction the better you feel and the more actions you take that move you further.

According to LOA you should get your energy in alignment with what you want before you take action. I can see the sense in this. I know that when I go and do something that I’m feeling off about it rarely turns out well. However, don’t spend too much time getting the energy lined up. Do it quickly and then get out and do. The strides you will make in comparison to when you were trying to deny your core beliefs will blow you away.

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