I recently read several discussions about different views regarding Rhonda Byrne’s movie The Secret. There are a lot of people that believe in the Law of Attraction and then there are those people that are totally against it. But what about those of us that are not really sure about this law?

  I think first of all we must stop calling it a “secret” because it is not such a big secret as they would like it to be, and secondly there is a lot more to the law of attraction that just visualising and positive thinking. There is also some action involved.

  So where did it all start?

  I am a devoted Christian and maybe because of this it allows me to see The Secret from a different perspective. In the movie they say you must ask the universe, but in my life I ask God and I always get from God what I ask for. If I ask for something and I don’t get it I know that I doubted the possibility of getting what I asked for. I did not receive because I had no faith. 

  If we look back and we start at the beginning we see that God created the earth and man. Everything in this universe is indeed energy and everything does start with a thought - so did the universe. God looked at everything around Him and he said let there be light and there was light. In other words things happened effortlessly for Him. If we look at the word “effortlessly” we see that its meaning is “done without effort”. Now if we look at the word “effort”, which means “the use of physical or mental energy to do something”, we see that the entire picture changes because God used mental energy to create earth. He saw it, spoke the words and then creation took place.

  If you think of anything you do there is some kind of action involved. If you think you use energy. I hope this make sense so far. To make it easier to understand, you can close your eyes and wish for that new car and you can feel how it will feel to drive the car. The car will not pop up from nowhere unless you do something about it.

  Everything in this world is cause and effect. For every action there is a reaction and by understanding this you will understand how it is possible for you to create your own reality. Man was created and given free will and the ability to think thoughts and make discussions.

  In The Secret they say that you attract good as well as bad things to you, even the car accident that you are involved in. I agree with this statement because I experienced this when I was involved in a car accident a few years ago. I rolled my car one afternoon and saw myself dying at that moment, but I knew that I was not ready to die. I closed my eyes and asked God to save my life. It is not necessary to say that He did. The accident was the reaction to my actions. I went out with friends the night before which resulted in me having very little sleep that night. I also spent the entire day in the sun to watch a cricket game so by the time I drove home I was so tired and drained that I had a black out. I lost control of the car and I had the accident - cause and effect.

  Another very important thing we must remember is that the universe is governed by natural laws. If this wasn’t the case life would be chaos. We also need laws to assist us in living our lives. In the Bible book of Exodus God gave us a set of laws to live our lives by. Universal laws are a reality. There are however a lot of laws regarding the working of our minds not just the law of attraction. I have listed 6 of these universal laws regarding the mind below and will try to explain them to you. The explanations are the way I understand them and the way they work for me. I don’t want to claim that this is the right way but it is the way things work for me. And yes I don’t call it a secret - I call it mind power and every single day I say thank you to God for giving me such a wonderful mind to work with.

  1) Thoughts are real forces. Something is constantly being created by the thoughts you have. I am creating an article now as I am writing this and it is all coming to me via the thoughts that I am thinking right now. I would like to use my golf games as an example here. Before I play a game or go to the driving range to practise I close my eyes and see myself hitting the ball the way I would like to hit it. I go through every step in my mind - my body posture, my clubface, the impact I want from the back swing and my follow through. I tell my mind exactly what I want my body to do and then I let it go. Then I trust that my body will react to my mind. If I don’t get myself in the right frame of mind before I play the game things are generally a disaster. The point is that the physical action is so fast when you hit that ball you don’t have time to think about your actions.  You have to trust your instinct. That is why I programme my mind before I step onto the course and no I am not a professional golfer. Golf is my passion and a great hobby that allows me to relax.

  2) The mind is both a sending and receiving station. When looking at mothers and their babies have you ever noticed that when the mother is in a bad mood the child is often impossible? When the mother is tired and tries everything to sleep often that child won’t sleep. The same often happens when a mother is in a bad mood. Their child seems to do all the wrong things and yet the day you are in a good mood your child is an angel - they eat, sleep and do everything you want them to. The reason for this is that children feel the energy levels that their parents are sending out. It is almost as though there is an invisible umbilical cord between parents and their children. I experience this with my toddler on a daily basis.

  3) The law of attraction. This law states that “like attracts like” or in another way “thoughts that are emotionalised become magnetised and attract like thoughts”. This is the law that The Secret is all about. If you are in a negative frame of mind and you carry the whole world on your shoulders then you only acknowledge the bad. What are you currently seeing or are you telling your mind to tell your eyes to see? ONLY NEGATIVE THINGS.                

  Do you only see the bad because you focus on the bad? Is it part of your habits and your believes to look at the negatives? Has it been imprinted into your mind and therefore become part of your life? It is almost like being a racehorse with eye flaps to only see what your mind allows you to see. Have you ever noticed that when kids grow up they often have a similar lifestyle to that of their parents? Why? Because that is what they know. Some take a risk and discover that there is more to life than what they have been conditioned to believe. Those are the ones that often make a success of life. The minute you are willing to let go of the past and release the world instead of carrying it on your shoulders is the moment you will have the ability to stand up and see a whole new picture. What we see is what we get. It is written in the Bible that we reap what we sow.

  If you are willing to change your beliefs then you will often see the silver lining before you see the dark cloud. You will have a much more positive outlook on the world and it is then that you realise that you can change your situation. If you think positively your outlook will be more motivated. When you are motivated it becomes a lot easier to achieve your goals. What happens after every winter? We have spring and everything is beautiful and new. The trees get new leaves. These are not new trees but are the same trees the previous year but only with new leaves. Obstacles are like winter they are there so that you can take a look at what you have done and to help you change direction and go where you want to be. It might take a bit longer but the results might be so much bigger. And those few times that you hit an obstacle that you cannot overcome you will know that what you are currently busy with is not in alignment with your ultimate goal. Your current actions are not good for you and this is why it is not working.

  How do I know my goal is aligned with my soul? When the end result is beneficial for you and everybody around you.  The life you live is the life you created for yourself. If you want to be successful think success, see yourself doing your dream job. See life as a sea of opportunities. When you are positive in life you are more creative. Then you realise that if you have money you have a tool to help other people, be it by giving them donations or just inspire them to go for gold. Even by being friendly towards people you can change lives. You will be amazed on how great it feels to give something and not expect to get anything back. Go out there and do something crazy. Give the beggar on the street corner that ten dollar bill. Give to others and more will be given to you. Our greatest problem as humans is that we are selfish. We don’t what to share. There is more than enough sunshine for everybody in this world.

  You will get in life what you focus on. If you live in the past it will walk with you and be your life, but if you are willing to let go and accept the fact that you are creating your life you will be able to change it. God created man with free will. We choose the path we want to walk.

  4) The Law of Control. According to this law we are forever experiencing thoughts, but we have the ability to either entertain these thoughts or dismiss them. What does this mean? If I think negative thoughts those thoughts are there because I allow them to be there. We gave our mind free realm to think what it wants to think. We lost control. The mind depends on information which is it source of life, its food. If we don’t take responsibility and feed our minds it will feed itself with the things around us. It will feed on the negative input on the television, what we hear other people talking about or even the things we read. I am not saying that we mustn’t read the paper or watch TV; we must just not allow these things to have a negative impact on our lives.

  5) The Law of Insertion says that we have the ability to insert any type of thought into our minds. This is easy to understand. We have the ability to control our thoughts. The things we put into our mind are the things we think. It is not hard to control your thoughts. You don’t have to be aware every moment of the day of what you are thinking, but you know that if you feel sad or negative that you were thinking something negative. So when you feel negative just ask yourself what was I thinking about, and then change your thoughts to something that makes you feel good.

  6) The last law I would like to mention is that the inner and outer worlds are connected.  We react to the situations around us. If we hear about a house robberies around us we go out and buy burglar alarms. That is ok we must just not allow these things to make us negative. We must stay positive on the inside. If we think positive thoughts those thoughts will be reflected in our reality. We must stop reacting to the bad situations around us. We must be aware of them, but we must not allow these situations to take control of our lives. We must stay in control of our lives.

  I would like to leave you with a final thought. Visualisation, contemplation and affirmations all have the same purpose - they keep you focused and positive. When you are focused and positive in life there is nothing that can stand in your way of achieving your goals. You must take action and trust your instinct. Just visualising will not get you your dream job - you must also take action. You must go out and apply for the new position or go out and promote yourself as a singer or a dancer. If you want to increase your income go out there and look for a way to do it. If your goal is in alignment with your soul the action will be effortless.

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