The law of attraction: true or false?
| by Andres Prieto | May 29, 2007
I had lunch with some great friends today. We got into a nice little conversation about the movie The Secret and its subject the Law of Attraction. And one my friends pointed out pretty accurately that it’s not a secret any more! Everybody is talking about it! You can watch special shows on TV, books, DVDs; everywhere, everyday, there are people trying to ‘sell’ you the idea.
And being a ‘believer’ myself, I think this phenomenon has its pros and cons. On the up side, it’s great that people might have started to understand the idea that each and every one of us HAS THE ABILITY to be in control of our lives, and that we have the power to achieve our greatest potential. I mean, at least it gets us to talk about it!
However, it has a major disadvantage from my point of view. There are too many people trying to make money from it! So, instead of making an effort to explain the scientific side of it, they are telling us ‘it’s easy’ – just read the book, watch the DVD, or buy whatever they’re offering.
In the end, it all seems more of the 'positive-thinking, be-positive-and-money-will-magically-fill-your-pockets stuff we’ve heard about a thousand times before’. Fair point, I know.
Now, let me go back one step and tell you the LAW OF ATRACTION IS A SCIENTIFIC FACT.
When I say scientific I mean it can and has been proven to be true by scientific research.
‘Is that true?!’ – You might be thinking. ‘Is it really scientific??’
Do I have your attention yet? I hope so!
Well, yes it is, it absolutely is.
I don’t want to make this explanation longer than it needs to be, so let me get right into it:
The real secret to understanding that the Law of Attraction is a FACT and WORKS – whether you’re aware of it or not, or whether you like it or not – is called RAS or RETICULAR ACTIVATING SYSTEM.
It’s been proven by scientific research that human beings have a group of neurons in our brains which work together as a filtering mechanism. It has been called RAS.
As you know, we receive information and stimuli from the world around us through our five senses – hundreds of thousands at any given moment.
Now, if we were conscious of everything we see, touch, smell, hear or taste at any given moment, we’d go crazy! It wouldn't be possible to handle that much information. That’s when the RAS comes into play. The RAS only allows to enter your conscious what IT BELIEVES TO BE IMPORTANT TO YOU. The rest goes straight to your subconscious for storage.
Think of it as the secretary of the CEO of a company. ‘I’m not returning calls for the next two hours unless it is the marketing manager or the operations manager’. The secretary will ONLY BRING TO THE ATTENTION of the CEO whatever he or she has considered important. That’s exactly how the RAS works.
Now, let me remind you. The RAS exists. It’s as real as you and me. It’s working in you right now. It’s filtering information for you as you read this article. It’s working in your life, every day, because it CANNOT BE TURNED OFF.
Everything that the RAS has considered important for you will come to your conscious attention. YOU’LL HAVE THE CHOICE TO TAKE ACTION.
Please go back to that last sentence because I believe it’s at the CORE of the issue:
IF YOUR RAS BELIEVES A PIECE OF INFORMATION SHOULD BE CALLED TO THE ATTENTION OF YOUR CONSCIOUS MIND, YOU HAVE THE POWER TO TAKE ACTION – YOU’RE AWARE OF IT; YOU CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
Why do I say this is the most important point?
Well, put simply: if whatever you want – your dream body, your dream house, anything you can think off – is in the priority list of your brain, your RAS will BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION everything that you come across with and might be important to achieving those goals!
Let me give you an example: let’s suppose your goal is to buy a house. You want a house by the beach. You’ve even seen the area. That’s what you really want. Now, you start thinking about it a lot. It becomes a true desire in your mind.
THAT IS HOW YOU TELL YOUR RAS THE HOUSE IS IMPORTANT TO YOU. You think about it all the time! You consciously think about it. It becomes even stronger if you write it down. It’s clearer in your mind. It’s even stronger if you picture yourself having achieved it!
So, suddenly, you start realising there are dozens of home lenders in the market! And there are plenty of news on TV or radio about the housing market! TV, radio, newspapers; they are everywhere! And you see web pages talking about the area where the house is, and you notice people talking about home loans. IT JUST SEEMS – SUDDENLY – THAT EVERYBODY IS TALKING ABOUT BUYING HOUSES! Your brain has started to bring to your attention everything that has anything to do with the possibility of buying a house.
Well, you probably guessed it. Those home lenders were already in the market. People buy houses all the time. Magazines, TV commercials, classified ads were already out there.
You just didn’t notice them. YOUR BRAIN DIDN’T THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT!
But there’s more. It suddenly seems you start to get ideas, and see new opportunities. You start paying attention to new ways to save more money. Someone offers you an extra job for the weekends, and you take it happily, BECAUSE IT’S CONNECTED WITH THE ACHIEVEMENT OF YOUR GOAL. You start to have great ideas, as if you had suddenly been touched by a magic wand.
IT SEEMS THAT EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO GET THE HOUSE IS BEING ATTRACTED TO YOU. IT SEEMS MAGICAL.
But there’s nothing magical about it. You’ve seen that now. What’s really happening is that your brain is making you notice things you didn’t notice before. You have pushed your goal higher in the ‘priority list’ in your brain. In other words, you’ve told yourself what is that you really want!
That is what it comes too. Taking control of our lives. Using this huge power within us to become the best we can be. To push the boundaries of what we believe is possible – and achieve our greatest potential.
Use it. Be serious about achieving goals.
That’s where the secret really lies. There’s nothing you cannot achieve.
Just make up your mind – and start thinking about it!
Let the powerful ‘machine’ within you do the work.
Become the life you’ve imagined.
If you want to learn more, Believe and Burn Fat is the program that has turned it around for so many people… why not you? Visit:
BelieveAndBurnFat.com
DREAM. IMAGINE. ACT. ENJOY.
THAT’S WHAT I CALL THE CYCLE OF LIFE.
And being a ‘believer’ myself, I think this phenomenon has its pros and cons. On the up side, it’s great that people might have started to understand the idea that each and every one of us HAS THE ABILITY to be in control of our lives, and that we have the power to achieve our greatest potential. I mean, at least it gets us to talk about it!
However, it has a major disadvantage from my point of view. There are too many people trying to make money from it! So, instead of making an effort to explain the scientific side of it, they are telling us ‘it’s easy’ – just read the book, watch the DVD, or buy whatever they’re offering.
In the end, it all seems more of the 'positive-thinking, be-positive-and-money-will-magically-fill-your-pockets stuff we’ve heard about a thousand times before’. Fair point, I know.
Now, let me go back one step and tell you the LAW OF ATRACTION IS A SCIENTIFIC FACT.
When I say scientific I mean it can and has been proven to be true by scientific research.
‘Is that true?!’ – You might be thinking. ‘Is it really scientific??’
Do I have your attention yet? I hope so!
Well, yes it is, it absolutely is.
I don’t want to make this explanation longer than it needs to be, so let me get right into it:
The real secret to understanding that the Law of Attraction is a FACT and WORKS – whether you’re aware of it or not, or whether you like it or not – is called RAS or RETICULAR ACTIVATING SYSTEM.
It’s been proven by scientific research that human beings have a group of neurons in our brains which work together as a filtering mechanism. It has been called RAS.
As you know, we receive information and stimuli from the world around us through our five senses – hundreds of thousands at any given moment.
Now, if we were conscious of everything we see, touch, smell, hear or taste at any given moment, we’d go crazy! It wouldn't be possible to handle that much information. That’s when the RAS comes into play. The RAS only allows to enter your conscious what IT BELIEVES TO BE IMPORTANT TO YOU. The rest goes straight to your subconscious for storage.
Think of it as the secretary of the CEO of a company. ‘I’m not returning calls for the next two hours unless it is the marketing manager or the operations manager’. The secretary will ONLY BRING TO THE ATTENTION of the CEO whatever he or she has considered important. That’s exactly how the RAS works.
Now, let me remind you. The RAS exists. It’s as real as you and me. It’s working in you right now. It’s filtering information for you as you read this article. It’s working in your life, every day, because it CANNOT BE TURNED OFF.
Everything that the RAS has considered important for you will come to your conscious attention. YOU’LL HAVE THE CHOICE TO TAKE ACTION.
Please go back to that last sentence because I believe it’s at the CORE of the issue:
IF YOUR RAS BELIEVES A PIECE OF INFORMATION SHOULD BE CALLED TO THE ATTENTION OF YOUR CONSCIOUS MIND, YOU HAVE THE POWER TO TAKE ACTION – YOU’RE AWARE OF IT; YOU CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
Why do I say this is the most important point?
Well, put simply: if whatever you want – your dream body, your dream house, anything you can think off – is in the priority list of your brain, your RAS will BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION everything that you come across with and might be important to achieving those goals!
Let me give you an example: let’s suppose your goal is to buy a house. You want a house by the beach. You’ve even seen the area. That’s what you really want. Now, you start thinking about it a lot. It becomes a true desire in your mind.
THAT IS HOW YOU TELL YOUR RAS THE HOUSE IS IMPORTANT TO YOU. You think about it all the time! You consciously think about it. It becomes even stronger if you write it down. It’s clearer in your mind. It’s even stronger if you picture yourself having achieved it!
So, suddenly, you start realising there are dozens of home lenders in the market! And there are plenty of news on TV or radio about the housing market! TV, radio, newspapers; they are everywhere! And you see web pages talking about the area where the house is, and you notice people talking about home loans. IT JUST SEEMS – SUDDENLY – THAT EVERYBODY IS TALKING ABOUT BUYING HOUSES! Your brain has started to bring to your attention everything that has anything to do with the possibility of buying a house.
Well, you probably guessed it. Those home lenders were already in the market. People buy houses all the time. Magazines, TV commercials, classified ads were already out there.
You just didn’t notice them. YOUR BRAIN DIDN’T THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT!
But there’s more. It suddenly seems you start to get ideas, and see new opportunities. You start paying attention to new ways to save more money. Someone offers you an extra job for the weekends, and you take it happily, BECAUSE IT’S CONNECTED WITH THE ACHIEVEMENT OF YOUR GOAL. You start to have great ideas, as if you had suddenly been touched by a magic wand.
IT SEEMS THAT EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO GET THE HOUSE IS BEING ATTRACTED TO YOU. IT SEEMS MAGICAL.
But there’s nothing magical about it. You’ve seen that now. What’s really happening is that your brain is making you notice things you didn’t notice before. You have pushed your goal higher in the ‘priority list’ in your brain. In other words, you’ve told yourself what is that you really want!
That is what it comes too. Taking control of our lives. Using this huge power within us to become the best we can be. To push the boundaries of what we believe is possible – and achieve our greatest potential.
Use it. Be serious about achieving goals.
That’s where the secret really lies. There’s nothing you cannot achieve.
Just make up your mind – and start thinking about it!
Let the powerful ‘machine’ within you do the work.
Become the life you’ve imagined.
If you want to learn more, Believe and Burn Fat is the program that has turned it around for so many people… why not you? Visit:
BelieveAndBurnFat.com
DREAM. IMAGINE. ACT. ENJOY.
THAT’S WHAT I CALL THE CYCLE OF LIFE.
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