What Is the Law of Attraction?

To over one billion people, the New Year has just begun. The Chinese New Year has now turned over from Tiger to Rabbit and along with it many customs and traditions. Like in many cultures, the New Year is ushered in by fireworks, in the belief that it scares away bad spirits. Tradition also follows that families clean out the house to sweep away bad fortune. People decorate their doors and windows with good luck symbols hoping to invite in wealth and longevity.

To non-Chinese people, these superstitions might seem silly or unnecessary. How can little decorations bring you money or long life? Shouldn't you invest instead in stocks or a treadmill? Well, that's one way of thinking. Another way is that it's the Chinese people's way of harnessing the Law of Attraction.

Believing that the New Year will bring fortune or good luck is the second step in the Law of Attraction. The first step involves visualising what you want. It can be anything! But make sure you see every detail of your desire. If you want a car, think about the make and model of it. Think about what it looks like inside. Think about driving it, and how it feels. This will help the universe guide that object to you.

The third step is simply to receive. Of course there will be a bit of a wait in between asking for it and receiving. But being open to the Law of Attraction will allow it to come to you more quickly.

Let's step back first and ask what is the Law of Attraction?

According to Rhonda Byrne, writer of the Secret, says, "Through this most powerful law, your thoughts become the things in your life. Your thoughts become things!" She continues, "Thoughts are magnetic, and thoughts have a frequency. As you think, those thoughts are sent out into the Universe, and they magnetically attract all like things that are on the same frequency. Everything sent out returns to the source. And that source is You."

So you are a huge magnet that attracts things to you just by thinking it. Imagine all the things you can have just be focusing your energy and thoughts on them.

While superstitions and customs have their place in your society, so to does the Law of Attraction. Whether we use it consciously or not, it keeps working. So visualize your desires and ask the Universe for them. You might be pleasantly surprised with what you receive.

By Arvin Cubil Mejillano