extremely popular in spiritual circles and New Thought churches. However, misunderstanding the application of “you create your reality” can be another mistake made by aspirants on the spiritual path that exacerbates fear, worry, and stress.
Don’t worry—I’m not going to tell you to stop using the Law of Attraction to manifest what you want in your life. It’s a very powerful and effective spiritual tool, used properly. But I want you to take a closer look at it and how you apply it.
What Is the Law of Attraction?
For those of you who may be new to this concept, the Law of Attraction became very popular with the release of the movie The Secret and the work of a number of well-known spiritual teachers who were in the movie or associated with it, such as the Abraham/Hicks teachings. In essence, this spiritual principle states that we attract whatever we hold in our consciousness. In other words, our thoughts create our reality.
Olivia Tiffin, author of The Happiness Textbook: The Ultimate Manual for Mastering Law of Attraction, describes it this way: “The most simple and basic description of [the] law of attraction is that like attracts like. You attract what you think about. Your thoughts have a frequency, and [the] law of attraction matches the frequency of your thoughts with manifestations of the same frequency.”
There is a lot of truth to this practice, and you can experience the results by holding a clear intent in your mind and seeing what happens as a result. For example, if you focus on the idea that people are helpful and kind, and you really believe that thought and feel it in your heart, you’re much more likely to experience other people doing kind acts. Some of this result is from what you attract, and a lot of it is from what you choose to put your attention on.
The Law of Anxiety
Unfortunately for many of us, we can use the Law of Attraction to create more anxiety. This is what I call the Law of Anxiety: if you worry about what you’re thinking, you’ll worry more about what you’re thinking. If you fear what you’re thinking, you’ll become more afraid of your thoughts. If you’re stressed out about the thoughts you have, you’ll create more stressed-out thoughts.
Sarah, a highly savvy spiritual person who has studied many modalities of healing and transformation, including yoga, somatics, and energy work, found that the Law of Attraction agitated her anxiety more and more. She described it as a constant spin: “Oh my God. I’m thinking negatively again. I’d spin and spin and spin, worrying that I’m worrying.” What she had hoped would calm her by creating the reality she desired simply kept her in the anxiety loop.
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