Law of Attraction Misconceptions

By Colin Joss
The law of attraction simply states that Like Attracts Like. Events happen because of the energies we give out and in turn attract. This happens regardless of whether or not we deliberately try to control the energies we give out. Belief in this statement would make us euphoric. If we fill ourselves with positive energy, we will attract positive energy and ultimately we would be in 'heaven' where only positive things happen to us and everything is perfect!

Unfortunately, the reality is that we are not in 'heaven' but on 'earth'. On earth we find that everything is not governed and controlled by the Law of Attraction. In our day to day lives we find that just exuding good energies is not surrounding us with good energies and insulating us from all negative energies. Therefore no matter how much good energy we are filled with and surrounded by, bad and negative things still happen to us.

Some feel that that last statement makes the Law of Attraction not a real concept. Yet you have to believe that good things are going to be coming your way. You always need to look for that silver lining no matter how gray things may seem right now. Faith is a very important element of the Law of Attraction. Without it, you are just fooling yourself that you have taken control of your own life.

With positive energy you can see the world for what it is. You can accept responsibility for what goes on around you. Too many people fail to realize this though. They are still caught up in the belief that bad luck follows them. They tend to look for blame to pass off on others around them so they don't have to accept responsibility for those things in their life that they don't like. It is the wise person though that is able to identify the sources of negative energy that they too put out there. This way they can make a conscious effort to change it.

Focusing on the positive also presupposes that we will also be able to control the energies of those around us or that those around us are also surrounding themselves with positive energy, thereby creating an island of positive energy. We presume that when we do someone a favor, they in turn will return the favor. We help to clean out a neighbor's garage with the assumption that when the need should arise, they in turn would help us clean out our garage. However this does not always happen in practice. Using this example to debunk the Law of Attraction would be shortsighted. The fault lies not in the faulty definition of the law, but rather in our faulty definition of the same.

We are all human and it is important to understand that. Too many people feel that if they follow the Law of Attraction they can't let any negative energy touch them. That isn't a realistic view and you can have a very long fall when you set your expectations too high off the ground. If you are able to successfully acknowledge that negative energy when it occurs though you can change it before it has the time to really settle within you.

Thing of people as magnets, they are able to attract the type of energy field that they themselves exhibit. It is important to understand that you will have times when negative energy is very hard for you to get rid of. This doesn't mean you are doing anything wrong or that the Law of Attraction isn't working like it should. We have to realize there are factors in life that we have absolutely no control over. So we need to focus our energy on those that we can control in some form. If you want better types of energy to be coming your way then you need to do your part and give off that type of energy so it will be attracted to you.
About the Author:
Colin Joss is the author of the best-selling law of attraction ebook Inspired Attraction. To find out how people just like you - and two stars of The Secret - use the law of attraction every day visit http://www.InspiredAttraction.com
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