Good question. Maybe by now you have watched The Secret or What the Bleep Do We Know, but like most people, you may still have tons of questions. I thought maybe a question and answer article might be helpful.

The idea for this article is the result of a thought about how I frequently broach this subject (when it fits neatly into a conversation. I don’t just blurt it out when someone is, say, talking to me about the weather). I have discovered through trial and error that the uninitiated tend to shut down when I offer long explanations, so I decided to shave down my broaching to a few short sentences that contain a question. It’s usually something like
“Have you heard of the law of attraction?”
“Yeah, but I’m not sure exactly what it is.”
“You know when you’re in a bad mood and your day just seems to keep getting worse? You are attracting it and you can do the same with good stuff.” or some such version. Most people change the subject, eyebrows raised, but I’m not concerned with their assessment of me.

I tend to use the example of a bad experience because most people willingly accept that when they are having a bad day, it is entirely their fault. And, truthfully, it is. But so is having a good day. Most people tend to want to give their power away when it comes to the good events in their lives.

I understand that everyone is in a different place when it comes to understanding how life works. Not everyone goes in search of the answers to the big questions “Why am I here?” “What is after death? etc. And that’s okay. But you are here, so I can guess that maybe you are seeking a few more answers. I won’t answer the biggies, but I will try and answer some of the questions I think most people ask when first exploring this topic.

Q -What is the Law of Attraction?

The simplest answer is, it is the force in the universe that makes all things happen. For you, it is everything from astonishing miracles to getting milk from the store. The entire physical universe it working because of it.

Q – Getting milk? Really?? Give me a break..

The law of attraction is not a religion or special idea that only some people get to know about or some kind of voodoo hocus-pocus. It’s just a law. Like gravity. If you think about doing something, imagine it happening and don’t even have one iota of doubt that it will happen, it does. Yes, like getting milk from the store.

Just because it has a special name does not mean that it only applies to special events in your life. You intend it, it happens, regardless of the significance you choose to place on it.

Q – What do you mean when you say “universe” then?

It is not a reference to the physical universe of planets and such. It’s more of a way of saying “that which makes everything happen”. The word tends to conjure up thoughts of “everything” and so I believe it was coined as a way to remove the focus from symbolism while explaining God. The original intention was probably to get us to open our minds up to the vastness of what God is and spend less time focusing on God’s personification.

Which is why I have adopted the term into my vocabulary. I could just as easily come up with my own term but that would feel like I am just trying to get attention for the sake of getting attention. Not my style. Besides, I like the word.

I absolutely, without a doubt, believe there is something greater than myself. I just think that what God is cannot be completely comprehended by my physical brain. I liken it to trying to explaining everything you know to a cockroach. Why can’t he understand? Not enough brain capacity. Why am I so special that would get to know everything? I am the cockroach equivalent when it comes to the mysteries of the universe.

Q -How can this possibly work?

Very good question. If everyone is making requests at each moment, how can everyone get their answers all the time?

To try and wrap my mind around this, I imagine a very large, extremely complicated machine for which I have no understanding of it’s machinations. I don’t know what it’s parts are or what they look like or how many parts there are, only that there are many more than I can imagine. But I do know that the machine works. A computer would be a good comparison. It executes a ridiculous number of requests in the blink of an eye. Now imagine the worlds largest super computer handling billions of requests simultaneously and you begin to get the idea. Do you need to know how it works? No. Do you trust that it does? Yes. Unlike the computer though, the universe doesn’t make errors. So maybe a brain would be a better comparison. With each person being a tiny part of the whole brain. Each person expressing a small part of the whole.

At all times it is answering not just yours, but everyone else’s requests (conscious or not) and figuring out the fastest, most efficient way to answer all those requests simultaneously. Each time you interact with someone requests are being answered. Every time, period. Without exception. Sometimes the interactions seem meaningless to you, but maybe they are meaningful for the other person. Maybe they are meant for a third party observer. More than likely it is all of those.

Sometimes there is no greater meaning than it’s immediate resolution. Changing a dirty diaper would be a good example of this.

When you are able to get the hang of this and experiment with it a bit, begin noticing how others who are involved in your answer are feeling. Try and imagine what and why they attracted their their end of the response. And remember that you are someone else’s answer as well as your own.

Q -When am I attracting stuff?

All the time at every moment weather you are intending to or not.

Q -How long will it take for me to live consciously every day?

I get so frustrated when I want an answer and some says “It depends”, but it is true here. I would imagine that your openness to out-of-the-box-thinking and general exposure to such concepts throughout life will have an impact, or maybe, if you are at a serious crossroads in your life, you may have an aha moment. So, it depends.

Q -How is Quantum Physics describing it?

Watch “What The Bleep Do We Know”. The universe is not only stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine.

Q – How can I begin working on living consciously?

Start small. A great exercise to begin with is to focus on things that you already do. As in, getting milk. Pay attention to how you feel when you decide to do it. Are there any negative feelings? i.e. “I don’t feel like going” or “I have so many other things to do” or maybe even “Why do I have to do it? Why can’t someone else go”. Take a few moments, imagine going and try not to have an emotional reaction. See it as easy and effortless. Pay attention to what happens when you finally do go. It may take a few times of trying but you can do this. I promise. You are using this as an exercise for bigger and better things by teaching yourself to feel good. Just like any other muscle, when you start exercising, there is a learning curve. Realize that this is a part of the process and a step backwards is to be expected. Have faith in yourself to be able to do this. Think of the whole process as a trip to the store to buy milk.