The Secret…

Have you ever had a moment where an event in life happens and you say (often to yourself), “I was just thinking about that.”  Maybe it was a friend you hadn’t spoken to in a long time; and wouldn’t you know, they call within a week or two.  That is The Secret and it’s really no secret at all.  It’s called the Law of Attraction and it states that what we think about we bring about. 

 

You’ll find many other ways of stating the Law of Attraction.  One of which is hanging in my Exam Room: “If you can imagine it, you can achieve it.  If you can dream it, you can become it.”   A Chiropractor, Dr. John DiMartini states it as, what you think about and thank about, you bring about. 

 

I have used the steps in The Secret in my own life.  It is how I maintain my health.  I truly believe that I am always healthy.  Even when society would say that I am “sick.”  I believe that my body is in the pro-cess of health.  I have faith that the feeling of health will follow the pro-cess of health.

 

In fact, the Bible states the Law of Attraction as “Ask and you shall receive” or “where two or more gather in my name, what you ask for you shall be granted.”

 

In the Secret, the Law of Attraction is presented as a means of making more money, finding a spouse or finding something simple like a parking space.  It is about far deeper things than the superficial like money and sex.  Being a principle (AKA law), you can insert anything that you want into the principle; so long as your mind and heart are pure you will achieve it.  When you make it your deepest most heartfelt desires, life becomes extraordinary.

 

Purity is the major take home message that I get from watching The Secret.  If you aren’t pure, if you are holding onto something negative, anything at all, then you will hold yourself back.  Along those lines, it is more than just positive thought.  Anybody can think positive.  The Secret states that you must believe and have faith.  It is one thing to say that “I am happy” and another to believe that you are, especially when things are down.  Just as in my example of being healthy.

 

Another example of the Law of Attraction occurred when I first returned home from Chiropractic College.  Suzy and I were living with her parents and we were literally broke.  Suzy pulled out a winter coat out of the closet to go on a job interview.  She reached into her pocket and found a paycheck from two years prior that she forgot to cash.  She was focused on finding a job and getting our finances on track and she found a check she didn’t think existed.

 

So what are the steps that are the Law of Attraction?  First, you ask.  I prefer the word Pray.  Prayer is when you ask something of God, meditation is when you listen to God’s requests of you.  Ask God to grant you your deepest desires.  Second is to believe.  You must believe with every ounce of your being that your request is being granted (yes, present tense).  It may take longer than you want.  Lord knows I understand that one as Suzy and I look for a house.  The third step is you must take action.  Do the things and take the steps required of you.  If you are asking for forgiveness, truly repent.  Talk to that person you are seeking forgiveness from, say the words.  If you are asking for love, be a lover.  Grant your love to anyone and everyone who will accept it, even those you may not want to grant it to.  Lastly is to receive.  You must be open to receiving.  For most of us this is the hardest step.  We are all afraid to receive God’s blessings on us.  We tend to focus on our small idea of him instead of his large idea of us.  The willingness to receive his grace and blessing can carry us through life.

 

The Law of Attraction is truly a law of life.  One way or another you are applying it.  Our minds are always focused on something.  It is the “what” that happens to us.  Ask God to prove to you that it works and that it is good, he has to me.