Consider what we’ve accomplished with the little bit of brain power we’ve been using since the dawn of man. Is it so hard then to consider the possibilities of what we could achieve?

The Law of Attraction, positive thinking or whatever you want to call it, works on the premise that we’re capable of determining what we have and how we live with the power of our psychic energy.

The idea is that we’re able to direct our mental abilities, our thoughts toward our goals and desires and obtain them.

Granted this ability isn’t something that’s easily obtained. Most people have spent their lives under the impression that the world affects them. Not the other way around.

It’s a generally held belief that if fate is determined by us, it’s through our actions and not our thoughts. But aren’t our thoughts the basis of our actions?

If our thoughts cause us to act, and that action results in obtaining our goal, can we not say our thoughts were responsible for the results? The results of our actions are determined by our thoughts. Whether they’re conscious or not, our thoughts do determine what and who we are.

The concept of “positive thinking” was the last topic and the “Law of Attraction” is the newest. But the focus is still the same. What you think will happen, will happen. Your thoughts will manifest themselves into your reality. The words change, but not the meaning.

Focusing on negative things will cause these negative things to become reality. If your life and mind are filled with anger, hate and dissatisfaction, you will find yourself surrounded by those very same things.

Learning to focus your thoughts on positive things, love, happiness and contentment will have the desired results and your life will be filled with these positive things.

Just wishing for the good things in life will not make them magically appear right before your eyes. It’s a learning process in which you teach yourself to change the way you think.

The average human mind tends to focus on the negative. Worrying about fears, whether real or imagined, consumes much of our thought process. It’s part of our survival instinct. Often this takes place on an unconscious level, and we don’t even notice these thoughts.

The Law of Attraction is the way to change your thinking process. Regardless of its name, the result is the same: Improving your daily life through your thoughts.

Know what you desire and ask for it

Knowing what you want isn’t as easy as it sounds. Aside from the basic physical needs, your mind is filled with wants, desires and fears. Conscious and unconscious.

You need to know why you want the things you want. Maybe what you really want, isn’t what you’re asking for at all. The conscious thoughts produce the same amount of energy as the unconscious ones. And if they’re contrary to one another, you’re defeating yourself.

Believe that what you desire is already yours

Visualizing you having already achieved your desire is an important step. It’s the “positive thinking” step. Focusing on having it will create positive energy. The completion of your desire is a result of this positive energy.

Receive

This step is the one where so many people lose it. It’s the completion of your desire. Allow yourself to acknowledge your right to have your wishes fulfilled.

For many accepting this is the hardest part. If you consciously or unconsciously feel you don’t deserve what you’re asking for, you won’t get it. If you don’t believe you’re worthy of having your desires come true, they never will.

Even more important than knowing how to ask, is knowing what you’re asking for. Understanding what you want and the reasons you want it can give you valuable insight to the thought process that is necessary to achieving your desires.

Asking for riches without know what you want those riches for may not bring you the happiness and satisfaction you anticipated. Realizing why you want money can help you understand what your real desire is.

Do you want it to provide security for your family, or because you really want the power money buys. The goals here are different. And while obtaining one, doesn’t necessarily mean you don’t get the other, it also doesn’t mean you will either.

Asking for another job is good example. Why do you want another job? Is it a second job you want? Or one that pays more? Or are you really wanting a job that you can enjoy doing? Not knowing why you want another job, can lead to dissatisfaction when you get what you asked for.

Because our thought process is constantly working, the Law of Attraction is constantly working as well. Many of our thoughts are at the unconscious level, so we’re not always aware of what type of energy those thoughts may be creating it might be positive thinking or not.

According to the Law of Attraction, if you want something enough and you truly believe it’s possible for you to have it, you’ll probably get it. But the same is true for negative thoughts.

If you spend a lot of time thinking on the things you don’t want or fear, and you believe it’s possible for you to experience them, it’s just as likely they’ll come your way. You can’t avoid unpleasant things by hoping they don’t happen.

Your unconscious is literal and produces negative energy the same as it does positive energy. It doesn’t know the difference. Your unconscious mind doesn’t understand “I don’t want”.

To truly achieve the positive benefits of the Law of Attraction, you have to become aware of what you’re focusing your attention on.

Are you focusing on what you want? Or don’t want? Do you have thoughts or beliefs that are contrary to what you want? If you truly want something, but feel you don’t really deserve it, those thoughts will be translated into energy, and the Universe will “feel” that you don’t deserve it.

Becoming aware of what you’re spending your energy on, enables you to change it. Allowing you to focus all your thoughts on the things you really want.

To make the Law of Attraction work for you, you have to know what you want and ask for it. Then, go ahead and start making plans for after you receive it.

This doesn’t mean ask for money, and then start spending like it’s in your pocket. But make plans for how you’re going to spend the money when it does get here.

The hardest part for most people is to be open to receiving it. This is where doubting you really deserve it can prevent anything good from happening. If you don’t think you deserve good things, they won’t come to you.

Another problem some people have is thinking about the things they don’t want to happen to them. The thought fulfilling universe doesn’t understand the concept of “I don’t want”. If you spend your time dwelling on negative things, that’s what you’re going to get.

The Law of attraction isn’t going to solve all your problems overnight. But if you start practicing it on a conscious level, eventually it will become second nature to you.

You won’t have to steer your mind to thoughts of positive things. It will already be there. Positive thoughts breed positive actions and reactions. Give it an honest try and you may be pleasantly surprised.

We are what we think. It’s a concept almost as old as time itself. From Hinduism, Buddhism, ancient Greek philosophers to modern day religions, this same belief has been taught.

The name of this idea has changed over the centuries. It seems like every other generation feels the need to change it. They feel like it’s necessary to make the idea something new and original in an attempt to attract new believers.

In the last two centuries the prevailing terms have been positive thinking and the Law of Attraction. Both terms have had their popularity.

The Law of Attraction was brought back into popularity with the 2006 film “The Secret”. Christianity has maintained the same term for it throughout its lifetime. Christianity teaches it as the “power of prayer”.

Regardless of the name, the basic concept is the same. You ask for something, truly believe (have faith) you will get it. And last but not least is belief that you deserve to have it.

Whatever you call it, teaching yourself to have positive thoughts and believing you’re deserving of good things can only result in positive gains in your life.

When you know how to ask. That’s the key. Knowing how to ask, and knowing what to ask for. You can ask for anything you want. But asking for a new car when you really want a Porsche, doesn’t mean you’ll be satisfied with just “a new car”. And just saying “I want a Porsche” and then going on about your life as usual probably won’t get it for you.

Focusing your thoughts on getting that new Porsche, picturing yourself driving it, truly believing you deserve it, and allowing it to come to you is the way to get it.

Just asking is only the first step in the Law of Attraction. Feeling and acting as if you’ve received it is the second, knowing you deserve it and allowing it to come to you is the third.

Having doubts about your worthiness produces negative energy. Negative energy produces negative results. If you don’t think you deserve a new Porsche, you won’t get it. If you don’t think the Law of Attraction works, it won’t work for you.

Positive energy is the only way to get positive results. And positive energy is only produced by positive thoughts.

The way to get what you want through the Law of Attraction is learning to control your thought process. Negative thoughts produce as much energy as positive thoughts.

Thinking about your fears and saying “I don’t want that” is probably going to result in your fears being realized. Cosmic energy is literal. It doesn’t understand “I don’t want”.

It produces results based on energy. So if you’re producing more negative energy than positive, your results are going to be negative.

Training your mind to concentrate on the positive instead of the negative is a necessary, but often difficult process. People are worriers.

It’s a survival thing designed to help us remember and avoid the dangers of life. But being aware of our fears and letting them control our thoughts are two different things. Turning the negative fears into positive thoughts is the key.

Your thoughts are yours. They can be your faithful servants or your masters. Which ever you allow them to be. You have the control, you make your choice. You determine which course your thoughts take.

Learning to control your thoughts can be done by learning to control your will. By mastering yourself. Phrases like “I am master of my self” can lead you in the right direction.

Repeating these or similar words, and believing them, will make them real. When confronted with fears and doubts, remembering to “master” your thoughts keeps the positive energy flowing. Leaving no room for the negative energy to manifest.

The problem with artifice and pretence is that they require a lot of work in order to be convincing. Honesty really is the best policy and not only because it is morally the right thing, but also because honesty is the natural thing. Telling the truth relies only on remembering what you have done. Lying relies on remembering what you have said, without the concrete memories to back it up. Sooner or later, you forget what lies you have told and you trip yourself up.

Being honest is rewarded with trust. If you tell a lie and are caught out, you lose a bit of trust, and once that goes it almost never returns. If you are later suspected of having done something of which you are truly innocent, your previous lie will work against your partner believing you. So even if it is only because of how it may come back to haunt you, be honest and be yourself.