I discovered the Law of Attraction
“The Law of Attraction is the compliance between the Universe and your most intense thoughts and feelings”
- Daniel Becerra
I must confess that I’m absolutely excited. Had you seen me an hour ago, you would’ve thought that I have lost it. Or that overwhelming euphoria took over me. It did. I was jumping around my room, smiling, and extending my arms to the sky in absolute joy and as I type this, I’m still smiling. What happened? For the first time since I began to immerse myself into personal development, I caught a glimpse of what the ‘Law of Attraction’ really is, how it works, why it works, and more importantly – how it has worked for me so far. My intent with this article is to help you see how the ‘Law of Attraction’ has also worked on YOU. I believe it will be easier for you to identify with what I write because I’m just like you, I don’t posses a huge bank account (yet), I’m a university student, and I still have plenty of questions about life.
How It Happened
First of all, there are two things I ask of you: one is that you keep an open mind as you read and the second is that you do your best to come back to this article when a realization or breakthrough comes along. For me, the realization came to me as I watched the movie ‘The Secret’‘. The movie centers on one subject ‘The Law of Attraction’. Hold this thought for a second, because I would like to point out that the way I came to watch this movie was actually through the ‘Law of Attraction’ itself. I suggest you rent or buy the DVD as it will make more sense if you do. I also suggest that you google ‘The Law of Attraction’ and read on it as much as you can. Whatever deepens your understanding of it, do that, for the benefits will
be tremendous.
Everything in my life is the consequence of the ‘Law of Attraction’.
- Daniel Becerra
From this website, to the books I read, to the university I attend, and the people I meet – everything, absolutely everything is the consequence of the ‘Law of Attraction’. The movie explained it in a way that really made sense to me after everything I have read and done in my personal growth journey. In a way, the movie complemented my studies. I now see the ‘Law of Attraction’ working in ALL my personal successes and failures and that of the people that I’ve studied or read from. I see it in quotes of the great ones. I can see through people’s writings whether or not they understand the law of attraction. It’s a skill that I certainly didn’t have before – the ability to know who understands this ’secret’.
What is the Law of Attraction?
“It is impossible for us to break the law. We can only break ourselves against the law” – The Ten Commandments Movie
The first thing you need to understand about the ‘Law of Attraction’ is that it’s exactly the first part of the phrase – a law. Not your typical traffic law that can be broken, but a real law. A law is defined as something that just is. It just happens whether anyone likes it or not. It can’t be changed and it can’t be helped. That’s a law and just like the ‘Law of Gravity’, the ‘Law of Attraction’ is always working. This law is really one of the greatest laws of them all, and once you understand it, you can consciously and deliberately set the course of your life. Re-read that sentence one more time – consciously and deliberately are the key words.
Understanding that attraction is a law and not a choice is key to the second part of understanding the law of attraction – that it can make you or it can break you, that whatever you consciously or subconsciously decide to attract, that will come.
You can choose your thoughts, but you cannot choose the consequences of those thoughts.
Choose your thoughts carefully.
Why? The Law of Attraction doesn’t distinguish good from bad. It just makes it so that whatever you think (constantly) becomes reality. Whatever you think about, it will come, whether it’s good for you or not – it’s not up for choice, it just is. Remember the old saying “Thoughts drive actions and actions drive results”. Add to that one word – feelings. “Thoughts and feelings drive actions and actions become results”. Negative feelings (sadness, fear, pessimism, anguish) drive negative results (more sadness, failure, bringing a team down). Positive feelings drive other actions that brings us MORE on those positive feelings. This sounds nice, right? but..
How does it manifest?
“All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
This is what personally sealed the deal for me. Once I understood this, everything clicked. The movie uses the analogy of “Aladdin and the Lamp” in which Aladdin asks a ‘genie’ to grant him three wishes. The movie then leads us to think of the genie as the ’source‘, you can call the source God or the Universe or both. I personally prefer to call it both, for my beliefs tell me that God created the universe and as a consequence, God works through the universe to make things happen for you. Hence why the Bible scripture says “Ask and you shall receive”. What you choose to be your ’source’ is up to you, though. The point is that the universe will re-arrange itself so that things begin to happen for you.
The Universe will re-arrange itself?
Yes, you read that right – the universe will re-arrange itself. How? You don’t need to know how. Just trust that it will happen. This is where skepticism may come in, don’t let it. Accept right now that there is a HIGHER POWER. THIS is the secret. This is the essence of ‘the secret’.
The secret is that the universe is like your genie, it serves you – for good or for bad.
Work in harmony with it.
The universe will make its moves one by one so that the end result of your thoughts is your thoughts themselves. In other words, the universe will make things happen for you – if and only if – your faith remains strong; if your thoughts, feelings, and faith remain the same despite adversity and temporary defeat. From a theological perspective, God will reward your faith if you trust Him long enough. I can attest to this personally as I know that ever since I have begun to follow God, things have seemed to begin happening more and more often for me.
Your duty then is not to re-arrange the universe to make things happen for you, but rather act when the universe tells you to act. Do you ever feel an urgency to do something that’s good, yet there is a bit of fear? That happens to all of us. Don’t let that fear paralyze you, go with your instincts; it’s at this moment that the universe is setting things for you so things begin to go on your favor – but you just need to make that move.
The Time Issue
“There are no impossible goals, only impossible deadlines” – Brian Tracy
How long will your thoughts and feelings take to manifest? I know not. I don’t think anyone does. So how can you know that it will happen? Faith. How can you estimate how long will it take to happen? Well, that’s in direct relation to your alignment with your desires. So if you’re making $10,000 and you have this burning desire of making $100,000, it might not happen over night because the circumstances will not allow it to happen that fast. Chances are you will be led to books, people you will meet, ideas, seminars, opportunities, etc. These events will undoubtedly lead you to your $100,000 – if your faith remains there, that is. Someone in a foreign country that desires with all of his heart to triumph, yet his country doesn’t let him, will probably be presented with the opportunity to travel to one that does. And we see these cases all the time, cases of successful immigrants who had their FAITH TESTED – their faith won, and so did their pockets.
I would like you to take this concept and transfer to the setting of goals. This is a case in which you can easily and clearly see how the law of attraction takes place. What do you think happens when someone writes down his or her goals and puts them in front of his or her face every single day? Right, the belief that one will achieve those goals increases and so does the speed at which the universe works for you. And remember, your thoughts and feelings drive your actions and your actions drive your results. When you write down your goals, you’re simply setting a stand; and upon them, you will feed your faith, thoughts and feelings. Your goals serve you as a constant reminder of the things you wish to attract. They are no longer ‘wishful thinking’, they become – as Napoleon Hill would say – burning desires. Vision boards and daily visualization also serve this process, they remind you, they feed your desires, they make them stronger. The universe takes notice of this, of your desire getting stronger and in turn, will respond faster. It’s not just you who does it. Remember the secret – there IS a higher power.
In the earlier example of an immigrant with unwavering faith having his goals reached, we mention that he or she might have to go through several forms of adversity – one of them, and not the least, is coming to another country – and we understand that because of this adversity, it should take him longer to reach his dreams that someone who has been in that country for a long time (although the case is often the opposite). In the case that it does take him longer than he or she expected, you can use this phrase “There are no impossible goals, only impossible deadlines”. In short, if you don’t meet your goal on the deadline, simply set a new deadline, not a new goal. This is why experts often encourage to set goals that are realistic to your current position, so that you’re less likely to suffer disappointment and more likely to believe that you can achieve it. These experts understand the law of attraction whether they are aware of it or not.
The more you believe and the less your faith diminishes, the faster the universe will work for you.
Remember this timeless truth
The same happens with a negative thought or feeling. Luckily, if you have a negative thought, it doesn’t turn into reality right away; in fact, it taks longer to become reality. As the movie explains ‘We’ll be in trouble if it did’. So if you think once that your partner might be seeing someone else on your back, it doesn’t mean that it will automatically happen – thank God! But if you keep thinking that long enough, eventually you will drive him or her to do exactly that.
What Should Someone Think?
“Ask and you will receive; seek and you shall find; knock and the door will be opened” – Matthew 7:7, The Holy Bible
I or anyone else can’t tell you what to think, but I’m here to share with you the “how” to think. Think positive. Think things that evoke positive feelings. That sounds pretty vague, so let’s explore it deeper. Think about the difference of saying ‘I don’t want to be alone’ and ‘I have great people in my life’. The first only calls for more loneliness, the second only attracts more great people into your life. Can we go a bit further to say that the first statement may not make you alone but that it will bring that person bad people, bad relationships, bad everything? Can we even go even a bit more to say that if the person, instead, takes the time to define what a “great person” is, then he or she is most likely to attract that person, simply because he or she is more clear about what a great person is? Yes.
I’ll use a story at this point (later I’ll share a lot more). I have a female friend who is just plain gorgeous. And I mean, gorgeous. She is not the playboy style gorgeous, she is the gorgeous who looks good with make up or without it. She’s gorgeous in an adorable way. I think you get it. Yet, she doesn’t feel beautiful. She doesn’t perceive herself as beautiful and all the time she tells herself “I don’t want to be alone” or “I’m destined to be alone” or “I only have bad luck with guys”. The result? Despite she being an amazing and gorgeous woman, the guys she attracts are just that – douchebags. She has GREAT guy friends though. Friends who will die for her, friends who respect her, friends who cook her breakfast and take her out and sleep by her side, yet the guys who approach her for romance end up being douchebags.
The interesting thing is that she always tells herself and others that her friends are wonderful, but that the guys she meets are just messed up. Can you see how the law of attraction works there? I can bet you anything that if she used the same feelings and attitude she uses to describe her friends to describe the guys she attracts, then she will attract one hell of a guy.
On the other hand, I have a friend, let’s call her Megan, who may not be as gorgeous as my other friend (her looks are good, just not as much as my other friend), yet she is now engaged to one hell of a man. When I first met the guy, I couldn’t be happier for my friend Megan as I knew she was in good hands. Later, I had a conversation with Megan and she explained to me something she had done years ago. She had written on a piece of paper all of the traits that she wanted her husband to have. She took the time to do so because she understood the importance of settling for nothing less than what you deserve. Some years into the relationship, she took the paper from her drawer and went over the traits she had written years ago. The result made her smile from ear to ear as she was able to put a check next to every single trait that she had written. She had found him, or rather, he found her. She had attracted what she intended. She is planning to show him the paper right after they get married. Megan constructed part of her future. It wasn’t an accident, it was planned.
The universe says ‘Your wish is my command’. So yes, be careful what you wish for.
It is true. The world is designed to work for you.
Megan made good use of the law of attraction, my other friend did not. The ‘Law of Attraction’ does not distinguish. You may as well say that when you have good feelings, you call upon God, and when you have bad feelings, you call upon Satan. It’s okay to see to fall a bit on the dark feelings, but it’s not okay to let them overwhelm you! Take my word for it: You can be gorgeous, but not beautiful. Beauty – despite being on the eye of the beholder – has one universal quality and that is, that one must first find herself beautiful so that others can see her as beautiful too. Sure, Megan could have given up on finding a guy like this. Sure, she could have been scared to give herself to him. Sure, there was fear and almost disbelief as to what she found. But that’s where faith comes in. Did Megan have problems with her boyfriend at some point? Of course. Did she give up? No. Did he give up? No. Now, don’t we all have problems with our partner? Yes. But why do we give up? The excuse of “I’ve been hurt in the past” no longer applies. Today, that’s pretty much everyone’s case. I can tell you a hundred cases of people who have experience tremendous amount of adversity and yet have come back. Your suffering is not so unique, realize that.
The Difference Maker
“Here is what’s pity – someone who inherits a million but doesn’t become a millionaire in his mind” – Jim Rohn
What makes the difference? How do you go from ‘wishful thinking’ to ‘burning desire’? How do you know when you’re ready? I mentioned before that the ‘x’ feeling is key. There is an identity shift and once you have it and for as long as you keep it, you’ll get what you want. Sure, everyone wants something, but how badly do they want it? How do these two different views relate to the ‘Law of Attraction’? Does the ‘Law of Attraction’ accept one but not the other? These are all valid questions, especially the last one – does the law of attraction work on ‘wishful thinking’ even though it’s positive?
Well, does it? Think about it. If you think ‘I wish I had that car’. I think the universe wouldn’t take that statement as serious as “I drive this car”. The universe moves at our speed and at our desire. I’d dare to say that the law of attraction does respond to ‘wishful thinking’ but it responds to it so slowly that there is more chance of disappointment and one will never get to see his ‘wishes’ come true. A burning desire on the other hand, is on constant movement, on constant demand, on constant action, and therefore the universe responds a lot quicker. So if you want to see your ‘dreams’ come true and not to remain ‘wishes’ forever, you gotta act and dream big. Yes, it is true, the law of attraction works only with your hand and feet – don’t fall cocky though, accept that you cannot do things alone, not without the help of the universe or God. A friend of mine put it best when he said “You can try all you want and work as hard as you want, but if God doesn’t help you, it will not happen”. This is true, if it wasn’t, miracles wouldn’t occur.
So here is the key: Get in the feeling that you want and act as if it was there, even if it’s not there yet. Jamie Craven did this to improve his fitness and the results were astonishing. Do you want to be loved? Act as if you were already loved. Do you want to attract people in high energy for one night? Then get into high energy for that night? Do you think that it’s coincidence that confident men attract confident women? Of course it’s not coincidence. It’s designed that way, it’s the law of attraction. Do you think it’s coincidence that millionaires have a different mindset that poor people? Of course not. Do you think a millionaire becomes a millionaire by coincidence? Of course not. They first became millionaires in their mind. THIS is the law of attraction.
The law of attraction responds to the feeling.
Get that feeling and act upon it.
Look, if you’re talking to a female that you wanted and you feel something inside you telling that NOW it’s the moment to make the move, then NOW is the moment to make the move. The universe is telling you to make the move now, all you gotta do is make the move. Move at the speed of the universe, don’t delay, don’t doubt it. Don’t let the fear paralyze you. If an idea comes through your head while you’re showering that will make your organization extraordinary, then act upon at the idea. The universe or source is rewarding you with that idea through the law of attraction because you wanted it… because you asked for it… because it was in your mind.. and that which you thought about most… can now become reality.
The Law of Attraction and Me
As I said at the beginning, I don’t posses a huge bank account (yet), I don’t own a mansion, as of right now, I don’t even own a car. You can almost say that by ’standard’, I’m not ’successful’; but I tell you this, I’m already successful in mind. And for as long as I’m successful in the mind, I’ll be good. Even if I go broke in the future, I won’t be worried if I still have my mind. The only thing that will worry me is my successful mind turns into a poor mind. The good thing is that I will always have the ultimate saying to whether or not my mind is successful. And that is exciting. So exciting that I jumped around in joy as I had this breakthrough. However, that’s not what I’m most excited about; what I’m most excited about is that I’m now able to share this message with you, with ‘my people’, with the young adults.
My goal is that, as I share these experiences with you, you become aware that you can begin NOW to use the Law of Attraction and have abundance in your life early in life. The younger you get started, the better. I don’t intend a small life for myself. I intend full abundance in all areas from my relationships to my home and joy in my career. I want to live the life of giants like Tony Robbins, Jim Rohn, or Charlie Jones. I want to have the confidence and wisdom of the Donald Trumps and the attitude of the Benjamin Franklins, that’s what I want. Of course, when you look at my current situation and at the situation of these giants, you ask yourself “How would he ever get there?”. My answer is “Law of Attraction”, then I’ll continue “And then I’ll trust myself to follow up on it”. I don’t know the exact steps, but I do know that the steps will be shown to me as I go along. In fact, the steps are already showing, they always have been showing (we just don’t realize it) and those are the ones I will write about, to show you proof that the Law of Attraction is working in my life AND yours. With this, you should be able to understand the law of attraction and officially begin to do what my goal for you to do is, and that is to deliberately and consciously create your destiny.
Side Note: Wherever part of the world you’re reading from, I’d want to confirm your suspicion that I don’t know what you’re going through or what you current situation is, I don’t; but at the same time, I want to reaffirm to you that the law of attraction, the universe and God can make things happen for you, if you want it bad enough. It may take longer, but the result is there. The process is the same for everybody. You and I have more things in common than you can imagine, I promise you.
Given that the law of attraction is always working, I’ll only use my ‘career path’ for the most part. If I tried to describe my entire life through the law of attraction I may take a book or two. So let’s begin…
At the age of fourteen, I knew I wanted to do something big, but more than anything, meaningful. I saw suffering around me as I grew up near a poor neighborhood. I saw my parents struggling financially despite being considered ‘Upper Middle-Class’. I knew I wanted to do something. At times, I just wanted to make problems disappear – of course, I couldn’t. At fourteen, I didn’t know what could I possibly do to help people with their lives, to do something meaningful. I didn’t really understand leadership or courage. To be sincere with you – if you’re in a first world country, consider yourself lucky, because third world countries don’t get to see much of this courage or leadership explained, if even lived. There just isn’t much to look up to. I know I certainly didn’t see it in Peru. It makes sense then, that a failure to shift consciousness leads to stay in the same pattern in which we are currently trapped.
I didn’t know how, but I knew I would. I didn’t know what career, but I knew the meaning behind it.
- By Daniel Becerra
I didn’t know why, but somehow I ended up in the United States. My aunt made me an invitation out of the blue and in less than a few months, I was already in the United States. That may not seem like much. Thousands of people fly into the United States everyday, so what? For me, it was different. I had just flew into a country or territory that would give me the wings to start the career that would fulfill the meaning I was seeking. I didn’t know at the time, but I was attracting my thoughts, my constant thoughts, into reality. At the age of 14, it’s very rare to improve people’s lives, so I couldn’t do it. I needed the training, the people, the experiences, the field, the customers, the understanding. It’s a long process, but that process was just getting started – and that’s what mattered. Again, I didn’t know it then, but I can see it now.
It wasn’t all pretty, and your journey won’t be it either. Without my parents, my brothers, my friends, my food, and my city, I felt out a place – even more, without the language. People call it “culture shock”, I call it “pain”. That’s one thing about the ‘Law of Attraction’, even though the universe will work in your favor to make your desire come true in the most harmonious way, the truth is that you will suffer some bit – but I never gave up. I don’t have much to complain to be sincere. Yeah, I didn’t get along with my uncle. Yeah, I didn’t have my immediate family. Yeah, all that, but I had things that plenty of people in my country and around the world didn’t have – I had food, clothing, housing, and more important, internet
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Eventually after almost a year of blaming myself for not going back (and at the same time attracting all kind of bad things), I turned things around because the dream I had outgrew the pain inside. I remembered everything I wanted to do. Except that now I was 16, going 17 and I had better thinking. It wasn’t great, but it was better than at 14. I knew at some point that I wanted to speak in public and teach people and help them in this way. I can’t remember how I arrived to this, but I knew this is something I wanted to do. And the strangest thing happened – I met Ian Smith. Not to say that Ian Smith is strange (just a little bit), but strange because out of that encounter would be born everything that exists today for me and this website. The Law of Attraction put Ian Smith in my life.
Ian is a person I needed to run into in order to get started. Together we decided we would start a website and begin a movement for ‘Modern Men’. Ian didn’t give me the wisdom, fulfillment, or the abundance I seek. In fact, we were both pretty broke when we met and pretty confused too. But he did help me build the idea!. I attracted Ian into my life through my constant thoughts and feelings. This is what I mean by the ‘universe re-arranging itself’. How else is it possible that two strangers that, at the naked eye, come from two complete different backgrounds, come together to the same place, learn from each other and eventually go on to lead a movement? It’s only possible through the law of attraction! Ask yourself, right now, who did you attract into your life because of your constant thoughts? I recently attracted a woman into my life who is just as philosophical as me. I’ve been wanting that. We knew of each other and but it wasn’t until recently that we took notice of each other and now we discover similarities that we had no clue existed before. Who are you attracting? Whether it’s for your career, your personal growth, your romance, or whatever. Who are you attracting? Now ask yourself what thoughts led you to attract that person? What thoughts were you having when you attracted that great person? or that bad person perhaps? The results and realizations you get will be pretty astonishing.
Later as my writing began to take off, so did my head. While I was confident, I still had fear. I need guidance – specifically, spiritual guidance. I couldn’t sleep for several ideas and I just knew I needed a spiritual guide, a mentor. And guess what? My thoughts were so powerful that God/Universe brought me a spiritual guide through the law of attraction. I attracted this spiritual guide because of my constant thoughts and I didn’t even know it at the time. Does it ever surprise you when you’re thinking about someone you haven’t spoken in a while and all of the sudden you receive a text message, a call, or an email from them? I recently received a text message from a girl I haven’t spoken to in a long time, and frankly all I was desiring was to know that she was alive and almost by magic, a couple of minutes later, she sent a mass text message. She is alive. That’s the law of attraction. It made things happen so that I received a text message from her. From a Theological point of view, one might say that God worked through someone to do this. Both points are valid. Yes, it might seem a bit hard to believe at first, but it’s reality.
The higher power is real
Trust it
Later when the website began to develop less, but more loyal readers, I needed more help to materialize my vision. I knew I needed pictures for the website, I knew I needed someone who knew about marketing and getting traffic in and all that technical aspect. I certainly know close to nothing about these things, but two of the guys that I have ‘mentored’, if you will, have offered to 1) Give photographs for free, and 2) Help me with the traffic and technical things, even with new ideas to grow the website, and even become a writer. The first is Calvin Wallace, the second is Tom Church (You can find them both in the ‘Contact Us’ Page). I attracted these guys, unintentionally, into working with me through the law of attraction. I didn’t know it then, but I know it now. When they read this, they’ll know it too
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I later went on to learn about money and entrepreneurship, but of course, I didn’t know where to start. But through the Law of Attraction, I was led to books, and people, and seminars that would eventually lead me to other people and other seminars and other tapes and opportunities for me to capitalize on and fulfill my dream – to employ my talent, my gift, my passion.
Another example just took place few days ago. I had been wanting to get my hands on the best-seller book of all the time “Purpose Driven Life” by Rick Warren, but until now, I hadn’t. I thought about it often, I just hadn’t made the move just yet. In the meantime, I joined a church. This one is for college and university students so it’s a perfect fit, and here is the deal: I was enthusiastic from the get go. I just wanted to learn and I was willing to listen. And one pastor of the church took notice of it and when I approached him to ask what he thought I should do next. He replied “First read ‘Purpose Driven Life’” he continued “And then we’ll have you join one of our programs”. I said “Yeah, I’ll be pleased to read that book as soon as I get the chance to buy it”. He said “Oh, we have them here, follow me”. And so I followed him. And when we arrived to the pack of several copies of the book, he looked at me and said “You know, I’ll buy it for you”. My first response was “No way, no”. He insisted by saying “I’ll pay for it if you promise to read it”. I replied back “I’ll read it but are you sure you want to do this?”. He nodded. The result, I got a book that I badly wanted for free. That, my friends, is the law of attraction taking place.
Even more interesting is perhaps the way I came to understand the ‘Law of Attraction’. On the last weeks, I’ve been thinking a lot about setting some strong goals and really build incredible momentum, enough momentum so I reach my ‘dream university‘. And at some point, I’m hanging out at my computer, looking over at my Netflix (the movie service) account. I had a plan for 2 DVDs a month, which makes sense because during university session, I don’t get much free time. I can’t explain what but something took over me, it urged me to upgrade my plan to unlimited DVDs per month for a few dollars extra, and this is when… at this particularly moment ‘The Law of Attraction’ in a quite mysterious way was taking place. I acted upon that feeling and for a reason that I cannot explain, I decided to search ‘The Secret’ and placed it on the next DVD being delivered. Here is what’s interesting though – I had seen the book ‘The Secret’ in my university’s bookstore before. A friend of mine has the actual movie. I know of friends who’ve read it, but for some reason, it never caught my attention. I never put ‘The Secret’ on my ‘reading list’. Never. Yet, some impulse drove me to rent it and rent it soon. And as I watched it, everything began to make sense.
I doubt the movie would’ve made sense a year ago, or even 6 months ago. How could it? I didn’t have the experience or knowledge for it to make sense. But it does make sense now. I caught a glimpse of the law of attraction and I know it’s real. Now I know that the more I use the law of attraction, the more I’ll understand it. Understand one more time that the secret can make you or break you. Your job is to learn to use it to your advantage, not against you. There is plenty of other examples I can write about, from the girls I have met to the guys who have become brothers to me, to the speaking opportunities I have been given to the positions I have filled, but I hope that what you read was enough. I encourage you to examine your life just a lil bit, take 2 minutes, that’s all and ask yourself… how did I end up here? What thoughts did I have that led me here? Certainly some people are luckier than others as they are born in richer or stronger families, but that’s just luck. Intelligence and burning desires overcomes luck – never forget that.
I highly encourage you buy or rent the movie (do it legally!) and that you keep an open mind. There are several things in the movie that are not covered in this article (one of them being that only you can make yourself happy). The movie is, of course, not complete either. There are many things for you to learn outside it, but it will spark up enough curiosity for you to go after that knowledge. Go after that knowledge.
Good luck. Much love. And remain faithful!




Daniel you have done it again. Fantastic article, it really captures how? Where? When? Why? the Law of Attraction is a fundamental part of life. But what I truly enjoyed was the break down. Many people have the misconception that ‘wishful thinking’ is the only thing you have to do. And as you explain it could get you the result you want but at a much slower pace, and could lead you to a disappointment. Instead ‘Burning Desire’ is the true catalyst the will start the wheels in to high gear and help the Law of Attraction get you what you want.
The Secret (2006) and the law of attraction? A little late, are we?
This may be my favorite article ever.
I do not believe in God or any gods, necessarily, but I have faith in a higher power. I returned from a two-week trip to Israel this week, but on this trip, I developed a faith eerily similar to the Law that you describe. First, let me back up.
As we shared with the entire group what we wanted to get out of this trip, I mentioned that I wished to further embrace my philosophy of “Be positive, stay positive.” Consequently, during any deeper discussion, I would bring to the table some optimistic idea or quote. This optimism attracted more people to want to be friends with me, an idea that was very new to me.
Fast forward to last Thursday/Friday at about midnight. We went to the Cotel, the Western Wall, the holiest site in Judaism. Someone said something about having hope, and I followed up with something else about hopes. I wrote this down in my journal: Be loyal to your hopes. This gives you faith, whether in you, God, others, whatever. Without faith, your life is meaningless and empty.
On this trip, I went from nonbeliever to realizing that it doesn’t matter whether or not there is a God, all that matters is faith in myself, faith in my ideas, and faith in others.
I attracted Daniel with LOA

Was on Steve Pavlina’s forum I think, and I needed guidance, and Daniel and me PM’ed a few times, and I made it here.
Now that I’ve been reminded of this knowledge which has also been refreshed, I think I might use it
Thanks Daniel, enjoyed this,
Ben.
Nice article. Little lengthy but through reading this I remembered many great books, movies, and different ideas that inspired me in the past. Two movies came to mind. First, “the Mission” with Robert de Niro and secondly, “End of the Spear.” It’s probably not common for nonbelievers to watch movies about missionaries, but I think even they would be impressed how one passionate person can so dramatically change the course of an entire people. I’m also impressed because I feel that your spirit, mind, and body are becoming more sensative.
This law also made me think of some things I recently read about more recently. I read that in the spiritual world people immediately find themselves wherever their affections lead them. I feel that this law is very spiritual in that it shows how powerfully the will, thoughts, affections, and desires of people influence themselves and others. It would seem as though maybe you are becoming more spiritual.
Daniel I love your work but I have to say; the secret really??
Its just a self-help money making joke to me. Yes I agree that if you think positive positive things happen to you. That I can not deny.
And maybe the Universe will provide you with oportunties, but I think its less the Universe and more likely because of your change in beliefs your more likely to see oportunties that were already there that maybe you didn’t take seriously before.
I wont bash the secret too much as it is a positive thing! But also be aware of how much it plays on the desires of your typical american. Not too close to god to isolate the atheists but also close enough to intice the relious Christians. Self-claimed ‘experts’ whom you have never heard of before coming on and talking about it to appease any sceptics who are not trained to spot it. It all seems like a very corporate attempt at the self-help culture which in my opinion should be driven by individuals who can prove their theories. Who are those people in the film anyway? See if Richard Brandson had talked about it then I might have taken it a bit more seriously.
Thats my opinion anyway.
Wow, there’s a lot of content there! Content which will undoubtedly change a few peoples’ lives! Thanks for sharing the brilliant post - you can feel your passion for the subject in your writing…
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