Ever since the movie, "The Secret", made people aware of the Law of Attraction, a lot of them have acted as though this is an entirely new invention, - something that was never present in their lives before. That was never the purpose of the movie, and I think it's important to clear this matter up. The existence of the Law of Attraction has been known at the very least since the time of the Babylonians.
In fact, it is entirely possible the early cavemen, who drew pictures of the animals they longed to successfully hunt to provide food for their families and tribes, knew somehow that their thoughts influenced their lives. Think about it. The drawings on those caves could have been the very first vision boards ever created.
The reason I am bringing this up is that, in trying to use the Law of Attraction to bring what you want into your life, you are not doing something you have not been doing all along. Each and every one of us has been using the Law of Attraction throughout our lifetimes. The only difference now is that we are learning that we can consciously choose to think in a certain way which will thereby cause it to bring us certain desirable results.
The negative results we experienced up until we became aware of our power to influence the Law of Attraction were also brought about by our thoughts. They were caused by the erroneous use of our mental capacities. The wars we have experienced throughout the history of mankind are as much a result of the Law of Attraction as those brief periods of peace we have enjoyed on this earth.
Before we became consciously aware of the Law of Attraction, we may have been content to drift along with the crowd, fearing or hating whomever our leaders (government, family, religious, or peer) told us we should, but once we have learned of this powerful ability we have, it is up to us to assume full responsibility for our own circumstances. And once we accept responsibility for our own lives, we will find we have little patience or sympathy for those who could do the same but choose instead to do and to think as they are told.
- Think peaceful thoughts and peace will follow.
- Think prosperous thoughts and prosperity will follow.
- Think angry thoughts and angry situations will follow.
- Think scarcity thoughts and situations of scarcity will follow.
And that is the biggest problem with having learned about the Law of Attraction, - there is no going back and no excuse of, "But I didn't know."
