What is the Law Of Attraction really? Can it work for you? Let's explore these questions a little.

The Law of Attraction basically is the term given to the phenomenon of getting more of what you focus on. The law states that whatever you focus on or concentrate on will expand in your life. So if you focus or concentrate on your lack of money you will create more lack of money in your life. If you focus on the wealth and money you already have then you will attract or create more wealth and money into your life.

So if this is so simple to implement - just think about what you do want and not what you don't want, why do so many people find it hard to get this great law to work for them?

Well it is sad but the great majority of people on our planet are not happy with their lives. They look around them and see only the things that make them feel dissatisfied and unhappy. What is the main reason for this discontent? The predominant reason I believe this is so is due to a lack of understanding about the nature of our universe which can be directly connected to our thought programming from childhood.

As a child we begin to replicate the thought patterns of our parents. A person's beliefs and values are often passed from parent to parent until a person down the generations either has a life-changing experience or on a conscious level reorganises or reorganizes their belief system.

Your beliefs and values predestine your focus and a key point I make in all my writings on individual development is the uncomplicated truth that "your focus determines your reality". Focus sets forth the Law of Attraction.

The internal talk and imaginings of your mind are guided by your focus and it is your focus is reflected in your thinking. Your thinking becomes mechanical and therefore this becomes your predictable creation.

If you are not at this very minute living a life that is in accordance with your goals it is due to your internal predictable creation system being out of alignment with your wants. Simply put this translates to the following: Your focus is concentrated what you do not want instead of what you want!

Let's say you have payments due coming from everywhere and no way of paying them. When you get post through the mail what is your first thought? I'm sure it goes a little like this, "it never rains but it pours". Where do you think your focus being placed?

Why do the rich get wealthier and the poor get more down-trodden? Well a rich man has riches and he knows it. He sees money all around him. The poor person is aware of lack and focuses on it. Can you see the difference in focus?

Now there are there are 2 fundamental exercises to redirect your focus. The first is to change your beliefs so that your focus becomes more unconscious but in the direction that you wish it to go. The second way is to consciously redirect your attention to situations, persons or effects that correspond to new beliefs.

However this is often easier to say than to do. For example take a look at the beliefs of a person who has racial tendencies who thinks that he is superior to another person due to his culture, skin tone, or ethnic origins. It is safe to say that any ethical person knows that these beliefs have no foundation in reality (subjective or otherwise). So in order to change these beliefs, at a deep level, the racist would need to have some contact with other racial groups that have equal or better results in areas of their lives than he does. If he believes he is smarter then he would need to see that there are very intelligent people of all ethnic backgrounds. If he believes that he is more likely to being successful because of his colour then he would need to see that there are people of all origins who achieve success with ease. If he thinks that he is more likely to overcome obstacles than members of another race then he would need to know that people from all walks of life and different origins have succeeded against seemingly insurmountable odds at great strain to themselves and so on!

The problem with this is in the person's Focus or how they are choosing to look at their personal world! In the majority of cases the racist doesn't want to see these things. His focus is on the situations, persons and events that back-up and strengthen his beliefs! In some cases this type of a person will not allow himself to be in the same space, have dialogue with, or listen about people of the group he is racist toward.

You and I have been known to do precisely the same thing everyday. If your life is similar today as it was yesterday, last week or even last year it is primarily because your attention and your focus has remained the same. Your thoughts yesterday where the same as last week and if your beliefs and focus are the same today then you can expect the next day to bring the same results!

If your beliefs are challenged by that which you see, hear or experience at many times you simply ignore the information and just continue believing what you want to believe. Basically what we do is filter our reality so that what we are aware of reinforces our beliefs. We need to break free from this self-imposed hypnotic trance and direct our focus on the things that will strengthen a new belief until we completely come to belief it is a fact.

For example take a couple in a 'bad' relationship. The man or woman may come home from work knowing that they are going to have an argument with their other-half. Sure enough they arrive home and low-and-behold argue about who is taking the dog for a walk, what to watch on television or why they argue so much! Where imagine the focus in this partnership?

Let's say they decide to try to develop some new beliefs and focus. They look at the things that are working in that particular relationship. They recall the reasons why they first became a couple and begin to reinforce the things they have in common. Their internal attention and how they are focusing their minds is beginning to alter. Although they will probably fall back into some old routines of arguing again if they keep their focus on common interests and the things in their relationship that are working what do you think the effect will be?

Try this little experiment yourself. Pick a person who annoys you in some way and that you are unable to avoid but would if the choice where yours. A work colleague is a good example. Have you got one? Are you able to see what are you focusing on about that person? I am sure it is all the things that are annoying to you. Try to think of something they do that you admire of that you like. This can be hard to do but remember that everyone has good and undesirable qualities so try not to become too polarised about people believing them either totally great or totally bad - all of us are just people.

So, for a four or five days as best you can, try to focus on the things you like or admire about that person and you will be surprised at what occurs.

After you have tried this small experiment try other experiments in other areas of your life setting your targets higher each time until you begin to get what you want.