The Law of Attraction (2)

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Marcus T Anthony's new web site and blog can be found at www.mind-futures.com.
 
BTW, I wrote my most recent take on the law of attraction in an ebook called "A More Attractive Law of Attraction", which covers some of the ideas written here, but in much more detail. Marcus


What do I really know about the law of attraction? The answer is not as much as I would like, to tell you the truth. Many of the apparently metaphysical things I write about on 22c+ are written with good authority, and with little self doubt. For example, all the stuff about energy projection, telepathic perception, sensing the future, spiritual guidance and even life after death, are written from repeated first hand experience. They are everyday occurrences for me, and I have no problem writing about them; no more than I’d have an issue discussing, say, how to write a resume (which I’ve done many times). The only issue for you, then, as the blog reader, is to sense whether I am communicating valuable information, or whether I am mistaken, deluded, or maybe even insane. I’ll leave that up to you to decide.

The law of attraction is a different matter, as it is an abstract concept, and understanding if -or how - it works is difficult. I want to make clear that my comments about the law of attraction are thus conditional. My understanding may change in the future. The insights that you see here on this page emerge from my direct experience (successes and failures), and also from reading my energy of the degree of truth of any given statement. I read the energy by getting an intuitive feeling for the truth of a statement, and also by double checking its voracity using the Quick Check, which I outlined in Sage of Synchronicity. Clearly, once we get into discussions about consciousness and manifestation, we cannot rely on science, as to my knowledge there have been no scientific experiments to test the law of attraction (there is, however controversial indirect evidence, such as tests for telekinesis, or mind over matter).

Given these considerations, here are a few more distinctions about the law of attraction which I think are crucial, but which I didn’t cover yesterday.

Firstly, the idea that we attract what we are, not what we want, does not mean that we cannot attract what we want. Logically, when what we want overlaps with who we are at a deeper level, then such attraction or manifestation is possible. 

Conversely, if something we desire does not resonate with our Spirit, it is not likely that holding it with conscious intention will make it happen. I recently wrote about my attempt to gain an academic post at a top Asian university, even though I felt it was not right. I decided to use the law of attraction anyway, rather stubbornly. I did get invited the university for four days, all expenses paid, so it seemed at a logical level that my chances were good. I imagined myself being in that position, going to work, being there just as if it was already happening, then releasing the vision to God, just as the law of attraction gurus suggest. As mentioned, I didn’t get the position. What I did do, however, was create a lot of suffering for myself, as I had become deeply attached to the idea of working there. An expectation had built up within me, and a great sense of disappoint thus followed when I didn’t get what I wanted.

It does concern me that this idea – that some goals do not resonate with the spirit – is rarely brought forward in discussions on the law of attraction. This failure leads me to suspect that many such discussions are an attempt to sell the idea to a gullible public that wants to believe it, rather than to disseminate accurate information.

Another distinction is the idea of consciousness fields, and especially levels of consciousness. Consciousness does evolve, and as this evolution occurs, the propensity for unconditional love increases. People who reduce or eliminate the dramas of the ego are less likely to attract the troublesome dramas of those at lower levels of consciousness. Psychologically immature individuals tend to react emotionally to the slings and arrows of life’s misfortunes, increasing the tendency for conflict and suffering.

Karma is a fact of human existence, and this is crucial in understanding the law of attraction. Karma is the universe’s self-correction mechanism. It is not designed to punish, but to help you evolve. There may be a requirement for you to experience events which are helpful for your evolution, but which you typically would not consciously desire.

Recently I attended a New Age fair in Hong Kong. During the previous fair I did quite well, and a lot of people sought my spiritual guidance. I also sold quite a few copies of Sage of Synchronicity. So this time around, I got a bigger table, paying more money, of course. 

On the morning of the fair, I awoke, and as I felt the energy of the day ahead, I got that same feeling of hopelessness that I got when I attended the previously mentioned interview. It just felt like there was no energy there. I put this out of my mind, as it was illogical. I was a spiritual counselor attending a New Age fair that had been successful for me previously. 

When I set up at the hall, something very strange happened. Nobody came to see me. As people walked into the hall, they walked straight passed me as if I didn’t exist, instead preferring the tarot card readers, the monks reading prayers, or the trinket stalls. In fact it was six hours before anyone sat down to seek guidance with me. Not a single person bought my book.

From the egos point of view this was an embarrassing failure. However, as the day unfolded, I tried not to judge it. That night, I had several dreams about some issues with my father, and some strong lingering guilt I had over having stolen loose change around the house from time to time. One day I grabbed some money from my father’s draw, thinking it was five dollars. Only later did I realise it was actually $50! I was terrified that I would get caught and punished, and the sense of guilt was palpable. ‘Fortunately’, my father was extremely careless with cash, and he never realised the money was missing. 

The energy of that event still lingered in my mind almost thirty years later. What I then did was allow myself to connect with that part of myself, and ‘re-parent’ it. I also connected with my father’s consciousness, and told him how sorry I was. That was not as simple as it sounds, as there was quite a bit of emotional pain and sorrow involved.

This anecdote should tell you something. Sometimes when we don’t get what we consciously want, we are getting what the soul needs. A prime attractor of the soul is healing, for the latent wounds in your soul hold you back from manifesting your highest soul purpose – your Bliss. And to heal it you have to feel it. 

So, when you see people suffering, it is not necessarily a ‘bad’ thing. From the limited perspective of the ego, you cannot see the greater purpose. If you had seen me sitting there all by my lonesome self at the New Age fair, you might have felt sorry for me. But what was happening was a gift, and pity was unnecessary.

A further important point is that as the soul evolves into higher levels of spiritual maturity, there is a surrendering to divine ‘will’. Thus whatever unfolds, the spiritually mature individual will not resist it. This is what Wayne Dyer did with his difficulties, such as his having a heart attack, getting a divorce and contracting leukemia. 

There is yet another very important distinction, and this is perhaps the most important understanding when attempting to apply the law of attraction. If you see the law of attraction as part of a greater spiritual evolution, there may be a conflict set up within your psyche. It is well known by deep explorers of the psyche that desire typically stems from the ego, as it tends to be restless and seeks to find fulfillment through external satiations. The unfolding of higher spiritual awareness occurs in conjunction with a reduction in desire. In fact, in higher states of consciousness, all desire ceases. In states of perfect presence, there is no desire – for if one is desiring, then one is projecting into an imagined future. Therefore desire dies, because the fleeting satisfaction of achieving worldly goals seems worthless when compared to the bliss of spiritual fulfillment.

Of course, if you are reading this blog, it is unlikely that you are a spiritual master currently existing in a state of bliss. You are probably a relatively normal human being, with hopes and dreams, who wants to continue to live in the world as best you can. I see no problem with that, and I myself do precisely this. So, considering that we are not enlightened masters, the focus of the law of attraction as a spiritual unfolding then becomes to learn the correct relationship with the ego, developing an awareness of what paths and goals bring you closer to your Bliss, and which serve your spirit and the greater good of all. To do this, it is important to develop a process which brings you into a more intimate relationship with your own spirit. The Field exercise, mentioned a couple of days ago on 22c+, is one such process. Meditative exercises, yoga, tai chi, inner child work and so on may all help. Ultimately, whatever awareness you develop has to be brought into everyday life, otherwise it is a simply spiritual ritual.

To be honest, my focus in life has never been on material prosperity or making money. This is one of the reasons why I cannot claim to be a master of the law of attraction. I have only ever once tried to use my spiritual perception to make money, and that was about a year ago when I transferred some money from one currency to another, and read the energy on the right timing, to get the best exchange rate. My reading was that the best timing would be about four months later, so I waited till that time, and then transferred the cash. I then read the energy on the best time to transfer the money back into the original currency.

I made a profit of about 40% of the value of the original amount of money. Compare that to the puny interest rate which that unmentionable bank was giving me for the great privilege of keeping my hard-earned cash with them. That rate, supposedly is 1%, but for some reason they have never been able to explain, the amount of money that ends up in my account is more like about 0.001% per annum. Last month when I was in at the bank I got a printed account statement from the bank teller, and noted that my interest for the month was 0.25 Hong Kong dollars, or about four American cents. I was tempted to ask “Do you mock me, Madam?” But no, I just smiled remembering how much money I’d made with my recent intuitive money transfers.

So I see no reason why Integrated Intelligence cannot be used to make money. The one issue though is that such an attempt will probably result in the ego becoming attached to the outcome.

These things are for your contemplation.

Marcus