What Really Is the Law of Attraction?

by Mateo Sol
Loner Wolf

Over the past few years there has been a lot mentioned about the “law of attraction” to the point of making it a cheesy, fluffy and often annoying concept.

The law of attraction is a funny thing; it’s been around since man developed a desire to find depth, wholeness and inner peace. It’s such a simple thing that its own simplicity is its pitfall for people who live trapped in the complex labyrinth of the mind. Eventually we stop paying attention to it. Then after a while someone “rediscovers” this secret to happiness and everyone gets excited about it until it’s old news and gets forgotten again.

Each recent generation has had its own popular version of the “law of attraction”: from Napoleon Hill’s post-great depression book “Think and Grow Rich,” Norman Vincent Peale’s post-WWII book “Power of Positive Thinking,” to Tony Robbins’ baby boomers book “Unleash the Giant Within,” and of course Rhonda Byrne’s social media generation book “The Secret.”

Because a lot of my writing here centers around becoming aware of the manifestations of the unconscious mind, today I’ll share with you my own understanding of the law of attraction. First, let me start off by saying that the law of attraction is really just another phrase for the art of manifestation.
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