The Law of Attraction is a popular phenomenon that promotes the theory that you can attract anything you want into your life by thinking about it. Now, this is a 30,000 foot view of the Law of Attraction, because upon closer inspection, there are many other factors that are needed to insure success for manifesting what you want into your life. Religious fundamentalists have criticized the Law of Attraction because of its emphasis on seeking material possessions and because it seems like the Law of Attraction places the power of creation solely upon the individual, as opposed to God, which is not a concept embraced in fundamentalist religious ideology.
The Law of Attraction gained its popularity by the huge success of the book and movie, “The Secret”. If you use only “The Secret” as an argument against the Law of Attraction due to the movie/books simplicity of LOA (Law of Attraction) principles and the hedonistic tone of the movie, I might have to agree. But, the true value of “The Secret” was the mass exposure the book/movie provided to the general public about the concept of LOA. Before the “The Secret” was produced, the idea itself of being a participant in your own life design was totally alien. There is no doubt that the prevailing attitude of our current culture, whether you’re religious or not, is that we are all victims in a tough world, and I thank “The Secret” for opening the door of opportunity to see the world differently.
The initial first look at the principles of the Law of Attraction in “The Secret” was a good introduction, but ironically the true principles of the Law of Attraction have been around for over 2000 years, in fact, they were taught to us by Jesus. The Law of Attraction, when studied deeply and from a metaphysical level, is really an opportunity to live our lives the way that Jesus taught us to do, infinitely and abundantly.
“But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” (Matthew 6:33)
At first glance, Jesus words above might imply that we have a huge task to fulfill before we can get to the good part for us, (things added unto you). But perhaps the above words from Jesus holds more to it than we thought possible before.
