I hear this complaint from time to time–
“I like your books and I like the movie The Secret but the truth is, none of it works for me.”
Have you heard that before?
Have you maybe even said that before?
So what’s the truth?
Does the Law of Attraction (LOA) work or not?
Do all these “feel good” books and movies actually work or not?
Why do they seem to work for hundreds of thousands of people but not for you?
Let’s explore this.
Consider…
If you drop a ball from the roof of a building, does gravity or your letting go make it drop?
Think about it.
When you toss a horseshoe, what makes it land on the other side: gravity or your toss?
Well?
Which is it?
Gravity or your action?
When a baseball player hits a ball out of the park, what made it fly and then fall: his swing or gravity?
Which was it?
Was it the swing at the ball that sent it into space, or gravity pulling it down after he hit it?
Obviously, it’s both.
It’s the same with LOA.
When anything happens in your life, you can say it was LOA that made it so or you can attribute the result to some other cause and pretend LOA doesn’t exist or doesn’t work.
You can even say, “I don’t believe in LOA.”
You can even say, “LOA doesn’t work for me.”
It’s your choice.
But what’s the truth?
What’s real?
What’s most helpful?
Look at it this way:
Why do most sports coaches tell their players about the laws of physics?
The coach believes the more you know about what is happening when you are playing the game, the more you will be conscious and will work with those laws of physics to win the game.
For example, I’ve recently begun racing my exotic sports cars. While I could just get behind the wheel and drive, the trainers teach me about geometry and physics so I have a better understanding about how to successfully drive the car at high speed.
In short, they want me to know about all the laws at play so I can accomplish my goals better.
That makes sense, doesn’t it?
The idea is to become more awake and aware so I can get more of the results I prefer, even on the race track.
The same is true in the gym.
I’ve trained with Frank Zane, Scott York and others. These athletes don’t just tell me to sweat more or lift more. They also teach me to be aware of gravity, for example, because working with it can help increase muscle mass.
Are you starting to get the picture?
The Law of Attraction is the same as the Law of Gravity or any other law: it’s working whether you give it credit or not. Knowing about it can help you achieve the results you want.
In other words, if you’re one of those who say LOA doesn’t work for you, then you might as well say gravity doesn’t work for you, either.
LOA is always working.
Gravity is always working.
That’s why they are both laws.
You can dismiss either or both if you like.
But does doing so help you or limit you?
If I can become a better driver by knowing the invisible laws at work when I race, and I can get better results in the gym with an understanding of the universal laws at work, and a sports figure can achieve his or her goals better by knowing the hidden laws underneath the game, doesn’t it behoove you to know about the other laws operating in your own life?
Given the above, what can you actually DO to get better results in your life – even when the Law of Attraction doesn’t seem to be working for you?
Here are five things:
First, quit shrugging off your power.
LOA is working and you are working it, probably unconsciously. Instead of saying it doesn’t work for you, own that it does. This is far more empowering than being a victim. Assume you are doing something inside yourself to attract the results you are getting. It all begins with accepting responsibility for your life.
Second, choose what you want.
Instead of being bounced around by circumstances, start to direct or at least request where you want to go. You turn your inner radar on when you make a decision. You begin to steer the ship. Intention helps align your body and mind to go in the direction you prefer.
Third, take action.
Nothing happens until something moves. As I’ve said many times, the universe likes speed. Money likes speed. Take inspired action ASAP. It’ll give you instant feedback and instant results. As your actions bring you new information, you then take new actions based on it.
Fourth, get clear.
I’m constantly saying that you must get clear of the limiting beliefs within you in order to attract your intention. Counter-intentions will always trip you up. Be aware of your thoughts when things don’t work out for you. Those are what you need to get clear of. Those are the beliefs that attracted what you got. How do you get clear? One easy way is through Zero Limits.
Fifth, be happy now.
Happiness is what you really want. Be happy now and you’ll have your ultimate goal and you’ll send out a vibe to attract more moments to be happy about. The best way to be happy now is to be grateful now. My hypnotic story about the pencil in the movie The Compass is a great reminder of the power of gratitude.
I’m a neurometaphysician. I created the new science of neurometaphysics.
I’m a neurometaphysician. I created the field of neurometaphysics. This goes beyond neuroscience, which is the study of how your nervous system affects your life. Neurometaphysics is the science of how your thoughts create your life.
Obviously, I can talk about and teach the deeper aspects of the LOA for hours. But I don’t need to go into deeper explanations here when I’ve written such books as The Attractor Factor, The Key and Expect Miracles; and recorded such audioprograms as The Missing Secret, The Awakening Course, and the brand-new record-breaking bestseller, The Secret to Attracting Money.
And if you want ongoing personal support, I also created an online community to help you achieve your goals at www.attractmiracles.com
The point here is this: LOA is always working.
If that’s so, how are you attracting what you are getting (or not getting)?
It’s deeper than your conscious thoughts.
But it’s not hidden.
Look and ye shall find.
Ask and ye shall receive.
Follow the above five steps and — Expect Miracles.
Ao Akua,
joe
www.mrfire.com
PS — The Secret to Attracting Money explores all of this thinking, and more. It is a spiritual and practical system for attracting money. It goes beyond the Law of Attraction. It builds on and goes beyond anything I’ve ever done before. It’s guaranteed to work, too. See www.thesecrettoattractingmoney.com
Note: If you want to hear more about the science of neurometaphysics, leave a comment and tell me so. Meanwhile, please Digg this post and share it with others. Thank you.
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LOA always works for me. Your five steps are right on point. I’m getting better and better at it. Taking inspired action is the key, I think.
Those who say that LOA doesn’t work for them- DO NOT realize it just did…
Hello!!
YES we want to know about “science of neurometaphysics!”
Thank you for all your inspired thoughts & actions you take to teach us!
LOA is always working & the tools to help get out of your own way do work 😀
Joe, the zero limits book is fantastic; I really believe that this concept melds together so many ideas and histories. I also want to say I love you and I love all that you give to others.
Joe,
Share more about neurometaphysics.
Looking forward,
Jeff
I’ve been noticing the LOA in action since I was a kid in the 70s, particualrly the importance of letting go. I’ve also seen the effect of environment & other people’s intentions in bolloxing up a person’s intentions–both accidentally and intentionally. I never see anyone discuss that part of it, though. What happens if my intentions come into conflict with someone else’s? 😕
For me remembering to be happy is soooo important. It sounds daft when I say I forget to be happy but it dawned on me the other day that I was so busy doing that I had forgotten who I was being!
Thanks for the list Joe, it’s a good reminder of how to receive what we desire.
Regards,
Karen
Hi Joe I like to kno more about neurometaphysics.
Thank you
You are right on the spot and your book the Key brought me a lot closer to attracting what I want in my likfe And yes it works I am hapopy all the time.
Thanks again,
Ferry Verhoeve
Netherlands
I have seen results of LOA, I attracted a pair of boots I wanted, I attracted a pair of jeans I have wanted, a car detailing, and of course money…. but money is the hardest for me, I can’t seem to do it all the time and I am still struggling, I keep forgetting that I have the power to transform my mood from just ok and content to positivity and magnetism. That even when I am not up to par I am still attracting. I’ll have to change this today! : ) Thanks for the reminder Joe!
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im getting alot of different inspired ideas lately Im excited to take action toward my own experience of LIVING!
…..as if the universe is in constant devotion to what i want to experience in my life
I have been fulfilled graciously and I am divinely grateful and bound to
the Positivity, amazing experiences and genuine people that flow into my life.
Joe
I think that you have done a great deal to influence my life and i look forward to someday meeting you
Thank you,
Eric~
Yes….the idea of neurometaphisics is a Great one!!! I LOVE IT. Tell us more. (and don’t hesitate to let us help along the way! I have been writing along these lines all day so when I read your post it made me smile broadly. Good for you!
I have heard that the universe likes speed and that money likes speed. Are there any scientific writings on this subject? I, too, am very interested to learn more about neurometaphysics. Thank you kindly for your excellent advice!
Hello Joe,
I love your Gravity and Action analogy – great reminder!
Barry
Hello Joe,
I to am having a problem of staying focused. I know I am going to obtain wealth. The book “The Secret ” has changed my life. I am a fifty year old high school drop out. Recently I returned to college even though I am a successful Certified Executive Chef. I want to teach children how to eat healthy, and stay healthy doing martial arts. How can I speed up the process? College will take me years. Thanks for being an aspiration. Charles Corbett CEC
Joe, I love what you are saying and it really hit home with me because I had just used the example of gravity (as I write my new book about the Option Method) to illustrate how we determine what is true and act accordingly, even with laws of nature. I find again and again that examples related to physics (and biology) bubble up again and again as I talk about the connection between unhappiness and beliefs. I’d love to hear more about neurometaphysics!
Thanks for the reminder. LOA is like fall in parachute, gravity is working but you decide where to land -or do nothing and let the wind drives you.
Please more inspiring articles in this blog and more information about Neurometaphisics
Sorry my English
I love you, Thank you, I’m sorry, please Forgive me:mrgreen:
Hi Joe, well ive been inspired and your books have really given me the tools yes LOA. I understand that had to learn, be empowred all this ws attracted t me. am achieving my dreams and my goals I know I have along ay to go. I am happy and today the LOA working – all day from last night i said me and the kids to day is a wonderful day and this will be 1 of the best days of my life and it has been fantastic! tomorrow i say wow – tomorrow will be a fantastic day another rgreatest day of my life i cannot wait for tommorow . Thanks Joe . I love the LOA I love All in yhis UNIVERSE!
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Joe,
This reminded me of the saying, “If you think you can, you’re right. If you think you can’t, you’re right.” The LOA doesn’t work for people who think it doesn’t work because they think it doesn’t work.
Great synopsis of the five points. All are right on target.
Thanks.
Steve
Hi Joe,
Thanks for posting this, this post reminds us all of how to stay focused!! I have just ordered “The Secret to Attracting Money” and am eagerly waiting it’s arrival. I have started my own blog, “http://hollyisattractingmoney.blogspot.com/” and it will track my journey through your program. I feel that I am ready to beging and clear as to what I want from life. I look forward to any comments anyone has and sharing my journey. I love you,
Holly
Clearing is the key!
Zero Limits is amazing. It inspired me to pick up the Qur’an which has changed my life. Have you read it Joe?
peace
Luke
Exactamundo, Joe! I don’t always get what I want, but I ALWAYS get what I expect–which is what I create and attract.
You can’t have “attrACTION” without “action”!
joe…i always look forward to your pearls of wisdom…..
Joe,
Thanks for this post. I can never hear this enough. It helps me stay focused. I’d love to learn more about the science of neurometaphysics.
I love you and all your work.
Paula
thanx Joe
I would love to hear more about the science of neurometaphysics. Is it anything like quantum physics?Thank you for your constant freebeez, they are always helpful and/or uplifting.
I am so very grateful for your bloodhound /journerlistic persistence to find out about Dr Hew Len .I am so moved by Ho-oponopono.
Do you have any C.D.or DVDs on Ho-oponopono?
I have read Zero Limits several times,love it!
Please can you tell me how can I write to Dr Hew Len
Joe, do you know of anyone teaching Ho-oponopono in Australia?
I so want to learn, I have Jennifer McLean’s CDs on it.
wishing you joy beyond your understanding
love,light & laughter
Annie
Hi Joe,
What a great article! I love the analogies that you have used here. As well as being a Life Coach I’m also a Fitness Instructor. When I teach I too explain the rationale behind my method of teaching although not necessarily at the time. Sometimes, I like to guide my clients/students so that they can work out for themselves how their body should be responding under certain conditions.
Nonetheless, regardless of the method I use in my teaching I aim to instil a greater understanding of body mechanics, etc. because I know that they will gain more from the experience and progress faster. They also learn how some very challenging movements can be performed in a manner that may not be effortless but certainly graceful and fluid.
Similarly, the more we learn how to master the Law of Attraction, the more effortlessly we will be able to attract what we desire in life.
Best wishes
Nickolove
😆 Joe, like I said earlier in Twitter.. I Really Love This Post.. It show exactly what I’ve been taught during my youth.. while performing gymnastics and sport aerobics and went doing competitions on a national level.. Like Home coming..
Neuromethaphysics.. cool term.. 😆 It is soooooo true about getting clear, you have to become certain, as certain as a rock in what you want and the belief you have it or doing it.. it’s the only way.. And in the beginning you have to do it over and over again..
Like jumping a flick flack or salto, either on the mat or the balance (10cm wide & 120 cm high for competitions) for the first time by yourself.. You’ve done it over and over again with the help of your coach. You know you can do it, easily with only the touch of 1 finger..
But doing it the first time entirely by yourself ends up, atleast with me and several others I’ve seen doing this, in a block up.. You start, you make a very fast forward movement, you’re still knowing you can do this…, and then.. you totally block.. precisely at the moment you’re about to do the flickflack or salto..
It will happen time after time, untill you loose the belief you can’t, you have to get blanco & clear about it and embrace the full belief and knowing you can.. Then you go.. you do it alone and by yourself.. and when you did it.. You have this burst of energy that makes you do it over and over again to perfectionize your flick flack or salto.. and the next great big movement you want to learn is your next goal, your next level..
I’m so Truly Happy I learned to be a gymnast, that I learned to go through my comfort zones so many times that it’s habitual to go through , I would not have wanted to miss that.. I learned to be Great when I was Little.. and I learned to be Humble and Obiedient to the Universal Laws.. Because they are around and they are working, always.. Period.
Love, Light & a Lot of Laughter
Hil
http://www.Twitter.com/MissMac1973
Yes, I would like to hear more about the science of neurometaphysics.
I absolutely want to learn more about neurometaphysics!Thanks Joe!
Thank you, Joe, for all your insights and inspiration. I really appreciate the way in which you integrate so many different concepts and philosophies into your thinking. I would be very interested in hearing more about neurometaphysics.
Thank you Joe for being here, for being you, and for loving us!
Than you for being you, being here, and loving us!
Good metaphors there with racing cars and weight lifting. Takes a bit of knowledge and practice to master anything of value…
I know that on certain occasions when I have changed my attitude towards either doing something or expecting something to happen for me; amazingly it has.
I’m going to consciously try to follow these fives rules consistently everyday and I expect to see some quantifiable benefits.
Dear Joe,
I perfectly understand now the reason why you got a standing ovation for recently sharing this wisdom of yours with a live audience.
Thanks for reminding us (and me!) about these five steps to get better results in our lives. Trust that I will have these five steps transcribed on a piece of paper, which I will post on my computer as a constant reminder of this wisdom.
On top of that, I have read both “The Key” and “The Attractor Factor”, books that I highly recommend to anyone interested by the LOA topic.
Warmly,
Chantal
Salve,
chiedo se “Il segreto per attirare un numero di denaro” (CD, DVD ecc.)
è tradotto in lingua ITALIANA.
Se così non fosse…prego il Signor Joe Vitale di pensarci e di accontentare
e far conoscere il suo lavoro anche a noi in lingua Italiana.
Ringrazio di cuore
Cordialità
Antonietta
I think the best way to sum this post up is by saying:
THE LAW OF ATTRACTION ALWAYS WORKS. IT’S JUST A MATTER OF WHETHER OR NOT YOU REALIZE IT…
Henry Ford once said something along the lines of, “whether you think you’ll fail, or whether you think you’ll succeed… either way… you’re right!”
Every thought that passes through our minds is an object. It may not have definitive shape, size, mass, weight, or form… but it’s still an object nonetheless.
The LOA is simply a governance to help us realize & respect the power of our thoughts. I think in this post you help those who are reluctant to fully reform themselves to obey this law, realize it’s importance.
Joe,
I have send a mail to you. I’m comin from Belgium (near France).
I speak french, so sorry for my bad english.
I see a true friend and a “master” in you.
Thank you for all your works, you have really changed my life.
I read books every day, but you “inspire” me the most.
I respect you 😉
Joe,
Your work is fantastic. Go on.
You inspire me. 🙂
I’d like to reply to post #6 by Jeff –
.”..What happens if my intentions come into conflict with someone else’s?”
2 years ago I broke up with my long time gf. We both had been deeply hurt by our troubled relationship. I hit rock bottom emotionally, mentally but the painful experience awoke my ‘soul’. That tends to happens when your ego gets ‘pummeled to the ground’ forcing you to completely ‘surrender’ to life. 😀 Have to say that this most painful period of my life was also my most rewarding.
Anyhoo listening to my innerself I realized that I indeed wanted to settle down with my gf. I also knew that some changes(painful as it were) that occured within myself now can make the relationship work. It was all necessary and part of the plan. The universe was indeed serving me whether I understood it or not.
At this point, on the surface it seemed TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE to settle down with her. She seemed deeply in love with someone else, completely lost faith in me PLUS her family and close friends despised me. I did manage to maintain communication with her but it was clear that she felt that the likelihood of us getting together was impossible.
Yet spiritually I felt I can have it if that is what I truly wanted. Everything will be alright. No conflicts. No one will get hurt and everything will fall perfectly into place. That was my deep belief. Everything will sort itself out nicely.
This is precisely what happened. We are both blissfully married now and expecting our first child. The guy that she was deeply into somehow willingly withdrew out of the relationship with her, which convinced her that he wasn’t worth it despite him being a superb guy. He was happy for both our newfound happiness. Her family and friends turned around and loved me.
There is no ‘OUTSIDE’. My experience all orginate within me. Because of this there ARE NO ‘VICTIMS’, spiritually speaking. It’s all me. I’m making up all my experiences and ‘experiencing’ the experience(good and bad) is what something very deep inside me wants I think. I’m not really ‘here’ but actually I’m sort of very actively participating in the universe’s MOST ADVANCED VIRTUAL REALITY PROGRAM. I therefore can relate very well to Dr Vitale’s book ZERO LIMITS. This ‘GAME’ is so REAL I sometimes have to remind myself what it really is. It doesn’t make me take life and people for granted. In fact it makes me want to PLAY THE GAME really well, being more aware and positively affecting things and people around me.
My painful episode gave me just a ‘hint’ of what this universe really is. People like Dr Vitale and his peers are just so much higher in awareness. I can only imagine how delicious it might be for them to be walking this planet.
I tell you every moment and ‘things’; it’s mere existence feels miraculous. Sometimes I imagine that when my time is up I will look back an incredibly miss the earthly expereince, the air, the room, the laptop, the sun, the skin, the emotions. Thinking that way makes you savour every moment of the NOW. Even as I stood waiting inline yesterday buying Fried Chicken. In those ‘dull’ moments look around you.. notice the people, the ‘stuff’ as mundane as a straw seems.. feel it.. everything around you is miraculous. Sometimes you can almost ‘feel’ the air, the trees etc acknowledge YOUR acknowledgement and blissful gratitude of what IS.
I hope everyone gets to enjoy this.
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Hello Joe
First of all I want to say that my mother tongue is Spanish, so I hope you can forgive my mistakes in this text…
I have health issues since more-less 6 months and Im desperate. I’ve just read the book “Zero Limits” and I find it amazing. Since one week I’ve been practising the phrase “I’m sorry, please forgive me, thank you, I love you” it helped me but I think not enough. It would be wonderful if I get more information about the ways of cleanning. I know that more tools for cleanning are taught in the Hooponopono Workshop but for me it’s too expensive and far. Even the language will not help me. I think my English is not enough for a workshop and Im actually in Germany (and my German is not enough too)…
So I hope you or someone can help me
Thanks a lot
Patricia
Thanks, Joe! These things cannot be said too often! And you have a cool way of saying them!! 😀 😀
The LOA is always working because all atoms and cells communicate at the same time . When you have a thought. These thoughts actually create particles. These particles attract like particles. There was an experiment that showed even particles of water are attracted to each other when separated. So weather someone believes it or not, there is proof of the LOA. Thanks Joe!
Beautiful article as always…
Beautiful article as always!
The law of attraction works in exactly the same way as your lungs take in air, naturally without stress or effort. Trouble is we humans try to force the LOA to work in our favour and are invariable disappointed with the results. Most people chase a lump sum of money but that will never get the LOA working in their favour. Just as Joe says; just like gravity it is there all of the time working all of the time but it is not obvious until you take some form of action to prove it. If you lie in bed all day you will seldom witness the law of gravity but as soon as you move (take action) it springs into reality so it is with the Law of Attraction.- We seldom think of what we have but always of what we lack.
Joe I just wanted to say how much reading the attractor factor has opened up a block I wasn’t even aware I had. I cannot tell you what happened or how it happened, just simply reading the book did something. The night after reading it and every day since I am on a continuous cycle of Dinvinly inspired information, I can barely keep up with the writing it down and or sketching things. Color everywhere! Even the way my message work is received is changing, the Universe does like speed! Something shifted inside of me also, I no longer feel off balance all because I read attractor factor and gained clarity on manifesting – I literally felt the moment of the difference between ego and divine – everything has now come together for me. Thank you so much! I am also using “hopo”. I also am a Realtor and things are changing there also. Amazing. Thank you. Much Love, Trish.
So, all you have to do is pretend so hard until you can pretend that you’re not pretending.
I have a hard time making LOA work for me. Whenever I try to concentrate on getting something good my Pink Unicorn pet always distracts me. Not to mention the green elves that tickle me feet.
Please HELP becuase I REALLLLLLLY want LOA to work.
Thank you Joe! LOA definitely does work, like you say it’s inevitable like water flowing down a hill. In my own life I have attracted so many things, I have attracted myself a laptop and a new girlfriend in the last year! Amazing. Unfortunately recently my doctor has told me that I have had an anurysm and that drugs are needed which I cannot afford. Luckily instead of working for the money I have the secret and I will try attracting the medicine I need. like gravity pulling the tides. Sharing your knowledge of neurometaphysics would help so much in this!! Like many others I am also using “hopo”. Love to you and all Jamie
I know the law of attraction works, I have seen it. I get dreams that also come true and they where pretty freaky. But there are also times when I get a need to do something and go and do it and nothing comes of it. What are those? I have always been faithful to the promptings. I believe in gratitude and practice it and I have really been forgiving and loving in my life. But still when i do not feel well I can’t help but suspect that those moments might be limiting the flood that I should be seeing. Like I said the dreams come all the time and I have yet to not seen them come true. However, there seems to be a lot of pain that has to be done before they happen.
Ya, A few days ago i really proof LOA. I get money, I get Kios, and I get Business “Kios Naya II”. Thanks God. Alhamdulillah.
In the end it always the fault of
our limited beliefs.
Get clear, let it go, feel free and cherish
your new beliefs that propel you to your
ideal life.
LOA works if we believe in it to the point
that u say ” See, ive told you before, i can
feel it “. Thats it.
Dont compare LOA with gravity, lung and etc.
Just accept it. You can only experience it if you
put enough focus,energy and openness of it.
Brilliant post Joe!
Hey Joe,
I just finished listening to your Zero Limits audio. I have to say, it is awesome.
Thank you for writing and sharing it with the world, and especially thank you for your perseverance in tracking down the ‘mysterious’ person!!
God bless you and yours.
I Love how Joe makes everything sound so simple in life..i haveseen teh movie The SECRET so many times.. i have experienced LOA working for me but the ones who say that it doesnt work ,are the one who actually are concentarting on “What they don’t want” from life….. i can say this confidently because i have experienced this.. Sometimes my mind deviates and its starts concentarting on what i don want , and when i get what i did not wish for, i again realise that the LOA worked but it was me who was applying in a wrong way…. That is where we all need to concentrate and realise the Existence of LOA>>>> Love you JOE…..
Hello,
I appreaciate whatever u said about this LOA and about the secrete, But believe me in indian spiritual books it was written long way before. I know such a spiritual books which will give u a lot information about this LOA and much more advanced theories.
Thank You.
Hi,
You made it all clearer! It is very important to know how to attract things and how turn those wanting into realities. Great post. Thank you
what is the math behind the LOA? i ask because it was compared to gravity, and since gravity is 100% supported and explained by math, i figured LOA might be as well. what does the math look like? thanks
Yes, Joe, I am fascinated by neurometaphysics. I would love to hear more. I am also a member of your attractmiracles site. The information there is wonderful. Thank you so much for all you do.
I’m sorry. Please forgive me. I thank you. I love you.
Hi Joe, my favourite person
Thanks for shedding more detailed light on the Law of Attraction. It has been for the longest time a Law that has been rather difficult to apply.
Thanks again, Joe and God bless
Hi Joe,
Great post. I agree with all the points listed and I like the sports analogy.
I would love to put this in my monthly newsletter. Please let me know if you are OK with that.
Still wondering if anyone have any insights at all into the math behind this “law?” I just don’t understand how it can be compared to gravity without offering any math as means of explanation. Gravity is a mathematical concept. If the LOA is like gravity, then where’s the math? Otherwise it shouldn’t be considered a law, but rather simply an idea. still searching for some explanations about the connection between LOA and gravity other than just saying that they’re both laws because you say so. thanks
Bill,
There is no math, because there is no Physics applied here. These are basic techniques taken from Cognitive-Behavioral Theory, a proven practice in the field of Psychology. The scientists who showed that thoughts affect feelings and actions never claimed to be using physics. This is just very clever marketing of some very old (and good) ideas – making them seem magical and mystical. If you read the Dale Carnegie books from the 1920s-30s you’ll find the same concepts. We know in neurology that thoughts actually change brain chemistry, which changes emotion, which can lead to positive or negative actions and the resulting consequences… It’s not physics, not a “Law of the Universe”, not created by Joe Vitale, but it is related to the study of behavioral science. Peace and thanks!
What I remember about my high school Physics classes is that positive attracts negative. Sooo, wouldn’t you need to think of the OPPOSITE of what you want to attract? Also, Physics 101 says that gravity is a function of mass. It is caused by the magnetic pull of the mass and is NOT present in most of the vast space of the Universe. So, does the so-called “Law of Attraction” apply only on the suns and planets like gravity does? Please explain the “neurometaphysician” view on these questions as your “physics” isn’t making much sense to a me, as a real physical scientist. Thank you!!
I am totally convinced with the LOA and its operation.
But one thing I would like to seek clarification is about the action to be taken for attracting wealth. I have understood the principles, the methodology of Wealth attraction but as an employee of a company, I would like to know what action needs to be taken to attract wealth. Please bear in mind that I am only an employee.
It’s all about taking responsibility to change ourself and to learn about these laws since Law of Attraction is not the only law. Very good article… thanks for sharing, Joe. 🙂
Hello Dr. Vitale:
I am so thankful that people like you exist. I never imagined to learn so much in such little time from you. I purchased the book “The Secret” and saw the movie as well. When I watched the movie, although everyone exercised a tremendous participation, in my opinion, you were the one individual that caught my attention. You have a clarity of expression and explaining circumstances that get right to the point.
I identify myself with many things that you mention in “The Missing Secret” as well. I recently purchased this material and am really enjoying it. Although the DVD kind of cuts off sometimes, I am not sure if it was a reproduction defect. This is a miraculous piece of information.
I am so grateful that the Divine has given me the privilege to come across your material. I was undergoing a state of depression, and not enjoying my life as I used to after giving birth to my second child, as well as losing my job and facing foreclosure. After reading the book “The Secret”, watching the movie, reading and listening to the material provided in The Missing Secret, my life has improved approximately 75%(since I learned of your materials only 1 month ago). I am still waiting for the divine to resolve all my issues, including my foreclosure matters, but my faith and gut tells me that this solution is on its way. I just have to be patient and take action for improving my life. I have taken the first step which has changed my feelings, thoughts and emotions. It has even changed the way I feel about everyone around me. I wish all I could do for a month is read all your material.
Also, is this material in Spanish. I would love to tell my family members about this, but they do not understand English that well. In order for me to translate this for them, I guess I’ll have to have The Missing Secret Party. How about the rest of the non English speaking population? You shall really consider translating it into Spanish. Please let me know if I can assist, I am fluent in Spanish. I can speak, read and write in Spanish.
Dr. Vitale, thank you for changing my life. This is just the beginning of a new life filled with prosperity and abundance for me. I have no words to describe the excitement I have and how grateful I feel of your existence. Now let me say good bye with my favorite exercise from The Missing Secret, I AM SORRY, if I have taken five minutes of your time to read this e-mail. PLEASE FORGIVE ME, for loving your material. THANK YOU for clarifying my hidden thoughts and changing my life.
I LOVE YOU for creating this enriching jewel of material. MAY GOD BLESS YOU EVERY SECOND OF YOUR LIFE!!!
Thanks again for your precious time.
Respectfully,
Alexa
Dear Dr. Joe Vitale
Our nerveous system operates using electricity and i have attempted to link the LOA to the thought process. However i cannot make the connection between the frequencies of the brain and the “things i want”. I do find it very arrogant of you to call it a law, as opposed to theory.
P.S i enjoyed the movie very much, and hope to hear more about the LOA.
Alberto
I have your CD set, The Missing Secret. I have listened to the CD’s multiple times. For some weeks I had put the CDs aside. Then I began to feel particularly hopeless. I found The Missing Secret again and listened. The next morning I recieved a call for donations from AmVets. I felt distrbed and I knew that I must pay atttention to what I waa feeling. I felt that our veterans needed more than just a donation. That was this past Saturday. Today is Thursday and I am in the process of building a program for our returning vetereans and current veterans. I am trying to buy a ranch/farm in SW Texas at which our veterans will be trained, educated and employed. Our farm will raise dairy goats and sheep, herbs, vegetables, grapes for Texas wine, and may include raising emus and chickens. I will also have homes built for the veterans to buy. And I thank you, Joe Vitale, for teaching me to allow the flow to occur in my life. I am so grateful to you.
AWWE joe come on. Ilike you but the LOA is nothing like the law of gravity.Gravity can be measured and tested the LOA cannot. And to say gravity works like this ,there for so does LOA is just wrong.I am sorry Joe ,the LOA was was just a great marketing gimmic that made you and a lot of other people a lot of money,while a whole moere people who put there faith in it failed and some lost everything.Joe you are a great copy writer and marketer,but that is it.
Though this post is rather old, I came across it at a time when I had a question on the validity of the LOA.
I strongly disagree with the previous commenter.
The rules of the LOA are embedded with multiple principles
that dictate how our lives go.
I appreciate the “don’t become a victim” part. I now have a newly-found understanding that the law of attraction always
works, we just have to make a decision whether we want it
to work FOR us or AGAINST us.
First I would like to address the negative posts that I read above. Let’s start with those who have an issue with LOA being called a law.
Those who have issue with this ask ‘where is the proof’. For those of us who understand it, we see the proof every day. I know that doesn’t help the non-believers but consider this; Today the law of gravity can be demonstrated mathematically, but when the apple first fell to the ground where Isaac Newton was having tea, he realized that the apple always falls to the ground, never goes up, or sideways, but the ‘math’ was not understood until quite some time later. When he observed the apple, was gravity a law at that point, or was it only a law after the math was sorted? Not to mention that although today it is a law, there is still much not understood.
Also for the person who calls himself ‘a real physical scientist’ gravity indeed is present everywhere, which as a professional scientist I would think you would know.
So do we fully understand the math…at this point… of LOA? No we do not although there is some good work being done to help explain the ‘how’ . I follow these new scientific discoveries because I am truly curious to know ‘how’ it works, but I already know it does work…and that is far more important to me…and all I really need to know.
How many of you know exactly how your car works, or your microwave oven, or your TV? Be honest. Even if you don’t know exactly how all these things work, you still drive home after work, put a hot pocket in the microwave and watch TV…. without ever questioning how all of these miraculous things happened. The truth is it doesn’t matter that you know how they work, only that you remember to be grateful for all of those things.
Now to the comment that Dr. Joe Vitale is only “a great copy writer and marketer, but that is it.” I agree that he is a great copy writer, and marketer, not to mention a very motivating speaker who is very pleasant and concise in his explanations. And thank (your god) that he is…otherwise so many (including myself) would likely have stopped after watching ‘The Secret’ and chalked this all up to a bunch of BS, like many others have.
But, because of his explanations in the movie ‘The Secret’ I looked for more information and found his website…read or listened to his books and started my journey. When Joe uses someone else’s explanations or quotes to help educate, he always gives them credit. That’s because he was once on his own journey of discovery and read others books and used them as tools to learn, and also uses them to teach. He never claimed to have invented LOA . He read Napolean Hill and recommends it. He freely discloses how he gained the knowledge he has today and puts it all together in a way that is easy to understand, with great examples and personal stories. Do you not think he should be paid for that? My personal opinion is that I gain much more value from Dr. Joe Vitale’s works that I do from watching endless hours of TV…which costs considerably more.
From his writings I learned that Joe was down and out, and because he was willing to open his mind to any possibility that would improve his reality, he started his journey. After understanding LOA at some level things did improve and he made money using these principles in relation to marketing. He also wanted to know more and understand more and was able to find and talk to some of the author’s he had read and others that taught him. He writes about these experiences and about what he learned and teaches other who want to learn. He does not have all the answers, he is still searching as we all are, but he has a huge head start on many of us which is why his material is so valuable for those who want to manifest their own reality on their own terms.
Joe to me is not a ‘god’ in any sense of the word. He is a friend I’ve never met. Like he does, I now try to explain these truths to my friends. I quote Joe (and others), direct people to his writings and I do this not for profit of any kind. I do this because everyone deserves a better life and I just want to help. I feel in some ways it is my giving back, my duty somehow. I believe Joe does this for much the same reasons. Yes he is paid to do this work, but I promise you if I spent the time and effort to seek out this information and compile it as he has, I’d be expecting payment as well!
I have no ill will to any of the previous commenters, quite the opposite I hope they all have an opportunity to see this information somewhere at a time in their life when they are open minded enough to start their own journey.
Keep up the good work Joe. I love you all.
thank you 🙂
I have been studying, researching, reading and practicing the Law of Attraction intensely for the last 12 months and I 100% believe it. I know I have cleared many of my limiting beliefs; and they were very limiting and negative. For the last month I have been unemployed and able to really focus on my mind, and for this month I have been really pleased and proud of my new positive beliefs and positive thought patterns coming naturally. I have been indescribably happy, constantly loving and joyful. I could feel positivity running through my veins, it was amazing and I was so grateful. I cannot describe in words how I felt, but I know I was in tune with nature and I definitely had experiences of running into people at the right time and place, and small things were always falling into place. I had been focusing intensely on gaining employment in a job I want. I was affirming, visualising and genuinely believing that the job was mine. Everything was going in flow – I got an interview and realised I knew a member of the interview panel and continued ‘coincidentally’ running into him on the street. I did not get the job and was told I interviewed really well, but another candidate just had much more experience than I. I cannot express how disappointed I was with this result. I would say my disappointment was more with the lack of results from the LoA than not getting the job. Also, I dont understand how I am supposed to react to this. I have been beyond happy and joyful all month and prior to that my dominant state was happy. How is this in any way the law of attraction when I have been so grateful, happy and joyful and this brought me such disappointment. I understand my reaction is my responsibility/choice. However I cannot deny how I feel and don’t think this is healthy; I don’t think it is healthy for me to pretend/try to be happy about the result. I have entertained the idea that something better is in store, and I will focus on this and overcome my feelings of disappointment as I believe in the LoA to much to doubt it. I am just hoping for some kind of insight from others as to: 1. How am I supposed to react to something like this? Do you really believe I should try to repress the feelings of rejection, disappointment, anger and hurt this felt? I had not felt anything like this for such a long time.
2. How do you explain these results? According to the LoA I should have bought in really positive results.
Thank you so much for your insights anyone 🙂
Hi Jacquelyn. Thanks for sharing your current reality. There is a lot to say here, most of which is on my blog posts, and available for free. Meanwhile…Never repress your feelings. Express them, safely and appropriately. Then refocus on your goal. Not getting that job simply meant THAT job wasn’t a match for you. A better one, or something else, more wonderful awaits. Trust and move on. Life is a learning experience, not a “I did it once and we’re done” experience. Expect Miracles. Sending love…
Most of my life has been negative energy around me which I’m responsible for and I learned this on my quest to remembering who I am in understanding about spiritual awakening. My emotions and feelings go up and down I’m trying to hold on to those good feelings but the bad feelings seems to have a familiar censsation that I’m use to. I been meditating and eft tapping to try and get and stay in the vortex of who I really am. But its been since 2010 when I started this journey and I’m still on the system I’m a single parent of 4 boys which I only get a some child support for one and a fixed income of $130.00 a month for which I’m grateful for. My heart is heavy I wasn’t able to get any of my children nothing for christmas just a tree that I visualize presents being under the tree and what I didn’t want happen. My family and friends aren’t no way into the loa they actually think I’m coo coo for putting visoinary boards on my wall.Even though they aren’t into what I’m doing they seem to be grasping the things I say better than me. But I have a feeling of being by myself in this loa, writing in my gratitude book, meditation, spiritual awakening. I’m trying to teach my boys what I’m learning but at this point how can I teach wat I’m learning to have all this knowlegde and deneying the power that this knowledge give. When it comes to clearing old things in me through medtation I start to feel lighter less stress but I feel my subconcious is so use to the negative energy and seems as its a strong hold. Listening to the Power and learning about how powerful Love is I thought was going to really help me, I even listen to my voice recordings of affirmations as I sleep and still Water bill due, phone bill due today and I’m really trying to be hopeful at the last min. Help please I really need to understand why I’m feeling like something else is in control. While typing this it seem as though I’m observing myself to be staying on fear-negative blvd off choice highway!
I think the law of attraction has something more to do with the law of expectation. You get what you expect. Sometimes.
I read The Secret some years ago. I’m 22. It all seemed very basic in principle but in practice I’m not sure if I saw results. Maybe there are results but we don’t notice them all the time? Instead of the big things I wanted happening, it was rather little things I thought of that would come true, like synchronicity. I’ll think of a song and it plays. I’ll think of a person and they ring. I’ll think of a movie and then it just happens to come on TV. I don’t know if that’s me attracting those little things to me just because I thought of them and thus attracted them to me or if that’s more in the realm of intuition and stuff, or maybe the law of attraction IS connected to all those esoteric things in some ways. I mean, the book did say, after all, if you affirm there will be a free parking space, there will be.
I worked in a telefundraising outfit and the whole thing was based on luck, in my opinion. Luck and particular wording, to get donations. The bosses would have apprasils with you and discuss goals and what not and want you’d input. I was doing well during days and my boss asked me basically what was my secret, and I just said you need to expect it. But then there were days were I said the same stuff, for the same causes, and made zilch. To put it in perspective, there was a day I made hundreds of dollars for a charity in one afternoon, I reached about $280 and the target was $160 – $40 an hour for cold calling. Keep in mind none of those were big donations, nothing like someone giving me $100, just collections of 20’s and 10’s and 30’s, whatever people could afford. But they were all donating. Likewise, there was a day where I actually made nothing but one $10 cheque which doesn’t count to your stats anyway – and I’d had the same expectations as on days I’d done good. Said the same things. Rang the same areas – and different areas. Same tones of voice. I’d done everything you can do and everything within my training, but that’s the thing. It’s outside of ‘FORMULA’ and recipe. Our manager had this thing where she said ‘We have a recipe for success that works.’ Bullshit. It all comes down to luck and they know it.
Now maybe we should be studying the law of luck and how to get some more of that. 😉
I’m afraid I totally disagree with the article. Gravity exists because we know it does. We can measure it, demonstrate it in experiments and keep replicating them. There is massive evidence gravity exists.
There is, however, absolutely no evidence for a law of attraction. Nothing in life remotely suggests it exists and if there had been no books that had been written about it I wouldn’t have ever conceived an idea. Unless something is suggested in life through our experiences then why would we believe in it?
I have studied and applied god knows how many books for over 10 years on this subject being told by so many so-called “gurus” how to apply it and not a single one of my desires or requests, or the essence of them, has happened. I’m still waiting over a decade on.
And the woman who wrote the Secret filled that book with lots of misinformation, for instance saying that Einstein believed it it. Einstein had absolutely no esoteric views and was an aethiest. Also why did she get into legal trouble for breaching contract with other parties over the book and film if she believes and applies it? So often quantum physics is quoted as “scientific evidence” for a law of attraction but if you actually understand quantum physics you’ll also realise there is ABSOLUTELY NO evidence that the apparently random behaviour of some sub-atomic particles is manifested at the macro-level. Those particles behave that way simply because they do and at a larger scale things are solid, stable and predictable because otherwise matter would never form properly. There is nothing to suggest thought attracts objects or people to us.
I think there is some evidence to back up psychic abilities and perhaps sometimes people perceive others at a subconscious level relatively soon before they make an appearance but that is about a form of wireless transmission and receiving we have a physical ability to have, somewhere in the brain. That in itself is an exciting possibility but as for a wider law of attraction I’m afraid both my life experiences and the evidence out there is there is absolutely no truth in it.
Thank you for proving the Law of Attraction. The very fact that you can’t find “any” evidence for it shows you have a mindset that will only allow the lack of evidence. That’s what you will attract. Obviously, I’ve reviewed scientific books on the Law of Attraction right on this blog. A Google search will turn up more. So it’s “obvious” — if your mindset is open to it. But you will get what you believe, whether you’re for it or against it, which is further proof of the Law of Attraction.
I’m still waiting for proof that it works. I have yet to see any proof of it in my life. I will wait……………
I tried everything these gurus are saying. I used to get 1 or 2 lottery match. But after trying LOA, not a single lotto matches. I tried with a very small lotto – Fantasy5 (under 100 K). So I think, it’s all about luck. Most lottery winners never visualize or some even don’t know anything about LOA and they win. It’s all about luck guys. Joe is smoking.