Is the Law of Attraction real?

A review of several scientifically studied principles that seem to support in part this law.

Mahatma Gandhi already saidKeep your thoughts positive, because your thoughts become your words. Keep your words positive, for your words become your behaviors. Keep your behaviors positive, for their behaviors become your habits. Keep your habits positive, because your habits become your values. Keep your values positive, because your values become your destiny."

Principles linking thought and results

The well-known Law of Attraction, widely popularized by books such as the Secrethas certain scientific evidence that I list below.

1. Collateral thinking

Understand the meaning of collateral thinking (positive thoughts/perceptions and manifestations or negative thoughts/perceptions and manifestations), like attracts like. When we have positive thoughts, we feel good and we transmit it contrary to when we have negative thoughts. These thoughts have a direct impact on the way we act, interact, perceive and receive.

In addition, among other studies, research conducted by Wetzel showed that we are more attracted to people with similar opinions, we feel more affinity with these people..

2. Change your mood, you have the power to do so

A big part of the Law of Attraction is learning to be an open and happy person and interacting with others from this attitude, attracting generosity, kindness, and success, being the reflection of the behavior we observe.

In other words, when someone emanates positivity, this same response is reflected in the observer's brain. This can produce feedback, which is easily replicated. On the other hand, studies on the amygdala (the emotional center of the brain) show that if we are afraid or anxious, we stimulate feelings of fear and anxiety in others..

An additional statement pertaining to the Law of Attraction theory states that negative thinking can hinder or prevent success, love, well-being, and human connection. Act as if you have already achieved your goal, the positive, in a realistic and measurable way. Just thinking about positive things will make you feel better and from here you will relate better with them, resulting in better results.

3. Limiting beliefs

Follow this process through four steps

• Define what you want.
• Identify what you do not want.
• Feel what it would be like to have that goal.
• Avoid sabotaging or limiting it.
• Act accordingly.

Geneticists show that limiting beliefs, in part, are inherited, but thanks to epigenetics we know that they can be unlearned and new beliefs can be learned.

You should not conform or feel guilty about your limiting beliefs, try to identify them and from here do not make them yours, modify them.

4. The Pygmalion effect

From the self-fulfilling prophecy, the Pygmalion EffectIf we believe that we are going to fail or succeed in some activity or performance, it is very possible that our behavior will change so that this ends up happening, since the belief is conditioning our responses and our way of interpreting reality. In the words of Stephen R. Covey, "Treat a person as he is and he will remain as he is. Treat a person as he can be and could be and he will become what he can and could be."

When you utter the statement "I can't" or "I won't" you will have that result, you must add the word "" yet" and replace "no" with "yes" to your vocabulary.

Concluding

A professor at the University of Exeter published a paper on constructive and repetitive thinking, revealing that people who continually tell themselves that they can achieve a goal are more likely to achieve a positive outcome.

Of course, there is a learning curve that is closely related to these principles. Remember, although perfection does not exist, practice almost leads to perfection. The more you practice, the better results you will obtain, from the security that this learning brings you.

If your actions are accompanied by positive thoughts, feelings and thoughts, these will help you to obtain these expected results, or at least will facilitate and give you security in the process to achieve constructive results.

After all this, I invite you to put these principles into practice, and check through thoughts, words, behaviors, habits and values the power you have to achieve or "attract" your goals, as Gandhi said; "because your values become your destiny".

And remember: "You are the creator of your mind".