How does scarcity and abundance affect the working of the Law of Attraction? Am I working out of a sense of lack if I am prudent with money? Am I being cautious or paranoid when I Google every potential new partner I meet? Do I have a great work ethic if I work every spare minute to build a really successful business or do I just do it because I’m afraid I’m going broke? When one analyzes the drivers behind a certain behavior, one can soon see if the moderator of the behavior is scarcity or abundance. I am not suggesting that success cannot be achieved from a place of scarcity; It can be a very powerful motivator, but it will affect how the Law of Attraction works.
Very recently I received a comment on my blog about the Law of Attraction from a reader who is doing everything he thinks he can, but without achieving the rewards or desires for which he sent rockets. When a person begins to explore a law like the Law of Attraction, this is likely to happen. I went through it. I know others who have been through it, and I’m sure most people do. Like religion, the Law of Attraction is based on blind faith. The crucial difference is that it goes against everything we are socialized to believe. Deep within most of us is a deep-seated belief that it simply CANNOT work. It can’t be THAT simple!
Most of Western society is built on the model that we must work hard to achieve success, well, anything in fact. Why is that? Maybe because the system needs cheap labor. Whatever it is, there is a sense of fear in Western society and this creates the feeling of scarcity.
I recently allowed myself to go bankrupt. Yeah, overdraft on all my accounts, late payments, everything. I did have a couple of squeaky moments, but overall I never allowed myself to worry about it. He kept saying, “Money is easy to come by. There’s lots of money out there. I’m good at this. It always works out. I always have enough. Money is my friend,” and so on. Guess what? Someone gave me some money back when they had previously told me there was no way they could (sure, I had to threaten them with court, but sometimes people need some encouragement) AND they actually gave me more than I bargained for. They owed me to cover my lost time and for some work I did!
Now, I’m not totally reckless. I did not lose my house. I worked a few hours here and there (at a good rate of pay that I demanded) and sent rockets of desire about the type of work and returns I wanted in the future. I also sold a few things that were messing up my life anyway. It took me a few months (of not worrying or thinking about it, just visualizing the work and the returns) and now I can report that I was offered a contract and I have just sent 2 quotes to people. who approached me for 2 very lucrative contracts doing exactly what I sent the Rockets to do. I haven’t promoted myself at all! I don’t know if I’ll get them, and in a way I don’t care because I know things will work out. Stop pressing! Another quote request has just arrived.
I know that if I had been worried about money or desperate for these contracts, I would not have gotten them.
The weirder side of all of this is that while I have no doubts in my ability to provide the service I request, I have never done so before for others and have NO prior record. I just think I can, I’ve studied quite a bit and tried it on my own projects. Consequently, others seem to believe that I can do it too.
As you can see, it’s all about believing. I am not suggesting that you just sit there with a smile on your face, visualizing this and that and waiting for whatever you want to fall into your lap. I suggest you believe with all your heart that you can have anything you want and prepare well for that eventuality.
A big reason why the Law of Attraction doesn’t work is because when we feel like we need something, we create a resistance that the universe feels and this keeps us in a kind of limbo. A positive and negative charge acting with equal force. Scarcity means I’m afraid. You can probably feel the resistance just from the sound of the word.
To successfully apply the law we just need to ‘be’, believe that everything will be fine and forget about all the things that society has spent our lives imposing on us. Do the things you want because you want to, NOT because you can afford it. I can report that it is possible, I have been doing it!
Living a life of abundance and using the Law of Attraction to bring the things you want into your life does not mean being stupid or irresponsible. It means being totally sure that everything will work out. It means to be happy. It means appreciation of all success because that state will bring you more success. It means understanding that we live in an abundant world and that life is meant to be good. It means to visualize. It means to meditate and it means to be aware when there is resistance.
We attract what we think. Why not think of wonderful things for yourself, your family, and everyone else? It requires the same effort as worry. Believe that there is enough to go around and that you deserve to be happy, and the scarcity vs. abundance debate can simply become old news.
