The Lie of Attraction - Another Fatal Flaw

If you have been attempting to apply the principles ofresults (you have 53 down line sign-ups in one day!
the Law of Attraction, chances are that you'veWoohoo!), and then...uh oh. More negative thoughts.
struggled with the flaw of the whole idea ofAnd you go back and forth with this a few times,
"attraction." After all, how can you have something thatcreating wonderful (sometimes miraculous)
you don't have? And yet, isn't that exactly what weexperiences, only to have them implode upon
are affirming when we try and "attract" anything? Thisthemselves. What the heck is happening? Do not get
is the first flaw with the so-called Law of Attraction.frustrated my friend, for what you have experienced is
During a recent conversation with one of my down linequite typical of the law of attraction's Fatal Flaw #2:
distributors, we uncovered another LOA fatal flaw.The Fear of Having a Negative Thought.
Here's what typically happens when trying to apply theHere's why I call this fear a flaw: resistance leads to
law of attraction:persistence, and negativity is not what you want if
1. First, we become aware of how our thoughts createyou're into "attracting." However, you must have
our reality. In other words, when we think of lack ornegative thoughts and experiences when you make
abundance, we experience lack or abundance.adjustments to your BEINGNESS. After all, these
2. Then we expand on the above idea by having ournegative thoughts are auto-pilot programs in the
thoughts "attract" what we want. The premise behindsubconscious (where you can do nothing but respond
this idea is that our thoughts seek out the things thatto them). How else can you release these programs
share its congruent vibration, and that thingunless they come up from the subconscious into your
subsequently shows up in our lives.conscious waking life?
3. Assuming that we experience some success up toFor example, let's say your goal is a down line
this point, we carry on with life, ecstatic because weorganization of 100+ productive distributors, but your
found our happy thought and wonderful experiencescurrent organization has only 6. You implement some
show up to support us. We begin to think, "Wow, if ittechniques, and voila! You've got what you wanted.
was this easy to manifest 100 new down lineThen you lose 23 people to another opportunity! Did
distributors, I wonder what else I can do!"the law of attraction just fail here? Not really - it's just
4. Now, we get REALLY excited and start making listsflawed. Did the Law of Being fail? Absolutely not!
of all the things we are going to work on next-theSee, if you were trying to "attract" 100+ productive
perfect relationship, an end to joint pain, the horsedistributors, this situation would seem like an absolute
ranch in Montana,...and on and on.fiasco! (Notice I said "attract," not "retain.") But if you
And then...it happens. The one thing that you feel willhave DECIDED to BE the leader of a 100+ productive
put an absolute END to your momentum justdistributorship, this is just a clearing out of the
happened.pretenders. Negative thoughts are nothing to fear or
You had a negative thought. (Cue foreboding musicresist; they are merely the remnants of old paradigms
here!)clearing the way for a new reality. You can allow
Oh, boy. Now you've done it. Just like Linus saying thethose distributors to go as they please with no hard
word "if" in reference to the Great Pumpkin appearingfeelings. Your BEINGNESS is steadfast and
in his pumpkin patch. You just blew it. It's over! Andunaffected, and your results will reflect that.
why? Because the main tenet of the law of attractionThe bottom line: There is nothing to "attract" and
is that your thoughts create your reality. So now thatnothing to resist. The negativity that arises following
you've had this negative thought, shouldn't you expectyour new paradigm shift is akin to your son asking to
to experience some negative stuff?be excused from the dinner table. Let him go, he's no
But just like Linus, you vow to try again, resisting thelonger needed. And as always, don't take my word for
negativity, applying the same concept, getting greatit, take it for checking.