The Law of Attraction

The Law of Attraction is as scrupulously fair as a mirror.
Man tends to attract to himself that which he loves, fears, or steadily expects; that is, those things that he keeps at his central (focal) consciousness.

Man fears certain negative experiences, and quite logically, he attracts them. There will come times when the negative will edge toward the center, but the instant he notices this, he will immediately say "I resist that suggestion" and he will again bring back into focus that good that he wishes. Gradually, he will notice that the good, more and more, tends to stay at the center, while the negative tends to fade away.

The above is taken from The Science of Mind by Frederick Bailes

Thoughts attract that upon which it is directed. Recall that it was Job who said: "For the thing which I have feared has come upon me." Our fear thoughts are just as magnetic in attracting troubles to us as are the constructive and positive thoughts in attracting positive results. So no matter what the character of the thought, it does create after its kind. When this sinks into man's consciousness, he gets some inkling of the awe-inspiring power which is his.

We hear and read much about various stages of thought, degrees of consciousness, thought concentration, the strength of our faith, all of which deals with the intensity or degree of power we send forth. Creative force comes only when there is a fully developed mental picture, or when the imagination can visualize the fulfillment of our ambition and see in our mind a picture of the object we desire....just as if we already possessed them.

As a result of my studies of the so-called mystic teachings, the various mental sciences and the regular orthodox church teachings, I am convinced that they all work in varying degrees, but only to the extent that their followers believe. So it is with prayer, whether it be a part of a church service or the purely spontaneous and personal supplication of the individual.

However, I am forced to the conclusion that many people go through the lip-service act of saying their prayers without the slightest belief that those prayers will be answered.

Taken from the Magic of Believing by Claude Bristol

It is written; "it is done unto you as you believe"

When I first started reading these materials it was just too out there for me...a lot of it went against my personal spiritual beliefs and some of it still does...however, the more I dig into it the more I realize that a lot of the principles presented are found throughout the scriptures of all religions. What I've learned thru this process is; even though we may not agree in full with what is being presented, when we close our minds to things we may miss out on some pearls of wisdom that can be gathered along this path of life.

"Imagination is more important than knowledge...knowledge is limited."
Einstein