Often we struggle when things don’t go according to our plan.

The key is to stay focused.  Obviously, to stay focused you must know what to focus on.  If you have a vision and hence a destination in mind, it is relatively easy to be not deterred by adversities.

In this article we will examine the process of manifesting one’s wishes, or what we call the Power of Personal Creation.  The ability to create one’s reality is a fundamental principle of the universe, i.e., when you articulate your vision, the Universe starts its process of helping you achieve it.  It conspires to make it happen.  It’s that fundamental.  It’s universal.  But to make your personal creation process a success, the universe needs clarity.   It needs for you to remain positive.

Let’s see how it works.  The Universe has a single response to anything you ask for.  That’s “Yes!”.  For example, when you say, “I’m a millionaire”, the Universe says, “Yes”.  When you say, “I’m healthy”, the Universe says, “Yes”.  That’s the only response the Universe knows.

So, it becomes very important to know how to express one’s wish to the Universe.  It therefore becomes important to express our wish with clarity and state it in a positive way.  Clarity avoids ambiguous results, positivity helps in getting what we actually wish for.

Let’s say, instead of saying, “I am a millionaire”, you state, “I want to be a millionaire”, guess what, the Universe says, “Yes”.  So, you end up continuing wanting to be a millionaire.  See!?

What we are talking about here is called the “Law of Attraction”.   It simply states that, you attract what you put out in the Universe through your feelings, thoughts and words.  Your feelings, thoughts and words come back to you in the exact form and intensity that you put them out in – with no change whatsoever.

So, when we put out an inadequate wish, but expect an adequate result, we don’t get it and we are disappointed.  Not because the Law of Attraction does not work, but because we did not state our wish the way it should have been – with clarity and positivity.

But we conclude that the Law of Attraction does not work and give up!

There is something else we need to understand about how the Universe works with respect to the Law of Attraction.  That relates to what is called the Law of Opposites.  Many treaties dealing with the Law of Attraction have failed to deal with the Law of Opposites adequately or at any length at all.  That is another reason why many give up on the Law of Attraction.  Because always, when the Law of Attraction is at work, the Law of Opposites manifests promptly.

We will see what the Law of Opposites is, why it appears always and how to deal with it, so we make progress instead of getting stuck.

The Law of Opposites simply states that at some point in the timeline of your wish getting manifested into reality, the exact opposite of what you wish for will appear in front of you.

For instance, many people have (particularly those at a higher level of spiritual maturity) put out a wish to “Be Light” – the energy that purifies and clarifies.  (I am not joking:  “Being Light” is an actual wish people have put out).  Invariably, all those people experience “Darkness” somewhere in the process of getting their wish manifested.

Another more practical example would be when one is presented with signs of poverty (or more accurately, the fear of poverty) when one aspires to be rich!  This is the Law of Opposites at play.

But why?  Why does the Law of Opposites come into play?  Why can’t people just become Light?

The answer is, “Context”.  Without darkness Light cannot be known.  How will one know what it would be to be Light, if one doesn’t have a frame of reference?  Darkness, here, is the frame of reference.  So, before presenting what you wish for, the Universe presents to you what the opposite would look like.

This opposite is what we construe as adversity!

This is also a test, to truly see if you are worthy of what you wish for.

Let me explain.

When you are presented the opposite, how you respond and learn from experiencing the opposite will determine if you are ready for what you wish for.  Typically, people get bogged down by the opposite and react, OR, they use the opposite as an opportunity to learn and respond!  It is also common to resist the opposite.

Neither reacting or resisting is appropriate.  Because, reacting prevents you from learning and eventually emerging victorious and resisting gives the opposite  more power and makes your adversity worse.

Use the opposite to learn, to overcome, by responsible action.

This leads to the third Law which is operative.  The Law of Wisdom.  It states that every being in the world is endowed with the exact amount of wisdom to be able to respond to circumstances.  Use your wisdom to respond, to identify and resolve the problem,  the opposite that has manifested, when you are chasing your desire.

In summary, We have seen what the Law of Opposites is and why it manifests when the Law of Attraction is supposed to, and how to deal with it.

It’s simple: Recognize it, use it as an opportunity and respond to it, to make the Law of Attraction complete its role.

If not, it will naturally appear that the Law of Attraction does not work.

It does, it always does, unless you come in the way!

Stay tuned!  Stay Happy!

Acknowledgement: “Happier Than God” by Neale McDonald Walsch