Prayer and the Law of Attraction - Two-Ways to Pray

Prayer is something people do to ask for, or give"Yeah, right; I'd like to see the day all my bills were
thanks for, a desire or a desired or favorable change.paid..." then you are getting a first-hand look at the
There are many different ways to pray; but they alltruth of your underlying beliefs. You believe in debt;
involve thinking about what you want. People usingand you will stay there as long as you do. There are
the Law of Attraction are doing the same thing;two-ways to pray for something: By imagining the
they're thinking about a desire, or a desired outcome,joy and gratitude that comes with the new thing;
in the way they believe will give them the bestand, by wishing away the old, or "bad," thing.
chance of experiencing it. There are many differentLikewise, people use The Law of Attraction in much
ways to look at the process of turning our thoughtsthe same way: Imagining, hoping, dreaming, wishing,
into realities, or experiencing them in the physicaland planning for the next new experience; or,
world; but they all involve thinking about what youwanting what they don't have, or wishing-away what
want.they do have.
If you imagine two people praying for a mutual friendWhether you call it prayer, or applying the Law of
to recover from an illness, you might be able toAttraction, focused thought will always produce
imagine one of them thinking, "God, please save myresults; the content of your thoughts generates the
friend from his terrible illness that my internetcontent of your results - and the nature of your
research says kills 27,000 people between the agesthoughts, positive or negative, determines the nature
of 18-and-65 every year; please don't let this terribleof your results. If you're thinking about money,
disease kill my friend like it does so many others..."health, and a happy relationship, you'd better be
But can you imagine the other friend simply visualizingthinking in positive terms and images - and feelings of
himself having fun with his friend - feeling gratefulgratitude, joy, and abundance - if you want your
that the friend had recovered? Both of these peoplemoney, health, and relationship experiences to
think they are praying for the friend to recover; butturn-out for the best. And if they don't, keep it
the first friend is really focusing on the problem. Theypositive; you don't know why things turn-out the
both want the same thing; but only one of them wasway they do, but thoughts always produce things. So
thinking about it.persist in your positive thinking; and whether you're
It is too easy to think about the pile of bills ratherpraying, or planning for the future, it's the thought
than thinking about how grateful you feel having paidthat counts - so think good ones!
them all in full. If you laugh and think to yourself,