I got Fired!

"That much gathers more on every plane of existence" is the first point in Charles Haanel's The Master Key System along with the comment "that Loss leads to greater loss is equally true."

So what does that really mean?

Well, the full meaning of that will be revealed to you by... your own inner self as you progress through the 24 lessons in his excellent course but here is a simplified version.

Like attracts like.

Wow, that's a hard one isn’t it? We have all sorts of platitudes that say the same thing, birds of a feather flock together, if you lie down with dogs you get up with fleas, and many more but the point is, it's a fact. Like attracts like is actually a Law of Nature.

Now I know al the mis-matchers on the planet are saying "no, you are wrong" because they subscribe to the "opposites attract" perspective, but that is all it is, a perspective. The attraction of North to South poles in a magnetic field is the magnetic attraction occurring. Magnetic attracts magnetic (or something in sympathy with "magnetic") as a magnet does NOT attract wood, glass, and a multitude of other materials. The Law still holds true.

If we accept this Law as being valid, how do we make use of it in a beneficial way?

I wish I could give you a simple one-liner that would allow you to do that but I can't. Because it is a Law of Nature (or a Universal Law) each and every thing in this Universe not only OBEYS it but also MAKES USE OF it. The things we see around us like Trees, Rocks, Cats, or Dogs obey that same law just as we do. The entire Planet, yes the entire Universe is subject to the Law of "Like attracts Like" If you drop an apple core in the ground a Maple tree is not going to spring up from the seeds in that apple core... an apple tree is. Dogs can't mate with cats (or human legs, LOL) Fish can't mate with Birds, and so on. This thread holds true throughout Nature as we understand it. Like attracts like on every level of existence. But... there is one very important difference between all of those things and Human Beings.

Human Beings are "conscious", they are capable of thinking. Not that they always make use of that ability as many people in Managerial positions and most Politicians prove, but they ARE capable of thinking. That ability gives us, You, I, and everyone else, the ability to "make use of" that Law.

What does that mean? Well, a tree cannot change the way it reacts to the Laws of Nature. A seed from an apple cannot decide on its own that it want to be a Maple Tree instead of an Apple Tree. A dog in the embryo stage cannot decide to be born a Cat, nor can Humans change that aspect of the Law, but, a Human CAN change the way they react to the world around them simply by "thinking" about it and no other living thing (to my knowledge) can do that. That ability to "think" gives us (Human Beings) the ability to make use of the Law.

To put it bluntly, you attract what you think about. Here is where people get hung up on all the things seemingly wrong with the world such as Hunger, Genocide, and Poverty. We generally say to ourselves "I can't believe all those folks that are starving to death are attracting that" but, and I say this with compassion, they are, and in a later lesson I will try to explain what I understand about those events. Also, because you in fact attract what you think about, here is where it gets challenging... at least the personal level.

Have you ever done something that you wish you hadn't and weren't sure why you did it? I have, and I'll be t you have too. I now understand what brought that action about but when it was happening I didn't understand because I didn't understand the true power of the Law.

Other people’s energies (thoughts) CAN affect us and our actions IF WE LET THEM. Those folks that don't realize they have control over how they think "react" and those that do understand "respond." When you "react" the resulting action is a result of existing thought patterns which come about as a result of past experiences and teachings. But when you "respond" you are creating new thought patterns in respects to that particular event or experience along with drawing on past
experiences. There is a huge difference between those two and the results attained. Personally, I would rather be a "responder" and not a "reactor" because if I am a responder then I have control.

What do I mean by "I have control"?

I have a choice as to how I respond to any particular event. I can be angry, sad, happy, relieved, frustrated, or any other emotional response that I CHOOSE... as long as I remember that I control my thoughts.

For example if my boss come in and says "you're fired" I can, be angry and attack him or her, be despondent and crawl into self-pity, or be thankful and realize that there are now new opportunities opening for me. I know from personal experience that the last choice is not only the best choice but when you make that choice the Law kicks in. And I'll tell you another secret about that event, it happened because you wanted it to. At some level within yourself you are not happy with that job
(I really hated mine) and because that is what you think about the whole time at work, the Law brought about events to have you removed from that situation. Ultimately the Law works in our best interest. That may be hard to accept but it is true. By the way, two days later (after I got fired for disagreeing with a senior manager) I received an unexpected call offering me a position (not a job) doing what I love (teaching in the Private Sector) at a much greater pay level. The Law works in our best interest. Admittedly not everyone is going to get fired from one job and be offered a better one only a few days later. Sometime the Law is trying to "teach" you a lesson... about yourself. Once again you can either "respond" and do some soul searching that will perhaps bring about a change, or you can "react", be angry, and go get another job you hate. The choice is yours.

One more point, a tree doesn't become a tree overnight. With that said, understand that the changes in you (inside) and your life won't happen instantly either. We are a "growing" thing, just like a tree, and that rate of growth needs to appropriate to us (personally) for us to benefit. Sometimes that growth is painfully slow.

But... I control how I think, therefore what I think, and therefore what I attract.

And THAT folks is the KEY.

Next week we will begin exploring how to actually bring about Thought Control in our own minds.

To your success,
Layard

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