law of attraction
Thoughts become reality
The law of attraction is the belief that positive or negative thoughts bring corresponding experiences into a person's life—that focusing on what you want draws it toward you, while dwelling on fears attracts those outcomes.
Popular in self-help and New Age circles: She practices the law of attraction, visualizing success every morning.
Critics dismiss it as magical thinking dressed in pseudoscientific language.
Forming mental or graphical images
- affirmationsPositive self-directed statements
- intentionsPlanned purposes or goals
- manifestingMaking evident or visible
- desireIntense wanting
abundance · creation · reality · thoughts · belief · universe · goals · dreams
Tendency to expect good
- gratitudeThankfulness for kindness received
- joyIntense positive emotion
- hopeDesire for good outcomes
- abundanceAmple supply, overflowing
happiness · well-being · love · peace · harmony · contentment · confidence · enthusiasm
Rapid oscillating movement
- frequencyRate of recurrence
- energyPower to do work
- universeComplete system or domain
- cosmosOrderly totality of existence
quantum · synchronicity · consciousness · metaphysics · esoteric · alchemy · cosmic · resonance
Trust in one's capabilities
- goal-settingEstablishing intended outcomes
- focusConcentrated attention point
- determinationFirmness of purpose
- self-improvementEnhancing oneself deliberately
resilience · perseverance · empowerment · motivation · optimism · ambition · confidence · introspection
visualization
Forming mental or graphical images
- affirmationsPositive self-directed statements
- intentionsPlanned purposes or goals
- manifestingMaking evident or visible
desire · abundance · creation · reality · thoughts · belief · universe · goals · dreams · aspirations
optimism
Tendency to expect good
abundance · happiness · well-being · love · peace · harmony · contentment · confidence · enthusiasm · kindness
vibration
Rapid oscillating movement
cosmos · quantum · synchronicity · consciousness · metaphysics · esoteric · alchemy · cosmic · resonance · source
self-belief
Trust in one's capabilities
- goal-settingEstablishing intended outcomes
- focusConcentrated attention point
- determinationFirmness of purpose
self-improvement · resilience · perseverance · empowerment · motivation · optimism · ambition · confidence · introspection · mindfulness
polarity
State of opposing forces
- pseudosciencehomeopathy, astrology, phrenology, numerology, palmistry
- lifestyle buzzwordsself-care, wellness, good vibes, goals, hustle
- New Agecrystals, auras, reiki, tarot, astrology
- New Thoughtaffirmation, affirmations, manifestation, positive thinking, treatment
- Woowoo, pseudoscience, manifestation, manifesting, The Secret
- spiritualitysacred, enlightened, divine, holy, spiritual growth
law of attractionmaterialism
Prioritizing goods over spirit
physicalism · empiricism · scientific method · evidence-based practice · naturalism
law of attractionfatalism
Doctrine of inevitable outcomes
determinism · predestination · learned helplessness · nihilism · randomness
law of attractionpessimism
Expecting unfavorable outcomes
defeatism · cynicism · negativity · catastrophizing · scarcity mindset
lawful, lawfully, unlawful, unlawfully, lawlessness, lawyer, lawyers, lawyerly, outlawry