Since everything around us, including our thoughts, is made of energy and the nature of this energy is magnetic, we are now beginning to realize that we attract to us what we think about. The energy of our thoughts will create the life we live.

The entire world reflects how we think back to ourselves. If we think everyone is out to get us, then they are. If we think everyone is on our side. they are. If we improve our thoughts, we will improve what our lives look like since everything is a reflection of what’s going on within you. You won’t become a better creator when you become conscious of this because you are already creating everything in your life, but you will start creating better things.

If you want to know where your thoughts are, it’s a good idea to watch your emotions. Your emotional reaction to anything will tell you where you are. If you find yourself having emotions that bring you dis-ease or discomfort such as anger, jealousy, martyrdom, or guilt, do your best to discover the root of those emotions. Unmask the boogeyman and get those negative thoughts out of your life so you don’t keep creating more of the same. Embrace the emotions of joy, gratitude, and love, and concentrate on them so that you can create more positive emotions in your life.

An old proverb speaks to this concept. A man comes into a new town and asks the postmaster what kind of people live in the town. The postmaster says, “What kind of people were in the town you just came from?” The man answered, “Oh, they were awful people—negative, greedy, and thoughtless.” The postmaster said, “Well, you will find the same type of people here.” The next man comes into town and asks the postmaster what kind of people live in this town.  Again the postmaster says, “What were the people like where you came from?” The man said, “Oh, they were great—generous, kind, and friendly.” The postmaster said, “Well, you’ll find the same kind of people here.”

We attract what we think, and this is due to the Universal Law of Attraction. This Universal Law is impartial and unemotional. It does not discriminate between your hopes and aspirations, likes and dislikes. It is pure energy. It accepts whatever thoughts, feelings, and actions you project and reflects them back to you unemotionally in the form of the events that you experience day to day.

In much the same way that electricity creates power for both a hospital and an electric chair, the Universal Law doesn’t differentiate between different types of energy in your life. It will give you anything you believe in—no more and no less. Therefore, the key to understanding what you create is to look at the beliefs you express as thoughts and feelings.

If you wish to create certain things that you think about, it’s helpful to write out your desires and wants, for it’s as if your list becomes your “order form” to the universal power. Try to write from your feelings and intuition rather than allowing your intellect to drive the agenda of your list. At your deepest level you are a feeling, and those feelings are your eternal identity, for  they form the basis of your soul and the soul speaks to you in feelings.

Within Universal Law, there is no time, so your thoughts can be delivered instantly or it can take time. It all depends on the amount of focus you put on your desires. You have to learn patience and keep moving toward your goal, knowing that your thought-form will manifest. Perhaps a little waiting is needed for everything to line up, i.e., the right people to be in the right place or the right opening to show up. The spiritual teacher Abraham (Google Abraham-Hicks for more information) tells us that manifestations are 95 percent completed by thought energy before they ever manifest in solid reality. So if you feel frustrated that the manifestation of your desire has not come about as fast as you would like, remember it may be 95 percent complete in the energies and just waiting for that last push into reality.

The amount of time you spend thinking about your desire and focusing on it will indicate how quickly it manifests as well as enable you to take action when the opportunity presents itself.

One last caveat, if a direction is right, you’ll know it automatically. If, however, making up your mind requires you to go through trials and tribulations, you can be sure that that particular course of action is not the one for you. Basically, it’s good to remember that if you have to ponder a decision, it’s usually a mistake.

When the Universal Law delivers, you’ll know it!

Sherry Kulakowski lives and works in Virginia Beach.