Love and the Law of Attraction
by Pamela Ramey-Tatum
Many people interpret the law of attraction as an indication that if we say affirmations and think positively, we can create whatever we want in our lives. But affirmations--like the desires from which they spring--are not creative in and of themselves. If they were, most people would be happily coupled rather than surfing internet dating sites or in denial about or suffering in unfulfilling relationships. What's creative is our own consciousness. This ontological law of attraction really informs us that our consciousness creates our reality.
Indeed, it is our inner reality, our identity that has the power to create. God, the Universe, Source, (whatever term you prefer) organizes the details and presents the reality that corresponds to that identity.
So how does this inform us regarding attracting the love we desire?
If we first accept that we are vibrational energy, then we can understand that it is what we are vibrationally aligned with that determines what shows up in our lives. It is said that ninety-nine percent of creation is done before the physical manifestation occurs. In other words, every thought, every belief creates our identity, and the final result, the last percent, is manifestation--what shows up in physical form.
Since our identity and what we are aligned with stems from what we believe, we need to understand our beliefs and shift them if necessary to correspond with the reality we desire. If you are not seeing what you'd like to see in the area of love, it's not that the partner of your heart's desire isn't out there--maybe even right in front of you. It's that your consciousness is not aligned with having this partner: you believe you don't have this partner; therefore you don't.
If you change your belief, you change your identity, your consciousness, and hence your vibration, which in turn will alter your physical reality.
This works whether you are in a relationship or not. If you are currently in an unfulfilling relationship, and you align yourself with the Self who already has the perfect partner, then either the relationship you're in will change to correspond, or it will fall away to open things up for your perfect partner to appear.
We can't know exactly how the manifestation will occur; we leave that up to the wisdom of the Universe. All we need to concern ourselves with is our own inner alignment, our identity. And this is always our choice. We are the creators, and our consciousness is our most important creation.
The belief that you already have the love of your life must be so much a part of your identity that if anyone shows up who is not this, you will recognize the person as a "no" and avoid involvement. The moment you are willing to accept something less than everything you desire, you begin vibrating at the frequency that says you'll settle. The moment you ask, "Where is my partner; why haven't they shown up yet?" You also begin believing again that your partner is not there, so you are out of alignment with what you want. Stay true to the Self who is already with the perfect partner and you will be surprised at how effortlessly it will manifest.
Whether we believe it or not, the law of attraction is always working. It's either giving us what we want or giving us what we don't want. But it's always giving us exactly what we are, based on our beliefs, our identity and our consciousness.