The Law of Attraction: A Buddhist Goddess Perspective

A feature article by kuanyinspirit, Nov 09, 2007         

Summary: Lately, there has been a great deal of interest in a certain approach to life, what has been termed "The Law of Attraction". While there are several books written on the subject (and many who've utilized such an approach in their lives have validated that it indeed works in helping them to attract their optimum reality), there remained, for me, certain unanswered questions concerning this "like attracts like" approach to life.

 
If, for example, certain beliefs and intentions draw souls to one another, what are the key beliefs drawing souls to earth? As hypnotherapist and co-author of The Living Word of Kuan Yin Click here to go to the webpage. , I was privileged to witness and then transcribe all twenty-eight sessions of a channeled conversation between my client, Lena Lees and Kuan Yin: Buddhist goddess of compassion. It was during these discussions that Ms. Lees inquired of Kuan Yin on such subjects as to why we each incarnate on earth, to the metaphysical reasons for global warming and the Iraq War. Kuan Yin's answer was always the same: beliefs and intentions create everything. While I believe we attract our reality from our beliefs, I'm skeptical of any oversimplification, preferring to scrutinize metaphysical laws underlying any spiritual movement--that given spiritual precepts must possess complex metaphysical underpinnings. Eastern goddess of compassion, Kuan Yin maintains that all who've incarnated on earth have signed on to a "collective agreement" involving, among other things, three limiting beliefs. As like belief attracts like belief, it is essential for everyone to examine his or her personal beliefs: whether the "better than", "not enough" or competitive "survival of the fittest" beliefs are causing one to attract limiting life dramas. Do you believe you are the master of your destiny? Or do you believe outside forces maintain control over what occurs in your life? Consulting a tarot deck or one's astrology forecast is quite different from examining one's own beliefs concerning the nature of reality or who he/she really is as a person and how one can most effectively navigate reality. There are many limiting beliefs floating around maintaining that mankind is inherently sinful, thereby casting suspicion on every human endeavor. Desire is a key example. Many beliefs state desire is sinful. However, desire and its cousin, curiosity, are at the center of human nature. Without it, I doubt we'd ever get out of bed in the morning. Naturally infused with a deep sense of curiosity, an infant will immediately begin to explore its world, hopefully under the encouraging but watchful eye of its parents. Desire to know who we are as human beings drives us to understand ourselves and all that is manifest around us. It is what causes us to create great works of art and musical masterpieces. Curiosity is what causes us to discover new ways to cultivate the earth and new cures for disease. Yet, we are constantly receiving mixed signals. On one hand we are instructed that desire is wrong. On the other, we are encouraged to submit to our materialistic cravings and "shop until we drop". All this sets us up for a potent brew of guilt and regret. Yet, Kuan Yin sets us free, saying: “We want to taste all these experiences. And the ego makes it possible. Don’t curse the ego. So many scriptures curse the ego self. Instead, look at your life as about choices, experiences and desires--that you are already liberated. Don’t be afraid of desire. That is why you’re here, to taste, live.” It is important to examine what we believe about ourselves as so often, it is projected upon others. If we perceive ourselves to be capable, ingenious, intellectual and divine beings, then those possessing the same beliefs will be attracted to us. If, on the other hand, we believe ourselves to be weak or sinful, those having the same limiting beliefs will be drawn to us. Insisting that even in birth, like attracts like, Kuan Yin states: “Human existence and human tendencies are wrapped in karma.” Responding, Lena says, “I’m trying to understand what Kuan Yin is saying, here. I think she’s saying human mistakes and inaccuracies are no less important than divinity. The human condition creates divinity in the higher self. Thus, it is very important to be human and not to shun or hate our humanity. The incredible process of being human allows for the higher self to acknowledge and extract divinity from one’s trials and tribulations." Kuan Yin refers to "deeply-ingrained loops": karmic mindsets and tendencies based on past or present belief systems that can assist or inhibit our lives. Karmic "loops" are formed from a series of psychological intersections, wherein belief and experience collide. For example, if one believes in good and assumes because there is good there is also evil, he/she runs the risk that belief in evil may ultimately prevail. Possessing such a dualistic belief, one might be momentarily comforted by his tentative belief in good. However such diametrically opposed viewpoints cannot, for long, exist side by side. With belief in evil in place, any sudden trauma can further reinforce such an unhelpful mindset, tipping the balance. Indeed, the more one justifies his/her belief in evil, the more deeply limiting psychological, and perhaps even molecular, imprinting can occur. As Kuan Yin states: “Everyone creates realities based on their own personal beliefs. These beliefs are so powerful as to be responsible for creating realities over and over.” While many turn to the heavens, i.e. external sources for salvation, Kuan Yin repeatedly states that redemption exists within each of us. It is because the earth offers us such diverse and endless opportunities to “test the waters” and learn, that Kuan Yin stresses that it is this present that is our “escape hatch” from suffering. The earth experience is so powerful as to afford each of us the opportunity to absolve limiting mindsets. In this reality, there are myriad examples of expansive and positive mindsets, for example loving-kindness, compassion and free will. What Do We Believe About Each Other? Kuan Yin teaches that prayer is "the most powerful thing one can do". The reason prayer is so potent is that which is projected upon another is attracted back to the person who sent the prayer. Prayer, therefore, is perhaps the most positive example of the law of attraction. In the following quote, Kuan Yin explains other expansive spiritual practices including meditation, visualization and surrounding another with light: “Lena, the only way to really utilize your human experience is to practice some kind of meditation or visualization. It does work. People really need it. It’s the only way to get through the difficult times.” “I’ve known about all this for a long time, about the benefits of meditation and visualization,” confesses Lena. “However, Kuan Yin is reminding me again. She’s saying how this kind of practice puts us in the “Kuan Yin spirit”. You’re the watcher. Instead of judging, you just see. Whether meditating upon her form or bringing light into the chakras, all these techniques will help us in our life. Kuan Yin is telling me (and you, Hope) that it is a really powerful thing to do a meditation, which involves surrounding a person with light. It’s also powerful to explore hypnosis and chakra alignment techniques. Letting go (of former beliefs and impressions) and seeing what can be learned about yourself and others helps with compassion. Of course it's beneficial for the one who is meditating. Too, the individual (meditated upon) will feel the good intentions and that you want the highest good for him.” Here, Lena mentions she wants to ask Kuan Yin about her relationship with her husband: “I’ll just wait for a moment and see if she can tell me anything about a past life or something I need to do to help him. Now, I’m seeing him as a floating ball of energy, about ten years old. All his thoughts, impressions of life keep cycling through him like a looped tape going round and round. “These thoughts and impressions have been with him for such a long time that he has created a deeply-ingrained loop. Now it’s so deep, it is difficult for him to climb out of it.” Lena continues to describe what she is witnessing, saying she senses a specific symbol and/or energy surrounding her husband. The energy is somehow informing Lena that her husband does want to heal. However, each time he sees Lena, it’s as if she is wearing a mirror on her chest. He gets irritated at seeing himself. Of course, the antithesis of prayer is projected hatred as well as acts of violation and war. Continuing with the concept of deeply ingrained loops and projected realities Kuan Yin explains: “ Humanity has created itself around the “survival of the fittest” belief and the fearful belief that there is not enough. Unfortunately, many individuals really believe there are not enough resources for everyone. Everyone has made an agreement, then, that there isn’t enough. Wars and every other dilemma focusing on hate, fear and murder is based on the belief of not enough and the illusion of survival.” Insisting we have original innocence, Kuan Yin explains how everyone's "core essence" is all knowing and that we are all powerful spiritual beings: “Now, continues Lena, "Kuan Yin is showing me a woman crying in her hut. I see layers and layers of, not mist, but more like different shades of thick and gooey gray lacquer. I see layers of murky stripes, smoky and jellylike. They have been clinging to this woman for hundreds of years. Underneath all of these layers is the woman’s pure soul essence, the part of her that knows the processes it will take for her to be released from her karma, that which knows everything. This is the element of self that agrees to suffering and which knows the woman cannot be destroyed.”

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