Hello beautiful souls.

What if we talk about the Law of Attention versus the Law of Attraction.
This is maybe a subtle shift. It feels really profound to me though. So first of all, what am I talking about?

The first time I heard about Law of Attention, it was explained to me like this: The Law of Attraction is “I’m an energetic being. I’m vibrating a certain way and so I’m going to attract things that are vibrating similarly to me.” That’s the law of attraction. That makes sense.

The Law of Attention is, if there are 360 degrees of things to pay attention to, and I can’t pay attention to all of them at once, I’m going to focus and filter for certain things. Those are the things I’m paying attention to. Those are the things that are going to be in my field of perception, the things that I (appear to be) manifesting. And this is the Law of Attention.

How are they related?

Well, here’s an example. A friend of mine wanted to attract more money? Who doesn’t? And so, she started doing things that were around attracting money. She started thinking about it, meditating on it, doing positive affirmations, etc.. A few days later, she was cleaning up and she found €10 in a drawer. She called me saying, “Elena, Elena! It’s working! I’m attracting money! The universe is telling me I’m doing the right things!” She’s basically saying, “I’m vibrating in a certain way that attracts money, so the universe is giving me money.” Which is a nice idea.

And, I think okay, but what if it’s not that some external force, the Universe is bringing you money? What if you’re bringing yourself money, just by choosing to focus on it… and you’re finally noticing – paying attention to – that bill that’s been in your drawer all this time?

If I’m focusing on money, of all the things I could be paying attention to, then that’s what I’m filtering for… and that’s what I’m seeing.

Before, when she wasn’t focusing on money, how many times had she cleaned that drawer and hadn’t even noticed the bill? She was focused on cleaning out the extra pens and pencils, or thinking about a 100 other things… This time, because she was focusing on and filtering for money, that’s what she noticed in the drawer.

Basically, she’s telling her unconscious self to filter for money. Out of all the other things she could be paying attention to, focus money.

So again, why is this important? Well, because for me, it gives me a sense of agency. It reminds me that I am creating my reality… out of all the things I could be paying attention to in the Universe, I’m telling myself this is what I want to pay attention to. I want to pay attention to money.

Maybe even more importantly, my brain understands what how to do it.

For instance, if I’m focusing on money, I’m meditating on money, I’m journaling about it, etc. and money isn’t coming, then if I’m thinking about Law of Attraction, I could be thinking, “Oh, I’m not vibrating properly. I’m not doing the right things and so I’m not bringing money in. The universe is telling me I’m still doing it wrong.”

Instead, what if I think, “Ah, you know what? I’m kind of focusing on money, but not really. Actually, I’m more focused on getting things clean. How can I change what I’m paying attention to and focusing on?” It’s not about me attracting things from out there. It’s what am I paying attention to in here. Am I paying enough attention to money?

In my own experience, when I’m clear enough and focused enough on something, I start noticing it in my environment. I start seeing the money that’s literally in my drawers. It was in front of me all along, but I was focusing on other things. And crucially, I will also start noticing all of the ways I’ve been pushing money away, even when it’s in front of me. I’ll see that I turn away from opportunities to receive money, or ignore them or dismiss them. Now I can see where the work lies… why I’ve chosen to not see the money in the first place. Maybe I felt unworthy, or that money would make me evil, it was dangerous, etc.. I can see how I was filtering for lack.

This I can work on.

The challenge goes from, “I’m not vibrating the right way,” which okay, you could argue is true, to “I haven’t changed my focus enough. I’m paying attention to the wrong things.”
It goes from, “How can I vibrate differently?” to “Okay, how can I shift my attention more?”

Maybe that’s a subtle change. I mean, you could argue it’s the same thing.
For me, it’s easier to play with… How well can I filter for the things I want?

I hope that helps.
Eléna