Understanding the Law of Attraction by Bob Proctor

Introduction

• Speaker: Bob Proctor
• Main topic: The Law of Attraction (LoA)
• Influence: The Secret (2006) by Rhonda Byrne influenced over half a billion people.
• Objective: To delve deeper into LoA, understand its principles, and its effect on lives.

Historic Background of Law of Attraction (LoA)

• History:
  • Andrew Carnegie discussed LoA in 1908 while mentoring Napoleon Hill.
  • Bob Proctor started studying LoA in 1961.
• Proctor's Contribution:
  • Author of "You Were Born Rich" - available for free at proctorgallagher.com.
  • Emphasized the Law of Vibration and Attraction.

Key Principles

• Law of Vibration: Primary law stating everything vibrates, and nothing rests.
• Law of Attraction: Secondary to the Law of Vibration. We attract what we are in harmony with.
• Goals and Growth:
  • A-Type Goals: Achievable goals based on known methods.
  • B-Type Goals: Goals based on what we think we can do (less growth, more manipulation).
  • C-Type Goals: Aspirational goals that drive growth and creativity.

Real-Life Examples

• Wright Brothers' quest for flight.
• Roger Bannister's four-minute mile.
• Proctor's personal and business successes.
• Stories of acquaintances achieving success through aspiration and risk.

Paradigm and Mind

• Mind Diagram: Split into conscious and subconscious parts.
  • Conscious Mind: Thinks, reasons, and chooses.
  • Subconscious Mind: Emotional mind, accepts every impression, controls vibration and attraction.
• Paradigm: A set program in the subconscious mind controlling behavior.
• Intellectual Factors: Perception, memory, imagination, reason, intuition, and will.
• Attaining Goals:
  • Reprogramming paradigm shifts through understanding and application.
  • Utilizing higher faculties to creatively visualize goals and persistently act upon them.

The Role of Vibration

• Understanding your vibration affects your emotional and physical states.
• Matching your vibration to your desired reality attracts that reality.
• Albert Einstein: “Everything is energy.”

Practical Steps

• Visualize with clarity and belief, reinforcing with will and imagination.
• Utilize both science and theology which indicate that nothing is created or destroyed; transformation is key.
• Leveraging feelings to understand vibrations and consciously changing them.

Connecting the Dots

• Steve Jobs: Connecting dots looking backwards, not forward.
• Understanding that by staying on the right frequency and holding a vision, paths appear.
• Trust and Action: Believing in one's dream and acting consistently towards it fills the gap between reality and dreams.

Closing Thoughts

• Self-Belief and Continuous Learning: Changing belief changes reality. Proctor’s lifelong commitment to studying and understanding LoA.
• Encouragement to educate oneself on these principles for profound personal and professional growth.
• Stay engaged, utilize resources available at Proctor Gallagher Institute, and keep expanding personal understanding of the Law of Vibration and Attraction.