You Get What You Are
Sister Shivani made a potent observation relating to the Law of Attraction. She said, "You get what you are, not what you want." Many people religiously follow the ingredients given by the books on this Law (visualize what you want, feel as if you have got it, no doubting its potency) and yet are unable to see the promised manifestation of their desired visualization. Thoughts lead to destiny, no doubt. But our perception is restricted to the thoughts we created in this birth only. The soul remaining the same, it takes on new bodies in every janma. The thoughts created in previous costumes (bodies) also have their own impact in the present embodiment. The Karmic accounts are carried forward from birth to birth. Perhaps this aspect is not considered while we discuss the Law of Attraction. In short the Law of Attraction is subject to the Law of Karma. When the desired manifestation does not fructify, one tends to become negative, sad, depressed, angry, hopeless, desperate. N...