Recently, a movie called The Secret came out and it seemed to take the world by storm with a fairly simple message: we are drawing to ourselves, moment by moment, people, places, resources, and experiences, based on our subconscious thoughts.

It does not matter whether or not you believe in this Universal Law, just as it does not matter whether or not you believe in gravity or electricity. Not believing in gravity won’t save you when you lose your grip while hanging from gutters if you’re falling off a roof. Not believing in electricity just because you can’t see it won’t stop you from getting hit if you stick a paper clip in an electrical outlet.

The Law of Attraction, also called Karma, the Law of Cause and Effect; some even refer to it simply as luck, coincidence or serendipity, it is simply a Universal Law that, believe it or not, works without bias 24 hours a day.

Whatever we focus on, whether wanted or unwanted, we seem to attract it into our lives. If you’ve ever wondered what your dominant thoughts about money are, check your wallet. If you’ve ever wondered what your dominant thoughts on love and relationships are, just take a good hard look at the relationships you’re in right now.

Taking a look at what you have and what you always seem to attract to you; Whether it’s the kind of people around you, the kind of work or professional situations, money problems, or surprising streaks of good fortune you always seem to have, it’s a good place to start to take a personal inventory of how you might be thinking. on the subconscious level (or, below your active waking consciousness).

So what does all this have to do with martial arts?

Well, quite simply, the activities that we engage in say something about how we think and feel. If the Law of Attraction tells us that our dominant thoughts are, at all times, attracting to us the very things that we seem to be experiencing on a daily basis, then how we are actively filling our minds and what we fill them with is paramount to learning how to attract. deliberately the things, people, resources, and experiences we want to have, rather than the ones we can regularly have that are unwanted.

Most Martial Arts tend to start from the premise that we may lack some specific training or knowledge (training and knowledge that Martial Art can provide) and because we lack this knowledge, we are probably in danger. of being taken advantage of by a bad aspect of society. Therefore, we study specific techniques and tactics aimed at launching an attack by physically and generally destroying the evil attacker.

While typical martial arts training has many good aspects that can lead to increased self-confidence, increased self-defense capabilities, increased awareness, better physical health, and many other positive qualities, the arts that instill the premise that 1 We are missing something, 2. We are in danger, and 3. We need to train ourselves to defeat or destroy the evil element lurking somewhere, it may actually be doing more harm than good.

Thinking about the Law of Attraction, if we actively train in an activity that constantly reinforces beliefs of lack, danger, fear, negativity, destruction, violence, etc., what do you think your subconscious mind does with that information? hours a day?

He is simply constantly looking for experiences to get involved in or contribute in his own way that reinforce what is taught in the Martial Arts class.

Stay tuned for part 2 where we’ll look at some of the different martial arts and what they offer in terms of training your body, as well as your mind, to be more than just a “bad boy” destroying machine, and instead become a deliberate attractor of the very things one needs to fully experience life at its best.