A Research Paper Presented to
The Faculty of the English Department
College of Arts and Science
Our Lady of Fatima University-Antipolo City
Antipolo City, Rizal
In Partial Fulfillment
Of the Requirements for the Course
ENGL 2- Communication Arts and Skills II
Dinah Hazel Quigao
Rubielyn Quintos
March 2013
Chapter 1
INTRODUCTION
A. Background of the Study
As with everything in this world, it is governed by laws. Some people understand laws of physics, natural laws and even laws created by humans. But what about those principles that a person can't see happen in action? This is where the law of attraction is introduced. The Law of Attraction states, "That which is like itself is will attract." That is easy enough to understand. Like attracts like.
But how does that work in people’s lives? This is where it takes time to first understand, then accept and finally embrace the Law of Attraction. Basically it says that a person attracts everything into his lives. And it's all based on what he is thinking.
The Law of Attraction is a law of nature. It is impartial as the law of gravity (The Secret, 2006).
In the history of science, the laws of attraction is a catch phrase used when discussing the perceived nature of bodies that have a tendency to attract, thus contradicting itself as physics laws which serve to define specific properties and can be proven with experiment to be constant. Historically, the concept of there being a known set of the laws of attraction evolved from the laws of affinity, which numbered up to ten depending upon which chemist was sourced.
The law of attraction can be traced through ancient times the immortal Buddha was actually one of the first to introduce man to the law of attraction. He said, “What you have become is what you have thought.” This was a principle that the people of the east were acquainted with for centuries before it began to sweep into