Some people become aware of the Law of Attraction during times of financial hardship. Most people intuitively know that something that lies deep inside of us is largely responsible for the financial path we take. While this might be hard to accept, regardless of your financial situation, you have manifested it through the universal Law of Attraction.

You might protest this idea because you would never intentionally manifest a life filled with struggle and scarcity in regards to money particularly when events are beyond your control such as losing a job. However, abundance is nothing more than the outward expression of our innermost landscapes. This also explains why when individuals try to manipulate the Law of Attraction to attract wealth, they usually fail.

You might also wonder why, if the Law of Attraction really is a universal law, it never works the way you would like it to. First, you have to understand that the Law is constantly at work, even when you don't realize it and regardless of whether you believe in it or not. The Law of Attraction is one of the universe's immutable laws. The problem always lies within our manipulation and understanding of the Law.

It's gotten a lot of attention in recent years, true, because of popular books and movies like the secret. However, the Law of Attraction has been around for centuries. People have known about it since ancient times, and it's also the foundation of a lot of esoteric teachings, as well as many belief systems.

What that mean to you? It's not a 'New Age pop culture fad,' and you shouldn't discount it just because you can't seem to get it to do what you want it to. You can learn the Law of Attraction, though, even if you can't manipulate it, because you need to learn what it's true essence is. When many people begin to try to understand what the Law of Attraction actually is, their finances don't improve. In fact, they may even experience even more financial difficulty.

This factor actually gives us an important clue about exactly how the Law of Attraction works. By making the decision to manifest abundance and trying to force your attention onto this several times each day with different techniques like affirmations seems to miss the mark.

In fact, the Law of Attraction is based upon your vibration, and simply uses that vibration to attract 'more' of that vibrational tone. So, for example, if you're always depressed and struggling, that's what you send out, and that's what's going to come back — always. So, if you use affirmations to try to change your focus, but you don't genuinely feel what those affirmations are saying, they aren't going to work. So first, do an internal 'inventory' of sorts, and figure out what you feel. If you're feeling financially desperate, guess what? The Law of Attraction will bring back more situations to match your vibration, which is feeling desperate. If you're feeling hopeless, again, guess what? The Law of Attraction will bring you back situations that will reinforce your feelings of hopelessness. In other words, it's only a 'transmitter' of sorts. It'll attract more of the same to reinforce what you're feeling, in this case hopelessness and desperation about your finances.

For many individuals this situation is like a Catch-22. Wikipedia defines a Catch-22 as when an ''individual finds him or herself in need of something which can only be had by not being in need of it.' While this sounds like an insurmountable obstacle, you can learn the techniques that will allow you to intentionally use the power of the Law of Attraction to turn your financial situation around in your favor.

To start with, you have to become acutely aware of all your feelings. It's your emotions that send out constant vibrations that are received by the universe. Since emotions are very difficult to control, you can't expect that manipulating the Law of Attraction will be an easy job. Learning to do this will take a great deal of effort from you, just as the ancient initiates worked hard while receiving esoteric training.

Knowing this and being able to take action on it will put it far ahead of many other people when it comes to manifesting abundance through the Law of Attraction. You have to be aware that you will not be able to trick these Universal Laws because its your emotions, not your conscious mind that send the vibrations.

If you are using affirmations to try to change your circumstances, though, they're not going to work unless your feelings match them. So, check in with your feelings and see what they are. If you're feeling afraid because your current situation is that you can't pay your bills in time, or if you're feeling depressed because of your financial circumstances, leave the affirmations for another day. If you don't, you'll just create more financial strife for yourself.

When the heart is carefree and full of hope, this is the time to work with the Law of Attraction. When you combine your conscious mental intentions with positive emotional vibrations, you will unleash a power that has no option other than delivering positive financial occurrences.

Again, the Law of Attraction is truly unchallengeable and is one of the immutable laws of the universe. Learn its properties, and you can use it much more effectively. It's always there, you can't manipulate it, turn it on or off, or decide to use it as a 'tool' just when you want to. It's just there, 24 hours a day, to bring you experiences and circumstances that match your current emotions, your vibration. If you are in a constant state of concern about finances, for example, it will bring events to you that will reflect that.

Therefore, if you want to use the Law of Attraction to manifest abundance, you can't just send out 'positivity' about finances and money. You also have to learn to keep negative emotions away, because the positive and negative will cancel each other out. However, take heart, because it is not impossible to do. You can focus on being positive by being grateful for what you have already. If you practice being grateful regularly, this is indeed a very powerful way to manifest prosperity and abundance for yourself through the Law of Attraction.