Let me give the background first. There have been at least eighteen victims of knife crime in London over the period of eight months since January 2008. Newspaper reports indicate that the number of people charged with knife crimes have fallen by 50%, and at the same time the number of teenage murders involving knifes have risen dramatically.



A teenager that lives in one of the most dangerous areas in London was quoted as saying "How are the police or the government going to be able to sort this out if we as kids don't know why this sort of stuff's going on?" This child is very wise.

The response of the local government is a website called London Against Gun and Knife Crime. Obviously the creators of the website have never heard of the Law of Attraction.

How does this Law of Attraction work? I will give you my understanding of how it works. We think thoughts and these thoughts create waves all around us. The waves resonate with similar waves and then we attract the similar waves to us. The whole process snowball until our thoughts materialise.

Let me give you an example. You read the newspaper. There are articles about crime and bad news and negativity all over the pages. You do not think about this and step back and say "I want love in my life". You read it all and think "I hope I don't ever get mugged."

Imagine a massive ear listening to your thoughts - an unbiased ear. The ear will not hear the word "don't" because the ear is unbiased and does not judge - we add the judgement. The ear hears "hope" and "mugged".

Over the next weeks and months you continue to read the newspapers every day, and for some reason all the articles about muggings and violent crimes catch your eye. Every time you read such an article, you think a similar thought, for example "More muggings - I wonder who is next." The massive ear hears "muggings" and "next". Or you think "one of these days someone close to me will get mugged" and the massive ear hears "someone" and "me" and "mugged".

Then the cousin of the sister of the brother-in-law of a friend's friend gets mugged and you hear about it. Somehow it confirms the thoughts you have had about mugging and you say "I told you so". The next "logical" thought in your mind is "one of these days I will get mugged". The massive ear still does not judge - like a robot that is there to simply obey commands and to act. The ear hears "I" and "get mugged". And the ear puts you in touch with similar waves around you and your own wave of fear and trepidation and anticipation gets stronger - you just "know" it will happen to you one day.

Because your thoughts are so full of avoiding being mugged, that is all you think about. You see potential muggers around every corner and cling to your purse or keep ensuring that everything is still in your pocket. And potential muggers pick up on the waves of fear that emanate from you and get closer to you, because you reflect their reality as well.

And then one day you get mugged.

Do you then say "Oops, time to change my thought processes. Time to raise my thought vibrations and think about unconditional love and peace and things that make me feel good"?

Or do you join the growing chorus of negativity around you and tell everyone in sight of the terrible experience you had, and add momentum to the waves of fear and anxiety around you? And do you, by telling your story and reading more newspapers and watching more TV news to validate your experience, perpetuate the crime around you?

You tell me.

Mother Teresa understood the Law of Attraction. Here is a quote from her: "I was once asked why I don't participate in anti-war demonstrations. I said that I will never do that, but as soon as you have a pro-peace rally, I'll be there."

Mother Teresa intuitively understood that what you fill your mind with is what you attract to you. And where you have a particular expectation, eventually it will get fulfilled.

How about this explanation for the Law of Attraction: You walk into a restaurant with a friend, order food from the menu, and continue with your conversation. You expect that your order will be delivered, and guess what, it happens. And if the order was delivered promptly by a friendly waiter and the food was delicious, you leave a tip to show your gratitude.

Then you walk out of the restaurant, forget all about the Law of Attraction, and get home safely despite having your mind full of thoughts of muggings and what else, and you forget to say "thank You for bringing me home safely."

So we manage to get the less important things, like ordering a meal and paying a tip, right, but then we mess up on the big things, like filling our minds with love and peace and gratitude. Let's try again and let's this time ensure the massive ear hears only what we want it to hear. And when the massive ear delivers on what we wanted, let's remember to feel and show gratitude.