In Raymond Holliwell's magnificent book, Working With The Law, Holliwell points out in the chapter entitled "The Law of Success", the following: "All of the processes of nature are successful. Nature knows no failures. She never plans anything but success. She aims at results in every form and manner. To succeed in the best fullest sense of the term we must, with nature as our model, copy her methods. In her principles and laws we shall discover all the secrets of success."

"Keep in mind, that everything in this universe you can see with the naked eye, and everything you cannot see, is an expression of spirit. Also bear in mind that spirit operates by exact laws. You are subject to those laws, in just the same manner nature is. Therefore, Holliwell is right--we definitely should copy nature's methods.

For years I have held up an acorn in doing systematic study and investigation, and used it as a device for helping people to gain a better understanding of how the law of attraction actually works in their life. So please visualize, if you will, an acorn. Then think--really think--about what it is you are looking at.

Although the acorn may appear to be a solid object, by now you should clearly understand that the acorn, like everything else which appears to be solid, is in truth, "a mass of molecules at a very high speed of vibration". Within the acorn, there is a nucleus, or a patterned plan that dictates the vibratory rate at which these molecules will move. Moreover, the same principle holds true for all seeds. In other words, every seed has a nucleus, or a patterned plan within it, which dictates the vibration it will be in, and which governs thereby, the end-product into which it will expand or grow.

I believe you are all aware of this fact: everything in the universe is governed by a basic law--"either create, or disintegrate". Therefore, it follows that, if something is not in the process of growing, it must, by the law of its being, be dying. For example, so long as the acorn is kept out of the earth, it is slowly but surely disintegrating. However, as soon as you plant the acorn in the earth, the patterned plan, or the vibratory rate of the acorn, sets up an attractive force and the acorn begins to attract everything that vibrates in harmony with it. If you were able to observe with the naked eye exactly what is taking place, you would see a "parade" of particles of energy--a never-ending stream of them--marching in a very orderly manner toward the acorn. As they came in contact with the molecules making up the acorn, they would join, marry, become one, and of course, the acorn would expand, become larger, grow.

Now consider this--if you were to put two drops of water and two drops of oil on an arborite table, and then you were to move them together, the two drops of water would resonate and become one larger drop of water, as they came in contact with each other. On the other hand, however, if you were to move the water towards the oil, they would actually repel each other, because they are not in harmonious vibration. Likewise, with the acorn, the only things which join with the acorn are those particles of energy which are vibrating in harmony with it. All the other particles of energy, which make up the earth, are repelled.

As the acorn expands from the never-ending stream of molecules which are attracted to it, little shoots begin to come out of the bottom and out of the top of it. These shoots, in turn, begin to develop into roots. As they grow, or expand, and burst through the earth, into the earth's atmosphere, this attractive force continues, and particles of energy from the atmosphere are attracted to it (just as the particles of energy in the earth were attracted to it). As the acorn continues to expand, at some point it ceases to be an acorn, and it begins to become an oak tree. The roots, the trunk, the bark, the branches, the twigs, the leaves, are all in the universe; and they are attracted to the acorn, because of the nucleus, or the patterned plan, which rests within the seed.

Now, unlike the human creature, the acorn does not have the ability to change its vibratory rate. It can therefore only grow into what it has been programmed to grow into; namely an oak tree. You are much like the acorn, in many respects. For example, you are also a "seed", relative to the whole scheme of things. however, the difference between you and the acorn, is that since you are a co-creator, you can choose your own programming. Therefore, the image you choose to hold on the screen of your conscious mind, and you plant deeply in the treasury of your sub-conscious mind, is the patterned plan or the nucleus, which determines what you will eventually grow into. It dictates the vibration you will be in, and also controls what you will attract to you, and what you will repel.

This is an orderly universe; nothing happens by accident. The images which you plant in your marvelous mind instantly set up an attractive force, which governs your results in life. You must remember though, if your image is continually fluctuating, you will continually be growing into something different, and that sets in motion a most chaotic process. Unfortunately, those individuals who are unaware of these very exact laws, are planting images of plenty in their minds one minute, and then images of poverty the next. They are continually "switching" vibrations, so they are attracting good things one minute, and then bad things the next. The sad truth is, the vast majority of people spend their entire lives oscillating between these two extreme positions, with the resulting effect that their lives become disordered and chaotic, to the "nth" degree.

Although it is true that everything you will ever want is already here, it is nevertheless, up to you to get into harmony with it. Clearly, you will never get into harmony with perfect health, fitness, personal growth and prosperity, if you insist upon holding images of lack and limitation in the storehouse of your marvelous mind. Since you are always magnetized towards something, it follows it can never be anyone else's fault, when something comes into your life you supposedly do not want. Understand, you have ordered it, and it is being delivered to you, right on schedule!" (Bob Proctor, You Were Born Rich, 1984).