The law of attraction is a very powerful resource available to all if you know how to use it. The law is always working, whether you are aware of what you are attracting into your life or just attracting on autopilot. Let's take a look at what it takes to harness the law of attraction to bring what you desire into your life.
Simply put, the law states that like attracts like. In this case we are interested in thoughts attracting like thoughts, and thereby becoming things.
When you think, you are sending out vibrations to the universe. Everything in the universe vibrates at a certain frequency. When you match your vibration to the vibration of what you desire, it will be attracted to you.
Problems occur because the law of attraction is looking at the thoughts coming out of your subconscious as well as your conscious mind. While it is true to some extent that your subconscious is programmed by your conscious mind, your subconscious has a program of its own. It controls things such as breathing, heartbeat, organ function, etc.
Your subconscious also has been programmed by outside stimuli since the day you were born, and some of those early programs are still working now. The trick is to get those sometimes warped ideas out and replaced with up-to-date ones. This way the law of attraction can be used to attract things you want now instead of what you wanted (or thought you wanted) then.
The best tool to use is meditation. Using all your senses, get the picture in your mind's eye of what it is you desire. Really feel it as if it is happening now. Your subconscious will not be able to tell the difference between what is real and what is imagined. Eventually what you are trying to attract will be drawn to you.