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Reader question: Please explain sentence: “Always think about what you really want, not what you don’t want, because like attracts like.” What does “like attracts like” mean? My comments: This sounds esoteric because it addresses the metaphysical, i.e. our mind and thought. Essentially it means if you think positive thoughts you will get positive results. If you focus on what you want and on how you can get it, then you’ll probably be able to get it because we often do get what we wish for. On the other hand, if your thoughts are negative, the results will often be negative likewise. If you focus on what you don’t want, the chances are you’ll have it too. Focus on not having nightmares for example. Try as you may to remind yourself how you hate nightmares and must avoid having them tonight, chances are, sooner or later you’ll have one. That’s why there is this advice: Beware what you (don’t) wish for – because you may get it. Because, well, opposites attract, too. You see, why do you hate nightmares if you don’t keep having them? Kidding aside, the right thing to do is, perhaps, try to imagine having beautiful dreams instead. Anyway, that’s the idea of like attracts like – positive thoughts beget positive results; negative begets negative. Have you heard of the expression “birds of a feather flock together”? | 
