Here’s what this natural law is all about, plus how spiritual experts recommend using it to your advantage. Over time, these laws have been passed down and made their rounds around the world. Today, plenty of people still use them to help manifest the life they desire and gain a deeper understanding of reality. (Be sure to check out our full guide to all 12 universal laws if you’re curious to know more!) As spiritual author Shannon Kaiser explains to mbg, “The speed or rate at which something vibrates is referred to as its frequency,” with the only difference between one object and another being the rate of its vibration. You can think of this frequency as vibrational energy. And according to author of Self-Care for Empaths and professional intuitive Tanya Carroll Richardson, “Someone’s energy, or the energy of a physical space or a group of people, isn’t something you can see or touch—but it’s something you sense, feel, and react to.” The whole idea behind this law is not only that we all have a specific vibrational frequency but, further, that we can learn to adjust our vibration if we’re caught in a low vibrational experience or scenario. “The more you attune to your own energy, the more you see how your vibes affect your entire experience,” Kaiser adds. Say you want to manifest more wealth, but you constantly think about how you need more money. Remember that your thoughts also have vibrational energy; the thought “I need more money” actually holds a vibration of lack and could lead to a self-fulfilling prophecy. “We have the power to dictate the frequency of our being by directing our own thoughts,” Kaiser notes. “There are no bad feelings—it’s all energy that wants to move forward,” she explains. “When we feel anxious or stressed, this is simply energy that wants to move through us and be released.” The law of vibration helps us recognize when we’re moving through dense, heavy emotions, so we can let them go and maintain a higher frequency. And the nice thing about self-care is it can look different for everybody: Whether it’s by taking a weekly bath ritual, prioritizing getting out into nature, or journaling, when you take care of yourself, your vibration will reflect it. Heavy, unhealthy foods can certainly lower our energy, as you’ve probably noticed after a particularly rich meal. Meanwhile, healthy, whole foods can leave you feeling energetically light and not bogged down. Similarly, when we’re not getting enough exercise, we can feel stagnant, while a good workout can leave us energized. Again, this will look different for everyone, but she recommends always trying to focus on “joy, love, and peace, as these vibrations help you feel healthier and happier.” Of course, it’s impossible to cut low-vibrational situations out of your life altogether. But when you do have the ability to do so, avoiding people, places, and things that drain your energy can help protect the high frequency you’ve been cultivating. As Kaiser explains, “The law of vibration is the first law that must happen before the law of attraction; in creating that vibration within yourself, you invoke the law of vibration deliberately, and only then can the law of attraction happen.” The law of vibration is about matching the specific frequency of what you’re looking for, and the law of attraction takes this idea a bit further by allowing you to “create [the frequency] within yourself by any means, like visualization, meditation, or affirmations,” she adds. At the end of the day, whenever we’re manifesting, we do need to work with these two laws so we can both attract and vibrate at the same level as what we want. “What you align with vibrationally is easier to attract,” Richardson notes.
