The 'Law of Attraction'

Alright, so I've seen the secret, and the way it's all portrayed makes it seem somewhat pretentious - mainly in the fact that they keep bringing up material possessions' manifestations, etc. Not to mention the book is the same. However, I've read up on it a few times and thought that the law of attraction was a pretty interesting concept in itself. But being a natural skeptic, I'm not sure weather any of it actually supplies valid information.

So out of curiosity, has anybody had any first hand experience with this? Something about it just comes across to me as being too-good-to-be-true, so I'm wondering if anybody here has actually manifested anything purposely. I've tried it a few times to no avail, but I'm wondering, maybe I was doing something wrong? Either way, it's pretty interesting. Anyway, what are your thoughts on the topic?

 

I havent seen that movie or read that book, but I did read excuse me you life is waiting, and its basically the same principals.....prior to reading it, for a few months I was convinced that my long time bf was cheating on me, i didnt do the typical girl thing and interogate him but rather kept it to myself.....last month he ended up havin a one night stand with a random whore, i busted him and left of course but, I keep wondering did i focus on that so much it happened as a result of the energy i put into it?! or would it have happened anyways!? so on the negative side of it, I do feel it manifested, Ive been trying to positive side, but its a lot easier said than done