The Law of Correspondence
The Law of Correspondence is one of the 12 Universal Laws of Manifestation. It it oftentimes surmised by the phrases, “as above, so below” and “as within, so without.”
This is the Universal Law that tells us of the fact of mirroring. It is the Universal Law of Manifestation which may offer us some of the deepest and most confronting insights into who we are and what we must transcend to alchemize our density and to thereby attract the life experiences, circumstances, and people which we like best into our life.
What is the Universal Law of Correspondence?
The Law of Correspondence is a Universal Law in Spirituality positing that the external mirrors the internal. The Universal Law of Correspondence relays the truth that there is a corresponding quality between your inner world of your thoughts, feelings, and imaginative visions and the external circumstances, people, and situations which you face. This is the Universal Law which is responsible for the arrangement of time, space, location, action, and function of all living beings.
The idea of the Law of Correspondence is similar to the phenomenon of looking into a mirror. What the mirror offers back to you is a reflection of what you are. Likewise, what the Universe offers back to you in the form of people, experiences, and circumstances is a reflection of who you are.
The Law of Correspondence may also be simplified by understanding the reticular activating system, which the component of the brain that contributes to what we filter out as irrelevant and what we notice. When we focus on a particular goal, desire, dream, or aspiration, we not only vibrate on this particular frequency, but we also activate this part of our brain that filters out things other than this goal, desire, dream, or aspiration. The reticular activating system helps to explain why when someone says something like, “don’t think about apples,” all of the sudden you are visualizing apples and also explains why we see the particular make and model of an old friend after a falling out with her.
Nevertheless, the Universal Law of Correspondence is much larger than just our brain and how we relate to the Universe. This is the law positing that the Universe itself is a holographic construct that is self similar across all scales. Put another way, the Law of Correspondence states that everything on the physical plane has a corresponding principle in the Universe.
What is the Point of the Universal Law of Correspondence in Manifestation?
When it comes to manifestation, it is important to remember that we are always manifesting. The difference between those of us who practice manifestation and those of us who just live life is that the former manifest consciously with intention (although, not always with precision) and the latter are more-or-less products of conditioning. Nevertheless, when practicing intentional manifestation, remembering and working with the Universal Law of Correspondence can help us to self reflect and to thereby understand why we are experiencing the things which we are experiencing. Instead of feeling like perpetual victims waiting for a hero to come and save us from ourselves, we are reminded that we are powerful creators in our own life experience and that oftentimes we are the heroes of our own stories.
The Law of Correspondence reminds us that this is an impersonal Universe. You will never be any more worthy than you already are, but you can be more aligned and thus be a better correspondence for your desires, dreams, and aspirations than you would be otherwise. This Universal Law reminds us that you never experience anything that you were not meant to experience, and given the pain of the 3-D plane, this realization can take time and much inner work to fully process. However, once you come to realize the truth of this Universal Law, you come to meet the one of the best teachers, and you are offered the opportunity to learn more than you could possibly imagine.
How to Use the Universal Law of Correspondence with Intention for Intentional Manifestation?
When choosing to practice intentional manifestation in your life experience, the Universal Law of Correspondence will aid you in mastering the path of least resistance, in taking responsibility yet standing in a radical surrender, and in experiencing the truth of who you are beyond your ego for a moment.
The Universal Law of Correspondence reminds us that everything is in its right place given what it is. Hence, there is no such thing as failed manifestation. There is only frequency, and oftentimes, we must hold a given frequency for a duration of time before the Universe responds to our signal. Hence, when we are manifesting with intention, working with the Law of Correspondence allows us a direct and immediate teacher allowing us to see how we are and what we are being in the quantum field.
Furthermore, the Law of Correspondence gives us a reason to hold the pole of integrity and in understanding that we must learn to take care of ourselves because everyone is always choosing what they manifest as their life experience. It can easily to succumb to the play of the 3-D plane and to think that everyone else understands that this whole thing is a game until, of course, you reach a point that is dire, that is draining, that is sucking the life force out of you, and this is when the Universal Law of Correspondence can help you navigate.
When using the Universal Law of Correspondence with intention, you decide what kind of character you would like to have, because this is the kind of character that you will attract back to you. You learn areas in yourself that could benefit from integration and healing work, because you attract these same people to yourself. For example, if you find yourself surrounded by liars and deceivers, then it is likely that you are lying to and deceiving yourself in at least one area of your life.
The Law of Correspondence reminds us of the importance of standing in integrity and gives us reason to choose what our values and standards are in life because, while this thing is a game, it is also our life experience, and if we love ourselves fully, we will choose to correspond with experiences, people, and situations that honor and fulfill us.
Here are some things to consider when working intentionally with the Universal Law of Correspondence in intentional manifestation practice:
what are you experiencing in life that is causing you distress — this is probably a sign that this thing is within you
how Soul-aligned and fulfilled do you feel? — this will help you determine how attached to the 3-D plane you are and thus your ability to step into Higher Consciousness to transcend it
what patterns do you keep cycling through in life? — this is your blind spot —the patterns help you to see
