What is like attracts like?

As the saying goes, ‘It looks like me, sounds like me, but it is still not me.’

Generally speaking, ‘like’ is equivalent to ‘similar.’ However, ‘similar’ is not

equivalent to ‘same.’ ‘Same’ is equivalent to ‘exactly similar’ i.e. a perfect

matching. When we describe the law of attraction i.e. like attracts like, we do not

literally induce a linkage between two or more objects or matters that would bear

with the ‘same’ characteristics.

Let’s visit the illustrated two facets of nature as below: -

Facet 1 Facet 2

… (-2+2) + (-16+16) + (-22+22) + (-133+133) + (0) + (-54+54) …, etc. = 0

Key: -

... + (-2+2) + (-54+54) + ... = this arising, that arises.

... + (0) + ... = this ceasing, that ceases.

( .... ) = the law of balancing.

-2+2 or -133+133 = the law of attraction.

From the above illustration, one would notice that the law of attraction refers to

the same quantum of objects or magnitude of matters but with a difference in the

direction and the timeline (as in a vector quantity). This scenario of balancing

condition can be depicted in our daily act of giving and taking i.e.

The rise of unreserved taking or reward leads to the rise of accountable giving or

sacrifice (unfavourable energies attract unfavourable energies),

The rise of unreserved giving or sacrifice leads to the rise of unaccountable taking

or reward (favourable energies attract favourable energies).

Therefore the saying, ‘What goes around, comes around’, is pertinent to the law

of attraction as described above i.e. the results of things that one has done will

someday have an effect on the person who started the events (a conditional

phenomenon of this arising, that arises).

Electric charge

As for the case of electric charge, we are referring a scalar quantity in relativity.

Electric charge is the physical property of matter and basically, there are two

types of electric charges i.e. positive and negative. For instance, an ion is a

charged atom or molecule and it is charged due to the imbalanced number of

electrons and the number of protons in the atom or molecule. An atom can

become a positive charge or a negative charge depending on whether the number

of electrons in an atom is greater or lesser than the number of protons in the

atom. Therefore, a positively charged ion would be balanced with the ‘jump’ of an

electron from an atom elsewhere. This scenario can be illustrated in the wheel of

life appended below: -

Imbalance (a charged atom) adjustment alignment new balance (a neutral

atom)

As mentioned earlier, nature would orientate toward a state of balance,

intermediation or absence all the time. When things run off-balance in the nature,

the law that maintains equilibrium would take its course to balance it in one way or

another across time and the plane of existence. However, positively charged

atoms are repelled from other positively charged atoms, but attracted to negatively

charged atoms; negatively charged atoms are repelled from negative and attracted

to positive. It is rational to conclude that any substances with the same

characteristics would repel from one another and any substances with the

complementing characteristics would attract with one another. Let’s take a look

at the following illustrated mathematical equation: -

(-2+2) + (-16+16) + (-133+133) + (0) + (-54+54) = 0

Indirectly,

1. (-2+2) repels (-16+16), (-16+16) repels (-133+133), (-133+133) repels (-54+54),

etc.

2. -2 attracts +2, -16 attracts +16, -133 attracts +133, -54 attracts +54, etc.

The above development is consistent with the law of attraction that safeguards a

harmonious balance in the nature all the time.