G.I.Gurdjieff

Man is subject to many influences, which can be divided into two categories. First, those that result from chemical and physical causes, and second, those that are associative in origin and are a result of our conditioning.

To free oneself of chemico-physical influences, one has to be passive.

Here the law of attraction operates. Like attracts like, that is, everything goes toward the place where there is more of the same kind.