Why I feel the Law Of Attraction is a load of B.S. -- my response
There is no arguing with the with the psychology of The Law Of Attraction. In fact, that's exactly what it is: psychology, specifically Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Don't know what that is? Here's how one website describes it:
Cognitive-behavioral therapy is based on the idea that our thoughts cause our feelings and behaviors, not external things, like people, situations, and events. The benefit of this fact is that we can change the way we think to feel / act better even if the situation does not change.
source: http://www.nacbt.org/whatiscbt.htm
Sounds an awful lot like the law of attraction, doesn't it? Obviously, there is nothing wrong with this notion. It's like when you're trying to do something and your inner fears hold you back, that voice in your head telling you that it can't be done... but you ignore it and persevere. You think positively and you accomplish your goal. That's awesome.
But there are other aspects to the law of attraction, the idea that we're responsible for all of the bad things in our lives. A friend of a friend of mine was once gang-raped by five guys. She's now living with herpes. According to this ridiculous notion of the law of attraction, she was responsible for attracting that. In fact, that would be true of everything that's ever happened in history, whether it was massive tsunami a few years ago, the Holocaust, the Slave Trade, the Holodomor, Hiroshima, Dresden, children getting raped, honor killings, the fact that 46,000 people starve to death every day... you could go on and on down the line.
Here are extremely bloody, gruesome, and horrifically graphic pictures of victims of America's war in Iraq. http://mindprod.com/politics/iraqwarpix.html#IRAQWARPIX Those who believe in the law of attraction would no doubt say they attracted these atrocities unto themselves, and yet I don't expect anyone who believes in the law of attraction to actually click on that link, because one can only be concerned only with positive feelings and happy vibrations, and seeing reminders of what is actually going on in this world would no doubt bring them down. What a bummer.
I know what the argument is: that our thoughts are energy. EVERYTHING is energy. That's all well and good, but what exactly does that mean? This is where quantum physics comes into play, since the entire universe and everything in it is made up of sub-atomic particles. Here's the problem: if you're going to use science to justify your claims, you have to be prepared to use all of science and not just cherry-pick things to fit into your argument. I tried to look up if there was any proof that our thoughts could do anything outside of our brains and found about the inverse square law. This states that "the intensity of an energy wave radiating from a source is inversely proportional to the square of the distance from that source." In other words, if there were two people standing near me and one was twice as far from me as the other person, the person who is farthest would only feel 1/4th of the energy that I'm transmitting, which isn't very much to begin with as this energy is affected by all magnetic fields, including the Earth's, which overpowers it by ten orders of magnitude.
This is why I don't believe in the law of attraction. This is why I feel it does a disservice to have the "raw food movement" associated with this New Age nonsense. There's simply no scientific validity to it and it blames the victim for their problems. What we think has a lot to do with how our life turns out, but sometimes "shit happens." That's just a sad fact of life.
Cognitive-behavioral therapy is based on the idea that our thoughts cause our feelings and behaviors, not external things, like people, situations, and events. The benefit of this fact is that we can change the way we think to feel / act better even if the situation does not change.
source: http://www.nacbt.org/whatiscbt.htm
Sounds an awful lot like the law of attraction, doesn't it? Obviously, there is nothing wrong with this notion. It's like when you're trying to do something and your inner fears hold you back, that voice in your head telling you that it can't be done... but you ignore it and persevere. You think positively and you accomplish your goal. That's awesome.
But there are other aspects to the law of attraction, the idea that we're responsible for all of the bad things in our lives. A friend of a friend of mine was once gang-raped by five guys. She's now living with herpes. According to this ridiculous notion of the law of attraction, she was responsible for attracting that. In fact, that would be true of everything that's ever happened in history, whether it was massive tsunami a few years ago, the Holocaust, the Slave Trade, the Holodomor, Hiroshima, Dresden, children getting raped, honor killings, the fact that 46,000 people starve to death every day... you could go on and on down the line.
Here are extremely bloody, gruesome, and horrifically graphic pictures of victims of America's war in Iraq. http://mindprod.com/politics/iraqwarpix.html#IRAQWARPIX Those who believe in the law of attraction would no doubt say they attracted these atrocities unto themselves, and yet I don't expect anyone who believes in the law of attraction to actually click on that link, because one can only be concerned only with positive feelings and happy vibrations, and seeing reminders of what is actually going on in this world would no doubt bring them down. What a bummer.
I know what the argument is: that our thoughts are energy. EVERYTHING is energy. That's all well and good, but what exactly does that mean? This is where quantum physics comes into play, since the entire universe and everything in it is made up of sub-atomic particles. Here's the problem: if you're going to use science to justify your claims, you have to be prepared to use all of science and not just cherry-pick things to fit into your argument. I tried to look up if there was any proof that our thoughts could do anything outside of our brains and found about the inverse square law. This states that "the intensity of an energy wave radiating from a source is inversely proportional to the square of the distance from that source." In other words, if there were two people standing near me and one was twice as far from me as the other person, the person who is farthest would only feel 1/4th of the energy that I'm transmitting, which isn't very much to begin with as this energy is affected by all magnetic fields, including the Earth's, which overpowers it by ten orders of magnitude.
This is why I don't believe in the law of attraction. This is why I feel it does a disservice to have the "raw food movement" associated with this New Age nonsense. There's simply no scientific validity to it and it blames the victim for their problems. What we think has a lot to do with how our life turns out, but sometimes "shit happens." That's just a sad fact of life.
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Permalink Reply by Vampirella on -
9 MONTHS FROM EASTER IS CHRISTMAS, GET IT NOW?
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Permalink Reply by Vampirella on
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I LOVE YOU THANKS FOR CHATTING WITH ME
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Permalink Reply by Sara on -
I love you too Suvine, your very intelligent and I really enjoy reading your posts.
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Permalink Reply by Debbie on -
I have a headache... must of been something I read here.. or attracted from the evil all knowing universe
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Permalink Reply by Vampirella on
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POOR DEBBIE DRINK SOME WATER YOU WILL BE OK. HAVE A FRUITJUICE. WATCH SOME "REALTY HELL", ON MTV, THAT WOULD MAKE YOU LAUGH
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Permalink Reply by jodykwik on -
Without delving into the psychology here...it is kind of funny how this topic rallies people into either for or against LOA. Which in an absurdly funny way goes a long way toward proving it true, no? Ha.
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Permalink Reply by Vampirella on
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YOU MEAN, ALLOWING IT, OR DISALLOWING THE CONCEPT THAT WHAT WE THINK MATTERS, LITERALLY..
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Permalink Reply by jodykwik on
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absolutely...we align our thoughts of what we agree with to what we're attracted to
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Permalink Reply by Vampirella on
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omg YOU JUST DEFINED loa
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Permalink Reply by Bartholomew Urbanski on -
Hey Charles
I can understand where you are coming from. with the blah blah of the mental stuff. There are many factor involved with being a true creator. Law of attraction is part of that. Life is more that getting what you want. There is Karma(cosmic action to your actions), psycological stuff, bad spelling(hehe), universal consciouness influences, etc. i would say try it for yourself. Imagine say a blue feather and see if it turns up in you day. Maybe a pink elephant etc. I did this once and found a 5 euro bill behind my music studio. I was actually asking for a reminder of my previous trip to German. I have never for 5 dollars in my life but that week I found 5 euros. I will have to go to europe to spend it though(LOL)
As far as other laws there is a law of compassion which will power your cration if if for a greater good. This Is touchy because this energy is open to all. Remember the saying the rain falls on the just and unjust alike or our even the not so good can wrestle some of this power. we are to be creative and compasionate with our gifts of creating(Made in the image of you know who _________) As far as magnetics. I think there is less influence than you think. Look at all the cell phones, radio waves, eletrical stuff around. I am amazed we hold together. astrology is based on the magnetics of the universe. Though they are subtle the do influence. Another thing to mess it all up which I think is the biggest. The universal consciousness. This is the accumulation of all the thoughts floating in the ethers. Like a radio station blasting through the air and because if we don't see it it doesn't matter.
Above all I have experimented with this so many times and have success with little things but when it comes to bigger stuff it does crash. Just to realize that there is a magic in the universe is exciting. Then to see it pop up here and there. I do concider my self an Alchemist which has more to do with finding you conection to that source than it does with turning lead into gold. Once you have the connection you just have life. Also the thought of the law of attraction being B.S. os just psychological the universe will provide you with the facts to back that all up. I think it is more fun to be out of the box. Oh, and I did go to the Iraq pics. It is terrible, I send them light and healing for their journey for the trouble their people and government are causing.
Peace
Sanctus Germanus
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Permalink Reply by Vampirella on
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Bart how exactly did you manifest 5 euro? What technique or meditation?
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