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Someone mentioned Law of Attraction yesterday

as if it is this wacky thing.

Now look...

I get it. There's literally no scientific proof this goofy thing works. Despite how much sciency stuff they use to explain that it is real, there is no "proof".

Okay.

There's no proof that any god exists either, but people believe in it. And honestly, organized religion is far more dangerous to humanity, which has been proven throughout history, so...🤷‍♀ if you are going to say god is real, then other people have the right to say the Law of Attraction is real. There's literally no scientific proof of either existing.

That's logic.

Yes, Law of Attraction can be used in really terrible ways. Anyone telling you that all you have to do is think positively and believe you will get what you want and if you don't get it, it's all your fault, they are garbage, shitty people. Don't listen to them. Just like if your pastor tells you anyone not part of your church worships Satan, he's a garbage person.

As long as people aren't trying to manipulate you into something, these beliefs can coexist with no issues.

Me personally, I like LoA. It gives me goals and hope. It allows me to be active in my life because I create a goal, visualize having it and create a plan to receiving it through direct actions. If you aren't doing the actions, you aren't going to get what you want. The Universe will steer you towards progress as long as you meet it half way.

Have I experienced it? Yeah!

Have I experienced god? No.

Ain't nothing wrong with goal creation and hope.
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whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M
That was me... And to an extent I agree with you.. Cards on the table, I believe the Law of Attraction is bunkum.. And I am an Atheist.. However, Norman Vincent Peale and his power of positive thinking are quite real..Psychology uses positive visualisation as a tool, and sports training positively drips with it. Like the placebo effect, it makes a difference. It spurs us to persist and to draw that extra ounce from ourselves that sometimes makes a difference.
Personally, I believe that they cant beat you if you wont quit. And that has stood me in good sted through my career.. The important difference being that belief in a diety or a Law of Attraction are leaning on external forces. The Power of positive thinking comes from within, much like the Placebo effect, which is carried by our own belief..
If your belief in a higher power brings you comfort, then I am genuinely happy for you. I just dont share that. I prefer to be self driven..😷
whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M
@Ferric67 @FoxyQueen I dont remember where I read it. Did i did read the quote someplace. "I found the harder I worked, the luckier I got"😷
Ferric67 · M
@whowasthatmaskedman I believe that might be a Lou holtz quote
Perhaps while at Notre Dame
Which, by the way, a football coach of mine use to say it too
whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M
@Ferric67 Thank you..😷
Jenny1234 · 56-60, F
I was brought up to have a positive mindset about everything. For me, it works because when I wake up every morning with a positive mindset a smile on my face, my day always goes better and I am always so much more productive on those days.

Once in a blue moon that dark cloud will creep in and hides my positive side. I feel numb and tired for no reason and I just stay in bed all day.

So see for me the positive mindset works really well as it is also working the laws of attraction for me
FoxyQueen · 51-55, F
@Jenny1234 I understand this. I wasn't raised to be a positive thinker, but yet, I will always find the brighter side of situations. That helps me a lot in dealing with difficult things.

My son has inherited this as well.
ScreamingFox · 41-45, F
Personally, I think shit just happens. My time in nature and with animals humbles me, but I have believed in good and lost everyone. I have been the one to put good out there adamantly, and ended up in the garbage. I have shown up for people who forget I exist. I have been positive and it only disappointed me and showed me that hope is false. There are things I can work for. There are things I can pray for, mostly for others. But when it comes to myself, I see no benefit to any way of thinking or believing other than the comfort of ignorance. People that are endlessly positive despise me because bad things have happened to me, like I asked for it, so I don't care for that thinking either. I simply allow life to be what it is and continue being as kind or protective as possible depending on what my instincts tell me.

I know people have a lot of good experiences that lead them in their own direction, but if that's what it took, I wouldn't be miserable. If that's what it took, they wouldn't shun me for being in pain.

I believe in nature.
FoxyQueen · 51-55, F
@ScreamingFox I think the idea that good begets good ftom people is a falacy. Good often just gets used and abused because people are so desperate to have their own needs fulfilled, they don't think beyond themselves.

So I am good to people on the basic levels. When they show they deserve more, I am happy to give. But when the exchange is one sided, I quit. It's my energy. I have the right to spend it how I will.

Good begets good in nature is more truth. Nature doesn't judge. It just is and lets us exist within it.
ScreamingFox · 41-45, F
@FoxyQueen I think sometimes nature is even too good to us, we just don't see it. Even the harshness can be good, because like you say, it's not to judge us, it's to make us stronger 🖤
JimboSaturn · 56-60, M
I'm a firm believer in luck; I have found the harder I work, the more luck I have.
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Alyosha · 36-40, M
That's a fallacy. Two wrongs don't make a right.
FoxyQueen · 51-55, F
@Alyosha What are the wrongs?
Alyosha · 36-40, M
@FoxyQueen Believing in one wrong thing doesn't make it okay to believe in another wrong thing.
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