Be careful with how much you subscribe to this, a lot of the law of attraction is total bullshit that exists for the sole purpose of making a quick buck.
What makes it so deceptive is that some of it is true, and when selling bullshit, partially true bullshit makes for the sexiest sale.
The power of positive thinking and thoughts in general are a real thing, there is absolutely no question about that. But think about the implications of what this book has told you. "In her book she suggests believing, acting, and feeling that you already have the love of your life and if you do, he will arrive in your life!" Magical summons only exist in dungeons and dragons sweetie. That's what you call sexing up a concept beyond the point of reality in order to make it sell.
There is, however, an element of truth to the notion that "you get what you focus on in life". I'll use myself as an example (the following quote is C&P'd from an old thread)
I went through a phase in my early twenties where I basically viewed all women as whores, I allowed a few shitty ones that I allowed into my life to make my views toward them one-sided and cynical. I basically saw them as good for absolutely nothing but sex, the idea of romance, love, and committing to one was a joke to me.
Now what type of women do you suppose I attracted into my world with the attitude toward them that I had? The only valid answer is
exactly the ones that would reinforce my preconceptions of them.
Here's how this works. You take on an idea, any idea. In this case it's "women are reprobatory whores there for me to use". You allow this belief to become deeply ingrained into your subconscious. It gets reinforced a bit because, let's be honest, every single one of us has dealt with shitty members of the opposite sex. You hold to this belief stronger because of that. The belief becomes so deeply rooted that you begin (subconsciously) pushing anyone and anything that could undermine this belief away from you, in my case it was the good women - the ones I may have actually wanted to commit to. The belief then becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy - as my focus on that aspect of womanhood became laser-like and tunnel visioned, I drew that aspect of womanhood toward me like a magnet. The more of that aspect of womanhood I drew toward me, the more my negative preconceptions of women were reinforced and the more they were reinforced, the more I unknowingly drew myself toward the worst of what womanhood had to offer. It's a vicious cycle and it can go on forever if you let it. The decent girls I met at this point in my life were few and far between largely because of this, and even the decent ones I would nitpick for things to judge in order to reinforce my prejudice - and believe me, when you have this negative of an attitude toward a group of people it's not hard to find things about them to demonize, even the very best of them.
I would say that this is the truth behind the law of attraction. My thoughts didn't make undesirable women just walk into my life. What my thoughts did was prime my subconscious to take certain actions based on the way my thoughts were affecting my values and beliefs which magnetized myself and some less desirable members of the opposite sex. It is not enough to simply think and play pretend, you have to actually DO. Your thoughts have the potential to influence your ACTIONS in a certain way that attracts good (or bad, or grey area) fortune, that is the full extent of any truth behind the law of attraction.
Last edited by dickriculous; 03-01-14 at 06:12 AM.
They see indoctrination and they call it "morality", "professionalism", or "maturity" depending on the context.