law of atraction

[The Fool]

I am really curious, is there anyone intested in Law of attrtion?

[Monsieur OUXX]

Let's be accurate:
Law of attraction, law of atraction, or law of attrtion? 

[Phemar]

Ragg, I think you need to elaborate slightly...

[InCreator]

What a horrible thread. 

[The Fool]

heh, attraction 
Why horrible? 

[Monsieur OUXX]

Serious answer:

The Law of Attraction is related to the New thought, which itself is yet one more metaphysical (and dualist) philosophy.

While it sounds attractive because it seems like it relies on the widely accepted fact that thoughts influence actions (focus, self-conditionning, subconscious process, etc.), it actually goes one step further and implies some sort of mystical dualism (which is in fact a pleonasm).

Long things short: no, I don't believe in the Force and all that b******t.  I'm a child of materialism.

Materialism FTW!

[Domino]

I'm attracted to women. So yes, I'm interested.

[Anian]

I'm attracted to women. So yes, I'm interested.

Yeah, but you see, by the theory behind Law of attraction, you (and every other heterosexual male in the world) would have all the women one wants....so to conclude, no I don't believe.  

[Calin Leafshade]

Materialism FTW!

Agreed!

But your French.. I think France has the largest number of atheists per capita in the world... you guys *hate* religion and monarchy but love cheese.

Overall I think france sounds rad.

[The Fool]

I come from atheistic familly too and I dont perceive  this thing as a religion. When I first heard about it and watched few abraham-hicks videos, it maked really sense  to me. It triggered a lots of "ah-hah moments", thats how i call moment when you change perspective and move forward. Application of theas principles really makes significant changes in my life. I write better music, I enjoy my life more and Im more social and self-confident. And yes, there is lot of people who combines it with sone new-age scams or even illiminati, but i dont think it has some other reason than fear and anger. I feared of falling in some sort of relligious trap too, but then i realized that there are really no crazy rules you must follow and that thin "philosophy" if you like is more liberating than anything i met with in the past (Including common  opinion "Life is bitch, all religion is bullshit for brain-washed fools with no direction in their lives")
All i can say that this works for me, Im staying open-minded and I look forward to future
And if you feel like responding, please write your heart out:)

anian: Well the thing is you are probably sub-sonsciously focused on things you do not want, like being not good enough for her etc. I belive that your and my reality is sort of mirror of all thoughts you think on daily basis.
Try to focus on what you think next time you meet nice lady you would like to date:)

yeah, and sorry for my english, Im from czech republic:) Feel free to correct me:)

[Radiant]

(Including common  opinion "Life is bitch, all religion is bullshit for brain-washed fools with no direction in their lives")

Ironically, "life is a bitch" seems to me like precisely the opinion of people with no direction in their lives.

[Calin Leafshade]

It's not really religious, no.

but it does suggest the existence of something other than the material world.

Thoughts are the result of electrical impulses in your brain and we have no reason to believe otherwise.

Things like the Law of Attraction are just exercises in confirmation bias. Just like when you think about someone and the phone rings and its the person you were thinking about... people forget about the literally millions of times theyve thought about that person and the phone *hasnt* rang.

[The Fool]

Radiant:well... yes, but in my humble opinion, people like that precive themselves as highly logical and reasonable.

[The Fool]

It's not really religious, no.

but it does suggest the existence of something other than the material world.

Thoughts are the result of electrical impulses in your brain and we have no reason to believe otherwise.

Things like the Law of Attraction are just exercises in confirmation bias. Just like when you think about someone and the phone rings and its the person you were thinking about... people forget about the literally millions of times theyve thought about that person and the phone *hasnt* rang.

it just doesnt fits me...
It is more comfortable for me to belive that we really guide ouselfs from non-physical perspective. Beliving in coincidences feels like excusing things in my life that i can change .

[The Fool]

and accepting that, as dylan sings, "this life is but a joke" and beliving that we can carry on after death is in my opinion just as possible as major opinion, that death means end of everything and total loss of our personal identity. After all, no one really proved that he died the way as we think

[Jim Reed]

XD, looks like another religion thread!
It's summer, so I guess it's about time anyway.

[The Fool]

I just want to know your opinions, no intention to convert anyone
And as i wrote before, i dont precive it as a religion, but my personal opinion.

[Damien]

Barbara Ehrenreich - Smile Or die (YouTube link)

[The Fool]

It as not as much about pretending you are feeling good and wear dull smile on your face all day. It is about feeling better in anything you do. Looking for thoughts that really MAKES you feel good.

[The Fool]

I think the big misunedrstanding of this video is, that the lady belives there is some sort of "general thuth". I belive that everything in this world is meaningles.
What I mean by that is, that every individual gives meaning to everyhting by himself, affected by opinions of people he was growing up with and lives with all day every day. Everyone creates his own personal opinions preferences and thus everyone experiences this world differently.