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Originally Posted by Angela

But I don't think it's hocus pocus to see that what you focus on is what you get. If you're looking for things to be grateful for, for instance, chances are you're going to find them. And if you're looking for things to be pissed off about, chances are you will find that, too.

Originally Posted by {aspiring_to_clarity}

*Raises hand*

I can attest to that!

And I have also noticed that when I am feeling really crappy, I can now think about whether I want to feel that way and usually I choose not to. It's eversomuch better than the way I used to do things...which was to be pissed all the time about everything. I am pretty sure the people I deal with on a daily basis would agree.

I understand where both of you are coming from, and this is exactly what simple-ology discusses in one of the chapters.

Allow me to use an analogy.

A woman I work with has just left on her maternity leave. She's due any day now, but before she left she kept saying, "Wow! Everywhere I look I see pregnant women!"

She's undoubtedly right, because of her current condition. It's top of mind with her (and top of belly... but that's another story).

But I somehow doubt that the actual number of pregnant women waddling around is higher than normal; it's just that she perceives that there are more of them because that's where her head is at.

So it's not objective reality that's changed, and it's not as if her subjective reality has somehow created all these pregnant women. It's just because that's what she's noticing right now.

And so it is with your examples. It's not that things are particularly different in the world around you, it's just that you notice certain things more.

Originally Posted by Angela

cdn, you've said what simple-ology says about the law of attraction, but what is simple-ology? Just being aware of the difference between physical reality and our experience of it? Tell more, please -- I've heard others refer to this book, but what is it?

I haven't finished it yet so I really can't give you any sort of meaningful synopsis. Gimme a couple of days for me to finish it and integrate some of the things in it.

Or, of course, you could probably find the book in your local library and come to your own conclusions.