[Tim Brownson]

Here’s my deal with the LoA. Firstly let me say that I do believe that there is something in it, I just don’t believe anybody knows how to use it to their own ends…..yet. I heard Michelle Whitedove on Sirius say today that absolutely nothing no matter how big or small cannot be manifested. Well yeh ok and I don’t mean to be flippant here but does that mean I can manifest Pluto into my backyard?

I loved The Secret and I also hated it. I loved it because it opened peoples minds to new possibilities and I can now talk to clients about stuff like meditation that was much more difficult 2 or so years ago. I also love to hear about people thinking more positively about stuff. I hated it because I now have to deal with the occasional client that says, “I’ve seen The Secret and all this crap in my life is my fault” Maybe that’s a good thing if it creates action but not in somebody that now feels suicidal.

I want to ask some extreme questions not from a position of being dismissive but from one of wanting to understand other people’s opinions. I have read a fair bit of the Esther and Jerry Hicks stuff and they are truly amazing but I have to say I’m not convinced.

Last summer 2 young boys died from an amoeba infection in their brain after swimming in a lake here in Orlando. Did they manifest that?

When I am absolutely sure that when the doorbell goes that I know who it is. To the extent that I am shocked by being wrong. How come I didn’t manifest the person that I thought it was going to be if I was absolutely sure. Ok, bad example because another person is involved. What if I know where I left my wallet and it’s not there. I know with so much certainty that I go back several times and then it turns up in the fridge! And yeh, I gave it the full 68 seconds ;-)

Why have some really negative and miserable people that worry constantly gone on to live long and very prosperous lives? I know some very wealthy people that are constantly worrying about losing money. Why don’t they? Is the LoA playing a game and making them miserable instead of taking their money away?

Why don’t hypochondriacs all die young?

Why can’t a great manifester prove it to the world by stepping off a tall building and manifesting a safe landing? Or maybe winning lotto 2 weeks on the trot? I saw a post by a person below that said she was scary good at this. Really??? Why not manifest an end to violence in her hometown or even on broader scale. Again I know it involves others so why not manifest all guns to stop working or food to arrive to feed the hungry?

I am open to this, I’d love to be convinced I really would and I respect the opinions of people that believe in it because on the whole I think it opens up some interesting debate, but I also think it has created devotees that seem to refuse to question the obvious ambiguities by simply saying the LoA will deal with it.