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Originally Posted by Acting Like Godot  For convenience, we call it the Law of Attraction. It means that our thoughts create our reality. |
Lol. I was just thinking about this a few minutes ago and how the term is getting in the way for me. I was trying to think of something else to call it. Reality? Life? So I say "the LOA is bringing me this or that" but to say that implies there is a time when I'm not using LOA. It's like the tao, they say once you've spoken of it you've lost it because it can't be named.
Once you've given something a label it stops being what it is, and becomes that label instead. Then the confusion sets in.
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The other day I watched the movie Tombstone. Last night my Dad brought the movie Tombstone up in reference to something else he had seen. And I said "hey I was just watching Tombstone the other day!" And he said "uh-huh, right so anyway in Tombstone" etc.
Lol. We were talking a few weeks ago about something kind of personal for me, and I'm thinking inside "hmmm.... how does the loa fit into this. The advice he's giving me is all action oriented. But it's good advice. I'm confused here."
Then he gets all excited and blurts out "law of reciprocity! That's what I'm getting at. If you just put out the effort it's gonna come back to you just don't know how, it always seems to work that way" and I thought "damn... am I ready for this new mindset?"
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Originally Posted by Acting Like Godot Etc. But it is an experiential process - a mere intellectual understanding is necessary, but completely, utterly, totally, absolutely insufficient. |
I agree with ALG. When you are experiencing the blissed out state, you tend to be more giving. I have people I work with that tick me off. When I get back from lunch after relaxing/meditating, I couldn't care less about our differences, they just melt away. I forgive them without even thinking about it. You have to feel it to understand.
HOWEVER, what I just said is the same type of thing religious people would say about Jesus and it used to drive me nuts because it seemed the debate ended at that point. So I've been on both sides of this debate. Now I think they were right but for the wrong reasons. I think they experienced what we experience but they were getting caught up in the label (their religion) and confusing the label for the experience we all seem to share. I should pull out that old book "the varieties of relgious experience" some time.
That was for "contrast".