This is great, all the different views on the Law Of Attraction...
Here is my take on this subject of LoA and Action:
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Originally Posted by OlderWiser  To me, this isn't any sort of law of the universe or manifestation or anything else. It's just common sense. |
Keep in mind the LoA is nothing new, it has been around forever. The only new thing here is the buzz words "Law of Attraction". If you consider Napolean Hill's book Think & Grow Rich, it is based on the LoA but doesn't mention it once. I have had many discussions with different people around this and to try to prove something like this is difficult because its all about belief.
The concept of LoA was popularized a few years back by The Secret and for some it left them empty because the message tended to state:
All you need is to want it and it will come. But, I think we all agree, there is more to it then just wanting.
First - you must want it, desire creates the vibrational energy. In some old school of Positive Thinking this was setting the goal
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Originally Posted by OlderWiser it's not manifestation or LOA when you get a job after pounding the pavement for weeks or months |
Second - you must believe and have faith that your desires will get you what you want. If you don't believe you won't have the heart, energy or the will to pound the pavement for weeks...
Third - Answers from within. This is where LoA differs from the typical raw-raw of positive thinking. It will manifest itself in different ways depending on the situation. But basically it provides the tools required to get to what you desire, this could be in some form of communication as to what to do, or some chance meeting of someone whocan help. Or after ounding the streets for weeks looking for a job you happen to find the ine you really want.
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Originally Posted by OlderWiser Yeah, if you apply at enough places, you'll eventually get a job, assuming you're qualified for the positions you're applying for. |
I see two arguments here:
First - I've done that in the past and ended up compromising myself because my goal was just to get a job, Today I would be much clearer of what I want and instaed of hoping I qualify for a job...I look to find a job that qualifies for what I'm looking for.
Second - If you can use the Positive Thinking tools and do this great but, if you have ever been totally down and out Positive Thinking is quite difficult to do depression takes over from Common Sense.
JLF