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Originally Posted by Acting Like Godot  LOL, Cdn2wheeler, you must think I'm an incredibly lazy bastard. |
First of all, I don't think you're lazy at all. Not exactly sure how you got that idea, but it was never my intention (there's that word again) to imply such a thing.
All I'm suggesting is that using LoA to influence another person doesn't seem to be bearing fruit, at least in the case of my friend (you already know the story there), Rockchick and Floridagal. I think, ALG, that you've seen this too, in your brief outline where you wrote,
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Originally Posted by Acting Like Godot 1st Example - You would like John Smith to do X. But John Smith strongly wants to do Y instead. You cannot "LOA" him into choosing to do X.
2nd Example - You would like John Smith to do X. John Smith is ambivalent about doing X or Y, and doesn't mind doing either of them. In such a case, it is possible for you to "LOA" him into doing X (or Y, if that is what you intend). |
Granted, I get the sense that the John Smith examples are hypothetical, but I think I understand what you mean.
Angela, as always, makes a good point when she writes:
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Originally Posted by Angela For instance, you want the perfect partner to be attracted to you? Generate being the perfect partner. I don't mean "perfect" as in flawless, I mean be the mate you want, and love your own life perfectly -- exactly as it is and exactly as it is not. Be the warm arms, be the qualities you dream of finding in another person. Be those things for yourself and for the world, and not only are you cutting out the middle man of external circumstance, you're also creating yourself as the person around whom what and who you want will naturally fall into orbit. It feels good to be what you want. |
Wise words, to be sure. But I don't think it's even remotely related to LoA, it's simply being a better person. There's no "asking the universe" or anything of the sort involved here, it's simply generating a more positive mind-set about one's self. As that evolves, people will notice.