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AGL, I think you may have missed me... Your explanation above, while nice, doesn't offer anything new, and leaves the same questions unasked. Such as, what happens when you and I, in exercising our own free will, make decisions that are in conflict--what is the mechanism by which those moments are reconciled?
In a forum such as this, I think we should debate, lecture, and expound less and ask, explore, and experiment more. We should embrace our collective incompetence in this area; let's not quibble about who amongst us is most versed in LOA by offering alternative theories and counter-arguments--in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king--but rather let's work together to refine all of our knowledge.
I get the LOA concept... don't assume the level of my ignorance... but there's also a lot here that we don't understand, and no amount of referencing Siddartha, the Bible, Jung, or The Secret, Hicks/Abraham, or anything else is going to make it any more clear to us at this point--you and me included!--because we're not yet asking the right questions.
So let's get the questions on the table, and rather than try to answer them, let's just catalog them... then let's make some hypotheses and go from there. This is what scientific inquiry is about. This is what a learning orientation is about. This is what development is about. THIS is what this discussion is about.
All my best,
Jason
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