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bf1983 · 03-14-2008, 08:52 AM

>"This is my 1,459th post on Steve Pavlina's forums, and most of my posts have been on IM/LOA stuff. It gets repetitive and tedious for me to keep responding to the same kind of questions."

ALG: you must have attracted people like me into your life to make you question the law of attraction.

To me - the very fact that so much DEBATE going on here is proof that the law of attraction is NOT a law.

All proper, real laws can be understood, proven and applied across ALL situations universally and they are non-debatable or disputable (e.g. gravity)

I could create a law of rainmaking that says if you think about the rain intensely enough and for long enough and you believe it will rain, then it will.

But it wouldn't be a real law.

Yes - it would rain for some people right away. For others it will take some time. And for others (in dry countries, like Africa!) it would never work.

And we could all set up Forums to discuss how the law of rainmaking is real because it's worked for them. Or how it's not worked for some people because they don't believe in it.

It's always going to rain somewhere. You can cling onto the thought that it's your doing if you want.

I just think that any so-called "law" that requires this much debate and discussion and cannot be proven across the board is not a law - it is a theory at best.

And whilst positive thinking is a great thing it is just that - thinking.

Thanks to the recent popularity in LOA I think there are countless people probably sitting on their couches trying to 'manifest' Ferraris and what not but not getting anything and not improving themselves or the world because they're stuck in their heads.

Mental masturbation I think someone called it.

03-14-2008, 08:52 AM	#25 (permalink)
bf1983 Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 61	>"This is my 1,459th post on Steve Pavlina's forums, and most of my posts have been on IM/LOA stuff. It gets repetitive and tedious for me to keep responding to the same kind of questions." ALG: you must have attracted people like me into your life to make you question the law of attraction. To me - the very fact that so much DEBATE going on here is proof that the law of attraction is NOT a law. All proper, real laws can be understood, proven and applied across ALL situations universally and they are non-debatable or disputable (e.g. gravity) I could create a law of rainmaking that says if you think about the rain intensely enough and for long enough and you believe it will rain, then it will. But it wouldn't be a real law. Yes - it would rain for some people right away. For others it will take some time. And for others (in dry countries, like Africa!) it would never work. And we could all set up Forums to discuss how the law of rainmaking is real because it's worked for them. Or how it's not worked for some people because they don't believe in it. It's always going to rain somewhere. You can cling onto the thought that it's your doing if you want. I just think that any so-called "law" that requires this much debate and discussion and cannot be proven across the board is not a law - it is a theory at best. And whilst positive thinking is a great thing it is just that - thinking. Thanks to the recent popularity in LOA I think there are countless people probably sitting on their couches trying to 'manifest' Ferraris and what not but not getting anything and not improving themselves or the world because they're stuck in their heads. Mental masturbation I think someone called it.