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Old 03-20-2008, 02:42 AM   #117 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by ThoughtsMatter View Post
Which to me is a great way to go about reaching whatever goals you have in life.
Now as a budding LOA practitioner, I shall comment on the topic of "reaching goals in life". Firstly, I will share a few thoughts on the question of what goals one should be setting.

Every psychology student will know Maslow's hierarchy of needs. If you are not familiar, go here:

Mr Wang Says So: How To Touch The Face of God

Simply put, human motivations come in a hierarchical order. In general, you have to satisfy your lower needs, before you work on your higher needs.

For example, if you are starving and caught in a war zone, your goal is to get food, shelter and safety. Before achieving that goal, you do not think about higher levels of need, such as gaining social respect, or developing your musical talent, or helping the starving African children.

Now, the LOA, as described in "The Secret", is often criticised for its emphasis on materialistic needs, or "selfish" needs - such as getting more money, or a new car, or a new love relationship. What about the loftier ideals - like helping the starving African children; or saving the dolphins; or creating world peace?

There are several flaws in these criticisms.

Firstly, the LOA does not tell you what goals and intentions you should or should not have. It does not say, for instance, whether you should intend for a new BMW or for world peace. The LOA is simply how mind & reality operate.

"The Secret", a DVD show, offers examples of what you can do with the LOA. Many of its examples relate to what, in Maslow's hierarchy, would be described as 3rd or 4th-level motivations. Not to 5th level needs (self-actualisation) which are the loftier, more noble and more "inspiring" sort of goals.

But the LOA is not the "The Secret". "The Secret" is a DVD show. "The Secret" explains the LOA, and it uses certain examples to do so, but the LOA is not limited to those kinds of examples. In fact, the LOA is, for all practical purposes, limitless - it encompasses all of reality.

Therefore the LOA may be used for any kind of goal.

---- Part 2 coming up.
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