If LOA does not work, I think it should die a natural death quite quickly.
For example, let's say I hear about LOA for the first time and I try it out. Nothing happens. I read further articles, and they say, "Oh if it isn't working, you probably didn't do A, B, C, right - try again." And I'll try again.
After a few more tries, if it still doesn't work, eventually I will just give up and say, "This is a load of nonsense."
So, Radical, I don't think you should worry very much about LOA being a hoax, and people getting duped by it. No harm will come out of it, if people are duped. At most they will waste a couple of hours of their lives lying down in a relaxed manner and thinking pleasant, positive thoughts. There are many worse ways to spend a couple of hours.
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Anyway, I would like to share a chronologically documented example of LOA at work. It is recorded on my blog. Excerpts:
Acting Like Godot: Drawing Board
On
22 October, I was thinking how I can improve my chances of getting a scholarship. I wrote in my blog:
"Scholarship L is a lot more difficult than Scholarship S to get. Yet the monetary difference between the two may not be significant at all. Actions that I can take, to bolster my scholarship chances:
1. Write industry-related articles and get them published in the Business Times.
2. Literary achievements - for example, win GPA again.
3. Find opportunities to speak at conferences & seminars."
Take note of Point 3. Note that I've never actually spoken or been invited to speak at any professional conference for my industry before . But I thought that if I kept a lookout, then in the course of 2007, I might get a chance somewhere.
Look how quickly the intention manifested. It actually took just slightly more than a week to manifest. On
31 October, I wrote this in my blog:
Acting Like Godot: Speaking "I've been saying that I should speak at conferences and seminars to boost my profile and eventual scholarship chances. Well, the thought went out into the universe, and now the opportunity has presented itself.
Yesterday, out of the blue, the boss "volunteered" me to speak at an industry conference in a neighbouring country. This conference is organised by THE world's leading industry association in my area of work."
Note the first sentence ... when I said "I'd been saying that I should speak", what I meant is that I'd been saying it to myself, not to my boss. I had never told my boss that I wanted to speak at any conference.
Yet the universe took just
one week (from 22 October to 31 Ocotber) to find me the opportunity, to speak at a conference organised by a global organisation.
Btw, I've since spoken at the conference.
Acting Like Godot: Conference Acting Like Godot: Conference - Over
I didn't mention on my blog how the speaking opportunity came about. In fact, the organisers had already chosen all their speakers. However, around 25 October (a few days after I had manifested my intention) one of the originally-scheduled conference speakers pulled out, citing a clashing commitment. The organisers panicked and scrambled to find a replacement speaker.
They asked my boss to speak instead. However, my boss's schedule was too tight. So he asked me to speak instead. That is how I ended up getting the chance to speak at this international conference - where I was the youngest and most inexperienced speaker; and ordinarily, based on my limited years of working experience, would not have been invited to speak.
But since I asked so nicely, the universe agreed to fix it up for me.
Just another small example of LOA at work.