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Originally Posted by Markus74  I'm not scared. I tried it but it didn't work. Yeah, I know, it was because I didn't believe enough, yada yada ... That's actually BS since at the time I was very open to it. But, for example, my parking lots didn't free up more than before. |
What could be said about that? Practice, yes, that'll do. Don't expect to master something so quickly.
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Originally Posted by Markus74 And what I truly hate about this theory, or what I think is so sick about it, is that it would mean that people attract their own pain. |
A large amount of the human population attract their own pain, or should I say, the ego attracts the pain. I say this because people more often then not identify
themselves as their mind, hence, their ego(s). Although, ultimately, there isn't seperation in consiousness. The ego hungers pain (more often, emotional pain), because without it, it cannot continue to exists as controller.
This is explained very indepth in the book "The Power of Now" As I'm sure that many of us have already read, or at least heard of.
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Originally Posted by Markus74 It would mean that women and children have attracted their rapists, amputees have attracted their amputations, parents that lose a child have attracted this, etc. That's sick in my view. Although the LoA at first glance is intriguing and motivational I think it gets disgusting if you follow the logical consequences through. |
From a 'normal'/common human perspective this does appear quite sick, but, continueing such logical consequences, these disasters may also lead to the individual in question having a major realization of ones existance. Or, such things had to happen for something very important and impacting to follow afterwards. When we detach ourselves emotionally from these circumstances for a moment of reflection, we often see the bigger picture (and of course, it's far more easier to be an observer of the situation than to be the one experiencing it first-hand).
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Originally Posted by Markus74 As for world peace: people are praying for that since the beginning of wars I guess and yet world peace hasn't been achieved. How could it? |
This is making many assumptions. What might have happened if no-one ever prayed for world peace up to this point? Would we be experiencing less, or more global strife at this moment? An ant considers a hill the biggest thing he ever saw, if he had not yet seen the scale of a mountain. It's all perspective.
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Originally Posted by Markus74 It would mean that magic works and people can be remote-controlled, their desires be influenced, etc. |
I'm not aware of how magic might work. But then again, magic is a label applied to something that someone thinks they know
anything about. And as such, the same goes for reality. It would be arrogant to think, that you, Markus, would be in any position to draw the line at what could be a function of reality, and what is not. Although, the mind is more than welcome to desperately try and understand something far beyond its own capacity.
P.S. I find your posts to be very entertaining Markus(as well as the counter-posts).
Meaningful experiences to you all.