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Originally Posted by Rockchick26  lol This is so fascinating learning about all this...now,it almost seems to me that using the law of attraction is selfish! |
Using the LoA is not necessarily selfish. This brings us back the the idea of polarities in a way, it's in how you use it and what you try to manifest and why. However, the ideas of things to manifest come from the ego. Ego and selfishness are two different things. I think you might still be mixing up the two concepts.
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Originally Posted by Rockchick26 And both ideas are completely opposite,one is saying we deserve abundance,and the other is saying that we are closer to our true selves and God if we dont have anything! What could you possibly try to manifest using the LoA that isn't associated with the ego,that you can't already get just by being alive? Maybe shelter,food and water,which are the only 3 things we REALLY need when you get down to it. |
The ideas are not completely opposite, they overlap in some ways, but there are contradictions too. The Power of Now doesn't state that we are closer to ourselves and God if we don't have anything, what Tolle says is that true and sustainable happiness and peace can only be obtained by letting go of the ego and not thinking that what you have or what you are in this physical life is your real identity. In other words, you can have abundance and everything you want, as long as you don't tie your identity to these things. So, you could buy a brand new expensive car and a house and become famous, but if you realize that the real you isn't the rich famous person who has a cool car and a big house, you are successfully dissociating from the ego and on your way to true and sustainable happiness and peace, according to Tolle. The same example applies to making the world a better place and contributing for the greater good in a selfless way, as long as you don't define your identity as "the selfless person who's making the wold better".
The contradiction is in the fact that wanting these things is egoic (not selfish, egoic, meaning it comes from the structure of the ego). Without the ego, you won't want a new car OR a better world.
And by the way, LoA teachers will argue that even having water, food and shelter are things you attract/manifest. Not everyone has water, food and shelter, trust me.