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Originally Posted by John Freestone  It seems to me that when you decide to believe in magic, it means suspending rational judgement, because rational judgement belongs to a "wrong" mindset, an illusion about reality. Reality is just what you're creating in your mind. |
I would hope rational judgment is part of the equation. Maybe our rational judgments have not been entirely accurate for a while. We have proved the 3d world to the point of wondering even at the scientific observation level what the heck it is. Newer probing into matter and energy is really weird stuff. And statements from scientists often sound like something a mystic would say, or the gurus of past said.
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Hence some of the resistance to sceptics like me - believers don't want to have their "positive" thoughts interrupted by my doubts. As a well-educated person on such matters, you must see that, and it's common in many religions. You have to give up doubt altogether, immerse yourself in faith. Maybe that's what I'm struggling to understand about LoA - so many believers seem to want to do experiments to prove that it works, as if it wasn't a religion, but a hidden science waiting for the world to discover it. When someone asks believers for evidence, they get told they can't have objective evidence, but must prove it for themselves, whilst also being sent off to websites where the proof is documented rigorously.
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What is doubt? Is it really fear? What is faith? Does it have to be blind? I hope not. Our logical brain can come along for the ride it you entertain some of the newer science about quantum particles/energy/field.