Niki, I think you're on to something here, and you're right to listen to your instincts.
In my experience, there are just about as many approaches to the "Law of Attraction" as there are people who are doing the approaching. And it seems to boil down to a couple of ways of being: there are people who are selling it, and then there are people who are generating it.
The Sellers are the people who get something, or who have something to lose, in convincing others what they believe. (Not just about the LoA, either; you'll notice that it's a microcosm of the rest of their life, too.) I'm not talking about just money that they want to get or have to lose; sometimes it's righteousness or hope or sense of self, among other things. I think that one of the things that Sellers do is try to convince you, and themselves, that the LoA is The Truth, scientifically provable, and if you don't agree, You Are Wrong. Not that there's anything wrong with being a Seller!
The Generators have nothing riding on whether or not you buy into the LoA or anything else they talk to you about. These are people who have noticed that, like love, principles of the law of attraction work really well in their lives, and they are fun to practice generating for themselves and for others. They would love to make their discovery available to others (to generate it for others) because that generates love and joy
for the world, not as something that an individual avatar *gets.* Not that being a Generator is "right"!
And sometimes a Generator gets so caught up in making it available that they slip into Selling. Often you'll see them catch themselves and apologize or back out of the sellingness or simply say, "well, just try it for yourself, or not." For me, generating feels better and works better than being a seller, and others will surely disagree about this whole concept. It's not a science.
For me, what works really well is the school of thought that deliberately thinking thoughts that feel good when you think them tends to open up generous pathways for more feeling good to flow. And likewise, when I fall back into thinking thoughts that don't feel good when I think them, I am tying a knot in the hose and preventing good feelings from flowing. That's what the Law of Attraction is for me. You don't have to buy anything or believe in anything; there is nothing to prove, only to notice. Do you feel good, or is there something missing that you could be letting go of or generating that would make a difference? And of course, not everyone is interested in deliberately feeling good, and that's fine. My preference would be that everyone would be interested in feeling good on purpose, but I've noticed the Universe doesn't always go along with my preferences!
If you feel like you're being conned, it's probably a good idea to pay attention to that feeling. And you might have something really valuable available to you if you explore why you're attracted to something and feeling conned by it at the same time -- like, what would this provide? What do I have to lose?
I mean that not rhetorically but literally: what specific quality or condition might I risk losing if I were to try on this perspective? And: Is that The Truth? Can I really lose that thing?
Anyway, that's how I feel about it. Do I sound like a Seller?
I'm not trying to convince you of anything -- I trust you to make your own great evaluations in what works for you and I know you do the same for me. And I'm grateful that you're listening, because writing this helps me to clarify what I'm seeing, and to understand my own thinking on the subject and to be connected with you. Thank you very much!
Lots of love,
Angela