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Originally Posted by Acting Like Godot  Here is another explanation from that. I heard it from a magickal practitioner (who had never heard of the term Law of Attraction).
Notwithstanding the fact that he had never heard of the LOA, he also fully subscribed to the idea that we create everything in our reality. However, his explanation is that we do not know a lot of what we create. And the simple reason is that we do not know our minds very well.
His single most important key to magick is therefore self-knowledge. Which in his terms means that you have to meditate regularly and explore the mysterious depths of your mind. |
ALG, you are still missing the point of my argument. I am not disputing the possibility that someone may be able to direct energy waves from their brain which may then be able to affect the properties of objects, or move them.
What I am arguing is that it is not belief (on its own) that creates reality. As I said earlier, there is no evidence pointing to the LoA claim that a belief can create something in external reality (as we know it), or change the molecular structure of objects.
And, I repeat: LoA is based on the SR premise that you create the whole of reality within your consciousness, therefore, you have total control over what you create. What I am asking is: where is the evidence for that? I can provide many examples where that is not the case. Can you provide one example where a thought or belief (on its own) has created something within reality?
Give me one solid example where like thoughts attract and coagulate to some sort of combustible point, where they must manifest in reality?
Give me one solid example which shows that you create the whole of your reality within your consciousness through your thoughts and beliefs, and that whatever you wish for is instantly created/manifested? These are the premises on which LoA is based.
If you admit that we know so little about reality and the bulk of the subconscious mind, then surely you must also admit that we don't know if we definitely do create the whole of reality within consciousness. There is a lot more to it, as you said. At least, with science, we have something to fall back on and are able to say, 'Well, such and such does work in physical reality. We can repeat the experiment over and over, and it produces the same results every time'.
Can we really say that about LoA?