Law of Attraction Question

[excite2]

Does empathasizing with a certain situation attract that situation to you?

For example, if you work with homeless charities on a regular basis and become emotionally close with the homeless and constantly empathasize with their situation, are you unknowingly attracting potential homelessness into your own life that may manifest at some point in your future?

Another example is I've noticed that psychiatrists are often in need of therapy themselves and are actually patients of other psychiatrists. I'm wondering if this is also a result of being in constant contact/vibration with people and their low energy problems and empathisizing with their situations?

Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks!

[cacheborn]

Interesting question.

In case of charities, when you help the people how do you feel? If you feel joyous that you can help them, then you will not attract homelessness. Otherwise people like Mother Teresa would not be able to become so strong.

In case of shrinks, I think it is true.
Not sure if it is LOA or something else. In any case, all shrinks have to undergo psychiatric test before they can start. Plus, by definition, no person is 100% sane. So I imagine if you are psychiatrist yourself, you would always view your own actions with a magnifying glass.

[excite2]

Ok, I see what you're saying. You're saying that regardless of your surroundings, your dominant mental state is what is sent to the universe?

And because shrinks are forced to delve into patient's personal situations to correct them, they are more intimately involved in the emotional state of their patients and therefore are more influenced by their vibrations?

[thubbard29]

Originally Posted by cacheborn

If you feel joyous that you can help them, then you will not attract homelessness.

Why is that the case and rather than attracting homelessness all the while being joyous?

Is emotion the what the universe responds to?

[themaster]

Originally Posted by excite2

Does empathasizing with a certain situation attract that situation to you?

No.. just don't turn it into the idea of you caring more about other people then yourself..

Originally Posted by excite2

For example, if you work with homeless charities on a regular basis and become emotionally close with the homeless and constantly empathasize with their situation, are you unknowingly attracting potential homelessness into your own life that may manifest at some point in your future?

Not unless you've been repelling on that energy.. in the idea that.. someone says "I just got beat up for food" and then you think "that should never happen to me" that is negative loa.. the right way to validate is to say "that could be a experience.. but I prefer this" which is what most of us do anyway

Originally Posted by excite2

Another example is I've noticed that psychiatrists are often in need of therapy themselves and are actually patients of other psychiatrists. I'm wondering if this is also a result of being in constant contact/vibration with people and their low energy problems and empathisizing with their situations?

Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks!

I would say that they need shielding from their patients yes.. the real truth is they need to "EGO" out the world or fit it into a box it wasn't designed for and that they went into psychiatry to figure out themselves in the first place.. you see they seem to know less about themselves then the rest of us

I once went into a psychiatry class and heard some really stupid, limited statements.. I had to laugh my way out the door.. some of it is quite silly.. even if I claim psychology credentials back in my scientist days

[Anagogy]

Originally Posted by excite2

Does empathasizing with a certain situation attract that situation to you?

You can't see the world from their perspective without bringing yourself vibrationally closer to that reality. If you are empathizing with them to the point of feeling as desperate and hopeless as they do, you are doing them AND you a disservice.

Instead, view them as the powerful creators they are. The best thing you can ever do is visualize them as happy, abundant, and aware of their own infinite nature. When you are seeing something that makes you feel joy and appreciation, those emotions indicate that you are in a state of connection with source energy. From that place of connection, you are wise, you have insight you wouldn't have otherwise. From THAT place, you are of benefit to all things you place your attention on.

On the other hand, if you are feeling desperate, hopeless, depressed, and frustrated (which could be caused by empathizing with the tribulations of the homeless), you can't offer any action that will help them long term. From a place of disconnection, your intentions are frustrated and negated.

Originally Posted by thubbard29

Is emotion the what the universe responds to?

No, the universe responds to "intent/desire/thought/belief" (and thoughts are simply the shape your consciousness is in at any given point in time). Your emotions indicate what vibration of thought you are putting out. They are vibrational indicators. When you feel good, it means you are not offering thoughts of resistance, when you feel bad, it means the thoughts you are currently offering are NOT in alignment with the way source energy (which is pure positive energy) is seeing the world. This means you are offering contradictory thought to your desires. Resistance is always perceived as negative emotion. And the lack thereof is always perceived as positive, good feeling emotions like love, joy, and appreciation.

[Tristan Bull]

I think it depends on how emotionally involved you get. If you start visualizing their situations and then yourself in those situations it could be a bad thing.

Also remember you want to FEEL good all the time, I think it's kind of hard to do that when you are surrounded by things that are obviously going to make you feel bad.

Of course you could donate and do positive things but I think just sitting there and feeling sorry for them is not going to help anyone.

Think of it this way, you could go down and talk to them and hear there story and try and cheer them up or you could go out and make a huge success of yourself and then come back and buy them all homes.

I think the latter would be a more positive thing to do and if you asked the homeless themselves they would probably prefer you to go and do that.

Tristan

[excite2]

Originally Posted by Anagogy

No, the universe responds to "intent/desire/thought/belief" (and thoughts are simply the shape your consciousness is in at any given point in time). Your emotions indicate what vibration of thought you are putting out. They are vibrational indicators. When you feel good, it means you are not offering thoughts of resistance, when you feel bad, it means the thoughts you are currently offering are NOT in alignment with the way source energy (which is pure positive energy) is seeing the world. This means you are offering contradictory thought to your desires. Resistance is always perceived as negative emotion. And the lack thereof is always perceived as positive, good feeling emotions like love, joy, and appreciation.

Anagogy, if you read Esther Hicks or Neville Goddard I think they might disagree with you regarding emotions if I'm understanding you correctly. I was always under the assumption that you don't manifest so much what you THINK but what you FEEL. And that it is the alignment of your feelings with your conscious thoughts that produce manifested intentions, not so much your alignments of feelings with source energy.

Any thoughts?

[Anagogy]

Originally Posted by excite2

Anagogy, if you read Esther Hicks or Neville Goddard I think they might disagree with you regarding emotions if I'm understanding you correctly. I was always under the assumption that you don't manifest so much what you THINK but what you FEEL.

Any thoughts?

Well I'm not familiar with Neville, so I can't speak about his perspective. But I am very familiar with the Abraham teachings, and you are right, in a sense, and wrong in another.

Abraham uses the word "feel" in different contexts. In one, "feel" means to use your imagination to picture what you are trying to manifest. That "feeling" is a thought, or vibrational offering of awareness.

The other context of "feel", is when Abraham talks about our emotional state. Emotions are not creative, but they indicate what your vibrational offering is. They are responses to thought. If you think thoughts that are not in alignment with your desires, you get negative emotion as a signal you are headed in the wrong direction, vibrationally speaking. If you get positive emotion, it means you offering non-contradictory thought in relation to your desires.

For example, in Ask and it is Given, they say,

Your emotions indicate the degree of your alignment with Source. Although you can never achieve such a
complete misalignment with Source that you disconnect from it altogether, the thoughts that you choose
to give your attention to do give you a substantial range in alignment or misalignment with the Non-
Physical Energy that is truly who you are. And so, with time and practice, you will come to know, in every
moment, your degree of alignment with who you really are, for when you are in full allowance of the
Energy of your Source, you thrive, and to the degree that you do not allow this alignment, you do not
thrive.
You are empowered Beings; you are utterly free to create, and when you know that, and are focused
upon things that are in vibrational harmony with that, you feel absolute joy. But when you think thoughts
that are contrary to that truth, you feel the opposite emotions of disempowerment and bondage. And all
emotions fall somewhere within that range, from joy to disempowerment.

Originally Posted by excite2

And that it is the alignment of your feelings with your conscious thoughts that produce manifested intentions, not so much your alignments of feelings with source energy.

Anytime you have any preference whatsoever, your personal Source energy rides that rocket of desire to its ultimate conclusion. It then communicates to you in the form of positive or negative emotion. Your desire has caused your higher self to become that which you desire. When you feel positive emotion it means you are in alignment with that inner guidance.

For example, in Ask and it is Given it says,

We often refer to that Non-Physical part of You as your Inner Being, or your Source. It is not important
what you call that Source of Energy, or Life Force, but it is important that you are consciously aware of
when you are allowing a full connection to it and when you are restricting it in some way—and your
emotions are your constant indicators of your degree of allowing or resisting that connection.

And later they also say,

If you have ever experienced (and we know you have) that which you would consider to be negative
emotion (you may describe it as fear, doubt, frustration, or loneliness—there are many ways that you
describe negative emotion), what you are experiencing in that negative emotion is the thinking of a
thought that does not vibrate at a frequency that is in harmony with where or who your own Inner Being
is.

So you aren't exactly wrong, but there are multiple meanings implied in the material as given.

[PerDev]

Sound interesting..
I think its quite possible that you get infected.. Specially when both of you are on the same level of consciousness.. But if you are at higher level you can escape.

Originally Posted by excite2

Does empathasizing with a certain situation attract that situation to you?

For example, if you work with homeless charities on a regular basis and become emotionally close with the homeless and constantly empathasize with their situation, are you unknowingly attracting potential homelessness into your own life that may manifest at some point in your future?

Another example is I've noticed that psychiatrists are often in need of therapy themselves and are actually patients of other psychiatrists. I'm wondering if this is also a result of being in constant contact/vibration with people and their low energy problems and empathisizing with their situations?

Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks!

[excite2]

Anagogy, thanks for explaining. I now have a better understanding of what you mean. Thanks.

[thubbard29]

Originally Posted by Anagogy

(and thoughts are simply the shape your consciousness is in at any given point in time). Your emotions indicate what vibration of thought you are putting out.

This doesn't make sense to me.

You define thoughts as the shape of your consciousness.

So, from the following sentence: Your emotions indicate what vibration of the shape of consciousness you are putting out.

Is that the case?

If that is, then do emotions exist outside of consciousness (so as to be able to indicate what vibration the shape is putting out).

Do the emotions actually effect the shape or only the vibration of the shape?

[vartann]

Originally Posted by excite2

For example, if you work with homeless charities on a regular basis and become emotionally close with the homeless and constantly empathasize with their situation, are you unknowingly attracting potential homelessness into your own life that may manifest at some point in your future?

depends if you see them as hopeless wrecks or as the very parts of YOUR own self whom they are and whom you'll help out restoring their happiness

they ARE you

[Anagogy]

Originally Posted by thubbard29

This doesn't make sense to me.

You define thoughts as the shape of your consciousness.

So, from the following sentence: Your emotions indicate what vibration of the shape of consciousness you are putting out.

Is that the case?

If that is, then do emotions exist outside of consciousness (so as to be able to indicate what vibration the shape is putting out).

Do the emotions actually effect the shape or only the vibration of the shape?

Emotions are your visceral response to the thoughts (or shape of your awareness) you are offering at any given point int time. Whatever you place your attention on is the shape of your consciousness at any given time. In other words, it is what your attention is limited to, or focused upon.

Emotions, are also part of the shape of your awareness, but they are by and large, involuntary responses *TO* choice, not choices as such. When you focus on things you desire, positive emotion occurs as a reaction to that thought. As you ponder that emotion, it becomes a deliberate and creative thought as well. When the feeling is an involuntary response, it is an emotional reaction. When it is deliberate, it is thought. Deliberate or intentional implies the directional focus of energy, whereas emotions are merely responses to said deliberate energy.

One is projective and one is receptive. Does that help?

[thubbard29]

Originally Posted by Anagogy

Emotions are your visceral response to the thoughts (or shape of your awareness) you are offering at any given point int time. Whatever you place your attention on is the shape of your consciousness at any given time. In other words, it is what your attention is limited to, or focused upon.

One is projective and one is receptive. Does that help?

Yes it does help thanks.

I believe the brain works first in response to sensory stimuli which is processed into an emotional reaction. That emotion is connected with memories to build a complete thought at which point the thought, stimulus, and emotions are reprocessed in a feedback loop which can result in repair or damage.

It is up to us to initiate the loop with in order to make the process profitable. Otherwise the loops will be processed without any intention on our part.



Are consciousness and awareness synonymous?

Actually, since I am new around here, is there a quick reference (dictionary?) that has clear meanings of such things as awareness, consciousness, attention, thoughts, etc.?


Thanks.

[Anagogy]

Originally Posted by thubbard29

Are consciousness and awareness synonymous?

Actually, since I am new around here, is there a quick reference (dictionary?) that has clear meanings of such things as awareness, consciousness, attention, thoughts, etc.?


Thanks.

No, there are no clear meanings, unfortunately. Different people use the same words for different things. It would be nice if there was a dictionary that everyone adhered to, absolutely, but a lot is left to interpretation when it comes to metaphysical concepts.

Like me for example -- from my perspective, consciousness and awareness are synonymous. And attention is the act of placing ones awareness on any given cognitive object, or thought.

[Angela]

Originally Posted by Anagogy

No, there are no clear meanings, unfortunately. Different people use the same words for different things. It would be nice if there was a dictionary that everyone adhered to, absolutely, but a lot is left to interpretation when it comes to metaphysical concepts.

Like me for example -- from my perspective, consciousness and awareness are synonymous. And attention is the act of placing ones awareness on any given cognitive object, or thought.

And I have a different perspective -- to me, they're not the same thing. Consciousness, the way I look at it, is Oneness, All-That-Is-Aliveness; whereas Awareness is the practice of waking up or paying attention. My consciousness is creating my reality, but my awareness has me appreciating that reality.

[thubbard29]

Originally Posted by Angela

And I have a different perspective -- to me, they're not the same thing. Consciousness, the way I look at it, is Oneness, All-That-Is-Aliveness; whereas Awareness is the practice of waking up or paying attention. My consciousness is creating my reality, but my awareness has me appreciating that reality.

So If I put the words together:

My Oneness, All-That-Is-Aliveness is creating my reality, but my waking up or paying attention has me appreciating that reality.

Is the primary function of consciousness to create reality?

How would you define reality? Is reality purely personal or is there a universal component?

[thubbard29]

Originally Posted by Anagogy

but a lot is left to interpretation when it comes to metaphysical concepts.

Why do you think that is the case?

How would you know what is concrete vs what is up to what you think.

I believe that at some point there must be truth that is not up to interpretation or everything else by definition is meaningless.

For example if someone says consciousness is responsible for X. That is a fact, which is either right or wrong. If the statement is then left up to interpretation it is no longer a fact, and thus, neither right or wrong. Thus, meaningless. No?

[Anagogy]

Originally Posted by thubbard29

Why do you think that is the case?

How would you know what is concrete vs what is up to what you think.

I believe that at some point there must be truth that is not up to interpretation or everything else by definition is meaningless.

For example if someone says consciousness is responsible for X. That is a fact, which is either right or wrong. If the statement is then left up to interpretation it is no longer a fact, and thus, neither right or wrong. Thus, meaningless. No?

You're right, and I believe there are a few universal truths out there.

But in the statement you brought up as an example, "consciousness is responsible for X." If somebody holds a differing definition for "consciousness" the statement is not going to mean the same thing to them. In one context there could be a universal truth stated plainly, but in another context misinterpretation will shroud that same esoteric secret in confusion. This is why language can be tricky.

[Kurtzilla]

You are and you become what you think about all day long. The Law of attraction is very powerful. So only attract what you may want in life.

[thubbard29]

Originally Posted by Anagogy

But in the statement you brought up as an example, "consciousness is responsible for X." If somebody holds a differing definition for "consciousness" the statement is not going to mean the same thing to them.

That is my basic point, if there isn't a consensus of definition then there really can't be a "truth".

If person A says consciousness shapes the world.

And person B says consciousness shapes the world.

But person A says consciousness is Coke and person B says Pepsi either, one is right and the other is wrong, or they both mean something more general (i.e. Cola shapes the world).

Originally Posted by Anagogy

In one context there could be a universal truth stated plainly, but in another context misinterpretation will shroud that same esoteric secret in confusion.

The idea of secret is nothing more than deception for one reason or another. It is by definition a tool to keep someone away from the truth. I don't think it has anything to do with misinterpretation.

Now I do agree that the medium (ie a parable) can have more than one interpretation, but I would say that for each interpretation there can be at most one "Truth" and no single truth of an interpretation could contradict the truth of another interpretation. Otherwise it wouldn't be true.