An old High school friend of mine posed this question last night on his blog.
How did there get to be a "Law of Attraction". I believe this Law was not properly ratified. More like the "Rule of Attraction" or a "General Principle of Attraction", or maybe just "Selective Attention".
He makes some interesting points on verbiage and on theory which I feel impressed to address.
Just Tuesday night, I told a class of students about laws and the theory of human behavior. There is a fundamental misconception that science, observation, and experimentation can link A to B. As I tell my students, "Science never proves anything. It removes all other possibilities until only the truth remains." Concensus of opinion by imperfect beings does not make perfect laws. Evidence may suggest, but that's more of a General Principle or trend than anything else.
Trevor's postulate also makes waves in the last part of his note. He mentions "selective attention". We get better at things in which we persist, and we tend to become that to which we honestly aspire. That being said, as soon as you turn your attention elsewhere, especially where other people come into play, you can reset to absolute zero.
I understand and appreciate the concepts. You send out energies from your personae to which other energetics respond. If you want to enjoy the presence of happy people, sending out depressing vibes will never get you there. However, the premise that simply using the "Think System" and whatever you desire will magically transform 100% of the time on time in your life is complete hogwash. Agency remains. They still have to agree to be on the same page with you, and they can often tell when you are disingenuous. Being able to think the Minuet in G will not necessarily enable you to play it.
In life the only guarantees are things God himself decrees. He knows what will happen. We know what can happen. We know that if it's good then it is likely, but we also need to keep in mind that some people seek their own good at the expense of all others.
Just Tuesday night, I told a class of students about laws and the theory of human behavior. There is a fundamental misconception that science, observation, and experimentation can link A to B. As I tell my students, "Science never proves anything. It removes all other possibilities until only the truth remains." Concensus of opinion by imperfect beings does not make perfect laws. Evidence may suggest, but that's more of a General Principle or trend than anything else.
Trevor's postulate also makes waves in the last part of his note. He mentions "selective attention". We get better at things in which we persist, and we tend to become that to which we honestly aspire. That being said, as soon as you turn your attention elsewhere, especially where other people come into play, you can reset to absolute zero.
I understand and appreciate the concepts. You send out energies from your personae to which other energetics respond. If you want to enjoy the presence of happy people, sending out depressing vibes will never get you there. However, the premise that simply using the "Think System" and whatever you desire will magically transform 100% of the time on time in your life is complete hogwash. Agency remains. They still have to agree to be on the same page with you, and they can often tell when you are disingenuous. Being able to think the Minuet in G will not necessarily enable you to play it.
In life the only guarantees are things God himself decrees. He knows what will happen. We know what can happen. We know that if it's good then it is likely, but we also need to keep in mind that some people seek their own good at the expense of all others.
Just so you know, I have read "The Secret". Unlike other books I have read, I no longer own it. Everything in it that really mattered I already knew, and everything else basically rehashed the same basic premise that could be distilled down to this: whatever you invite into your life by your actions, your rhetoric, your choices, and your attitudes will dominate your life in time. Now if only I could get people to pay me $12.95 to email them that sentence...
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