You will notice that those who speak most of prosperity, have it. Those who speak most of health, have it. Those who speak most of sickness, have it. Those who speak most of poverty, have it. It is Law. It can be no other way... The way you feel is your point of attraction, and so, the Law of Attraction is most understood when you see yourself as a magnet getting more and more of the way you feel. When you feel lonely, you attract more loneliness. When you feel poor, you attract more poverty. When you feel sick, you attract more sickness. When you feel unhappy, you attract more unhappiness. When you feel healthy and vital and alive and prosperous—you attract more of all of those things.
Excerpted from a workshop in “The Law of Attraction, The Basics of the Teachings of Abraham” on Saturday, July 1st, 2006
All Is Well
Braggi
05-08-2008, 08:31 AM
[FONT=Comic Sans MS, Arial][SIZE=3][COLOR=#333366] You will notice that those who speak most of prosperity, have it. Those who speak most of health, have it. Those who speak most of sickness, have it. Those who speak most of poverty, have it. It is Law. It can be no other way...
Actually, this is bull. I know a few fairly poor people who are obsessed with money, yet they attract very little of it.
I think the Law is Attraction is at best, a curious observation that sometimes is true.
That said, constant negativity isn't going to attract many positives into one's life. I agree that a positive outlook, generally and specifically, is a good motivator.
Someone born into poverty and brutality didn't necessarily attract that with prenatal feelings. There are severe limits to the "Law."
-Jeff
Zeno Swijtink
05-08-2008, 09:04 AM
Actually, this is bull. I know a few fairly poor people who are obsessed with money, yet they attract very little of it.
I think the Law is Attraction is at best, a curious observation that sometimes is true.
Right on, Jeff, about the claptrap, nonsense, rubbish, balderdash, blather, garbage, mumbo-jumbo, drivel, tripe, hogwash, baloney, bilge, bull, bunk, guff, eyewash, piffle, twaddle, poppycock, phooey, hooey, of the Law of Attraction, with its metaphysical superstructure of half-digested science, as we discussed in
As Luck Would Have It
Are some people really luckier than others, or is it all in their heads? Both
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By Michael Shermer
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neuromuscular disease that attacks motor neurons until muscle weakness, atrophy and paralysis lead inexorably to death. Victims of this monstrous malady could be forgiven for feeling unlucky.
How, then, can we explain the attitude of the disease's namesake, baseball great Lou Gehrig? He told a sellout crowd at Yankee Stadium: "For the past two weeks you have been reading about the bad break I got. Today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of this earth." The Iron Horse then recounted his many blessings and fortunes, a list twice punctuated with "I'm lucky" and "That's something."
Clearly, luck is a state of mind. Is it more than that? To explore this question scientifically, experimental psychologist Richard Wiseman created a "luck lab" at the University of Hertfordshire in England. Wiseman began by testing whether those who believe they are lucky are actually more likely to win the lottery. He recruited 700 subjects who had intended to purchase lottery tickets to complete his luck questionnaire, which is a self-report scale that measures whether people consider themselves to be lucky or unlucky. Although lucky people were twice as confident as the unlucky ones that they would win the lottery, there was no difference in winnings.
Wiseman then gave subjects a standardized "life satisfaction" scale, which asks individuals to rank themselves on how satisfied they are with their family life, personal life, financial situation, health and career. The results were striking. "Lucky people are far more satisfied with all areas of their lives than unlucky or neutral people," Wiseman reveals in his charming and insightful book, The Luck Factor (Miramax Books, 2003). Does this satisfied state of mind translate into actual life outcomes that someone might call lucky? It does. Here's how.
Lucky people expect good things to happen.
Wiseman gave subjects the "big five" personality scale, which measures "agreeableness," "conscientiousness," "extroversion," "neuroticism" and "openness." Although there were no differences between lucky and unlucky people on agreeableness and conscientiousness, Wiseman found significant differences for extroversion, neuroticism and openness.
Lucky people score significantly higher than unlucky people on extroversion. "There are three ways in which lucky people's extroversion significantly increases the likelihood of their having a lucky chance encounter," Wiseman explains: "meeting a large number of people, being a 'social magnet' and keeping in contact with people." Lucky people, for example, smile twice as often and engage in more eye contact than unlucky people do, which leads to more social encounters, which generates more opportunities.
The neuroticism dimension measures how anxious or relaxed someone is, and Wiseman found that the lucky ones were half as anxious as the unlucky ones--that is, "because lucky people tend to be more relaxed than most, they are more likely to notice chance opportunities, even when they are not expecting them." In one experiment, Wiseman had volunteers count the number of photographs in a newspaper. Lucky subjects were more likely to notice on page two the half-page ad with the message in large bold type: STOP COUNTING--THERE ARE 43 PHOTOGRAPHS IN THIS NEWSPAPER.
Wiseman discovered that lucky people also score significantly higher in openness than unlucky people do. "Lucky people are open to new experiences in their lives.... They don't tend to be bound by convention and they like the notion of unpredictability," he notes. As such, lucky people travel more, encounter novel prospects and welcome unique opportunities.
Expectation also plays a role in luck. Lucky people expect good things to happen, and when they do they embrace them. But even in the face of adversity, lucky people turn bad breaks into good fortune. Consider the example set by one of the longest ALS sufferers in history, Stephen W. Hawking, who writes: "I was lucky to have chosen to work in theoretical physics, because that was one of the few areas in which my condition would not be a serious handicap." Unable to move and confined to a wheelchair, Hawking has capitalized on his fate by using it as a chance to transform our understanding of the universe, which he has. That's something.
shellebelle
05-08-2008, 10:22 AM
Well, I see, right here on Wacco, like attracting like. I see people with negative energy attracting a negative response. I see those with positive energy receiving positive responses.
Yes, poor, obsessed with money often don't have it. But I always ask one question what are their actions? I put this back to "If you want to meet sober people then don't wait in a bar for them." Same is true of Law of Attraction. If things aren't working change what you are doing. Don't fish for Salmon in a Trout pond - change ponds or change what you are fishing for. Many people decide to change what they are fishing for since its easier than changing ponds. Thus you'll probably find that drinker in the bar if you look.
True those born into poverty did not "choose" (to our knowledge) but at some point they do have a choice - education, knowledge or to just keep doing the unsuccessful things their parents are doing.
Actually, this is bull. I know a few fairly poor people who are obsessed with money, yet they attract very little of it.
I think the Law is Attraction is at best, a curious observation that sometimes is true.
That said, constant negativity isn't going to attract many positives into one's life. I agree that a positive outlook, generally and specifically, is a good motivator.
Someone born into poverty and brutality didn't necessarily attract that with prenatal feelings. There are severe limits to the "Law."
-Jeff
shellebelle
05-08-2008, 10:27 AM
Well Zeno has an opinion and a cut and paste. WOW!
Okay smart ass response aside. It's okay to not believe but its hard to not see.
So Zeno go fish in a Trout pond and tell me how you do in finding that lovely Salmon I'm wanting!
Right on, Jeff, about the claptrap, nonsense, rubbish, balderdash, blather, garbage, mumbo-jumbo, drivel, tripe, hogwash, baloney, bilge, bull, bunk, guff, eyewash, piffle, twaddle, poppycock, phooey, hooey, of the Law of Attraction, with its metaphysical superstructure of half-digested science, as we discussed in
Well Zeno has an opinion and a cut and paste. WOW!
Okay smart ass response aside. It's okay to not believe but its hard to not see.
So Zeno go fish in a Trout pond and tell me how you do in finding that lovely Salmon I'm wanting!
If you had read my cut and paste you would have see that I only reject the metaphysics of the Law of Attraction, not the psychology. In fact I suspect that Esther Hicks cut-and-pasted many of her ideas from the research of Richard Wiseman, the psychologist whose book my reference discusses.
shellebelle
05-08-2008, 10:55 AM
Honestly I rarely (almost never) read your cuts and paste because you do it so often all value is lost.
Its just another Zeno cutting and pasting and not writing for himself. Paste a link with text by you with thoughts and provocation and I would possibly explore it.
It would also be different if you only cut and pasted once in awhile.
If you had read my cut and paste you would have see that I only reject the metaphysics of the Law of Attraction, not the psychology. In fact I suspect that Esther Hicks cut-and-pasted many of her ideas from the research of Richard Wiseman, the psychologist whose book my reference discusses.
Zeno Swijtink
05-08-2008, 11:18 AM
Honestly I rarely (almost never) read your cuts and paste because you do it so often all value is lost.
Its just another Zeno cutting and pasting and not writing for himself. Paste a link with text by you with thoughts and provocation and I would possibly explore it.
It would also be different if you only cut and pasted once in awhile.
Funny, I was ATTRACTED to your first posting that created this thread since it was itself a cut-and-paste.
:hmmm:
shellebelle
05-08-2008, 11:27 AM
LOL
I figured that was why! And whats nice is it sparked you to respond as you.
:shake: Hi Zeno! :wavatcha: Nice to talk to you! So hows life in general? Anything new? Hows the EMF from the colleges wifi treating you?
Funny, I was ATTRACTED to your first posting that created this thread since it was itself a cut-and-paste.
:hmmm:
Sabrina
05-09-2008, 12:51 PM
Hi shelly,
I think some things are true about the law of attraction, but I have to say how do a whole people attract a war to them like in Iraq? Maybe now that theyre in a war they will be stuck for ever and ever in a dismal situation because they will always be feeling terrible, in fear, etc. every day. I just don't get how each individual there attracted that.....?
Well, I see, right here on Wacco, like attracting like. I see people with negative energy attracting a negative response. I see those with positive energy receiving positive responses.
Yes, poor, obsessed with money often don't have it. But I always ask one question what are their actions? I put this back to "If you want to meet sober people then don't wait in a bar for them." Same is true of Law of Attraction. If things aren't working change what you are doing. Don't fish for Salmon in a Trout pond - change ponds or change what you are fishing for. Many people decide to change what they are fishing for since its easier than changing ponds. Thus you'll probably find that drinker in the bar if you look.
True those born into poverty did not "choose" (to our knowledge) but at some point they do have a choice - education, knowledge or to just keep doing the unsuccessful things their parents are doing.
nurturetruth
05-09-2008, 04:02 PM
I do not believe that "each individual 'there' (in iraq) attracted the war to themselves.
i ponder on the idea that the vibrations of war- violence is perhaps a complete reflection of the possible state of consciousness of and around the world. (or better stated...a reflection of the levels of unconsciousness)
The more I observe/witness the traumas, crisis's or issues of the world ... (from the environment -the war-violence- the homeless-the hungry, etc)
.....I may find myself feeling sad or empathetic towards others situation momentarily...but I know I do not wish to attract sadness,poverty,war-violence into my core or my own journey.
So, I send out blessings and take a deep breath in and let go , as i allow myself to feel very grateful for "where I AM at" and for what I have attracted/manifested/chosen in my life.
Also, I find that if I allow myself to obsess on looking outside of myself at everyone else and THEIR situation..it feels like I could be distracting myself from myself and what could be possible for me to experience in this lifetime.
I think some things are true about the law of attraction, but I have to say how do a whole people attract a war to them like in Iraq? Maybe now that theyre in a war they will be stuck for ever and ever in a dismal situation because they will always be feeling terrible, in fear, etc. every day. I just don't get how each individual there attracted that.....?