someguy
03-28-2010, 10:03 AM
The law of attraction (LOA) is a philosophy on the rise. People all over the world are resonating with its message of being able to manifest anything in their lives just by believing they can have it. Sounds good, right? Sure it does. Who wouldn't want to just believe deeply that they can have that new sports car, or that new hot girlfriend, or achieve wild success and fame and have it all come true?
Ive been thinking about how all this relates to personal responsibility and government welfare. I can comfortably say that from my experience in meeting those who believe in the LOA, most if not all, have been liberal or progressive in their political ideologies. And it strikes me as odd that these same liberal and progressive LOA believers, would advocate a massive government welfare state despite the LOA's assertion that everything in your life is of your own doing.
Shouldn't these LOA believers be focusing on teaching the secret to people and spreading its message, rather than demanding that the government take care of those who are suffering? Fore according to the LOA, those who are suffering, suffer at their own will. Doesn't the government just get in the way of people using the LOA to make their lives perfect and prosperous?
Take health care for example. Many LOA believers are proponents of universal health care systems. But if the LOA does what its supposed to do, why would we need the government to provide such services, when all we'd have to do as individuals is focus our intentions on achieving better health? As far as the current health care bill, (which is a far cry from universal health care BTW) why couldn't poor people who can't afford insurance believe themselves into prosperity? And more importantly, why aren't believers of the LOA promoting the LOA over government intervention? Ive seen a lot of posts on Wacco regarding passing the health care bill and zero posts about how to use the LOA to achieve the same purposes. I'm having trouble reconciling these two belief systems in my head and seeing how they could possibly be compatible. So I am very interested in hearing from people who support these two viewpoints and how they feel about this subject.
Thanks,
Someguy
Ive been thinking about how all this relates to personal responsibility and government welfare. I can comfortably say that from my experience in meeting those who believe in the LOA, most if not all, have been liberal or progressive in their political ideologies. And it strikes me as odd that these same liberal and progressive LOA believers, would advocate a massive government welfare state despite the LOA's assertion that everything in your life is of your own doing.
Shouldn't these LOA believers be focusing on teaching the secret to people and spreading its message, rather than demanding that the government take care of those who are suffering? Fore according to the LOA, those who are suffering, suffer at their own will. Doesn't the government just get in the way of people using the LOA to make their lives perfect and prosperous?
Take health care for example. Many LOA believers are proponents of universal health care systems. But if the LOA does what its supposed to do, why would we need the government to provide such services, when all we'd have to do as individuals is focus our intentions on achieving better health? As far as the current health care bill, (which is a far cry from universal health care BTW) why couldn't poor people who can't afford insurance believe themselves into prosperity? And more importantly, why aren't believers of the LOA promoting the LOA over government intervention? Ive seen a lot of posts on Wacco regarding passing the health care bill and zero posts about how to use the LOA to achieve the same purposes. I'm having trouble reconciling these two belief systems in my head and seeing how they could possibly be compatible. So I am very interested in hearing from people who support these two viewpoints and how they feel about this subject.
Thanks,
Someguy