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Originally posted by Templeton
The takeaway that I get from the video is that people should be wary of this. As the video mentions it is really an ingenious tool to keep society complacent. The implication is that if you see something wrong then you just need to stay positive and it will change.
Originally posted by ErroneousDylan
Originally posted by Kandinsky
reply to post by thruthseek3r
It'd be really nice if this type of thinking worked.
It'd mean people with Parkinson's or leukaemia could concentrate them away. It'd mean the dirt poor could be as comfortably-off as those with their own homes and cars. Kids could *will* their parents not to fight and to stay together. Lots of good stuff...
The thing is, if you believe in the 'law of attraction,' all these people must deserve what they get through concentrating on bad things right? So when Mom's dying of a terminal illness and the treatments just don't seem to be working, well...she isn't focusing enough huh? Sorry kids, your Mom doesn't want to live or she'd get better. Hey homeless people! Stop whining and concentrate more!
I could mention victims of rape and abuse, but you probably get it already.
So if someone wrote a book about this and promised results, the blame for not *succeeding* is the fault of the customer and not the seller. It used to be called selling snake-oil.
It's not a matter of deserving what you get or not. In theory, yes if you have shreds of doubt you will not receive your results. Of course, it is very difficult NOT to have any doubts. That is kind of the concept though. No doubts. If you had 100% no doubts you will, in theory, be able to achieve anything you desire. We all have doubts though, don't we?
As for disease, it is now been proven that 90% of disease is caused by stress. Stress is caused by negative thought process. Negative thoughts are a result of being pessimistic. There are many examples of this, of course I will choose to use the one that most people will respond strongly too When George Bush and his wife were in office they both developed thyroid disorders. Sounds like it would be contagious if they both got it, right? Well, no, it was just a result of being in a stressful situation. I'm sure being the President of the United States is not the most stress free job.
The rich get richer and the poor get poorer, do they not? Do the rich feel and focus on their abundance of money? Yes, and in return that attracts more. Do poor people focus on the fact that they have NO money? Yes, and in return they continually manifest their state of having no money.
As for your example of kids "willing" their parents not to fight, that is not necessarily true. They could, perhaps, manifest a life situation that would result in their parents not fighting but you can not simply change the mind set of someone else just because of your own intention. That goes against the golden gift of free will, what the "Law' of Attraction" is based around.
I know it may sounds like a harsh reality in where someone could possibly manifest their own ill-health but there is more truth to it than none. Accidents do happen, and no one is to blame anyone for their negative thinking in this day-and-age (or any age, for that matter). The good thing is we also have the ability to use that tool to our advantage. Turn your reality around.
Originally posted by Templeton
reply to post by thruthseek3r
"Acclaimed journalist, author and political activist Barbara Ehrenreich explores the darker side of positive thinking."
Please watch this.
Originally posted by Templeton
reply to post by thruthseek3r
"People crashed into the WTC! Everyone think happy thoughts and it will go away; pay no attention to the man behind the curtain."
Originally posted by Omphale
Originally posted by Templeton
The takeaway that I get from the video is that people should be wary of this. As the video mentions it is really an ingenious tool to keep society complacent. The implication is that if you see something wrong then you just need to stay positive and it will change.
Did you really need it, or did you just want it?
So that's my issue with people playing with these things, every action has an equal and opposite reaction I think I may have heard somewhere...is that correct? And if it is...well then it is.
Originally posted by SuperTripps
Originally posted by ErroneousDylan
Originally posted by Kandinsky
reply to post by thruthseek3r
It'd be really nice if this type of thinking worked.
It'd mean people with Parkinson's or leukaemia could concentrate them away. It'd mean the dirt poor could be as comfortably-off as those with their own homes and cars. Kids could *will* their parents not to fight and to stay together. Lots of good stuff...
The thing is, if you believe in the 'law of attraction,' all these people must deserve what they get through concentrating on bad things right? So when Mom's dying of a terminal illness and the treatments just don't seem to be working, well...she isn't focusing enough huh? Sorry kids, your Mom doesn't want to live or she'd get better. Hey homeless people! Stop whining and concentrate more!
I could mention victims of rape and abuse, but you probably get it already.
So if someone wrote a book about this and promised results, the blame for not *succeeding* is the fault of the customer and not the seller. It used to be called selling snake-oil.
It's not a matter of deserving what you get or not. In theory, yes if you have shreds of doubt you will not receive your results. Of course, it is very difficult NOT to have any doubts. That is kind of the concept though. No doubts. If you had 100% no doubts you will, in theory, be able to achieve anything you desire. We all have doubts though, don't we?
As for disease, it is now been proven that 90% of disease is caused by stress. Stress is caused by negative thought process. Negative thoughts are a result of being pessimistic. There are many examples of this, of course I will choose to use the one that most people will respond strongly too When George Bush and his wife were in office they both developed thyroid disorders. Sounds like it would be contagious if they both got it, right? Well, no, it was just a result of being in a stressful situation. I'm sure being the President of the United States is not the most stress free job.
The rich get richer and the poor get poorer, do they not? Do the rich feel and focus on their abundance of money? Yes, and in return that attracts more. Do poor people focus on the fact that they have NO money? Yes, and in return they continually manifest their state of having no money.
As for your example of kids "willing" their parents not to fight, that is not necessarily true. They could, perhaps, manifest a life situation that would result in their parents not fighting but you can not simply change the mind set of someone else just because of your own intention. That goes against the golden gift of free will, what the "Law' of Attraction" is based around.
I know it may sounds like a harsh reality in where someone could possibly manifest their own ill-health but there is more truth to it than none. Accidents do happen, and no one is to blame anyone for their negative thinking in this day-and-age (or any age, for that matter). The good thing is we also have the ability to use that tool to our advantage. Turn your reality around.
so yes...look for positive and create your own reality..but realize we will never move forward as a species when we constantly pretend its xmas everyday either. there are people who will use these natural laws against YOU and the earth and they have proven it.
Originally posted by Templeton
reply to post by thruthseek3r
My apologies if I came across as attacking you or your beliefs. Please trust that that was not my intention. I like you, that Juno thing made me laugh out loud.
The 9/11 comment that I made was not to initiate debate on that subject. I agree with your sentiment about how the nation came together. Of course the argument is that that kind of bonding and "patriotic" attitude was the expected outcome. But like you said that is another topic.