The Law of Attraction?

[SilverSonnet]

Hey. A pretty complex topic of conversation, and I was wondering what your guy's takes on it are? I personally believe in it, and have used it for quite a while. Now, please dont bash other people's views. It's called free will, and we're all allowed to think what we like. I'm not going to force anything onto you, or call you idiots for not believing it.
Also, even if you dont believe it, take the idea of visualising to heart. It can help you relax and think of the more positive outcome, rather than focusing on the negative aspects.
Remember, have fun

 

[n00bPimp]

I always say "Think as if it already exists and it will"

 

[mcs]

even "fake it 'til you got it" works. but you have to believe while faking the thing is simple - we all vibrate (science can measure it already) and we pull closer similar vibration.

 

[SilverSonnet]

I love and enjoy having an open mind, open to the possibilities of the things that we as humans can create and do. I just feel so ecstatic. And even if people don't believe in the LOA, I love the fact that we all have our own opinions. Man, it's just good. Life's good. I'm happy, and hope you all get the best from life that you can. Man, I wanna feel this good all the time.

 

[synergy1]

we all vibrate (science can measure it already) and we pull closer similar vibration.

If you are referring to the wave/particle duality of matter, similar vibration ( or frequencies) would require trillions upon trillions of smaller frequencies to be in phase, or resonating. That said, it is possible for a person to walk through a wall. That possibility is about as likely as getting hit by lightning 100 times and winning the Lottery all while the housing market gets better...

I'd love to walk through walls, or believe that I can create a positive outcome based on a thought. Unfortunately only the former is possible, and at least has some scientific merit to back it.

 

[Interceptor]

Ben , if you have an open mind, I would love to answer any specific questions you have about it.

 

[SinJester]

I don't have much experience with the LOA at all I just understand the basic premise. If you visualise something it is the same for your nervous system as if it actually happened, so if you imagine yourself being successful, being good with women, playing your sport or whatever it's going to have a positive effect. It's been proven. I’m sure you have all heard the story where they got a group to practise having basketball shots and one to imagine having basketball shots for the same amount of time each day and both groups improved almost the same amount.

Also you notice what you focus on. So say if you want to get something when you focus on it your mind will notice a lot more opportunities to achieve that. Unfortunately the same works against you if you focus on what you don't want. When you are somewhere think of a colour and look for it and suddenly you will notice it everywhere where as you simply overlooked it before.

So I can see how something like the LOA works is reality in real life backed by science. However I don't believe it in term of the 'universe giving you what you ask for' or it involving particles and atoms or whatever. It does have the same effect though, but of course nothing is ever a replacement for intention and hard work.

 

[gösta berling]

Have you guys seen "The Double Slit Experiment"? It's really interesting.
http://www.inspiringcinema.com/2008/09/double-slit-experiment/

 

[slaog]

Have you guys seen "The Double Slit Experiment"? It's really interesting.
http://www.inspiringcinema.com/2008/09/double-slit-experiment/

Yeah I saw that before. Proof that the mind is more powerful then people realise and that at a basic level everything is consciousness.

 

[Sir Juanalot]

I agree with it in principle, however, sitting at home in your underwear wishing for millions and a hot girlfriend will not necessarily mean thats gonna happen. You have to kind of meet your dreams halfway

 

[slaog]

I agree with it in principle, however, sitting at home in your underwear wishing for millions and a hot girlfriend will not necessarily mean thats gonna happen. You have to kind of meet your dreams halfway

Alot of people say this but what happens is you actually feel more motivated to go out and do something. On this site for instance theres alot of people after making it a goal of theirs to become DJ's and they are more motivated to go to the gym etc then they were before.

 

[shaunuk]

the ACTUAL notion that this "secret" really attracts things to you is metaphysics and absolute pseudo-science.

Positive thinking, on the other hand, will help you go after what you truly want, but..."The law of attraction" will not bring your hopes and dreams to you, and the claim that it will and is based on sound science is complete bollocks.

 

[slaog]

the ACTUAL notion that this "secret" really attracts things to you is metaphysics and absolute pseudo-science.

Positive thinking, on the other hand, will help you go after what you truly want, but..."The law of attraction" will not bring your hopes and dreams to you, and the claim that it will and is based on sound science is complete bollocks.

There is evidence for it like the double slit experiment.


I'll tell you why I believe in it. The world we see is not the entire world that surrounds us. We only see a small part of that ie in your garden there are other worlds and even humans (the body) are made up of living cells. Even we you are young the world looks a different place. Which is the "real" world you may ask. All of them and none of them. You make your own reality or a better way of putting it is you attract your own reality.


Nothing is really solid. Atoms are basically balls of energy. The deeper down you go the more it becomes clear that everything is made of the same basic energy thats just vibrating at different frequencies.


Since thoughts are energy too and its been proved that the mind can effect matter then that means the law of attraction is possible.


There are too many people who have transformed their lives using the law of attraction to dismiss it. I myself am using it and I'm getting great results. I think part of the reason I (and others) ended up on this site was that I intended to get to a certain point and this site is one of the tools to get me there.

 

[2.0]

Hey. A pretty complex topic of conversation, and I was wondering what your guy's takes on it are? I personally believe in it, and have used it for quite a while. Now, please dont bash other people's views. It's called free will, and we're all allowed to think what we like. I'm not going to force anything onto you, or call you idiots for not believing it.
Also, even if you dont believe it, take the idea of visualising to heart. It can help you relax and think of the more positive outcome, rather than focusing on the negative aspects.
Remember, have fun

So, are you a billionaire yet?

Why not?

 

[mctechie]

Law of Attraction - More science bits

With regard to whether the Law of Attraction 'exists or not' - Most people who approach this intelligently will observe that there is a phenomenon happening here worth investigating.

Some people seem to consistently attract circumstances, luck, good fortune, and these tend to be optimistic, positive and almost naïve people. On the other hand some people are consitently accident prone or unfortunate and this is refected in their language and thoughts ("Bad things always happen to me etc").

So this raises the question: Are they thinking this way because of their circumstances or, are their circumstances that way because of their thinking?

Weirdly, It would appear the both statements are true. People can get caught in a spiral of thought-->circumstances-->more of the same thoughts-->more of the same circumstances, and also you can take a person who is accident prone or victims of circumstance and change their outcomes consistently if they can manage to get a shift in their thinking (NLP practitioners can provide many case studies regarding their patients being 'cured' of their circumstances)

We could even argue that the Law of Attraction is always at work, as it is directly connected to our thinking, whether we believe in it or accept it or not.

A scientific explaination is far from a requirement for the people who manage to produce consistent results by using the Law of Attraction. However, Im genuinely curious about what is actually happening here.

Can we sit in our underwear and affect circumstances normally outside of our control, it would appear so... here is another video explaining how group medititation reduced crime in Washington.

Its fairly heavy going however worth taking the time to sit through it if you find the topic interesting.

http://www.lifesecretblog.com/2007/05/22/and-now-the-science-bit/

Martin C.