An interesting discussion is taking place at PluginID about the Law of Attraction with many valuable comments. I starting writing a response, but it got too long so I’m posting it here and tracking back to the site.
The blog asked these vital questions:
- If a baby dies in a mother’s womb does that mean it had been having negative thoughts and actually wanted to die?
- Isn’t the Law of Attraction basically just positive thinking which makes you believe that it is possible to do something so you try hard and focus on doing it, rather than things ‘manifesting’ for you?
- Is there any proof of people manifesting their thoughts? If this is happening whether we believe it or not, surely there should be some examples…
- Can you share some personal experiences and how believing in and practicing the Law of Attraction has affected your life
I’m not a fan of the Abraham/Hicks material or The Secret, but I’m huge fan of Thomas Troward and a believer in manifesting my own reality.
I don’t believe that everything that happens to a person was caused by that person (ala Joe Vitale). The world is full of thought currents and we exist in these currents and can become subject to those who do use their mind purposefully. And I believe that evolution of the species trumps personal desire. (The key is to align personal desire with evolution of the species!)
If powerful people want to make others sick by creating toxic foods, then someone eating those foods might lose a baby, for example, because their body is inadequately nourished and cannot sustain the life of a baby. Or someone preparing to conceive could, having considered all the possibilities, first cleansed their body and then fed it optimal nutrition prior to conception and through weaning. I’ve read this is a common practice in some primitive tribes. Their thoughts would have focused on health and a successful birth and their actions would be been motivated by their thoughts.
The crack addict loves crack and gives birth to a sickly baby. The addict didn’t have to think the baby would be sick. They just had to think crack was wonderful. Nature did the rest by operating within its normal scope.
But our thoughts do create our reality whether we purposefully think them or just float along letting any thought enter our minds.
If I think that I’m never going to be rich and any effort at entrepreneurship will be met with defeat, then I won’t try anything, will I? But if I think anything is possible, then I’ll keep my eyes open for opportunities and my mind open for ideas. I’ll be ready when opportunity knocks.
But there’s a supernatural component to manifesting, which is why we must realize it’s not really us doing the manifesting but something greater than us, what is often called the cosmic consciousness or God. When our minds are focused on a goal and in repose, then thoughts come that can be supernatural in nature. In other words, we receive intuition or knowledge that is outside our experience.
I sat in a coffee shop one day and saw a man across the shop. I’d seen him a few weeks prior in a restaurant and thought it odd I would run into him again. When I saw him again in the coffee shop, I knew he was a preacher and I knew he would become my friend and mentor.
One night walking to the shop I thought to myself, “I sure would like someone to take me out to dinner.” I ended up talking with this fellow and he invited me to dinner, where I learned that he’s a preacher. And he has become my friend and mentor.
I’ve had numerous experiences like this since learning and practicing manifesting my thoughts.
Book references:
The Edinburgh Lectures on Mental Science by Thomas Troward
Thoughts Are Things by Prentice Mulford
