Law of Attraction

Pacion

Pacion

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'The Law of Attraction' seems to be the lastest thing - seeing it around a lot. Have you heard of it? What are your thoughts or experiences about it?

The Law of Attraction is a theory commonly associated with New Age and New Thought philosophy. It posits that one should never dwell on the negative, as the met@physical principle of life is embodied in a "law of attraction": "you get what you think about; your thoughts determine your destiny."
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For myself, I have always believed in what goes around, come around - positive thoughts/actions beget positive thoughts/actions. Earlier this year, I came across 'The Law of Attraction' and thought okay, sounds about right, sounds the same, just package slightly differently.

A few weeks ago, I met someone who subsequently behaved in a way that blew me out of the water, but not in a good way. For some time afterwards, I was wrestling with myself, how could I have 'attracted' this person into my life? What thoughts/behaviours have I been putting out that 'attracted' this person? Are there exceptions to 'The Law of Attraction'?
 
Pacion said:
'The Law of Attraction' seems to be the lastest thing - seeing it around a lot. Have you heard of it? What are your thoughts or experiences about it?



For myself, I have always believed in what goes around, come around - positive thoughts/actions beget positive thoughts/actions. Earlier this year, I came across 'The Law of Attraction' and thought okay, sounds about right, sounds the same, just package slightly differently.

A few weeks ago, I met someone who subsequently behaved in a way that blew me out of the water, but not in a good way. For some time afterwards, I was wrestling with myself, how could I have 'attracted' this person into my life? What thoughts/behaviours have I been putting out that 'attracted' this person? Are there exceptions to 'The Law of Attraction'?
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pacion...check out the movie "what the bleep do we know" and see what you think...
 
Pacion said:
'The Law of Attraction' seems to be the lastest thing - seeing it around a lot. Have you heard of it? What are your thoughts or experiences about it?

...Earlier this year, I came across 'The Law of Attraction' and thought okay, sounds about right, sounds the same, just package slightly differently.
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the phrase has just hit with some mainstream hooplah but the concept has been around for ages... there are many ways to phrase it & to work with it. there are other ****physical principles, as well. i've worked with these for a long time, exploring how they can be used "scientifically", meaning without exception and to every aspect of one's life. it's my experience that they do work that way, but it's nothing to speak glibly about. most of the pop-spiritual gurus out there IMO do just that, or highlight only aspects of the journey, giving just partial maps.

unconsciously contradicting thoughts, feelings, and beliefs, tho, diffuse one's ability to use them. learning what those are & how to release or change them is quite the task...

pacion, perhaps you "attracted" this person into your life to highlight a feeling or belief or judgment whose time has come for release...
 
samina said:
...it's nothing to speak glibly about. most of the pop-spiritual gurus out there IMO do just that, or highlight only aspects of the journey, giving just partial maps.
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Yes, I think that is part of the 'problem'.

samina said:
...unconsciously contradicting thoughts, feelings, and beliefs, tho, diffuse one's ability to use them. learning what those are & how to release or change them is quite the task...
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Ditto.

samina said:
...pacion, perhaps you "attracted" this person into your life to highlight a feeling or belief or judgment whose time has come for release...
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That is one of the many thoughts I had which contributed to unsettling me. Am still non the wiser for it.
 
Pacion said:
That is one of the many thoughts I had which contributed to unsettling me. Am still non the wiser for it.
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"ask & it shall be given" ;)

it'll come to you... maybe it was just one piece of a puzzle that's coming into view
 
I believe that the peeps you attract into your life usually have a lesson for us, though sometimes it can be difficult to see. Some lessons are gentle, some are more of slap in the face. Or as I like to call them, a cosmic wake-up call for change. All are blessings for us to learn from.

For a long time I attracted a certain type into my life that wasn't the most positive. I actually didn't really notice it until I did some counseling. My C was able to point out the similarities and speculate on what I could learn from these types. After some serious self reflection and work, I have none of these negatives in my life.

Not saying I'm right or wrong. I certainly don't have any answers... JMHO.
 
DancinAnne said:
I believe that the peeps you attract into your life usually have a lesson for us, though sometimes it can be difficult to see. Some lessons are gentle, some are more of slap in the face. Or as I like to call them, a cosmic wake-up call for change. All are blessings for us to learn from.
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Yes, 'on one hand' I have been trying to see it as a blessing in disguise - although, it was more like a punch than a slap in the face. :(

With regards to self reflection, that has been a bit of a tough one, as I was then and am to a degree now, nervous that if I think about it too much, I might actually attract more of the same! :doh:
 
Pacion said:
With regards to self reflection, that has been a bit of a tough one, as I was then and am to a degree now, nervous that if I think about it too much, I might actually attract more of the same! :doh:
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IME, it's your feelings about the situation that point to what you are attracting, not your "thinking about it"... so whatever you felt at the time is what you can examine & sort out. even if you avoided thinking about it, the underlying root feelings or beliefs are still there, having their effect.

at another time, the same thing could happen, but if you no longer possess the same emotional "charge", the event would be completely different... neither here nor there, nothing to sort out.
 
Pacion said:
Yes, 'on one hand' I have been trying to see it as a blessing in disguise - although, it was more like a punch than a slap in the face. :(

With regards to self reflection, that has been a bit of a tough one, as I was then and am to a degree now, nervous that if I think about it too much, I might actually attract more of the same! :doh:
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Yeah, been punched a time or two myself. Not so much fun.

Sometimes, when there are peeps in our life that make us nuts, it is because there is something about them, that is reminding us, on some level, about something about ourselves that we dislike. This can be so very disturbing at times, especially when I have had peeps in my life that make me crazy. I'm thinkin' in no way do have one thing in common with them. But if you try and step back and look at the sitch from an objective point of view, without emotion, (I've heard this referred to as witnessing) sometimes you see what it is you need to see. And then again, sometimes it's just painful!:headwall: :D
 
samina said:
IME, it's your feelings about the situation that point to what you are attracting, not your "thinking about it"... so whatever you felt at the time is what you can examine & sort out. even if you avoided thinking about it, the underlying root feelings or beliefs are still there, having their effect.

at another time, the same thing could happen, but if you no longer possess the same emotional "charge", the event would be completely different... neither here nor there, nothing to sort out.
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I agree. 'Sometimes a dead whale... is just a dead whale.' (Sarah, CSI Vegas) In other words, sometimes a sitch is no more or less than what it appears to be...
 
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