The Law of Attraction conceptualized by the people who brought you “The Secret” have created a worldwide trend. They purport that your intentions determine your destiny, that by right thinking and right intentions you will be given by “the Universe” that which you seek. Hailed by those in the personal development industry as a ground breaking concept, is really an assault on reason and treason to the very concept of self improvement.
The very notion that this concept is valid requires one to suspend rational thought. It also leads down the road to personal damnation. The concept of the law of attraction is flawed at its very core. The use of the teachings of others such as Napoleon Hill, and others are used to support the Law of Attraction, but this can only be accomplished with a great deal of intellectual dishonesty.
While the concept on its face may appeal to those who want something for nothing, those who look rationally at the premise know that it cannot stand. Even worse, when the “Law” fails to work it creates a backlash that faults the subject not the “law” This blaming of the Victim of LOA is the dark side that is insidious in this philosophy. Yet the proponents of LOA only speak of the “achievements” that come about through LOA. So if you get a promotion at work, it is because you had the right thoughts and the Universe has chosen to reward you. Now you may say, “what’s wrong with that?” and go on to believe that all is well. But consider the opposite, a two year old child drowns in a pool, now if we consider LOA then the child must have manifested his circumstances and thus died by his own thoughts. When brought up to a support of LOA they will reply this is not the case because it could have been the bad intentions of the parents, perhaps caused by fear of their child drowning. So they now feel they have cut off your argument at the knees. But in reality they have changed the circumstances completely. In fact they have added an element that creates and even larger issue. The law says you manifest your destiny, but by their very argument your destiny now can be determined by the intentions of others.
One must realize that following the Law of Attractions means you are personally responsible for your intentions and by rule also for all the good and bad that happens to you. You are taking full responsibility for everything, including things that are outside your immediate control. You must accept if you are hit by a drunk driver after work that your intentions caused this. It is not the fault of the drunk driver; it is your intentions that caused it to happen. If your house burns down, it isn’t the lightning strike that caused it or the bad wiring, it is your fear that your house would be lost. That is unless you follow the idea that your destiny can be manifest by others.
So if others can manifest our destiny then in reality we have no control over our own lives. We cannot control the intentions of others, and thus we do not control our own lives. Here is the main issue, the very idea that was to lead millions across the world into prosperity by proper intention in actuality robs them of their ability to act and shape their own destiny. These people have given up free will, of their own volition. They are seeking gain without price. A rational mind cannot accept the very premise.
This concept isn’t new, he Hebrew religion found itself in a similar quandary in its early days. At one point the idea was that if you were devoted to God and acted correctly you would be rewarded. So people took that one step further, if something bad happened to you then you were being punished. This leads to a dangerous type of thinking. Now, if your child dies by drowning in a pool, it is not because they did not know how to swim, but because you have committed some evil and are being punished. It is easy to accept that you are being rewarded by God when something good happens, but what about when your community is hit by a hurricane. Was New Orleans evil? Were the people of Galveston chosen by God to be punished, or was it just their intentions? The Hebrews realized what was happening and thus the story of Lot. Lot a man of outstanding moral character favored by God and yet made to suffer for the very reason he should have been rewarded by the old way of thinking. He was devoted to God. Unfortunately LOA cannot hope for an addendum to “cosmic law” there can be no reprieve from a law that is written among the stars.
LOA and “The Secret” were a great feat in marketing. Unfortunately it was merely the pitch of a conman if they did so with knowledge of the ethical and logical problems with their Law, or at best when they ignorantly led people down a path that leads to disappointment and damnation.
So cast off the abominable notions of a Law that gives reward for nothing, the very concept is against the laws of nature and common sense. Instead seek “The Real Secret” that very thing worth having requires effort to achieve. Those who are successful do not sit and wish or hope for a gift from the universe, the go out and create their destiny. They earn their rewards through effort and action.
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