And to the non believers i say experience is the evidence. If one is not a believer and the loa is all ways working than wouldnt the universe give what you put out there, I wonder how many skeptics are conscious of the energy they put out into the universe, would they possibly get more reasons to question…dont get me wrong question everything. I just see a lot of folks who do not walk in a conscious state

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Mark 11:23 (King James Version)

23For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.

Does this sound similar to the essence of the LOA?
Yes-the secret may have window dressed a lot of things-may have talked about materialism. But the reason is that it was AIMED at such an audience. when someone is struggling to pay their bills they are really not concerned with spiritual freedom. Also, material success is usually the first step that leads to self discovery. The other thing is that the Secret teaches you to take responsibility. My childhood was scarred because of my parents, my love life sucks because of my partner, I am poor because of this scheming world that is out to get me-these are self defeating and destructive thoughts-that completely sap your enthusiasm to work and achieve things.
Being positive, realizing that you are the one responsible for yourself-is at once extremely empowering and downright scary-it finally depends on how you want to look at it.

I found even stranger that all of the other LoA books and blogs repeated this pattern. I grew up with a tireless work ethic and the high profile supportes of LoA (Oparh, Will Smith etc.) all have an intesive almost insane work ethic also. Smith even said once in an interview that the only way he’ll be outworked by anyone is if he’s dead!

I am really big on how your thoughts effect your life and I constantly monitoring my thoughts to make sure that they are in the positive realm. However, actions do determine outcome.

@Shawnski – You’re flying in the face of lots of scientific research and I happen to think Dean nailed it, but different opinions are cool.

@Theresa – “ Scientists historically have notoriously refused to acknowledge info which did not fit into their predetermined belief systems.”

That isn’t a real argument because if it were where would the breakthroughs come from….ever? It’s science that drags thing forward and it’s science that is the state of the art.

Just because they don’t jump on every theory with gay abandon doesn’t mean they are necessarily stuck in any one belief system, any more than it means they hear so many half-cocked ideas that they realize proper research is necessary before embracing them all.

I have examples from my own life of how LOA worked which had nothing to do with simply noticing the things I want or need more (although that has certainly happened too). Though some might call these examples coincidences, how many coincidences can occur before the Law of Averages states that they are no longer coincidences?

For me, the overarching element that is missing from this conversation is the spiritual one. Those who ask questions such as: “how could the victim of assault have secretly wanted that to happen and drawn it to themselves”? are functioning from a purely physical mindset – that we are human beings, nothing more, and that no human would wish for an event that causes damage to his/her body or his/her death.

If we consider ourselves spiritual beings merely passing through physical form at this time, then we can look at things from a much bigger perspective and a lot of things make more sense (to me, at least). Abraham-Hicks claim that some beings are born disabled because they want more of a challenge in the physical experience, for example. Also, sometimes events that seem horrible at the time can seem like blessings in hindsight, because the impact they have in the long run or changes they bring to our lives. Finally, if death is no longer perceived as the end of our existence here, then “checking out” from this phase of existence and moving on to the next is no longer necessarily a negative thing to be avoided. The “blame the victim” mentality is a misuse of the whole concept. The idea that we are eternal spiritual beings who may have deliberately chosen difficult physical circumstances to be born into, in order to offer us opportunities for growth explains how we could be responsible for a situation in which we seem to have no choice(like being abused by our parents), while removing stigma from the picture.

The thing I found most compelling about The Secret is that it mirrors what all of the greatest spiritual teachers have said throughout history. Jesus, the greatest of them, said “Ask and ye shall receive”, stated that we are “in this world, but not of this world” (physical for now, but based in the spiritual) and that we could do all the things that he did and more(e.g. manifesting fishes & loaves, curing illness, and making water into wine). If we were created in the “image & likeness” of God, then why wouldn’t we be able to create in that way? I think, somehow in this physical form we have lost sight of our abilities and purpose, and now we are stuck in a mire of negative thought and needing physical proof for everything.

Someone asked why scientists haven’t all jumped on the bandwagon, if LOA is true? Scientists historically have notoriously refused to acknowledge info which did not fit into their predetermined belief systems. A lot of possible evidence is overlooked by those who are not looking for it.