12-13-2010, 05:12 PM
(12-12-2010, 02:49 PM)mat422 Wrote: 12/12/10
Feeling better. Happiness is a choice, I always have to remember that. That is the default state of mind. I find when I don't have happiness its just my resistance to it. I'm still balancing between accepting emotions vs being attached to them.
Also I'm interested in the Law of Attraction and I'm doing a little experiment right now. I'm going to attempt to manifest a quarter with a red dot in the middle. I figured quarters are too common so I'd make it a little more interesting by adding a red dot. The law of attraction is a very controversial subject, but I'm hoping with this experiment I can prove to myself that such a thing exists.
You can also choose to look at the law of attraction differently. I look at it from a statistical viewpoint, at first it was disheartening but now it is encouraging. The law of attraction is effectively through change of self and expression of yourself increasing your chance of your desired result. The amount of red-dotted quarters in the world are probably about equal to the amount of a specific collectible sports car (rare...) Plus, how do you increase your chances of obtaining one? There is no real-life application to this. If you really want one you can just grab a marker. If you are looking for a kind of mystical law, I think you are going to be very disappointed. The truth is in the profound wisdom of common sense. If you are kind to someone, you increase the chance they are kind to you in return, but it is NEVER a guarantee. If you want to "attract" a certain food, you increase the chance of seeing or smelling cues that will over time turn the tipping point of statistical chance towards you. Most commonly that involves money-such as buying an apple at the store. But that does not mean that you won't pass by an apple tree, or be given one by a friend. The application is in increasing chance. Some say God doesn't play dice, and I agree. But we do, and are fully capable of increasing our chances higher and higher until we win at just about anything. The implications of that are huge, and that's something anyone can believe in. The law of attraction, in firm opinion, should be simply renamed to the "law of favorable chance".
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