A Question About the Law of Attraction
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Zipped up.
Warm. So VERY, VERY warm. No more nights of lying awake on my Thermarest dwelling on the cold air that surrounds me. No more chattering teeth. No more uncontrollable shivering (from the cold, that is).
This is how it is in the comfort of my new Zero Degree sleeping bag. Ah (and sigh), life is good. If you recall (or not), my last camping experience was a frigid affair and I began to secretly (okay - I know, nothing is a secret when you blog about it) covet a Zero Degree sleeping bag. I even wrote about putting it on my Christmas wish list.
But the thing is, I never actually made a list. I never really spoke to anyone about wishes and lists (other than you). Sure I blogged about it, but I never really wrote a finalized version. If I had made one, I would have felt a nagging guilt about selfishness and gluttony. I would have wished for things for others had I really written one.
So Christmas morning arrived and there was one large box for me from my partner. I shook it before gleefully ripping the paper off. It was fairly light. As I opened the top flaps of the box, I was greeted by a black mesh bag and I knew, I just knew it was the very longed for sleeping bag.
“Did you read my blog?” I asked him in a laughing way. He is one of those sorts of people who will say that they really do not read blogs because doing so consumes too much time. So, one might say that he is not a regular reader of the Transparent Hypnotist.
“Actually, I did read your post about the sleeping bag - after I had ordered it. Then I knew I was on the right track.”
Ah, the law of attraction, perhaps? I had put my wants out there into the cyber universe. Maybe all those other things I had wished for for others will or has happened as well. That means my volunteer programs for helping abused women gain self-esteem (using hypnosis, NLP, and some counseling) will manifest in the new year. Excellent.
So this is where I am going with the Sunday Question - do heartfelt wishes work on the same principle as the law of attraction (you attract what you want or think about)? What do you think?
And yes, I am back in the blogging sphere today, still not home, but enjoying this communing from the comfort of a memory foam mattress. I have been told the coffee is on and dripping.
December 28th, 2008 at 3:39 pm
I think you are on the right track. I think that just putting it out there and focusing on what you want gives the universe (and other people) an idea of what you want (instead of guessing). I think that people and the world want to please but they have no idea and we think they know what we want without being so obvious. BE OBVIOUS! Put it out there. Be clear and focused.
Keep up the good work next year!
Namaste,
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December 29th, 2008 at 6:06 am
I’m going to say no on this one, Ellie. Heartfelt wishes often motivate us to action, or as in your case are noticed by loved ones and motivate them to action. The so-called law of attraction is absolute bunkum. It may even be harmful, in that its peddlers preach that it’s not necessary to actually do anything to achieve one’s desires, we simply have to want or daydream and the benevolent universe will provide. Dumb luck certainly exists, but I prefer to encourage people to actually do something to realize their desires rather than waiting on the cosmos to drop it in their laps.
<MR>
January 1st, 2009 at 9:44 pm
Putting heart-felt wishes out there IS what the law of attraction is. You put the desire oout there and the Universe fulfills it thru the path of least resistance - in this case, your partner was inspired by the Universe to get it for you. This is how law of attraction works. If your partner hadn’t followed his inspiration, you may have received it from someone else or found a particularly good deal on one when you were shopping for something else.
Pure desire, without a lot of baggage about why it can’t or won’t happen, is usually rapidly manifested. It is when we doubt, that things take longer.
Happy creating,
Lorna