Law of Attraction advice is probably some of the worst you will get. It states that "like attracts the like". The problem with this is that though it's an attractive concept, it doesn't always hold true. The appeal of this concept is negated by the indifference of the real world. Reality doesn't have the ability to care. The naive assumption that your attitude can influence the world around you is responsible for complacency, not change.
"Like attracts like" asserts that if you are a positive person, you will attract positive things. On the other hand, negativity will attract negativity by this train of thought. It is an attractive way of thinking. It's nice to believe that by being a positive person you can attract positive things. It sounds very easy. All you have to do is stop thinking negatively and things will change.
The idea that "positivity will attract positivity" is laughable in some circumstances. Having a positive outlook will often times make the way you experience horrible situations more bearable but it will not affect the outcome or the reality of it. Sometimes having a positive outlook will get you more negativity than anything.
The other end of this argument is that if you focus on the negative aspects of life and put forth a negative personality, you will attract negatives. Negativity feeds on other negativity and in order to become less negative, you could try to allow less negativity into your life. If you tend to get discouraged by negative people and attitudes, you can sever the ties you have to the people and things that bring that to your life.
For a lot of situations, you can study how they worked out historically and see how to react. Using the example of a cheating spouse again, you can look at different examples of when a spouse was or wasn't cheating and then go from there. Many people have worked this out before using all different kinds of ways and there have been many different outcomes.
The fact of the matter is that the only indifferent factor is the world itself. The world isn't influenced by attitude but rather, by the laws of physics. The "power of positivity" won't help you if you fall off of a building because of the Law of Gravity. Negative thoughts won't increase or decrease how hard a train hits you because of inertia.
The reason that many people give this way of thinking more credence than they should is because of the human tendency to feel "unique" or "special". We all want to feel like we are individuals who matter but the reality of it is that we are only one person of the six billion or so who live on this planet. Unless you are lucky enough to be entrusted with a powerful political office or a massive fortune, you probably will make as much impact as a fart in a windstorm.
Law of Attraction advice is not sound advice. The power of positive or negative thoughts only effects your own perception of what is going on around you, not the reality that it is happening. It is an attractive way of thinking for lots of people but it isn't very productive.
"Like attracts like" asserts that if you are a positive person, you will attract positive things. On the other hand, negativity will attract negativity by this train of thought. It is an attractive way of thinking. It's nice to believe that by being a positive person you can attract positive things. It sounds very easy. All you have to do is stop thinking negatively and things will change.
The idea that "positivity will attract positivity" is laughable in some circumstances. Having a positive outlook will often times make the way you experience horrible situations more bearable but it will not affect the outcome or the reality of it. Sometimes having a positive outlook will get you more negativity than anything.
The other end of this argument is that if you focus on the negative aspects of life and put forth a negative personality, you will attract negatives. Negativity feeds on other negativity and in order to become less negative, you could try to allow less negativity into your life. If you tend to get discouraged by negative people and attitudes, you can sever the ties you have to the people and things that bring that to your life.
For a lot of situations, you can study how they worked out historically and see how to react. Using the example of a cheating spouse again, you can look at different examples of when a spouse was or wasn't cheating and then go from there. Many people have worked this out before using all different kinds of ways and there have been many different outcomes.
The fact of the matter is that the only indifferent factor is the world itself. The world isn't influenced by attitude but rather, by the laws of physics. The "power of positivity" won't help you if you fall off of a building because of the Law of Gravity. Negative thoughts won't increase or decrease how hard a train hits you because of inertia.
The reason that many people give this way of thinking more credence than they should is because of the human tendency to feel "unique" or "special". We all want to feel like we are individuals who matter but the reality of it is that we are only one person of the six billion or so who live on this planet. Unless you are lucky enough to be entrusted with a powerful political office or a massive fortune, you probably will make as much impact as a fart in a windstorm.
Law of Attraction advice is not sound advice. The power of positive or negative thoughts only effects your own perception of what is going on around you, not the reality that it is happening. It is an attractive way of thinking for lots of people but it isn't very productive.
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