Disclosure
Pro
Perception is everything. EVERYTHING starts in the mind. Most people have no understanding of this. That's why slavery is more prevalent now than ever. Slavery is and always has been of the mind. As long as people THINK they're inferior, they'll be inferior. As long as people THINK the impossible is impossible it will remain impossible but only to those who limit their own selves.
I will only speak on the optimism portion, and say that I genuinely believe positive things happen to positive people.
Imagination creates reality.
how mindblowing is that
Kind of a crazy power when you think about it.
The truth is that your imagination, which is God, creates your reality. You bring forth into existence what you truly believe. We are the cause of the world that we currently see, not the effect. If you don't like the illusion, change your perspective.
Of course, many will balk at taking responsibility for their life as so many are taught to believe in or blame things outside of themselves. But your responsibility is your ability to respond to reality. In other words, can you faithfully maintain a holy or "whole" concept of reality? In other words, can you only look at reality with unconditional love for self and your fellow man? If not, it is not reality which is an illusion, it is your own inner thoughts.
Yes, if you live with a pure heart and raise your vibrations, you can do anything that has been done.... You literally have to be the opposite of sad, guilty, scared, regretful, resentful, angry and you can do anything you want.
the one potentially "paranormal" concept that I believe in hands down, and that's luck. I personally think that most people who claim to believe in the law of attraction really just believe in being smug internet shytheads who try and justify an already easy and unchallenged life as somehow a result of their state of mind. However, if I were to suppose that there were people who seemed to make it work, my contention is that it's not the "law of attraction," at all, but more a whole reversal of the horse and cart there. Instead, it's people who are naturally lucky that, having become conditions to the world casually handing them everything on a silver platter, suppose that they must somehow be making it happen.
I've never seen a person, putting no more effort into life than just "really wanting it" make it work in his or her favor. But I've seen some lucky b*stards who, whether they ask for it or not, life is going to pamper them every which way. And I've seen the opposite, people who can wish all they want, but life's going to take every chance to swipe at them it can get.
The mantra of "taking responsibility" and "not projecting" on to others is overdone by privileged people. It's the ideology of the free market and the right-wing which tries to pretend we are all discrete individuals who are free to make our own choices and be "happier". Actually this is not true: social problems are not the individual's responsibility. If for whatever reason I'm stuck in a harmful situation influenced by oppressive economic structures and the sexism or racism or selfishness of others, it's not because I'm "blaming others" or "projecting" or "not taking responsibility" etc. This individualising rhetoric is being over-used in the New Age / spiritual community and needs to be - at the very least - thought about more carefully. There's a hell of a lot wrong with the times we live in, and pretending we can positive-think it all away and individually make happier choices is very misleading.
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