Con-Tru-versy: Is Attraction Really a Law?

Yes, lets think about this for a moment.

Attraction, being law? Is it even provable?

Is the Law of Attraction really a calculable law like that of -say- Law of Physics?

If it is to be touted as a law and used for calculations it should be put to rigorous scrutiny before adopted as being "so". Just like theories are discussed and observed whether or not they're provable and, therefore, reliable for life dependence.

Under the umbrella of "entertaining", lets address this premise of "Law of Attraction" being law. Why should we even invest the energy? You may ask me. Good question. And the simple yet powerful answer is this: justice.

Justice? We may think to ourselves. What does any of this have to do with justice?

Shortly, we'll be exploring that in later blog posts. Which is my ultimate reason for such focus on the notion of "The Secret".

Firstly, lets review definitions for "Law of Attraction".

Wikipedia says:

[quote]"The Law of Attraction is an idea that is widespread in New Age and New Thought philosophy. It posits to never dwell on the negative, as the metaphysical principle of life is embodied in a "law of attraction": "you get what you think about; your thoughts determine your destiny." ^[1]

Dick Sutphen says: the Law of Attraction states, in a nutshell, that like attracts like."[end quote]

And Steve Pavlina says: "The Law of Attraction simply says that you attract
into your life whatever you think about.  Your dominant thoughts will find a way to manifest."

'Our thoughts determine our destiny' is a powerful statement with serious implications, true. However, should we be settled on the assertion that they alone are at work? Nothing else molds our course in life? Nothing else effects our reality?"

Sure, I have no doubt our thoughts can exercise a measure of influence over how we end up and experience life. Like, despite horrible conditions we can chose to hold our dignity no matter what. But to base all one's hopes and dreams on pure thought (process of though) is a bit of a stretch, to be sure.

How so? Actually we all interact with enormous proof that "like attracks like" is not law. And challenge us all to see it for ourselves. Hence, lets set aside emotion and implore reason and conscious observation along with our personal objectivity.

For, the power of observation is the most potent tool in science. By observation we see people like Buddha, Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., Abraham Lincoln, Jesus, African Slaves, Princess Diana, Husbands, Wives, Mothers, Fathers, Daughters, Sons, Elderly, Infants, Embryos, Animal Prey, Rape Victims, Disease Carriers, Refugees, Evacuees, etc., etc., experience troublesome events, respectively.

Are we prepared to jump on the theorized notion that each troublesome event was the cause of their dwelling on negative thoughts? Especially when we are living witnesses of their positive actions and motivations? Are we unquestionably reasoning "like attracts like"?

So if Attraction would be a law, according to it Buddha himself must have been dwelling on negativity prior to his demise of being poisoned. Likewise Gandhi's murder was brought upon himself, having negative tendencies of mind. And Princess Di actually did herself in. I mean, really, is this "like attracts like" here?

Surely many of us know people or a person who were of the most positive spirits we've encountered and, yet, that had tragedy or troublesome times afflict them. To imagine a quantum physics equation suggests by their dwelling on negativity it was their own doing is......inhuman.

Because in human society many factors of uncontrollable variables fall on time and occurance randomly. Although there are a few things that show predictability, a vast amount goes unbeknownst to any of us. For which scientist claim there is so much we still don't know. Hence, science goes on theorizing and discovering indefinitely.

Dare I intimate the idea that children who become aborted were dwelling on negative thoughts, therefore sealing their demise. Or that starving people nearby or merely a distance away actually starve themselves.

There must be a balance reached when determining how our own actions may play a role in what happens to us. To say our thinking is the total reason absolves other perpetrators of
reasonable accountability.

Yet, how is justice/injustice figured in? Stay tuned for my next post. Plus, after reading much on Steve Pavlina's website, I'll start another series of entries addressing Subjective Reality.