http://www.skepticaloccultism.com/2008/11/30/the-weak-law-of-attraction/ Epistemology in the New Age Sun, 02 May 2010 16:41:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.skepticaloccultism.com/2008/11/30/the-weak-law-of-attraction/comment-page-1/#comment-234 Angela Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:15:30 +0000 http://www.skepticaloccultism.com/?p=164#comment-234 I always had a problem with it being called a "law", which would imply that it is a constant that has been determined through empirical research. It hasn't been. Maybe it's like that saying "perception is reality"; people associate their perception to the degree that it's all they need to alter in order to get what they want, neverminding actions and behaviors? But also, there is something to be said about the removal of responsibility. It's easy to have a consistent positive thought process, but then associate someone else's ill thoughts of you as "attracting" bad events in your life. However, regardless of the bad events happening as a result of your negative thoughts or someone else's, this sets people up for thinking themselves the victim each time something bad happens. This hardly seems like a healthy or realistic philosophy in which to live your life. Great post. I always had a problem with it being called a “law”, which would imply that it is a constant that has been determined through empirical research. It hasn’t been. Maybe it’s like that saying “perception is reality”; people associate their perception to the degree that it’s all they need to alter in order to get what they want, neverminding actions and behaviors? But also, there is something to be said about the removal of responsibility. It’s easy to have a consistent positive thought process, but then associate someone else’s ill thoughts of you as “attracting” bad events in your life. However, regardless of the bad events happening as a result of your negative thoughts or someone else’s, this sets people up for thinking themselves the victim each time something bad happens. This hardly seems like a healthy or realistic philosophy in which to live your life. Great post.

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