The power of the law of attraction

[TheBramble]

Keymoo, I am not disagreeing with you or TinGull or anyone else who has any view on this matter. As I said, I have a completely open mind on it.

In fact, it’s possibly worth me mentioning that I have a frighteningly wide education in a number of the occult arts and actively practise what some might consider rather far out esoteric rituals as part of my 'normal' (?) daily routine. So I am definitely not attempting to demean any consideration of the possibility of thought as a vibratory force being able to manifest material events. I’m as flaky as the next guru….

What I was suggesting was that it is worth acknowledging the possibility of a more prosaic explanation to some of these ‘events’ in helping to gain some useful balance for the debate and to further understand and develop any mechanism for its utilisation.

You’ll note that critics of The Secret (2006 NOT the 2007 version!!! LOL) and of “What the Bleep� as with critics on pretty much any ‘out there’ topic pick up on the fact that most adherents to any on-the-edge issue-under-threat are totally evangelical about whatever their thing is and put everything that happens down to whatever mystical force they’re currently championing. I remember for a short period after doing my NLP prac course that I was a total NLP wally (is that word used in the U.S.? If not, read the word ‘dork’) and everything was the subject or result of some damned NLP technique or another.

What I’m saying in short is that while there may be a basis for manifestation of material events through the power of thought, there is also the need to acknowledge that there are other factors which could lead to the same result. Some purely to do with our perceptions and awareness and focus and intent. Others purely coincidental.

If you want to pick up a famous volume on this subject, check out The Master Key System ; Charles Haanel.