[TheBramble]

Keymoo, interesting comments. If the "car park" exercise involves ‘magically’ manifesting a parking space by some manner of voodoo, there is a rational explanation for the improved probability of you finding a space. It’s all to do with your old brain and the reticular formation, that which arouses and motivates us. The thing is, the parking space is either going to be there or it’s not (no schroedingers cats here). But if you are ACTIVELY engaged in looking for one, guess what, you’re more likely to find it than if your just cranking up the volume on Snow Patrol or thinking about what you’re going to do once you’ve parked. It’s all about ACTIVE AWARENESS. You can do it with anything you choose.

Just pick a colour, any colour. Make it unusual. When you’re next out and about look for someone wearing that colour, or a car of that colour, anything of that colour. I can guarantee you WILL find it. It’s all always there, but you’re not normally ACTIVELY tuned into be aware of it. There is a great deal to discuss about Awareness.

The other point you make keymoo is about ACTION. I disagree slightly with you in that all the preparation and analysis and all those other good things you mention, although useful and even vital to your skills as a trader do not in and of themselves lead you to becoming a trader. You need to take ACTION independently of all those other things, you need to pull the trigger. It is just possible that all those other things you mention could end up robbing you of the power to actually take physical action if you believe you are doing so by doing those other things.

I keep an open mind on the power of thought and the ‘laws’ of attraction so don’t put me into one camp or the other.

[keymoo]

MrBramble, you are talking about something quite different. Heightening your awareness is an action that has been taken - you have not directly affected the quantum field, or somehow magically manifested something in the universe. You are merely observing what is there through "tuning your mind in." as you put it.

I recently bought a new mini car. My kids love it as it has a soft top - now whenever they are out they always notice all the minis on the road, whilst before they did not notice any of them. They particularly notice the red soft-tops for some reason ;-). They have tuned into all the minis out there; however this is a different and separate issue to the one that TinGull is inferring.

TinGull is referring to manifestation of circumstances in the universe, not merely observing them. However I do agree that these two can APPEAR to be blurred together, however I do not believe that is the case. Heightened awareness is a very different thing to manifesting things with the power of thought.

[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.

[cipher4d]

Good to see everybody discussing the LOA in regards to trading. Tingull, if you want more information that goes beyond "The secret" I suggest you check out Abraham Hicks teachings. The Secret is a nice introduction to the concept but it is limited by the ideas society currently finds "acceptable". Peace

[keymoo]

I recommend you research this Hicks character a bit more before listening to what she says. Seriously.

[zdo]

For $97 you can get the other 11 Laws

btw Tingull has left the building (and Bramble has ascended) both, long ago ...

[1pipatatime]

The way I look at Law of attraction is you can think about say being an ideal trader and as long as you keep thinking about it nothing may happen, it will be just a pipe dream.

If you then put effort into becoming the ideal trader then with thought and effort your dream mybe on the way.

I believe that the law of attraction works for the trader, but not by wishing for a result but by transforming yourself into becoming the ideal trader.

So instead of your manifestation coming to you, you transform to meet your manifestation.

Like energy attracts like energy.

Anyway just my opinion.

cheers

1pipatatime

[Uli Schmuli]

I don't care who you are - before the manifestation of successful trading came the thought of successful trading.