Comments on: sunday life: I test the whole “Law of Attraction” hoopla http://www.sarahwilson.com.au/2010/01/sunday-life-i-test-the-whole-law-of-attraction-hoopla/ the official blog of Sarah Wilson, journalist, columnist, TV personality Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:53:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Telefonerotik http://www.sarahwilson.com.au/2010/01/sunday-life-i-test-the-whole-law-of-attraction-hoopla/#comment-112456 Telefonerotik Fri, 26 Aug 2011 13:40:38 +0000 http://www.sarahwilson.com.au/?p=283#comment-112456 really nice homepage from a sensible male. i prefer this kind of home pages you cash in on below. there're seriously fantastic in addition to excellent so that we shouldn't neglect these individuals in the internet. if only that you nice excellent day time my mate. cya bye really nice homepage from a sensible male. i prefer this kind of home pages you cash in on below. there’re seriously fantastic in addition to excellent so that we shouldn’t neglect these individuals in the internet. if only that you nice excellent day time my mate. cya bye

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]]> By: Happily Ever After « RubyTwoShoes http://www.sarahwilson.com.au/2010/01/sunday-life-i-test-the-whole-law-of-attraction-hoopla/#comment-2228 Happily Ever After « RubyTwoShoes Mon, 10 May 2010 08:19:17 +0000 http://www.sarahwilson.com.au/?p=283#comment-2228 [...] and avoid strictly ascribing to any one thing, preferring to move and adapt, stay open, and ‘cherry pick’ as Sarah Wilson, to reference her again, once called it. So I certainly appreciate that the [...] [...] and avoid strictly ascribing to any one thing, preferring to move and adapt, stay open, and ‘cherry pick’ as Sarah Wilson, to reference her again, once called it. So I certainly appreciate that the [...]

]]> By: Sarah http://www.sarahwilson.com.au/2010/01/sunday-life-i-test-the-whole-law-of-attraction-hoopla/#comment-505 Sarah Sun, 31 Jan 2010 01:08:28 +0000 http://www.sarahwilson.com.au/?p=283#comment-505 i reckon it does. A very good point... I wrote something simliar in this post <a href="http://www.sarahwilson.com.au/2009/08/sunday-life-my-1-secret-to-cracking-reward-snacking-finally/" rel="nofollow">post</a> i reckon it does. A very good point… I wrote something simliar in this post post

]]> By: Sarah http://www.sarahwilson.com.au/2010/01/sunday-life-i-test-the-whole-law-of-attraction-hoopla/#comment-503 Sarah Sun, 31 Jan 2010 01:04:50 +0000 http://www.sarahwilson.com.au/?p=283#comment-503 oh, yes, reading the signs and slowing down. then shifting direction. slowly....I get that!!! oh, yes, reading the signs and slowing down. then shifting direction. slowly….I get that!!!

]]> By: Sarah http://www.sarahwilson.com.au/2010/01/sunday-life-i-test-the-whole-law-of-attraction-hoopla/#comment-498 Sarah Sun, 31 Jan 2010 01:02:21 +0000 http://www.sarahwilson.com.au/?p=283#comment-498 agree with the idea of attraction being mostly about being aware of signs that we want to see. so true. agree with the idea of attraction being mostly about being aware of signs that we want to see. so true.

]]> By: @Thankgodisurf http://www.sarahwilson.com.au/2010/01/sunday-life-i-test-the-whole-law-of-attraction-hoopla/#comment-467 @Thankgodisurf Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:35:40 +0000 http://www.sarahwilson.com.au/?p=283#comment-467 Sarah, Great article and some great responses. Like you I tend to sit back and take it all in then at 1st. I then go back and pick it apart, try and disprove, prove and everything in between until something makes sense. Maybe it's the Mechanical engineer in me that has never left! Anyways what I have found after digging deeper- you're free to pick this apart as well ;) in fact i'd only expect you to. 1. "Like" does Not attract "Like" as stated in the LOA (look at a Magnet) 2. Emotions however do tend to run our life we tend to seek that which feels good (supports our values) and run from that which doesn't feel good (challenges our values) as you did going on the shark dive ;) 3. our emotions are simply a feedback system but they are judgements based on lopsided perceptions 4. whenever we judge something as "bad" we're under the assumption that things would be better some other way. we're not seeing how it served our highest values and mission 5. when we hold these judgements we will continue to attract people, places, things, events to allow us to see the other side. (our emotions are "charges". did you ever date a guy you thought was perfect? you probably put him up on a pedestal a bit, well in time what happened? did you start to see his flaws? they were always there you were just blinded by emotions. The euphoria felt good so you ignored the other side of him until it hit you in the face. did you then maybe start to resent him? (same thing happened with your escape trip, you were under the illusion that things would be better if you ran away, then things kept going wrong) 6. we repeat these patterns until we stop judging and just love what is as it is. (ever feel like you date the same guy in a different body?) So whatever is bothering you now, until you learn to love it, you will continue to repeat patterns To get all hippy dippy everything that exists is just a different expression of love. gratitude (honoring "what is", as it is, is the key to evolving past patterns. Meditation is just a temporary vacation but when you return to the real world all the problems you left are still there. If you want to break the patterns you have to see the big picture and learn to love even your greatest challenges and the things that don't feel so good. it's usually those challenges that lead to our greatest growth. Look at your past and some of the chalenges you faced years ago. How have they served to make you the person you are today (even though they may not have felt so good at the time) Life is a ride... it all serves so enjoy the ups and downs. (maybe thats the surfer in me lol) Call it vibrations or whatever you want. I have found that emotions pretty much rule our lives. The balance between complimentary opposite emotions is Love and that is where true inspiration lies. and no just thinking about money or a man or a car will not make it real, you have to take action, you have to set realistic goals that are in allignment with your own highest values. we're all paid according to own own unique value system. Bill Gates has lots of money because he values money. it's not good or bad, it just is. We all "attract", "manifest" according to our own highest values. doesn't mean things just appear. but we become aware of signs. like when i walk into a mall I may see a surf shop and you may see a dive shop that i walked right past as if it didn't exist. I just didn't notice it because it has no significance according to what serves my own highest values. ok that's a lot... It's late and i guess i was in the mood to write lol. cheers d Sarah,
Great article and some great responses. Like you I tend to sit back and take it all in then at 1st. I then go back and pick it apart, try and disprove, prove and everything in between until something makes sense. Maybe it’s the Mechanical engineer in me that has never left!

Anyways what I have found after digging deeper- you’re free to pick this apart as well ;) in fact i’d only expect you to.

1. “Like” does Not attract “Like” as stated in the LOA (look at a Magnet)
2. Emotions however do tend to run our life we tend to seek that which feels good (supports our values) and run from that which doesn’t feel good (challenges our values) as you did going on the shark dive ;)
3. our emotions are simply a feedback system but they are judgements based on lopsided perceptions
4. whenever we judge something as “bad” we’re under the assumption that things would be better some other way. we’re not seeing how it served our highest values and mission
5. when we hold these judgements we will continue to attract people, places, things, events to allow us to see the other side. (our emotions are “charges”. did you ever date a guy you thought was perfect? you probably put him up on a pedestal a bit, well in time what happened? did you start to see his flaws? they were always there you were just blinded by emotions. The euphoria felt good so you ignored the other side of him until it hit you in the face. did you then maybe start to resent him? (same thing happened with your escape trip, you were under the illusion that things would be better if you ran away, then things kept going wrong)
6. we repeat these patterns until we stop judging and just love what is as it is. (ever feel like you date the same guy in a different body?)

So
whatever is bothering you now, until you learn to love it, you will continue to repeat patterns
To get all hippy dippy everything that exists is just a different expression of love. gratitude (honoring “what is”, as it is, is the key to evolving past patterns. Meditation is just a temporary vacation but when you return to the real world all the problems you left are still there. If you want to break the patterns you have to see the big picture and learn to love even your greatest challenges and the things that don’t feel so good. it’s usually those challenges that lead to our greatest growth. Look at your past and some of the chalenges you faced years ago. How have they served to make you the person you are today (even though they may not have felt so good at the time) Life is a ride… it all serves so enjoy the ups and downs. (maybe thats the surfer in me lol)

Call it vibrations or whatever you want. I have found that emotions pretty much rule our lives. The balance between complimentary opposite emotions is Love and that is where true inspiration lies.

and no just thinking about money or a man or a car will not make it real, you have to take action, you have to set realistic goals that are in allignment with your own highest values. we’re all paid according to own own unique value system. Bill Gates has lots of money because he values money. it’s not good or bad, it just is. We all “attract”, “manifest” according to our own highest values. doesn’t mean things just appear. but we become aware of signs. like when i walk into a mall I may see a surf shop and you may see a dive shop that i walked right past as if it didn’t exist. I just didn’t notice it because it has no significance according to what serves my own highest values.

ok that’s a lot… It’s late and i guess i was in the mood to write lol.
cheers
d

]]> By: jo-living savvy http://www.sarahwilson.com.au/2010/01/sunday-life-i-test-the-whole-law-of-attraction-hoopla/#comment-454 jo-living savvy Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:25:09 +0000 http://www.sarahwilson.com.au/?p=283#comment-454 I found the hoopla surrounding the secret interesting and when I flicked on the Oprah special downright scary. My view of the secret is that ...the big secret is that you have to do something...doesn't matter how many times you wish for something or look at your vision board without action nothing is going to happen! On Oprah I was watching a very full figured woman talk about her dream of getting fit and losing weight and as I do said to the TV "unless you put down that chocolate, put on your sandshoes and get moving nothing is going to happen" But action and doing can also get you into strife as you have discovered. I have found in my work and personally that when something isn't working often the solution we go for is do something different and when that doesn't work do something else...instead of checking in with our inside people or getting in tune with our vibrations There is interesting writing around in the area of occupational science particularly by Ann Wilcox who looks at the choices we make and the relationship with health and well-being. She talks of the balance that is required between the doing (what we do), being (encapsulating nature and essence, about being true to ourselves) & becoming (the notions of transformation and self actualization) So it is important when what we are doing isn’t working for us those times when we are feeling out of kilter that we slow down on the activity and b and get in touch with who and what we want to become. I found the hoopla surrounding the secret interesting and when I flicked on the Oprah special downright scary. My view of the secret is that …the big secret is that you have to do something…doesn’t matter how many times you wish for something or look at your vision board without action nothing is going to happen! On Oprah I was watching a very full figured woman talk about her dream of getting fit and losing weight and as I do said to the TV “unless you put down that chocolate, put on your sandshoes and get moving nothing is going to happen”
But action and doing can also get you into strife as you have discovered.
I have found in my work and personally that when something isn’t working often the solution we go for is do something different and when that doesn’t work do something else…instead of checking in with our inside people or getting in tune with our vibrations
There is interesting writing around in the area of occupational science particularly by Ann Wilcox who looks at the choices we make and the relationship with health and well-being. She talks of the balance that is required between the doing (what we do), being (encapsulating nature and essence, about being true to ourselves) & becoming (the notions of transformation and self actualization)
So it is important when what we are doing isn’t working for us those times when we are feeling out of kilter that we slow down on the activity and b and get in touch with who and what we want to become.

]]> By: RubyTwoShoes http://www.sarahwilson.com.au/2010/01/sunday-life-i-test-the-whole-law-of-attraction-hoopla/#comment-453 RubyTwoShoes Mon, 25 Jan 2010 03:18:22 +0000 http://www.sarahwilson.com.au/?p=283#comment-453 Well, I certainly know what you mean about cherry picking. But on the vibrations front I'm not so sure. Although lately I have been hating the 'obligation' I have created for myself re blogging, and today one of the first things I randomly encountered in the unreal world was a link to "blogging without obligation" (http://www.tartx.com/blog/?page_id=233), does that count as a vibin' message or what?! Well, I certainly know what you mean about cherry picking. But on the vibrations front I’m not so sure. Although lately I have been hating the ‘obligation’ I have created for myself re blogging, and today one of the first things I randomly encountered in the unreal world was a link to “blogging without obligation” (http://www.tartx.com/blog/?page_id=233), does that count as a vibin’ message or what?!

]]> By: Sally http://www.sarahwilson.com.au/2010/01/sunday-life-i-test-the-whole-law-of-attraction-hoopla/#comment-452 Sally Mon, 25 Jan 2010 02:09:24 +0000 http://www.sarahwilson.com.au/?p=283#comment-452 Abraham Hicks have also said that infants murdered in the holocaust somehow had that vibration within them, ie. they manifested their fate. While I am definately an advocate of positive thinking and making the most of your lot in life, I think Abraham Hicks advocate a potentially dangerous way of thinking that can only really be applied to the lives of those living in affluent western societies free from famine, warfare & the daily fight for survival. Abraham Hicks have also said that infants murdered in the holocaust somehow had that vibration within them, ie. they manifested their fate. While I am definately an advocate of positive thinking and making the most of your lot in life, I think Abraham Hicks advocate a potentially dangerous way of thinking that can only really be applied to the lives of those living in affluent western societies free from famine, warfare & the daily fight for survival.

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