I am currently reading the book The Law of Attraction by Esther and Jerry Hicks.
Besides of all the usual way of speaking that "if you really want something, you will get it" that most of the successful people in life use, I've also seen The Secret on Youtube, and that's all of the material I've been in touch with on The law of Attraction.
Now, I've got two questions that are bothering me way to much to not start this topic and ask you about it. Those are matters that have been brought up several times, and even though I somehow see the truth in it, I just cannot comprehend it. It feels like
Question numer one:
Since I just started the book (and maybe it will be explained later, but it wasn't explained in The Secret) I feel aversion towards the "you attract what you think about" concept. Of course, I can see it in everyday life - people who have the attitude "I can manage with whatever I want to" often do, people who think they are destined to be poor and beg on the street often do so for their whole life, people who think that "being mediocre" is a normal way of living and "successful people" are some kind of special people etc etc.
Though... there are just to many things that go against it.
I will give you two examples:
I've really badly wanted to go to a festival (Tomorrowland) for five years in a row now. Getting tickets to this festival is an extreme hard thing, it is a chance of like 1 in 100 000. I've NEVER got the tickets. Even though it has basically been my biggest plan for the summer and I've wanted it to happen every year, I've been hoping, I've been preparing several computers to have the highest chance, and no. Does this mean that I should have wanted to go even more? Do you hear how this sound for me, when this was basically what I wanted the most for several years?
And the second example:
Since according to the sources that speak about LoA, if you unconsciously think about bad things, they will happen to you to.
With that logic, does that mean that all the jews during the holocaust unconsciously wanted to suffer, be put into camps and be murdered?
Question number two:
And here is the matter that has been brought up several times aswel. This will maybe be explained in the book I am reading now, since it, unlike The Secret have a kind of spiritual angle on it.
The Power of Now vs Law of Attraction.
Sometimes when I clear my thoughts and not think, just feel, I can understand it.
But I still find it contradictory. As I understand I should me go around and thinking about what I want (for example, I want good results at my work) and then it will manifest. But according to Tolle, I am then thinking about the future from the perspective of the Ego, where I create an illusionary "better" me (better according to the ego).
Thank you for you answer and I wish you all to be happy
