Originally Posted by Maeni
That doesn't sound like LOA. It just sounds like trying to be as positive as possible and being grateful. I don't know if I agree with the attitude that it's helpful to just "ignore" problems and being joyous regardlessly, but I do agree that knowing what you want is important. But that isn't really LOA is it? The OP already knows what he wants, he just doesn't want to do anything other than using the LOA.
I imagine that there has to be a balance. The attitude you're describing reminds me a bit of my dad's outlook, and there was a time where mine and his perspectives were direct contrasts: He felt, like you (if I understand correctly), that I needed to focus on the good things and try to see through the problems and just ride it out that way, while I felt like the problems had to be in focus in order for them to be fixed; something needed to happen or I needed to do something in order for it to change.
But now I just think we need to balance it out. Ignoring problems is bad and so is spending all your time ruing them. Just go do, try things, and try to be positive but if you feel sad then that's ok too.
It is actually LOA because LOA basically means circumstances will justify the way you feel. So if you stay positive, circumstances you like will recur more and circumstances you dislike will recur less.
But look at the philosophy behind it, because the philosophy is what I take to heart. One rule of thumb in LOA is that in 5 years your income will be the average of your 5 closest friends. If you surround yourself with people who have what you want, you will begin to obtain what you want. And you don't even need to believe in LOA, all you need to believe is that 90% of your learning is unconscious, you adapt to the habits of the people you see the most, so if you surround yourself with good examples you will slowly learn to do what they do, without even realizing it.
I'm still failing to capture the philosophy, please bear with me. I can identify that the person I was 5 years ago had certain wants and goals, as well as certain fears. All of these things transpired, and I realize that the things weren't what made me happy, the desire for those things did. Because the experiences themselves all had to end, amazing as they were. Even using the LOA to attract possessions, you'll still lose those possessions when you die.
Once you understand impermanence, then you can really start to use LOA to your advantage, because you can realize all your problems will go away 5-10 years down the line. By that time, if you choose to subscribe to the belief in LOA, you can choose to know that you will have gotten everything you want. It's not that difficult to stay positive when you go ahead and remove the pressure of wanting everything right now. You can just know you'll get it, and enjoy the inevitable ride to that place. You can see through your current tribulations knowing that they're temporary and imagining yourself however many years in the future you have to imagine to put yourself in the mindset where all your problems are over.
Then, on top of that, you can know that despite the fact that you'll get everything you wanted eventually, you can't keep any of those things or experiences. But you put up a big fuss right now because you feel the lack of those things. And yet you can't keep them anyways, and it's not like anything will really change after you experience or have them. You won't get to just turn on happy for the rest of your life, at least not if your happiness is dependent on things.
Then you realize the secret to life is to just be happy for no reason. Whether or not you should strive for action, all your actions can do is bring about some temporary satisfaction which will wane eventually. There isn't anything in particular to accomplish to give your life meaning. And that, in a nutshell, is absurdism. No meaning, no point, nothing left to get upset about, nothing left to feel the lack of. Because it's all just a ride and every single person's ride ends the same way. I'm not saying I don't do stuff at all except bask in happiness for the point of itself. It's really taught me to simply pursue things I enjoy doing, and once you get in that mindset suddenly things that should seem like work are not anymore, you can find joy in nearly everything. Even if the task at hand just bitterly sucks, you can still tap into a peaceful state of acceptance rather than add on frustration to an already frustrating predicament.
There are still actions to perform, one does not practice LOA in order to get something without doing anything. If you use LOA to get a girlfriend, you might find lots and lots of girls around that want your dick but you still have to talk to them and you're not saved any of the turbulence that comes from a relationship. If you want a good job, you may get great job offers and opportunities all around you but you still have to turn in the resume and do the duties required by that job. Some jobs require work, and while the LOA can keep the work flowing the work won't do itself.
But keeping a positive attitude makes it so it doesn't seem like work. As they say, do what you love and you won't work a day in your life. This positive attitude works like a snowball, and it builds up until you're excited to get up every morning just to cook breakfast for your shitty kids because it simply feels good to be alive. Things that used to suck no longer do.
And I do agree with your point about the OP's apparent intention. It's not that I don't think you can attract a mate with LOA, but a soulmate? What the fuck do you want a soulmate for? People like soulmates because they remove fear from the relationship. Because if you're soulmates, you're meant to be, so there's no way to fuck things up. But I like fear. It's there for a reason.
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