Law of Attraction - Why it Fails! - By: Integrated Success

Law of Attraction - Why it Fails!

There is no doubt that we, each and every one of us, "creates" our own reality. Our world comes to us through our five senses, specifically, sight, hearing, touch, taste and smell. The information from our senses are then processed by our minds according to pre-existing models in our mind, the models ("paradigms") we continually develop from birth throughout life. This reliance on existing models in order to process information allows our brain to handle the immense quantity of data received at any given moment.

The following quote from the "Dancing Wu Li Masters” captures this concept, as well as the resulting feedback loop:

"Reality" is what we take to be true. What we take to be true is what we believe. What we believe is based upon our perceptions. What we perceive depends upon what we look for. What we look for depends upon what we think. What we think depends upon what we perceive. What we perceive determines what we believe. What we believe determines what we take to be true. What we take to be true is our reality.

Our perceptions, in the above quote, arise from our senses, how we perceive our surrounding environment. How our minds interpret those perceptions results in our "reality", created from our minds interpretation of the sensory data received. Hence, we "create" our own realities.

If we examine those having mental illnesses, we find that their perceptions of reality are not consistent with our own, more specifically, those of the majority. We simply do not understand, nor can relate to, the perspective of a sociopath or psychopath. We may get upset or even depressed after a bad day, but we cannot understand, although we may sympathize, with the perspective of a manic depressive.

To take the thought even further, our world does not correlate with those of a drug addict. The "trip" on powerful hallucinogens makes the world seem colourless, lifeless and/or desireless. Descriptions of "hearing" colours, believing one can fly and so many other stories related by addicts do not correlate with our daily reality. The poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge describes a vision of paradise in his poem Kubla Khan, reportedly inspired by an opium-induced hallucination, or dream.

Yet, despite their vividness, or even the apparent "reality" at the time, none of these individuals are able to successfully "manifest" their respective realities. The drug addicts come down from their trips and their hallucination disappears, to be replaced by daily reality. Treatment for mental illness allows many to successfully participate in the reality of the majority, as their own is inconsistent with the reality of the majority. The addict who believes he can fly while under the influence of narcotics, sadly, discovers his mistake when he comes "down" (if he survives the attempt).

The point I am trying to make here is that there are many individuals who have visualized alternate realities, due to mental illness or substance abuse, and yet have not "manifested" those realities. Many of their attempts are more vivid, believable and, therefore, powerful than the average Law of Attraction advocate, enabling them to immerse themselves completely in an alternate reality for a period of time. Yet that reality does not "manifest". The Law of Attraction has failed them.

Why has the Law of Attraction failed? It is because it has been misunderstood, or even worse, misrepresented. The Law of Attraction is not a Natural law, but a man-made artifice. However, men and women have been successfully achieving goals since the dawn of time, when the goal was most likely simple survival. We are here today and so that initial, primitive goal was successfully realized.

Any reasonable desire or goal that anyone has can become a reality. (Note my use of reasonable. "Reasonable" in this context is a highly ambiguous term as one must define what, exactly, is reasonable and that will vary from person to person and their belief system (Please refer to my article "The Effort Required to Manifest Your Goals" for an example)).

To begin the process of goal realization, one must first have a goal in mind in which she wishes to achieve, or realize. Consistent with the Law of Attraction, she is strongly recommended to visualize that goal in as much detail as possible, perhaps creating a Vision Board or, even better, a Mind Movie. The more and clearer one can visualize the desired goal, the more motivated one will become to achieve that goal.

The next step, omitted by virtually all adherents to the Law of Attraction, is to initiate "ACTION" directed specifically toward realization of the desired goal. The action may not be the most direct or best suited action but it is far more important to begin taking action so as to begin moving toward your goal, than waiting and working on an ideal plan.

Why must action be taken? Why can't one simply visualize the desired goal and release it to the Universe so as to become "manifest"? Let's look at a common desire.

I want $1 million dollars!

This is the sum commonly identified as being the transition point to wealth as, by definition, one becomes a "millionaire". I found a post in which Terry H claimed that $980,000 in a briefcase would weigh 26.1 lbs, as follows:

"... currency is 6.2"x 2.6" x 0.0043" thick (233/inch) and it takes 375 bills to weigh a lb. Therefore, a briefcase 18.5"x 12.5"x 3" thick will hold $980,000 in $100 bills (two rows of seven [14 stacks] x 3" [700 bills/stack] = $980,000.
And it will weigh 26.1 lbs (375 bills/lb)".
- (http://www.finishing.com/112/84.shtml)

Therefore, if we take this weight for $980,000 (not quite $1 million but let's work with it anyway), we can calculate how much energy would be required to "manifest" a 26.1 lb (11.9 kg) suitcase filled with $980,000 using simple visualization and the Law of Attraction.

Using Einstein's well known equation E = mc^2 (which defines the relationship between conversion of matter to energy or energy to matter), one can easily calculate that the energy required would be:

E = 11.9 kg (3.0 x 10 m/s)2 = 1.07 x 1018 Joules

This is all fine and good, but how much energy does 1.07 x 1018 represent?

According to another web-site I found, the Empire State Building is estimated to weigh 365,000,000 kg. Therefore, using the equation

Potential Energy (P.E.) = mgh,

where m is the mass of the object in kg, g is the Earth's gravitational constant and h is height, we can calculate that it would require 1.07 x 1018 Joules to lift the Empire State Building 2.99 x 105 km into space. (For reference, the distance between the centre of Earth and the centre of the Moon is 3.84 x 105 km).

It is for this precise reason that the concept of the Law of Attraction is so misguided and fails so many people, as commonly presented in today's media. Proponents of the Law of Attraction claim that since physics has demonstrated the appearance and disappearance of particles in a continual "Quantum Dance", then this demonstrates that we, as humans, can similarly cause our desired goals to "manifest". The problem is that we are not quantum particles, nor are the objects we desire. We are macroscopic, NOT quantum, in size. The energy available in the quantum "foam" of the Universe is sufficient to allow creation and destruction or decay of quantum particles due to the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, however, this is not possible at the macroscopic scale. The energies are simply far too large to visualize energy into matter (It becomes even worse if one tries to "manifest" a mate, or car or house).

Therefore, we cannot get something for nothing through use of the "Law of Attraction", we must work for it. We can keep our awareness attuned for opportunities conducive to realization of our desired goal, but we cannot "manifest" our goals simply through visualization alone. Honest evaluation of life experience will confirm this fact. EVERY single goal, WITHOUT exception, that you have achieved and realized to this point is the result of directed action toward that goal.

With this in mind, begin planning how to achieve your next desired goal today, without delay. Visualize it, certainly ... then begin taking action toward it.

About the Author

Rick Walker has been a student of personal development for over 25 years, with specific interest in the ability and latent power of the mind, particularly the subconscious. He has recently developed the Integrated Success Program (Integrated Success Program) web-site comprising many ebooks, including many of the classics, pertaining to personal development and associated philosophy. In addition, he offers both the Integrated Success Program Blog (Integrated Success Program) and Integrated Success Program Group (Integrated Success Program) so as to provide a forum for discussion of topics pertinent to the field of personal development and for exchange of ideas..

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