God and the Law of Attraction

I have chosen an interesting but also a controversial topic to write this time. I will make an attempt to convey the views which I have on god and link it with something called Law of attraction.

We have numerous religions and they all have evolved over time. It has branched out like a tree wherein if we trace back to its root we all belong to one family. All religions have undergone transformations in their own way. Any religion for that matter has been divided into numerous sects, sub-sects, sub-sectⁿ (to the power of n) over the years.

In this world there exist both good and bad people. I believe the concept of god in most of the religions evolved as a result of showing the people at large what good is all about. It is an attempt made at showing the ideal path of leading life. All religions have stories of victory of good over the evil. The mythological stories always conveyed a bad ending to bad people. In a way the concept of god has also ensured in creating a moral fear among bad people.

Having made this assumption let me take my views forward. As the concept of god and the associated rituals of each religion started gaining more prominence among the people, it had gained a firm footing in the society. The divergent views among a religious community led to the divisions. And today we have so many divisions that it is next to impossible to trace our origin.

I am not going to debate on whether god really exists or not. But I do believe that in some way the existence of a super natural power does more good to the world. I will try to prove this with another concept called Law of attraction.

We all accept the fact that we need to always entertain positive thoughts, we need to be optimistic always, we need to have a good degree of confidence in whatever work we do and so on. The bottom line of this is - any individual who entertains positive thoughts and converts those thoughts to positive action is a winner.

I will use the following quotes from great philosophers to put it more precisely what I conveyed earlier:

Every thought of yours is a real thing – a force

If you see it in your mind, you are going to hold it in your hand

Thoughts become things

What you attract is what you get

Now let me come back to the concept of God. What do we do when we visit temples, church, or mosques? We all pray god for good things. A student appearing for an exam will pray for an easy paper and a good score, a candidate appearing for an interview will pray to get the job, a patient who is about to undergo a surgery will pray for a successful one and so does the doctor. What is happening here? We all are entertaining positive thoughts and it gives us a certain degree of confidence to face the exam or interview.

How many instances have we all seen where in a doctor has given all hopes on the patient surviving but the patient gets back to normalcy in double quick time. It happens because the patient believes he can overcome his chronic health condition and lead a healthy life. Most of the motivational speakers around the world have had such kind of a similar background. I can give few examples here: Cathy Goodman (was diagnosed with Cancer), Morris Goodman also known as Miracle Man (he was completely paralyzed, spinal cord crushed)

Since whenever we pray god we always entertain positive thoughts there is no harm in believing that god exists. We have all heard of miracles happening in and around us. We have heard people saying that I performed this ritual at this temple and I got cured of this disease or I got a job or I go married and so on. What is happening here? Again the law of attraction works. Someone says visit this temple and do this. You follow his words. In effect you start believing that since you have visited the temple whatever your problem is, it will be solved and you start putting more effort because you know it will happen.

Sometimes it may not work out the way you want to. What is the reason for this? Either you are still negative with your thoughts or could be due to lack of effort.

It is also true that people who don’t believe in god are also successful because of their inner positive strength. Though they don’t believe in god their mental thoughts are always positive and end up converting those thoughts to actions.

To sum up my views, it doesn’t matter whether you believe in god or not, be positive and attract positive thoughts. I strongly believe that what we attract is what we get.

Be positive… The law of attraction always works.

4 simple steps for Stroke identification

I got this forward from my school friend Lakshmeesha K V. Many might have received this forward. I just thought of sharing it in my blog. It reads as follows:

During a BBQ(A term for a get-together where food is cooked outdoors, over an open flame), a friend stumbled and took a little fall - she assured everyone that she was fine (they offered to call paramedics).She said she had just tripped over a brick because of her new shoes.

They got her cleaned up and got her a new plate of food. While she appeared a bit shaken up, Ingrid(name of that lady) went about enjoying herself the rest of the evening

Ingrid's husband called later telling everyone that his wife had been taken to the hospital - (at 6:00 pm Ingrid passed away.) She had suffered a stroke at the BBQ. Had they known how to identify the signs of a stroke, perhaps Ingrid would be with us today.

Some don't die, they end up in a helpless, hopeless condition instead.

A neurologist says that if he can get to a stroke victim within 3 hours he can totally reverse the effects of a stroke... totally. He said the trick was getting a stroke recognized, diagnosed, and then getting the patient medically cared for within 3 hours, which is tough.

RECOGNIZING A STROKE

Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. Unfortunately, the lack of awareness spells disaster. The stroke victim may suffer severe brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize the symptoms of a stroke.

Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by asking four simple questions (STR):

S * Ask the individual to SMILE.
T * Ask the person to TALK and SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE (Coherently)(i.e. It is sunny out today.)
R * Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS.
S * Ask the person to 'STICK' out his tongue. If the tongue is 'crooked', if it goes to one side or the other, that is also an indication of a stroke.

If he or she has trouble with ANY ONE of these tasks, call emergency number immediately and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher.