Friday, July 30, 2010

God and the Law of Attraction

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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.

6 comments:

Raghavan said...

would suggest read manku thimmana kaaga !! having you hit upon this topic........

Unknown said...

Belief makes life simpler. one can leave it to god...

Pratiba Bhat said...

Happy to know that you too have accepted "Law Of Attraction" :) :) "The Secret" by Rhonda Byrne is the book which made people realize and we need to make people aware about this. I hope many who read this post will realize and divert their attention to the more positive things they can do :)

Unknown said...

While I agree that positive intentions are paramount, the law of attraction is just another specious theory fabricated to perpetuate blind beliefs and customs. Belief in Mankind and our own abilities is more important that any other belief.

Unknown said...

Very nice article.Half of the world does not believe in the concept of God and that does not make them any lesser beings. Lots of people have faith in FSM,Force,IP Unicorn and so on and that does not mean their dreams or wishes will not get fulfilled.Even 90% of the people praying in places of worship have demands which will never be met by that God even if they have the law of attraction in place or even if they have faith.To really understand that we need to know spirituality better.Spiritual does not mean religious but it can also cover the non religious.Ask any true lovers and they will tell you that if the law of attraction really worked they would be together but it doesn't.Ask Radha,Laila or any of the great lovers.They have the highest(100%) law of attraction in their favor but it does not work? Why? There has to be something greater than that....This is in no way written to refute your views but just to make a person think beyond the law of attraction and God.Absolutely no offence meant for believers also.Thanks.

Unknown said...

Excellently explained sir.. :)