Aug 22 2008
Link: an article about the Law of Attraction
Will Learning About the Law of Attraction and Manifestation Help Me Become Enlightened?
So what’s the difference, first off, between the way people have traditionally operated in the world and the way they can now operate by using the Law of Attraction?
The normal way people got what they want was they went out, earned some money, and bought stuff using cash to ultimately find out that what they bought wouldn’t bring them happiness.
The new “spiritual” way of operating is to work in alignment with the Universe. They learn how the Law of Attraction works and get really good at it in order to manifest what they want, yet they still find out that getting what they want by manifesting it won’t make them happy.
It doesn’t matter whether they manifest it through the universe or they use more traditional methods, they still wind up with the end result of trying to get and experience what they want. Why else would they deliberately want to go and manifest something?
If you’ve noticed, no enlightened guru actually teaches the Law of Attraction. Why is this? The teachings on enlightenment are designed to help point you to the realization that none of that actually matters since it’s all an illusion anyways. All that matters is Oneness and the realization of your true Self. When the realization comes that what “you” truly are is All That Is, it just plain silly to try and “get” more of yourself anyways.
Now that’s not to say that the LoA is somehow “bad” and should be rejected. It certainly has its practical uses such as manifesting parking spots, but there’s the realization that whether or not you get the ideal parking spot (or anything else for that matter), it’s not going to make you happy. If you have to park in the back of the lot, so what?
The LoA is simply a tool we can use to play around with in this world, just like a car or a popsicle stick.
Now something that’s really cool is when you start aligning with your true Self, your whole life starts to become synchronistic automatically. It’s like you hop right into the flow and go right with the rhythm of life at just the perfect pace. Things manifest exactly when they need to without you actually having to do anything deliberately. You just be yourSelf and everything you need will be provided.
“Seek first the kingdom of God and all else will be added unto you.”
This is the meaning of that statement.
If you want to play with the LoA, feel free. You are welcome to do anything you wish with the free will that “you” have in this lifetime. Just don’t try to make yourself happy through it. Similarly, don’t expect it to make you enlightened.
Enlightenment is simply seeing things as they truly are without any added mentation. The LoA is about seeing things the way you want them to be and knowing them to be so.
