Comments on: Limits on Law of Attraction http://www.markjryan.com/blog/2009/12/limits_on_law_of_attraction/ Personal and spiritual development for proactive people. Fri, 06 Aug 2010 18:55:06 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Guy http://www.markjryan.com/blog/2009/12/limits_on_law_of_attraction/comment-page-1/#comment-189 Guy Sat, 12 Dec 2009 08:48:22 +0000 http://www.markjryan.com/blog/?p=125#comment-189 You're right. I once had a cop instrct me to lay on my belly, then he stepped on my back and told me that he would shoot me if I x and then told me to leave and get off of his street. It created hatred in me for all cops... Just like extremists in cult religions Strong filters on a persons mind that can be broken. Now, I can joke with cops. Before, I would be filled with animosity, like the guys reality filters can get shifted and twisted into behaviors that could potentially be harmful. I think people have to go deep into themselves to feel extreme ecstasy, or life sucks. I believe it's like trick or treating and you want to monitor your candy so that you're not the ass end of a joke. You still have to go out there and have fun though. I have felt some extreme highs in my life, especially when purple weed was introduced on the drug scene... Drove me into skitzo states. I swear to god, with Richard Bandler and a cool profession (music and relationship coaching) I feel 10 times as great... Now I ask myself "how much ecstasy can I stand?" and I don have to reach for the medicine cabinet and phisically harm my body in the process. You’re right. I once had a cop instrct me to lay on my belly, then he stepped on my back and told me that he would shoot me if I x and then told me to leave and get off of his street.

It created hatred in me for all cops…

Just like extremists in cult religions

Strong filters on a persons mind that can be broken.

Now, I can joke with cops. Before, I would be filled with animosity, like the guys
reality filters can get shifted and twisted into behaviors that could potentially be harmful.

I think people have to go deep into themselves to feel extreme ecstasy, or life sucks.

I believe it’s like trick or treating and you want to monitor your candy so that you’re not the ass end of a joke.

You still have to go out there and have fun though.

I have felt some extreme highs in my life, especially when purple weed was introduced on the drug scene… Drove me into skitzo states.

I swear to god, with Richard Bandler and a cool profession (music and relationship coaching) I feel 10 times as great… Now I ask myself “how much ecstasy can I stand?” and I don have to reach for the medicine cabinet and phisically harm my body in the process.

]]> By: Mark J Ryan http://www.markjryan.com/blog/2009/12/limits_on_law_of_attraction/comment-page-1/#comment-178 Mark J Ryan Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:17:43 +0000 http://www.markjryan.com/blog/?p=125#comment-178 Ron, thanks so much for your comment. It resonates greatly. I especially liked this: "part of us that is capable of deciding what to attract in our lives possesses a wisdom that transcends the limits of our human experience." That is the great question, and a more important question than is the "law" of attraction valid. The question of us creating our own reality, but who is the "us" doing the creating. That is one of the things that attracted me most to ho'oponopono and personal responsibility. It really is not about claiming responsibility for all that is wrong and then self flagellating (or beating up others) for that which is wrong. The reverence of saying "I'm sorry, Please forgive me" for whatever is imperfect, including judging that something is imperfect to begin with, brings us closer to that place. You'll love my series of posts starting tomorrow about the different types of teachers. They'll be posted tomorrow through Thursday. Ron, thanks so much for your comment. It resonates greatly. I especially liked this: “part of us that is capable of deciding what to attract in our lives possesses a wisdom that transcends the limits of our human experience.” That is the great question, and a more important question than is the “law” of attraction valid. The question of us creating our own reality, but who is the “us” doing the creating. That is one of the things that attracted me most to ho’oponopono and personal responsibility. It really is not about claiming responsibility for all that is wrong and then self flagellating (or beating up others) for that which is wrong.

The reverence of saying “I’m sorry, Please forgive me” for whatever is imperfect, including judging that something is imperfect to begin with, brings us closer to that place.

You’ll love my series of posts starting tomorrow about the different types of teachers. They’ll be posted tomorrow through Thursday.

]]> By: RevRon http://www.markjryan.com/blog/2009/12/limits_on_law_of_attraction/comment-page-1/#comment-175 RevRon Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:33:19 +0000 http://www.markjryan.com/blog/?p=125#comment-175 Great post, Mark. Bottom line is that a "law" is by nature inflexible. If identical conditions don't produce identical results, describing the divergent results as proof that a "law" was being manifest is ludicrous. To say that someone "attracted" every instance of their suffering (or, for that matter, that another somehow repelled painful experiences) by the sheer power of their own focus is both arrogant and dismissive. And as we all know, the universe has an uncanny knack for taking us down a notch when we start feeling smug. :-) What I find really absurd is that some "teachers" claim that the path to "enlightenment" is one that avoids anything that might be construed as negative. "Look away when you see suffering, so that you may avoid allowing negativity to keep you bound to your own suffering." One "teacher" has even gone so far as to claim this was the true teaching of Buddha. Guess that person "forgot" that Siddhartha lived his early life sheltered from any observation of suffering, and had to immerse himself in the "negativity" of the world before he could discover its true source and continue on his path to Buddha-hood. Even if it were true that we attract everything that we experience, I believe that the part of us that is capable of deciding what to attract in our lives possesses a wisdom that transcends the limits of our human experience, with the decisions made by the decarnate "spirit," unencumbered by human ego, fear, and desire. By attempting to consciously change what we attract, are we not trying to overrule our higher wisdom with our limited human perspective? Great post, Mark. Bottom line is that a “law” is by nature inflexible. If identical conditions don’t produce identical results, describing the divergent results as proof that a “law” was being manifest is ludicrous.

To say that someone “attracted” every instance of their suffering (or, for that matter, that another somehow repelled painful experiences) by the sheer power of their own focus is both arrogant and dismissive. And as we all know, the universe has an uncanny knack for taking us down a notch when we start feeling smug. :-)

What I find really absurd is that some “teachers” claim that the path to “enlightenment” is one that avoids anything that might be construed as negative. “Look away when you see suffering, so that you may avoid allowing negativity to keep you bound to your own suffering.” One “teacher” has even gone so far as to claim this was the true teaching of Buddha. Guess that person “forgot” that Siddhartha lived his early life sheltered from any observation of suffering, and had to immerse himself in the “negativity” of the world before he could discover its true source and continue on his path to Buddha-hood.

Even if it were true that we attract everything that we experience, I believe that the part of us that is capable of deciding what to attract in our lives possesses a wisdom that transcends the limits of our human experience, with the decisions made by the decarnate “spirit,” unencumbered by human ego, fear, and desire. By attempting to consciously change what we attract, are we not trying to overrule our higher wisdom with our limited human perspective?

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