Law of attraction

Although I think of myself as a very spiritual person, I try to stay as far as I can from any woo-woo.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/woo-woo
I believe that spirituality doesn't have to be woo-woo. It doesn't have to be unclear and confusing. You don't have to give up common sense to be a spiritual person. I try to avoid using concepts that don't have a clear definition. I try to precisely describe every mechanism so that there's no confusion about how the concepts I introduce work. I try not to speak in a woo-woo way. I think it's important.
I think that most people who speak in a woo-woo way, who can't clearly explain what they mean, are either confused themselves and they don't know what they are talking about, or they are trying to manipulate others.


What is the main idea behind the law of attraction?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_attraction_(New_Thought)
The way I see it, the law of attraction is a very unclear and messy concept, but the general idea is that "like attracts like" and you attract into your life situations that match your state of mind, your thoughts, emotions, what you focus on.
It is a good case study for mind program analysis because it is very popular and very ambiguous. There are many people who are confused about this idea.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6xCjY39_t0

Does the law of attraction work?

It obviously works in a non-woo-woo way. For example, let's say I go to a party in a T-shirt with the name of my favorite band. Then someone approaches me, he also likes this band and we talk about music. There's nothing surprising or mysterious about it.

There's also nothing mysterious about the fact that when you change your thoughts and emotions towards a certain situation, you also change your behavior and your new behavior has an impact on the situation.

But does it work in a more "magical" way? Is it possible to manifest something directly using just your focus?
I don't know.
It's such a broad topic. This question can be interpreted in so many ways.
If I think about a person and that person calls me, is that law of attraction or "just telepathy"?

When I want to achieve something, my approach is to do what I can and if I can't achieve it – I accept that and I move on.

But let's say the law of attraction works. Let's say that there is a mechanism that I don't fully understand. Is it possible, that everything in our lives happens according to the law of attraction?

When I throw a ball, what determines its trajectory? I'd say initial velocity vector, the force of gravity, air resistance, maybe wind. Claiming that only one factor determines the trajectory of the ball would be unreasonable.
Life is more complex than throwing a ball. Claiming that only the law of attraction determines what happens in somebody's life is unreasonable. There are many mechanisms in this world and the final result is more like a resultant force. For example, when someone loses his job, it could be because of a recession and it can have very little to do with his attitude.

When I put a magnet in the haystack, will the magnet attract the needle? I'd say that depends. Is there a needle in this haystack?
In order to attract something, it has to be there. You won't attract something that doesn't exist or is unobtainable. For example, if someone tries to attract a perfect partner, but there is no right person on this planet, then what does he expect? He won't manifest a perfect partner out of thin air. If the right person wasn't already born, then there's not much he can do about it.

Even if there is such a thing, the law of attraction definitely doesn't seem to be above all other laws of this Universe.
This reality also doesn't seem to be ruled by some woo-woo. It seems to be ruled by very specific mechanisms, like in those two examples. It's good to understand such mechanisms and to be careful with any type of woo-woo.
I'm not saying that our state of being doesn't attract anything into our lives. I'm just saying it's a bad idea to trust some woo-woo over logic and common sense.


It is interesting how people attach a boolean variable to a concept like the law of attraction.
https://grzegorzszlakowski.blogspot.com/2020/04/boolean-data-type.html
They assign value "true" to it because of the authority program.
https://grzegorzszlakowski.blogspot.com/2020/04/authority-program.html
They don't want any kind of proof.
https://grzegorzszlakowski.blogspot.com/2020/04/two-sides-of-same-coin.html
They put it in their Truth Box, believing "The Law of Attraction is the most powerful law in the universe.".
They build their entire model of reality around it, attaching beliefs that support it and discarding everything that doesn't support it.
They spread this idea by teaching it to others.
https://grzegorzszlakowski.blogspot.com/2020/04/the-truth-box.html
They think about it externally.
They don't question it. When they "attract" something negative into their lives, instead of questioning this way of thinking, they believe there must be something wrong with them.
https://grzegorzszlakowski.blogspot.com/2020/04/four-types-of-thinking.html
They are lost in the world of words and concepts.
https://grzegorzszlakowski.blogspot.com/2020/04/good-vs-freedom.html
And they are upset when they can't attract what they want.
https://grzegorzszlakowski.blogspot.com/2020/05/assigning-values.html
This is how I decode people's behavior.
https://grzegorzszlakowski.blogspot.com/2020/03/westworld.html