Foolish Words | Thoughts Become Things | Piece of Mind
Universal Law is the type of law we mean when we refer to the Law of Attraction.
It derives from the world of primitive human psychology, and, as such, is immutable with the law of nature – itself, in harmony with all other universal laws.
First, despite the fact that modern man has misinterpreted the extant definitions for these words; and, second, because he too-often equates the contemporary meaning with mere self-gratification or conscious greed, the words themselves have become synonymous with divisiveness and crass consumerism.
I look with askance... at all that I see around me... and find myself amused by this witches' brew of wonderment.
What could possibly be the mainspring - the motivating force - of our many discussions... thinking and speaking these words?
Unfortunately for some, and happily for others, these are buzzwords marketers love to exposit and turn to their own delight - so intent are they to spread the love... so as to help their desperate customers... finally get it too.
But for a pittance of a price... hey... we can all learn to be foolish!
Today's brainwashed consumers, hardly recognizable as human anymore... since taking on the characteristics... of mythical zombies, desperately want to believe this must be the elusive magic formula - the secret - granting them endless time to go shopping... whenever and wherever they want.
Standing apart from you and me, those so possessed of it already live in separate realities. In the conspicuous indulgence of their worldly pleasures - like shooting stars blazing past our dreamscape - they leave those who pretend to adore them basking in the afterglow.
And their lessers - those unfortunates who haven't yet acquired this attractiveness - are fated to pay the enlightened ones' American Express card bills... and service their vanities... and fight their wars.
I submit that resistance to understanding universal laws - like of attraction - can be instructive.
So foolish are we when we do get a grasp of these words... that I wonder if it is at all worth it - these thoughts becoming things, I mean.
Which leads me to want to break it down a bit... to see if we can learn to profit... otherwise... just for fun!
Thoughts become things
Like attracts like
And the joker in me says, "Thoughts become actions - all a part of everyday busy-ness."
Or, he laughingly inquires, "Guess who's laughing all the way to the bank?"
The greater the focus and intention the more likely a positive outcome can be affected – assuming, of course, we include desire, and have clearly articulated the result expected as being a positive one.
It is not a law – or a code – which derives from an authoritarian construct.
It can be said to manifest, however, a utilitarian principle... though not always in universal application.
For this type of law to serve a beneficent purpose... requires faith – in principle and deliberate action – naturally not pointing to the religious kind, which is authoritarian.
Faith becomes manifest when one understands it is not beholden to reason. We take the leap of it... and we can be blinded by it... but for our exuberant enjoyment of its experience... we cannot tell its truth...
... Because truth is scientific, and it is entirely beholden to logic and reason.
As a belief can be said to be held... faith cannot be held. We hold to a belief, like when we see the sky we hold it to be real; and when we hold fast to the water in the ocean, grasping at its fluidity to prevent us from drowning, we can still drown clinging to the belief our incessant kicking and dog paddling will save us. But by simply floating... we have faith that the natural inherent properties of water will sustain us without undue dread – all this irrespective of other factors, quotients and variables, etcetera.
And faith is not contingent upon belief... or, in and of itself, is it an authoritarian construct. But nor is it founded – or grounded – in science or principle.
The law of attraction, however, because it’s a universal law, has existed before the time man constructed symbols – or words – for it.
Man is funny in his ways; and with his creation of language, he selfishly has insisted on naming this phenomenon – because it’s in his foolish nature to want to talk about everything... as this brings him social unity and pleasure from watching Oprah on TV, for example.
How we do enjoy our entertainment - and our attachment to foolish words! For us it’s a shared reality we choose to believe will provide us with pleasure – though truth has little to do with it in the main. Truth we attempt to realize from such activities is impossible to obtain... but for all the damn noise!
Because ultimately truth is not contingent upon belief either, or anything derived thereof, since belief is borne from fear.
Now a law itself does not depend upon scientific principle, which we understand is subject to strict scrutiny by way of the scientific method.
But principle itself is scientific – though science, admittedly, does not always demand strict proof.
So what is a principle? And what is a universal law?
Theoretically, principle, because it’s derived from the study of physics (scientific, based on mostly a priori knowledge), or the study of ethical and moral considerations (branches of philosophy and psychology, based mostly on empirical knowledge), is, for all intents and purposes, the most vexing to define.
And naming things is always entertaining to man, though not always pleasurable either. To name things causes man to selfishly demand of his knowledge some reason – a purpose... with clarity... and a communicable definition of things - so his self-directed use of logic... can make him feel satisfied... and his consternation will be assuaged.
But because principle is foundational in nature... founded on observable phenomena... subject to scrutiny grounded in logic and reason... and supported by a preponderance of evidence... or we can say it serves its greatest purpose for the largest number of agents (or people) served by it...
... For these reasons... a principle really is scientific... supported as it is by our scrutiny of the evidence... and by use of the scientific method, no less!
A universal law is one which does not require belief to be reality-based, it is true; nor does it demand scientific scrutiny to be provable. Only by faith can its truth be realized, to effect change by constructive action... for the purpose of achieving an intentional outcome.
And it’s true in our world... and throughout the cosmos too – that by aligning focused thought... from the conscious mind... with purposeful action... we experience it... then know the truth of it – especially if we gain noticeable pleasure and/or things to prove it.
All this causes movement or change... as it activates our economy... dependent upon events to happen or come about.
Focused Thought + Purposeful Action = Attraction is theoretically, though not a law, the most powerful force to be found in the universe!
And, paradoxically, not mystically or in fact, we call this the law of attraction. Mysticism has little to do with it... and factual evidence does not support its truth... except that our conscious intention... faithfully harnesses its power... to action... and result.
And, for reasons of economy – let conscience be your guide – you are right to explain it... in your own inestimable way!
Never ever buy into it – unless you really intend to use it; otherwise, you’ll go broke or remain unhappy... probably both... just thinking about such things - like still another collection... of more foolish words.
It’s akin to making a bad investment... made worse because one simply chooses not to ethically capitalize on it in a timely manner.
And, as some of us know, this is just not good for our piece of mind - or your economy!
Lark
Thursday, March 29, 2007
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