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		<title>By: Jean</title>
		<link>http://cheerfulmonk.com/2007/11/05/law-of-attraction/comment-page-1/#comment-1267</link>
		<dc:creator>Jean</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 01:48:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yamo,
Thank you so much for coming by.  I agree with you!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yamo,<br />
Thank you so much for coming by.  I agree with you!</p>
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		<title>By: Yamo</title>
		<link>http://cheerfulmonk.com/2007/11/05/law-of-attraction/comment-page-1/#comment-1266</link>
		<dc:creator>Yamo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 23:47:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I believe we always have a choice how to view events that occur in our life. I do not believe we have control over all the events that happen.

A Law of Attraction in a sense makes you responsible for everything good and bad that happensin your life. I do not think people draw harmful and hurtful events to themselves.

I know this is contrary to opinions expressed by others with much more power and influence than myself. But I believe is random and we have control over how to respond to the lovely myriad of things thrown into our path, good and bad.

I think when you subscribe to the LOA you give another reason for people to beat themselves up about being responsible for negative situations. I believe more that we are people of more profound love and grace even if we dont know it. I believe we never - either intentionally- or unintentionally create situations that would cause us to fear, to grieve, to be confronted with circumstances just so we can &quot;grow&quot;. 

We have strong and bautiful minds that can control HOW to cope, HOW to transcend, HOW to be....but lets not give others reason to blames themselves for something that is difficult harmful and not within their most secret intentions to manifest into realty.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I believe we always have a choice how to view events that occur in our life. I do not believe we have control over all the events that happen.</p>
<p>A Law of Attraction in a sense makes you responsible for everything good and bad that happensin your life. I do not think people draw harmful and hurtful events to themselves.</p>
<p>I know this is contrary to opinions expressed by others with much more power and influence than myself. But I believe is random and we have control over how to respond to the lovely myriad of things thrown into our path, good and bad.</p>
<p>I think when you subscribe to the LOA you give another reason for people to beat themselves up about being responsible for negative situations. I believe more that we are people of more profound love and grace even if we dont know it. I believe we never &#8211; either intentionally- or unintentionally create situations that would cause us to fear, to grieve, to be confronted with circumstances just so we can &#8220;grow&#8221;. </p>
<p>We have strong and bautiful minds that can control HOW to cope, HOW to transcend, HOW to be&#8230;.but lets not give others reason to blames themselves for something that is difficult harmful and not within their most secret intentions to manifest into realty.</p>
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		<title>By: Jean</title>
		<link>http://cheerfulmonk.com/2007/11/05/law-of-attraction/comment-page-1/#comment-524</link>
		<dc:creator>Jean</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 05:15:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Ellen&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;Ellie&lt;/strong&gt;,
If I&#039;m hearing you correctly, Ellen believes the Universe is benign, that whatever happens is good even if we don&#039;t understand it.  And Ellie seems to believe that &quot;good&quot; and &quot;evil&quot; are our interpretations, the universe only sees the perfection of Love, and in the end everything is OK.  How did you come to believe in your versions of the Law of Attraction?  How does your version affect what you do in life?  

My background is in science, so I think in terms of theories.  I personally think our little minds are too small to really understand what&#039;s going on.  I&#039;d love to hear more about where you both are coming from.  :)
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Ellen</strong> and <strong>Ellie</strong>,<br />
If I&#8217;m hearing you correctly, Ellen believes the Universe is benign, that whatever happens is good even if we don&#8217;t understand it.  And Ellie seems to believe that &#8220;good&#8221; and &#8220;evil&#8221; are our interpretations, the universe only sees the perfection of Love, and in the end everything is OK.  How did you come to believe in your versions of the Law of Attraction?  How does your version affect what you do in life?  </p>
<p>My background is in science, so I think in terms of theories.  I personally think our little minds are too small to really understand what&#8217;s going on.  I&#8217;d love to hear more about where you both are coming from.  <img src='http://cheerfulmonk.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
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		<title>By: bikehikebabe</title>
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		<dc:creator>bikehikebabe</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 04:22:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ellie Walsh says &quot;Thanks for a lively discussion.&quot;  YOU make a lively discussion- very good points. Thank  you.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ellie Walsh says &#8220;Thanks for a lively discussion.&#8221;  YOU make a lively discussion- very good points. Thank  you.</p>
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		<title>By: Jean</title>
		<link>http://cheerfulmonk.com/2007/11/05/law-of-attraction/comment-page-1/#comment-518</link>
		<dc:creator>Jean</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:57:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Ellen&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;Ellie&lt;/strong&gt;,
This post was responding to people who believe, and preach, that the Law of Attraction means we can do and have anything we want.  It sounds as if we agree--- life isn&#039;t nearly that simple!  Thanks so much for joining the conversation.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Ellen</strong> and <strong>Ellie</strong>,<br />
This post was responding to people who believe, and preach, that the Law of Attraction means we can do and have anything we want.  It sounds as if we agree&#8212; life isn&#8217;t nearly that simple!  Thanks so much for joining the conversation.</p>
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		<title>By: Ellie Walsh</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ellie Walsh</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 06:04:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is an interesting post and comments... 
I totally believe in the Law of Attraction.... I think many times LOA is misunderstood - 

LOA does not say that if you have an illness you thought this upon yourself.

* First off - we humans have deemed things good or bad - So we deem illness as bad. The Universe, the perfect Love of whom we all are, does not deem things good or bad. They just are

* LOA is not about getting what you think about - it is about getting what matches your vibrations. There is a Huge difference here!

We live in a society that talks a lot - well more than a lot - about disease - accidents - failures - Our media surrounds us with the sensationalism of the horrors in life -- Many of our conversations are about the horrors of life and the injustices in life. It seems our main focus is what is wrong with life!

Growing up with these beliefs, reading them, watching them on tv, listening on the radio, having conversations about them....
They become planted in our brains - they go from thoughts to beliefs - those beliefs are like an undercurrent flowing through us. 

They are the vibrations we put out into the Universe and the Universe matches our vibrations. &quot;Like attracts Like&quot;

If we tune our awareness to what signals we are sending out - we can certainly change the direction of our lives. We truly have that power!

But it is not about just changing a few thoughts - it is about relearning a new way to look at life - a new way to perceive what is before us!

We, as a society, actually do believe in LOA - that is where our sayings like these came from - &quot;money goes to money&quot; - &quot;birds of a feather flock together&quot; &quot;what goes around comes around&quot; &quot;the rich get richer and the poor get poorer&quot; -- and there are many more...

Apparently we also believe in Blame &amp; Fault &amp; Guilt -- So we have a hard time believing in LOA when someone is sick -- Because we think that is about Blame! This should not be about blame - why again must we find the thing/person to blame... And if we can&#039;t find someone or something to blame - them we will blame it on god or blame it on the evils of life!

Yet the Universe sees no evils - it just sees what is - and within the what is that we term, right, wrong, evil, unjust - it only sees the perfection of love.

The Universe is not worried about your death - as we don&#039;t die - we just change form - into another dimension.... So in the end it is always OK - as there is no end...

Thanks for a lively discussion.....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is an interesting post and comments&#8230;<br />
I totally believe in the Law of Attraction&#8230;. I think many times LOA is misunderstood &#8211; </p>
<p>LOA does not say that if you have an illness you thought this upon yourself.</p>
<p>* First off &#8211; we humans have deemed things good or bad &#8211; So we deem illness as bad. The Universe, the perfect Love of whom we all are, does not deem things good or bad. They just are</p>
<p>* LOA is not about getting what you think about &#8211; it is about getting what matches your vibrations. There is a Huge difference here!</p>
<p>We live in a society that talks a lot &#8211; well more than a lot &#8211; about disease &#8211; accidents &#8211; failures &#8211; Our media surrounds us with the sensationalism of the horrors in life &#8212; Many of our conversations are about the horrors of life and the injustices in life. It seems our main focus is what is wrong with life!</p>
<p>Growing up with these beliefs, reading them, watching them on tv, listening on the radio, having conversations about them&#8230;.<br />
They become planted in our brains &#8211; they go from thoughts to beliefs &#8211; those beliefs are like an undercurrent flowing through us. </p>
<p>They are the vibrations we put out into the Universe and the Universe matches our vibrations. &#8220;Like attracts Like&#8221;</p>
<p>If we tune our awareness to what signals we are sending out &#8211; we can certainly change the direction of our lives. We truly have that power!</p>
<p>But it is not about just changing a few thoughts &#8211; it is about relearning a new way to look at life &#8211; a new way to perceive what is before us!</p>
<p>We, as a society, actually do believe in LOA &#8211; that is where our sayings like these came from &#8211; &#8220;money goes to money&#8221; &#8211; &#8220;birds of a feather flock together&#8221; &#8220;what goes around comes around&#8221; &#8220;the rich get richer and the poor get poorer&#8221; &#8212; and there are many more&#8230;</p>
<p>Apparently we also believe in Blame &amp; Fault &amp; Guilt &#8212; So we have a hard time believing in LOA when someone is sick &#8212; Because we think that is about Blame! This should not be about blame &#8211; why again must we find the thing/person to blame&#8230; And if we can&#8217;t find someone or something to blame &#8211; them we will blame it on god or blame it on the evils of life!</p>
<p>Yet the Universe sees no evils &#8211; it just sees what is &#8211; and within the what is that we term, right, wrong, evil, unjust &#8211; it only sees the perfection of love.</p>
<p>The Universe is not worried about your death &#8211; as we don&#8217;t die &#8211; we just change form &#8211; into another dimension&#8230;. So in the end it is always OK &#8211; as there is no end&#8230;</p>
<p>Thanks for a lively discussion&#8230;..</p>
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		<title>By: Ellen</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ellen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:24:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The LOA is not linear.  We often think A and then expect B.  Sometimes the LOA zigs, zags, treads water, and it seems like you are going nowhere.  People blame you for your illnesses, job loss, etc. saying you &quot;created&quot; it. Nonsense! The LOA knows no space or time and doesn&#039;t always respond according to your human experience and expectation.  There is something good going on even if you experience poverty, heartache and even death.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The LOA is not linear.  We often think A and then expect B.  Sometimes the LOA zigs, zags, treads water, and it seems like you are going nowhere.  People blame you for your illnesses, job loss, etc. saying you &#8220;created&#8221; it. Nonsense! The LOA knows no space or time and doesn&#8217;t always respond according to your human experience and expectation.  There is something good going on even if you experience poverty, heartache and even death.</p>
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		<title>By: Jean</title>
		<link>http://cheerfulmonk.com/2007/11/05/law-of-attraction/comment-page-1/#comment-324</link>
		<dc:creator>Jean</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2007 20:26:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Chris&lt;/strong&gt;,
Thanks Chris.  I&#039;m surprised more people don&#039;t see that connection.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Chris</strong>,<br />
Thanks Chris.  I&#8217;m surprised more people don&#8217;t see that connection.</p>
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		<title>By: Chris Marshall</title>
		<link>http://cheerfulmonk.com/2007/11/05/law-of-attraction/comment-page-1/#comment-320</link>
		<dc:creator>Chris Marshall</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2007 06:10:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I agree with you completely, and I&#039;m glad I wasn&#039;t the only one to label the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.martialdevelopment.com/blog/boxing-and-the-law-of-attraction/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Law of Attraction&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.martialdevelopment.com/blog/my-experiment-with-intention-manifestation-theory/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Intention-Manifestation Theory&lt;/a&gt; as Cargo Cult Spirituality.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree with you completely, and I&#8217;m glad I wasn&#8217;t the only one to label the <a href="http://www.martialdevelopment.com/blog/boxing-and-the-law-of-attraction/" rel="nofollow">Law of Attraction</a> and <a href="http://www.martialdevelopment.com/blog/my-experiment-with-intention-manifestation-theory/" rel="nofollow">Intention-Manifestation Theory</a> as Cargo Cult Spirituality.</p>
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		<title>By: Jean</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jean</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2007 02:13:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;bikehikebabe&lt;/strong&gt;,
I used to be a worrier, too, and my life has turned out a lot better than I anticipated.  I agree, it&#039;s hard for people like us to believe in the LOA.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>bikehikebabe</strong>,<br />
I used to be a worrier, too, and my life has turned out a lot better than I anticipated.  I agree, it&#8217;s hard for people like us to believe in the LOA.</p>
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