I saw an online article today about The Law of Attraction and “The Secret.”  It hit on many points of controversy.  I’d love to give my “two cents worth” on one of my favorites.

It was entitled “Rhonda Byrne’s message about the’law of attraction’ isn’t a positive idea for everyone” and was written by Tara Burghart.

“…the fear that “The Secret” will lead to a blame-the-victim mentality is a serious claim of critics.” 

Well I think their title says it all.  They are critics.  They are paid to criticize.  Most people don’t really understand what is meant by “The Law of Attraction,” let alone critics who generally aren’t trying to understand anything that requires a certain depth of thinking.

The Law of Attraction is really a spiritual principle that evokes ” a knowingness” about an outcome that can’t be explained as a connection is made that isn’t understood.  There is clarity of purpose and an intention to acquire an end result.  There is a process that is going on and sometimes it is subconscious and sometimes it is happening consciously with visualization and intention.

Sometimes things do flow quite smoothly and suddenly something appears that you have desired.  But more often than not, there are opportunities that show up and the “attractor” seizes them and follows the stepping stones that lead to the end result.

I would imagine that Rhonda Byrne put a lot of effort and energy into producing the movie and book.  I don’t believe it happened while she was poolside with a drink in her hand although I am not saying that is impossible.  Just the same, her dream became her reality.

I don’t know of anyone who feels that they are in total control of everything in their life. Or that everything happens effortlessly, just because a thought came to them.

My take is that if a person is focused on others and placing blame and criticizing a person for their lot in life, the person doing the blaming isn’t at a place in their own life where they are getting the end results that they are looking for. 

The “blamers” aren’t the ones that have The Law of Attraction” working in their favor.  I don’t believe that those who “get it” spend their time in the blame-the-victim mentality.  AND those who feel like they are being blamed may not have had that thought in the first place if it wasn’t being engrained by misinformed media who like to talk about it.

All they need to understand is that it isn’t about blame.  It is about searching out peace of mind and developing skills that then allow you to co-create a different lifestyle.  It’s also about loving others into a better reality-not beating them down with finger pointing.