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Old 02-12-2007, 04:38 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Katczinsky View Post
Well...it certainly is very inspiring. It's almost like existentialism and Buddhism wrapped into one (Karma=Law of Attraction?). I really liked it.

However, I'm not buying into this psuedo-scientific assumption of a unifying 'law of attraction'. I think it's good advice for people to visualize their goals and feel good, and those things will then occur more frequently...but it has nothing to do with a powerful invisible force (at least there is no evidence). I mean, if you start looking at the silver-lining of everything, then you're obviously going to have a more positive aspect on everything. If you visualize your goals constantly, you're going to automatically adjust yourself in the path of that goal. There's nothing magical or supernatural about it...

The movie certainly contains a lot of interesting ideas to consider (I need to watch it a few more times). Your description of a likeness to existentialism and Buddhism is well received by me. The movie is sort of like the energy behind the power of thoughts as viewed by quantum physics.

You may be right about there not being anything magical or supernatural, but that is just the point. As the movie suggests we may even BE god (as our thoughts create our reality). According to the law of attraction Christians would be attracting sin towards themselves. In America we have very high rates of abortion, crime, and violence when compared to other industrialized countries. According to the law of attraction those results would make sense.

The world is energy, thought is energy, thought is powerful. That is why I think it is so dangerous to think unfounded thoughts in regards to God and your fellow man. It may result in more negativity in the world than good.
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There is little doubt that the world in general is more liberal than it was 50 years ago and beyond. Conservatives are simply roadblocks on the path to an ever more progressive and liberal world. What a sad existence.