Ask+ Believe + Receive= The Secret ?
By Ann Teoh
The law of attraction (as in The Secret) suggested that we should always feel good and wonderful. It said that it is important for us to feel good and happy because when we are feeling good, we are putting ourselves into the frequency of what we are wanting.
I am not sure "feeling good" is the ultimate in life, although generally speaking, I prefer to feel good than to feel bad.
However, if "feeling good" were the ultimate, people would not sacrifice their lives for a better good. A mother would not suffer to bring up children, or keep the family together. But, the great leaders focused on the GOOD, not feeling good. People who fought for justice, peace, focused on good.
Striving for a better good is better than feeling ...
If you feel good, does that mean you will get definitely good things? Maybe the book defines what "good things" are?
I am trying to follow the logic (and perhaps debunk it):
On the score that good things come to those who feel good, and bad things to those who feel bad, would that mean that people who have bad things in their life attracted them, i.e. it is their fault? Say, cancer? Poverty? Loss of a job? Death of a child?
In my opinion, one needs to be examine such logic properly. And the fact is no one can "feel good" all the time either. To expect it of yourself is also unrealistic. People feel disappointed, angry, frustrated: these are all human feelings given to us, to understand that things are not perhaps as one desires. The law of attraction is simplistic, and simple. Simple because it is man-made.
Truth is not so convenient.
Deep joy (as opposed to fleeting happiness or excitement) comes from peace in the heart, and peace comes from hope. And hope can only come from the One who can give it to us, despite our human failings and human condition, and where our own efforts fail. Hope is a gift from God. Not something that can be manufactured from "feel good".
Just sharing my understanding. :-) Ann Teoh
Dear Ann, I agree with you that "feeling good" shouldn't be the unltimate in life.
ReplyDeleteBut I do think that we should always feel good... (according to the law of attraction in " the secret" ---if youf feel bad, then you will attract something bad to your life ...however, again, that depends on whether you believe in the law of attraction:)