Saturday, April 26, 2008

The Law of Attraction

The Law of Attraction simply says that you attract into your life whatever you think about. Your dominant thoughts will find a way to manifest. But the Law of Attraction gives rise to some tough questions that don’t seem to have good answers. I would say, however, that these problems aren’t caused by the Law of Attraction itself but rather by the Law of Attraction as applied to objective reality.

Here are some of those problematic questions (all are generalizations of ones I received via email):

  • What happens when people put out conflicting intentions, like two people intending to get the same promotion when only one position is available?
  • Do children, babies, and/or animals put out intentions?
  • If a child is abused, does that mean the child intended it in some way?
  • If I intend for my relationship to improve, but my spouse doesn’t seem to care, what will happen?

These questions seem to weaken the plausibility of the Law of Attraction. Sometimes people answer them by going pretty far out. For example, it’s been said by LoAers that a young child experiences abuse because s/he intended it or earned it during a past life. Well, sure… we can explain just about anything if we bring past lives into the equation, but IMO that’s a cop-out. On the other hand, objective reality without the Law of Attraction doesn’t provide satisfactory answers either — supposedly some kids are just born unlucky. That’s a cop-out too.

I’ve never been satisfied by others’ answers to these questions, and they’re pretty important questions if the Law of Attraction is to be believed. Some books hint at the solution but never really nail it. That nail, however, can be found in the concept of subjective reality.

Subjective reality is a belief system in which (1) there is only one consciousness, (2) you are that singular consciousness, and (3) everything and everyone in your reality is a projection of your thoughts.

You may not see it yet, but subjective reality neatly answers all these tricky Law of Attraction questions. Let me ’splain….

In subjective reality there’s only one consciousness, and it’s yours. Consequently, there’s only one source of intentions in your universe — YOU. While you may observe lots of walking, talking bodies in your reality, they all exist inside your consciousness. You know this is how your dreams work, but you haven’t yet realized your waking reality is just another type of dream. It only seems solid because you believe (intend) it is.

Since none of the other characters you encounter are conscious in a way that’s separate from you, nobody else can have intentions. The only intentions are yours. You’re the only thinker in this universe.

It’s important to correctly define the YOU in subjective reality. YOU are not your physical body. This is not the egoic you at all. I’m not suggesting you’re a conscious body walking around in a world full of unconscious automatons. That would be a total misunderstanding of subjective reality. The correct viewpoint is that you’re the single consciousness in which this entire reality takes place.

Imagine you’re having a dream. In that dream what exactly are YOU? Are YOU the physical dream character you identify with? No, of course not — that’s just your dream avatar. YOU are the dreamer. The entire dream occurs within your consciousness. All dream characters are projections of your dream thoughts, including your avatar. In fact, if you learn lucid dreaming, you can even switch avatars in your dream by possessing another character. In a lucid dream, you can do anything you believe you can.

Physical reality works the same way. This is a denser universe than what you experience in your sleeping dreams, so changes occur a bit more gradually here. But this reality still conforms to your thoughts just like a sleeping dream. YOU are the dreamer in which all of this is taking place.

The idea that other people have inten

tions is an illusion because other people are just projections. Of course, if you strongly believe other people have intentions, then that’s the dream you’ll create for yourself. But ultimately it’s still an illusion.

The Law of Attraction is commonly associated with New Age and New Thought theories. It states people experience the corresponding manifestations of their predominant thoughts, feelings, words, and actions and that people therefore have direct control over reality and their lives through thought alone. A person’s thoughts (conscious and unconscious), emotions, beliefs and actions are said to attract corresponding positive and negative experiences “through the resonance of their energetic vibration.”The “law of attraction” states “you get what you think about; your thoughts determine your experience.” The idea has received intense criticism from multiple circles in the media, the scientific community, and even other areas of the New Age Movement.

History: Adherents claim that the statement by Gautama Buddha, “What you have become is the result of what you have thought”, is an expression of the idea that thoughts introduced into reality can attract like energy. It is also often alleged that the same idea can be found in beliefs as ancient as Hinduism. In the West, the idea of “positive thinking” became popular during the 19th century. One of the earliest known formulations of the ideas now known as as the Law of Attraction is contained in the 1906 book Thought Vibration or the Law of Attraction in the Thought World by William Walker Atkinson, editor of New Thought magazine. Dozens of books in the first half of the 20th century addressed the topic under various names of “positive thinking” and the “Law of Attraction.”

Principles: Proponents of the modern ‘Law of Attraction’ claim that it has roots in Quantum Physics. According to the ‘law of attraction’, thoughts have an energy that attracts like energy. In order to control this energy, proponents state that people must practice four things:

1. Know what one desires and ask the universe for it. (The “universe” is mentioned broadly, stating that it can be anything from God to an unknown source of energy.)
2. Focus one’s thought upon the thing desired with great feeling such as enthusiasm or gratitude.
3. Feel and behave as if the object of one’s desire is on its way.
4. Be open to receiving it.

Thinking of what one does not have, manifests itself in the perpetuation of not having. Proponents say that by abiding by these principles, and avoiding “negative” thoughts, the Universe will manifest a person’s desires.

Tips pelajar cemerlang- Dato' Dr Fadzilah Kamsah

Berikut merupakan petua-petua dan ciri-ciri yang ada pada pelajar cemerlang, dari Dr Fadzilah Kamsah. Pelajar cemerlang akan:


  1. Menggunakan kedua-dua belah otak kanan & kiri. Ini dapat dilakukan dengan membuat aktiviti merangsang kedua-dua belah otak tersebut.
  2. Merangsang kesemua deria dalam pembelajaran. Kajian menunjukkan bahawa:
    1. kita ingat 10 % apayang dibaca
    2. kita ingat 20% apa yang didengar
    3. kita ingat 50 % apa yang didengar & dilihat
    4. kita ingat 70% apa yang dicakapkan
    5. kita ingat 90% setelah dipraktikkan
  3. Belajar secara aktif dengan pen/pensil ditangan.
  4. Belajar 3 jam sehari atau 20 jam seminggu (tidak termasuk kerja rumah).

    ...Tahu memberi ganjaran kepada diri sendiri selepas belajar seperti membaca surat khabar, melawat rakan dan sebagainya....

  5. Belajar dalam persekitaran kondusif.
    1. pastikan cahaya adalah terang
    2. kurangkan gangguan bunyi
    3. tampal poster yang mengandungi slogan yang menaikkan semangat belajar
    4. tampal gambar-gambar yang menenangkan fikiran
    5. kerusi dan meja menghadap kiblat
    6. jangan lupa untuk senyum
  6. Tidak ponteng kelas. Kalau tertinggal kelas, salin nota dari rakan.
  7. Mengulang kaji menggunakan kaedah 'output learning' iaitu belajar untuk melatih otak menggunakan maklumat yang terkumpul. Ini dapat dilakukan dengan membaca buku/nota, ingat kembali, lakar/tulis, sebut apa yang difahami, dan jawab soalan.
  8. Tahu teknik merangsang memori:
    1. memasukkan maklumat dalam memori (registration)
    2. menyimpan maklumat dalam sel memori (retention)
    3. mengingat kembali (recall)
    4. menggunakan maklumat untuk menjawab soalan atau kegunaan lain (application)
  9. Sentiasa awal dan mendahului:
    1. persediaan awal akan memberikan permulaan yang baik dan memberi tanggapan yang positif pada guru.
    2. pelajar yang mendapat A pada ujian lazimnya akan dapat mengekalkan kejayaannya.
    3. belajar awal ketika tiada tekanan adalah tidak membosankan.
    4. untuk sentiasa awal dan mendahului, bacalah dahulu sekali atau 2 kali sebelum guru mengajar.
  10. Berbuat baik dengan guru. Setiasa hormati dan sayangi guru.
  11. Mempunyai teknik membaca yang betul:
    1. duduk dengan tegak & bernafas dengan betul
    2. memberikan tumpuan sepanuhnya
    3. menggunakan jari telunjuk untuk membaca
    4. menyesuaikan kelajuan membaca dengan kesukaran bahan bacaan
  12. Sentiasa mengawasi pencuri waktu belajar iaitu angan-angan kosong, bertangguh & malas.
  13. Membaca doa penerang hati setiap kali selepas sembahyang, sebelum mengulangkaji, dan sebelum menghadapi peperiksaan.
  14. Tidak membuang masa dengan belajar ketika letih.
  15. Mengadakan rehat sebentar setiap 20 minit mengulangkaji.
  16. Belajar mengikut waktu yang sesuai dengan diri (study according to your biological clock). Bagaimanapun, perlu tahu waktu-waktu yang sesuai untuk belajar iaitu sebelum tidur, selepas bangun tidur, selepas mandi air panas, selepas baca al-quran/zikir selepas riadah dan selepas berdoa.
  17. Mengulang kaji secepat mungkin. Ulang kaji ringkas selepas belajar (kita akan lupa 80% selepas belajar).
  18. Mengulang kaji secara bersendirian atau berkumpulan.
  19. Tahu mengulang kaji adalah aktiviti pembelajaran terpenting sebelum peperiksaan.
  20. Mengulang kaji pelajaran berulang-ulang kali.
  21. Mengulang kaji apabila mulai terlupa.
  22. Tahu petua mengulang kaji
    1. cari tempat yang tenang dan serasi dengan jiwa kita
    2. siapkan semua 'bekalan' dengan sempurna
    3. duduk tegak dikerusi yang selesa
    4. baca doa penerang hati
    5. baca buku atau nota mengikut teknik membaca yang betul
    6. fikir dan ingat kembali isi utama
    7. catat/lakar
    8. semak semula ketepatan maklumat
    9. ulang sebut atau ceritakan pada orang lain
    10. buat rumusan
    11. jawab soalan
    12. tampal maklumat yang rumit di dinding
    13. baca doa tanda kesyukuran selepas belajar
  23. Tahu memberi ganjaran kepada diri sendiri selepas beajar seperti membaca surat khabar, melawat rakan dan sebagainya.
  24. Tahu petua-petua agar tidak lupa:
    1. jangan makan kepala ikan
    2. jangan makan organ dalaman
    3. jangan minum semasa makan
    4. jangan minum atau makan makanan yang tercemar oleh semut
    5. jangan melihat kemaluan
    6. jangan melihat buih
    7. jangan membaca nama pada batu nisan
    8. banyakkan makan makanan yang mengandungi soya seperti tempe, tauhu dan lain-lain
    9. banyakkan makan kismis, kurma dan madu
    10. banyakkan makan kekacang
    11. pakai minyak wangi ketika belajar atau menghadapi peperiksaan
    12. jangan makan sehingga terlalu kenyang
    13. jangan kencing berdiri
  25. Tahu kemahiran mengingat:
    1. tampal nota-nota penting di dinding
    2. tukar perkataan, ayat atau definisi dalam bentuk gambar atau rajah
    3. gunakan kaedah akronim
    4. reka cerita atau ayat mengenai konsep yang perlu diingat
    5. pecahkan maklumat kepada kumpulan kecil
  26. Cekap mengatur jadual belajar:
    1. mempunyai jadual belajar
    2. patuh kepada jadual
    3. buat jadual yang boleh diikuti
  27. Tidak menangguh belajar pada saat akhir dan tidak menumpukan peperiksaan sebagai dorongan untuk belajar.
  28. Cari maklumat mengenai subjek yang tidak diketahui. Sediakan perkara-perkara yang tidak diketahui dan dapatkan penyelesaian dari orang yang lebih arif.
  29. Membina kepelbagaian dalam pembelajaran. Sebagai contoh, satu hari dipelbagaikan cara dan topik untuk belajar.
  30. Menggunakan masa terluang untuk mengulang kaji atau mencuri masa.
  31. Membawa nota ke mana-mana sahaja (kecuali ke tandas).
  32. Pelbagaikan tempat belajar.
  33. Menyedari guru-guru adalah sumber ilmu yang baik. Tanya guru apabila tidak faham
  34. Menjadikan nota-nota menarik seperti membuat corak, menggariskan isi penting dan sebagainya.
  35. Ciri-ciri pelajar cemerlang:
    1. taat kepada Allah
    2. mendirikan sembahyang
    3. menghormati kedua ibu bapa dan sentiasa mendoakan mereka
    4. hormati & sayangi guru
    5. bersungguh-sungguh dalam melakukan kerja untuk mencapai kecemerlangan.
    6. suka pada setiap mata pelajaran yang dipelajari
    7. membantu rakan yang memerlukan
    8. berdoa dan bersyukur kepada Allah
    9. sentiasa bertawakal
    10. mahir dalam setiap mata pelajaran
Kita juga perlu ingat pelajar yang cemerlang, adalah juga cemerlang pada akhlak dan tingkah lakunya dan seimbang dalam kehidupannya. Kecemerlangan pelajar bukan semata-mata dilihat pada nilai akademiknya sahaja. Semoga bermanfaat. :)

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