Why Positivity And The Law Of Attraction Doesn't Work

Caution, this is a feisty track when I was inspired to share why only focusing on the positive mindset and the Law of Attraction is more of a fallacy and not a feasible strategy. Not to say you cannot have what you want, and want what you want, but there are core issues that need to be addressed on a cultural, collective level before we can even try to manifest our dreams into being. We must eliminate our entitlement mentality, and reevaluate our belief systems without bypassing the hard stuff.

Transcript

Hey everyone,

I am super passionate right now and am amped up to talk about the topic of positivity,

Negativity,

And mindfulness.

Mindfulness,

As you all know,

Is the big movement of the 21st century and everyone who is on a path of self-healing and self-discovery is talking about positive thinking and positive mindset.

I want to tell you why it doesn't work.

You have to think of the human experience like a piano.

A piano has 88 keys.

You have middle C at the center,

Well not the exact center of the piano but close enough.

Now let's say the negative thoughts and negative emotions live on the lower bass notes side of the piano and then the positive thoughts and positive emotions live on the higher treble region.

Can you imagine listening to a Sam Smith,

An Aretha Franklin,

Or an Adele,

Or whoever else you can think of who sings soulful songs about grief,

Loss,

Betrayal,

Abuse,

Unrequited love,

Only using high notes?

Just try.

I mean,

It wouldn't be quite right,

Right?

It lacks depth because it's missing the gravitas and the richness of life experience in what the lower notes bring.

Negative emotions like doubt and fear highlight the issues we need to address in our lives but most of us,

Instead of dealing with the unwanted skeletons in our closets,

We either ignore it or we try to avoid it by trying to think positive or attract from the universe what we think we deserve.

If you haven't done the deep work which is going into your basement and confronting your issues with shame,

Guilt,

Judgment,

Jealousy,

Anger,

And our famous one fear,

Then thinking positive and the law of attraction isn't going to work for you.

You haven't earned it because you're either too lazy or too afraid to spend the night in the dark.

This is what we call spiritual bypassing and I know that sounds harsh but I'm having some real talk here with you and I've seen this time and time again with people who are wanting to be different in their lives and they say they're trying to hang in there by thinking positive but meanwhile on the outside their life is falling apart.

The reason their life is falling apart is because they haven't cleaned house.

Their basement is nasty.

It's full of dusty old cobwebs that are covered with old programs and conditionings,

Behavior patterns that aren't even theirs.

It comes from their parents,

Their relatives,

Their friends,

And society and these programs predispose them to certain behaviors and actions that attract the challenges in their lives until they decide to cut that shit out.

Now there's a difference between attracting what we want and what we think we want.

The danger of the school of thought out there that says you can have whatever you want if you just think positive is that it reinforces this capitalistic egoic mindset of entitlement,

Particularly the American strain of entitlement.

I was born and raised in America and I've been living abroad for the last seven years traveling around the world and teaching and running retreats and trust me being away for so long this is something that has made me even more aware of that now.

The American dream is basically a mind program propaganda that has mesmerized all the developing nations of the world and it's poisoned the global thought stream.

It is based on the idea that we can have whatever we whatever we want if we put our mind to it.

Do you know that in American schools we're taught the concept of manifest destiny in history class which basically says that because God said so it's okay to destroy the Native Americans and take their lands.

We have God's blessing so that's the end of that.

Western culture is based on the dominance of a patriarchal structure that takes what it wants when it wants and I wouldn't even say that it's strictly western now.

It slipped its way into the east as well through globalism and the boom of the technological age.

You see this in big metropolitan cities all over Asia like Bangkok and Shanghai,

Hong Kong and Singapore.

People feel entitled to take what they feel like to take what they feel is theirs with no regard for the other party like native inhabitants whether those native inhabitants are people or animals or the earth itself.

This is my job,

This is my house,

This is my land,

This is my neurotic psychosis,

This belongs to me.

Everything's me me me me me me and so when you take a global culture that is unsatisfied with what they have because they have been programmed to be a bottomless pit to want more and more and more.

A global culture that is all about I,

Me and mine.

A global culture that becomes stressed and depressed and disillusioned because they have become disconnected to the natural rhythms of nature and how nature actually works which is a reciprocal loop of giving and receiving in a harmonious negotiation and communication and then you add this formula of positive thinking,

The law of attraction for the purpose of manifesting your dreams so that you can go buy the house you want,

Send your kids to the best schools and travel to all those exotic places to check off your bucket list with this perspective that you're entitled to it.

You are actually using mindfulness and spirituality as a tool to reinforce your own disillusioned way of operating.

Now I'm not saying that you can't have what you want.

You can have what you want or you can want what you want but are you okay with the universe presenting you some of your own shit to look at once in a while and if you're not then your relationship to the law of attraction which is the universe responding to your requests is one way and if that's how you're operating most likely the relationships in your life are one way because it's all about what you want and you don't give a Chinese new year's rat's ass about what the other person wants and another quick point about the law of attraction and how it works is that it's based off of energy.

If your basement is all dirty and messy and messed up it it looks like you won't have the space internally or externally to invite the things you think you want in your life and if you think you can solve all of this with your mind try again.

That's what got us all into this mess in the first place operating from the mind.

Living from a state of mind is only 10% of the range that we are capable of operating at.

There are other keys outside this 88 key piano and if you're trying to use the mind to change the mind and expect miracles to happen it's going to be a long drawn out process.

Your life's going to be spent doing workshops.

You have to work on the subtle energetic body the waves that surround our physical structure aka the energy field the akashic records the aura the quantum field the information field whatever you want to call it that's a whole other discussion but for now know that there are practices out there to rewire your energy that will prep you for the law of attraction and positive thinking that's that's for a future video and also know that we weren't meant to do this alone so if you want to change 20 30 40 years of crappy habits you're gonna need a helping hand so please please please stop daydreaming about this fantasy future when really what you need to do is clean your basement and lucky for you i'm here to help you clean house that's part of my dharma and my soul's mission for being here on this planet those are my gifts i don't know if that's so lucky for me but that's the dharma i was assigned with so i'm like your marie condo for your spiritual basement so if you need help just reach out ask or you can keep spending the next five years 10 years 20 years repeating the same thing wanting the same things and and then it goes on and on and on again and then your soul will feel not completed at the end of this life and then it will come back and it will repeat the same lessons and then it just gets boring and it gets really tired so that's that is my impassioned rant for the day i just felt very guided to share that and i hope you got something out of that and i hope i didn't scare you but if i did scare you then good i hope you go into your basement and start cleaning that shit out okay i'm done here

Reviews

How refreshing to have someone speak to us like the adults we are!

Exactly!! And the Law Of Attraction can really harm oneself by producing shame and feelings of inadequacy and low self worth. Thank you sharing the truth

Great food for thought! I especially like the unspoken suggestion that we need to operate more from the heart vs the mind.

This is a powerful message that helps us really examine ourselves

Brilliant and the world needs to hear this
Especially those of priledge.

Refreshing to hear ‘positivity’ and law of attraction called out. Gotta go to the datk tangled places. So sick of the ‘me me me’ focus. A truly spiritual life is not about manifesting for youself it’s about service and living in balance. We are all everything. There is no light without dark. Denial aint just a river…

So clear! For every tic of tackling the daunting parts, at least the inspired tics toward desire to live in the flow are stronger! Gonna need a bigger bin :)
Thank you for the analogies.

Thank you for sharing 🙏✨

I totally agree! This is real deep talk. Thank you!

OMG! I love this! I needed to hear it. The message to me is to establish priorities. Crudely put, it means cleaning the kitchen before you start cooking another fabulous meal and making a mess. If unresolved 'stuff' is languishing in the basement, attic or garage, having a tidy house is a fake out. Maybe I can't clear it in one go. No, I definitely can't clear it in one go. But I can chip away at it, and I'm inspired to do so. Thank you 🙏🏻💞

Thanks for your clear words!

I appreciate this a lot. I’ve been pondering positivity vs entitlement for a while. That you for sharing so openly. It really resonates with me.
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Exactly what I needed to hear!! I’m thankful for attracting this Talk today and gratitude for you feeling guided to share ✨

Love it !!!!

The answers I've been desperately needing. Spirituality is constantly evolving, and this talk is perfect for the modern world. Every word of wisdom, I am going to listen to it again. Very empowering!

This is so on-point and necessary. Sharing with all my homies because you say it better than I can!

Love the honesty! 👏🏼😁

I also work on teaching people to work with law of attraction and raise their vibration and iI couldn't agree more with what you've shared. Thank you so much for your service. Lots of love and many blessings in your life

Really really really super liked what you said!!!! So true!! Thanks so much!!