Review: law of attraction - flawed thinking rambles on when could have been one page article
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 02 18, 2014
This book is a simple version of law of attraction. If you're attracted to that sort of stuff, you will find her simple notion intriguing: give away five dollars in one dollar bills each month (about once a week) in secret ways with a note of blessing. Repeat to yourself your desire for ten or 100 times the return. Then clear away any self-limiting thoughts of receiving lots of money. Very prosperity gospel in her thinking.Basically, be generous and then think greedy thoughts.I also didn't like the implication that rich people are rich because they are generous/give away money.  Statistically, that's simply not true.  For instance, see this study from Berkeley a couple of years ago: [...].  Not only is her implication untrue, it is harmful for the psyche of a person if they suffer from depression or are simply oppressed by an economic system that rewards those with more and takes away from those who have less.Now, don't get me wrong: I like the idea of doing random acts of kindness. I agree money is energy and you have to let it flow.However, Everything else in the book was superfluous.And yes, I'm probably one of those people who won't give this a shot, beyond maybe random act of giving a dollar away secretly with a note of blessing. The excitement alone will be worth it. But if I end up with gobs of money because of it, I'll be sure to make this a five and not a one star rating, and tell others.