The Universe

I grew up knowing that the sun, moon, earth, planets, galaxies, and the universe are God’s creation and that we are the recipients of God’s goodness. This was a thought process that came through from my religion, and something I followed without questioning until my mom was alive.

Since the time my mom passed away, I was kind of a pariah in the spiritual realm. I don’t mean here on Earth, but in the spiritual space. I was still blessed with an awesome family, great friends, an amazing community, and an engaging church. These were all good, but the lone time is what started changing. No longer was it about prayer or God. A new thought that God loves me anyway, so He will take care of me, started making me complacent. And thoughts like I can pray tomorrow and make up for not praying today started getting stronger. The problem was that tomorrow never came. I went days, weeks, and sometimes, months without praying. I still went to church regularly, but praying took a back seat, and when praying happened, it was impersonal.

God became just another topic of respect in my life, and that too started fading. I began to believe that nothing in my life can be changed by anyone but me. God started being a distant concept and a concept to be upheld only around church members or family. There was no personal touch anymore. I don’t know if there was any to start with.

Then the World of Law of Attraction Attracted Me | A Lesson Awaited Me

I bought book after book about the law of attraction. Its basic tenets on how our world is dependent only on us, and we can change it any time we want, and to anything we want, seemed to resonate with me. It started feeling real and rhymed with my own belief that “no one in my life can do or change anything for me”. This was the perfect break I had been looking for, and the one that confirmed my belief.

I was too excited to have found it and started practicing it. I only needed to believe that whatever I want, I have it now, and start feeling and behaving like I already have it. Interestingly, there are verses in the Bible (that I had left far behind) which corroborate these ideas. In fact, it was the other way round. The Bible had these verses, which Jesus had said, and the law of attraction follows the same idea. So, it appeared Biblical, and I was still on God’s path. Or so I thought.

Didn’t Appear to be Going Forward | Did I Do It Wrong? | Did I Not Get the Concept Right?

The initial excitement and my practicing started to get tiring. Days of practicing turned to weeks, weeks to months, and months to years. I didn’t seem to be going forward at all. I, in fact, fell back so badly that even what I had, I lost. And it still appeared that I was doing something wrong; at least, I wasn’t blaming others or circumstances.

The more I heard audios of the law of attraction or read books, I started feeling sad, irritated, and frustrated with myself. The concept seemed simple, but I was going in reverse. At one point, I felt I was well off before the law-of-attraction world entered my life. By now, God was not even an option to turn to. I was too messed up and felt that I was only following Jesus’ words, then why weren’t things changing? Imagine that - to read from something other than the Bible, and blame the Bible and its Stalwarts for my shortcomings. 😊

But the outcome was not very good. I made some brash life decisions, was drowning in stress, and stress-related ailments like psoriasis and lupus were slowing me down. I lost my verve, my spirit, and psoriasis-induced black patches started showing on my face. Now, the world knew something was off with me. They just did not know what. My finances crumbled. I was a successful guy, and now I was reeling in worry about money. The worry about money was always there; that’s why I looked at the “law of attraction” world, but now it seemed to have gotten far worse.

I had no idea left. I had no solution. I was tired. And I had a family to take care of, a daughter who was growing up, and a father suffering from dementia. The only silver lining – my wife was still working and doing well. (P.S. Wife is a staunch believer in God.) I didn’t even bother to take her help when she saw what was happening with me.

It went down south real slow but real bad.

Silver Lining | Light At the End of the Tunnel | Went Back to Where I Started

By 2023, I was in depression. I had literally ruined a whole career on the back of the idea of improving my life. Not going to lie, but thoughts of ending my life crossed my mind so many times that it was not funny. I quite literally thought it was one of the most obvious choices out there. And then I felt it.

It was distant and like the only light from a tiny hole in the ceiling. I was in a pitch-dark room, my head crouched on my knees, and I was sitting in the corner of the room. I sure felt that I was covered in filth. I don’t know what this was. Was it some kind of imagination? I sure was sitting on my bed, then what is this place I saw when I closed my eyes? I don’t know. The only thing that felt real was that light. It came through when I wasn’t even calling for it.

It was the silver lining. It was the light at the end of the tunnel. I had to go back to God. Killing myself was not an option, especially since I would be going to hell for it. Thank God, my mom taught me this really well. Who would have thought one day I would need this teaching so bad! God’s hand reached me. Even though mom wasn’t there, her teachings were still safely wrapped and kept in one corner of my mind. I started with the Rosary. The one she always asked me to do.

I wasn’t out yet, but good thoughts started filling me. I had to take external help and found a really good counsellor (not a religious counsellor). My counsellor once told me, when people are in this situation (that I was going through), it is very difficult for them to see the mess they are in. They have to, therefore, rely on the feedback of people who can see them. In other words, I had to take the inputs of my counsellor, my wife, and my friends, who could see that there was something off about me, and start making amends. That was the beginning.

But most importantly, I went back to God. The real healing happened at the Hands of the Father. My wife, my counsellor, my friend who suggested the counsellor, all were cogs so well entwined in my life that God’s work seemed intricate even while I was far from him. I will cherish these gifts (people) from God.

And finally, what about the law of attraction?

Law of Attraction | What About That?

Well, I am not here to deflate your experience if the law of attraction works for you, but give it a closer look. As I started coming out of depression, I started seeing the obvious signs of what was wrong with the law of attraction.

The base idea is correct: If you ask for something, believe it is already yours, and it will be.

But the error is that it apes the Bible but removes the most important part. What is that? Ask anything in “prayer” and believe it is yours already, and it will be. Please do realize that I am not quoting the exact Bible verse, but you can check it under Mark 11:24. So, pray to whom? God. The law of attraction leaves out “God” and “prayer”. So, in the absence of God and prayer, whom are you asking? Universe. Really?

Here is the biggest bummer – no one can take you from where you are to where you want to be. Only you have to do it. In other words, no external help or intervention will work. While this may sound empowering, do you notice that it is basically pushing you into a corner? If nobody can help and if you aren’t someone with strong willpower (which basically also comes from God), then you will fall into fear when you can’t come out of an unfortunate situation. This is exactly what happened to me. You don’t even think God can help.

The second biggest bummer – you have to feel yourself to a good place, and the good feeling thoughts will add more good feeling thoughts, and you will be in a rampage of goodness. The problem here is, when you are down, you can’t get up with just a change of thoughts, unless it comes from God. Try doing it. Besides, willpower, courage, boldness, and bravery are not a function of feelings; they are a function of God. If your feelings dictate how you live, then only God can save you. In my case, He did. P.S. – Notice today’s problems? I feel like a woman. “Feeling”. See where it takes you? You don’t live on your feelings; you live on every word that comes forth from God.

Here are some other obvious errors. In case of ill-health, the law-of-attraction ideology states that you start thinking of good health, and your health should improve. The problem is that terminal illness doesn’t work with these ideas. The examples of healing in terminal illness are many, and all of them (not most. All.) have to do with the person believing in God and God’s grace saving them.

There are many more, but let me add just the genesis of the law-of-attraction ideology. An Ouija board was used to connect with a spirit guide, correct? What does the Bible say about spirit guides? Here, read on:

Deuteronomy 18:10-12 explicitly states, "Let no one be found among you who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft, or casts spells, or who is a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead".

You can read the entire passage to understand better, but I had been misled by dark forces acting as the real Source of light. I can see it now, but until 2023, I believed all that was said in the law of attraction world to be true, and yet it wasn’t working for me.

No wonder I was miserable. I was looking at the ungodly and thought of them to be the true God. The true God is only one – Lord God Almighty, my Father in Heaven, His Son, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit. And the best part, you can talk directly to Them and They will answer.

But wait, it's not over. You have known of people possessed by evil spirits and demons, right? Or at least seen them in movies? What does the law of attraction say about those who are demon-possessed? How do you resolve it? Let me help you. It says nothing. What does that tell you? By the way, the law of attraction does attack Jesus by calling Him out of alignment (with the Vortex) in the end days of His life, and thus ending up on the cross. What does that tell you? There is nothing left to the imagination here. We are speaking to an ungodly spirit under the guise of the law of attraction. Save yourself is all I will say, especially that I have experienced it firsthand.

Anyway, friends and readers – I am just sharing this here for you’ll to take note and get help from the real Source, not made-up sources from the last few decades. God is real. And so are demons wanting to mislead you.

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