extreme idealism

Scotty 2022-11-24 12:52:51

I just finished watching "The Secret" when I found time. It really felt like metaphysics at first, and then it was a bit like a pyramid scheme, a bunch of philosophers, quantum physicists, writers, entrepreneurs, philosophers, and even feng shui masters , dreamers and metaphysicians? And then they've just been talking about the idea that if you want something, you just keep thinking about it firmly, and you can achieve what you want to accomplish. After listening to it, I felt a little bit of idealism and Yangming Xinxue, just like Descartes said "I think, therefore I am". But later they mentioned a point of view, if you want peace, focus on peaceful activities instead of participating in anti-terrorist marches, and do whatever you want, instead of opposing people and things on its opposite. I agree with this point. As we often say, the more you disagree with someone, the more that person will want to defend their own views, because everyone has a rebellious mentality. If you want peace, then Just go to the activities calling for peace, not the activities to resist the lawless elements, because this will make the lawless elements more rebellious, and it will be counterproductive. I think that if our focus is on beliefs and actions, then I think there is no problem with the law of attraction, but if we only emphasize the role of beliefs, it is really too idealistic. If so, then the objective real world There is no need to exist. I still quite agree with the idea of ​​"the unity of knowledge and action". Consciousness and practice are indispensable. And you can't be positive for the sake of being positive. Everything has two sides. To ignore the negative in order to be positive is actually not daring to face and accept the facts, which is another form of escape.

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The Secret quotes

  • Michael Beckwith: It has been proven now, scientifically, that an affirmative thought is hundreds of times more powerful than a negative thought.

  • Joe Vitale: This is like having the universe as your catalogue.