James Ray is after me. I first read about him on Steve Pavlina’s blog. Then he started popping up on other blogs, articles, and in my dreams. I relented and purchased The Secret hoping that perhaps it will lead me to Self-efficacy. As soon as I purchased this DVD, my mailbox has been flooded with Feng Shui and Dowsing offers. I believe in visualisation but it doesn’t seem right to lump it into this silly New Age crap. This is the same issue I have with Steve Pavlina’s blog. As much as I really like his articles, the psychic readings and channeling sessions leave me feeling a little apprehensive. Am I just closed-minded? Am I being hypocritical? Having survived a weird-ass cult experience back when I was in college, I tend to be more than a little suspicious. The DVD has yet to arrive but when it does, I will watch it and hope it wasn’t 30.00 down the drain.
donnaville
sugar and spice and everything groovy
I think visualization can be very effective in reaching goals, especially combined with positive affirmations that combat the negative self-talk that holds us back.
Visualization works. That is why you hear of people creating false memories of being abused. Someone plants the suggestion and you visualize and rehearse it enough times that your brain believes it actually happens.
New age stuff like mediums who channel dead spirits are all using human psychology. It can be taught. Some of it is reading body language, but even the people who man “psychic hotlines” can be taught very quickly how to handle a cold call without even being face-to-face.
Ive never known anyone who was generally regarded as successful who subscribed to these kinds of things. If I had to say what they had in common, it would be that they set goals, worked hard and were disciplined. It isnt easy to get up Saturday morning to go into the office when you dont really have to but it isnt a very esoteric concept either. People who go in the office Saturday to get ready for a Tuesday deadline generally outperform people who wait till Monday. IMO the only success engendered by these kinds of programs is the financial success enjoyed by the people who hawk them. YMMV.
Top performers like James Ray visualize themselves within…and in the process of emptying…your wallet.
It’s too late for you if the $30.00 brain-chain is already on the way to your door.
He wins.
Um, that Lenz wiki is certainly written by one of his devotees – creepy!