It seems like Parsons you're very passionate about how you view this topic. Have you read The Secret and other new age self-help type books or seen videos? It is distorted teaching that gets put out to the mass public that shows narrow aspects of manifestation without the broader understanding of 'how things works' like Ra did in LOO.
I would think wishful thinking pertains to wishes or one's desire, which is the immediate needs of that person for something. Self-help books read like, get rich quick or fix your relationship with these 10 steps and it's very much satiation of wishes or desires, and techniques to achieve specific goals, without going deeper to the root of the wish. But this is the kind of 'illness' of our society - which could stem from 'affluenza'/materialism.
In my early 20s I did rituals and manifested opportunities to meet the perfectly compatible guy but what I got pretty much was 'perfect' + 'other stuff' that I realized mirrored my own. So there is value in doing basic work of going deeper than merely, 'I want ----'. I guess I didn't want what I thought I wanted but it was a great opportunity for learning about self.
There is much to be said about being in a mind-set of healing and how the mind is powerful. Sure, it truly is. Thinking, 'I know this will work' doesn't necessarily work all the time. In studies with cancer patients, researchers found mix effects of mental outlook and desires to get well. Sometimes people who were very optimistic about their prognosis and actively participating in their treatment did better and other times those who were pessimistic about their prognosis did better. Sugar pills work about 20-50% of the time I think (I'd rather take sugar pills than western medicine tho lol). But it cannot be a legit treatment bc 1) deception is involved, 2) other things work better than it does, and 3) you can get sued in this world if you prescribe sugar pill.
I would think wishful thinking pertains to wishes or one's desire, which is the immediate needs of that person for something. Self-help books read like, get rich quick or fix your relationship with these 10 steps and it's very much satiation of wishes or desires, and techniques to achieve specific goals, without going deeper to the root of the wish. But this is the kind of 'illness' of our society - which could stem from 'affluenza'/materialism.
In my early 20s I did rituals and manifested opportunities to meet the perfectly compatible guy but what I got pretty much was 'perfect' + 'other stuff' that I realized mirrored my own. So there is value in doing basic work of going deeper than merely, 'I want ----'. I guess I didn't want what I thought I wanted but it was a great opportunity for learning about self.
There is much to be said about being in a mind-set of healing and how the mind is powerful. Sure, it truly is. Thinking, 'I know this will work' doesn't necessarily work all the time. In studies with cancer patients, researchers found mix effects of mental outlook and desires to get well. Sometimes people who were very optimistic about their prognosis and actively participating in their treatment did better and other times those who were pessimistic about their prognosis did better. Sugar pills work about 20-50% of the time I think (I'd rather take sugar pills than western medicine tho lol). But it cannot be a legit treatment bc 1) deception is involved, 2) other things work better than it does, and 3) you can get sued in this world if you prescribe sugar pill.
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