The Dark Side of The Law of Attraction|With @JonClash

I talked with my good friend Jon Clash about the Law of Attraction, a belief that held him captive for years. It is important to be aware of the potential harm that can come from fixating on the Law of Attraction. Some become addicted to chasing spiritual highs and feelings, which can ultimately lead to dependency on the gurus who promote it.

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[rachelcampbell]

My husband calls those churches "drive through churches" you go in on Sunday and get some feel goods and get back to your life and never experience conviction of the Spirit or ever meet Jesus. There is no denial of Christ once you meet Him. But in feel good churches you don't really submit your soul to Christ. And when you do you are hungry for Christ and for His word and studying the Word is exciting. My husband and I would stay up every night after going to college courses on divinity and we would revisit the whole day's coursework. I now have trouble with churches that don't offer meat but only milk of the word. I want that deeper learning but most churches don't offer it.

[angietorok]

Something I came to understand is that, when your only goal is to be positive, you must completely remove yourself from the pain of others. This leaves exactly zero room for empathy, sympathy or kindness in the face of another's hardship. In fact, you may even find yourself blaming them for circumstances that are, in fact, outside of their control. This seems to me a special kind of hard heartedness rooted in absolute selfishness.

[JesLeneeAS]

Thank you for sharing! I practiced the law of attraction for years and it did work (some wild stories) but at a terrible cost. I became isolated and my mental health plummeted. It’s very very dangerous.
Fortunately, I turned to Jesus, now have peace, and my mind is being renewed. 🧡

(Funny thing is I’d make lists of what I desired and I’d receive everything on that list except what I dreamed of the most which was a husband. I never found my husband while practicing the law of attraction yet the moment I came to Christ, I was blessed with an amazing husband.)

[goodmorningsundaymorning]

Wow this is one of the best interviews on the subject i have ever heard. I am friends with a LOA 'christian' who is into this sort of thing. We both grew up in the 80s in christian families back when churches used to teach the bible. I want to send her this interview but i know she won't listen to it bcuz it will be negative to her and she gets very angry at me when i try to talk to her about ANYTHING that isn't joyful. So there is a solid brick wall now between us. This is one of the most nefarious things and to think it infiltrated itself into the church is just, , , i have no words.

[angietorok]

I've known quite a few "law of attraction" followers, and as a result, began to be drawn to it myself. But then I started to notice that any time something didnt go the way they would have liked, they became completely unhinged. I found this very disturbing and quickly realized that this way of living is not based in reality. I thank God for opening my eyes.

[KM-znlx]

I looked into Hindu faith so I could talk to my Indian friend better about Christianity. This Law of Attraction seems to have a lot of Hinduism and Gnosticism in it!

[PeterCianci]

I loved this conversation Melissa! Thank you for desiring to reveal the truth in the midst of our evolving-away society; uncovering the lies of the enemy... 2 Timothy 4:3-5 "For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables. But you be watchful in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry."

[patriciabritton]

This is concerning to me how it creeps into the church and Christians lives. THanks for sharing this.

[kellyclemmer]

Thanks for talking about the distinction (or not distinction) between positive confession in the church and law of attraction. I’d love even more as I see some “borderline” law of attraction talk sometimes.

[theShamrockShepherdWagon]

Who knew my mother was right all along? Isn't this essentially the meaning of "stiff upper lip?" Put on your lipstick and smile. Everything is just fine (even though everything is falling apart).

[bettycarmella]

This was really helpful. My dad was really into this type of belief, before it was called LOA. He himself was negative but wouldn’t tolerate it from anyone else. My brother is very immersed in all this, it is really hard to just have a conversation sometimes🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[donjoseph]

I feel into the same belief that Shannon D. Did. The secret fooled me so I stared practicing is 8 yrs ago. I thought it was a hidden law. I started meditating and it wasn’t long before the demonic showed up. I repented fast and got away from it fast!!

[benchipley]

I’ve never heard of the law of attraction, and I’m glad I haven’t. I’ve been to church every Sunday of my life, pretty much. I’m a PK, but I was 49 years old before I got saved by Grace, through faith, not of my works. That was in July of 2009. I started studying the Bible, God’s way, rightly dividing the Word of truth. The rest is history!! God bless you in your ministry.

[CharmedVigilante]

I am so glad you talked about people thinking older is better or more true. I had never heard the idea that any religion was older than Christianity until my old manager said it and treated it like that was a duh everyone knows that kind of thought. At the time I didnt know how to respond because I was stuck on where did you hear that and how could you think that? Some people really act the reformation was the origin of Christianity and ignore where it started. I mean the term Christian goes back to biblical times when the church started when we still had Peter and Paul, etc.

[KM-znlx]

People forget that Abraham and his wife Sarah were called out of Paganism.

[marilys]

Fabulous interview I could listen to this all morning. It is so amazing how much this permeates society and the church. Would love to hear another or more interviews with Jon. Thank you Melissa ♥

[davidthomas]

When we get right to it. We have to ask ourselves is what does God want us to do and why. We are supposedly getting ready for another plane of exsitance. How rich we are and material matters are largely irrellivant. What matters is what is our spiritual relationship with God.

[godsaves]

Very interesting and informative. Thank you ❤

[annacbrown]

Wow! That was so good! Amazon keeps advertising law of attraction stuff to me and it just seemed off.

[loiscarteaux]

Thank you for this teaching, helpful.