the flaw in the law of attraction...

People will disagree of course -

Li, the Law Of Attraction is a pseudoscientific theory and
a marketing ploy.

Some people use belief in the theory as a way to motivate themselves
toget things done.

Of course how you think influences your experience in life
but the theory that somehow thought-forms can be used attract
wealth, etc.... is pretty far out.

It is very, very possible to get all the results the LOA hype
promises without devoting any mental energy to practicing it.
That's because the LOA is a "belief system" - like a religion.
Some people need such a thing to take action, other people
do not.

It is what you believe it is. I believe in natural laws and showing gratitude while giving, speaking , acting and living in such away that vibrates positively with what it is I desire. It helps to make it my reality.

Do any fetuses know how to use the law of attraction?

This is why I believe the 'Law' of Attraction is only a 'Law' as far as the fact that when people think and act positively, their life will be the better for it.

The mumbo-jumbo of vizualization works because it gives people focus they didn't have before, making them more successful. How anyone can honestly believe that 'the universe' draws the things you vizualize into your life, is beyond me.

JK

Babies

I don't think the Law Of Attraction attempts to explain 'every scenario' that exists in the world. Infact, one of the major premises is that you don't have to believe it for it to be true.

Like the Law Of Gravity.

A simple explanation for the baby question could be that what happens today is not a result of ... today's activities. Certain things took place ahead of the baby being born that ended up creating the result.

One definition (and I am not seeking to convince anyone with different views by the way) for this could simply be that the parents of the child had focused so intensely on not wanting their baby to be born with a severe disease that they attracted the very thing into their life.

You Define or By Default?

Now I must say that if you don't believe that you create your own destiny by your own thoughts and feelings, ie. you believe you are a subject to whatever happens to be going on at time , then this won't make sense.

Whatever a person spends the good majority of their time focusing on becomes their strongest 'attraction reference'. Whether a person chooses to own their life or leave it to something else is a choice either way.

Focusing on the 'don't wants' attracts that and its no different in the case of attracting a baby with a severe illness. Whether we know this or not, whether we accept it or not...it applies.

Death

The Law Of Attraction does not 'explain' death. This is another area where people tend to get confused.

It seeks to explain a simple concept that drives more things than we understand. People are the ones who try to hang their hats on it and refer to it as the be all and end all because its easier that way.

So, am I saying that it is everything?

No, but it is one of the most important universal laws to understand.

Hi Li...I'm happy to shed some light here, as this is one of my areas of expertise.

You are correct. Babies do not 'attract' severe diseases at birth, or in the womb. The attraction of the disease in a youngling is most likely the LOA responding to the parent(s) vibration, not the baby's. It is possible a previous incarnation could carry forward such an attraction, too. But, because this is so; in either case, in no way negates or illustrates any flaw in the Law of Attraction.

With regard to LOA and death. That is simply apples and oranges. Birth and Death, is the natural order of things. It is the progressive cycle of the living, human experience. We are spiritual beings, using a human mechanism to express ourselves on this earthal plane. When the body breaks down, and the spirit passes on...literally, there is just a bag of bones left. Dust to dust...that is in the cards for all of us. Nothing to do with the LOA.

I read a great explanation to how the LOA works by Tom Venuto the guy who created "Burn the fat, feed the muscle". He said that our brains have a very attuned filtering system that brings certain things to our concious attention and ignores others. Without out this filter we would probably all go mad from too much input.

If you remember tha last time there were construnction workers outside your office or home and the awful noise of the drills. After a while you start ignoring the drills and barely notice they're there. That's you brains filter at work.

Basically what Tom is saying is that if we focus on something say like losing weight then every input we get in our daily lives that is related to losing weight we will notice straight away becasue it is related to our current focus. That is our filter at work.

So everytime you see an article in the newspaper or a blog post or anything related to losing weight you will notice it and focus on it. If you keep doing this eventually you will find something or someone that will actually help you lose weight.

So after continuously searching for how to lose weight I come to a forum with people who all have the same goal then this could be the way that I end up losing weight.
He explains it better than I can but I hope you guys got the jist of what I'm saying.