The Attitude of Entitlement and the Law of Attraction

The Attitude of Entitlement, I believe, pervades much of the last decades worth of material (books, magazines, movies, Internet resources) pertaining to the "Law of Attraction". The most palatable means of selling material to a society that demands "Something for Nothing" (i.e. entitlement) is through the philosophy espousing "Something for Nothing". It just won't sell, or sell as much, if a potential customer has to work for their desired goal. Visualize it, release it to the Universe (the One, the All, Universal Intelligence, or whatever) and it will manifest itself ... no further effort required.

The belief appears to be "I am entitled to it, I shouldn't have to work for it". I believe this is why so many are frustrated / disappointed / disillusioned with the "Law of Attraction". It does require effort, it does require work and, most of all, it does require you to give something in order to achieve your desired goal.

What are the easiest plants to grow in your flower or vegetable garden - domesticated plants or weeds? It requires continual action (effort) to keep your garden free of weeds. The animals you see everywhere about you (except in a zoo or game farm), are they expending effort (energy) to survive? (As an aside: how many times it's body weight does a swallow have to eat in insects daily to survive)? Is there any natural example in the plant or animal kingdom in which the subject does not have to expend effort (energy) merely to survive (and we are not even talking about achieving goals or desired outcomes)?

What is it about mankind that makes us believe we, as a species, are not subject to the same laws to achieve our goals? On the simplest level, we need to expend effort (energy) in order to survive, even if it is just to go to the Grocery store for our daily needs. Give some thought to the work force underlying the distribution network required to supply us with our minimal needs required on a daily basis (read the chapter on "Organized Planning" in Napoleon Hill's "Think and Grow Rich")? For example, a single refinery in Edmonton, Alberta was temporarily shut down recently and the downstream result has been a fuel shortage throughout western Canada as the other refineries struggle to meet the summer vacation demand.

Goals (Desired Outcomes)

I am stymied by the pervasive belief attached, by some, to the "Law of Attraction" suggesting that people can sit down at their breakfast table, visualize $1 million dollars, release it to the Universe (or whatever), then go back to the morning paper, comfortable in the knowledge that their desired outcome is, even then, racing toward them ... with no further effort required. This is only the case for the 1 in 200 million who bought the correct lottery number for that week.

The Law of Attraction is firmly and, unfortunately for some, irrevocably rooted in a requirement for effort in support of realizing your goals (dreams). The qualifier is that the work needs to be directed toward receipt of your goal.

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