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[BlatzAdict]

I think the key 'component' to using the Law of Attraction is to realise that our Thoughts aren't generated in a vaccuum.  That is, there is a History and a Trajectory that has shaped our thinking patterns (past biases).

You just can't switch from one line of 'Thought/Timeline' to another without addressing the accrued momentum.  Hence the 'usage' of catalyst to switch to a different 'interpretation'.

But it's all contingent on appreciating the roots of one's thoughts, and that takes deep reconstructive work that goes far beyond just 'intending' a certain outcome.

Plenum buddy, but you missed one point

how much of that history and trajectory still counts when one finally learns to forgive others and forgive the self? With that said what exactly is true forgiveness? 

And if it is said to be the stoppage of the wheel of karma, I'd agree it's important to learn what that past karma is, but at some point it's also just as important to find the catalyst within the situation and to move past it. Easier said than done... lol I know.