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Willing the Goods or Willing the Good?

“There’s a difference we sometimes fail to notice between willing the good and willing the goods. The most common misconception about the secret of life is this: When you set your intention and decide what you want, you can control the universe?or at least your little corner of it?and find happiness.? 

-Joan Borysenko

“There’s a difference we sometimes fail to notice between willing the good and willing the goods. The most common misconception about the secret of life is this: When you set your intention and decide what you want, you can control the universe?or at least your little corner of it?and find happiness.? 

The Law of Attraction (LOA) and Magical Thinking

The Law of Attraction is yet another manifestation lof magical thinking in the USA.

The Law of Attraction encourages “magical thinking”.
 
Magical thinking is one of the hallmarks not only of pathological narcissism, but of a panoply of mental health disorders, including a few personality disorders, most notably the SCHIZOTYPAL personality disorder.

Two examples of narcissistic magical thinking:

 
Ideas of Reference (Narcissism and Paranoia)

Narcissistic Immunity

 
Magical thinking postulates that one is able to exert influence over other people, inanimate objects, and events, merely by projecting one’s thoughts. Infants get over this worldview at age 3. Narcissists and other mentally disordered people don’t:

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