the problem with spirituality & new age thought (*imo*)
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I define the law of attraction as: If you want something, GO AFTER IT AND YOU’LL GET IT & DON’T WAIT FOR IT.
Point. Blank. PeriodT.
PERIODT!
Renee Amberg omg, qwwweeeen! I love your videos and your personality! Whoever tells you to never change, tell them “b***h, I hope I change!” 🤣
Always seek change because growth requires change!
Which is the same as the popular Italian idiom: "Aiutati che il ciel ti aiuta" = "help yourself and God will help you"
you will MAYBE get it, that's why the law of attraction is fundamentally bullshit, you don't even know if you'll make it outside your house alive to achieve said goal.. Everything anyone ever made up is bullshit.
yeah, thats the irony of it. they say you have to go out and get it and by believing in it too, it will work, but if you dont go out, it wont work...sooooo just go out and do it then? loa is bullshit
Don’t be afraid to tell people the truth about Law of Attraction and New Age. You’re helping people by telling them the truth.
And what’s the truth about it?
@@willsmith4575 it’s fake
@@poopbutt6241 glad we on the same page
@meditate now.....How do you feel about meditation?
@@Pokedawn100 it’s good, not as mystical as what people think but it reorders your thoughts and let’s focus on what you really want out your life
The fact that something becomes a trend is not a problem at all, the problem is if someone does it because it is a trend! Is like if yellow skirts became the ultimate fashion trend, there is no problem in getting one because you really like yellow skirts, but if you getting one just because is a trend and because everyone else has one then you are just being silly. The problem is not spirituality, the problem is when someone not authentic. If you are authentic you don't care about what everyone else is doing or why.
Ana Martins 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Ana Martins agreed!! I also don’t like to follow trends but I love my spirituality and have become a better more grounded person because of it. Just because it’s now considered a trend I’m not going to let the negative aspect of its trendiness sway me away from my spirituality.
THIS, it's the lack of authenticity that really upsets me. I would love to see more people celebrate who they are and appreciate their uniqueness.
Couldn't have said it better. I see a trend pattern on this page tbh and I get the whole views thing but it kind of validates everything she said 🤷♀️
Exactly! 👏🏽
This video pretty much sums up my thoughts perfectly! I spent 2.5 years deep into the spirituality and new age “lifestyle.” Looking back, I was so blind and deep into everything that it really disconnected me from reality and harmed my relationship with myself and with others to an extent. I love love love how you said that you want to live and be really and authentic. That’s my goal! I pushed “spirituality” away for one year and had to deal with all those emotions that it had suppressed. I feel so much better now! I started new hobbies like gardening and cooking. I’m no longer stuck in a daydream. ✌🏼Anyways, I’m just so glad that there is someone out there who feels the same way as me. *subscribed* :-)
The real LOA - do the things that give you joy without worrying if it makes you rich, successful or famous.
I love this video. spirituality is a trend now.. i watched one instagrammer on how she gained 1 million followers in a year. She said she had manifested it, focused on it & wrote it down everyday. Then goes on to explain she posted pictures everyday, discussed quality of pictures, how she was featured on bigger Instagram pages. So you didn’t “dream” it up, you had a goal, followed a strategy & achieved your goal.
I think it's about balance ! It does bring hope and faith, I think it's beautiful to believe in something bigger than us, without losing the sense of being here and now, present in this reality.
Absolutely!
Taking stuff like the Law of Attraction with learning about the ego via Eckhart Tolle and others really adds so much growth in my opinion.
@@LindokuhleTG absolutely I agree, taking it to another level, a deeper level than just following a trend
I feel this! I used to think very negatively ab any sort of faith or religion because of my experience with it. Then as I researched people like MLK, Malcolm X, and Dr.Cornel West I realized faith can drive people to do really great things if interpreted properly.
@@godlyatheistjacepayne844 yes, I agree :) ♡
There’s still us people that still do tarot and use crystals and meditate... regardless of if it’s a trend or not. I do it for me, not for anyone else. I have become a better person and have overcome so many hard things because of it. It’s ok if you don’t believe it. But some of us have wayyy before it was a trend.
Also i do agree with you about it being disgusting when people try to make themselves “better” than others and stuff like that. That’s not ok.
brookie agreed!
Tarot and crystal work aren’t “New Age” i think that’s where the problem stems from, they’re from way older systems of belief
ppl that i know who are in this stuff fake it and operate under low vibrations. most are addicts, think theyre fine the way they are when they need to change from their evil ways and are in a constant faux progressive cycle. ppl who want the shortcut to power relevance and a sense of beleonging join these pseudo spiritual bs. its always some ppl in crisis down on themselves who engage in this stuff
@@1111111111202 That's kind of harsh though. We've all been in crisis situations in various points of our lives. Sometimes, new Age creeps in in a completely innocent way, and you can begin with pure intentions. It warps you, though, and your intention into something dark. I see very nice people I know starting to get into NA because of personal difficulties, but they are not "low vibrational" at all. I'm quite worried that that is where things will end up with them, however, if they continue.
I just saw your part in the vid where you talked about having an open convo too 😂 so yeah I’m a Christian & I do see what you mean as far as escapism. I think many Christians kind of adopt their beliefs from their parents & don’t actually look into it. I also think thats why some Christians are judgmental, aggressive & pushy - it’s because they haven’t properly done research on their beliefs so the only thing they can do is become defensive if that makes sense! I think everyone goes on their own journey with their spirituality. I’m sure you’ve heard this, but Jesus actually hated organized religion when it became judgmental & hypocritical. personally, I strive to be kind, loving, & genuine, because I believe those are the qualities that Jesus embodied on earth. I don’t even consider myself religious & I know many Christians who don’t as well, because I consider it more spiritual than religious. so cool that you are open to conversations & I totally respect this video a ton!
There's actually no problem with spiruality. It's the lack of deep understanding about it and turning it into something superficial
Alot of this New Age stuff is repackaged Hinduism but without the depth and thousands of years of philosophical guidance that went with it. They took alot of ideas, re-packaged it to make it attractive to Westerners but sadly left the heart of it in the East.
Exactly 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
@@outputformat this 'stuff' isn't just from the east. And it's worth pointing out that this has happened with all major practices and religions... an example would be christianity, this is a religion birthed out of other ancient practices specifically misunderstood and tampered with ancient Egyptian practices
@@denog_yt11 Yoga, meditation, mantras and stuff have their roots in the east. They are sanskrit words actually. Of course there are other things in the New Age movement which are more in line with other traditions, but I am just pointing out the origins of alot of new age content go back thousands of years to the Vedas. of ancient Hinduism (Sanatan Dharma to be precise). This is will understood by academics and scholars of religion. I'm not in the least bit bothered if a non-Indian or non-Hindu uses these things, i wish them the best, but many Hindus feel annoyed about how much material has been lifted, re-packaged and branded in a different way to either make money or attract followers. There are now books on this topic as Hindu pride and identity is re-emerging, particularly in India.
@@outputformat I get this but you have to h
go back back. It didn't all start in Hinduism or 'have it's roots in the east' words like mantras and meditation are obviously of eastern decent but words don't matter, it is about the action, and meditation, mantras, affirmations, manifesting, chi, chakras etc etc where around long before Hinduism. The east and all other cultures around the world all have there beliefs and practices from one place, Africa and if you want to go ever further back then Mu etc etc. Each part of the world have beliefs and practices suited to where they live, there experience, there race etc but all are based around the same BIG STORY and this is because we all had these experiences in Africa, and when we migrated, these stories and practices where handed down from generation to generation and slightly altered in the process. So when I say no it isn't all Hinduism, it isn't some hate thing... it's just that it goes deeper than that.
I started to be sceptical about this kind of spirituality when my debit card was stolen and emptied, and I just sat there wondering why "the universe had sent this my way" or "what had I done to attract this to my life". It sounds ridiculous, but I really believed in it. After having to live a month with almost no money, I realized how toxic it was, and how I was a victim of a crime, and shouldn't be blamed for (attracting) it. Thanks for making this video, it resonated so much with me even if I was a little late! Much love 💕
That's not how law of attraction works, sometimes... shit happens
The universe doesn't do things to you. You have a victim mindset because you were a victim of a crime. You didn't attract it, it was the actions of another unhealed person that bought this horrible situation to you. As someone just said- sometimes shit happens x
I'm a Christian so you could say a religious person yet I do agree with some of your points. Religion can be bad, toxic and judgemental. This makes me sad because I don't think that's what it should be at all. Some people have very strong opinions and force them on others which is what people associate with all Christians now but that's not all of us. I respect everyone's believes and think we could benefit and learn a lot from open conversations and just listening to each other without feeling attacked that they don't believe the same. ♡
marloes van os it’s just that the media paints Christians as the bad guys. The media is very anti religion
You can't be a Christian and not share what you believe with others no matter how they will take it.
Being a Christian is like having a cure to a disease that everyone is suffering from . You cant keep it to yourself , if you do so, you doing wrong to everyone in the society.
bibi nyota Funny because I see Christianity as part of the death trap, which it often is. You can try to help me, but I’m trying to help you ... and to be fair, you need it.
You must be lukewarm lol
I agree with you 100%. Also people calling them selves "influencers". Everyone wants to be a youtuber now days. And people that Use the law of attraction on their videos now offering "couching charging ridiculous amount of money for 8 week sessions,Is insane. Selling merch selling this selling that...Crazy...and the Naive fall for all this scams.. That's what I Like about your renne being open and raw most importantly being YOU! XO
I definitely understand where you're coming from. You made a lot of good points, especially with this "trend." However, you said it yourself.. you wasted a lot of time "Dreaming" or visualizing, but didn't take enough inspired/aligned action. That's the key portion of this whole concept. We cannot expect the Universe or God to HAND us our goals and dreams on a silver platter, if we're not BUSTING our asses to get there in the first place. This whole shit seems so woo-woo, but at the end of the day if YOU believe and YOU work hard and YOU remain humble and grateful.. you CAN design and live your dream life. And we forget this all when shit doesn't go our way, or haven't manifested the biggest goal and dream yet but it's just about continuing the journey. I honestly believe that you SAW the results because you started working harder, not because you stopped dreaming. You know the concept of acting as if and letting go...that's it. I think you got up, worked hard, and let it go so you CAN make shit happen.
Regardless, I hear you. People on the internet are definitely selling this shit and I don't agree with manifesting a specific person or changing appearances. I don't know. All the luck, Renee! x
Right, so that's just life. No point in calling it something like manifesting when it's just action obtaining results. I guess when I go buy gas at the gas station I'm manifesting a full tank?
Symbolic Frequencies manifesting is literally taking action to get your desired results. So we’re both right. Lol
@@TheMakeupxKat Semantics. I just manifested this cup of coffee by making a pot and then pouring it into my coffee cup. Mmm. Delish. 🧐
BOOM
You don't need spirituality to take action though. Not taking action no matter what you believe is not the best idea. You can do all that you mentioned without believing in spirituality and all that comes with it (i.e. philosophy, psychology, self-development). It's just psychology really at the end of the day. I think thats more of the point she was making.
I am not a regular viewer and I have never been very spiritual. My late father was really into “the secret” and we argued about it regularly when he was alive. All the visualizing in the world could not save him. But I’ve always had a soft spot for that sort of thing because of him. Thank you for your opinions, you are spot on I believe, and i encourage anyone who thinks she is being too harsh to really dig deeper and challenge what you believe.
I see this comment is old and honestly as a person who became spiritual to try to find hope after hard times seriously ur comment is right
I just wanna say, regardless of my view which may be different than yours, or other comments who agree or disagree with you, out of all the comments you've responded to, you've been very friendly and kind to everyone in the comments. Some people are ready to be rude to those who disagree, thank you for not being a jerk to those who disagree. Just shows you're a genuine person 😊
I do personally agree with your thoughts, talking about "energy" "good vibes" and "looking spiritual" it's really common now days, but it's just a filter, at the end of the day you know with whom you're dealing based on their actions towards their fellows. How they cope on a daily basis with the reality, thanks for this video!
lissy puerto INFINITE CONSCIOUSNESS
Vibes is just a term and what you feel, that’s not new age lmao that’s been around for like 50 years
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14:52 - "You can't always strive for the easy way" - it's true. Spirituality just seems like an easy escapism from reality into some dream realm where we don't exist. We exist in this reality so let's make it better!
I never thought of LOA as spiritual. I always saw it as a way of thinking. To me spirituality is mediation and the stabling of the mind by looking within and going on a internal journey to connect with your soul. There are many spiritual paths that focus on this type of meditation using the third eye and this practice has been around for a long time. I personally have never followed a religion but I believe there is something to be learned from each of them and they essentially all of them say the same thing if you look deep enough and can get through all the politics and worldly distractions to understand the common principles.
I've never agreed with a post more!
"I never thought of LOA as spiritual. I always saw it as a way of thinking"
"if you look deep enough and can get through all the politics and worldly distractions to understand the common principle"
Oh yesss I love this comment. That's exactly it. People just end up getting over fixated on the superficial parts of it and end up hating spirituality as a whole.
Yees, yees. ...and the common principle to me is "Love in place of Fear, where by Love=Truth= Awareness=Joy=Life=whole=you=me
Fear is Falseness, is nonexistence, unreality, it is the opposite...
You don't have to go on a journey to connect with your soul..lol. you are your soul. This body just carries around who you are truly in soul and spirit. Who we need to connect with is God and have a relationship with him and know Jesus Christ as our savior. New age is so deceptive , it's all about the self , sooo demonic and toxic.
I agree, it's a way of thinking. I'm confused as to why they consider law of attraction as spirituality.
I associate the word "spirituality" with actual "spirits" and working with them to help, guide, and protect you while doing actual work. I never could truly get into the law of attraction.
You inspired me a lot to do stuff. I was really into meditating and you once said that yoga was like meditating for the body. And i started yoga, and it changed my life. There was a video of you trying to manifest a trip, and it made me cringe tbh. What im trying to say is we dont have to agree 100% with everyone, every youtuber, to enjoy having conversations. We need to learn to take the good things, and to have an open mind.
I really appreciate this video. Love seeing how youve changed.
And i would love seeing changes that i wont agree with as well.
Thats what makes life rich, deep and interesting.
So thank you for being honest and raw.
thank you!!
I'm so glad someone else was able to completely articulate my feelings about the LOA. The exact reason I struggle with the idea of manifestation is that I end up not actually doing anything and become fixated on my thoughts and emotions. Also, I completely agree that we should live now and not fixate on a spiritual realm, we are here, we are alive. It doesn't matter what happens once we are gone, what matters is what happens now!
a very valid POV, but the problem is for most ppl morality would collapse without an afterlife
I had an argument with a co-worker another day and suddenly he turned pretty unreasonable and we had a fight.. The next day I wanted to recap the situation.. He was seriously wrong and I was sneaking for some kind of apology I think.. Only thing he said (while acting happy in a real fake manner) ''Oh yesterday my Sunsign was in Aries'' and starts to whistle like completely taking no responsibility for his actions lol
You're one of the first spiritual UA-camrs I followed! I wouldn't consider myself a daydreamer, but I do believe that we have the power to shape our realities. I know it's important to take action to make things happen. However...I have been questioning some of the people I follow. I did notice a trend of selfishness and not acknowledging the outside world. I'm not a negative person, but so many things bother me- like the constant injustices that happen every day. I can't ignore them and always want to do something to help. Not all, but many spiritual UA-camrs have lived very privileged lives and probably don't know what it's truly like to struggle, so it may be easier for them to talk about positivity, manifestation, money, etc.
I like this video. It's nice someone brave enough to say what they think, but saying it positively. For me spirituality is about feeling at one with the world around me, being aware of how timeless and vast it all is... That probably makes little sense :-). I think for me the most important thing in this life is to keep learning and to always try to be kind. xx
That's ir for me as well
I believe there is good and bad in everything in life. Spirituality is something that teaches us alot about ourselves and the people around us. Even tho society is turning it into a trend we still have to make the best of it and guide the "misguided" towards happiness and love. I really hope that spirituality being a trend won't push anyone away from the theory. Like you said, it teaches many life lessons and good characteristics. No matter religion or beliefs we should all wake up every morning with good intentions of changing for the better and being the best version of ourselves. ❤ I love your videos and appreciate all the hard work you put into them. Enjoy your week Renee.
girl, same
I used to use Manifestation for EVERYTHING
And now I stopped using it, I am more in peace with myself and way more successfull
Sharing my thoughts below. I love you Renee and I resonated with you forever ago when I first found you on YT because we share a lot of similarities! Since then I’ve watched probably every single one of your videos! 😊 I totally understand where you’re coming from in this video, but I wanted to share my ideas with you all, too because spirituality and LoA have become such a huge part of my life and have changed myself and my life forever. I hope people take the time to read this ❤️
I agree that the LOA/spirituality community these days has become a trend, is full of fluff and some people don’t always get the message across in the right, factual way. They share it in a way that doesn’t exactly benefit others because it just makes others think that if they think something or do enough “LOA techniques” then they can just magically manifest it (I’m probably guilty of sharing in this way, too) but that’s not fully the case and there’s actually more to it that a lot of the LOA “gurus” maybe don’t even know themselves.
But the LOA really works, it’s real, and it’s a universal law. And it’s something that all religion was born from. It’s been proven long ago by Thomas Edison, etc. It is science - the frequency and vibrations and energy are all here and are part of our physical reality. We just can’t see them. Such as radio waves or cell phone signals. We can’t see them but they are very much part of our physical reality. Science once proved that atoms were the smallest particle in the world but that was before they took into account the vibration that keeps the atom together. The frequencies and vibrations and energy that can permeate through walls and brick buildings and still give you a signal inside your home because they can pass through the atoms that make up your home. See, even science is “wrong” sometimes. Science is simply the human trying to make sense of the physical world, but there is so much more to the physical world than what meets our eyes. Us humans can only see 1% of the visible light spectrum. There’s a whole world happening around us that we are a part of that we can’t even see, but that doesn’t make it any less real.
And I will always believe that we are the universe experiencing itself in the physical form of a human, so why wouldn’t we want to understand the universe, and even spirituality, more? It helps us understand ourselves. So I don’t really see it as an escape into a fantasy world. Because it is our world.
I also agree that spirituality has become a way for people to not take full responsibility for what’s happening in their lives (like the meme you showed), but that’s actually where people get it so wrong. Because you literally create your reality, so as a spiritual person who believes in the LoA, you actually need to take full responsibility for your thoughts, vibrations, and actions and what you manifest and have manifested into your life. It’s all on you because what you think, you receive. Like attracts like. What you give, you get. (Also known as Karma to some)
And what you were saying about signs- people sort of have that all wrong too. Signs are simply showing you that YOU are the creator of your reality. That what you think, you see. So when you are looking for a sign, you’re obviously going to get one. When you start focusing on something new, you’re obviously going to see more of it. A sign is simply a thing we have made up to be magical. But really, it’s just showing up as a “sign” because we are looking for it. It’s just another indicator that our thoughts truly create our reality and that what we focus on, we get.
The visualization boards and affirmations are ways to get people into alignment with what they want to feel and experience. It’s to help them get into and take aligned action towards their dreams. You’re not just suppose to make a vision board and dream about it. You’re suppose to feel the feelings of the desires actually being yours and that in return is suppose to inspire you to take aligned action where you actually BELIEVE the desire will come to you. Otherwise, if you’re taking action but not believing or stepping into the feeling of having it, you’ll never get it, or the road getting it will be extremely rocky when it could be effortless and aligned, and therefore, come to you so much easier “almost like magic”
In order to achieve big goals and dreams, it’s literally vital to know what you want, focus on the feeling of having it, and believe that it is coming to you. And the best way to do that is to write down your dreams, to create a vision board that actually makes you excited, to do visualization, and create powerful affirmations for yourself. These are all amazing and beneficial tools to move and inspire people towards their dreams. Otherwise, most of us would just stay stagnant and not take action towards our dreams. Doing these techniques is a great first action step to actually get you excited about it and moving in the right direction towards it.
In the end, those who really experience the LOA and see it work for them honestly see it as magical, and in a way, it is. Because it’s hard for humans to explain how it happens or the feelings of actually manifesting what you have desired when you use to believe it would never be yours. But it’s not some magical land or thing because it’s real and it’s constantly and continually at work in your everyday life based on the thoughts feelings and actions you take and the vibrations you give off. We live in a vibrational reality and that’s just fact. The LOA is just law and it’s working in our everyday life whether we believe it or not. (Such as the law of gravity or the law of lift that supersedes the law of gravity)
But I agree it has become something that most don’t understand and just use it as something to identify with. It has become more ego than true spirituality/self-discovery. But also, we can’t place this judgment on everyone who is a part of the community. In the end, we are all just doing what feels right to us or what makes sense to us. We all believe our own version of reality. We are all constantly learning and growing and on our own paths. No one is right or wrong in the end, we all just are ❤️ We never know what other people are going through and the way some people explain things may make sense to them, but to the person receiving the message we convolute it and make it into something it’s not and make it into something we understand based on our own perception of life.
And just btw: how to manifest money and how to manifest a specific person has actually worked for me and it makes sense why people are genuinely trying to help others achieve this. Some people will hear and learn these ideas and will implement it in their life and it will work for them whereas others won’t believe it so they see it as a scam and they see it as something that won’t work or isn’t real. It truly all stems from your belief and everyone thinks and sees things so differently that it’s not really fair to place this judgment that people are just doing those types of videos to make money or to sell an idea that isn’t actually real, because it is real and it does work for people.
To me, Money is a form of energy and it is actually one of the highest and most positive energies (I believe) Because people give money to what they feel they will receive value from so money is just an exchange of good positive energy, an exchange of value. People spend money on what will bring them good feelings and what will improve their life so I think it’s beautiful for people to want to manifest money because money provides them with opportunities and experiences they would have never had before and truly does bring happiness because freedom and ease is happiness. money has no value, but what money brings, THAT is the value.
I stopped watching around 18 mins but these are just my ideas ❤️
So much truth in this post
Love your comment!!:) I stopped practicing the loa and using techniques and stuff as well and the moment I stopped so many amazing things started happening to me! I stopped trying to implement the loa and it just started happening on its on 🙏🏽
Kaylee Morgan you are true.. LOA is a huge part of my life too , when I knew this law I wished I could knew it earlier , but it makes you see the happy world. U can smile while u are sad and u can desire what you want. Life is not only reality we have this power to believe the law and it is worth believe
Thank you!
I loved this comment
For over a year, I've doing affirmations, visualizing, meditating and trying to manifest better finances and a better job with no results. I'm starting to believe it's all a grift. It's giving me religious dogma vibes and has taken me out of reality. It's sad because I'm a grown man but my adversities have made me vulnerable for this movement.
I definitely agree with everything you're saying! I was one that came to your channel because of the law of attraction type thing, but I've stayed because you're genuinely a smart person. I love hearing your take on life and every time I leave one of your videos I have something new to think/contemplate. The therapist I see is licensed and all that good stuff but also does a lot of traditional healing practices (the ones that are backed by research). Whenever she explains something that is "spiritual", she can always relate it back to psychology, emotion and the unconscious (subconscious?) mind. She told me the other day that extremes of spirituality are seldom beneficial and that we have to find a way to have one fit in the spiritual world and the other in our physical life. Like, if you spend all this time trying to do the "woke, spiritual things" you're missing out on the human experience- which brings you the growth that could actually contribute to true spirituality, love for yourself, etc. And, when she talks about spirituality, she's alluding to inner healing and personal growth and not hocus pocus, trendy stuff. I agree that people use the practice of "spirituality" to escape their current life, avoid their problems and gain material things which in my opinion, are so far off-kilter. I also love how you mention ego because everything she's told me has been about trying to overcome our egos. The gal I'm seeing has so much good information so I can go on, but rant over haha. Thanks for showing us your growth love! Can't wait to see what's in store :)
what i did read was that you have to heal your shadow self and that helps you attract your best life , which requires you to feel your feelings ,heal and move on ... and then be in good vibes and get a good life so i think that both of these things together make for a good life . I don't think it is bad to want material things and spiritual things as well
I found your channel when I was going through my first "spiritual" interest and I was obsessed. Then I found Neville Goddard and realized it was way different than law of attraction. I used to think drinking water with a certain intention, using crystals, self-love mediations, eating vegan, etc. would help me achieve what I wanted. I was the most depressed I've ever been during that time. I got away from that and honestly unsubscribed from your channel too (I resubscribed since lol). I agree that life is a gift, that being said I personally believe that we are the Gods of our own reality. Using Goddard's techniques, I've manifested unexplainable things and I didn't have to work hard to achieve it, I was naturally led there. Once you view yourself as the operant power rather than there's some power outside of yourself (vision boards, crystals, etc.) everything changed for me. Everything in life is reflecting your own consciousness, so you don't need to do yoga, meditate, affirm, etc. because those are all implying there's something you need to do or change outside of your own mind. Just become what you want to be in your mind and then the outer world catches up. Thanks for this video. Anybody interested in Neville Goddard there's a really informative subreddit about him and he provided all of his lectures for free, never charged anybody anything for learning from him.
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Everything in life is reflecting your own consciousness, so you don't need to do yoga, meditate, affirm, etc. because those are all implying there's something you need to do or change outside of your own mind.
Absolutely. I was hoping someone would comment that we are functioning under the Law of Assumption, not the high vibe Law of Attraction BS. The only thing that manifests is your dominant thoughts, so you don’t need any techniques like drinking magic water and writing your affirmations 50 times a day (unless you want to of course), only persisting in your thoughts that are as if you already have your desires.
@@kyliefisher1052 not even that, just a 10 sec visualisation with my senses involved manifested for me. That's why I left every spiritual community, including Goddard. It's easier than it is taught and I am finally free and living my life without any obsession. I became normal after 2 years.
@@itsrollintime I’d love to hear more if you’re willing to expand on your experience. I’ve had powerful things happen from small moments of visualization or intention too. Was shocked it worked because I didn’t use crystals, write it down 50 times using the 3-6-9 method, etc... Curious why you ended up leaving Goddard too?
@@terrapurvis6541 I didn't leave Goddard's principles, I left the community as I don't need to hear from them anymore. I believe that visualization works but in the end it's not a big deal. I mean, from another perspective, if I am my desired self, would I be watching things to manifest it? It's just my perspective tho and it's not forced, it just makes me feel better. Also spirituality gave me a distorted reality. I wasn't even involved in my own reality. Which was a big problem because I missed life, therefore manifesting things wasn't effective.
I've always felt like the law of attraction stuff was a couple good habits with a lot of fluff added to sell books and speeches. Psychology does show we act based on our self image and how the person we portray ourselves would act. For example, addicts often struggle with recovery because they've internalized the image of themselves as an addict. So thinking positively facilitates the work necessary to succeed but some people think it replaces it. Do what you have to in order to hype yourself up but after that speech or book or whatever make sure you're taking action. Great vid Renee!
All the books i read on LOA said to take action... yet there's people who have been so into the teachings of LOA and have let go of all the social conditioning that they can manifest stuff with taking the type of action that you think is the right action, for them feeling good, meditating, affirming thier good will bring them all the goodness.
And alot of people seems to forget about social conditioning and that not everyone is the same in this 3d world, if someone can get what they want just by taking few steps not everyone can maybe because thier parents told them they weren't enough or something.
@@mmmonnomnetedonnerapasmavi4119 Not gonna lie I didnt follow that 100%. Ive been watching my 4yo nephew all-day so my brain is fried from stress haha I interpreted your point to be everything is dependant on the variables around a person using LOA? So if they already have work ethic the LOA content just gives them the confidence to start doing whatever their thing is. In cases like that I'm for sure supportive; my only real grievance is when people's actions do not support their words and that's definitely not exclusive to those who follow LOA
1) 💗 I’ve seen people making spiritual content which is sorta the opposite of healing and wisdom, and I’ve seen some ideas out there that have led people to become even more disassociated from reality and lost in mental concepts, but not anything embodied
2) 💗 For me, spirituality is internal learning from anything in life (including pain) that adds wisdom to sit at an ever deepening core of a person to help us figure out life, heal from traumas, invite in the things which nurture us, that inspire our gifts, creativity and well-being and ultimately, knowing how we can have a positive impact on humanity,
💗 If that made sense. A lot of what felt like “awakening” love and wisdom came to me when I was in a dangerous trapped and abused situation, but it’s inner stuff without words, more of an experience so I can’t really “sell” it to anyone ✨😝✨
💗 So I totally get you seeing it sorta from all sides, and I can tell you’re intent is not being judgmental but honest and kind in calling out some stuff and those qualities are... good and brave ✨🌈✨
I think it's possible to be spiritual and believe in some sort of natural order and still go about life and take action. I would say I believe in spirituality but I take it along with me rather than making my life all about it:) Lots of love to you
All the hands clapping! Organized religion is the cause of ALL wars.
Miss Zoey this is not true there have been a great many christian wars.
MissZoey007 you clearly have a lot to educate urself on because most wars and problems in the world stem from Christianity
Can we stop bashing organized religion please? It’s an important part of a lot of people’s lives and it’s hurtful to make comments like they are the cause of ALL wars.as well as blaming certain religious parties for wars.
MissZoey007 no just a Christian that doesn’t believe in bashing others
MissZoey007 I don’t think I’m the one that needs to grow up bye!
I am glad you are doing this. I have been saying this for a long time, I studied engineering, and none of this new-age stuff makes sense to me. I got into it and it felt like it was all just a lot of lip service. it actually ruined my life.
For me manifestation is vision + inspired & intuitive action while working through your bocks. Definitely not on the extreme end of spirituality.
I think people lose sight of the actual point of spirituality. I have been drawn to spirituality for a while, since I was young. For me it is about becoming friends with your ego. To have a knowing you are capable of more than what your self sabotaging shadow self says. To have insight on why other people do what they do and that it is never personal, which gives me compassion for others (and myself). I have learned to set healthy firm boundaries, to feel emotions and dig deeper. I think if you believe it as a trend or you don't see the actual purpose it brings to you, then yeah... what you said will be accurate for many. For me, I feel grounded. I feel present. I feel grateful. I also don't mask the pain, I feel it. If you are becoming judgmental, egotistical, narcissistic, not grounded exc it may be time to reflect back on why. I also think manifestation helps you take more guided action. It is not about not taking action at all, it is becoming clear on how you want to feel and what you ACTUALLY want in life,, so everyday you can take action to be that person. I ask myself questions like, there person I want to be, what is her routine? I hope this gives people some insight on the side of spirituality that is not a trend or spread on tiktok. It is not a fad. What you are describing is other peoples ego feeding idea of spirituality. I don't know, this is juts my opinion.
I love my vision boards and crystals etc I feel like it helps me visualize what I want and then I make a plan to get it done ❤️ you can’t have one without the other, the action is the most important part. Good for you for coming to your own truths and realizations!
1."Spirituality" in our modern culture is extremely vague. It's hard to know what people mean by it
2. "I am not religious, but spiritual" doesn't make much sense. What most mean is they are religious, but they just cherry pick what they want, versus being consistent.
3. Spirituality is a business. It's easy to make baseless claims, mixed in with enough truth, and practical wisdom, while adding your own interpretation, and pushing your products or services as the "solution."
you know whats mad is the reason people believe it is cuz its deceieving not lying lying is straight cap the whole thing but deceiving is mixed with truth so its hard for people to tell if hes lying or not and bro its hella vague for real
Thank you for this video, honestly! I used to be incredibly gullible and would read one LOA book after the other. I forced myself to think positive, to not allow any negative thought for fear it would destroy my life. I was diagnosed with OCD and intrusive thoughts last year and that’s when I really delved into the topic of actual, real psychology. I finally understood that your thoughts do NOT automatically lead to your future and that intrusive, obsessive thoughts have no meaning and are not about what is going to happen - it was difficult to grasp this after years of thinking that allowing negative thoughts meant doom. I’m actually relieved to see your attitude took the same turn!
I can relate to this but the other way around. Growing up with OCD and intrusive thoughts then I dive into LoA and spiritually etc and then I would start obsessing about all my thoughts and what if I thought something negative my life's dreams would be pushed back. Now breaking out of LoA etc I feel more free than ever 💙
It is unfortunate its become a trend and people are not truly reaping the benefits of their power. For me, i was always suspicious about spirituality, i never believed in a god or religion, however i do feel we all have power within us to make what we want happen. That doesn’t mean focusing and fantasizing all day, but trusting yourself and the universe because we all work together. I do agree actually doing things and putting in work gets you to where you want and allows you to be productive! Some people just leave it up to the “higher beings” or whatever it is they believe in. But it is up to YOU! Live with intention, put in work, believe (TRULY BELIEVE), be present and see it through. Its all about balance. We don’t always need to be positive and not feel our emotions like anger and sadness because it is all real and part of you
I highly respect your opinion and am in no way offended by it. In fact, I will keep your ideas in my head. However, I know I can feel energy. It gave me incredible anxiety for years. I had a kundalini, when I was not trying to nor did I know what it was when it happened, and it fucked my life up. I guess this goes back to you saying that without experience, it seems to be a fad. I was an atheist for a long time before these things began happening to me. I also can see auras. Meditating has kept me extremely grounded, sober, and helped me work through my problems. The things you said do make me question somethings, which is uncomfortable, but I think I will learn with time. Thank you for your opinion! I love your honesty, and it makes me feel like you're someone I can trust.
When you stop seeing what is right in front of you, everything you couldn't see will become clear. And then you will see and find what has always been there.
You refer to wanting a car, and then seeing that car everywhere. It’s called the "Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon” and I think it happened with you and spirituality. The more you dove into that world, the more you noticed it everywhere all of a sudden.
dat isnt really surprising uno like that could be said bout alot of things its not really that amazing
I love when ppl are open and actually want to talk about these things
I went into a self help/spirituality spiral for like a year and the book “help me” by Marianna Power is her story of doing exactly that and following a self help book (she did the secret, the power of now, and a bunch of others) and act on its ideas everyday for a month so she did 12...it’s her story and I feel like her journey would definitely resonate with you!
love the video. I found myself in so many things like overthinking my emotions, daydreaming, ego inspired spirituality also planning in the comfort zone it is just so true.. thanks for this lil wake-up call
Okay so I defiantly agree with how you talk about spirituality in terms of the trend and people who are not genuine in practicing it. I think the trend is corrupting the actually beauty of the origination of what " spirituality" is. I am going through recovery of a debilitating illness and I have used spiritual tools to cope. Meditating, crystals, thinking positively brings such clarity, hope, and overall happiness through these thigh times. I have also used energy healers, acupuncture, and reiki which all have made a huge difference on my physical symptoms. Spirituality isn't dreaming. Its believing you have a life ahead of you that is filled with everything you want but you DO have to take steps ( action) to get there. It's believing you have a connection with a higher power that is guiding you. Also, real spiritual and meditation practitioners teach you how to FEEL emotions and OBSERVE your thoughts. To sit with them and work out why you are feeling that way and getting to the root. I don't think it is fair of you to say the entire concept of spirituality is a fantasy because it truly depends what the person takes from it and for what reasons. Yes, the people who just " want to attract love" and be apart of a "trend" are wasting their time. Yes, people who think they can sit in bed all day and " think" their future, will get nothing. But for those who want to learn to love themselves, face their fear/anxiety/depression, have peace with where they are now, that's where it becomes like a magic tool. To work on your inner self and become a genuinely happier, more present person in life so that you can enjoy every last bit of it.
Also, can you do more book related videos ! I love those :)
Also, how absolutely terrified you are of offending anyone here is the sweetest and most hilarious thing ever haha
omg story of my life 😂
@@ReneeAmberg Part of me wanted to comment "I'm absolutely irate, UNSUBSCRIBING" just to mess with you but I thought itd be too mean lmao
Godly Atheist Jace Payne haha noooo 🙈
@@ReneeAmberg Btw you're the absolute best for replying to so many comments. It makes this feel like a community rather than just a bunch of people watching vlogs. Respect for appreciating your fans
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As someone who is very spiritual, I was very scared to watch this video but I really respect your opinions and wanted to know your thoughts. I am so glad I decided to watch, because not only do I agree with you, it helped me think. There needs to be balance in your life, as much as I love being spiritual and how it affects my life, this is also a physical world. You need both (in my thoughts), you may need help finding what you want/need to do and need to look within BUT when you know what it is, there are physical steps to get there.
I agree with alot of your thoughts! I was afraid that this video would be hurtful but it really showed me the depth of your compassion and where you are mentally and where you are in your journey called life. It also made me think that spirituality shouldn't be a "lifestyle" and just something that is a part of your life but not your whole life. Huh. It makes me feel stronger in some way? Thanks Renee! Don't know if you'll read this, but thanks!
I always heard you have to visualize it and WORK towards it for it to manifest. Nothing just falls into your lap. I also can’t disagree with a lifestyle as long as it’s moving in a positive direction. 🤷♀️
so weird because i recently realized all this stuff and you made a video of it and I'm just like woah SO YES QUEEN ILY
Absolutely brilliant. So frustrating to get through to the new agers at the moment. I feel this movement has been used to bring out this passive attitude to the push for the new world order 🙏
As somebody who is studying sociology, I know that religion is a huge part of what holds societies together. If you are interested I would recommend looking into Durkheim's work on the collective consciousness and social solidarity. It's an interesting topic. But as just a regular person, I can totally see how religion today can be a bad thing in some ways. It leads to an insider/outsider mentality and so I agree with you on some points. I know that you have a degree in business already and you're thinking of getting a job full time, but I really think that you would love studying sociology. You seem really interested in the world and how societies work and think. I've taken some classes about inequality and social theory and from the past few videos of yours, I think you would really find it interesting. Just a thought! I really appreciate this video!
YES YES YES YES YES. I have been feeling this exactly! I feel its the same with astrology and zodiac signs and how its becoming you judge a person based on their sign and whether you a good with them or not or want to be friends or start a relationship with them. This goes so deep and i 100% agree this new "spiritual cultural" has become a trend to where its hard to follow and believe people have the best intentions on it and are not doing it because they see others or want to be apart. thank you for making this video and being vulnerable and open with us because its hard to come by this day in age.
Check Steven Bancarz on you tube for more .
Horoscopes are the same wayyyyy
Over positivity is my main problem with spirituality, as someone who suffers depression and anxiety its like the community just wants you to pretend your okay and doesn’t want to acknowledge mental health at all. Ive unsubscribed from different spirituality channels because of it. Personally i do believe in magic, it makes me feel good to believe that I can control my reality, i like seeing repeating numbers and synchronicities, and thinking something out there has my back, and i have more strength than i realize. I also like subliminals, i honestly believe they work, many of them have very calming music, and overall i think its just so damn fun. But sitting around and waiting for things to happen? I can believe, but I’m at least gonna put effort it. Like the Princes and the Frog. You can believe and work hard for your dreams to come true.
so weird, you voiced many of the things I've been coming to realize lately. Thanks for making this video and giving people a new perspective on spirituality. Great video girl!!!
For me, I stumbled upon this as a way to cope with heart break and not feeling life. I found out things about myself that I needed to heal and come into my autonomy. This is the only thing I truly resonate with spirituality and yes like you said I used spirituality as a sign to dive into the situation I'm in. I regret it but at the same time I don't. I wanted to be free from the life I was living and wanted more but now I'm living in my car doubting it all. I'm believing in what I like to say smoke and mirrors. I love fantasy and I see a lot of 1s and love reading animal meanings but as you said we can see signs in anything. My thought on this now, is I feel angry and feel like once again I used something to dictate my life when in reality I am the only one that can dictate what I want. I also believe if there is higher beings that want the best for us than wouldn't they strong arm the reas and they would pop in front of us? I have a lot to unwire about myself, yet again. I love this video because it hits my feelings on the head
I’ve been struggling with this recently and you really put it into words, I agree with this pretty much entirely! Thank you for sharing your thoughts 💗
the spirituality people follow is basically Hinduism, Buddhism, Indigenous spirituality and African spirituality
Yes. I came to this point in “spiritual journey” as well! Life is about experiences! How do you know unless you’ve experienced it! Bingo! You got it!
I used to manifest for things ALL the time and I always got what I want.
I eventually gave it up because I realized I wasn't getting the things I wanted from God.
Now I rarely get what I want but God does give me what I need and that is just fine.
Hey I've been watching alot of testimonies about the loa and the new age being bs and very deceptive. I used to manifest little things, but never exactly what I wanted. I also drove myself into nervous & mental breakdowns trying to make things happen, by taking action, just to end up in a dead end. What I didn't understand is other people, never tried to do anything with their lives, have things drop right into their laps or workout for them so easily. Just lazy people that sit on their asses & put no effort in whatsoever. I used to get so depressed and confused. Like why are things, that I really want and need so difficult to get? So I don't really believe in it anymore. It's total bullshit lol.
I agree with people taking an advantage of the loa to make a profit, but “positive thoughts” and “self improvement” as a sudden trend isn’t necessarily a bad thing. I think it’s great that people are using spirituality to improve themselves. People who practice loa aren’t always obsessive, I learned about loa through you and I’m no where near obsessed or think the world revolves around me. And manifesting isn’t magic, but reminding yourself of your goals will help you achieve your goals (and every other UA-camr that discusses this topic emphasizes that). Yes spirituality can be selfish, but with limited resources we have as a general public we can’t solve world peace or hunger. Mocking those who want to improve their individual lives is wrong imo it seems you have become angry w the world and annoyed that influencers have entered the bubble you were in and took over (AND I UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATION, it’s sorta like when you discover a song 6 months before it hits the radio and you all of a sudden hate it when it becomes mainstream). There’s a lot more positives to loa then negatives, I find for me it does make me more present and reminds me of goals I want to achieve and in fact prepares me for scenarios I wouldn’t prepare myself for through visualization. It has boosted my confidence and i am so thankful for it. People have to remind themselves not to get too obsessed with it, but there’s nothing wrong with tuning into your self and really no reason to shame those who want to view the world in a more positive light. We’re stuck here so why not try to make the best of it, even if it is using your imagination.
You’re still one of my favorite youtubers and I’m definitely not unsubscribing I just wanted you to reevaluate the intensity for some of your statements in this video. Nonetheless your videos still help me improve as an individual and I’m thankful for that
Juli Randall I agree 💯
It's fake though because before you can even get there there's a lot of suffering that needs to take place.
However, what does upset me, is people who have become spiritual over night, who then shame others for their lack of spirituality and self awareness.
Like the people who reject organized religion ...become new-age overnight then claim to be more enlightened than the average Christian, Muslim or Jew. But then when you talk to them you realize...they were just looking for an excuse to justify their kink.
To each their own. If you have fetishes, idiosyncrasies or whatever, then be you...but spare me the long new-age explanation for why you are promiscuous, or why you smoke pot everyday, or why you have 100 tattoos etc...
I used to tell myself “what do I have to lose if I’m being positive?” Well all the pressure to think positively all the time and be happy all the time caused a great deal of anxiety to me. I have been through a tough period lately and this guilt has only made it worse.
That's what I tell people, something's fucked up in not gunna pretend like it's not and pretend I'm happy and not a negative Nancy, because faking how you feel is worse, I respect the truth more and will never argue against that l, I'll respect you more of you're in a bad mood and yuh tell me rather than pretend you're ok just to not seem like a downer. Screw what people think, they gata figure shit out on their own too right
So glad you spoke about this. I was just like you - law of attraction ruined my mental health for ages. I really believed in it AND made excuses for my actions just like you said. Think its quite a dangerous concept too. I stopped believing in it about 2 years ago and my life got so much better
Funtang Woo completely the other way around in my case...
I like the fact that you stated that this was your story. I respect that.
I don't really know why you felt compelled to do this video. Your videos about the law of attraction were all great! I think you did a fantastic job on them! You are manifesting if you are alive, period! You always have to take inspired action to get whatever you want, But some people like to push things and to be really hard on things and people and that backfires. But no matter what you are always manifesting. Anything from having a conversation that you were thinking about in your head with someone, or going to restaurant that you were thinking about last week and someone said let's go. Like Abraham Hicks says, it's a very powerful law both in positive and negative ways. But there is no real way of defining what works and what doesn't. You always did a great job on your videos! You explained the Law of Attraction and all the books read and you explained your thoughts clearly! I thought you did a great job!
I completely agree and I respect you and your beliefs. I completely get you. I also think you're brave for doing this video, considering the jugness of people . I will be pursuing business in school next year so I will learn about Trends and all of that.
I've heard all kinds of things from many philosophers like Alan Watts, Michael Newton, Hans Wilhelm, Neale Walsch, people who channel and more. What is your take on common New Age statements like these: ?
"Our souls chose all the lessons we needed to learn."
"You cannot know good without evil. Your soul came to Earth to experience good and bad things. You only know yourself (as a divine being of love) by experiencing what you are not, therefore evil is necessary."
"Don't judge anyone, there is nothing outside of you/you create your reality."
"Our soul chose our disabilities/challenges/accidents/appearance etc. to grow because our lives are incredibly short to our souls."
Hindu: "We incarnate to work on things we didn't get right in a past lifetime and we will be stuck in the cycle until we complete our lessons."
"There are no victims, transcend your ego."
"We are all one with God/Source."
If you do more research on spirituality then you understand what it is. New Age is water down spirituality. You clearly don't do any research on anything you had practice from where they came from. You can't justify what you're saying by not doing more fact checking. Spirituality is a life long learning experience like everything in life is. Your experience was only the tip of the ice berg. And visualization isn't the same as dreaming,and there's different kinds you can practice. Do your research next time.
I dont agree much with her either. She is mixing true spirituality with new age. THEY ARE NOT SAME. I am spiritual but i dont like new age, i do tarot aswell, i call myself thiestic satanist/thelema. new age is just a small branch on the tree of spirituality. Spirituality isint a trend, spirituality is about finding your true path and be a freethinker. On the other hand new age can be a trend. I dont think she knows what is what, what is being a new age and what is being spiritual. This video only give acctual spiritualty a bad reputation.
One hundred percent. I followed spirituality LOA crystals yoga veganism tarot astrology alllllll of it for 7 years.
I followed a particular content creator (who I believe is running an online c u l t) through this, & when I stopped engaging with her content what I thought was my “personality” felt apart like a house of cards.
And I’m not judging anyone’s way of life, I just want to remind spiritual people who’ve been unhappy for years to turn that introspective eye spirituality promotes onto the practice themselves. I personally feel so much sentiment behind spirituality is actually hollow. (And I followed it for SEVEN years so no one tell me I “didn’t get it.” 😭)
I thought for so long I was unhappy because I couldn’t “be perfect” at spirituality/LOA/whatever, when in reality those things were actively making me unhappy.
I really love your vibe (lmfao) and I think you have a lot of good points in this video cuz I turned towards spirituality when I was traumatized from a lot of childhood shit and it was SUPER toxic and damaging to me. I think spirituality helped me love myself and gain confidence in who I am but, god damn... it felt like all my anxiety and depressive thoughts were BAD. And I shouldn’t THINK them. And that’s what I gained from spirituality... I just can’t agree with law of attraction anymore. I think it’s just a big hoax, in a way. I think you can dream and know that your future is gonna go well for you but I think the way spirituality defines it now is OBSESSIVE. and it didn’t help me because I genuinely had an obsessive daydreaming problem Years BEFORE I got into spirituality, so it just activated it even more and it DID NOT help me whatsoever. I’m just here to do me and live my life and be happy and connect with people, and it felt like spirituality denied the fact that I couldn’t connect with people because it was ALL ABOUT SELF WORK. and yes I agree you should work on loving yourself, but there are some issues in that because what if someone has a mental disorder and it’s hard for them to? What would they do, write out affirmations over and over again? No, they would need therapy or somebody to be there for them. Human connection, we all desire it.
I definitely agree with some of your points you made on trendy spirituality and inauthenticity, rather than authentic spirituality. I believe that the word "Spirituality" is as subjective as the meaning of life. Everyone can be considered a spiritual being or a spiritual person, simply for being alive. Most often, I see people define spirituality as finding individual truth rather than religious, political, or societal truth. It's about breaking away from certain social norms, and not being conditioned to believe others expect you to believe. In the end, it's about discovering who you are as a person and finding peace within your being. Others will say it's about merging with your higher self, the part of you that's connected to god, universe, spirit, or source that will allow you to become your greatest self here. There's many interpretations as to what it means to be spiritual, and it's not a bad thing to be spiritual or have spiritual beliefs. However, I do believe there is an association to do and behave certain ways in order to be spiritual among the masses. These kinds of ideas eventually creates a conditioned state among people, which is ultimately is what most people are trying to break away from. This is often how people get trapped and manipulated like in cults or some organized religions. Regardless, people get caught up into trends and spirituality is no exception.
Affirmations resonated with me on my road to healing my heart and mind. My intention was to replace my self-defeating thoughts with what I wanted instead, I likened it to recording over a movie with another movie back when VCRs were popular. It was very hard in the beginning because my positive statements challenged my defeating thoughts but that’s what allowed me to work on so many unknown beliefs that surfaced due to the affirmations. It was very enlightening and terrifying at the same time because I didn’t think I could overcome such a tormented state due to childhood abuse but I did it using different modalities, it took me over twenty years, I’ll be 50 in January and it was well worth it. My relationship with God is so sacred to me. I am not religious. I feel religion is restrictive and unnecessary in my life. I am responsible for my well being and my experiences so when there’s something I need help with, I ask for “a perfect solution to..........” I get my guidance and then I act on it. I trust I will always get help, practical or divine. I feel empowered today because I started this process decades ago with the intention of wanting to feel better emotionally and in the process I naturally manifested a better life for myself, a better future. If I had not started to feel better about myself (my self esteem) I would have made choices that brought more pain into my life. I am so grateful for my current state of mind. I was able to emotionally grow up when so many others just get older. I am a very strong advocate of inner child healing. We cannot change the past however we can reframe it and that’s how I live my best life. Thank you and Take Care.
i agree with you but it seems like you only explored surface level new age American spirituality like the law of attraction and spiritual influencer's Instagram posts. There is a lot more in the world of spirituality
And it's all false and demonic...
@@velmacreoliee4883 nah, you mean like your beliefs. I rock with Jesus. Try him, he can free you of that. God bless...
@@velmacreoliee4883 mmhhmm I'm listening, so explain to me how new age is false and demonic like me? Exactly how do you come up with that determination? I'll wait.
@@velmacreoliee4883 unless you don't know how to write well enough to make the connotation of your point clear, what do you think saying to someone "just like you" will be perceived as? You either make no sense or you need to write better. No offense.
@@velmacreoliee4883 I think this is your special day not mine lol. I absolutely never said I was a Christian. I said I rock with Jesus, meaning I believe in him and not the new age garbage. In order to be a Christian you have to give your life to him first and turn away from your sins. In my research I found that new age is very deceptive and demonic. Where is the disrespect in verbalizing that ? Yet you wanna be a smart ass and say "am I always this dumb" ? That my friend is clearly scathing and disrespectful sarcasm, so miss me with the holier than though accusations when you can't show the same respect you accuse me falsely of not having. Again, stating my views on new age as deceptive and demonic is in no way disrespectful. Christianity and new age don't go together ever, and if you think you can be a Christian and practice new age than you are not a real Christian and the only hypocrite here is you.
I’m glad that you aren’t still making the LOA videos if you don’t fully feel the same way about it regardless of how most of your viewers may feel about it. The fact that you seem so genuine and “real” and not faking it through videos for views is awesome and extremely rare with youtubers nowadays. So thanks for uploading genuine videos!😁❤️ Also I just started getting into LOA recently and it’s helped me so much to be more positive and have motivation but I also agree that it’s not needed to accomplish goals. It helped me I feel. But I feel in general if you are a motivated person and have the attitude of “making things happen.” I don’t feel LOA would be a necessary thing for someone.
This has to be my favorite video of yours! So many great points - when it becomes something that "everyone is doing" it's usually for the wrong reasons. I will always have my spiritual practices but it's very personal and when I share, I try to do the same as you where I'm just sharing my own experience. Spirituality doesn't look the same for any two people. It's also so true that being spiritual these days has become known as being lazy.
Spirituality doesn't look the same for any two people. -this
I complete understand a lot of the points you’ve made and I think me as a spiritual person, I approach spirituality with a different eye than a lot of the spiritual thinkers/teachers and people who have just followed the trend. I would consider myself to be a very logical person and a very driven person to complete my goals. I do not procrastinate and I’m always looking for ways to improve myself. I have become very spiritual in the past year but this has not hindered anything, rather it has helped me through depression and given me that extra boost of positivity and faith that has continued to push me to pursue my goals and dreams. I believe in the Law of Attraction because I believe the mind is way more powerful than we think. I’ve seen the toll being negative all the time has on people’s lives and physical health. I believe a
Positive mindset has such an impact on our health and our ability to achieve the things we want and the law of attraction, meditation and other spiritual practice does just that. I believe there is some other higher power out there looking out for us just from my own personal experiences, though I am not religious in any way. Spirituality for me has been my own personal journey. Mostly to explore myself and bring comfort to myself in knowing that if I hit a bump in the road all I have to do is keep my spirits high and keeping pushing through it. Some people may think tarot, oracle cards, crystals and all that is a scam and I totally get it if you’re just purely buying into it for the reason of following a trend but I can say I genuinely enjoy this stuff. I also love science and learning about science and looking into valid evidence for things as I have a degree in psychology. So I see things from both viewpoints. But yeah I think spirituality is something you need to explore for yourself, not because other people are doing it. And you also can’t expect that the universe is just going to give you what you want because that’s not how it works, it’s not magic. You need to get off your butt and actually work for it, so I agree with you in that sense.
I just have mixed feelings about this video. I have been watching you for a long timebut I just kinda feel like in your opinions that it just comes off judgmental. I believe you in the beginning of the video and correct me if I’m wrong, that if you are into something and it becomes a trend you stop doing it. I’m confused as to why. I don’t see what’s wrong with something becoming a trend, as long as it’s something that you believe in and feel passionate about then why does it becoming a trend matter? Do you not know truly what you believe? When you speak it just seems very back and forth to me. I also feel as though there are times and not just in this video where you make generalizations about people, what certain groups of people think or might say and I just don’t agree with that.
I can see why you feel this way, I tried really hard not to come across like this. I see a lot of gurus selling spirituality as a trend to make a profit for personal gain and that’s what I’m referring to when I say trend. Not all trends are bad obvi it’s just when people manipulate the general public that I feel the need to take a step back from it. I also see a lot of people who do it bc they actually resonate with the lifestyle. So not saying EVERYONE is doing it bc it’s a trend. When I say trend I’m referring to people/brands who are doing it for the wrong reasons (a personal gain) hope that makes sense!
She’s not criticising people for starting spiritual journey because it’s become trendy, if it didn’t become more popular I also wouldn’t have discovered it in the first place! But she means that people do it because it’s popular and trendy and then if it one day because uncool they’ll just stop it. Also I feel she made it clear she was not trying to sound judgemental and respects religious people but just thinks it causes more harm than good. X
@@IEJ932 That's literally what she said she did. She doesn't like when things are trendy and she veers away from it.
p99rsmf with trends, there can be fluff or those only there when it is trendy. Nothing wrong with things becoming trrends, only when it becomes over saturated with those only there for the popular of said certain thing and no longer take part in it when it no longer is.
I actually began to like you a lot more when you dropped trying to people please so hard (worried about offending anyone) and began to speak your truth more bluntly. You're right, there's a lot of fluff in it and bypassing this current reality. Glad to hear you've become more grounded in your approach, I'm currently figuring out how to get out of my head more too and back into the body :-)
Life's a journey! :) we learn, change and evolve all the time. Is part of being humans. Love that we're back to OUR channel haha xx
This is exactly how I've been feeling to a T! Whoa! Thank you so much for putting out your thoughts and experiences, Renee
Renee,
I feel that somehow a weight has been taken off my shoulders. I have been feeling this way lately but was too afraid to admit it to myself. Thank you
This spoke to me.
Thank you❤️
I've only stumbled upon your channel a few minutes ago whilst looking for videos about "Indigo Children"🤦♀️ and I'm so glad I did💥💥
I respect your thoughts and feelings , I believe that when you die there is either nothing or something and it doesn't matter what it is if there is something ,somebody is in charge and that being is God ,now if there is something I believe that everything that you can dream as beautiful or ugly, horrifying, monsters different place exist somewhere ,which is terrifying
Thank you. Thank you for being REAL AND HONEST. I want to get back into spirituality again but I’m so lost now that it is so saturated with fake people. I’ve been following your good reads account and I’m just really happy with the reviews and recommendations you posted ! they are really helping me figure out my life
Man I remember coming across some "magick" teaching for achieving goals called "strength" which basically just said, work toward your goals and don't give up lmaoo Something that it seems people that talk "law of attraction" want to bypass
I totally respect your opinions as a person who isn’t religious at all but deeply believed in LOA for a while and then had lots of doubts then believe it again. It was so hard to keep the faith when I didn’t see anything coming for a while despite the fact I think I was making everything right. I was sick of LOA youtubers who literally talk about EXACT same thing in all of their videos with intresting titles. I knew what they were gonna say before watching the video already, I felt like I had nothing to learn now and really stayed away from this community. And I felt much more productive with my life at first, but then I realized I feel so empty again, something just wasn’t right. Then I realized just the fact I haven’t manifested my biggest dream yet doesn’t mean loa isn’t working, actually it made a lot of sense because in this time of feeling empty and dark A LOT OF subconscious limiting beliefs came to surface that I wasn’t even knew they were still exist. You know about the LOA too, if your subconscious tells a difference story, it doesn’t believe what you say you believe in. I haven’t manifested it because I deeply believe it is not possible and I had doubts on LOA in the first place. And I would have stop believing in LOA if I didn’t see many of how people I actually know changed their lives drastically with these principles. It took more time for some of them but it happened, even things they thought as impossible at first. By the way I love science and I always tried to combine spirituality with science and read many books on them which scientifically proves energy exist and we can effect it and vice-versa. I still have judgmental towards many of LOA youtubers. It feels like they use this knowledge to make money but there are a lot of people who also use LOA in their lives but don’t use it to sell something or gain followers or be trendy. We just can’t see them cause they don’t make videos to make money out of it. These are my thoughts, If not believing in LOA is beneficial for you, then keep doing it. I just hope you don’t shut down walls to all possible things about spirituality just because of it.✨
I want to say this. New age and spirituality is complete different. I am spiritual but i dont belive in law of attraction i feel alot of people that practice new age gives bad reputation to true spiritual people. New age is a branch on the tree on spirituality.
Please elaborate the difference?
Thank you for sharing your thoughts. Hearing your opinion has given me a different perspective on LOA. I grew up as a Christian so the law of attraction was something I heard about but never really understood. I love getting to hear new thoughts and ideas about people's beliefs, this was a really helpful video! :)
i still believe in loa but, i share your view on what's happening on youtube. it's ridiculous. some kids are acting like they had the answer on the universe because they meditate and manifest and have crystals... girl/dude/other... you are still fifteen. with the last iphone in your hand. you have lived nothing.
I get your point, but the only problem is, there's alot more that goes into it than simply just 'meditate and manifest and have crystals'
@@nlg0x LMAO I know that, I've been practicing for years before it became a trend. I wasn't talking about myself.
Teens go through a lot, I don't think it's fair saying 15 year olds have lived nothing.
i get this, but maybe try not to disregard or invalidate any trauma or real expiriences teens and even children have already been through, by the time i had turned 15 i already had major ptsd and hearing comments like that make it harder to open up. Just because you hadn’t been through anything when you were 15 doesn’t mean it’s the same for everyone :)
Lol. I just started following you because of the moon 🌙 phase video. I will continue to follow you for your individual opinion and the strength to share it. For me I’m just trying to get my house in order. I go through phases just like the moon. So it helps me to get back on track like this is the best time to visualize or make that list how to get there.and this is the best time to bust it. So yeah like you it’s a work in progress so use or do what helps you. And don’t be so hard on yourself your doing an AWESOME job.I’m going to do the dishes now and will bing watch at the same time. So thanks for the positive energy.
Wow i never disagreed with a video more. I see you point when it comes to "fake and fad like spiritual gurus". I consider myself incredibly spiritual, no i don't have crystals or vision boards..although i think those are cool. But this video is really making a blanket statement about spiritual "people". Spirituality is not about daydreaming, and pretending things are going to happen. Honestly it sounds like you are listening to the wrong type of people creating spiritual content who are not genuine. You can find disingenuous people in any trend or fad but that does not mean the root of an idea is wrong. Any true spiritual coach or leader 1. does not tell you that daydreaming is going to give you results, 2. is not praising material items RATHER 3. is helping people with self worth and helping people step into their power. Also side not wanting finical stability and abundance is not selfish... not all of us have that comfort yet, and many of us work with trauma and difficulties around finances.. Spirituality is about all knowing truth that you are the creator of your reality and thoughts are purely you processing your version of reality. The biggest changes happen with action and positive beliefs.
I totally agree with you. I’ve realized since posting the video that I probably should have used the term law of attraction rather than spiritual 😕
You aren't the creator of your reality and thoughts are not processing your "version" of reality. Go play in traffic and see if your thoughts stop you from getting mowed down by a semi.
Like Terence McKenna said, you can be sure that any spiritual coach (lol) or "leader" is a charlatan because nobody really knows what's going on. No one has the faintest clue. And not having any answers may be the scariest idea of all, so we flock to hucksters and charlatans hoping that someone out there will give us the cure or panacaea to the suffering of the human condition. Which usually involves you forking over some hard earned $$$.
A big fat thank you for this!
i think the whole point is to trust the process, and with spirituality you believe that there is a higher power in the universe but its not god.There are infinite possibilities of reality in the universe but every single time you make a decision, or choice it leads you down a path.Her point was that 1. she doesn't believe in the way religion works and i agree with her, there are so many restrictions and things that you HAVE to follow.I live in india and being part of a country with a variety of religions, it does cause social clashes.If you are a muslim, you are judged or assumed to behave in a certain way.2.Its not about spirituality being a problem, its the people who use "spirituality" with wrong intentions which has been growing recently and honestly sometimes its hard to tell whether someone is genuine or not about it.I agree that it does make you better because you accept what reality you are in, thank the universe for whatever you have and manifest what you wish to have in your life which doesn't just magically make it happen but trains your mind into understanding that you want a certain thing so it "attracts" the right things which would possibly make it happen.I know someone who is very close to me and she has been through a lot, she's been practicing spirituality and buddhism chanting but it hasn't made things or situations butternut just made her mind stronger to accept what she is in and trust the process. Thank you if you're still reading :))))))
You manifested moving to New York! You wanted to move there or you wanted to move somewhere from last year or the year before. That is a manifestation. I'm sure did not take a lot of effort to visualize about it and a lot of talking about it, but it was a thought process that you had that came about in real life. So that right there shows you that the law of attraction is real and it's always working, but you don't have to overthink it or you don't have to constantly be trying to do it. You are absolutely right and not sense! No matter you are always manifesting.
Renee I appreciate your honesty and I’m really looking forward to hearing your thoughts on spirituality once I get out of class! ❤️ I don’t really much agree with it either
The worst part about it is when you were actually FORCED TO BE SPIRITUAL & hate everything about it. I’ll do anything to NOT be spiritual or chosen. 😒 spirituality ruined my life. I’ll tell anybody this.
You are on right path now... The best thing in life is to use common sense.
New age Lala land is dangerous deception
OMG it's like you are reading my mind with the videos you put out lately. When you said "live your life, without being a part of it"...that just resonated so much and made me realize how much of the past year for me has been thinking without doing. It's time to change that. Also, I liked this video before I even watched it. On another note, I used to be religious but didn't agree with how and what church taught me exactly. I moved into 'spirituality' with the idea that energy will always guide us onto the 'right' path. Whether you define that energy as God or higher power or whatnot, it put us here and now we should make the most of what we've got rather than participate in the 'fictional escapism' and sit down with crystals HOPING for something to happen. I TOTALLY fell into this wormhole for an entire year and I wasted so much time on new age products and overthinking ALL my emotions and basically my whole life. I still meditate to help my anxiety and believe crystals have healing properties but as someone who also studied marketing...this is simply a trend that swallows us into a dream, rather than a progressive reality. THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS OUT THERE.