australian clairvoyant Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Does anyone believe the Law of Attraction works well ? 1 in 4 people seem to end up/live alone in the western world You can cherry pick statistics but these figures are commonly quoted USA – The percent of One Person households in 2017 is 28 percent. European Union (EU)- The percent of One Person households in 2017 is 34 percent. Some countries have a much higher single dwelling occupancy than others. Australia – The percent of One Person households in 2018 is 24 percent. Link to post Share on other sites
d0nnivain Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 I believe in the Law Of Attraction but I don't understand the correlation you are proffering regarding single person households. Please elaborate. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
SumGuy Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 2 hours ago, australian clairvoyant said: Does anyone believe the Law of Attraction works well ? 1 in 4 people seem to end up/live alone in the western world You can cherry pick statistics but these figures are commonly quoted USA – The percent of One Person households in 2017 is 28 percent. European Union (EU)- The percent of One Person households in 2017 is 34 percent. Some countries have a much higher single dwelling occupancy than others. Australia – The percent of One Person households in 2018 is 24 percent. What is the Law of Attraction? Is it just some aphorism? Like: Opposites attract? Or birds of a feather flock together? More importantly, your raw statistics without information on what they measure are meaningless. Have you ever read the book How to Lie with Statistics? One person households, could be a good thing, if the age ranges is 18-25 that could show young people are making enough not to have roommates, that there is plenty of housing stock. Especially as it is a trend in those countries that people marry older. Or if it is for age ranges 70+ it could be a good thing as it could mean older folks are healthy enough to not have to live in a care facility, and they may be alone not because they never attracted someone but because they did and they were the love of their life and don't want to live with someone else. Also, living alone doesn't mean you don't have anyone and are not dating or attracting. So percentage of one person households is a statistic that could mean many things, and that it relates to the law of attraction is far down the list in my book of what it reasonably relates to. Usually one person household occupancy is a sign of a good economy as a certain percentage of the population will always be in the pre-living together/marriage stage or the post-living together/marriage stage of life. Especially if one person means no kids. Link to post Share on other sites
Ellener Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 1 hour ago, SumGuy said: What is the Law of Attraction? Simply put, the Law of Attraction is the ability to attract into our lives whatever we are focusing on. It is believed that regardless of age, nationality or religious belief, we are all susceptible to the laws which govern the Universe, including the Law of Attraction. It is the Law of Attraction which uses the power of the mind to translate whatever is in our thoughts and materialize them into reality. In basic terms, all thoughts turn into things eventually. If you focus on negative doom and gloom you will remain under that cloud. If you focus on positive thoughts and have goals that you aim to achieve you will find a way to achieve them with massive action. It's a New Age model for living positively, I think I first heard about it about 15 or 20 years ago. I have no idea if it works but I can attest to living kindly! 2 Link to post Share on other sites
d0nnivain Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 1 minute ago, SumGuy said: What is the Law of Attraction? Is it just some aphorism? Like: Opposites attract? Or birds of a feather flock together? It goes by a number of names: The Secret; the Power of Positive Thinking; angels, the universe. It is more of a Bird of a Feather thing meaning that whatever plane you are on that is the type of person you will bring into your life. For example if you are sad & pessimistic, it's unlikely that an upbeat positive person will be attracted to your energy. It's why they tell you to phrase things in a positive manner when putting it out there to the universe because the universe drops off negative words. So for example if you want a partner who treats you well, say that. Avoid saying I wants somebody who won't beat me. If you drop the not off that you get somebody who will beat you. With that understanding I'm still not following the OP's proposed correlation to single households. 4 Link to post Share on other sites
Ellener Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 4 hours ago, australian clairvoyant said: Does anyone believe the Law of Attraction works well ? 1 in 4 people seem to end up/live alone in the western world I'm living alone at the moment. Before lockdown it was mostly positive for me though I had anticipated it might become more lonely to age alone and lockdown has confirmed that avoiding isolation is a skill and living alone could indeed be negative. Link to post Share on other sites
Ellener Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 1 hour ago, d0nnivain said: So for example if you want a partner who treats you well, say that. Avoid saying I wants somebody who won't beat me. If you drop the not off that you get somebody who will beat you. Sort of, it's more the difference between saying 'I want someone who treats me well' and 'I don't want someone who treats me not well'. Some people believe everyone gives off an energy based on their thoughts and actions, and I can see how that might be. The role of words in thoughts is its own energy @SumGuy described his partner as 'a being of light' earlier today and not only do we all know what he means, that energy touches and inspires us! Well it does me... Link to post Share on other sites
SumGuy Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 7 minutes ago, Ellener said: ... The role of words in thoughts is its own energy @SumGuy described his partner as 'a being of light' earlier today and not only do we all know what he means, that energy touches and inspires us! Well it does me... Well I do think of her as a being of light, but in that context it was more of a physics joke in that photons are mass less so they don't bend space-time and thus she does not disturb my introvert space...which my girlfriend may correct me on as she knows they have momentum...also she does not view the phrase "physics joke" as an oxymoron. OK not to go down the rabbit hole here of law of attraction but it's fascinating. Link to post Share on other sites
Ellener Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 1 hour ago, SumGuy said: OK not to go down the rabbit hole here of law of attraction but it's fascinating. Well that's the thing with ideas being useful: don't go down the rabbit hole................... Oops too late 🤷🏿♀️ ( that's the closest emoji to Alice in Wonderland ) 🤣 1 Link to post Share on other sites
mark clemson Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 (edited) It's a new age view. For example, you can bringing a partner into your life by thinking about the (potential) person, visualizing them, your relationship, wishing for them, sort of making them "as real as possible" in your thoughts. Stuff in that arena. One could also get a haircut, put on a nice shirt, and find some social activity to participate in instead, but I suppose everyone's a bit different. 😉 Edited June 24, 2020 by mark clemson Link to post Share on other sites
CaliforniaGirl Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 Well...while some people want to live alone, being alone at any given time doesn't mean you always be. Plus, a lot of single households must be daters/currently dating. Or only recently divorced, so they were formerly paired up, and may plan to be again...you just don't know. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
basil67 Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 "Ending up alone" is such a negative approach. What about those who "have a full life and aren't interested in dating"? Link to post Share on other sites
preraph Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 Seems to me the law of attraction has most people attracted to the top 10 percent. Then some people accidentally meet someone and fall in love despite them not being "exactly my type." Then there's a lot who at different times don't even want to live with someone, like me. Link to post Share on other sites
Miss Spider Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 (edited) I don't believe in it, no. From what I know about it, I find that ideology to be dangerous in a lot of ways. Edited June 27, 2020 by Cookiesandough 1 Link to post Share on other sites
regine_phalange Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 I guess it works, as a way to remind yourself of your goals so that you don't forget and keep going towards them/recognise opportunities. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
chillii Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 (edited) On 6/24/2020 at 12:08 PM, basil67 said: "Ending up alone" is such a negative approach. What about those who "have a full life and aren't interested in dating"? Yep , exactly what l was thinking many choose to fly solo now, and people think nothing of it these days , not like it would've been 30 or 50 yrs ago , it doesn't mean they're trapped in it. Divorce rates and the result of broken families and marriages are also turning a lot of people of even going there these days. Not to mention social isolation with the computer age and just not getting out anymore . Although l suppose as far as meeting somebody goes there are date sites now, although they really don't sound like they fill that void too well if all the stuff in places like LS are anything to go by. As far as the so called law of attraction and thread , if this particular version of law of attraction is basically of the positive thinking kind , sure. l'd say that might work in many things in life supposing you had the time and patience to focus on it for however many years you might need too , ever tried that stuff in anything , it's very draining. Don't think l ever met a couple that met by positive thinking though. Although it couldn't hurt right, as long as you didn't sit around wasting away on that rather than living . Edited June 27, 2020 by chillii Link to post Share on other sites
CaliforniaGirl Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 (edited) On 6/23/2020 at 7:08 PM, basil67 said: "Ending up alone" is such a negative approach. What about those who "have a full life and aren't interested in dating"? Plus, do they really "end up" alone, like that's it? Someone who is single today might not be six months from now. Edited June 28, 2020 by CaliforniaGirl 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Author australian clairvoyant Posted June 28, 2020 Author Share Posted June 28, 2020 over 1 in 4 live alone so that is a really high amount of people. My point is that wanting romance to happen for a lot of people just doesnt happen Link to post Share on other sites
Weezy1973 Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 2 hours ago, australian clairvoyant said: over 1 in 4 live alone so that is a really high amount of people. My point is that wanting romance to happen for a lot of people just doesnt happen Again there’s no context. The average age people are getting married has been getting older for a long time now so we’d expect more adults living alone. But to answer your question, no I don’t believe in the law of attraction or any other kind of magical thinking. Link to post Share on other sites
SumGuy Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 (edited) 5 hours ago, australian clairvoyant said: over 1 in 4 live alone so that is a really high amount of people. My point is that wanting romance to happen for a lot of people just doesnt happen I'm not even sure 25% living alone is a high percentage. Even if it is you are assuming that all those 25% want romance. What if only half do, is 12.5% living alone too high a percentage? You are taking a bald statistic and make two big interpretative fallacies: (1) you conclude it is a "really high percentage"...based only on you subjective belief about how much is too high with no consideration that "living alone" may be a good thing for certain demographics (like for 18 year olds); (2) you assume that living alone is a choice no one wants instead of a one people gladly choose. The statistic you need is for those who are living alone but deeply want a romantic partner to live with, what percentage are they of the population. Also preferably broken down by age category and with a question are there strong societal barriers to them achieving this, e.g. some places still have laws against cohabitation before marriage, and against homosexuals, etc. Your point may be true, it is just not supported by the data you cite. Edited June 28, 2020 by SumGuy Link to post Share on other sites
CaliforniaGirl Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 Also, don't a lot of people date but are not necessarily married to or living with their partner? The 1 in 4 statistic does not account for people who are in relationships, but not married. And that is a lot of people. Link to post Share on other sites
FMW Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 I want a committed relationship with a good guy, but I have no interest in either marrying or living together full time. I would imagine that some who are currently happily in a relationship feel the same. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
SumGuy Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 (edited) 15 hours ago, CaliforniaGirl said: Also, don't a lot of people date but are not necessarily married to or living with their partner? The 1 in 4 statistic does not account for people who are in relationships, but not married. And that is a lot of people. Yep I’m dating (well just my girlfriend) and plenty of romance, some day we may live together but not yet...now I do have kids at home so not sure if I am “living alone” or not. Edited June 29, 2020 by SumGuy 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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