what is up everybody this is Chris from the rewired soul where we talk about the
problem but focus on the solution and today we're going to be talking about
the law of attraction manifestation which was made extremely popular by the
Oprah Winfrey endorsed book the secret all right so there's a dude on YouTube
who keeps getting recommended to me and his name is master sri akarshana ah and
I'm sorry if I'm mispronouncing that I'm gonna call him master sri akarshana just so I
don't screw up his name he keeps getting recommended to me and I don't know why
that's just the way YouTube works so funny I decided to sit down check out a
few of his videos and he is one of those law of attraction manifestation gurus
out there three unexpected signs your manifestation is on its way this is the
law of attraction and the truth is actually going to shock you here
this is shreya Cashner and I'm really excited to share with you these three
signs because when I first started manifesting things I didn't know how to
recognize these things and as a result of it
I wasn't able to actually it's almost like imagine what you want is on its way
and right at the end it kind of slips so you don't want to let it slip that's why
we're gonna dive straight into it but before we get into it show real hit it
and check this out before I get started I just want to make it very clear like
although I'm an atheist like if you have a faith a certain type of belief system
a religion and if that's helping you guide your life and keep you on a good
path like more power to you I have absolutely no problem with that the
reason why I want to talk about this guru as well as some other gurus here on
YouTube is because my fear is that it can negatively impact your mental health
when people like Master Sri and others are promoting the law of attraction and
manifest station it can lead to some negative results right like if things
aren't working out for you you could start to feel like maybe you're doing
something wrong you know what I mean but something that we're gonna talk about
pretty soon is science and something that's unfalsifiable because
that's very very important and one of the other things that I have an issue
with is that if you're following these gurus on here on YouTube or wherever
else they're promoting their work like you are far less likely because you're
putting all your eggs in this basket you're far less likely to go to therapy
and to work on evidence-based methods that can actually help improve your
mental health okay but master three isn't the only person doing this like
there's a bunch of like former monks here on YouTube and they're big on
social media and they are making Bank alright like you have no idea how much
money these dudes are making and it blows my mind because I'm really into
like Buddhist philosophy and stuff like that and there's all these like former
month's who are just just drowning in riches so just like Scrooge McDuck it
into piles of money based on you know making these practices very public a lot
of them can't help you but we have people out there like Prince EA Jay
Shetty Jake Ducey and this dude master Shri so what why do this well it's it's
a pretty easy answer like let's take a look at master shree's top videos okay
they range between eight hundred twenty thousand and 2.2 million views okay a
lot of them are about the law of attraction a lot of them are about
manifestation but the number one problem is is that they lack any kind of
scientific backing okay I'm a man of science but I also love
philosophy and here's the thing when it comes to Buddhism and Buddhist practices
like believe it or not there's actually a lot a lot of scientific backing behind
this like they have hooked monks up to brain scans and they see how their
brains function differently right they are less susceptible to depression less
susceptible to anxiety they are more compassionate they are able to activate
these parts of the brain and is amazing if you're interested in
learning a bit more about that there are ton of books out there but one of my
favorite books is why Buddhism is true by Robert Wright very very very good
book he uses a lot of evolutionary psychology as well it's super cool okay
but but here's the thing like although we define some science that actually
backs up Buddhist philosophies something that science doesn't back is the law of
attraction and manifestation and one of the main reasons big one of the main
reasons being is because it's unfalsifiable all right I'm gonna need
you to say it with me real quick on falsifiable okay so when I was checking
out some of masters shree's videos on this stuff
he has videos about why your manifestations are not coming true why
it seems like the law of attraction isn't quite working out so how do you
ignore your current reality and manifest what you want especially when you're
going through some chaos right now so it may be in your finances so maybe you
want to manifest money and maybe you want to attract love or you know you
want to attract a text message or something from somebody and you're in
that desperate need right now of that thing so how can you ignore that
criminality because if you stay in that vibration and that needy vibration in
that scarcity mindset in that fear and down low vibrational mindset it's
extremely extremely difficult to manifest so I've got seven steps that
I've used it doesn't matter if people have broken into my house before took my
money before or even different things with regards to relationships and
everything I've used these seven steps and it allows me to instantly shift my
vibrations to get back on track and manifest what I want instantly so if you
want to do that then make sure it's a stay tuned in this video and here is the
issue with it so check this out so somebody like master Shree or anybody
else promoting the law of attraction if you get something that you desire
something that you want all right boom there it is baby the universe is out
there to help you which you want but if the law of
attraction of manifesting what you want doesn't work oh I guess the universe
just had different plans for you you see what I mean there is no way to falsify
this practice because their explanation just gives you right back towards it
right like there is no form of even evidence-based psychology that works
100% of the time for 100% of the people there are explanations as to why it
doesn't work that can be proven by science rather than this kind of self
justification and cognitive dissonance of oh it didn't work for you well here
let me let me keep promoting this thing you know I could figure out a way to
explain why so when it comes to master sri and the law of attraction and
manifestation let's actually turn to some science let's see what psychology
actually has to say about this alright so this right here is Gabrielle Oda
engine and she is a professor of psychology at New York University and
she also wrote an awesome book called rethinking positive thinking ok and she
discovered she discovered that trying to manifest your desires is actually
completely counterproductive and here's why so it turns out that our brains are
actually terrible at separating reality from fantasy alright so when you are
making your vision board or trying to manifest your dreams right when you're
doing this your brain believes that you already accomplished that thing right
this is the same with like visualizing that thing that you want so what happens
when your brain believes that you already accomplished that goal
it stops putting resources towards accomplishing that goal alright so you
can sit there and manifest it until the cows come home but you are far less
likely to put in the work that it will take to get those things that you want
alright so when you hear about this manifestation stuff just realize that
it's actually holding you back from pursuing what you
really want and one of the other issues that I have right and here's one of the
reasons why I love Buddhism is because it helps us rethink our values and
rethink our desires like the law of attraction and one of the reasons that
people like master sri and jay shetty I blow up on YouTube is because we are
such a capitalistic society right we think that having a new car is gonna
make us happy having that new house having stuff without lavish vacation all
these other things we believe that those things are going to make us happy
something when it comes to Buddhist philosophy and which this is why it
surprises me that these monks are all about like hey manifest becoming a
millionaire right like we we discovered that these things don't make us happy
and I'm living proof of that I used to make a boatload of money back
in my addiction and I was absolutely miserable and I was so confused why but
the reality was was that I was being sold a bill of false good my entire life
I was told that if I could just get that thing then I would be happy so that's
another reason why I want you all to be very skeptical if you're coming across
these videos about the law of attraction and manifestation because even if the
universe works out in your favor and you get that thing that you want just
realize there is no guarantee that that thing will make you happy another book I
highly recommend is stumbling on happiness this from one of the top
positive psychology researchers and what he's discovered is that we are awful we
are awful at predicting what will and won't make us happy all right so to kind
of wrap this video up I just want to make it very clear there is a ton of
science behind how positive thinking we reframing the way you're thinking or
your experience is all these things and how you you work with your own mind
there's scientific proof that these things work but something that does
work because there's no science behind it is the law of attraction and
manifestation okay so listen if you like watching this stuff if it helps put you
in a positive mindset um I recently read some books that that implemented a lot
of this stuff and like talking about your vibrations and everything I'm like
but anyways I can see how it puts you in a positive state of mind it kind of
encourages you to move forward if that's what you're looking for with this stuff
like do thing baby do your thing but again my fear is that if you rely too
much on this stuff that has absolutely no grounding in science you're not going
to put in the work that it really takes to improve your mental health you know
what I mean but anyways that's all I got for this video if you like this video
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