After all what is attitude? Way back somewhere I described in one of these musings how we take in stimuli through the senses and somewhere the brain processes it and gives it meaning. I won't go into that now, but these meanings form the basis of your attitude, your stance on things. Somewhere back in the 60's I attended a seminar where an Industrial Psycologist defined attitude as the sum of your opinions and your experiences. To me that was fascinating because for the first time I saw a mental or psychological process in the form or a mathematical equation... i.e. A = O + E where of course A is attitude, O is opinion and E is experience. So if one were to change his attitude then he could change his opinion or experience as the case may be. But more importantly if he could change either his opinion or his experience then his attitude would change. And it is this change in attitude which determines the outcome of events that the devotees of the Secret propose.
Well that should give folks something to think about. I am going on vacation next week and will be back sometime around Sept. 23 for the next post and perhaps those of you who have recognized the process in their own lives might be willing to share with us by leaving a comment or two.
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