Making dreams come true: inside the new age world of manifesting

According to the rules of modern manifestation, the only thing standing between you and the seven-figure salary/sun-drenched holiday home/vintage convertible is your ability (or lack thereof) to channel your own mental energy towards its acquisition.

Let me state here that I am not refuting the benefits of channeling positive mental energy in the direction of your personal goals (if your Dad isn’t handing you a million-dollar cheque, how else are you supposed to do it?)

What troubles me about the Good Vibes Only Gospel - the language of which has become almost as ubiquitous as its pseudo-psychotherapeutic counterpart, Therapy-Speak - is that it conflates spiritual progess with finanical prosperity, and overlooks the role that systemic injustice plays in blocking so many millions of people from ‘manifesting’ their ... See more

Those who fail to exhibit positive attitudes, no matter the external reality, are in some ways ill. Their attitudes, like those of recalcitrant Chinese during the Cultural Revolution, need correction. Once we adopt a positive mind, positive things will always happen. This belief, like all the other illusions peddled in the culture, encourages peopl

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