 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 Shri Akarshina and I'm sorry if I'm mispronouncing that I'm going to call him Master Shri just so I don't screw up his name but he keeps getting recommended to me and I don't know why that's just the way YouTube works so finally 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 Shri Akarshina 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 going to 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 wanted 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 Shri and others are promoting the law of attraction and manifestation it can lead to some negative results right like if things aren't working out for you you can start to feel like maybe you're doing something wrong you know what I mean but something that we're going to 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 Shri 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 all right 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 monks who are just just drowning in riches so just like Scrooge McDucking it into piles of money based on you know making these practices very public a lot of them can help you but we have people out there like Prince EA Jay Shetty Jake Ducey and this dude master Shri so why do this well it's a pretty easy answer like let's take a look at master Shri's top videos okay they range between 820,000 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 it is amazing if you're interested in learning a bit more about that there are a 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 could find 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 being one of the main reasons being is because it's unfalsifiable all right I'm going to need you to say it with me real quick unfalsifiable okay so when I was checking out some of master Shri'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 and 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 current reality because if you stay in that vibration and that needy vibration in that scarcity mindset in that fear and doubt 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 to stay tuned in this video and here is the issue with it so check this out so somebody like master Shri 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 get what you want but if the law of attraction and 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 gears 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 and I can figure out a way to explain why so when it comes to master Shri 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 all right so this right here is Gabrielle Odenjin and she is a professor of psychology at New York University and she also wrote an awesome book called rethinking positive thinking okay 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 all right 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 all right 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 all right 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 shrie and j shetty like blow up on youtube is because we are such a capitalistic society right we think that having a new car is going to make us happy having that new house having stuff for that 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 goods 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 is 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 um re reframing the way you're thinking or your experiences all these things and how you work with your own mind there's scientific proof that these things work but something that doesn't 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 and i'm like but anyways i can see how it puts you in a positive state of mind and kind of encourages you to move forward if that's what you're looking for with this stuff like do your 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 liked this video please give it a thumbs up if you're new make sure you subscribe and ring that 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