The Tao, Law of Attraction and Death

Well, if that's not a daunting task, to take on thepeacefulness. Even though this creature is so small
subject of death and how it relates to the Tao and theand seemingly insignificant, if it's desire is strong enough,
Law of Attraction. I preface this by saying that Iit has the ability to project as powerful an emission of
practice Taoism and LOA from Christian perspective. Ivibrational energy as any other infinite expression of
am inspired to write this article in regard to a smallSource.
section in Dr. Wayne Dyer's Book, Change YourAs we know, LOA brings the universe together by the
Thoughts, Change Your Life; Living the Wisdom of thequickest easiest means available. Now, in walks
Tao. Great book, and one of my very favorites. While IWayne Dyer, compassionate human being. There is a
respect Lau-tzu's teachings, I don't always trust theperfect alignment in the making; the bee's vibration is
interpretations of his verses. Dr. Dyer is probably moreliterally crying out for peace, if it had not been, Dr. Dyer
qualified to translate what is in this ancient text thanwould have never noticed it. The bee could never
anybody, and I appreciate the interjection of his ownhave died in the manner in which it did, if it hadn't
wisdom in this work.attracted it, that is LAW! This is the perfection of this
That being said, I would like to attempt to connect theawesome law; Dr. Dyer does notice the bee, and is
Tao Te Ching, and the Law of Attraction. In my opinion,inspired to assist the bee, only out of pure compassion.
Lau-tzu, found the true path to connection with Source,The bee attracted him and he attracted the bee! He
by putting himself in the most highly vibrational states.very quickly (and probably painlessly) ended the bee's
When following his wisdom, one will certainly, begin tolife, allowing the bee to again become one with the
attain an attractor state of existence, there is no doubt.Source from which it came, part of the beautiful and
However, there are certain digressions from the pureperfect cycle. Why would this scenario not be part of
science of LOA or the law of resonance. I do notthat Tao "choreography"?
want to get into all of the areas where the teachingsAfterward, Dr. Dyer seemed to think that the energy
do not completely line up; this essay is about how itthat surrounded him seemed to have a negative feel,
pertains to the perception of death.because he had taken on the role of "Lord of Death". I
In the 74th verse of the Tao Te Ching, Lau-tzu talkssay, the only reason the energy changed is because,
about the "Lord of Death"; Dr. Dyer, gives a greatas he began to over think the incident, he started on a
explanation that at your entry into this world, yourspiral of guilt. As those of us who study LOA know,
entire experience from beginning to end has alreadyguilt is the lowest energy on the scale, and if you begin
by the nature of the Tao, been laid out in advance. Heto entertain it at all, you run the risk of attracting in
adds that even your death has been "choreographed"more and more. The feeling state, should have been
and allowed to unfold naturally by "Divine Timing". Hecaught immediately. Dr. Dyer himself, in early chapters
goes on to say that since death must be in accordof the very book, advises that one should be an
with nature, that it is never our job to kill as a result ofobserver, and forgive oneself, and everyone else
an ego decision. He then discribes an incident whereimmediately and also to surround oneself and others in
he saw a bee that was lying on it's back, in it's lastlove and light. This is why his energy field changed. If
moments. He felt that there was a possibility that thehe had noticed the feeling, and immediately searched
bee could be suffering, so he took it upon himself tofor better feeling thoughts, (and taken his own advice
quickly stomp out the bee's life, sort of a mercy killing.and forgiven himself), the energy field around him
After that, he went through waves of guilt for a time,would have changed back to positive immediately.
deciding that he had no right to make that decision, andMy summation is that sometimes, killing is "nature's"
the the act negatively impacted the energy surroundingway. Of course I do not condone killing, especially if it is
him for a time. So, he concludes, that act was wrong,done out of malice, or out of any of the lower states
and no one should ever kill anyone or anything.of energy. I say that not out of concern for the one
Now, I would like to analyze this from an LOA point ofwho is killed, but for the killer. Such a passionate,
view. I positively believe that killing should be avoided atextremely low vibrational state will attract in horrifying
all costs. Dr. Dyer, says that death is "choreographed"results. Just look at how most serial killers end up being
and should unfold naturally. Who is to say that thisexecuted. It is wrong to judge society for capitol
event with the bee was not a natural perfect unfoldingpunishment; if someone dies in that way or in any
of the bee's death. Animals of every size and shapeother way it is because they themselves attracted
meet their natural demise by being killed by otherthat way of leaving this plane of existence. Nothing
animals; it happens millions of times everyday! Thecan directly affect your experience that you did not
animals that have been killed have attracted thecreate through your own chronic thoughts and beliefs.
animals that will kill them. I hate to make this point, but inYour experience will always be the best it can be for
keeping with the purity of LOA, there are no victims. Inyou, by noticing how you are feeling, then always
the case of the bee, imagine if you will, this littlesearching for better feeling thoughts. That being said,
creature, on it's back, we have no way of knowing ifas a Christian, when my thoughts are with Jesus Christ
the bee was suffering or not. There is a probabilityin the spirit of true love, compassion, gratitude and
though that in some way the bee had a desire forappreciation, I am always raised up, no matter what
peace; it was sending out vibrations of it's desire forlevel I started at.