“Fields don’t work for me”
I try not to judge these sorts of threads, though they are frustrating. I imagine it’s partly because my inner skeptic still crops up from time to time, for all sorts of things, no matter how much experience or proof I have to the contrary of its claims.
So instead of being frustrated, I’ll share my own perspective, relatively privately, and hope it helps somebody - perhaps my future self - deal with the same.
I could address this from the “everything is energy” angle but it’s so wrapped in and out of woo that while it works for me, it won’t work for most. Instead, I’ll address the placebo effect.
Studies have been done on the placebo effect and a quick search gets you all kinds of results. 50% effective, 30-60%, blah blah blah. Point is, studies have concluded that the placebo effect is an effect that brings about actual change to the physical form. The most drastic example being a woman believing she is pregnant strongly enough that the body begins to change - mind you, no fetus is created, but every other sign and symptom is there.
The conclusion science has come to, placebo enhances actual medication, up to 50%. But that feels like correlation. Instead, I’d say, for every effect, there’s an intentional component and a belief component. Meaning some combination of the 100% intentional and 100% belief gives you a 100% physical effect in whatever ratio that breaks down to. The reason this separation is important is because if placebo truly only effected a process actually taking place, then there would be no way for belief to exist as its own process.
So, if you somehow believe you can slap yourself every morning and it’ll bring you perfect health, that belief will cause your brain to enact everything it has to bring you as close to perfect health as it’s currently able to do. That’s without any impetus; just belief.
On your own, you’re capable of doing every physical thing a field can, just by believing it. That principle probably spreads further, but lets stick to the physical changes. So then, you might ask, “what about the impetus, the intentional aspect”. And that’s where energy comes in. Energy becomes the intentional effect, your belief it can do what it’s designed to is the placebo effect - which we already know is part of the success of mainstream medication.
So there you have it. If you’re not getting results from fields, or you’re worried they’re not working on you - work on your belief. Belief it can work, belief you deserve for it to work, belief it will last.
If you have and it’s still not working, switch perspectives. You may believe it’ll work, but do you believe you deserve it? You may believe you deserve it, but do you also believe it sounds too good to be true? Change your belief, change the outcome. It’s a simple concept but it can be a challenging mindset to enact.
