This is an interesting topic, especially because from personal experience the Law of Attraction seems to contradict itself. When I finally broke away from antiquated belief systems and found my path, I had a sense of purpose and immense inner peace. For all the good that I felt within, my life on the outside was still a complete disaster. I agree that I unconsciously generated a lot of my own "bad luck" previously with my own fear and negative feelings, but if I broke away from that and found inner strength, self-love and confidence, why didn't it change my circumstances on the outside as well since I was not only giving off positive energy but making a conscious choice to see the through the negative and learn and grow from it? The change in attitude seemed to make things worse, despite how stubbornly I worked at maintaining a positive attitude. It in fact drew even more pronounced negative energy, almost like I was wearing a target on my back - "She's grinning again, go kick her arse". I'm not talking for a day or a week, I'm talking a span of years. At what point do you throw up your hands and look for another culprit?

I believe there are life & soul lessons one has to learn, some through extremes no matter how positive they are in the end. I wouldn't call it a curse or bad karma, more like a soul's version of a "thick skull" where one has to be shaken to the core to leave an impression. Unfortunately there aren't that many positive things that can shake us to the core...they're typically initially negative. So you may be out there positively trying to manifest change, and you'll definitely attract change, but guess what, it's going to come at you through disaster anyway.

I wouldn't go so far as to say some people are lucky and others are cursed, but I do feel that some people have an easier path. Why that is, we could discuss/argue/contemplate for eternity and never know for sure. I say if you're a positive person and attract positive energy and experiences, good for you! Just don't mind the rest of us who have a hard go at it no matter what and feel the need to flip you the bird every now and then. It isn't personal. You're a forgiving lot, right?

It's good to see another like-minded individual out there who has a little spit-fire in them when it comes to this question, Abracadabra. I am in total agreement.

Let's also not forget that Christianity borrowed their description of Hell from Dante's "The Divine Comedy", a work of fiction. The Bible did not ever really define or explain what Hell was.

I suppose that in the interest of balance and contrast, there had to be a supreme Bad if there was a supreme Good. But frankly, I think it shows the limited capability to think outside the box. The question rolling around in my brain lately is more to do with evolution of the soul and its understanding of "truth".