Promises, like vows, and especially man-made laws, are disempowering concepts.

Think about what the idea of these things mean.

It's effectively saying that, regardless of how you are vibrationally attracting in your life, we (the promise-maker, the vow-pledger and the law-giver) will ensure that you receive protection (in some way) from it.

It makes the protected receiver of those promises, vows and laws think that it is actually possible to create a little physical bubble where universal law doesn't apply.

It blurs the connection between how you think and what you receive.

This is because if, due to the original fear-based vibration you had that needed the promise, you (naturally) receive behavior out of alignment with that promise, you then end up blaming the other person for your own vibration!

Instead, you should be looking at the thoughts you were thinking yourself that led to that unwelcome behavior from another.

Life is never about what another person says they will do for you (through promises, vows and laws), it is always about you and your vibration.

So, is promise a comfort for a fool?

I think the word fool is a bit harsh, but a promise is certainly an illusionary comfort for a disempowered person that needs others to promise things to them.

If people are not generally keeping promises any more then I would say this is a good thing.

From a typically-moralistic point of view, this idea that you cannot really rely on what another promises/vows etc might all sound quite depressing...however, it is actually tremendously empowering!

...because the reverse to what has been said above in this message is also true.

Namely, it doesn't matter how another normally behaves with others, you will always attract behaviors that are consistent with your vibrational output.

So you can attract generosity from people who are generally parsimonious, joyful interactions from people who are generally miserable, talkativeness from people who are generally silent, and so on.

Similarly, it doesn't matter how much someone promises they will do something, they cannot act with you other than the vibrational range that you allow them to act within in your reality.

Broken promises are good in that they start forcing people to look somewhere else for comfort...and, maybe after a long search, that comfort will eventually be found within themselves - the only place that dependable comfort can ever be found.

If you take care of your vibration, you will never need another to make a promise, a vow or a law.

While no-one can stop disempowering things happening to you when you feel disempowered, it is also the case that no-one can stop empowering things happening to you when you feel empowered.

Life is purely about you and the way you think - the words and behavior of others is irrelevant.