You’ve seen the commercials for The Secret movie. It is polished to a Da Vinci Code paranoid sheen positing that there’s a big secret suppressed throughout history that the smart and powerful have used to get ahead and you are ignorant of this secret that has helped everybody but you and you are doomed to be broke and miserable unless you plunk down your dollars to view the movie.
I was a bit disappointed.
Nothing gets me more juiced than a good conspiracy theory: JFK, Roswell… I like my secret societies bathed in madness and anarchy. I was hoping for some blend of Masonics and aliens and the Cigarette-Smoking Man and somehow the homosexual agenda (it’s always the gays or the Jews these days isn’t it?) fit in a nice tight Pandora’s box gift-wrapped in angst and sealed with a poisoned kiss.
I was disappointed.
There were no Nazis. What’s a conspiracy theory without a well-placed connection to fascism? The Secret is slick. It is slick like that annoying What the Bleep movie that supposedly had real scientists debating quantum theory (Dr. Emoto – you think that is for real?) and spirituality being the same thing until the end when you realize JZ Knight is from that Ramtha cult and you think to yourself – whatever happened to SETH and all those crazies (I’m allowed to rip on them, my dad and I got up the morning of the Harmonic Convergence to watch the sun rise – few suspect my hippy past!).
The Secret comes to us via some commercial producers and you can tell – the rhythms of the piece are quiet amazing. The editing, the pacing, the punctuality and dynamics of the movie are stunning. If I ever do any kind of product like this, I want this kind of production value. The video delivery is equally stunning. Usually the videos you see being distributed for pay these days are a bit more – ahem – naughty than The Secret but whoever did the video distribution for this movie did a great job. It is literally watching movie quality work – in complete mastered stereo right on your desktop. VERY impressive. Very vivid video (wink).
The Secret is the law of abundance. Or the priniples of attraction or whatever we’re calling it this week. The old adage of “Think of stuff – get stuff.” Rapid-fire testimonials from our cadre of experts include things like a gay man attracting abuse by homophobes and a guy who suddenly gets checks for money in the mail (with absolutely no context to how this happened). I don’t deny the amazing power of the human body and the human mind and the human spirit/soul/whatevah. I find the whole movie a bit unnerving.
I think what irks me is all ‘the trappings’ put around this abundance stuff – the idea that meditating on the results you want focuses your attention on achieving results and forwarding action and momentum – none of this is new or secret or strange. But it is wrapped around this core of ‘THINK THIS – GET STUFF’. I almost feel like the suffix should be ‘and then you work your ass off.’ That always gets left out of the picture – yes you do work you love – you attract the things you need and then… You Work Your Ass Off. And yeah the narcissism seems to infect the whole topic – and materialism – all of these wealth and millionaire books and programs…
Self-help falls into the trap of challenging you to improve yourself first and then falls short of asking you to go improve the community/world around you. Become the change you want to see in the world – but you don’t stop with yourself. It is like those prayer without good deeds or worrying without action. There’s a little smart-assed comment about how people holding anti-war demonstrations are in effect, attracting war. Then why do we call them peace protests?
Plus I think people that become enchanted with this thinking get deluded about their reality being just a collection of perceptions and that the social/economic/political context around them isn’t an entire dynamic operating in this world of ‘wealth’ and ‘attraction.’ Sometimes I think these frameworks are what we cling to in the face that random shit happens in the world and there’s little explanation or cause or it – usually we are told we have to ‘have faith’. I know that the EST/Landmark folks will just tell me that this is my Racket and I’m simply not evolved enough but screw it.
Summation: Clever re-marketing of Nothing New wrapped in a chocolatey-warm fuzzy shell.
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Andy, Andy… You had a vision for what you wanted to do with Blogwild. You no doubt spent countless hours imagining it and working it out in your mind (as well as on paper–another manifesting technique), before releasing it to the world. Then you worked your “ass off” as you put it to see your vision become a reality. Congratulations! You’ve just used the Law of Attraction.
“You get what you concentrate on.”
–Seth
I didn’t focus on ‘feeling’ that the goal was already attained. I did the work and built the credibility and achieved the goal. That is the opposite of The Secret.
Let just say “Never judge a book by its cover”.
We are all here arguing who’s right, who’s wrong…RIGHT! This is not about what is to be or not to be, so be it. I know if I feel awful and miserable, I have accident such as spilling food, doing something stupid etc.. but If I wake up feeling great and say to myself, I am going to have a wonderful day…. I had the best day of my life in which I can create this if I want to. I am the mastermind of power of how I want to create my life, nobody does it. It like walking into a room full of people and you are in a bad mood, what reaction do you get from these people, you get people been smart to you by saying “what the matter with you, oh you are a pain or you are so miserable and they less likely want to be around you because they don’t someone who is cranky around them because you were feeling in a bad mood.
If you were to be feeling good in yourself, how would people response to you?
You see, it like attract like, that is base on what this movie is about. How you send out your message to others how you want it to response back to you, much like a boomerang through it out and its come back to you bouncing of a signal that you send out like a radiation that vibrates through universe outer into inner world to you.
Correct me, in the bible, if you take a look in Matthew chapter 7 verse 6 – 8, it said ” keep on asking, you shall receive”, keep on seeking, you shall find, keep on knocking, it will be opened to you.”
I am no religious or anything of a kind just a curious person who believes positive outlook does makes a different how you live your life everyday!
hey guys did you say”hard work”? you have just used a very negative thought that you believe that to manifest anything you have to do in life. If you break through this cycle of thinking, Stop the negative thoughts of something you don’t want.. all you need to do is concentrate on what you DO WANT. Using feelings, positive attitude to your life, it will improve. No it won’t take overnight to get that take in affect because what you strongly already believe – and to change it you have to change in how you see in your life and how you live it.
It is like getting a routine, if you decide you want to get fit, you have to change the way in you do things to fit in the time for your fitness work out, eating healthier and working towards a positive approach in your life and not to give up, simply withdraw all thoughts from negative to a positive. Your thoughts follow what becomes of your feelings that affects in your life everyday.
In another word this is exactly what it was said about using the law of attraction, already you are attracting to negative things around you and and believing that what the movie was somewhat useless because we already understand of what we know now, but to have to change something, it just takes time to adjust to a newer ways of doing things in your life. THAT IS ALL.
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The rosicrucians send their regards, May your thoughts bring you many blessings.
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iWlliam…
I was thinking the same thing…
Out of interests!
This became profound in my own research to! How i came across you on this day and made a comment! I have only ever lived with one understanding! And if that is to be voiced.. as the secrets… Then i thought it was something all understood! Naturally said simply as living particles of this universe! Cosmos, as some call it! This is higher education that a lot will pay for! university’s.. only my opinion.. Not educated! and dyslexic I just smile! I know how its now used to make interests and money.. i have no gain in this.. its the opposite! Lived it!
Thanks.. for the seeing from others… will revisit on my own interests.
I will read this page fully another day! and could comment again to my point! Thanks again.
Frank.
abraham is no jew nor christian, he lived long before the jesus or david nor moses … he is the who define monotheism but he is nor jew or christian !!!!
The only thing those guys want is to sell their motivational bullshit videos. It’s too good to be true…Be positive and you’ll ‘attract’ money, success, etc…Come on! life doesn’t work like that. Success and happiness is all about work, luck, and love. Don’t be fooled or else the only successful guys will be those that sell motivational videos…and poor people pay again one more time for hope…
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I didn’t agree with you first, but last paragraph makes sense for me…
That`s right, the movie suck, i`ll watching rigth now.
I`m thinking, people belive that?
I`m a beliver of God and stuff, but I think, if you put “God” instead of “universe”, that`s wat god want for us, but this movie is fill whith supercialism, commercialism, consumism, that`s the thing god don`t want for us, even the universe.
Feel good, or, act for good things, is not the universe, i`t`st what we want, so… what I care about the universe and twhots I`ll make. I`m very disturbed about this film, I`m concened if exist people who belive this shit, in other words I`ll prefered “if you di good thing you get good thing, if you do bad, you`ll get bad things” – KARMA – Earl form “my name is Earl”.
It is the pagan profecy that all non belivers feel.
So, I`m speeking in a forange language, I`ll apologies for that, my englis is not very well, but I think this movie is recluiting for a sect, who want to everione consume shit and be gratefull for that.
I`m not very a chistian if I not telling this to you, when I tell to you this then I can go home.
“love every one as you love yourself” this is the rule of universe and God, respect every thing, fight for your rigths, and figth for the rigts of the others, that is the way to live, I`m very short of words, I`m very short of thoughts, that`s the way for not expresse myself right, but if the movie show you the way, imagine what way you`ll way be if you belive in god, it`s more powerfull that universe, it`s creator of that.
I`m not predicate, i`m repelling that awfull movie, wacth the movie will became you a zombie.
Thank all, sorry my english and my falult to express myself.
Bye Bye.
GOD BLESS AMERICA.
It`s better burn to fade away. KDC.
I hear there is a new movie called The Compass that has teachers from The Secret and The Opus. I found it at http://www.thecompass.tv
Does anyone know anything. I looks pretty cool. Cannot wait!
I am sad for all of you that miss any message that is given just because of its delivery method,i see that you jump on a band wagon and cant hold one person thought of your own,each to their own when it comes to the experience of the life we have!it is people thinking too much that dont get to see through the eyes of a child the wonder of a blade of grass.I dont believe the secret gives you a secret but i would rather a world of people trying to be happy then sad.My own children I would much rather have watching the secret then war time re runs.learne from our mistakes and create a better future .Anything that does not help the community on a whole is not what someone with the right idea comes from.watch you can heal your life by loiuse hays be inspired to good ,and see what the secret was missing,i could say more but i wont at this time,as i have never posted anything in my life,you choose what is right for you no one else love rules robyn
honestly, i didn’t like The Secret that much because it gives u confidence..so much that you forget the World and u think that by applying this everything would be *Perfect*.
well let me say this there is no such thing as in perfection and the book is fine but does not apply in the real world i mean people honestly don’t think to much about this stupid idea about this law of attraction there is no such thing , i have a better advice that can help u more that a book with so many pages and ideas Live Your Life As If Everyday Is The Last. Don’t think too much go with the flow do your job perfectly be nice to everyone and am sure you’ll walk out a winner.
So that’s pretty much everything i loved the book but again it’s too much and too Not Real.
Keep it simple and don’t try to find a solution for everything because as you know ignorance is bliss so cherish it!.
kisses.
Hi
Yoga Master Erich Schiffmann is starring in a new movie called “The Compass”. It also has many cast members from “The Secret”. The new movie (and book) is called “The Compass”.
The Compass will pick up where The Secret left off. Prepare to be thrilled. http://www.thecompass.tv
Cast members include Erich Schiffmann, John Spencer Ellis, John Demartini, Bruce Lipton, Joe Vitale, John Assaraf, Marie Diamond, Brian Tracy, Les Brown,and so many more. The story is incredible.
There is also a book which is sure to become a best seller.
Check it out.
http://www.thecompass.tv
If anything, The Secret is a marketing phenomenon — but not really a secret. “As a man thinketh, so it is done to him” is only a secret to people with absolutely no religious or spiritual training. But, oftentimes, people with no religious or spiritual training simply intuit this most innate human skill — think positively and focus on what you want…
When the religious people start screaming about this being the work of the devil, etc, they are simply forgetting that all religions teach this concept in a variety of ways (what do you think prayer is if not thought?)… The religious keys — which work just as well as any — are simply these: Judge not, Fear not, Be of Good cheer, and As you think and believe, so will you experience…
Arguments and criticism from the various religions only serve to highlight the difference between trying to be a “Good Christian,” and trying to live a “Christ-like” life of love, acceptance, and non-judgment.
Anyone can create anything they choose; All things are indeed possible. We say, “Unfortunately, The Secret focuses on money, etc…” but The Secret didn’t make Western Society focus on money. The West has always focused on money; and, if you want to get them to read anything, it must either distract them from their suffering, or promise them riches — these seem to be the only motivations Westerners respond to.
But, there is always a percentage of people who use their thoughts for good, and a much larger percentage who spend their mental energy in less productive, more self-serving, pursuits. Again, this isn’t the fault of The Secret; it is simply an observation that was capitalized on by those who marketed this material in this format.
Having said that, for whatever reasons, The Secret did get a heck of a lot of people thinking about the kinds of thoughts they’ve been thinking; and that’s not really a bad thing. Action without thought often leads to mistakes and suffering. Look before you leap, and think before you act, are old axioms that highlight this point.
As for me, I do my best to stay happy, healthy, and to help others where I can without “trespassing” in their experience; and, as a result, I find the things I think about unfold very rapidly — sometimes by my own efforts, and sometimes “miraculously.” But, even the “miracles” can be accounted for with a deeper understanding of the concepts that were only touched upon by The Secret. As St. Augustine said, “Miracles are simply nature that is not yet understood.”
There is never a benefit — Mentally, Physically, Emotionally, Spiritually, or otherwise — to thinking negatively. And, we may have EVERYTHING to gain by thinking positively — health, happiness, and harmony in our life and relationships.
Great article, great discussion, and great comments… none of which would be here if not for The Secret.
The secret is the biggest load of cuck ever. It doesn’t work. All about money making for the producers of the movie and the author of the book. Anybody clever enough will realize this.
The secret is rubbish. Do not waste your money.
The secret is rubbish. Do not waste your money. What is you want to date Paris Hilton that badly or marry her and 1000 other people want to do it. And you have all watched the Secret?
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