What's the Secret?

Thursday’s USA Today featured an article about the new, controversial - according to them, self-help book called The Secret. It hit No. 1 on their Best-Selling Booklist. Published in November, the book, a favorite of Oprah, Larry King, and Ellen DeGeneres, wants people to understand that the Law of Attraction governs getting what you want in life. As defined in Carol Memmott’s article this Law states, “If you think positively, you become a magnet that pulls everything you want to you.” The book has sold 1.2 million copies and a DVD released last March has sold 1.1 million. Not much of a secret any more!

I haven’t read the book nor have I decided if I will, but I do know one thing already. The tough part of this secret, like so many other self-help concepts, won’t be in the doing but in the believing. Unless a person can change their belief system to bring it in line with this so called secret, it will never work.

I believe in the Law of Attraction – some days more clearly than others. Unless I, like so many others, am willing to change my mind after reading the book - my $23.99 won’t be much of an investment.

Martin Luther King, Jr. said “Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.” Most of us aren’t willing to take a step until we’ve seen the whole staircase AND the certificate of inspection declaring it built to code.

I guess I’ll have to read Rhonda Byrne’s book after all and see if she includes my Law of Change. “If you want your life to be different, you’re going to have to change the way you think – day in and day out.”

Comments

[Kim of Kim & Jason]

My husband and I finally watched the DVD a few months ago. I agree with you, Chris. You have to actually change your belief system in order to access the positive results from knowing "the secret."

I continue to have questions regarding "timing." I have many visions that I'm constantly focusing on and thinking about. When it comes down to it, the right "timing" is the part I just can't force. I believe the visions I have in my heart will be accomplished, I've just had a hard time putting timeframes on them... which is something Jack Canfield speaks about.

[Sydney Jones]

Consciously or subconsciously we all knew the secret & we have been living with it for all our lives. However what Rhonda & her team have done is that, they have made all of us aware of this fact. I don’t know if the secret will help me achieve all the things that I desire but yes since I have watched the movie I am feeling good & it seems like everything happening around me is great & it will be so for the rest of my life.

I work with a non-profit organization Blog The Bible, where we discuss all the things which can make you happy & also relate to Jesus & Bible at the same time. I think if The Secret can generate the same happiness within all of us then there is no harm in believing the Law of Attraction.

We all have experienced it, whenever we feel good & happy we think of god, we think of Jesus, we think of Bible. So I would say that no matter what everybody thinks but this DVD has surely brought me close Jesus, Bible & at last Happiness.

Sydney Jones
http://www.blogthebible.com