Book of Brilliant Things?
There has been quite a lot of talk recently about a book and DVD called 'The Secret'. It quickly became a best-seller in the States and experts from the film have appeared on 'The Oprah Winfrey Show' and 'Larry King Live'. It's popularity continues to grow and transcend frontiers and 'The Secret' can now be found in a variety of languages. The book is based on 'The Law of Attraction', which basically says, if you truly ask for something from the Universe, the universe will grant your wish...., yes?
The idea is that the universe is like a magnet, like attracts like at the level of thought. You attract what you most think about, you become what you think about most. So, our thoughts become things. Everything we bring into our experience we bring about from our thought processes. When we are angry we attract angry people and unpleasant situations. Most people think about what they don’t want and that’s exactly what they get, more of the same, more of what they don't want!. 'The Secret' suggests that once we bring ourselves into alignment with what we want, the universe will realign itself for us. To do this we need to generate the feelings of having that what we want now. When we visualise, we materialise and the key is that if you have been there in the mind, you'll go there in the body.
But is it really that easy? Well, there is another element. It's not only what we think about but also what we thank about. Appreciation attracts more and to take full opportunity of the possibilities that come your way, you must orientate yourself to the best part of the people around you. Real freedom comes from having the ability to know your own potential/ability to feel good so you would ask no-one to be different.
This all sounds like very useful stuff and pretty much common sense when you think about it. Think of what you want, be grateful for what you got and be nice to the people around you. The film at first glance is very persuasive. It's certainly extremely well-made with lots of well spoken experts giving their theories, pretty visuals, snazzy special effects, powerful music and plenty of people who tell the story of how their wishes were granted by shifting their attention from poverty to wealth, illness to health, loneliness to joy.
As I said, the ideas are pretty much common sense. The only thing is that sometimes there isn't always all that much common sense flying around. Does common sense need to to be dressed in mystique, mystery and great marketing. Well, maybe it does and does it do any harm?
On the other hand, for the last ten years there has been plenty of wishing on the part of yours truly and fifty thousand others every weekend, and simultaneously at that, to see our football team, Atletico de Madrid, play some good football, score some great goals, win some trophies but all to very little avail. Maybe we weren't wishing hard enough or maybe the other team were simply higher up in the wish list league table!
You wonder too that if 'The Secret' really is that powerful, how did it miss out on what has been going on in parts of Africa, Yugoslavia, Iraq etc over recent years. 'The Law Of Attraction' meets a challenge there.
You would also hope not too many people simply stop at doing lots of affirming and not do much action, only to be left with disappointment.
Nevertheless, 'The Secret' does get people thinking differently and seeing that the world is their own hands rather than something outside of them and out of their control.
Here are a few interesting quotes from 'The Secret'.
- All power is from with and is therefore under our control.
Robert Collier – 1885 – 1950 - You create your own universe as you go along.
W. Churchill - All that we are is the result of what we have thought.
Budda - Imagination is everything. It’s the preview of life’s coming attractions.
A. Einstein - What the mind of a man can conceive, it can achieve. All that we are is the result of what we have thought.
W. Clement Stone
Here is a clip from the film. Check it out and decide for yourself.
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