The Secret LiptonCambell: Never read it. Sounds like new-age garbage. I keep hearing asinine products 'inspired' by it- like a water bottle that costs more cause the work "Happiness" or "Prosperity" written on it.   Milly1407: If it the same book I think your talking about, I have heard from others that its has been life changing to them ... in a good, positive way LiptonCambell: And the people I know who have read it(and took it seriously) are turned werid by it. My friendly aunt and funny uncle both got into it, and now they've changed so much. I think that if people take some of the ideas in it literally, it can turn them into jackasses. The people who truly support this book have a creepy, almost cultish way of supporting it. From what I've gathered, its about "visualizing" your dream, then making a plan for it- which, by itself, isn't a terrible thing- but something about how people act if they actually believe it rubs me the wrong way- and staying positive, while a good mantra, is not always the appropreiate response.  PremPujari: awesome book contains ageold truths in a nutshell.Everone know about them sometimes all we need is to refresh our knowledge. 100 quotes from "The Secret" 1. We all work with one infinite power 2. The Secret is the Law of Attraction (LOA) 3. Whatever is going on in your mind is what you are attracting 4. We are like magnets - like attract like. You become AND attract what you think 5. Every thought has a frequency. Thoughts send out a magnetic energy 6. People think about what they don't want and attract more of the same 7. Thought = creation. If these thoughts are attached to powerful emotions (good or bad) that speeds the creation 8. You attract your dominant thoughts 9. Those who speak most of illness have illness, those who speak most of prosperity have it..etc.. 10. It's not "wishful" thinking. 11. You can't have a universe without the mind entering into it 12. Choose your thoughts carefully .. you are a masterpiece of your life 13. It's OK that thoughts don't manifest into reality immediately (if we saw a picture of an elephant and it instantly appeared, that would be too soon) 14. EVERYTHING in your life you have attracted .. accept that fact .. it's true. 15. Your thoughts cause your feelings 16. We don't need to complicate all the "reasons" behind our emotions. It's much simpler than that. Two categories .. good feelings, bad feelings. 17. Thoughts that bring about good feelings mean you are on the right track. Thoughts that bring about bad feelings means you are not on the right track. 18. Whatever it is you are feeling is a perfect reflection of what is in the process of becoming 19. You get exactly what you are FEELING 20. Happy feelings will attract more happy circumstances 21. You can begin feeling whatever you want (even if it's not there).. the universe will correspond to the nature of your song 22. What you focus on with your thought and feeling is what you attract into your experience 23. What you think and what you feel and what actually manifests is ALWAYS a match - no exception 24. Shift your awareness 25. "You create your own universe as you go along" Winston Churchill 26. It's important to feel good ( ( ( (((good))) ) ) ) 27. You can change your emotion immediately .. by thinking of something joyful, or singing a song, or remembering a happy experience 28. When you get the hang of this, before you know it you will KNOW you are the creator 29. Life can and should be phenomenal .. and it will be when you consciously apply the Law of Attraction 30. Universe will re-arrange itself accordingly 31. Start by using this sentence for all of your wants: "I'm so happy and grateful now that.... " 32. You don't need to know HOW the universe is going to rearrange itself 33. LOA is simply figuring out for yourself what will generate the positive feelings of having it NOW 34. You might get an inspired thought or idea to help you move towards what you want faster 35. The universe likes SPEED. Don't delay, don't second-guess, don't doubt.. 36. When the opportunity or impulse is there .. ACT 37. You will attract everything you require - money, people, connections.. PAY ATTENTION to what's being set in front of you 38. You can start with nothing .. and out of nothing or no way - a WAY will be provided. 39. HOW LONG??? No rules on time .. the more aligned you are with positive feelings the quicker things happen 40. Size is nothing to the universe (unlimited abundance if that's what you wish) We make the rules on size and time 41. No rules according to the universe .. you provide the feelings of having it now and the universe will respond 42. Most people offer the majority of their thought in response to what they are observing (bills in the mail, being late, having bad luck...etc..) 43. You have to find a different approach to what is through a different vantage point PremPujari: 43. You have to find a different approach to what is through a different vantage point 44. "All that we are is a result of what we have thought" - Buddha 45. What can you do right now to turn your life around?? Gratitude 46. Gratitude will bring more into our lives immediately 47. What we think about and THANK about is what we bring about 48. What are the things you are grateful for?? Feel the gratitude.. focus on what you have right now that you are grateful for 49. Play the picture in your mind - focus on the end result 50. VISUALIZE!!! Rehearse your future 51. VISUALIZE!!! See it, feel it! This is where action begins 52. Feel the joy .. feel the happiness :o) 53. An affirmative thought is 100 times more powerful than a negative one 54. "What this power is, I cannot say. All I know is that it exists." Alexander Graham Bell 55. Our job is not to worry about the "How". The "How" will show up out of the commitment and belief in the "what" 56. The Hows are the domain of the universe. It always knows the quickest, fastest, most harmonious way between you and your dream 57. If you turn it over to the universe, you will be surprised and dazzled by what is delivered .. this is where magic and miracles happen 58. Turn it over to the universe daily.. but it should never be a chore. 59. Feel exhilarated by the whole process .. high, happy, in tune 60. The only difference between people who are really living this way is they have habituated ways of being. 61. They remember to do it all the time 62. Create a Vision Board .. pictures of what you want to attract .. every day look at it and get into the feeling state of already having acquired these wants 63. "Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions." Albert Einstein 64. Decide what you want .. believe you can have it, believe you deserve it, believe it's possible for you 65. Close your eyes and visualize having what you already want - and the feeling of having it already. 66. Focus on being grateful for what you have already .. enjoy it!! Then release into the universe. The universe will manifest it. 67. "Whatever the mind of man can conceive, it can achieve" W. Clement Stone 68. Set a goal so big that if you achieved it, it would blow your mind. 69. When you have an inspired thought, you must trust it and act on it. 70. How can you become more prosperous?? INTEND IT!! 71. 'Checks are coming in the mail regularly'... or change your bank statement to whatever balance you want in there... and get behind the feeling of having it. 72. Life is meant to be abundant in ALL areas... 73. Go for the sense of inner joy and peace then all outside things appear 74. We are the creators of our universe 75. Relationships: Treat yourself the way you want to be treated by others .. love yourself and you will be loved PremPujari: 76. Healthy respect for yourself 77. For those you work with or interact with regularly .. get a notebook and write down positive aspects of each of those people. 78. Write down the things you like most about them (don't expect change from them). Law of attraction will not put you in the same space together if you frequencies don't match 79. When you realize your potential to feel good, you will ask no one to be different in order for you to feel good. 80. You will free yourself from the cumbersome impossibilities of needing to control the world, your friends, your mate, your children.... 81. You are the only one that creates your reality 82. No one else can think or feel for you .. its YOU .. ONLY YOU. 83. Health: thank the universe for your own healing. Laugh, stress free happiness will keep you healthy. 84. Immune system will heal itself 85. Parts of our bodies are replace every day, every week..etc... Within a few years we have a brand new body 86. See yourself living in a new body. Hopeful = recovery. Happy = happier biochemistry. Stress degrades the bod. 87. Remove stress from the body and the body regenerates itself. You can heal yourself 88. Learn to become still .. and take your attention away from what you don't want, and place your attention on what you wish to experience 89. When the voice and vision on the inside become more profound and clear than the opinions on the outside, then you have mastered your life 90. You are not here to try to get the world to be just as you want it. You are here to create the world around you that you choose. 91. And allow the world as others choose to see it, exist as well 92. People think that if everyone knows the power of the LOA there won't be enough to go around .. This is a lie that's been ingrained in us and makes so many greedy. 93. The truth is there is more than enough love, creative ideas, power, joy, happiness to go around. 94. All of this abundance begins to shine through a mind that is aware of it's own infinite nature. There's enough for everyone. See it. Believe it. it will show up for you. 95. So let the variety of your reality thrill you as you choose all the things you want.. get behind the good feelings of all your wants. 96. Write your s*****. When you see things you don't want, don't think about them, write about them, talk about them, push against them, or join groups that focus on the don't wants... remove your attention from don't wants.. and place them on do wants 97. We are mass energy. Everything is energy. EVERYTHING. 98. Don't define yourself by your body .. it's the infinite being that's connected to everything in the universe. 99. One energy field. Our bodies have distracted us from our energy. We are the infinite field of unfolding possibilities. The creative force. 100. Are your thoughts worthy of you? If not - NOW is the time to change them. You can begin right were you are right now. Nothing matters but this moment and what you are focusing your attention on. LiptonCambell: >>>3. Whatever is going on in your mind is what you are attracting And thats what bugs me about this religion- you don't "attract" anything by acting one way or another- certainly, positive people enjoy being around positive people, and negative people enjoy being around negative- but thats social, and this book seems to offer LUCK and SUCCESS based on feelin' good about yourself. As with everything shady, they do well with 75% good advice, and 25% bullshit. Treating people well and decently? Good advice. Having a physical plan for your future? Good Advice. Promising that the universe wants you to be happy, and if you positively make plans, everything will work out for you? Nonesense.  Wampum6: That is a lot to c/p----somehow diminishes its value for some of us. It's like quantity over substance. Milly1407: "Whatever is going on in your mind is what you are attracting" mentioned above is really the gist of the book ... thoughts are powerful and thoughts and can create a reality MrSteveA67: I don't think I read that book specifically but have read some similar ideas and I'd have to say that I think assumptions and beliefs do influence what environment one interacts with. Consider that there are many things "out there" in the universe (or even down the street) for which there's really little of anything predetermined regarding them. When one possesses various beliefs and assumptions about the environment that extend beyond the immediately visible "sphere" of experience, then one isn't acting relative to that immediate environment but instead relative to possibilities that lie outside that and though there's no way to provide direct evidence to anyone else (because we each have freedom to follow our own paths) with a bit of testing over time I've personally managed to verify enough to be satisfied that there's something to it. I actually discovered some related lines of thought rather independently when working with physical theories and I couldn't figure out how time was possible. In science, time is taken as a given but it appears there's no way to describe any form of precise mechanism that is capable of "creating change" and to me it seems practically beyond magic ... it's simply impossible (relative to logic) and time doesn't fit into a box and there's a continually creative aspect to consciousness. Here's something ironic, if maintains the belief that their beliefs have no influence on events and they prove that belief to be true, then are they actually proving that their beliefs DO influence events?! I think it's a bit deeper than simply beliefs but it's similar and as an analogy, if you used a mountain as a landmark to navigate by then wherever you went, relative to that, the same mountain would always be visible ... if you 'steer' relative to something else, then those new landmarks determine the limits of where one can go. I think it's a good idea to retain many (hopefully compatible) perspectives and not throw anything out unnecessarily though and that tends to add more detail and meaning to things. So you don't really want to forget about where you came from, but instead recognize that it's not where you came from but where you're going that really matters. Consider this, a beach covered with diamonds instead of sand is no more valuable than whatever one finds it to be ... hold on to the things that matter most and be thankful for any additions that come along That's what's truly priceless. The values really arise from what one makes investments into. Enjoy  Aura: The secret makes me think of antioxidants. Might be a weird comparison, still holds true to me. Antioxidants are important to the body and if you have too little of them you will get seriously ill. But go the other way and take more than the body needs, by buying expensive supplements, and all you will be doing is making expensive urine. You won't get any healthier, won't prevent any sickness, won't live a day longer than you would have. Same with power of thought and feelings. Bad feelings, dark thoughts will make you more depressed, will sabotage your own efforts etc. But thinking extra happy thoughts will not give you more positive things than were already coming to you (IMO 50% of experiences are positive 50% are negative) The sad part,once they see that it only works half the time fans of the secret are told this is their fault for not believing enough, not doing it right. And they feel like they are failing. So they become this weird desperately happy cult-ish person you see so often. Milly1407: Gosh thats so true, I did not look it that way but your right ... sadly "The Secret" can becomes a negative philosophy if it is lived as an obsession to be in a "happy, happy, joy. joy" attitude every living minute. It just is not possible to be positive every single living minute. Balance is the key and to not be so harsh on ourselves.  another-girl: I've read the book already. It is really something that is tressure to the ones who give deep thoughts on themselves or their lives. considering the Secret, we all can achieve the dreams that we deeply believe in it. well. I think it's really about subconcsious. it's like we hypnotize ourselve like those mesmorists, which means it is possible. but for those who don't buy it, we can just use it as a way of seeing things. being positive would make us look more confident and then attractive...it is also a good thing...so why not spend a few box on it to buy yourself a trick to amuse yourself  StuckInTheSixties: Wow! One hundred examples of silly crap! 4. We are like magnets - like attract like. You become AND attract what you think ~ Wrong. Magnets have polarity, and the poles attract opposites, and repel the same: + <-> +, but + -> <- - (if you can understand that). 67. "Whatever the mind of man can conceive, it can achieve" W. Clement Stone ~ I'm conceiving faster-than-light travel. I'm also conceiving W. Clement and A. Einstein in a fistfight. 69. When you have an inspired thought, you must trust it and act on it. ~ Especially if you inspire to write and sell a book based on imaginary new-agey nonsense. 70. How can you become more prosperous?? INTEND IT!! ~ And only after you INTEND IT should you put your life savings into lottery tickets. 84. Immune system will heal itself ~ Several million AIDS sufferers would argue that ... if they were still alive. flashie: y the secret is jokes. like a little kid living in a war zone 'attracted' it. give me a break | Philosophy Chat Room 23 People Chatting Similar Conversations |
