The Secret.....

Has anyone heard of this or had any experiance of it?  I think its a concept of postive thinking getting you what you want in life.  A friend was on about it last night and I think she said there are conferences you can go to about it?  Have looked on Amazon and found a book which I think is the same thing.  Wondered if it was worth getting as its a concept that interests me and I could do with thinking postive about things rather than negative all the time.

It's a book and a film which repackages some of the ideas of positive thinking and new agey ideas. It has been featured on Oprah etc. but has also come in  for a lot of criticism because of its core idea that you can will anything into existence by thinking it will happen, so for instance, it suggests that by taping a cheque to your ceiling, you will start to receive lots of money without explanation. The writers have been taken to task for suggesting that people who died in the tsunami or 9/11 etc. must have been thinking negatively to be in that place at that time. So, as you can see, it's not without controversy and many people believe it has a brainwashing element to it.If you google criticisms of it you'll find plenty written about it.

Having said that, there are ideas in there like the law of attraction which have been written about in other books with less baggage attached. If you do an amazon search you can find stuff on positive thinking, but also more 'scientific' types that involve elements of cognitive behavioural thinking. There's definitely something to be said for thinking positively as much as you can, but we're all human at the end of the day and people shouldn't be held responsible for having human emotions, so personally I steer in that direction. Just my opionion though. HTH xx

A couple of years ago my Mum was raving about the book and gave me a copy.  I dipped in and out and never really bothered.  Recently, due to a very bad patch in life, I started reading it and bought the DVD.  I have noticed changes, be it "the universe" or just me getting a grip but I do believe there is something to it.  THe book and DVD are usually on offer in Borders or I'm sure they are available in the library. 

I'm trying to make it part of my life, as I said whether it works or it is just stopping me being the world's worst pessimist but something is working :)

If you want to read something about the power of thought etc google 'As a Man Thinketh' by James Allen, you can dowload it for free as it was written about 1910 and is out of copyright.  Pretty well every 'self help' book, talk, anything I've ever seen or heard of just repackages the principles in that book.

One of my friends has the book and the DVD, she said that the DVD was easier, as the book is a little disjointed. I had a quick read of the book and its not the easiest book to read.

I like the idea of positive thinking that it encorages and I do think that it helps to think that way.

I agree that the DVD is better than the book.  The book on first reading seemed nothing more than a bunch of quotes.

I've been using The Secret for the past week to get a job (I've been looking for 8 weeks).  I got a call at 09:30 this morning with an offer starting next Monday.

Maybe it's positive thinking but I like the idea of having a little extra help 'out there'.