The secret"---I''ve heard the book''s got a phenomenal reaction, including a lot of criticism...
some of it I believe
is warranted but a lot of it results from complete misunderstanding and fear! I''ve read a lot of stuff on new age
thinking...and I''ve come up with my own version of what I have understood of it! The secret is potpourri of thoughts taken from what has been said in different books...religions and literature. What''s great about the book is that its made understanding the "Law of
attraction" easy...but therein lies the problem too...its too simplistic and materialistic! What the book says isn’t unbelievable...but what’s lead to the criticism it’s got is the way some of these concepts have been explained. I read in one review that the book has made people go on a buying spree coz they think the money will appear from somewhere!!!! What the book says about money is that think that you have all the money that you need...focus on the cheques not the bills and the cheques will appear miraculously! It says act as if you already have the money and there in lies the problem...the reason which has prompted people to go on a buying spree! Again the problem I believe isn''t the thought but the way the thought has been expressed! My interpretation of what the book says about the money is this-say you need 5k...what most of us would do is to fret about it...worry count and recount the money and think on where you could arrange it from! But there is another way...you know how much you need so there is no point counting and recounting the money in your account, fretting about it would mean you''ll spend half you time saying oh! I wish I didn’t have this problem...so don’t fret, tell yourself you''ll get it...keep an open mind for opportunities around you 9 times out of 10...you''ll either get an idea that has never occurred to you earlier! It’s happened with me...and trust me I have taken a lot of time to be convinced about this law of attraction! There are days when I have my doubts about some aspects of it...but I believe in the principle behind it and that is of thinking positive! The best part is it that if you think about it logically it seems to be the best way to take. Say you are facing a crisis situation...thinking about it in the traditional way, with some degree of nervousness...fear...tension...prevents you from giving 100% to the problem at hand and makes you unhappy too, but tackling the same thing according to the law of attraction, i.e. by telling yourself it will all work out...makes you happy relaxed and more than not you will come up with a better idea of dealing with the situation!!!
There’s a lot more that I have to say about my interpretation of the secret...but later! Keep checking this space:)