The Secret

[Y33TREKker]

Haven't seen The Secret, but I'd suggest the book The Power of Now. If more people read it and gained a better idea of what it was to be self-aware, all the BS like in that other thread would never happen in the first place.

[LittleBeast]

"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one." Albert Einstein.

Albert Einstein:
“I’m not an atheist. The problem involved is too vast for our limited minds. We are in the position of a little child entering a huge library filled with books in many languages. The child knows someone must have written those books. It does not know how. It does not understand the languages in which they are written. The child dimly suspects a mysterious order in the arrangement of the books but doesn’t know what it is. That, it seems to me, is the attitude of even the most intelligent human being toward God. We see the universe marvelously arranged and obeying certain laws but only dimly understand these laws.”

[VXR]

Albert Einstein:

"We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them"

[BigSwede]

Frank Zappa:

"Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible."

[VXR]

"Everybody got to deviate from the norm"

[Monstertrucker]

Frank Zappa:

"Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible."

"Everybody got to deviate from the norm"

Poor Norm. He always has such bad luck. Still, that's Norman Wisdom for you! Yuk, yuk, yuk!

Anyhoo, instead of just pontificating as I have been, I thought I'd finally take a look at The Secret for myself and I must say that whilst I agree it repackages an old message, it's precisely because that ancient truth is still so relevant that it deserves this level of attention. Perhaps The Secret will actually have a significant effect this time, as it clearly explains the whole subject of self-fulfilling prophecies in terms the average Joe can understand. It's very well produced and hits the nail square on the head.

This is just the first 'authorised' 25 minutes on Youtube and it's spot on, apart from the soundtrack getting a bit ahead of itself toward the end.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdtqL...eature=related

As I mentioned before, The Celestine Prophecy is also a must read for anyone interested in our 'spiritual' evolution. It's written as a novel but contains some literally mindbending concepts that you'll find practical to apply;

http://www.amazon.com/Celestine-Prop...9667624&sr=8-1

Please watch The Secret though, whatever your pre-conceptions may be, as the ones with the greatest resistance to accepting personal responsibility for their lives need it most, including me. If it's any consolation, good habits are as hard to break as bad ones; it's just disciplining ones mind that takes a bit of work but then it becomes second nature to replace negative feelings with positive.

I noticed the Emerald Tablets of Thoth, (Ra, Rameses etc.), in the intro. Also worth a read, though it's allegedly many thousands of years old. Most intriguing was his method of anti-aging. Must try it sometime.

[Monstertrucker]

Haven't seen The Secret, but I'd suggest the book The Power of Now. If more people read it and gained a better idea of what it was to be self-aware, all the BS like in that other thread would never happen in the first place.

Looks a good book. Yet another one I won't have time to read. That reminds me; I have DMT, the Spirit Molecule somewhere around here. Anyone read it?

Most of The Power of Now is free to browse here;

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/034073350...der_0340733500

OMG! Portals! Ordering it now, along with The Secret Dvd. Probably both in my Amazon wishlist already. Wish I could buy time while I'm at it.

[Ldub]

"Everybody got to deviate from the norm"

Wang Chung: everybody wang chung tonight...

If y'all keep talk'n about it, it won't be a "secret" for long...

It seems so obvious.

[Anita]

He who he shalt... so shalt he who...

[VXR]

Wang Chung: everybody wang chung tonight...

Not a Rush fan I take it

[Ebenezr]

What I found interesting about the secret, was the real message being humanism and that we are all gods...totally false. The only truth in the dvd is when they describe faith and belief but that information is already in the Bible. I believe its just another lame attempt to repackage old ideas in a new book.

Sounds like they should have named it The Lie.

[VXR]

have any of you seen the fountain?

[BigSwede]

I've seen several.

[Ldub]

I've seen several.

I've only ever seen a fountain...pen...

[Y33TREKker]

Looks a good book. Yet another one I won't have time to read.

Most of The Power of Now is free to browse here;

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/034073350...der_0340733500

...Wish I could buy time while I'm at it.

In a manner of speaking, you would be buying time with this one.