The Secret: Review

01/30/09

 

The Secret: Review

Its release in 2006 shook the foundations of the past world teachings like the Law of Karma, The Ten commandments, and the Law of Physical/Social interaction. This discovery of Rhonda Bryne presents a visual companion to her bestselling book, THE SECRET. Featured on OPRAH, the book reveals what the author sees as the time-tested secret that has been behind foretold and kept in a 100-year old book. There are also featured experts in the movie/documentation: philisophers, authors, visionaries, psychologists and quantum physicists. 

The movie presents and expounds the “Law of Attraction”. The phrase Law of Attraction, although used widely by New Thought writers, has a variety of definitions. Turn-of-the-century references conceptualized the law of attraction as relating to physical structure and to how matter develops. A more modern consensus among New Thought thinkers is that the Law of Attraction says people’s thoughts (both conscious and unconscious) dictate the reality of their lives, whether or not they’re aware of it. Essentially “if you really want something and truly believe it’s possible, you’ll get it”, but putting a lot of attention and thought onto something you don’t want means you’ll probably get that too. (Wiki)

After the film’s release the book, Law of Attraction: The Basics of the Teachings of Abraham, by Esther Hicks and Jerry Hicks made the New York Times best selling list.

It received criticisms from the scientific community. They say that he law is unmeasurable therefore its unscientific. Even though Quantum Physics is at hand and related to it they say that the thoguhts cannot influence the world outside; on the course of one’s thought, it cannot control over the universe’s physical law and truths.

The Law of Attraction states that in order to control theis energy to one’s advantage, proponents state that people must practice four things:

1. Know what you want.
2. Ask the universe for it.
3. Feel and behave as if the object of your desire is on its way.
4. Be open to receiving it.

Tracing back in its history, it dates for almost 130 years from 1879 up to present. The Law varies its form and uses as the time goes by.

In conclusion, the Law shows one thing: “Feel Good”. Instead of looking life at its worst side, we must look at life at its best side (positive thinking).

 

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