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The Secret - It's all in the mind and therein lays the second problem with it. I say the second problem because the first problem lies in the amount of BS that it's based on.

But let me address the second problem as that is more interesting. Why is it a problem that it is mind based? Well, because mind based thinking in just that. It's the place where we try to figure out all of our problems and the meaning of life all at the same time.

Anything that is purely mind based is doomed to fail in one way or another. The brain or mind does not have the capacity to always distinguish between truth and falsehood. That's why with some clever marketing we can all be duped into buying into ideas, products or services and ideas like The Secret.

It takes more than a mind-set or a vision board to bring the things that you want into reality. Do you really believe that you can sit staring a board with some magazine cut outs and all those things will somehow magically appear in your life?

Now I want to tell you something that is not even mentioned in "The Secret" or any of the other pseudo-science BS that went along with it. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that is the case for quantum physics or the powerful universal laws. All I am saying is that the way it was or is being put across by these self-styled sages is not giving you the full picture.

Ok. Here it is. The heart is five thousand times stronger than the brain. I can almost hear you say WHAT? from here. Don't believe me? Don't take my word for it either. Just go to Google and type in "heart is 5000 times more powerful than brain" and all will be revealed to you.

Let me just say here without getting into too much detail that the hearts magnetic field is 5000 times more powerful than that of the brain. Don't you think that might just be a huge missing factor in the equation of the law of attraction and how it all fits together? Did you hear this in "The Secret" or any of the other stuff associated with it?

So the real question is: are you thinking about what you have your MIND set on. Or are you more thinking about what you have your HEART set on? Don't be led and reflect on it for yourself!
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  • Profile picture of the author ryanman
    The secret tells you what to do but it doesn't tell you how to do it. You can't control your thoughts until the time you program your sub-conscious mind. And that only happens with repetition and constant affirmations.
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  • Profile picture of the author helpmefindmyself
    Hi Ryanman. You're right, The Secret doesn't give you all the answers. But if you have all the answers laid on there would be no discovery left to be had.

    PaulWSutherland, you make a good point: "The brain or mind does not have the capacity to always distinguish between truth and falsehood." But, conrary to thought, this is the exact reason The Secret does work. The brain can't tell the difference between imagined and real events. This information is pretty mind blowing and I have seen the effects myself.

    I could go on to explain it but I won't. Like I said
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    'if you have all the answers laid on there would be no discovery left to be had', and discovery is the juice of life.
    There are some great books, 'Mind Maps' and 'Psycho-Cybernetics'. These books will give the information needed to try out the idea of 'imagined events' to create your future. I loved them and they have helped me heaps.
    I hope this helps.
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  • Profile picture of the author DemiWallis
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    You may say that 'The Secret' is bs, but as the others have already said this book only gives you a push. It tells you what you should do in order to acheive what you want, but it doesn't give you a step by step tutorial of how to do it. Everything depends on you and on your motivation. The book is great for those who have lost faith and who need to see that there is still hope and there can still be made something that will enhance their lives, their belief.
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  • Profile picture of the author Odahh
    as someone who is rapidly going through the ascension process ..and who noticed the flaws in the secret rather early ..the secret served a purpose in giving millions of people a taste of spiritual principles ..but it left out the core elements..and also got molded into a prescription for defining your happyness and joy according to stuff ..or to get stuff ..

    I am a full believer in the law of attraction.. and i have been really good with attracting hurricain of grief torment and absolute darkness .. it has all been to lead to my personal growth and what i am going through now .. still some pain and torment but ..well soon it will shift dramatically ..

    the law off attraction works to draw thing into your life that will lead to your growth.. if you refuse to grow .. the intensity of the negative parts of these events with increase untill it either kills you or you grow ..

    it is not about the stuff ..get on a path where you chose to grow and attract that which help you grow joyfully .. and even if your car breaks down far from home .. look for the growth and learning opportunity in that ..

    in my path of growth i will have concepts form and within hours i find myself with no real effort put in.. reading someones explination of that concept listening to an audio recording for something unrelated that veers off for a minute and describes the concept ..

    My highest values have been learning ,synthisizing information , spiritual growth.. and teaching .. physical stuff has been far down the list ..so i basically attract a lot of information and events that lead to spiritual growth or greater learning in general.

    but my values have or are changing.. as my more spiritual self insists that the key to more spiritual growth is to have a much more enjoyable time phyisically ..so i am working to have more fun ..and tuning my ability to attract oportuntities
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    • Profile picture of the author namktqs
      The secret show for people see things really work with people in their life. Maybe we work as well for you or not. All of things also have cause to results, what we take care more them will become show more for us. I mean behind your take of mind about them, you give actions that make change of them with a direction close with you.
      Problem here in our life, we have many things that make our mind not focus, when that we can't get the end of process. So keep our mind by create images about things that we want or by think about them regular, things that we need achieve in our life.
      Our heart really work well when things we do proper with things our mind want achieve. If not, our heart will hurt.
      Big picture here:
      You think about things you want, always do something that forward you achieve them. what where for bad things? You choose to live with good things. And in the end you look your life. Wow, life is amazing!
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      • Profile picture of the author Kaie
        I read your post and do find it compelling about the heart being stronger than the mind. I agree that pure mind is going to get you nowhere if it is imbalanced. Imbalance is the key here. In order for anything conceived in the mind to manifest physically, it takes action. True and physical action.

        I fully agree with you on not ignoring the importance of coming from the heart, but even then it has to be coupled with action. I could sit around all day and reflect on what my heart is telling me, and that is very important to do, but then again... act on it and that is when it manifests.

        (not trying to discount affirmations and vision boards, having the right thoughts and a vision is equally important)

        If interested in this subject, people might find this website interesting.
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  • Profile picture of the author Puusaari
    whether you believe it's bs, or you don't, either way you are right.
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  • Profile picture of the author infomom
    Take action + Hard work + Learn from mistakes = Success
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    • Profile picture of the author BigFrank
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      Originally Posted by infomom View Post

      Take action + Hard work + Learn from mistakes = Success
      Sometimes. Other times - not so much. This is the definition of, 'wishful thinking.'

      Cheers. - Frank
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    necrod thread from 4 years ago..
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  • Profile picture of the author Billy The Kid
    The Secret is for wishful thinkers

    If you really want to understand the law of attraction then Think & Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill is your best bet
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    • Profile picture of the author BigFrank
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      Originally Posted by Billy The Kid View Post

      The Secret is for wishful thinkers

      If you really want to understand the law of attraction then Think & Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill is your best bet
      The only book that I ever recommend to anyone. :-)

      Cheers. - Frank
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  • Profile picture of the author Daniel Evans
    The mind cannot stand as a detriment to the principle of The Secret.

    The mind is the entire actuator of forming 'reality' as we know it.

    It is the first link in the chain. It is the 'seer'. It is the seed. It is the fundamental essence of the proposed theory for this very reason.

    It would be seemingly impossible to ever appreciate the outlined principles unless you posses a reasonable degree of appreciation for the metaphysical.

    Talk of heart and science is mere matter and material law.
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  • Profile picture of the author JacSavage
    LOA is closely related to the Biblical principal of sowing and reaping- it works, if you believe in it or not, no matter if you want it to or not.
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  • Profile picture of the author Master Blake
    You have to be inclined to LOA to harness its effects. How will you know if what is happening and if the universe is responding? Basically, it is going to feel correct. It is going to feel fantastic. You will have to act, and acquire what the universe is giving and realize what it has in store for you.
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  • Profile picture of the author jenlpan
    I believe that the law of attraction is true! I've followed a few simple steps to achieve all my dreams.
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    • Profile picture of the author BigFrank
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      Originally Posted by jenlpan View Post

      I believe that the law of attraction is true! I've followed a few simple steps to achieve all my dreams.
      Somehow, I have a feeling that you didn't set the bar very high and your statement is nothing more than a way to hawk whatever it is you are pushing in your signature.

      Cheers. - Frank
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  • Profile picture of the author Chris-
    What The Secret does really well, is market itself, and make profit.

    What it doesn't do well is give real information.

    Positive affirmations can't work if you really need them . . . this is obvious to anyone who knows anything about acupuncture, Kinesiology (not sure if I spelled that right), EFT, or spiritual reality . . . there is a specific scale down which any goal will decay, and at a certain point on that scale, there is REVERSAL.

    So, below that point on the decay-scale, the more you want something, the more you'll get the opposite. So for someone who is in that condition on a particular subject, the more positive affirmations they do, the more negative results they will get in that subject.

    This is not difficult to change (even something as shallow as EFT can often make such changes), but what most people do is to have a few areas of life that they do well, and avoid some other things. This is due to the fundamental nature of personalities and goals, which are basically limitations, the way they are almost always used (this too, can be handled, but it is advanced stuff).

    You can see what people really want (subconsciously), not by what they say, but what they do, and by what results they get.

    The people involved in The Secret, wanted fame and money, and they did a good job. Really helping people is not what they are doing, and also not what most people want, most people want "easy answers", so that's what they get (rather than truth, for example).

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  • Profile picture of the author StSignal
    I believe in law of attraction and it works well for me, of course i combine my mind with my hard work and i succeed in everything i want!
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