And the Secret is!!! I wonder if some people are just not getting it?

Question

In reading "The Secret" I understand it as this. The person who visualizes and concentrates on the thing, ie: the end result of their efforts, they will get there. Example: the child who wants to be a major league ball player. Plays for years and sees himself there, will get as far as he allows his efforts and attempts to go, barring any interferance or injury. By the same "law of attraction", the evil doer has seen in his mind over and over again the thing that they want and if it's a set of wheels (even if its on a car that might have to be stolen 1st) he might get it, if he's willing to let his vision turn into need and then greed etc. So good (positive) thinking can lead to effort to get into a job by way of education such as a Nurse, or Chiropactor, or a Golf Champion (Tiger always new what he wanted to be). Consuming yourself with whatever thought finds a way out into the physical. And if you think that bad things just happen, you're wrong. They were conceived first.

Answer 1

I'm sorry but your point is invalid, people are out there in the poorest countries starving for food with a simple visualisation of having a better life of any kind and never receive it, it takes a lot more than just pure will power to succeed in your eventuates.

Answer 2

Nice effort Kate. I have been verifying the law of attraction for nearly 8 years now. This also means that I have gone over my entire life and now understand how everything happened, and I can tell you that it for the most part was not pretty. I can also tell you that it was the rough times that kept me searching. The gratitude I now feel is incredible.
However the teaching is not over. There actually is more. I thought I knew all there is to know, but no. Those who search find more and more. Many of the old teachings and some of the modern ones simply were not understood. This probably happened because we lost the right path along the way historically speaking. It appears that this is a special time and within the next five years a whole lot of what has been accepted as the truth is going to change. You are involved in this and I believe you will be one happy and joyful person. Thank you for your efforts. Have fun and follow your bliss.

As to some people just not getting it, that is natural. When the time is right they will see the light. They are followers and we need some proper leaders. There is evidence that many young people are ready to party. They will have the will power.

Answer 3

I agree with you Kate. Its all about your focus and intention which is what is mentioned in "The Secret". What is your intention? Your mind will begin to find ways to achieve what you are desiring. People that are acting as if its ONLY about thought, are limiting their view of this concept. Action must and will follow when you set out to accomplish a goal. Be it a dream car or a cup of coffee or a new career. I've had experience with this over the past 20 years when I decided to pursue my dream career. I am living the life that I envisioned for myself long ago.

Just as the old saying goes, "Be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it".

Answer 4

I've known this so-called "secret" ever since freshman year basketball, when we had a coach from a local college come in for a summer skills camp. This guy would say "visualize the ball going in" when attempting free throws, 3 pointers, etc.

No "secret", athletes have known about this "visualization" technique for years. It's considered a form of SELF HYPNOSIS...
Duh. You can pay me 39.95 now!

Answer 5

Tell that to the people who lost relatives in the Holocaust...or to military vets suffering from PTSD or rape victims...or people who are born with disabilities...

God forbid anything bad happens in your life...I hope people show more compassion that you are showing.

The trouble with books and philosophies like "The Secret" is they perpetuate this "fluffy bunny" mentality and refuse to acknowledge or accept the fact there is negativity and evil in this world. The rain falls on the just and the unjust...and it is just wrong to blame the victim. It' s that simple...

Answer 6

I think its a great technique to maximize your resources. But when your resources are nil, wishin' ain't gonna make it so.
And there are plenty of people who have nil or less... even in the most privileged state of the western world.

Peace

Answer 7

Thomas, there is a thing called "Closing the Gap" between your released vibration that your thought is emitting and the vibration in actuality of the universe. If a person believes they have food enough, the food WILL find them if they're congruent enough to the vibration. For example this is the reason why people like Oprah and Angelina Jolie go over to Africa to help the poor. Why Organizations exist to help and feed the poor. This is the precise reason. The vibration is strong enough. In other words, you use thought to speed your action. The thought will guide you to your desired result if you focus upon it long enough, and with enough clarity in Emotion of feeling that you already have it. Emitting that vibration to the universe.

Lady cass the holocaust victims were hypothetically universally aligned to the POSSIBILITY of something bad happening, Hitler seemed to have a strong enough sense of his own wanting to destroy them so with the possibility in the minds of the holocaust victions, The POSSIBILITY allowed the vibration to align with Hitler's strong emotionally felt vision. In that sense, it was close to bad luck but to anyone who did not have a possibility in their mind that bad could befall them, to anyone who believed that only good could come, they could've escaped or found another way. We all have the possibility of things in our minds due to our thoughts. Going onto an airplane with the thought of "this plane could crash" and feeling that sense of fear, instantaneously introduces the possibility of this happening into one's experience. And this always leads towards the strongest vibration. In other words, if like most people you're moving by default, and someone comes up with a strongly aligned vibration supported by the emotion and is congruent with the universe, this congruency will instantaneously dominate any other neutral thought process going. If i'm walking along thinking nothing, and someone has a strongly aligned will to rob me, I can get robbed. One is that I must be in an area that is bad because for this to happen I had to be congruent to the possibility to something bad happening, and this is the part that people really need to keep in mind. If I believe it's possible that instantly opens a small window. Emotional thought brings clarity. The more one focuses upon an idea the more likely it is to be introduced to them in physical manifestation. There is something called Co-creation, this happens in relationships and other largescale efforts with more than one person involved. This is how the holocaust happened. The probability, the suspicion, the fear, the fear made it grow and that gravitated hitler, Hitler then took it to Autopilot. 99.99999% of all things manifested are already manifested before you see any physical evidence. This is the same process of disease. This is the same process of poverty, this is the same process of anything positive or negative it's one process. You focus on something and it gets bigger, plain and simple. What do we do in life, we get bigger, older. What does everything do? what does the universe do? it expands. Everything is in this constant state of aging, growing, advancing. This will go on. It's simply the process.

"The Secret" is just a name. The ideology has been around but it never has been explained so fully before. The problem with this is, you can't beat it. The secret is the law of attraction meaning what you focus on expands. If you truly believe this doesn't work then it won't work for you because that's what you believe! This law is even if you don't believe or understand that it is. And whether or not you're compatible with the idea is irrelevant, it's not for everyone. Conformity in thought would lack the diversity to stimulate creativity. We're here to create. All of us create and mold our worlds with our perceptions. Some do it by default, by seeing what is and doing what seems most natural for a human to do likewise. And they allow everything to come upon them without their knowing and thus actions seem random. We were born into this world without a defined structure. Anything is possible and Quantum physics are continuously and progressively proving this more and more. But we know this law now and can using to our benefit instead of to our random detriment. I'm not mad at anyone for their beliefs, everything is exactly how it is supposed to be in this moment. Please continue, and never hesitate to ask if you have a question. This law seems to cover all ground and all topics. I have my own doubts about certain aspects of this, but I can't rule out the fact that my own thoughts aren't manifesting the doubt into "factual evidence". due to it's focus and knowledge and belief of the possibility. I'm not one to believe in any principle wholeheartedly. I take what makes sense. What I've said here is due to the understanding of the principle and only that. I've always believed there's other factors to things. Physical factors. But what the secret is saying is that all things come because of thought manifestation. Whether conscious, subconscious, Superconscious, Genetic, what have you. As babies our thoughts were apparently neutral and our parents governed our initial manifestations while we were too unknowing to manifest things ourselves. We have other genetic factors in play. Keep in mind we are our parents because we have the same cell memories as them, up the line to our ancestors. There's many factors, but the law of attraction says there's nothing you can't change with proper thought, through habituation. And that's something i've always found true in my own life experience.

Answer 8

good point! distractions from another can delay the timing ,commitments to other group activity can postpone it ,other attractions can persuade you off course. Focus is a good thing.

Answer 9

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