I've heard about it through the media and it's getting popular. I dont want to buy though, do you think it's another Marketing idea?
2007-07-31 07:46:26 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
"The Secret" is not only nonsense, it's DANGEROUS nonsense.
It's main idea is that thoughts ALONE can create reality. Action is irrelevant... even the given reality is irrelevant. And that's just the first of many problems... one that has caused many of the people who signed on to the video to disclaim the carefully edited segments of their interviews that were shown.
It stirs up mystery with the suggestion that people have been trying to keep you from knowing about it for millennia. A claim that no historian I know would back up. It struggles for legitimacy by implying that scientific understanding agrees that thought creates reality. Something that no scientist I know would agree with.
Worst of all, it's not just good things that can be attracted to you, but ALL things. Raped as a child? It was your fault. You somehow attracted it. Country overrun by invaders? If only you had been thinking positive thoughts! The author of the Secret overtly says things like this in her book.
And if you don't get any results, supposedly it's not the Law of Attraction that is a fraud... it's just that you can't control your own thoughts. You can't even see results that other people get if you have doubt, because you supposedly attract things that will make you doubt. In that sense it's like a lot of brainwashing cults - if you believe you'll have evidence but you won't need it because you'll believe so you won't get evidence.
Don't get me wrong, though. Having a good attitude CAN have a positive effect on your life. This is called the 'Pygmalion Effect' by psychologists. If you treat other people nice, they will tend to treat you nice back. It's not rocket science and it's no secret!
2007-07-31 09:24:54 · answer #1 · answered by Doctor Why 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, of course there's marketing involved, but that doesn't devalue the message. I purchased the DVD and I'm glad to have it in my library ... I find it to be inspirational.
If you want to learn more about it without buying the DVD, there are plenty of resources online. Here's one:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_Attraction
2007-07-31 15:12:39 · answer #2 · answered by dru 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"complete balderdash" i believe that you should be happy about life and spread the joy to others, but i dont believe that thoughts make reality. i call that a cult because its a belief that can destroy someones life. youll lose your ambition while sitting on a rock hoping for life to come. youve got to go after life yourself, no movie could actually show you what life could be when you go after it
2007-08-01 16:23:02 · answer #3 · answered by ceesteris 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Like Einstein once said "don't blame the Law of Gravity for failed relationships..." or something to that effect.
2007-07-31 22:53:31 · answer #4 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
well if youre a sceptic in life then nothing will make you change your mind... but if youre open minded... go try... what hav you got to lose? couple of dollars worth of the dvd?
2007-07-31 15:02:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't buy it, go watch it, here. Then use this site to look at just about anything you want. Thank me later.
http://tv-links.co.uk/listings/9/5160
2007-07-31 16:30:20 · answer #6 · answered by Immortal Cordova 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's crap, save your money.
You need to go after what you want. if you want friends, go meet people. If you want money-get a job and save your cash.
No short cuts for anyone. No magic. Just work.
Joe
2007-07-31 16:03:13 · answer #7 · answered by Joseph G 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Utter balderdash.
That's what I think.
2007-07-31 19:51:44 · answer #8 · answered by tehabwa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋