The Secret About The Secret
Weekly Word #5 ~ May, 2007
“The Secret” and “The Law of Attraction” are
the Big Buzz these days, and I am sure that many of you reading this
are big fans. I think it is great that so many people are interested
in ways to take responsibility for their lives using the power of
their minds. I have a few thoughts to share with you about the other
side of the teachings, and things to watch out for while practicing
the principles.
In the book, The Secret, it says: “The Secret is the
law of attraction! It has been . . .hidden, lost, stolen, and bought
for vast sums of money. . .Everything that’s coming into your
life you are attracting into your life. . .whatever is going on in
your mind you are attracting to you. . . As you learn The Secret,
you will come to know how you can have, be, or do anything you want.”
Here are some of my secrets about The Secret:
1. It is not a secret.
People have been writing books about how your mind affects your reality
since the beginning of books. Jesus and Plato talked about it. Toltec
Nagual and author of The Four Agreements,™ Miguel Ruiz wrote
about it. Most of the authors and experts quoted in the movie and
book have been writing about it for a long time.
That has nothing to do with the value of The Secret, it only points
out the hype factor,
which you may have noticed is pretty big. For many people, being able
to have power over their lives and the choices they make is a big
revelation. This is an important value of The Secret.
2. It does not always work.
If only it were as simple as “what you think, you get”
and all you have to do is think good positive spiritual thoughts and
your life would be devoted to what the book offers: “…eradicating
disease, acquiring massive wealth, overcome obstacles, and achieving
what many would regard as impossible.”
In The Four Agreements™ Miguel Ruiz invites us to be
impeccable with our Word, because the Word is the creative force of
the universe. He includes in The Word every thought, belief, action,
and spoken word. It is the most deeply held beliefs and agreements
that are this creative force. Affirmations on the bathroom mirror
often do not change us, because there are other contradictive agreements
that are held deep in the subconscious that are the creative forces
in our universe.
It is true that our own personal universe is created by our thoughts,
but we usually don’t even know what our thoughts are; or especially,
how they are creating the world we live in.
3. It can be a big set-up for self-judgment.
If you see a movie or read a book and it tells you that you have the
power to create any life you want, to create wealth and overcome disease
and find the perfect relationship… well, it sounds great, of
course, but if it doesn’t work. . .wow! This is a big set-up
for The Inner Judge. They say you can do this if you just do it right.
You try, you apply the principles as you understand them, maybe some
things work, and maybe you can’t get so much as a good parking
space, let alone the riches and love!
The Inner Judge loves those moments, and will use them against you.
Don’t let The Secret become another “should” --
like the latest diet you couldn’t stick with, or the gym membership
that you never use.
If it were as easy as they say, everyone would be healthy, wealthy,
and loved beyond measure.
This, to me, is the most important secret about The Secret: It is
not that easy, and it is not your (spiritual) fault if it does not
work the way it is advertised.
4. You might not actually have any choice.
This is really a subject worthy of a more thorough exploration than
we can give it here, but let me say that The Secret works for those
it works for. Their minds and belief systems are prepared in some
way for what The Secret offers. For minds that are not prepared, the
principles have no place from which to operate.
Again, if it worked as simply for everyone as advertised, we would
all be there already. Enjoy The Secret and The Law of Attraction—and
do it without any expectations that you should be able to quickly
change your entire life and become rich and healthy because you changed
your thinking. It is simple, it is true, and it is not easy.
Do your best, and accept yourself just the way you are. The rest is
play.
Have fun!
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