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 Some truths, but too fictional for reality July 21, 2008
M. Nebiyou (London)
I first watched the dvd, which contains the same contents of the book about 6months ago, just watched it again, and this is my review, Starting with the good.
The Secret contains some truths and good Tips on Attracting what a person wants. Quotes like 'Creation happens from toughts, thoughts manifest into actions' is very true as every amazing and successful things we have with us today like the aeroplane, computer, architecture all manifested from someone's thought,
'Feelings are feedback mechanism of whether we are on track' also very true but simple as if u feel sick or feel sick, feel high/drunk i guess thats your body giving you feedback right,
'simple shifting of emotions can change your day' true, 'be gratefull for what you have, and you attract more of what you want' also very true,
'whatever the mind of man can achieve, it can concieve', 'Believe you can have it, Believe you deserve it, believe you will get it' very true as if you dont feel+believe you deserve happiness, health, wealth, you won't get it,
'Look for positives for the people in your life' very true for family/relationship issues, but it depends on peoples past and present actions and
'inner happiness is the fuel of success' as inner happiness helps combat the feeling of hate and rejection that someone may through at you in your life. All this are quotes that I believe in and can impower life.
however, The secret states that law of attraction attracts like for like, and they claim that
'if you want to get out of debt, dont think of debt' is not something I recommend as those who hide or deny the truth can find themselves deeper in it.
Also 'when you look at what is, you are attracting what is, and you recieve what is' can be decieving as those who have been looking at beautiful things are asking themselves why they haven't got it,
'when you see something you want, you are attracting law of attraction and it results in LOA delievering on that' very similar to previous and
'The creative process Ask, Answer, Recieve, can work but can be catastrophic for those it doesn't work for.
Some inspiring stories including the man who crashes his aeroplane, 'Morris E Goodman' who defied all odds after plane crash. I credit this too the will and believe this man had.
The cancer women is also inspiring, but also happiness and belief eased pressure of her body and helped her defeat her dis-ease right.
The next two stories and the messages directed to the viewer about 'the gratitude rock' and 'the gay man' I find a bit worrying.
The gratitude rock story is about a man who see's his friend carry a gratitude rock. the message sent is saying when the mans child got sick, he asked his friend to send him a gratitude rock and his son got better. I would be carefull and say it was probably the doctors work that got this child better.
Also the story of the gay man, who was getting bullied, harrased anf finding no happiness in his life. suddenly he started to use LOA to attract wat he wants and the people in his work left him alone or left the company, people harrasing him weren't there no more and so on. I would say that it is good this man found happiness in his life, but we don't have power, especially of others actions and if some one is suffereing similar problems, i would recommend self confidence to combat hatred, but just focusing on what you want doesn't just make peoples problem go away.
Finally I am going to tell you about the ones I find disturbing. First is the one from Dr Joe Vitale who says everything that happens, we attract. I sincerley hope he is talking about the well off, becuuse if he isn't, he is saying the poor attracted poor to themselves, the ones living with poverty attracted poverty to themselves, the ones with dis-ease(even those born with one), attracted it to themselves, the ones living in warfare attracted it to themselves and so on.
The attack on the Anti-war movement is also worrying. they say if you are anti-way, anti-terrorism, ant-poverty and so on, you attract more of it. I disagree highly with this, and i am a firm believer that if it wasn't for the american civil war for abolitionism, or the war against hitler, or even the anti-war, anti-medicine movements and actions, we would be living in a different world. Also without organisations monitoring everything that occurs, from police brutality, torture and so on, we would be more in dark about the secretive world we live in, than we already are.
Well essentially, being a firm believer of success breeds success, and also LOA, i like some of the secret. but it has to be taken with a real perspective. this book, cd, dvd isn't going to change all of us, but using what works for us, we can use parts of it to change our lives.
However, i predict we still face problems we faced yesterday, and will face similar problems tommorrow and the secret isn't going to change society and everybody as a whole.
 the secret may not be perfect, but.... July 15, 2008
isla (ireland)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
... my own, personal experience of The Secret? Successful, verging on miraculous!
My husband bought me the "talking-book" version for Christmas. Although we were generally happy with our lives, there were some things that hadn't worked out the way we'd hoped. The biggest of these, our apparent inability - after 8 years of trying - to have a family together. I even wrote a book - Pink for a Girl - about our experience of unexplained infertility.
After listening to "The Secret" several times, I decided to give it a go. In the back of my journal, I wrote down a number of things that I wanted in 2008. And, of course, one of the things that I included was "to give birth to a happy, healthy, perfect child". And....?
I'm expecting our first baby at the end of December!!!!
Have fun with "The Secret". I hope it brings you happiness.
PS: Now, I just want my own book to become as successful as "The Secret"!!!!
Pink for a Girl: What Happens When Getting Pregnant Doesn't
 So what's the big Secret? July 11, 2008
A. S. Griffiths (Sheffield, England)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I was given this trash as a 'gift' and sent it straight to the local jumble sale. I can't stomach the shocking emphasis on 'getting what you want' and materialistic nonsense. I'm a Christian but even if I were not, I'd still find this rubbish an absolute joke.
The big secret is that some fools actually believe this junk and are willing to part with their cash in their stupidity.
Where was the voice of reason? July 11, 2008
Ran (UK)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Embarrassed and angry with myself that I gave in to the hype and bought the "dummy". Now that the general public have read this book, there is a lot of balanced feedback; but, where was the voice of reason among the early reviewers / journalists who hyped it up, too much! This has to be one of the purchases that I regret to this day and honestly feel "mugged"!
Amazon, bring "look inside" / "listen to a sample" for the audio version for all books, please!
 All things in moderation .... better with Napoleon Hill for sure June 26, 2008
Mr. S. Khaliq
I enjoyed this book when I read it and have given copies to friends and family to read. Take out the nonsense areas like its all your fault when something major goes wrong .... scary statement indeed, and some of it makes sense. You can have so much more in life and all it takes is focus and belief ... if you can truly beleive it, you can acheive it. So much of this is taken out of context and without the incredible power that comes from the great master himself Napoleon Hill. I would urge you to read or listen to the 6 set cd series by napeleon hill ... Tony Robins and so many others have learnt and preach his teachings from almost 100 years ago ... it is the real thing !! The Science of Personal Acheivement. Its called. Its the real Mccoy. Rhoda and some great gurus of today seem to have taken what he has said all that time ago and paraphrased it. Hope you enjoy it !! Its also downloadable if you look around.
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