If your like many people you have heard of, seen, been told about, or read The Secret by Rhonda Byrne. If you haven't here is a quick review of the entire idea behind The Secret. Much like self help tapes like Quantum Mind Power, The Secret is designed to help you attain all of your worldly (and spiritual) wishes and be successful.
Spoiler Alert #1: The Secret does work. 100%
Spoiler Alert #2: The Secret of Life is positive thinking and helping people.
(There I saved you the silly book/dvd fee)
The crux of books that try to give self development information like The Secret and spinoffs of The Secret such as Secret Behind The Secret,
Revolutioniz: Harness The Hidden Laws of The Universe,
etc, etc is basically being positive will get your positive things. The downside is when things are neagative you can't give in to negative emotions. Ultimately these programs teach you that to gain success you must learn the financial virtue of helping other people. When you think about it, that is ultimately the point of life almost. If you stopped and took a moment to look around you, you would realise that every object in your sight was made by someone else. Every company, every multimilionaire, every job that exists on this planet is designed for one person to make money off of helping another in some fashion. Essentially these programs, on different scales, try to teach you that for you to be happy, you just have to... "Dont worry, be happy." Even when the world gives you something to worry about, you can only attain happiness by concentrating on making yourself happy even while the Universe bombardes you with negative thoughts/occurances.
The success/money aspect of these programs comes with the recognition that to make money you must first accept that every income earning product or service was designed by someone to help someone. if you want to make money you first have to vizualize living a good happy productive life and then go out and pursue one of the many lucrative avenues of helping others. It doesn't get more general than that. No self help program can make you generate an inventive idea alone. They can show you how to make money on eBay, they can feed you lines on how to make free money online or scamming other people but all of these methods pale in comparison to what most people actually want; To be in control of their life as far as health, wealth, and happiness. When it comes to wealth people seem to think that being the CEO of their own multibillion dollar company as the optimal status. It provides them with the control, freedom, comfort, and security that many long for so badly. The issue is that the few CEO's that weren't born with a silver spoon in their mouths and actually created their own wealth as everyone wishes they could do - all started off with an idea. A thought. A sliver of intuition or an invention that was followed by action that resulted in millions of dollars and a company.
The Secret and other materials like it, some of which are posted below if you wish to indulge in the details, tell the average reader that if you desire more, especially financially, all you have to do is understand that you can make money by looking at the wonderful, beautiful world around you and asking "How can I help?" Once you do that, God/The Universe it seems, with fill in the details. You just have to watch for the signs.
The Nah-Sayers
For those of you that have doubt, for those who are perpetually negative or just generally don't think that positive-thinking is enough to change your life for the better, all I can say is: Try it. See for yourself if changing your thinking to atleast be comprised of a majority of positive beliefs vs negative does not change your life. If you are of the like and kind that (atleast) 51% of your actions, beliefs and thoughts are positive then I'm sure your already on the bandwagon and your exploring your own journey. If you internally believe that less than 50% of your actions, beliefs and thoughts are negative then your probably miserable and unhappy and you want a change.
Note: Some people are always unhappy, unlucky, negative, miserable, like it, and have no desire to change. Stay away from these people as best as possible. There is no such thing as ONLY being self-destructive if you know what I mean.
A Start
If you want a place to start, if your down and out for whatever reason and you don't want to be that way anymore and you just want a little step onto being a happier and more successful person in general, start by analyzing your thoughts. If and when you get to the point where you can objectively believe "I have more good thoughts than bad ones." or "I do more good actions than bad ones." - it will be like being in love, you will be 100% certain that you have found the secret of life.
1 comment:
"The issue is that the few CEO's that weren't born with a silver spoon in their mouths and actually created their own wealth as everyone wishes they could do - all started off with an idea. A thought. A sliver of intuition or an invention that was followed by action that resulted in millions of dollars and a company."
This is simply brilliant! As a "student" of Life and "The Secret", the main and most important aspect of the shape of my thinking is that it takes so much more energy to be negative. Nothing derives from negativity other than more negativity. You dont think clearer, you don't feel better, and you don't act as rigidly as you should. My life is proof positive that that Positivity has made me a much happier person - a smarter person even.
You are extremely intelligent, thank you for the taking the time.
Naraskanaia
I am a moment in time, personified.
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