 Some observations
It seems to me that the way that the Secret has presented the so called 'law of attraction' is rather superficial. Even the name (law of attraction or 'LOA') is a kind of jingoistic slogan, and the title 'Secret' is a blatant marketing ploy.
I firmly believe that, as Earl Nightingale and Napoleon Hill would have said, 'you become what you think about,' and I am convinced that our beliefs shape our experience of life in a profound and all-encompassing way, but 'the Secret' is all a bit glitzy and superficial for my taste.
And the most worrying thing is the way that people have started to identify with it and defend it. I have seen some quite heated debates about this. A quick Google search will reveal many Sites and blogs offering skeptics' views. I am not a skeptic but I think 'the Secret' has rather trivialized something very fundamental and it has certainly enabled us to see, once again, that human nature never changes - people are often ready to abdicate responsibility and look for a solution to their problems outside themselves. |