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Originally Posted by puduman

I personally prefer a Ken Wilber-like integral approach (as far as I know it yet). So I googled what he may think about The Secret. Google came up with a blog article on his site where a discussion between him and Julian Walker is summarized. I totally agree with what they say:

(Selected Quotes [emphasis added])

Originally Posted by puduman

• By teaching that the world quite literally revolves around you, The Secret encourages and entrenches narcissism.
...The entire world and everyone in it is simply an extension of your-self, and you are literally unable to take the perspective of another human being. This is not mystical union; this is pre-rational fusion...

• Actually, you are creating the universe moment-to-moment, but it’s not the “you” that you think...

• “The Law of Attraction” is true—as far as it goes.
...A positive outlook will change your life and your intentions will co-create your reality, but so will brain chemistry, interior level of development, family relationships, natural disasters, cultural trends, language structure, environmental toxins, and, basically, the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune.

• Developmentally, if one uses a scale ranging from archaic to magic to mythic to rational to pluralistic to integral to super-integral, The Secret teaches the magical thought structures that were humanity’s leading edge several hundred thousand years ago...

• The genesis of the pre/trans or pre/post fallacy, and how The Secret is a perfect example of elevating pre-rational childish impulses to trans-rational spiritual glory. Simply because both categories of experience are non-rational, they can easily be confused, and often are.

Wow, Wilber hits this one way out of the ballpark! This clearly and simply addresses all of the issues I've not been lucid, eloquent or clever enough to come up with on my own. Brilliant!

Thanks, Puduman.