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Vicariously Yours · 03-13-2007, 05:42 AM

Thanks, Dietrie...well said. I first heard about The Secret on a completely unrelated forum, and tried unsuccessfully to download it or to locate the DVD. Then I discovered this forum which went into considerable detail about LoA and IM. So by the time I finally saw The Secret, I knew quite a lot about the various philosophies on which it is based. I, too, was put off by the cheesy intro (and have concluded that the majority of nay-sayers seem to base their opinions on the intro, rather than the meat of the subject that follows). But I also noticed that there was considerable meat for those who had the ears to hear it. Strip away the cheesy packaging, and the message is the same quality inspirational instruction it has been for (I guess) centuries. And I am grateful for that instruction. It has changed my life.

I like Bill Maher. Too bad he seems to have missed the real message in The Secret. Too bad he has to trash it in public.

But then, the folks who believe the trash probably aren't the ones who would have succeeded with LoA anyway, given that it truly does require diligent work.

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Vicariously Yours Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Fort Collins, Colorado Posts: 18	Thanks, Dietrie...well said. I first heard about The Secret on a completely unrelated forum, and tried unsuccessfully to download it or to locate the DVD. Then I discovered this forum which went into considerable detail about LoA and IM. So by the time I finally saw The Secret, I knew quite a lot about the various philosophies on which it is based. I, too, was put off by the cheesy intro (and have concluded that the majority of nay-sayers seem to base their opinions on the intro, rather than the meat of the subject that follows). But I also noticed that there was considerable meat for those who had the ears to hear it. Strip away the cheesy packaging, and the message is the same quality inspirational instruction it has been for (I guess) centuries. And I am grateful for that instruction. It has changed my life. I like Bill Maher. Too bad he seems to have missed the real message in The Secret. Too bad he has to trash it in public. But then, the folks who believe the trash probably aren't the ones who would have succeeded with LoA anyway, given that it truly does require diligent work.