The Secret ridiculed on Real Time with Bill Maher

[Wax Frog]

Originally Posted by cylon

lol! I guess I was just place-holding earlier.

(which makes no sense now--but I was responding to something. )

Right! Not that I am particulary well behaved elsewhere, but darn it, my post begged too much explanation to be considered even half on-topic

[cylon]

Oh well. I got it, so that's something.

[Wax Frog]

Originally Posted by cylon

Oh well. I got it, so that's something.

It's a shame I'll never get to see all the blank stares we're manifesting out there

[Silenced140]

Its the media .....

People in power don't want people to have power like that.
Or know what power they do have.

If you are the only person in the world with the knowledge of universal laws, and if everyone else is ignorant, you basically rule the world.

[Angela]

Originally Posted by OlderWiser

It's almost all sizzle and very little steak, and it's severely overproduced, and the way it's presented is extremely materialistic. By itself, it's not very useful as far as learning about reality creation. It's like a little puffy appetiser. .

Looks like Steve Pavlina would agree with you about The Secret being shallow and materialistic:

Now why would I recommend a product like The Secret? Obviously it's not the most brilliant and aware creation out there. However, for many of my readers, learning about the LoA is the next step they need to take. Those for whom it's a step backwards will simply disregard/dismiss it as fluffy nonsense, as many people in the integral community have already done....

....The LoA is simply a perspective, a lens through which reality can be interpreted. While the presentation of this lens in The Secret is rather shallow and materialistic, the concept behind it is still a valuable and interesting lens for anyone to add to their arsenal of viewpoints, integral or otherwise. Granted people may mistakenly think it will magically solve all their problems overnight, but the problem of misinterpretation and misapplication certainly isn't unique to the LoA -- it's a natural side effect of human ignorance. That's why coffee cups include warning labels. Sometimes, however, a burn is a better teacher than a label.

(emphasis mine)

See the whole thing for context. (I just read that link in reference to Steve's latest post about building up the ego.)

[joelr]

Bill is great, he can be really funny. His thing is politics but sometimes he'll make fun of other things. As a rule he ribs spirituality.

His editorial and criticisms are just for fun. He's good at being cynical funny.
TV/radio people are playing a role. In real life even Rush Limbaugh was an addict and who knows what else.