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Title: Not-so-secrets from the film Post by betson on Jan 9th, 2007 at 10:22pm
Although I expect that every thought we put out has a reaction that cannot always be foreseen, here's a positive spin on our capacity to create----
From http://www.networkingtimes.com/secret-treasures/ 1. We all work with one infinite power 2. The Secret is the Law of Attraction 3. Whatever is going on in your mind is what you are attracting 4. We are like magnets-like attract like. You become AND attract what you think 5. Every thought has a frequency. Thoughts send out a magnetic energy 6. People think about what they don't want and attract more of the same 7. Thought = creation. If these thoughts are attached to powerful emotions (good or bad) that speeds the creation 8. You attract your dominant thoughts 9. Those who speak most of illness have illness, those who speak most of prosperity have prosperity 10. It's different from "wishful" thinking 11. You can't have a universe without the mind entering into it 12. Choose your thoughts carefully ... you are the masterpiece of your life 13. It's OK that thoughts don't manifest into reality immediately (if we saw a picture of an elephant and it instantly appeared, that would be too soon) 14. EVERYTHING in your life you have attracted ... accept that fact ...it's true. 15. Your thoughts cause your feelings 16. We don't need to complicate all the "reasons" behind our emotions. It's much simpler than that. Two categories .. good feelings, bad feelings. 17. Thoughts that bring about good feelings mean you are on the righttrack. Thoughts that bring about bad feelings means you are not on the right track. 18. Whatever it is you are feeling is a perfect reflection of what is in the process of becoming 19. You get exactly what you are FEELING 20. Happy feelings will attract more happy circumstances 21. You can begin feeling whatever you want (even if it's not there)... the universe will correspond to the nature of your song 22. What you focus on with your thought and feeling is what you attract into your experience 23. What you think and what you feel and what actually manifests is ALWAYS a match-no exception 24. Shift your awareness 25. "You create your own universe as you go along" ~Winston Churchill 26. It's important to feel good ( ( ( (((good))) ) ) ) 27. You can change your emotion immediately Â. by thinking of something joyful, or singing a song, or remembering a happy experience 28. When you get the hang of this, before you know it you will KNOW you are the creator 29. Life can and should be phenomenal ... and it will be when you consciously apply the Law of Attraction 30. Universe will re-arrange itself accordingly 31. Start by using this sentence for all of your wants: "I'm so happy and grateful now that.... " 32. You don't need to know HOW the universe is going to rearrange itself 33. LOA is simply figuring out for yourself what will generate the positive feelings of having it NOW 34. You might get an inspired thought or idea to help you move towards what you want faster 35. The universe likes SPEED. Don't delay, don't second-guess, don't doubt... 36. When the opportunity or impulse is there ... ACT 37. You will attract everything you require-money, people, connections...PAY ATTENTION to what's being set in front of you 38. You can start with nothing ... and out of nothing or no way-a WAY will be provided. 39. HOW LONG??? No rules on time ... the more aligned you are with positive feelings the quicker things happen 40. Size is nothing to the universe (unlimited abundance if that's whatyou wish) We make the rules on size and time 41. No rules according to the universe ... you provide the feelings of having it now and the universe will respond 42. Most people offer the majority of their thought in response to what they are observing (bills in the mail, being late, having bad luck...etc.) 43. You have to find a different approach to what is through a different vantage point 44. "All that we are is a result of what we have thought"-Buddha 45. What can you do right now to turn your life around? Be Grateful 46. Gratitude will bring more into our lives immediately 47. What we think about and THANK about is what we bring about 48. What are the things you are grateful for? Feel the gratitude... focus on what you have right now that you are grateful for 49. Play the picture in your mind-focus on the end result 50. VISUALIZE!!! Rehearse your future 51. VISUALIZE!!! See it, feel it! This is where action begins 52. Feel the joy ... feel the happiness 53. An affirmative thought is 100 times more powerful than a negative one 54. "What this power is, I cannot say. All I know is that it exists." ~ Alexander Graham Bell 55. Our job is not to worry about the "How". The "How" will show up out of the commitment and belief in the "Why" 56. The Hows are the domain of the universe. It always knows the quickest, fastest, most harmonious way between you and your dream 57. If you turn it over to the universe, you will be surprised and dazzled by what is delivered .. this is where magic and miracles happen 58. Turn it over to the universe daily... but it should never be a chore 59. Feel exhilarated by the whole process ... high, happy, in tune 60. The only difference between people who are really living this way is they have habituated ways of being 61. They remember to do it all the time 62. Create a Vision Board-pictures of what you want to attract ... every day and look at it and get into the feeling state of already having acquired these wants 63. "Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions." Albert Einstein 64. Decide what you want ... believe you can have it, believe you deserve it, believe it's possible for you 65. Close your eyes and visualize having what you already want-and the > > feeling of having it already > > 66. Focus on being grateful for what you have already ... enjoy it!! Then release into the universe. The universe will manifest it 67. "Whatever the mind of man can conceive, it can achieve." ~W. Clement Stone 68. Set a goal so big that if you achieved it, it would blow your mind 69. When you have an inspired thought, you must trust it and act on it 70. How can you become more prosperous?? INTEND IT!! 71. 'Checks are coming in the mail regularly'... or change your bank statement to whatever balance you want in there... and get behind the feeling of having it. 72. Life is meant to be abundant in ALL areas... 73. Go for the sense of inner joy and peace then all outside things appear 74. We are the creators of our universe 75. Relationships: Treat yourself the way you want to be treated by others. Love yourself and you will be loved 76. Always cultivate a healthy respect for yourself 77. For those you work with or interact with regularly .. get a notebook and write down positive aspects of each of those people 78. Write down the things you like most about them (don't expect change from them). Law of attraction will not put you in the same space together if your frequencies don't match 79. When you realize your potential to feel good, you will ask no one to be different in order for you to feel good 80. You will free yourself from the cumbersome impossibilities of needing to control the world, your friends, your mate, your children... 81. You are the only one that creates your reality 82. No one else can think or feel for you .. its YOU .. ONLY YOU 83. Health: thank the universe for your own healing. Laughter, stress-free happiness will keep you healthy 84. Your immune system will heal itself 85. Parts of our bodies are replaced every day, every week. Within a few years we have a brand new body 86. See yourself living in a new body. Hope leads to recovery. Happy leads to a happier biochemistry. Stress degrades the body 87. Remove stress from the body and the body regenerates itself. You can heal yourself 88. Learn to become still and take your attention away from what you don't want. Place your attention on what you wish to experience 89. When the voice and vision on the inside become more profound and clear than the opinions on the outside, then you have mastered your life 90. You are not here to try to get the world to be just as you want it. You are here to create the world around you that you choose 91. And allow the world as others choose to see it, exist as well 92. People think that if everyone knows the power of the LOA there won't be enough to go around .. This is a lie that's been ingrained in us and makes so many greedy 93. The truth is there is more than enough love, creative ideas, power,joy, happiness to go around 94. All of this abundance begins to shine through a mind that is aware of it's own infinite nature. There's enough for everyone. See it. Believe it. It will show up for you 95. So let the variety of your reality thrill you as you choose all the things you want. Get behind the good feelings of all your wants 96. Write your script. When you see things you don't want, don't think about them, write about them, talk about them, push against them, or join groups that focus on them. Remove your attention from don't wants and place it on do wants 97. We are mass energy. Everything is energy. EVERYTHING 98. Don't define yourself by your body. You are an infinite being that's connected to everything in the universe 99. Our bodies have distracted us from our energy. We are the infinite field of unfolding possibilities 100. Are your thoughts worthy of you? If not, NOW is the time to change them. You can begin right were you are, right now. Nothing matters but this moment and what you are focusing your attention on. |
Title: Re: Not-so-secrets from the film Post by Tim F. on Jan 9th, 2007 at 11:13pm
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bought one of these (dvds) yesterday for the store to sell, nice that it's a bestseller, and thanks for sharing the juice from it that we all (mostly) already know. [smiley=2vrolijk_08.gif] |
Title: Re: Not-so-secrets from the film Post by Lucy on Jan 15th, 2007 at 7:06pm
Did you sit down and write all these down from the film? You are patient.
I appreciate your saying it the way you did: "...every thought we put out has a reaction that cannot always be foreseen" sometimes it just doesn't make sense. On the other hand, there's possibly much to be gained from giving it a try (without using it to judge the past). So I assume you have the film? Before Esther hicks was edited out or after? Are you familiar with the Abrham Hicks stuff? Is this another version of that or is there something else here. Abraham go (goes?) in to a little more detail about how to do this. Seth discussed the power of positive thinking ( and the need to still examine negative beliefs). Abraham put a slightly different spin on the whole thing. Are the testimonials what make the movie worth the price? |
Title: Re: Not-so-secrets from the film Post by DocM on Jan 16th, 2007 at 12:33am
There is a free version available; PM me if you'd like a link. Esther Hicks seems quite knowledgeable. At her request, she was edited out of the film. She didn't like where the commercialization and other aspects of it were going. Its a shame, because in the clips I saw of her before she was edited out, she was extremely interesting.
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Title: Re: Not-so-secrets from the film Post by betson on Jan 16th, 2007 at 1:29pm
Hi Lucy,
Better get in touch with DocM because I don't have the film. I forwarded that message from a friend. Will ask her, though, if she has any further information on it. Bets |
Title: Re: Not-so-secrets from the film Post by Lucy on Jan 25th, 2007 at 7:33pm
I'm looking this over, and reading some Abraham/Esther stuff. And when I come at it from the potential of creation angle, it is kinda fun.
But when weird stuff happens, I just don't see how it (alternate the secret Abraham philosophy) can explain events. Like, last night, one of the tie rods on my car broke as we were going down the road at about 10 PM. Abraham says everything in one's life was attracted there, but I just don't get how I attractred that. I guess the point is that not seeing the conections on the mundane stuff kinda makes me wonder if it will work for stuff more near and dear to my heart. I can contrive to pull all kinds of intellectually satisfying symbolism out of that, but ut is just a mind game. So betson, how do you think the trivial stuff works? I was thinking as it happened, how do I feel aboutthis, since Abraham works with feelings. I just felt mind-boggled. We were supposed to get up at 5 and head up to NH for a couple of hours for an appointment, and this certainly changed everything. Maybe I don't get it because I don't see the big picture.... |
Title: Re: Not-so-secrets from the film Post by betson on Jan 25th, 2007 at 9:02pm
Hi Lucy,
You went ahead and answered your own question, didn't you. ;) I too think the big picture would show that the mundane, trivial stuff is used to keep us safe, on track, loving---in whatever way it can, to serve our highest purpose. We could make up some scenarios--- by missing your trip you missed a patch of ice on the road you would have taken that has slipped several cars into a ditch lately; or by missing your trip you had a conversation with someone that was incredibly important even if you or they don't recognize it yet; or etc. I used to fight against such turns in fate---and then walk into the very situation that Guidance was trying to shield me from. :P Now I'm *trying* to learn to 'go with the flow.' Love, Bets |
Title: Re: Not-so-secrets from the film Post by vanayssa on Jan 28th, 2007 at 11:01pm
Thanks for all those posts. I love The Secret and watch it when I need a dose from that medicine bottle. I have watched it many times. Didn't know the Hicks had asked to be edited out. Too bad, they added something really beautiful to it. But I agree with their view...I fell into the trust thing with one or two of the people on the film and bought tons of their stuff, but it became more and more nuts as the months went by...getting money became kind of a hysterical pathway for them and I think they are making so much from this exposure and the way they know how to exploit it, they have ended up selling "nothing' for quite a bit of money from their sites and building their Lists to astronomical proportions, it would seem. I believe they mean well and as the years roll by, those who have exploited it mercilessly will look back and wish they had given more thought to their choices. But maybe the Hicks will make their own video...I do hope so. Vanayssa
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Title: The times they are a changin' Post by Lucy on Feb 6th, 2007 at 2:01pm
Apparently there is going to be an Oprah show on The Secret
This Thursday at whatever time your local station shows Oprah That's Thursday February 08 2007 Oprah's place: http://boards.oprah.com/WebX?13@@.f13d027!DYNID= board messages on the Secret http://www2.oprah.com/index.jhtml main page (check out the nude grandmas!) |
Title: The Secret on Oprah Post by Lucy on Feb 6th, 2007 at 2:02pm
check out above post
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Title: Re: Not-so-secrets from the film Post by vanayssa on Feb 6th, 2007 at 5:33pm
Thanks for that website, I will be looking for Oprah on Thursday for sure. It took a while for The Secret routines to really work for me, but they have been manifesting like crazy lately. All of a sudden. Like that teacher on The Secret says, you wait and wait and then you say, HEY THIS STUFF DOESN'T WORK and the little green shoot disappears back into the ground. I was careful not to give up...and it just really started to flow a month ago. Anyway! Thanks. Vanayssa
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Title: The Secret on Oprah Post by Lucy on Feb 7th, 2007 at 11:59am
I have to work but I am hoping that someone here will be able to watch Oprah and give a report
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Title: Re: Not-so-secrets from the film Post by betson on Feb 8th, 2007 at 9:41pm
Hi Lucy,
Here's a report :) ---- The 5 guest speakers from the film emphasized having gratitude for current lessons and blessings, before then picturing and requesting changes that will improve the situation for others before yourself. So it was all very selfless. They also assured the audience that scarcity was not an issue because the energies of the universe are limitless and those energies can transform into anything that is needed/wanted. Audience members who participated were pre-chosen and prepared, no off- the-cuff comments. Any comments? Bets |
Title: Re: Not-so-secrets from the film Post by Lucy on Feb 9th, 2007 at 9:54am
Thanks for the report!
Yes I think things on the show are carefully scripted. Still it is interesting that this kind of topic has now received such widespread covewrage. I imagine it will bode well for film sales. And then there is the implementation of the material. Did we invent the apparent lack of abundance in order to challenge ourselves to be generous? Children do starve to death every day.... My gut reactions are more geared to some kind of limits. Still if these people truly believed in unlimited abundance, wouldn't they just be sending millions along to help the children? Or maybe they already do in private. Or maybe abundance only works through one individual at a time. Interesting show. Sorry I had to miss it. I don't get many chances to see Oprah and her guests sitting around on her lovely white couch and chewing the fat. Maybe if I work on that personal abundance thing I can develop some free time too! |
Title: Re: Not-so-secrets from the film Post by vanayssa on Feb 9th, 2007 at 11:58am
Hi Lucy. I just posted a note talking about my experience in manifesting using The Secret's teachings. I didn't know where to post it without getting into trouble, should have posted it right here, but anyway, I made a mistake I suspect and posted it in Afterlife Knowledge. If you want to go look at it, it's there, I addressed it to you in replying to this last post of yours. Hope it is interesting, just my efforts to change my thinking and manifest using these principles. Vanayssa
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Title: Re: Not-so-secrets from the film Post by betson on Feb 9th, 2007 at 6:27pm
Greetings--
That's fine, Vee. :) Lots of topics have to get cross referenced like that. Here's another related story, but it ends in alot of questions. I'd appreciate what anyone thinks--- Sometime around 1982 I stopped at a McDonald's and three men in suits were behind the counter. One said 'thank you' very formally and had his thumb on the receipt, almost not letting it go. So I looked down and a small square of red paper had a grey small image of a hamburger on it. I thought it was some sort of game piece to be collected and kept it in case I got some more. All the way home I had a tightness in my chest and a whirring in my ears. I thought I was gettting ill and blamed the unappetizing greyness of the printed or stamped burger image. By the time I got home I sensed an argument going on in my head: 'Keep it." No. "Keep it." No! So I threw it out and several weeks later saw that nationally McDonald's was giving away $1 million to whoever had one of five or so of these ugly red tickets with dim images of burgers on them, just like I'd had. So my question is-- Was the message of 'no, don't keep it' from a higher place, or was I just afraid of that much money? How ego-driven and prone to errors in judgement might some levels of 'Helpers' be? Or if Helpers have a good over-all view of spiritual development, are all really large gifts suspect? ($1 million was alot more back then.) Still wondering, Bets |
Title: Re: Not-so-secrets from the film Post by vanayssa on Feb 9th, 2007 at 9:05pm
I'm posting a note to you on your PM, Bets. This story amazed me! I have one a lot like it! But it is off topic so I better put it somewhere else, though I'd love to share it! Vee
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Title: Re: Not-so-secrets from the film Post by Lucy on Feb 10th, 2007 at 12:52am
I talked my mom (who lives in another part of the country from me) in to watching Oprah. She's not into this stuff the way we all are, but she does have a smattering of curiosity. What she focused on was that the people on Oprah seemed to be selling something : "You have to buy somethign to get the whole thing." Now, I'm not at all sure that was the thrust of the show, but it must have been on there some time. I wonder if that is the commercialization that bothered Esther Hicks?
Well if it takes being commercialized for some people to be interested, well, maybe that's OK.Still Esther musy have had her reasons for withdrawing frm the project. BTW, why is it called a secret? That to me implies something was kept secret on purpose. Betson, I think the argument could be that you would have to be in a place where you could see the outcome of the alternative experience. Missing out on a million, especially after the guy sort of hinted to you that the piece was important, would probably turn me inside out. But you don't yet know how the story would have turned out had you kept the piece. Though you seem pretty level-headed; I can't imagine your having the problems some of the lottery winners are reported to have. |
Title: Re: Not-so-secrets from the film Post by vanayssa on Feb 10th, 2007 at 2:36pm
Mornin' Lucy. I guess the secret that has been kept secret, is that how we FEEL and our expectations dictate what we get. Maybe something like that. Now whether Ford and other multi millionaires or Mother Theresa, really knew they knew that, is something else. Maybe they knew it but didn't know they did. But along the line, probably there were some who did. And the Emerald Tablet...I must go look that up. What did it say? Did it give the secret so long ago? Somebody somewhere along the human line must have noticed the connection between how they felt and what they got...I have always noticed that people who grow up with wealth, always seem to attract more, even if they lose it, because they don't know how to think any other way, only wealthy thoughts and expectations color their lives. Anyway. The commercial thing, the way I have noticed it, is, I went onto some of their websites..well one in particular...won't say which...and they really have gone nuts on the Getting thing and they create a tremendous number of digital products which yours truly went and bought ad infinitum, thinking they would help me change my attitudes overnight, but most of them, you just read and then what? You still have to do all the work and it takes as long as it takes. I spent, frankly, more than a few hundred and wish I hadn't. One of the best sources of help with all this i found is Excuse Me Your Life is Waiting, a book by....hm, just forget her name but Amazon has it. It's so much about feelings and our expectations. Anyway, that's my input. Vee
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Title: Re: Not-so-secrets from the film Post by Lucy on Feb 11th, 2007 at 11:22am
I had a real-time talk with my mom about the Oprah show and it was interesting.
She reiterated the commercial part; she really felt that she was being led to a website so she would purchase stuff. Then I started mentioning some of the history of this "movement" and I got a little history lesson myself. First she said that when my dad (now peeking in from the other side) went to work (for Pure Oil Company) in the late 40's or early 50's, Pure got people to go to these informational pep talks based on, she claimed, the Napolean Hill book. Her point was that big business early-on saw the value of using positive thinking and got their workers to listen to this stuff. I don't recall seeing the Hill book when I was growing up (and I am a compulsive reader ) but I do recall the Norman Vincent Peale book, among others. Peale is a good example: http://www.usdreams.com/Peale28.html Peale inspired alot of people. check out these quotes. Sound familiar? http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Norman_Vincent_Peale/ When I asked her why, if they knew about this stuff, they didn't do better with it tha they had (including creating a disharmonious family life), she said she guessed that you just do the best you can at the time. I can't argue with that. The specualtion is, how worse would it have been without this stuff? But as has been pointed out, it is working with the material on the day-to-day stuff that is challenging. Then my mom pointed out that HER father had gotten analagous messages from his corporate employer when she was a kid. I'm not sure exactly what books were used then, but apparently business has used the positive thinking stuff for its emplyees for...decades. It just resurrects from time to time. So I think the film was probably called "the Secret" to create an atmosphere of allure about the ideas. Once you look at the Peale site, you realize there is nothing secret about this stuff. That's the marketing. I might admire Esther and Jerry Hicks for pulling out. As far a business using this stuff for its own ends, I am reminded of the story of John D. Rockefeller driving along and encountering a group of boys. This would have been late 1800's I think. They recognized him and gathered round when he stopped. He threww a handfull of dimes for them to pick up (probably had more buying power then than now) and told them that the secert of success was hard work. That was bunk of course. The secret of HIS success was getting others to do the hard work for cheap (think Rich Dad, Poor Dad) and being able to cheat and strong-arm others. I think big business possibly wanted to use people the same way so it touted positive thinking. Hopefully at least a few people believed they were helping others. And it helped disseminate these ideas. Hopefully there is a way to use these ideas for the individual. Some of the urging to buying stuff on the website begins to look like a pyramid scheme. You buy so THEY experience prosperity. I'm glad Betson posted the list though. (for free). And I think some of the individuals featued on Oprah (as descibed on the website) had certainly used positive thinking in admirable ways...to overcome personal negativity. So I guess the times aren't really a changin' unless this becomes powerful on a personal level. |
Title: Re: Not-so-secrets from the film Post by betson on Feb 11th, 2007 at 11:34am
Hi Lucy,
You said: 'The specualtion is, how worse would it have been without this stuff?' Maybe it did help get the US through some rough times, like wars and the depression. I know we haven't had wars on our own land so that makes a difference, but maybe it was those values of hard work and positive thinking that kept conquerors away. So maybe it would have been alot worse? Bets |
Title: Re: Not-so-secrets from the film Post by vanayssa on Feb 11th, 2007 at 10:14pm
[font=Courier][/font]Hey everyone into examining The Secret, this is another one of my long winded tomes, after this one I iINTEND to start writing only short notes, but this is just one more last time...I am enjoying all these thoughts, something to ponder. The real thing is, that WE have the power all the time, since birth, to make our lives how we want, without harming anyone else, by using our, whatever it is, that silver cord connecting us to All That Is, to draw the protection/jobs/opportunities/weight loss/whatever we need, but there is something about being in the physical on Earth that causes everyone to feel anxious that they can't get enough resources and all this negativity starts up.
People who want to leave their marriage won't because they think they will never attract anyone nicer, and they will end up on the street. People who hate their jobs won't try to move on and out to something more satisfying because....they think they will never attract anything nicer and they will end up on the street. People who work as hookers or sex slaves often don't run away even when they can, because they think they can't get anything nicer and they will end up on the street. Politicians won't tell us the truth about our 44.5 trillion dollar debt (a lot of it owed to SE Asia, believe it or not) because if they did that honorable thing, they would end up out of office, couldn't get anything nicer and might end up on the street. Can anyone blame us for not wanting to end up on the street? No, but I wish there was a way to break us all through to that place where we don't worry about rent (while we are still on this side where we need shelter) and we don't worry about groceries (while we are on this side and still need food) and we don't worry about clothing (while...etc.) and we dont' worry about making fools of ourselves (while we are on this side and live in a world where others can't yet read our thoughts and true intentions and comprehend our goodness). I have a friend who has schizophrenia. She sees evil intent in the most innocent of conversations and institutions. It is heart breaking to be with her and hear and see the endless stream of paranoia. After I got to know her, I decided that no matter what, I would think the most positive thing I could about others, no matter how they treated me. Because otherwise, I would be thinking like she does!! And even if these others really do mean me harm, being upbeat, cheerful and positive puts me almost entirely beyond their reach anyhow. Except of corse it is easier said than done. But I work at it. Mental health and the principles of The Secret are hand in hand, far as I can see. I used to think people who were always positive no matter what were just dumb and pollyanna, but now I realize they are powerful and transcendent in their day to day lives, in a way I cannot be while I am negative and....ok I'll say it...paranoid. Anyway, going off the path there a bit, but if The Secret has given the world anything, it has given a lot of HOPE where before there was none, and TOOLS to demand higher performance from ourselves in an organized, simple yet challenging way. I see the teachers on the tape as not perfected souls yet but straining every nerve, so to speak, to leave behind as much good as they can. Falling into the trap of "I better get as RICH as I can while The Secret is still au fait" is just a mistake one or two of them made. And they are probably already stopping to think about that, as a result of the Hicks backing out. Vee |
Title: Re: Not-so-secrets from the film Post by Steve_Ed on Feb 21st, 2007 at 8:56pm
Looking at things logically, it is not logical to go into something that you intend to win at with a losing attitude. Also, I believe that we can always advance in skill no matter how old we are just so long as we practice that state of "Pure-Doubtless-Intent" that Bruce mentions in the Friday Harbor tape series. Confidence is essential and very-much logical.
Let me share a success story of mine: I am playing a game at an arcade room at a restaurant that me and my parents are going to dine at. The game is a racing game; I lock my focus tight upon winning first place. I start racing and even though I have rarely played this racing game, I take first possition at the last moment before the finish line. I still have credits left in the game but I let some girls play out of kindness since it is time to be seated at a table. PDI, Steve Ed. |
Title: Re: Not-so-secrets from the film Post by vanayssa on Feb 21st, 2007 at 9:35pm
Having those "confidence wins" experiences while still young will imprint that attitude firmly for you and will serve you well all your life. That's what I notice about people born to wealth...even if they lose it all, they always land on their feet, because they don't know how to think any other way except to expect total abundance and their needs always met...they have never known anything else. It's amazing, I am always trying to learn to think like they do. Vee
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Title: Re: Not-so-secrets from the film Post by Lucy on May 13th, 2007 at 11:35am
We got a copy from the library. It was interesting.
Definitely Hollywood. For folks who have never encountered any of these ideas (or more) before, that may be a good introduction. The melodrama of soldiers coming to take the scrolls from someone's hands was a bit funny to me, though I imagine things like that have happened. I can't speak for Esther and Jerry, but I can see why they might have withdrawn from the project. The real emphasis seems to be on material possessions. And though I do agree that the universe will answer in its own way, is there really enough to go around so that we all can have houses like the Chicken Soup for the Soul guy, what's his name ? Canfield? I can take it that there is some way of being in the world, the understanding of which has not been completely shared, sometimes by design, and that to practice it would improve our lives in some way. |
Title: Re: Not-so-secrets from the film Post by betson on May 13th, 2007 at 11:45am
Vee said:
"if The Secret has given the world anything, it has given a lot of HOPE where before there was none, and TOOLS to demand higher performance from ourselves in an organized, simple yet challenging way. I see the teachers on the tape as not perfected souls yet but straining every nerve, so to speak, to leave behind as much good as they can." Thank you, Vee, that's great! (I thought it deserved repeating.) bets |
Title: Re: Not-so-secrets from the film Post by Vee on May 14th, 2007 at 11:08am
Hi Bets!! I haven't been on the board much lately, getting a house ready for the market shortely, glad to pop back in to say hello this morning. Yes, all these are great people, aren't they? I could happily meet any one of them at Denny's for breakfast and end up with a notebook full of great ideas. We can't take it with us when we leave, so that's not the point, I mean, the Canfields can't take that house with them to the Park or wherever they choose to go when they leave the physical, (referring to Lucy's post previous to yours, Bets) of course, but we know from the Monroe experiences that they can easily re-create Over There the house they want anyway. And eventually they will progress in form to be pure light anyway, which does not need any kind of house, but meantime, it is fun to build houses, let's face it. My dad, who has been in the Park now for some time, has built himself a nice home there, I went in to visit him the other day and noticed how he has built the most beautiful black river rock into his steps leading to his door, smooth as silk, though I am so anxious I will lose focus that I only pop in to see him and my brother for a minute or so and whisk back home again, it is hard to maintain my focus, I can be visiting one of them There and suddenly am back here working on my lawn problem or something. But I can at least make contact that way and I am learning.
I wanted to mention that, some of you might remember that I did a healing on my depressed sister a while ago, I guess it is still on the Board menu there somewhere, and I didn't think about it afterward, if it helped her or not, but I talked to her daughter the other day, and discovered that she is very much better, enjoying life and her various interests again, so I was secretly very happy and thought, yes, it is worth the effort to offer the intent of loving healing. Well, maybe the healing had nothing to do with her recovery, but I like to think it helped at least a bit. The thought makes my heart SHINE. Vee |
Title: Re: Not-so-secrets from the film Post by lightnlove on May 14th, 2007 at 6:13pm
Hi folks,
I haven't put anything on the board in some time but............ do feel that "the secret" info is something that spirit has been trying to get across to us for quite awhile. I saw the movie last October when it first came out and feel that all the people were terrific. I was thrilled to pieces when Oprah decided to bring it on her show because it helped to spread this info in so many ways. Since we are down here for now in this lower vibration we might as well learn these laws of the universe and of course use them for the good! Right! It is sad to me that people will dismiss this info out-of-hand (or mind) without stopping to try or experiment with this very important concept because they think it is too hollywood or materialistic. Wish everyone would listen harder. :) Lightnlove |
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