Knowing how popular The Secret
is and how I have finally come to understand it so that it works for me, I wanted to share my current experiences with it. Mainly because I see so many people who have watched it, do nothing but the same as they have always done in the past, and then say it doesn’t work. Well I am here to say it does work, and its fantastic.
For those that haven’t watched or read The Secret yet, its a mindset, that has been told and taught for millenium about how you can have everything you ever wanted. Its not actually a secret either, many books have been written on the subject over the past few decades and even books written over a century ago, but have been reprinted.
So the big secret is….. “attraction” and to add to that, “thoughts become things”. Essentially you attract into your life the predominate thoughts in your mind each and every day.
I will leave the rest of the details to the movie, but I will talk about the two ways you could look at it. The most common perception I seem to come across (yes i know) of the secret is its some magical fairy dust that gets sprinkled around and things come to you by just thinking things. The other is, by thinking about certain events, yourself, your subconscious mind and actions will start doing things to head towards that goal.
There are truths to both (minus the fairy dust) and I think they work quite well together. First lets start with the logical side. If you are continuously thinking about how to acheive a goal, you will start to see things that have always been there and new ways to achieve your goal. This can mainly be attributed to your reticular activation system. If you have passion or excitement about your goal you will start enjoying yourself and doing things that help you acheive that goal. Most people who do not yet believe in the secret at the fairy dust level, should at least be able to agree on the second view of things.
Now to the fairy dust. If you study quantum physics, the main thing is, that your observation changes the state of what you are observing. This is one mind bending fact, but it is proven. The best explaination I have come across for this is What the Bleep Do We Know!?
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So what’s the big lesson I have learnt using the secret. Focus only on the end result and what it will be like to have it. Forget the how’s. Most people seem to get hung up on it. “But how can it happen, I just can’t see a way.” You don’t need to see the way, just focus on the end result and all the joy it will bring. Your actions will start moving you towards it, and things will just go your way. I see it happen every day. Now I see it happen with my goals coming into fruition.
How did I get past the non believing stage, I just kept at it. There are so many things logical and mysterious that all point to this fact. So I watched The Secret over 100 times, what the bleep around 50 times and read many other books. It has taken me just over 2 years to finally get to this stage. All I say is keep trying. You will see successes along the way and they will help you build your belief.