How do you know if something has really made it into the collective consciousness?
One way is: Oprah features it.
If you're at all inclined in this way, you've probably already seen 'The Secret'.
Let me give you a few thoughts:
I absolutely love it. It's phenomenal. If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend it and here's why I think it can have a significant impact on your life...
I feel that 'the Law of Attraction' is at work in my life and in the lives of my students and family and friends--anyone who has begun consciously paying attention to the law of attraction.
What is the Law of Attraction?
Basically, it says whatever you concentrate on, you'll get more of in return. If you concentrate on your lack of money and worry about paying bills, you're going to get more 'need'.
Conversely, if you concentrate on abundance and drawing money, you become a money magnet and attract affluence.
And this isn't just about money. It's about every single thing that you think about. This includes influence, sales and conversion, as well as more personal aspects of life like health and wellness, relationships and spirituality in such concepts as gratitude.
As with anything that garners public attention, especially something that isn't tangible or verifiable to the naked eye, there are a number of detractors--people who are trying to make a name for themselves by trashing 'The Secret'.
What does this have to do with persuasion? And why would someone want to trash it?
The Secret is certainly in the news and many people will use things in the news to piggyback. In fact, I love to use the piggybacking strategy myself when I get a chance. And I guess you have to take a stand one way or another on things, so this group of people chose to take a negative stand.
If you're like me, you probably don't agree with everything you hear from any source.
Just as I don't believe everything I hear or read, there are parts of 'The Secret' I also don't believe.
And despite there being some things I don't agree with, I still find incredible value in 'The Secret'. Discarding it because of a few disagreements would be like taking the position. . ."Well, money can be used for evil so I don't want to have anything to do with money."
If a person objects to positive mental thinking, positive mental attitudes, and the sage advice that has shaped our nation and most all of the successful people in the world today that have followed along the footsteps of great thinkers of our time, then I guess someone could genuinely be upset with 'The Secret'.
But in particular, what did the naysayers pick on? One is that 'The Secret' talks about being responsible in every way. The movie says something to the order of, "We all choose our own reality. Even the people of Darfur consciously chose their plight in life."
Alright, so the people that stood against this movie basically said, "That's nonsense. The Secret is a cult and so it's saying things that are blatantly untrue." They are framing the creators of this movie as a cult.
I don't believe for a minute that the people of Dafur or people who suffer other tragic existences consciously chose their lots in life. And 'The Secret', in an attempt to be entertaining and maybe even a little shocking, went a bit too far.
If you think of this in terms of 'beliefs', many millions of people practice a religion that does absolutely believe something along those lines.
And perhaps people who believe in reincarnation and karma would agree that we don't consciously choose our lives, but have unconsciously chosen. And like the Buddhist traditions, I believe it's possible that we're here to learn and that life is a school. Not all lessons this school has to offer are pleasant ones.
Through the perspective of reincarnation they might believe that we choose our parents, we choose the country we're going to be born in, and we choose to live the lessons that earth has to give us such that one day we don't need to come back anymore and we can evolve to a higher level.
With this belief as the basis for this premise, then would it be reasonable if you were the creator of the movie The Secret and you believed in these things, that you would make a statement such as, "The people in Africa who are starving have chose their plight in life so that they could experience these difficulties to learn how to overcome them or simply experience a life of poverty"?
I think the answer is absolutely yes. They didn't choose them consciously; they chose them before they came into this earthly experience.
The big question I have for you is: why should we knock it?
I have my own beliefs and thoughts. I believe we need to be responsible. I believe we need to be careful, but to throw the baby out with the bathwater, I just can't fathom.
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Kenrick Cleveland teaches techniques to earn the business of wealthy clients using persuasion. He runs public and private seminars and offers home study courses and coaching programs in persuasion techniques.
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