The Secret
 | Average Customer Rating: Recommend YOU HOLD IN YOUR HANDS A GREAT SECRET.It has been passed down through the ages, highly coveted, hidden, lost, stolen, and bought for vast sums of money. Fragments of this Great Secret have been found in the oral traditions, in literature, in religions and philosophies throughout the centuries. It has been understood by some of the most prominent people in history: Plato, Galileo, Beethoven, Edison, Carnegie, and Einstein, along with other… Product details and pricing info |
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- Change Your Thoughts Change Your Life
- "When you emit the perfect frequency of what you want, the perfect people, circumstances and events will be attracted to you and delivered!" ~ pg. 163
If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is, except "The Secret" can be tested in your own life to see if it is valid and true. As I read this intriguing book I started to notice why I was successful in some areas of my life and not in others. What I've been thinking is truly the reality I've created for myself.
For years I've been able to manifest free books and my thoughts about receiving free books was constant until I had over 200 books to review and realized I didn't need as many. The minute I changed my thinking I had less offers and less books appeared. The only thing is, I had to write the first review.
As Bob Doyle says in this book: "Action will sometimes be required." This book almost seems to have a missing chapter, the one where the author explains the hard work most people have to do to see their dreams realized. Very few people will probably see their dreams materialize unless they take some initial action. You should not only imagine your future but also take steps in the direction of your dreams.
Can you really think your way thin? This book claims you can. I tried putting up pictures on my mirror to inspire weight loss and I did lose 25 lbs but this was mostly because I also "literally took steps" by walking one hour a day. If I had only sat around imagining that I was thinner I doubt it would have worked. It also took me over 30 years to produce a cookbook, it didn't magically appear although I thought about it every day. I still had to do the hard work of testing the recipes and writing the instructions. Some of the authors in this book claim to have great riches and neglect to tell you that they also had to do the hard work of writing their books.
I think this book works differently for each person. I have been able to manifest books, an amazing best friend, items that magically appear in the mail (answers to questions I had). So in some way "The Secret" is working in my life on a small scale. I still haven't been able to manifest my ideal house or a car.
At times this book is overly materialistic. Do you really need a new car and all the car payments that come with it? Will a car magically appear just because you wish for one? This book claims that the Universe is a "genie" and it will give you everything you want. I won't spoil the book for you by telling you the three main things you have to do to see your dreams appear in reality. They are relatively easy and it only takes a small amount of effort - mostly training your mind to think positively.
While for the most part, this book shies away from religion it does go a little far by saying we are all God in human form. According to the Bible we are created in God's image. There also is nothing about 9/11 or Katrina in this book. In fact this book claims that negative thoughts are not as powerful as positive thoughts.
So if you want to try out extreme positive thinking and you are willing to be your own experiment I can recommend this book to you. I've seen some of the principles work in my own life so many of the ideas are true and testable.
~The Rebecca Review - 2008-09-28, 1 of 5 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- The Greatest Gift
- The greatest gift that "The Secret" offers is the confidence that you can be and do anything you want to. Do you want to have lots of money? Do you want a fabulous relationship? Do you want a boat? A plane? A big house? You can have it all. Just imagine the possibilities and then ask the universe for it with full belief that your wish will be answered.
The basic formula to attain all this is: Ask--Believe--Receive. Clever, isn't it?
To go beyond "The Secret" you just have to read "Nexus: A Neo Novel." - 2008-09-27, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- A Great Intro!
- I really enjoyed reading this book and thought it really brought The Law of Attraction to the world. Yes, people have written many books on this subject but none seemed to have the impact that this one has. However, I believe the author could have gotten more deeply into the subject and therefore recommend Living The Secret Everyday: My Secret Workbook which gives you in detail how to practice the Law of Attraction on a daily book. Read it!
- 2008-09-24, 2 of 2 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Brilliant audio book
- I really liked the audio for the secret. It's perfectly safe to play in a car as it's not hypnotic in any way that will affect your driving. Personally I wanted this message to go deep into my mind so I would make all the changes on my thinking as often as possible.
As I'm in my car every day making various trips I have listened to the 4 discs around 3 times in a week. Each time it plays I pick up a few more things and I develop my own understanding as well.
What I like is all the little small trips I make in my car adds more minutes to listening to this great message.
Highly reccommend the audio.
update[21/09/08]:-
This is an old review I posted from Amazon UK.
I feel the message about pollution in one's thoughts is worth monitoring and needs that repetition to sink in. One read and 'ah I should do that' just doesn't imprint on a distracted, busy human mind. So audio in the car for repetition is very good for this.
For this book to have maximum effect one needs to be rather well-schooled in mindfulness. I.E. conscious of one's thoughts and what one's doing at the present moment. Also Universal energy picks up on our unconscious thoughts as well. Those are not so easy to track. - 2008-09-19, 3 of 4 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- A favorite
- This is one of my favorite books! I do believe in the law of attraction. That if you think positive that positive things will happen to you. It does help when you know what you want, and strive to get what you want. But I do have a hard time believing things like natural disasters and health can be controlled. I have recommended this book to a lot of people, and will continue to do so. It did give me the confidence to follow my dreams!
- 2008-09-17, 3 of 3 people found this review helpful, Rated:
