this is kind of freaky because a lot of people seem to love the secret and it's positive thinking message but one of the first issues for me is when positive thinkers advocate creativity yet present less than mediocre artwork but perhaps delusion is the trick of attraction... ?

the pseudo leonardo illustrations were worse than awful and the discourses seemed mediocre at best...

but then again I'd kind of appreciate being able to manifest some comfortable mediocrity instead of desperate alienation...

it's a complex web of illusion out there for sure... hahaha

art for art's sake
money for god's sake... waaaaaaaah

Overall, I feel the film has a heavy materialistic emphasis. The main focus tends to be in using the secret for things like cars and houses. In that way, while it keeps alive the timeless wisdom of folks like W. Clement Stone (Think and Grow Rich) and James Allen (As Man Thinketh), it lacked any new and original information, or perhaps better yet, it failed to go beyond the Western mindset because it conveniently forgot to take into consideration viewpoints from the East (everyone from Zen to Osho) which are at odds with its premise (or at the very least represent the step beyond); viewpoints clearly illuminating flaws in the maxims "Ask and you shall receive," and even, "I think, therefore I am." I'm talking about those "desireless desires" that more "truly" yeild the real fruit and authentic nectar of spiritually derived happiness. In this way, The Secret failed to communicate the subtle paradox in the magic of attraction and in the end made it come across as more of an elaborate infomercial for consumerism than anything. This, in essence, left me with a compelling desire to produce my own follow-up to The Secret. One called "The Reason: The Reason The Secret Won't Work."

The reason The Secret won't work (as it's presented) is that it's not really holistic. Seeing material dreams come true in the outer world should be considered a by-product of the more beneficial process of a balanced, integral development and in following our heart. Was this mentioned in the film at all? It is my contention that focusing on the interconnectedness of Self uncodes the cryptic realm of attraction with "skillful means" to reveal and strengthen the wyrd dynamics of realization or actualization that are much deeper than mere positive thinking, Visioning boards (see Dr. Lucia Cappacione ), and chanting "namu-myoho-renge-kyo (see jbe.gold.ac.uk/4/bocking1.html )."

Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying these things (or The Secret) are/is bad. They're just limited. There's no big secret about them.

What I AM saying is, empowered living certainly can be empowered by the power of attraction and its results, but it's so much more than that. Fulfillment and happiness utimately come from total health and well-being. The Secret missed the opportunity to promote the higher value of wealth in such higher levels of health (i.e., a deeper, richer relationship with self to the greater whole); values which always recommend remaining detached to outer contingencies and circumstances, good or bad. Be first and then do to have. Become aligned with your whole Self and you will bring out your best self which is true to your own unique self. Do this and the fruits which are your own will come to you if and when they do.

The tink and git riCH approach is ho key, but the mass of mind kind is still consummed with consumerism. Even in the blingly rap many are still not getting the mess age were in.

Those that move pass the glitz and can bring this simple formula into their beein will get the richness they truly are seeking... Love, Love, Love