The Secret DVD

My first experience after watching The Secret DVD was discussing the content with the people that I watched it with. Everyone had an opinion, some positive and some negative and it's the negative comments that I would like to address here.


I respect that everyone has different opinions, but it did strike me that the majority of peoople that reacted negatively, were the people that seemed to have the most problems in their lives. They either had financial problems, relationship problems and I knew for a fact that they were not doing very well in the jobs (cause I'm the boss).


Whilst the people that reacted positively did not wholeheartedly believe it, they were open to the possibility that that they could create the lives they wanted by just thinking and acting differently. Some wanted to know more and others immediately began putting the ideas into practice.


Yet, the negative people, who really needed to change their lives, began to make all sorts of excuses, justifying why it just would not work. I realised that the main reason for this was because if they did believe, or if at the very least they tried and failed, they would have only themselves to blame, and these people were comfortable with rather blaming others for everything that goes wrong with their lives.


I am not very tolerant of people that knock things before they try something or can discuss their own experiences with reasons for their negative views. And in fact the information in The Secret
will not work for these people because of the very nature of the The Secret information conflicting with them. Many of these people were what I call the Either/Or Brigade.


They claim to be religious and that The Secret goes against their religion which for the life of me I cannot understand. The whole concept of The Secret to me is about God and his special gift to us all. It shouldn't matter what religion you are, as all religions have a Creator just known by a different name and, in my opinion, all are God. So many of these people have been indoctrinated with ideas that clearly are not serving them well, but instead of being open and considering other possibilities, they prefer to cling to their belief system. Considering the ideas of The Secret to me are embracing a kind, giving and loving God. After all, God created us in his own image, and that can only be with the ability to create.


Then there those that don't have the time as they are too busy dealing with their daily lives. And again, I have to ask why does it have to be one or the other?


To develop oneself and to reach your full potential, you need to improve your thinking, you need to be open to possibilities and you need to grow, and this can be done EASILY without rejecting or denying the realities of your life. You CAN still go to church. You CAN still go to work each day. You CAN incorporate new ideas into your existing life, if you choose.


And that's the whole point. YOU can DO ANYTHING you choose, but if you are not happy with your life or any parts of it, then consider your choices, look at your options and choose again until you have the life you chose.

With Gratitude and My Best Intentions,
Holly