Anyone read "The Secret?"

[Tink]

I'm reading The Secret and am finding it interesting and uplifting. I know several who have read it before me, and I'd already seen the DVD, so I'm getting a few different perspectives on it.

It seems some are taking this book out of context and are falling over the edge with outlandish expectations, so it's an interesting read. I do know several who claim to have been helped by the books encouragment of thinking positive.

So anyone else checked it out yet?

[Janet]

I haven't yet Tink, but after all I saw a show about it on Oprah, I wanted to get it. I just haven't had time to read in months. It's still on my list though.

[judy]

I never heard of it, so I googled it and can watch it online for $4.95. It's amovie too?
Where have I been - seems to be a big deal. Google it - there's all kinds of groups
involved now.

Well, anyway, enjoy the book, and please let me inow if I should watch it.

[DianaB]

I've known that there was a book called "The Secret" but I don't know what it's about. You'll have to enlighten us.

[AngieDoogles]

I haven't heard of it Tink. I hope you enjoy it and please tell us what you think.

[Tink]

The Secret, in a nutshell, pertains to people being able to accomplish some of the greatest things in history by having used the law of attraction. It's said to be a law of quantum physics, like the law of gravity or any other, so it is in effect whether you know about it or believe in it or not.

What the law of attraction is based on, is that life, matter and the universe is all made up of energy. As energy, it is in constant motion and flux. Depending on your frame of mind, you attract either positive or negative energy into your life which, if you learn to focus your thoughts correctly, you can also guide your life events and ultimately, your accomplishments and outcome.

Einstein, Michael Angelo, Thomas Edison, and many others are said to have shared this knowledge and kept it to themselves in their own group of chosen people in order to keep the edge for themselves. Modern day people who practice it have chosen to share it with anyone who is interested.

Jack Canfield, author of the Chicken Soup books, and Oprah Winfrey, are among the most well known practitioners of the Law Of Attraction (LOA) and swear by it's results. What I have personally seen in my own life and friends who are studying it, is a more positive attitude and a deeper gratitude for what we have been given.

As I mentioned, some have taken it to all sorts of extremes, believing it's some sort of new age religion or magic panacea to all of lifes problems. It's very interesting and an easy read, which is worth the price and effort even if all it does is helps people into a more positive frame of mind.

I'd be interested to know what any of you think of it if you decide to explore it. I interpret the "Universe" it talks about to BE God, so it would be good to have other christians opinions on it.