'The Secret' Debate

Here's a definite sign that something has made it into the collective consciousness:

Oprah features it on her show. That's it.

By now, you've probably seen, heard of, or read 'The Secret'.

Let me give you a few thoughts:

I love 'The Secret'. It's unbelievably phenomenal. If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend it.

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?

It's this: Whatever you concentrate on, you draw into your life. Worrying about a 'lack' of money will draw more 'lack'.

Conversely, if you concentrate on abundance and drawing money, you become a money magnet and attract affluence.

This isn't just about money, but about absolutely everything in your life. Health and wellness, love, relationships, sex. . . as well as business, converting prospects to clients. . .

I'm sad to tell you that there are a number of people that, in an attempt to make a name for themselves and parlay off the success of it, have decided that it's appropriate to tear this movie down.

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.

Do you agree with everything that you hear from any source? I don't, and I doubt you do either.

Just as I don't believe everything I hear or read, there are parts of 'The Secret' I also don't believe.

But disregarding the entire movie just because there are a few things I disagree with would be like saying, "Money can be used wrongly so I'm going to do the right thing and never try to earn another dime as long as I live. I'll make sure that if ever anyone gives me money, I'm going to give it away because, after all, I don't want to be involved with something bad."

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.

Why should we knock something that could possibly have the power to change people's lives for the better?

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 strategies to earn the business of affluent clients using persuasion. He runs public and private seminars and offers home study courses and coaching programs in persuasion strategies.

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