Several of you have asked about The Secret, and why, since I was in it, I’m sometimes critical of it. So what’s wrong with me? Why am I such a wet blanket?
First of all, The Secret used just a small bit of what I said when they recorded what I had to say about using the mind to create what you want in the world. They had a certain point of view they wanted to present, and I quite frankly didn’t know precisely what it was when I was being interviewed. Now, I see that their point of view was primarily a magical one, in the sense that The Secret seems to be saying that all you need to do is wish, hope, or “put it out to the universe” in order to get something. This point of view was presented despite the fact that very few of the teachers featured in The Secret (and I know almost all of them) actually believe that.
If you want to give “putting it out to the universe” a try, go for it. I’ll just caution you that I know a lot of very successful people, and none of them (and I really do mean zero, none, nada, zip, goose egg) became successful using that method.
Yes, every successful person I know did use their mind, and did focus on the outcome they wanted. Focusing your attention on what you want IS necessary. However, it’s just the first step. and you certainly don’t do it because it creates some sort of magic tractor-beam that sucks what you want into your waiting arms.
Here’s what happens when you focus your mind on the outcome you want: 1) it generates ideas you can use to get it, 2) it alerts you to resources you can use but might not see otherwise, 3) it creates the motivation to act, and 4) it helps you develop necessary personal qualities you might need, such as imagination, courage, persistence, or enthusiasm.
Next, though, you need to act, you need to do something. And, if you want something in return, the action you take needs to be of value in some way. It can’t be just any action. Running around in your underwear in Times Square is an action, but it might not get you the outcome you want.
The idea that thinking or hoping by itself will get you what you want is first-class magical thinking. It’s preconventional (see previous posts for what I mean by that). Yes, if you wish for something, every now and then it might happen. This is called a coincidence. A stopped clock is right twice a day, but that won’t help you know what time it is. If Aunt Sally sends you a check right when you need money and after you “put it out to the universe” to “attract some money”, it’s a coincidence, not your mind magically pulling Aunt Sally’s arms toward her checkbook and making her write a check and stick it in an envelope addressed to you. Try using your mind to get Aunt Sally to send a check every week and see what happens.
“Every now and then” is enough reinforcement for someone at a preconventional level, though. Sadly, those who think this way struggle to make life work, because preconventional ways of being in the world work only in a preconventional society (and even then they don’t work that well). As a way of navigating the world, they are very primitive, which is why preconventional societies have always been poor, and have offered life spans of about 40 years at the most, with few creature comforts. (And, for those of you who romanticize such cultures, remember that they generally involved slavery, human sacrifices, murder rates MUCH higher than modern society, treatment of women as possessions, and had no democracy or freedom of choice–all this from the latest anthropological studies.)
But back to The Secret. What is more, both controlling things with your mind (other than yourself, which is what you should use it for) and the hope of getting something for nothing are self-centered, egocentric, narcissistic points of view. Yes, until we learn to be in charge of ourselves and our immediate environment we do tend to think mostly of ourselves, but that doesn’t make it resourceful or desirable.
I find that those who wish for magical powers like this do so because they feel powerless in the world. They don’t see a way out of their situation (though there is one) and this idea that there is a magic way to get what they want sounds very appealing.
Telling those who are having trouble making life work, “just wish for what you want,” and that no action is required, is nothing short of cruel. There are very concrete, workable ways to create what you want in this world, and they can be learned (I teach exactly how to do this, step by step, in my Life Principles Integration process online courses). Wishing and “putting it out to the universe,” though, are not on the list of ways to create what you want.
Many people who saw The Secret assumed that of course you need to take action (this is obvious to anyone past the preconventional level), and they supplied that piece even though it was barely mentioned in the film. These people quite likely benefited from seeing The Secret because they were inspired and reminded of something that is true–that all success BEGINS with how you focus your mind.
Those who didn’t supply this extra piece, and were left with the idea that they can just wish for what they want, didn’t benefit from The Secret, and in fact were, in my opinion, harmed.
And don’t even get me started on the idea that people in Africa are starving because they are thinking the wrong thoughts.
What you focus on does create your reality, but there’s no magic involved. Many–most– people don’t know that this is true. Until you can observe your thoughts and be aware of how you focus your attention–which comes at a certain level of development–you cannot intentionally focus your mind. Before that point your mind still focuses on something, but it is done automatically, unconsciously. When you are immersed in your mental processes, these processes (what I have called your Internal Map of Reality) will create your life without any intentional direction from you.
Once you develop to the point where you can observe your thinking process, rather than being it, you can direct your mind, and in doing so begin to take charge of your life.
So, my friends, keep Holosyncing, because Holosync creates such awareness. And with this awareness, keep stepping back in an effort to observe whatever it is that you are immersed in. In this way, you can transcend it. More on that later.
Finally, before I go, let me comment on a few posts responding to what I said about Yogananda. I love Yogananda, but that doesn’t change the fact that a belief in miracles that still surrounds him is preconventional, magical thinking. No evidence whatsoever exists that people can dematerialize, for instance, or that any of the other sorts of magic described in that tradition can actually happen. If those of you who believe in this stuff have some evidence–not stories, but actual evidence, that any reasonable person would accept–put it on the table.
And, I have to say that one of my pet peeves is people who use quantum physics to “prove” that magic exists. Quantum physics represents a deeper level of understanding how the universe works. It does not, however, prove the silly New Age magical events it’s often trotted out to prove. If you really think there is some actual evidence for magic or for the suspension of the laws of physics, show me. Not stories, not anecdotes, not that someone else you respect thinks so, but proof.
And make no mistake, anyone who wants to believe in this stuff is welcome to do so. I wasn’t trying to demonize it, and I’m not trying to talk you out of it. By its nature, magical thinking requires no proof, so I’m not surprised that several people have posted comments in which they pledge allegience to various types of magical thinking, but without any attempt to offer proof.
All I’m doing is pointing out where such thinking fits developmentally, and further making the point that people who live from this point of view have a hard time functioning well in the world. Magic is an explanation offered when rational, or transrational, explanations are not available.
Yogananda, for instance, was very highly functioning, but it wasn’t because he relied on magical powers. It was because in other areas of his life he was developmentally well beyond that approach to life. If he wanted to create a certain result, he focused his attention on how to do it, then took action. I don’t recall a single situation where he relied on some sort of magic to get things done.
Someone asked the Dalai Lama what would happen if modern science disproved some of what Buddhists believe (which it has, in several cases). “Then that belief will have to go,” he said. This is why the Dalai Lama is not a preconventional thinker.
Again, thank you for reading.
Be well.
Bill
PS: By the way, I have another recommendation for you. Please check out Integral Institute’s Integral Life Practices Starter Kit. Ken Wilber and his brain-trust (consisting of some of the smartest and most spiritually advanced people on the planet–and I mean that) have created a unique way to “cross-train” in the areas of body, mind, spirit, and shadow material. This, along with Holosync, is a very potent way to develop your awareness.
Ken and his team have found that when you do a daily practice that affects all four of the above areas, it greatly accelerates your growth. When you leave out any of these areas, it holds you back. So, they’ve identified some of the very best time-tested practices in each area and they show you exactly how to do them (solving another problem–what’s the correct way to do a certain practice?). They even give you “one-minute modules” you can do on days when things are hectic and you have little time, so you can hit each area, at least a little bit, every day.
Most of you are already using something powerful in the spirit area–Holosync (in fact, as they add “auxiliary modules,” Holosync is the first one they plan to add). I think you’ll find that this kit is a powerful way to create a practice in the other three areas. I highly recommend this kit. Go check it out at www.myilp.com.
Until next time, when I’m going to share something new about development…
Frankly I don’t care if I am pre, post, supremus, ultra or subter supter with my conventions. As you so aptly stated “Different developmental stages will never see things in the same way”.
To quote Einstein “Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere”; or “If the facts don’t fit the theory, change the facts”.
And Holosync enables me to see it from all possible sides.
Dr. Harris,
You stated “keep Holosyncing, because Holosync creates such awareness. And with this awareness, keep stepping back in an effort to observe whatever it is that you are immersed in. In this way, you can transcend it.”
And later when refering to use of quantum physics to prop up magical views of reality you said “If you really think there is some actual evidence for magic or for the suspension of the laws of physics, show me. Not stories, not anecdotes, not that someone else you respect thinks so, but proof.”
In what journals is the evidence of the effectiveness of Holosync published?
Dear Bill,
I am going to purchase the Holosync material after listening to the demo and also love your blog.
However I am going to have to go along with the fact that you had no problem whatsoever capitalizing on The Secret. Our entire existence is magical and so is the belief in God or The Infinite or whatever you want to call it and so why should beleiving in the unseen combined with unwavering faith can bring you whatever you want theory be different than any of these other things?
I also thought that the movie did convey that action needed to be taken as well as unwavering beleif, faith etc. I can remember my son calling me one day and saying he did not have the money to buy formula for his baby and I was worried sick and put a wish out for just that ASAP and that night upon arriving home from work there was an entire case of formula sitting on my front step. Coincidence NAH! I don’t think so and I certainlty do not consider my self at that stage of developemnt that you explain. My mind is wide open to all.
StefF
NJ
I think if all the lucky things that happen in my life are coincidence, then I am one super lucky person, but only after watching the secret. I have had great things happen in my life since starting the secret, and they happened pretty randomly, so there has to be some force directing things, otherwish I’d be more likely to have things happen that aren’t what I want, because I just want one thing, and there are so many things that can happen. And didn’t you say in the secret that that gay man had people at his work who quit and homophobes on the street just weren’t there anymore? That sounds magical.
Dear Bill and everyone,
It’s interesting reading everyone’s comments. Over the last 7-8 years I’ve had an insatiable desire to study everything I can get my hands on to do with many different subjects relating to our lives, I guess I’ve been looking for answers to those questions such as “Why are we here?”, “What’s right and what’s wrong?’, etc, etc.
I came across “What the Bleep do we Know”, “the Secret”, and “Abraham-Hicks” plus many other materials. I’ve extensively studied all of these and I have to say the “Abraham-Hicks” material seems to have the best answers that I’ve been able to find to date. I’ve cross-linked many aspects of their teachings with other authors, world events, social beliefs, my own experiences, etc. and it seems to check out as being true as far as outcomes are concerned. I’m now applying what they teach into my own life and it is absolutely working. It’s taken many hours of listening, watching and reading for it to click with me.
A point I want to make… There’s been much criticism regarding the secret, especially that it was very general in its approach. Yes, there is more to the processes, but consider this, it has taken many, many hours for me to go through the processes, they had to summarise it down to within 2 hours to fit on a DVD. It’s like watching a documentary on being a pilot and later complaining that you can’t fly the plane and crashed. Pilots spend many hours learning to fly!
Also, It’s like being told all of your life that the colour red is blue. You just don’t believe someone telling you that red is red, especially when everyone else says it’s blue. I see this here and everywhere.
It really is true… What you believe becomes your reality
It’s taken me a while but I’ve really changed and amazing things are appearing in my life, and with very little perceived effort. I say perceived because there is action on my part but I’m not deliberately setting about to take action, I’m more just going with the flow, and that is when it is easy. The key is that you really have to believe you have, or will have, what you want. You have to FEEL GOOD AS MUCH AS YOU CAN (initially takes much effort). You MUST give up the notion that you are right and such and such is wrong – Everyone is right! You have to apply this to everything in your life. FOCUS on what you want, and FOCUS on feeling good about it. It includes everything you say to yourself and others.
It’s like breaking an addiction, try not watching or reading the news for 2 months, it’s hard to begin with. After breaking the habit, and then seeing it again, you just can’t watch or read it because it makes you feel awful. Lets face it, most of it has nothing to do with us. We expose ourselves to so many things that negatively affect our thinking that we are numb to much of it.
To help eliminate this addiction, Abraham has said to meditate because it stops our thought. If you find yourself criticising, or saying, thinking anything that makes you feel even slightly bad, change what you’re doing/saying to feel better. Go meditate!
That’s why I use holosync. It has helped me to calm down and stop thinking for a while. I know Bill says it’s okay to think about things because the tones will create the brain state needed, but try to stop your thought, it is key!
Thanks for creating the holosync program, Bill. It has really helped me to harness the LOA.
Cheers,
Derek
I appreciate this blog. I am in total agreement with Derek. I too have spent years and years searching, studying, doing traditional counseling and using holosync for over 5 years now. I attribute many of the positive changes I have made in my life to the holosync but feel that had I found Abraham at the same time that I would have been better able to “find a good feeling place” in the midst of difficult situations that brought up uncomfortable emotions that were hard to “meditate” away. (Meditation is not feasible in the middle of a busy day when issues are surfacing.)
I was aware (holosync definetly increases awareness) that these difficulties were a necessary part of the growth that I desired but having been introduced to Esther and Jerry Hicks and their work with Abraham I now know how to consciously make the best of every situation “before” my emotions snowball to a place where the only “action” I create is usually one that I regret.
In my experience, action flows naturally once inspired by strong emotion, positive or negative. Any work that inspires strong positive emotion is “magical” for what we are able to accomplish and attract more of can seem nothing short of miraculous. It truly is a journey that we take alone for no one else has the ability to interpret our experiences and the beliefs that are behind them and “tell” us what is right or what is wrong for us. (I especially know this after stuggling with trying to “please” my counselor when he would give advice that didn’t “feel” right for me even though it sounded like it should). We have to learn for ourselves what “feels” good and what doesn’t and respect that no matter what anyone else thinks our life will work better when we follow “our” hearts (feelings).
I have a confusion between what is expresed here and what you mean by responsibility as empowerment.
Hi Bill, I saw the Secret and then I received those phone call recordings between you and other people in the Secret, so I have understood from just about the beginning that you defintely need action. I find that the Law of Attraction is hard to understand until you have tried it, once you’ve used it in your life a few times then it becomes easy to understand. I guess one of my stories is that I wanted a little more money and am a stay at home mum.. I used to have the thinking pattern that there was no way I could make extra money and look after my kids, it would be too hard. I just visualised money in my purse and then my partner brought a sewing machine home from work and I started to do sewing for his work, making my own money.. and voila.. money in my purse. I didn’t even talk to him about it, it just happened and I must admit at first I didn’t even realise that what I visualised had come about because the events leading up to it were so ‘normal’. So that is how I think of it as working, you visualise, things come about in your life and then you use those resources.
One thing that I only found out recently is that Esther ‘Abraham’ Hicks was cut out of The Secret, I got the the edition with her/them in it and I really think that the parts with her/them in it are very important because she speaks of the emotional guidance system and she tells the 3 steps, the third being the most important.. action.
I would like to know you thoughts on Esther and Abraham..
I would also like to say that my life changed after seeing the Secret, but it wasn’t that I learnt of this “magical” Law of Attraction lol.. it was more the gratitude part for me. When I found gratitude it completely changed my attitude on myself and my life, nothing in my life changed but the change that was in me was huge. I went from being negative and complaing all the time to loving everything in my life.
Me again lol
I just read Derek’s comment and have thought that too.. After much study after seeing the secret I now realise that the movie was really only scratching the surface. I think people who see it then need to go on and study for themselves, online and also looking within themselves.
And I must say I agree with everything he has said because it is much of which I have been thinking.
Bill I’m usually right with you in your view of the universe. BUT ..I cringed when you suggested coincidence as an alternative to Magic. I’m with you on the magic issue but there are no coincidences without Duality. So the Ultimate Reality cannot include coincidences.
“There must be some amount of randomness/coincidence in the universe” can not be a true statement can it?
Shawn
Dear Bill,
While I principally agree with you on the ‘mind magic’ subject, I think the reality lies somewhere to the left of your position and to the right of the new age flunkies.
If you do some research on the current state of science regarding thought as a causal force you may be staggered. A good starting point is Lynne McTaggart’s book “The Intention Experiment”. Specifically the experiments with the Galton board are fascinating. Then there is the work of Bill Tiller who was able to change the PH of water (and other acts of magic) with meditation sessions. You find me one person who knocked on a thousand doors to generate a desired outcome and I’ll give you another for whom the world came and knocked on their door. All I’m saying is it does happen. The whole terrain is nebulous and I don’t think it can be summed up or understood any more from teh Newtonian mindset. I think there is just too much about our universe that is unknowable from the “double blind placebo” mindset that defines modern science, clearly modern science needs a new and wider term of reference. As for the secret, MOSTLY I am with you, That’s my bit, happy reading, Peter.
Hi Bill,
great article. I think that whenever we project our thoughts of what we want for the future we disengage from the present moment. For me, being creative in the moment and then acting upon that imagination is as close to manifesting our thoughts to create “the magic” that “The Secret” is trying to sell.
A perfect analogy is playing a musical instrument. Which for me is the closest thing to manifesting a thought in real-time as plucking a string on a guitar expresses the thought I imagine, that in turn creates a vibration we perceive as a musical note. Yet, that sound is left to be interpreted by the perceiver, and that perception could be anything. Still that vibration is received.
Every musician could have figured out what Saddartha took so many years to.
Holosync works in a similar way in that the symbiosis that occurs between the two hemispheres of the brain creates an integration that brings these two halves into unity, thus eliminating the illusion of duality or of projected “wantingness”. (Don’t mind me I just made up that word
)
“If” we could bring the duality of mind into the present moment, we could create a world where noone wants for anything and the idea of the law of attraction would not even be necessary. In many ways Holosync does that.
When you consider that most of the world’s wealth is kept under lock and key by “kings”, there still exists enough wealth in the world for every single human being alive to live like a king, and then wealth wouldn’t even be necessary.
Yet, it is the “in betweens” in a world of polarity that causes us to want for, long for anything. As a result, the illusions of duality perpetuate scarcity on every conscious and unconscious level and then we, in all our self-projected limitations, continue to reach for the next conscious shore.
The law of attraction really isn’t a natural law like the law of gravity, which is only based on relative perceptions on this planet and by no means universally definitive.
These imaginations are only temporary after all and forever changing…
“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” – Lao Tzu
Your friend,
Ilias Glenis
P.S. Holosync helped me get through two open-heart surgeries in the last 4 years and I am forever grateful for your work.
I think there is a lot of confusion about the Law of Attraction that people are missing. Everyone is quick to point out that you need action….well duh! But the law of attraction has a way of arranging things where the action you need to take is made really clear to you in your life. For example, I may desire a million dollars and I put that out into the universe. I let it go, then lets say, I may be guided to buy a guitar, I then learn how to play it quite well, and then eventually Im recording music with big named musicians…and pulling in a million dollars! This is how LOA usually acts in regards to manifesting. You didnt get that million dollars to plop straight out of the sky(although you could), but you eventually got it didnt you? The universe arranges for you the easiest way to get what you want, if you ask and are willing to raise your frequency to match what you want. It sounds magical, but this is how it things work.
How do you think holosync works to improve so many things in your life? Your actively raising your vibration through meditation..and the universe responds by, increased health, clearing out of junk etc.
Dear Bill,
In the movie Dune (the miniseries), some people believed that Paul Atreides was the messiah. Some people believed that he was a god, and some needed to.
I am a coach and have seen, am seeing, lives transformed. Some of them needed to attribute it to having watched “The Secret” which propelled them to take action towards their goals, others just thought it was an entertaining film and that was all.
There is no single explanation that can fully account for the why of an event. There are simply too many variables. This is true whether the system is an individual or a whole community.
Some people believe in magic and some don’t. We honor where they are in their paths and then, we let it be.
I am still in the immersion part of Holosync. I went back to the first part of your lectures (the one that discusses the meaning of life, smile, smile) and found it no less than enlightening. I have listened to it many times and then one day, I listened to it and wow! I get it! Beyond the intellect..
I hope that you will reach more people.
with best wishes,
Melinda Sorensson
Funny…I came away from The Secret not so much thinking “magic” but goal-setting. While it was light on actual technique, I thought it fleshed out the value and importance of setting goals pretty well. In fact, I put together a goal board in plain sight of where I work, which I think is a great improvement over merely writing goals down somewhere.
So, to me, The Secret was all about focusing on where we want to go. Nothing particularly magical about it. There wasn’t a tremendous amount of new ground broken here. Long ago, Psycho-Cybernetics did a much better job at this. But, you have to admit, The Secret’s presentation was exceptional. If we just take the goal-setting part away from The Secret, it can make a vast improvement in our lives.
And then things like HoloSync provide the techniques we need to help us reach those goals.
Hi Bill,
My path to progress started with Jack Canfield’s Success Principles, required action ? – Yes.
Then seeing The Secret – I realized that again, we are 100% responsible for our thoughts and our actions, how we act and react to others.
If most people who spend their time complaining about life’s bad breaks took a look inside, they might find answers to their problems and take action.
So, following James Ray who says “involution before evolution” action is the key to The Secret. If you listen carefully to you and the other teachers in The Secret, you all move us to motion/action/intention forward.
I have had things fall into place to some degree after I clarified my intention but it was my openness to these people and ideas and my considerable action that creates results.
My coach Rory Cohen of the Take 10 System believes your systems will be my next step in my journey towards my intentions. I look forward to that learning process.
I’ve read your comments about the movie “The Secret”, and most of the responses and comments along the timeline.
Respectfully, I am disappointed by your words and observations. I, too, see that action is key. I also see that the film is nothing more than a brief glimpse at a precious way of successful living. I do not see an offering of “magic” as solution, as you’ve described.
I am of Buddhist belief in my life’s way; I had also read writings on The Secret by many of the great philosophical masters by the time I was in high school, years ago. If your belief is like mine, that the film is but a brief glimpse at a way of living that most persons would greatly benefit from, then it seems apropos to me for you to comment in a more progressive and wise manner.
You believe that “magic” is offered up instead of reality; it seems, however, that the idea of magic is in the interpretation (or misinterpretation) of the message presented. Someone of your stature would do well to explain rather than bash. Perhaps you need an assistant to help you filter your ideas (and anger). Help those who missed some pertinent messages and material to see what they’ve missed. You might even increase your client base with a wiser method of communication.
The ideas briefly referenced in the film are very old ones; even the name “The Secret” is an old, well-used reference to a particular way of thinking — and acting. Napoleon Hill helped popularize the reference in the United States in the late twenties and early thirties of what is now the previous century.
It would behoove any reader or viewer or listener to go far past the brief visuals of the movie, or the sales pitches that you and many others offer, and go to a library and read, for no fee at all, the original authors, doctors, philosophers, who so eloquently spoke of this way of right thinking (and acting).
The comments that I’ve read from you seem more like a jealous preacher reaching for a greater congregation (and a fatter donation basket) within his community.
I agree with most of your observations. I strongly disagree with and am greatly concerned by your choice of words and method of explanation.
–Edmond
What a relief to read Mara’s post dated November 14th. Always on the verge I am but never ever yet written anything on this or any other personal development blog until I read Mara. Please take note. And please don’t respond by telling me we are deserving of riches and cars and houses and anything else we “want”. Then you’ve not understood Mara. ‘Course I want stuff. A big new house, car, clothes, relationships, but only coming at me when we think differently. Completely differently. Then we are taken care of and we get what we “need”. The “wants” are killing us.
And I appreciate Bill very much but I am pretty sure we don’t ask the “how” question. How can I? may lead to action but it’s just more of the same business we all experience with no results. The action we need to take is mental. We change our attitude, and beliefs. (We must know our want is already answered) Then we act only when we are prompted through our intuition. Effortless action. If you want to buy a new house for example the action you may choose is arranging finances, getting a realtor, and any other action you take you think you need to move closer towards your dream is not appropriate. Alot of running around as usual with all the results you would expect from any hard working goal seeker to achieve his dreams BUT if you engage your Universal Mind, you may find yourself inexplicably drawn to a completely unrelated course of action like going to the store to buy a bag of chips and WHAM….you see, and meet and hear exactly what you needed to move you into inspired action in manifesting your dreams. There’s a difference. Can you see what I mean? thank you Bill. Started Holosync 3 weeks ago
Finally!!! I have had such an issue with The Secret and it’s implication that magical thinking or focusing on “getting the bicycle or parking spaces” will begin to happen with the Law of Attraction.
I believe very strongly in the Law of Attraction but I am a very centered woman. As a therapist for over 20+ yrs., I have seen the devastation of clients who believed “if only” as a way of magical thinking. I have had arguments with my husband of 39 yrs. because he thinks I am negative in not believing ,”that if I just focus on it, see it, and pretend it, the it will happen”.
Well, I don’t see myself in a chair that is a car and then ,voi la, it becomes a car. I believe that IF I want a car, I need to make sure I work, save my money, and then buy the car I can afford or want. Does that make me a non-spiritual being?
I think not as I believe that Spirit is in each and every thing, everyone, and in me every second of my life. As a white woman , who was invited to study with the Lakota way of life and Spirituality, I have seen what for me ,Spirituality is. There is no magical thinking involved. It requires faith, belief in something Greater than ourselves and yet part of ourselves . Spirituality is NOT passive but a very active daily practice. On bad days, Spirituality can become a second by second practice to keep the mind focused and on the path. So, good for you Bill. It is about time someone with some clout can speak out for growth and change as an active , living choice. Magic can be seen and enjoyed by a talented magican. Do you know what card I just pulled out of life’s deck? Reality!!
Hi,
Thank you for all the inspirations.
For all the dreamers, inspirationalists and idealists, including myself, Jackie, Mara, Bill, and everyone else! I choose to say we long for the day when a miracle will happen that will transform mankind into intelligent self enlightened loving beings.
Wishful thinking and believing may help keep this dream alive but it does not advance it with the speed and power needed to save the world, ourselves, and its creatures.
We all have elements of understanding, we have, and we have lived and do live in the pain of abuse created by greed, competition, anger, resentment, and jealousy. (Of course more could be added.)
Many methods have been and continue to be tried, in the hope of awakening the air of being whole and complete without division to understanding in order that all will experience and express love in a way that honors first themselves and then everyone, as part of the life shared by all living expression.
We continue to awaken seeing limitations which we must overcome. Our prosperity too often comes from seeing others as less worthy than ourselves.
The focus upon competition, Kings, Leaders, Rulers, Dictators, and the like continue to cripple many.
It is already known that good and prosperity comes as we provide inspirations from our heart. These inspirations come from abundance, an energy source some have chosen to call GOD. This too is greatly abused and dishonored, because the ‘Brain’ playing the role identified as ‘Devil’ demands obedient attention!!! This attention is stolen, moment by moment and most of humanity seems only vaguely aware that it is happening. It is hard at first to see how entrapped and beaten down we are by thoughts which run rampant in our presence every moment. Songs and memories insulting us, reminding me of some mistake I once made that makes me feel bad, guilty, ugly, ignorant, incapable . . .
It is these intrusive words that are overcome in order to live differently.
(The words and their author ‘the brain’ some call SATAN)
The overcoming is accomplished by being alertly aware without becoming victimized and feeling guilty or reacting in any way to the penetrating flow of manipulative ideas that demand ones attention and obedience.
We have the ability to express love, compassion, forgiveness, appreciation, and we have the ability to dream and make our dreams a reality. This reality is made up of the products people thought others would like or find helpful. Personal value comes with expressing creativity in joyful inventions. Joyful inventions can range from thought to printed words, to building tools, homes, etc.
When personal expressions are acted upon to help and prosper both sides, only good can come of it. When bad appears, it is only brought about by people still imprisoned in the hell of a mind still blind to the demons of thought they have no control over and which have convinced them that “I am what I think.” Some may also try to justify their actions by saying “Do as I say, not as I do.”
Wouldn’t it be nice for everyone to be able to live with the realization that everyone is no longer controlled by thought over which there is no control. (Please remember this refers to uncontrolled thought.)
Everyone is valuable. Everyone alive has something good to share and express to the benefit of life.
Our task is to see this expressed by ourselves in the best ways we are capable of imagining and acting upon. Yes, there is the action required. We can sit and dream, imagining a perfectly loving universe. But, if sitting, and dreaming, and imagining never goes further than that in and of itself, it will probably take another eternity to become a reality everyone can experience.
‘True believers’ in the historical versions of Godly expression seem to believe (in their enslavement to words and in their fearing of responsibility have given their power to the Devils they fear.) that God wants them to allow a good portion of the planet, its creatures and people to be destroyed, before God will see that they have suffered enough to be worthy for Him to return (In the form of Jesus) and save them from their refusal to see truth and instead remain willingly enslaved by uncontrolled thoughts whipping them every step of their lives.
Sin, falling short of the mark, and/or disagreeing with GOD and choosing to think and express ones self differently than exactly like GOD is perhaps the rule and confusion of the day.
Ego, Selfishness, Greed, etc all stem from loosing contact with wholeness, the ocean of infinite presence, awareness, and power beyond mental comprehension. That is falling short of the mark.
Love remains whole and complete even now. The artificial imitations of life (mental thought) struggle to maintain what has always been a confusion, a grasping for separation from wholeness while claiming personal (wholeness) validity.
That has always been a defensive position that tries to take what it cannot touch. A house divided against itself cannot stand.
When you fling yourself into space, and separate yourself from oxygen, you can claim complete life, comfort and health, but it will not prevail. Quickly the lack of oxygen and other essentials of life will loose their grasp on you. (Good by.)
When life is recognized for what it is, when life is abided in and expressed with appreciation, and care is given to meet the needs of the moment, every good thing is added.
It is said that we are here to tend to the needs of this planet, it is the garden we have been entrusted with.
Bill,
I really appreciate you posting your thoughts here. I enjoyed the secret, but was turned off by what you refer to here as their “magical” thinking. I know that focus is very important, but it is nothing without action.
I enjoy your Master of The Secret series because it gives us a chance to hear all an unedited version of the experts’ thoughts. Thanks for continuing this work!
iT seems odd that your lengthy commentary belabors what you feel are the weaker aspects of the Secret when you have benefitted from it. if you fell you were misrepresented you could simply say it and state how. i didn’t find a specific in you comments but a general beating around the bush. Sorry, just don’t know how else to describe it.
frankly i’ve watched the secret several times and it never occurred to me that they were saying simply having positive thoughts without action would bring me good fortune i desire. I saw it present a basis for having a better life for ourselves in general. I got from the movie that initiating your plans along with a focus on dwelling on what you desire and positive frame of mind rather than negative focus is very beneficial. Jack Canfields message particularly was based on focusing on a goal and coming up with an action plan. This is what he did and it worked. It is reasonable and has manifest in my life when i am depressed and think everything sucks for long enough, things do go wrong. It is only logical negative thinking will bring on inaction and lack of motivation for accomplishing goals and when we are positive we are motivated seek action and are generally more productive. this is simple psychology in my book. I’m not sure i see your philosophy reflected in your comments.
Thank you for offering an open forum, i appreciate it.
Bill
In the non-duality teachings being delivered by numerous individuals today, one of the key messages is that thoughts, like everything else in this life (an illusion itself), just happen and we, i.e. the personality or ego, believe we are thinking them, that we have control or the potential to control them. Thoughts manifest from consciousness or source and are no different from anything else that manifests in this life. We have no control or choice in this manifesting.
So how then, can one focus thier mind or direct their thoughts, if they are not their thoughts in the first palce and they have no control over them anyway, given that they are creaetd from source (consciousness or presence or one-ness or whatever word you choose!) without any reference or relevance to us – the personality or ego who believes they are thinknig them and creating them?
I hope I am making sense, I am fascinated by the non-duality teachings and yet greatly frustrated by them as they (to me at least) appear to make irrelevant and redundant all that I teach and was passionate about in my work as a coach and personal development trainer!
Thanks
Eoin, Ireland
Bill,
I think Chad (and a few others) summed things up very well. I too agree that you are a very intelligent man. I also agree that something has seemed to suck the joy out of you. But mostly I think that it is your fear that will not allow you to accept that Life provides us with magic when we are open to it.
No, I can’t prove it to you. In fact, it took me quite some time to prove it to myself but now I know what I know and no one else can convince me that I am wrong. I did take action toward my greatest dreams and desires and as I did there were opportunities that were brought into my life that had absolutely nothing to do with the action I was taking, and they were just what I needed. That syncronicity is the magic.
The only problem I have with The Secret and many of the teachers in it is how its message seems to be that of using the law of attraction only for material gain. Unfortunately, that seems to be most people’s only measure for success. My success has little to do with financial reward. However, I now have more joy in my life than I ever could while making big money in coporate America.
Sincerely,
Michael Celender
http://www.michaelcelender.com
Interesting article – When I read The Secret, I didn’t take it that all you had to do was sit back and think positive and put your wishes out there. I took it that what you think about, you get more of and that I have noticed in my own life. And, if you are focusing on what you want in a positive light, the ideas and the how to become more clear.
However, as far as magic is concerned, I would tread lightly. There is a huge Pagan/Wiccan community that will beg to differ that magic does exist and does work! Don’t put down a religion you know nothing about!
Think about it, isn’t it magical the way this whole world was born and exists? Some things just can’t be explained.
Pamela
Thanks Bill for this. I was taken up by all that in the Secret and then disappointed when nothing happened.
Thanks for clearing this up for me. I thought I was a real basket case for a while.
Bill,
I must say that I am a bit disappointed in you for not knowing
what all would be edited out of the Secret. If you are going to endorse
something and put your name on something you should always know
all the details before agreeing to be interviewed in something
as widely popular as the Secret. I mean it made millions of dollars
and now that its has basically run its course and you apparently have made
millions in royalties from its sales it seems like you are recanting
whats the Secret is all about. By doing this you are now creating
a new way for you to profit by trying to undo the very thing that you and
the Secret teaches. I am quite sure that if you didn’t agree with its contents
that you could have expressed these concerns before the 1st copy ever sold. I mean even Oprah endorsed the Secret and that didn’t hurt it’s sales at all. So is this all about lining your pockets at any cost? Or is your mission truly to help people? I just find it funny that now you recant
after its made its rounds on pay per view TV, Oprah, Larry King
and many other circuits. Will the real Bill Harris please stand up? Please explain yourself Bill. maybe this is why Esther Hicks pulled out in the beginning? I would have had more respect for you had you done the same
if you truly didnt believe the Secrets contents. It’s a little bit late for
you to be truthful.
I had to laugh about the post asking about the parking angel….I discovered the parking angel angle years ago in San Francisco after the earthquake, when everything was chaotic, parking crazy. It has always worked for me….still does. It is, I believe, the ability to actually concentrate on an outcome and achieve it. Do I actually believe that an angel has time to hang around me while I am looking for a spot? No….do I act as my own angel by focusing carefully on an outcome and believing that it most assuredly will happen? yes…
I’m an artist, so magical thinking has a different meaning to me…..but I also love science and spent years finding out about how the brain works (thanks you Dr. Karl Pribram). And keep asking your angel for those spaces….
I could not agree more. The idea that wealth, health, possessions or anything else for that matter is going to drop on your head because you wish it is at best laughable and at the worst dangerous. The reason that I say dangerous is because it prevents action and interaction with life. I should mention that when I said this in my review of The Secret with Amazon in the UK I was slated. There are clearly people that believe (a) that if something is in a book, then it must be true and (b) that all they need is a dream and no action is required. All of you who took part in The Secret did not get where you are today by wishful thinking and it is important that you have spoken out. Thank you for being honest and honorable.
I feel Bill Harris is losing his mind, so many contradiction and cover ups. The authors of ‘The Secret’ are confused lot. Set out to give a secret to the world, with monetary benefit in mind but end loosing the secret themselves. Now I know why secret was kept secret. Is Human kind ready for ‘The Secret’? I think lot of soul searching has to be done for ‘The Secret’ to be a success.
I understand this war about The Secret about as well as I understand the Mommie Wars….both seem a little silly. I read The Secret after receiving it for a gift on my 40th birthday last year (shortly before ordering Holosync, by the way!) and loved it. It seems to pull together many of the ideas and principles on which I’d been operating throughout my life. I had always considered myself lucky, but after the Secret starting seeing myself as powerful, not lucky. I never once thought all that was necessary was thinking or wishing. Not sure if it was spelled out in the book, or just my own intelligence that indicated action was a necessary component, and the focused thought was simply the first step. But honestly, wouldn’t any thinking person know this? Seems to me that the many critics who assume readers of the Secret don’t know this insult their intellegence more than they beleive the Secret does…..give us some credit, huh??? Thanks for listening!
THANK YOU BILL FOR THE NOTE OF SANITY.
EVERY CULTURE HAS ITS SHADOWS AND WE OF THE WEST ITS NARCISSISM. “And don’t even get me started on the idea that people in Africa are starving because they are thinking the wrong thoughts.” WELL I WORK WITH PEOPLE IN ZIMBABWE AND STARVATION IS QUITE REAL LARGELY DUE TO GLOBAL WARMING WHICH IS LARGELY DUE TO THE OVER-DEVELOPED WORLDS USE OF FOSSIL FUEL. “GETTING WHAT YOU WANT” IS AN INFANTILE WAY TO FRAME ONES SPIRITUALITY WHEN THEW ETICAL CONTEXT IS AMERICA … THE WEALTHIEST AND MOST MILITARY POWER IN THE HISTORY OF THE HUMAN RACE. IN BUDDHADHARMA ONE LAYS THE GROUND FOR SPIRITUAL PRACTICE WITH “VINAYA” – ETHICAL ALIGNMENT – AND WHEN THICH NHAT HANH WAS ASKED TO EXPLAIN THE REALM OF THE HUNGRY GHOSTS HE SAID SIMPLY “AMERICA.”
ALL OF WHICH IS TO SAY THERE IS A LONG SHADOW TO THE UNREFLECTIVE PURSUIT OF “GETTING WHAT YOU WANT” NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH IS THAT IT WILL CONFINE THE HEART TO A MOST SUPERFICIAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE SPIRITUAL LIFE.
THE HOUR IS LATE
VERY
MICHAEL ORTIZ HILL
Let me try this again. My previous post was brief and I believe to the point.
Nowhere in my exposure to The Secret was I led to believe that all I had to do was think and the heavens would open to me. Of course, action is necessary.
I have listened to your series of interviews with the Masters of the Secret and really enjoyed them. However, never did I hear you express concern about the message The Secret was providing. Why not?
My position is that good thoughts lead to better outccomes.
I also see the value in what Quantum Physics offers us in alternative ways of seeing “reality”.
We are never too old or too smart to learn new things. An open mind is a good thing.
Hello Bill,
Let me start off by saying I love your work and the Holosync program. I have received tremendous benefits so far and will be buying my next level soon.
As far as this article about the secret. I have been using the Universal Law of Attraction for a long time in my life as well, and know that the Universe provides amazing opportunities to guide me to the people and places and things at the right times to make my dreams manifest (which in my opinion is magic), yet it is up to me to take action on my “hunches” or “gut feelings”.
I think we (as a society) have become so busy and caught up outside ourselves most of the time, that we may “wish” for what we want, then miss the signals and the guidance that life is sending us.
So, I do see your point of view, but felt the need to respond to your challenge “If you really think there is some actual evidence for magic or for the suspension of the laws of physics, show me.”
There is scientific documentation for many incidences of the suspension of the laws of physics. I personally have bent a spoon with no physical force, and am currently taking an “online spoonbending course” to understand the deeper beliefs that allow for becoming “one” with the spoon. Using the mind to direct the heart energy. This is the magic that transforms lives and worlds. Isn’t this suspending the laws of physics?
The fundamental forces (or fundamental interactions) of physics are the ways that individual particles interact with each other.
What about the numerous numerous instances of bilocation of Saints that have been so well-documented, witnessed and investigated that they are accepted facts in the history of the Church and in hagiography?
Or, levitation, spontaneous healings, cases of mothers lifting a vehicle off of their child? The universe is the field of ALL probability so it only makes sense that (proof or not), magic exists.
Keep up the good work Bill!
I had the “Secret” in my hands but have an impatient personality ( nothing Centerpointe can’t fix…ha ha) But needless to say, I thumbed thru the whole book in 20 minutes feeling that I got the main idea about it. I believe most of these ideas were already instilled in me form a history of reading this type of material in my younger adult life.
I will share my most recent secret with you… after ending a relationship (at the time) a year ago, One day I woke up knowing I was on my way to start a walking excercise at a new park in my area. (planned) I was meditating/praying that I was ready to add some more fun into my life (with that being said, I was ready to gain a man back into my life) I prayed that I knew some energy could hear my request, knew what I needed and that I demanded action! I left my house about an hour or so later. I had a terrific feeling, knowing that I was going to recieve my reward. I parked my car and got out, as I shut the door and turned around I saw this cute guy about my age smiling back at me. (the timing was incredible, you had to be there) We joked a bit, walking and talking. We set up endless regular workout dates and became good friends. Now remember, I did ask the (energy) to supply me with something I needed, right? Well the guy is non- commitmental after his own fresh break-up. We’ve never been intimate…but sure had some heavy flirting/makeout sessions… So, I didn’t get the guy. -Here’s the point…I was able to lose 40 Lbs and become fit in a matter of 5 months. I used to have really nagging undiagnosable health issues (gone!) I used to have sleep problems (gone!) It’s like I’m a new person from that one change. (Awesome!) I was very blessed to have been in tune enough to harness the concept that I along with something else made this happen. If we could only be so lucky to do this every day…Wouldn’t that be great!
Bill,
Why dont you guys come out with a sequel to the Secret and call it THE TRUTH! I see that Rhonda Byrne was one of Time magazines 2007 most influential people. In the sequel really teach how to use the Law of attraction
and teach it like it is no matter how long of a DVD it takes. You have mislead
millions of people who were gullible enough to think that all they have to do is wish for something and they will receive if they are in alignment. To me, all of the people who were in the Secrets credibility has taken a hit including yours since the Secret is sold out and your pockets are no doubt richer. Again will the real Bill Harris please stand up???
Hello Folks,
Its a coincidence that i just finished reading the “Secret” a few weeks ago.
Bill Harris’ remarks make sense. One may think you just need to wave a magic wand to fulfill one’s desire. Or as Louise Says: about the film why did they use that stupid genie (reminds me a comedy about my friend the Genie). Of course action is necessary. Do you remember the film with Jimmy Stewart It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) – I suppose this is what everyone watches on Christmas. Now Bailey crossed his fingers and said ‘I bet I get a million’.
Did he get a million? He did at the end of the film, but that was counting on the action of his wife.
short description:
Its a the story of George Bailey who loses faith in life at Christmas when things turn bad for his savings and loan. An angel named Clarence comes to earth and shows George how his life affected those around him and gives him the perspective he need to keep living his life. It points out that every life no matter how small has a big impact on those it touches.
Bill: I have been using Holisync for 6 years now. I just had the strangest thought. Everything I have read tells us to imagine the life we want and magically the opportunities appear to make it happen and that is working for me. But everyone still grows old and dies. I have never seen anyone escape this. The ones that get very old do not have the quality of life they want.
Like our cells we are designed to die. Except cancer cells they have lost the design to die.
WHAT IF CANCER HAS THE ANSWER!!
In the movie the Secret any who watch it only gets the message from it according to how they believe.Those who act and think the mainstream beliefs and shun so called magic are closed minded and thats just fine.Every one plays a different part of the source they are. For magic to work one must really truley BELIEVE it works and then it works because you are in the end a God creating your physical experience.I find the mainstream thinking boring.I have praticed the occult for 35 years and I have seen the label magic work many times.I find that what you get is always what you BELIEVE deep inside that you get.Magic and mainstream are labels.The power of mind directed can create wealth, you can walk on water and you can create anything you desire with out any physical work.
I have used Holosync for 7 years and I use it for relaxing do I need it? No I can relax with out it. We all have been conditioned to believe that we need what ever the belief peddlers say we need.Everyone has something to sell that they say you need but do you really need any of it? Of course you don’t but you have belief in the ill-usion that you need it and its part of this agreed reality so I just want to say that what you belive in is right for you no need to argue with anyone abnout it.Try being true to yourself and forget what the rest of the voices of others around you say, they are not living your physical life you are.Life is a infinate mysterious wonderful journey that never ends and you can experience anything you believe you can.There will always be those who close their minds and only can see their own limiting views and that is ok for them.There is no right or wrong its only how we belive that makes it appear so.
Hi Bill,
I have had numerous miracles occur in my life and in the lives of close family/friends. By miracles I mean physical healing with no real scientific explanation.
For example I had suffered for five years with a chronic back pain that 2 doctors, 2 physiotherapists a chiropractor and multiple massage therapists could not explain nor could they make it better.
After remembering a past life memory the pains left me overnight. I still had occasional and minor reoccurances for the next few months, until I dealt with the issue of arrogance which was uncovered in the past life memory. More details of that story is in my book, Unforgettable: A Love and Spiritual Growth Story.
Also I had sprained a wrist quite badly, it was black and blue and swollen. In about 20 hours time it was healed due to intensive mind control measures I engaged in. And before anyone goes on to doubt the fact that it was indeed sprained, I had sprained that same wrist five weeks prior, and was still in pain from that earlier sprain. Both were due to a fall in the same way on rollerblades. The second sprain was much worse in terms of pain and the appearance of my wrist and hand. Yet 20 hours later my hand was so well that I was giving massages with it and ZERO pain was there and the wrist and hand looked completely normal. That complete story is in a book just being published now called Living the Law of Attraction which is a collection of stories gathered by another set of authors.
And there is more, much more that I could say along the lines of changing my thinking and how the outer world changed nearly instantly to reflect that change. I used to have a similar idea about Yogananda’s book, but I have since experienced so many amazing things that I no longer doubt the authenticity of it. A lot of my belief in the accuracy of his stories lie in the fact that so much of the other things he says about consciousness and Samadhi like experiences I have also experienced myself.
Now can I consciously and deliberately do the things he reports other masters doing…no! But I have no doubt that one day I will.
I feel the Secret was a great vulgarization to bring it out into the open and get more people thinking about it. Unfortunately, those who follow it to the letter are not getting the most of it.
The Secret only touched on some very, very basic concepts. If you further the study behind the principles you will find concepts that have been around since this civilization, mostly encapsuled in the hermetic principles.
I think The Secret and What The Blip Do We Know are great way to bring out to the mass that there is more to life than working to pay the bills. It lacked in the pushing people to ask more questions department.
I also got turned off. It seemed like a big advertising segment.
Nick
Since we live a holographic experience where the past, present and future are all happening at once then it stands to reason the “script” of our life has already been written. Perhaps through the awareness leading us to awakening/enlightenment these scripts may chnage and/or fall away. Things around us do not change but we begin to see things differently. This illusionary world is built on a system of duality and thus will never change.
There seems to be a huge “Ego” Spiritual movement going around the world at the moment and the Secret is one of them.
Manefesting is from the ego. It is just the ego that manifest because Spirit/Mind (call it what you will) has nothing to manifest. The driver of manifestation is the ego, and its mantra is “seek and do not find”
So it doesnt matter how much one uses the Law of Attration eventually shits gonna happen. There will be suffering and it comes back and bites you in the ass. The whole system is based on fear.
Eventually one will suffer to the deegree one manifest. So what will happen then? When one reaches that level of sufferring one will have to find a better way, one will want to find a better way, one will be on their knees looking for a better way. One will realize “my way doesnt work”. So it doesnt matter its perfect. Eventually it will lead one on the path of awareness and eventually enlightenment, but such a long way around. Many incarnations.
The law of attraction is about fulfilling the egos needs, not the MIND nor the Spirit..same thing. Also at some point all the cars, houses, money doesnt fill the emptiness within, doesn’t take you to truth. It just keeps one attached to the illusion…just the way the ego likes it. Perhaps some will be successful with manifesting then become bored and finally decide to manifest Joy in their life!!
I know Bill is extremely busy and doesn’t have time to answer and review everything, but I think this would be of tremendous interest to both Bill and the Holosync clients.
Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research has PROOF that the mind is in fact capable of effecting reality. In years and years of experiments they have shown the ability of the mind to effect random number generation for instance. One of the primary areas of focus for the research was of course what effect that consciousness might have on engineered systems. Maybe I am misreading the research and maybe this is one small application of consciousness effecting reality that has no bearing on anything else. However, the research does seem to give some credibility to some of the basic ideas described as Magical Thinking. I would encourage, Bill as well as the readers to look over the research, to think about it with an open mind and give it some genuine consideration and then post back here on this incredibly exciting area of research.
I will close with the web address to review the research and a excerpt from the site’s description of the implications of the research.
Beyond its revolutionary technological applications and scientific impact, the evidence of an active role of consciousness in the establishment of physical reality holds profound implications for our view of ourselves, our relationships to others, and to the cosmos in which we exist. These, in turn, must inevitably impact our values, our priorities, our sense of responsibility, and our style of life. Our ability to acquire, or to generate tangible, measureable information independent of distance or time challenges the foundation of any reductionistic brain-based model of consciousness that may be invoked. The lack of notable correlations in the data with standard learning curves or other recognizable cognitive patterns, combined with the repeatable and distinct gender-related differences, suggest that these abilities may stem from a more fundamental source than heretofore suspected. Certainly, there is little doubt that integration of these changes in our understanding of ourselves can lead to a substantially superior human ethic, wherein the long-estranged siblings of science and spirit, of analysis and aesthetics, of intellect and intuition, and of many other subjective and objective aspects of human experience can be productively reunited.
http://www.princeton.edu/~pear/
I do look forward to hearing from someone else on this very fascinating research.
Hi, thank goodness for this post. I have struggled to build a publishing business and have recently had to face facts about the liklihood of its success. Lots of people told me to buy The Secret hailing it as some magical potion that would be the answer to my ills. I did and having watched it a few times I could not find any tangible advice beyond what seemed to me to be wishful thinking. In the light of so much praise from others – for whom I assumed ‘The Secret’ has worked -Instead of being an inspiration, it made me feel even more useless.
hi bill, well, ever since i had seen the secret, it put every thing into its place. I have, every time, when going out, got my parking spot, I seen my jet ski and got that after 30 days of the first thought, i wanted a border collie pup, got him after 60 days, i did not want to work 9 to 5 and i don’t!
I’m retired at 37 years of age. i wanted to be the best at what i do and that is what ever i want to do! My friends tell me there problems and i share the secret with them, how and what ever form this is to be used”the secret”consequence’s of actions will remain the same, good actions get good consequence’s and that is what you have to focus on. no the secret is not magical it is a lifestyle of wonderfull change,then again if you want more BS in your life think about that. the more you think the more you get, it dont matter what it is, for the last two years this is what i know forsure…….
james-in canada
hi bill
i like your stile. you really hit the nail in the head about the secret and magical thinking.
so many popular “spiritual and other teachers” are cheaply sucking up to a public weeknes – probably for commercial and self deceiving reasons.
the pitty is that quite often there are values in basis of the teachings but they stop at wishes and magical thinking becoming more impractical and clamsy in real life.
in my oppinion so called “spiritual” and wordly success can go together
the question: why regularly some good ideas (and practices) attract people who are runners from reality checks.
e.g. TM movement, conversation with god…..etc. etc.
why so many people assumes that “spriitual” means nonpractical and uses this excuse to be ineffective?
on the other hand what is the solution for it?
i found some of this ideas powerfull but very tiring because of interpretation of it as an excuse for effectivens in real life
i am glad that you have a “public” with your attitude.
keep on
Last time, I commented without actually reading the book. I only brushed through, and now that I’ve read it, I have completely different opinion – they DO say you actually make things happen simply by your thoughts; NOT that positive thinking gets you going, but they really refer to a thought as magic. Bill, I CANNOT SUPPORT YOU MORE FOR WRITING THIS! I think everyone who believes that is out of control! It is not magic fairyland!
I entirely uderstand when author says many people become afraid of their negative thoughts then. People have feelings. It is unatural and unhealthy to always force good thoughts on you. All of our thoughts and feelings should be felt, acknowledged and expressed. I found terribly inhumane when they say people attract desasters. As if the persone who said that examined millions of people who died at war, and like they ALL had tragic thoughts, that were prevalent. Everyone is a bit afraid of losing their fortune. I don’t think that if someone loses it, he opsessed about it, and one who didn’t lose it, didn’t think about it. I think it was temporary wheel of fortune, and the one who lost it, did some bad or unlucky investments. We are not gods. Would they say people who are unhappy since childhood somehow prearanged where they will come in this world? Or people born with dawson syndrome? To me, any saying that you attracted, like, car accident, is like cult talk, and I think it can only attract heavy pressure on people, as it did on me. It culdn’t sound more inhumane or ‘out there’, INSANE. I think that the persone who got that idea, succeeded after distress, then felt such need to stay in control, that he forced himself to believe he can control EVERYTHING. That is how he was ’sure’ bad thing won’t happen to him – being afraid of watching desasters, he chose to believe it was PEOPLE’s ‘fault’. I looked forward to Secret, thought it encouraged you to think freely and positively, be yourself, follow your dreams, but what I read so far, made not want to finish it, because I think it is absurd, and highly inhumane in some aspects. THINGS DO NOT HAPPEN IF YOU SAY SO. YOU HAVE TO WORK FOR IT, PLUS, YOU HAVE TO BE LUCKY. MIRACLES HAPPEN, SO DO BAD THINGS. THAT is the nature of universe, good and bad, and not ‘nobody knowing the secret’, and that you can magically command things to happen. I am extremely dissapointed with this book and principle.
I am very happy that Bill has been detailing the pragmatics behind making The Secret work. I have always loved meeting new people yet had a hard time doing so. I’d be out in public and desperately want someone to chat me up, yet it wouldn’t happen.
I started using TS to feel and act as if I already had a peaceful tranquil life. Soon I began to live this life. I had 2-3 strangers chat me up out of the blue. Others I chatted them up out of the blue. To the untrained eye it LOOKS magical. To me, I knew that my body language changed. My demeanor changed. I looked happy. I looked approachable. Hell maybe even pheremones played a part. The only reason this blissed out living soon disappeared was that I began to doubt whether it’d continue and well, “your wish is my command”.
I also used TS to get $1000 by the end of the month. However, yet again I took action. I saved my money and my brain became attuned to any opportunities to make more (and I didn’t take them, but the $650 paycheck brought me up to $1000).
Wow,
That is a extremely valuable blog. Ive just listened to two posts and already my mind is being freed from authority. I recently got into the dating field and found myself accepting alot of advise from quote authorities without any investigation on my own part and paid out the wazoo for there advise and found none of it worked, but because they had such a authoritive attitude I became convinced that the only way I was to succeed in the dating field was to follow and buy there advise and go to there seminars and buy there products without any research on my part. Thank you for freeing me from this.
FROM BILL: You really should get Holosync and start using it if you aren’t already. Go to http://www.centerpointe.com.