The Secret is a book about the Law of Attraction, which basically says that when we believe
in something, and act in accordance with that belief.
It will come true.
If you asked me a year ago, which books I’d like to review, this would probably be one
of the last on my list.
That’s because as a student in self-development, I have a strong belief that we have to work
in order to get results;
An idea like: “just believe and it will happen!”
was complete bullshit in MY books.
Over the years though, I started to realize the value of beliefs, in the law of attraction,
and that it has more to do with success than we previously thought.
Let me take you through my journey and show YOU what opened my eyes.
I’ll also explain HOW the secret works, which isn’t covered in the book.
When I first heard about the Law of Attraction, I was extremely skeptical.
What, are you saying that by concentrating on our wants, somehow things just magically
turn into our favour?
And then I starting reading all these articles about our brain.
Apparently, neuroscientists have found that the average human is only capable of using
Ten Percent of their brain, yet every once in awhile, there have been individuals with
exceptional mental capabilities.
They could do things the average person cannot.
Some could remember everything they’ve ever experienced to the smallest detail, such as
the license plate of a particular car, on a specific day twenty years ago.
And, others could do complex calculations in their minds, that not even calculators
could keep up with.
Einstein was so advanced in “his” years, that we are only just discovering some of
the things he already knew a hundred years ago.
With that in mind, there should be a million more things our brains are capable of.
Maybe, just maybe, the law of attraction is one of these abilities that we’re just beginning
to understand.
Earlier this year, 2016, scientists created the first living creature with a heart, legs,
and everything.
Stories like Frankenstein was always a “fictional story” but now it’s actually beginning
to happen.
In five to ten years, we’ll probably be able to revive people that are already dead,
scientists have just been cleared to do that type of research, so the Law of Attraction
doesn’t seem so strange anymore.
For now though, let’s treat it as something “Probable” and move on to a more rational
interpretation of the secret.
A few years ago, there was a very disturbing video that went viral.
It was a video of two girls and a cup.
It’s basically a video of two girls eating a cup of crap.
Anyway, I shared it with two of my friends.
And, one of my friends went “Ugh, that’s disgusting” While my other friend, who was
a piano teacher, had the same level of disgust, but he also noticed that the music was very
well composed.
I didn’t think much of it, until years later.
I was watching a documentary on oysters and all of a sudden I thought, “Oh, this background
music would be PERFECT for my new video”.
That made me recall how my friend noticed how well composed the music to the 2 girls
1 cup video was.
The point I’m trying to get at, is that we notice things based on what we think about.
My friend noticed the nature of the music in the 2 girls 1 cup video because he’s
always thinking about piano.
When I watched the random documentary, I focused on how the video was made, how well the background
music went with the video, and other video elements, and that’s because I’m always
thinking about making videos.
In terms of the Law of Attraction, by having what we want constantly in our minds, everything
we come in contact with will resonate off that thought.
In other words, we are able to see opportunities that we wouldn’t otherwise, had we not had
the belief in our minds.
If I hadn’t had video editing in the back of mind, I would’ve probably only learned
about oysters, and NOT how to improve my videos.
Lastly, there are two types of thinking: IF thinking, and HOW thinking.
IF thinking is consists of doubt: I wonder IF I’m able to do this, whereas HOW thinking
takes success as a given and completely focuses on finding a solution--HOW am I going to achieve
my goal.
The Secret, or Law of Attraction requires us to have complete faith in getting what
we want, and to act as if we already have what we want.
What that does, is it eliminates any doubts, any IFs and shifts our focus completely into
the HOW.
There are certain moments in our lives when we feel discouraged.
Maybe our goal isn’t going as planned.
Maybe something really sad just happened.
That moment, also called the dip, has the most potential for growth.
Since we can only think about one thing at any given point in time, by shifting our moments
of doubt entirely onto the HOW.
Not only do we increase the number of opportunities that come our way, we also become fully goal-oriented
during the most crucial time for growth.
Here’s a recap just to put everything into perspective: by focusing on our goals we are
able to see opportunities that would otherwise be invisible, and by eliminating doubts in
our mind, we are able to further see more opportunities, especially during the most
crucial time.
All that and I never even touched on the placebo effect, which has enough merit in itself to
justify practising the Secret.
I hope that gave some insight to what the secret is, and more importantly, how it works.
We are only beginning to understand the potential the human brain has.
Most of all, I hope you enjoyed this video because that’s what it’s all about!
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