'The Secret' - anyone read it?

[!.x.FaYe.x.!]

Half of the people I know got the book for christmas and so many people are so caught up with it! So much so that my brother's girlfriend's father left his wife of 20 years because of it.

It's become some sort of religion. People's lives depending on 'The Secret', thinking that if something good happens to them it's because they've followed its teachings, feeding their obsession. My friend read the book and swears by it now. His first objective being to get 3 big jobs for his modelling career this year... The next day Harley Davidson called.

But surely life isn't that certain? That if you truely want something it'll come knocking at your door the next day. That if you even hope for something that 'sends out a message to the universe', which will hand you your desires in return.

What do you all think about it? Have any of you read the book? Is this one book of 198 pages the key to life? Or is it just a money spinner, dangerously giving everyone that reads it false hope?

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[Jord]

Should be under Books and anime.

[!.x.FaYe.x.!]

I'm not really discussing the book, I'm discussing the idea that it introduces

[camera]

i wanna read that book!

and wow if it can influence people like that, i dont think its bad tbh. if anything its prolly the source of encouragement towards achieving their goals.

[Jordy]

Is this the religion where the further you get into it, the more secrets you hear until you reach the top, and the secrets are about the core of Christianity and it's past. I remember someone on HabboxForum got into it a while ago it seemed quite interesting.

[!.x.FaYe.x.!]

i wanna read that book!

and wow if it can influence people like that, i dont think its bad tbh. if anything its prolly the source of encouragement towards achieving their goals.

There's good and bad in everything... It does encourage people to achieve their goals and think positively. But as I said, doesn't it give people false hope? And couldn't it turn out to be quite dangerous? What if my brother's girlfriend's father left his family on a buzz from reading it and seriously regretted it afterwards? 20 years of marriage just ruined... And on a bigger note, what if it encourages people to put all eggs into one basket because it tells them that they will get what they want, no doubt about it, and they end up losing everything. A bit exaggerated but yknow!

[Dan2nd]

I've never heard of it but it does sound quite interesting from the above posts

[MrGazet]

wait is it bout christianity?i;ve not read it nor heard bout it

[camera]

wel i wouldnt know because i havent read the book. but it seems to encourage people towards their goal, whatever that may be. tbh people around you gives you false hopes half the time, which is just as bad. but if a book can "encourage" you, why not yeah?

[!.x.FaYe.x.!]

I haven't read the whole of it, but I don't think its about christianity. From what I've read it's about people asking 'the universe' for things by thinking positively and expecting them to happen. For example, in an extract I read it talked about a woman that wanted a husband. She changed her life around so that it would send a message out to 'the universe' that she was expecting one. For weeks it didn't happen but when she drove home one day she realised that there was only enough room in the garage for her own car, and no room for the man she was asking for. So she cleared out her garage, making room for 2 cars and did the same with her wardrobe, clearing out one side and slept on one side of the bed and the next week she met the man she spent the rest of her life with. The idea is that if you live as if you're not expecting what you want to happen and that you don't truely believe it will, which may even include having negative thoughts, it sends 'the universe' the wrong messages and you won't get what you want. There's a little taster.

[The Cullens]

This book sounds silly.

[MrGazet]

oh okay wow.im not really into religion books honrstly. if its encouraging probs ill give a try

[Virgin Mary]

isn't that called the self-fulfilling prophecy or something? maybe a psychology student will know