Is "The Secret" Really Hush Hush

Is The Secret really a secret? Not anymore!conscious mind can accept or reject a thought,
The movie, "The Secret" released in March of thiswhile the subconscious mind can only accept a
year has taken the world by storm. Distributedthought. The subconscious mind can not distinguish
by the internet using a viral marketing model, thefact from fiction or reality from fantasy.
film has been downloaded on computers acrossStarting at the beginning of life, our subconscious
the globe. In November, two episodes of Larrymind develops a certain set of beliefs or
King Live were devoted to "The Secret".paradigms. Thoughts impressed upon our
So what is The Secret? The secret is a Universalsubconscious mind before are about eight years
Law known and practiced by secret societies ofold are largely accepted because we have not
the rich and powerful for centuries. The "secret"developed the conscious mind. For example, if a
is the Law of Attraction, which teaches thatchild hears, "You'll never amount to much" before
whatever thoughts we hold in our mind, repeat,he or she developed a conscious mind, then the
and attach feeling to, we bring into our reality. Itmind will believe that thought to be truth. Sadly,
works like a physical magnet to bring into ourwithout retraining his or her mind, that paradigm
experience exactly what we think about and toor belief system will continue to create exactly
what we attach our emotions. If we think ofthat experience.
prosperity constantly for instance, the Law ofMost of us...well all of us... have limiting beliefs that
Attraction says it must come to us. If we thinkwe repeat constantly in our subconscious mind.
of lack and injustice, that will come to us as well.They are like a looping cassette tape constantly
While this might sound like mumbo jumbo, yourepeating the same thoughts. The good news it
might be surprised to learn that secret societieswe can retrain our minds to harness the incredible
have practiced The Law of Attraction forpower of the Law of Attraction to bring new
centuries. Many of our nation's founding fathersexperiences in our lives. We can just as naturally
were members of a secret society know as thecreate prosperous and joyful mental cassette
Freemasons. Great leaders such as Plato, Newton,tapes. The law works for everyone, and for
Carnegie, Beethoven, Shakespeare, and Einsteinevery thought, in exactly the same way. Good or
Thomas Jefferson, and Ben Franklin reportedly allbad. Productive or destructive. It's all the same to
knew the secret and practiced it. Leaders havethe Law of Attraction. The Law simply brings
also known the power of manipulating thethought (any thought) into form. It sounds simple,
thoughts of the masses through impressingbut releasing old limiting beliefs is complex process,
emotion laden thoughts on their minds in order tobecause the subconscious mind fights change.
control them.I recently received an email from a man who
After learning about the Law of Attraction bysaid, "You mean to tell me if I glue a fake check
reading the 1920's classic "The Science of Gettingfor a million dollars to my ceiling and stare at it, I'll
Rich", the film's producer, Rhonda Byrne, soughtget a million dollars?" I find that hard to believe."
out several modern teachers to learn theMy answer was no and yes. The act of attaching
techniques that make the Law of Attraction worka check to the ceiling and staring at it is not likely
for us. The basic message is "what we thinkto create any changes. However, if he were to
about and attach our feelings to we bring about".consistently visualize what that money would do
So in order to retrain our thoughts we usefor his life, and begin to "feel" what it would be
techniques such as visualizations and affirmationslike to have that experience, then yes, it would
to create the feeling of having already having thecome to him.
experience. We retrain our thoughts to focus onIn takes about 30 days of consistent visualizing
our desired result rather than what we areand stating affirmations to change beliefs in the
experiencing through habit.subconscious mind. Once new thoughts are
To put the Law of Attraction to work, we mustimpressed upon it, we begin to act on those
first understand that we have two minds; thethoughts and create a new vibration that attracts
conscious mind and the subconscious mind. Thea new experience.