| Is The Secret really a secret? Not anymore! | | | | conscious mind can accept or reject a |
| | | | thought, while the subconscious mind can only |
| The movie, "The Secret" released in March of | | | | accept a thought. The subconscious mind can |
| this year has taken the world by storm. | | | | not distinguish fact from fiction or reality |
| Distributed by the internet using a viral | | | | from fantasy. |
| marketing model, the film has been downloaded | | | | |
| on computers across the globe. In November, | | | | Starting at the beginning of life, our |
| two episodes of Larry King Live were devoted | | | | subconscious mind develops a certain set of |
| to "The Secret". | | | | beliefs or paradigms. Thoughts impressed upon |
| | | | our subconscious mind before are about eight |
| So what is The Secret? The secret is a | | | | years old are largely accepted because we |
| Universal Law known and practiced by secret | | | | have not developed the conscious mind. For |
| societies of the rich and powerful for | | | | example, if a child hears, "You'll never |
| centuries. The "secret" is the Law of | | | | amount to much" before he or she developed a |
| Attraction, which teaches that whatever | | | | conscious mind, then the mind will believe |
| thoughts we hold in our mind, repeat, and | | | | that thought to be truth. Sadly, without |
| attach feeling to, we bring into our reality. | | | | retraining his or her mind, that paradigm or |
| It works like a physical magnet to bring into | | | | belief system will continue to create exactly |
| our experience exactly what we think about | | | | that experience. |
| and to what we attach our emotions. If we | | | | |
| think of prosperity constantly for instance, | | | | Most of us...well all of us... have limiting |
| the Law of Attraction says it must come to | | | | beliefs that we repeat constantly in our |
| us. If we think of lack and injustice, that | | | | subconscious mind. They are like a looping |
| will come to us as well. | | | | cassette tape constantly repeating the same |
| | | | thoughts. The good news it we can retrain |
| While this might sound like mumbo jumbo, you | | | | our minds to harness the incredible power of |
| might be surprised to learn that secret | | | | the Law of Attraction to bring new |
| societies have practiced The Law of | | | | experiences in our lives. We can just as |
| Attraction for centuries. Many of our | | | | naturally create prosperous and joyful mental |
| nation's founding fathers were members of a | | | | cassette tapes. The law works for everyone, |
| secret society know as the Freemasons. Great | | | | and for every thought, in exactly the same |
| leaders such as Plato, Newton, Carnegie, | | | | way. Good or bad. Productive or destructive. |
| Beethoven, Shakespeare, and Einstein Thomas | | | | It's all the same to the Law of Attraction. |
| Jefferson, and Ben Franklin reportedly all | | | | The Law simply brings thought (any thought) |
| knew the secret and practiced it. Leaders | | | | into form. It sounds simple, but releasing |
| have also known the power of manipulating the | | | | old limiting beliefs is complex process, |
| thoughts of the masses through impressing | | | | because the subconscious mind fights change. |
| emotion laden thoughts on their minds in | | | | |
| order to control them. | | | | I recently received an email from a man who |
| | | | said, "You mean to tell me if I glue a fake |
| After learning about the Law of Attraction by | | | | check for a million dollars to my ceiling and |
| reading the 1920's classic "The Science of | | | | stare at it, I'll get a million dollars?" I |
| Getting Rich", the film's producer, Rhonda | | | | find that hard to believe." My answer was no |
| Byrne, sought out several modern teachers to | | | | and yes. The act of attaching a check to the |
| learn the techniques that make the Law of | | | | ceiling and staring at it is not likely to |
| Attraction work for us. The basic message is | | | | create any changes. However, if he were to |
| "what we think about and attach our feelings | | | | consistently visualize what that money would |
| to we bring about". So in order to retrain | | | | do for his life, and begin to "feel" what it |
| our thoughts we use techniques such as | | | | would be like to have that experience, then |
| visualizations and affirmations to create the | | | | yes, it would come to him. |
| feeling of having already having the | | | | |
| experience. We retrain our thoughts to focus | | | | In takes about 30 days of consistent |
| on our desired result rather than what we are | | | | visualizing and stating affirmations to |
| experiencing through habit. | | | | change beliefs in the subconscious mind. Once |
| | | | new thoughts are impressed upon it, we begin |
| To put the Law of Attraction to work, we must | | | | to act on those thoughts and create a new |
| first understand that we have two minds; the | | | | vibration that attracts a new experience. |
| conscious mind and the subconscious mind. The | | | | |