The purpose of this article is to explain some of the concepts used by people who have read The Secret. The book that inspired The Secret was written over a century ago so some of the language may sound "cute." People thought and talked in a different way back then, and often you have to give them credit that when they said for example "men" what they really meant was "people".
Things were different back then. The discoveries of science were causing people to re-evaluate their relationship with life, the universe and everything. The works of people like Edgar Cayce, Charles and Myrtle Filmore and Ernest Holmes were causing people to think in new ways.
The old ways were being swept away. Key to this process were the discoveries of science. We learned that we had an effect on the universe in which we found ouselves.
Based on this information people began to consider the nature of the universe as something pliable; something we could shape with the power of the human will. Many of the areas we take for granted today like Napoleon Hill's Think and Grow Rich, Positive Mental Attitude and the areas of literature, art and music show the influence of this new way of thinking.
Many people may think the view of the New Age culture sounds like The Force of Star Wars fame, which "surrounds us and penetrates us. It binds the galaxy together." This view of a universal substance that is omnipresent is described throughout history in culture and society and is described by Wallace Wattles as "a thinking stuff from which all things are made, and which, in its original state, permeates, penetrates, and fills the interspaces of the universe."
The idea was born that we had a say in the unfolding of our lives. No more pleading for the intercession of a Supreme Being! Such an idea was very transformational to the mindset of the time.
One thing is for sure: it's good to have choices. There are things we cannot know for sure. It makes sense to this writer that we are free to live our own lives and to make our own choices.
Do you believe in past lives? Whether you do or not, it should not dictate the way you live your present life! If the universe is as big as scientists tell us, there should be room for a lot of diversity.
"Thoughts held in mind produce after their kind". It's exactly what the New Agers, the Positive Mental Attitude people and the optimistic folk have been trying to tell us all this time. The Secret is a secret because we don't see it right in front of us!
Would you like to learn more about this? The book that inspired The Secret is titled The Science of Getting Rich. Published over 100 years ago, it is in the public domain today. Look for more information in the next paragraph.
Adam Dillinger runs the Self Help Hotline and has been involved in self improvement and New Age thinking since childhood. He is pleased to offer a free copy of the book that inspired The Secret. You can learn more about it here.
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