Think happy thoughts
Do you hate life? I know I do. Ever wonder why bad things like war and poverty happen? Well, according to The Secret, it's because we wish for them. The Secret is a movie about, well, I don't know what it is about. The main thrust seems to be that good and bad things only happen because we think good or bad thoughts. We only get the things that we get because we think about them, literally think and you shall receive. You really need to see this for yourself. No, you will never get that 20 minutes of your life back.
I was getting bills, every day I would get a bunch of bills in the mail. And I thought how do I turn this around? [...] So I just visualized, a bunch of checks (sic) coming in the mail. Within just one month, things started to change. And it's amazing. Today I just get checks in the mail.
- David Schirmer, Investment trainer and crackpot
Pass this on to five friends and your crush will go out with you! I'd never heard of it, but apparently The Secret was known to Nostradamus, The Illuminati, PNAC and Tony Barber. I'm ever so grateful that this historical marvel has now been made available to the unwashed masses for USD$4.95 per viewing.
The movie was commissioned by Channel Nine who boned it when someone actually saw what was in it. What happens to shows that Channel Nine doesn't want? They turn up on Channel Ten of course! On Wednesday night The Secret was featured on an episode of Oprah, which is probably where it belonged in the first place. I didn't see it because I don't watch Oprah. Yeah...
The simplest way for me to look at the law of attraction is if I think of myself as a magnet, and I know that a magnet will attract.
- John Assaraf, Entrepreneur
With scienticians like John, the success of The Secret is assured. Our lives are controlled by our thoughts which are in turn controlled by our feelings, or something. I had enough after the claim that The Secret can cure cancer. All through watching this tripe, all I could think of was the fear vs love scene from Donnie Darko.
The Secret is the worst crap that I've had the displeasure of experiencing, and I publish Liberal Party propaganda for a living!
As much as I dislike this bullshit, I am never one to discount something without trying it out first hand. I like helicopters. I've never ridden in one, but god damn they look like fun. I've set the alarm on my phone to go off at 7pm every night for the next week to remind me to think of owning a helicopter.
Fuckin' aye.
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haha, oh dear. since the upgrade the site had a bug that didn't let registered users post comments, and i thought the last three 0 comment posts just meant that you all hated me.
fixed now.
now it appears to be cutting off our user names. maybe it is firefox specific but i cbf loading internet exploererer to check.
Worst secret ever.... i mean BEST secret ever, I'm not so good at positive thinking. But with a visionary, entrepreneur AND a philosopher all as credible sources on this video, how can it not be wrong?!
As the IT expert at my workplace (that is, I can use a computer) I was recently asked to make nine copies of "a DVD" for a colleague. Because I'm a good law-abiding e-citizen I instantly agreed.
I wouldn't have if I knew the DVD was "The Secret".
The usernames are now inside the speechbubbles. Your usernames can now also be links to your website if you have one. Click 'Edit your details' and type it in.
I think the comments look cleaner without those four lines of information. The permalink, time and date of the comment are now part of of the avatar, move the mouse over a picture and see.
Hooray for comments working. I know i'm like 3 weeks late to comment, but hey, that's my modus operandi.
I've had a brush with "The Secret" before - some close friends of my parents are in to stock options trading along with some more... ambitious stuff, and they were trying to foist this on my folks, who duly decided i should watch it, coz of course i'm always depressed and really need a lesson in positive thinking. Apparently it was supposed to contain ways of making a lot of money, so skepticism aside, i said i was in. Until of course i read the back of the DVD, then i knew it was a bunch of new-age, scammy bullshit. But the folks were all like "Don't judge a book (or DVD) by it's cover, just give it a go, etc..." I got through most of the first disc before my constant scoffs of incredulity annoyed my parents so much they got shitty with me and we had an argument about just how much bullshit was contained in this "secret". I hate trying to explain the obvious, because its actually quite difficult - if something is obvious to you, you don't spend a lot of time examining the minutiae of why it's so - your brain has done that quite quickly already and it's perverse to try and go back and tweeze out those specific arguments. And what ever happened to "older and wiser" ? From this and other conversations i've realised that neither of my parents are half the critical thinker i have become. My dad even bought Firepower shares and continues to hold hope for them, one bad press story after another. Sometimes i wonder if i were adopted.
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