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The Secret:
#31
RE: The Secret:
This kind of false positivity sums up what I think is bad about capitalism (I don't think capitalism is all bad). Oprah peddles similar guff about obtaining through positive actions. To me it stinks of achieving more than you need to. You sacrifice yourself; your personality; what makes you 'you' and grab what's there for the taking for the unscrupulous. It sickens me the management class I know who talk of getting jobs in areas they have absolutely no expertise in, just because they talk the talk and can carry off lies with people who consider themselves better than the general populous.

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#32
RE: The Secret:
(May 8, 2009 at 2:57 pm)LukeMC Wrote: If the content of "The Secret" was true, G-Mark, you'd have left this forum many posts ago, courtesy of my desires. If I were an admin I'd be tightening the rules on what is considered obnoxious, annoying spam.

As for "The Secret" itself, I tend to agree with everybody else here. It's garbage. A positive attitude can certainly bring you what you want, but you will have to work for it in most cases. The universe isn't often in the business of prayer answering.

Im sure your 'want' will be made true some day. Maybe there is more to the picture than meets the eye. Maybe my 'want' will come around one day too.

LOL

frodo Wrote:This kind of false positivity sums up what I think is bad about capitalism
True.
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#33
RE: The Secret:
http://www.amazon.com/review/R2X2TB3S4O5...r_rdp_perm

Big Grin
Galileo was a man of science oppressed by the irrational and superstitious. Today, he is used by the irrational and superstitious who claim they are being oppressed by science - Mark Crislip
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#34
RE: The Secret:
(May 22, 2009 at 6:27 am)lilphil1989 Wrote: http://www.amazon.com/review/R2X2TB3S4O5...r_rdp_perm

Big Grin

hahaBig Grin That's all I can say
- Science is not trying to create an answer like religion, it tries to find an answer.
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#35
RE: The Secret:
"The Secret" has something that all self-help books have in common: it's absolute bullshit. I think it's a big scam that preys on people's greed, stupidity, laziness and their misunderstanding of science.
Personally, it's not God I dislike, it's his fan club I can't stand.
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#36
RE: The Secret:
(May 8, 2009 at 2:57 pm)LukeMC Wrote: If the content of "The Secret" was true, G-Mark, you'd have left this forum many posts ago, courtesy of my desires. If I were an admin I'd be tightening the rules on what is considered obnoxious, annoying spam.

As for "The Secret" itself, I tend to agree with everybody else here. It's garbage. A positive attitude can certainly bring you what you want, but you will have to work for it in most cases. The universe isn't often in the business of prayer answering.

I stand corrected!! G-Mark is gone!! The secret is true!!
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#37
RE: The Secret:
(June 27, 2009 at 8:09 am)Overmars Wrote: "The Secret" has something that all self-help books have in common: it's absolute bullshit. I think it's a big scam that preys on people's greed, stupidity, laziness and their misunderstanding of science.

Whilst I like the cut of your jib.. what about scientifically correct self help books?

LOL @ Luke Smile
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#38
RE: The Secret:
(June 29, 2009 at 4:50 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: Whilst I like the cut of your jib.. what about scientifically correct self help books?

Are there any? Serious question.

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#39
RE: The Secret:
Lmao: I searched for Self-Help @ Thesaurus.com and the first synonym that came up was "Psychobabble" LOL

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#40
RE: The Secret:
"The Secret" isn't.

The philosophical basis is a form of solipism.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solipism

I first came across the "Law of Attraction" in 1969 in a book called "Bing Out the Magic Of Your Mind' by Al Koran,a stage magician.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Koran

An earlier version was " Think And Grow Rich" by Napoleon Hill"


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_Hill

Latterly "You'll See It When You Believe it" by Dr Wayne Dyer"


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Dyer

I have my own opinion,but think most people here are smart enough to draw their own conclusions.
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