No Secret (1)

As I sat and watched this blatant pandering I spotted an error about every third sentence. Logic errors, deception errors, classification errors, etc. I only made it about 20 minutes into this two hour video before having enough to set up shop against it. The problems are in plain site though I fear many people wouldn't see them because while the speakers reveal subtle and basic truths it confuses the issue at nearly each turn making what is a designed and governed system into a do it yourself mind over matter scenario. If you were to take it at face value it might seem legit, but a bit of thought can go a long way regardless of what you previously believed.

An example taken from the first 20 minutes of the video; Attraction: Think and it will be. The point made was that we shape our world (physical and chance outcomes) by the mental vibes we put out. People who think negative put out those vibes and consequently the world is shaped into negative things for them and vice versa. They took plenty of time to make this point I thought, but failed to back it up and failed to veil the truth enough to make the sale. The truth being that this is a matter of perception not a sci-fi concept of mind over matter, nor is it something that would lead to each man to a personal deity hood.

So, in this issue of "attraction" it has been said that we attract (or create with our vibes) our world and the deception is this; We do create our perceived world with our mind, but not the way they claim. If I am always moody and thinking the worst, I will almost certainly see the worst in all things because that's what I'm looking for and vice versa. This does not mean that we create our world, but that we create a view of the world around us and so we tend to see what is in that view. Temperamental in traffic? Guess what, each time you hit traffic and start whining your more likely to notice and remember bad traffic. When you look back over the weeks then you'll see all the times traffic occurred and somehow will overlook all the open lanes you found. You'll lose the balance because of your perception and vice versa if you look for the good in things. It is our perception which allows us to be different in our world, thus changing the world yet this is clearly not what has been presented in the video.

Essentially this is a self help concept and a rather deceptive one at that considering it's foundations and approach. It is a theory of perception dressed up as science fact which is backed by little more than opinions. (Certainly not proven or backed within the time I had watched, but I will soon sit through the entire thing.) Mostly compiled from claims of philosophers, metaphysics, and those "everyman" persons who claim it worked for them.

Between the promises (wealth, health, and power), the focus of the promises (personal gratification), the method implied (outward mental waves changing the world to suit), and the manner in which it is exposed (scandal and confusion) this 'should' be as obvious a mistake as Scientology. I only bring it up on the fact that, like Scientology, their are thousands upon thousands who are not guarded against these things. Self serving and rebellious individuals seeking personal gain and personal glory.