How to Use the Law of Attraction
Yesterday, I started a 100 Day Challenge to see what I can manifest in my life over the next 100 days. I mentioned that one of the secrets to increasing your productivity was to write down the six most important things you must get done, and to work on them one by one until each is completed. This strategy is fundamental to manifesting your goals in your life.
If you’ve watched the movie, The Secret, you got a quick introduction to the law of attraction, but the movie doesn’t go into much detail about how to apply those principles in your life. Perhaps you believe, but need practical advice on how to apply the teachings in your life. Perhaps you are skeptical – can your thoughts really influence what manifests in your life?
The Law of Attraction: Science, Faith and Doubt
Someone left a comment on my Is The Secret Harmful post that said
The only ‘harm’ if any is when you approach the concept of The Secret with doubts in your mind. In that case you will only achieve negative results and become frustrated in the process (sic).
This gets into one of the more controversial aspects of The Secret – whether it’s based on faith or science.
Bob Proctor Interview on Science of Getting Rich
Over the last two days, I’ve received a number of comments promoting an ebook called The Attraction Acceleration Report: An Interview with Bob Proctor on The Science of Getting Rich (1MB, PDF). It seems that the folks at AttractionAcceleration.com released the transcript of an interview they did with Bob Proctor about his new SGR Program.
The contents of the guide are pretty light – it’s basically a pitch fest for the SGR Program – but what has made this thing so darn popular is that anyone can “rebrand” the guide with their own SGR affiliate link and give it away free.
Rhonda Byrne Tells Her Story Behind The Secret Movie and Book
In case you missed it, Rhonda Byrne did a telecast tonight with the folks at HealthyWealthynWise.com. Not surprisingly, this was a feel good interview that focused on joy, gratitude, and visualization – the primary topics The Secret movie and book covered – rather than addressing some of the criticisms and concerns that have been brought up recently.
I joined the webcast rather than the conference call and had a few access problems, so I didn’t quite catch the first few minutes. Luckily, the connection soon steadied and I was able to listen to the rest of the call without problems.
Rhonda came across as a very positive and loving woman who really does want to spread love and joy throughout the world. I’ve seen her on Oprah and in The Secret movie, but in this interview, she opened up to fellow Secret star and Chicken Soup for the Woman’s Soul author, Marci Shimoff. Perhaps that’s because she knew Marci wouldn’t be asking the difficult questions.
Is The Secret Harmful?
Ever since Oprah started promoting The Secret, it seems everyone’s talking about the pros and cons. One question that keeps coming up is whether The Secret is harmful.
Though I’d agree that it’s somewhat deceptive or misleading in its attempts to claim science as its foundation, I don’t think it’s overtly harmful. Yes, the philosophy’s incomplete – and they haven’t spent much time hammering out the specifics – but if you simply take it for a “feel good” docu-drama, it’s not going to harm anyone. As long as you don’t think too deeply about the underlying principle of the law of attraction, the movie’s an inspirational piece to get you to sit up and take notice that you can control your thoughts and feelings.
The Science (or Lack Thereof) Behind The Secret (Part 3)
Continuing with my prevous post…
Finally, let me address the concept of a universal law. In science, gravity is a universal law because it works every time, no matter what. We call this a law because we can explain it mathematically and we can test it. If you put a feather and a rock in a controlled environment (like a vacuum) on earth, they will both fall at a specific, calculable rate.
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