So I was basically told to shurrup, stop complaining and read The Secret by my lovely friends who slag me over traits such as 'walking like an extra from Star Trek' - dicks. It's an efficient way of walking m'kay? So I went to the work library and found The Secret among other books such as 'So Your Life is Crashing Down Around You,' 'Break Through Before the Break-Up,' 'FYI: For Your Improvement' and 'Chicken Soup for The Soul.' Thank God no one saw me.
About 15 pages of utter crap into this book, I realised it was based on a film, so naturally, I torrented the film instead. The Film is every but as hippie wishy washy crap as the book, but at least it's condensed into 2 painfully long hours. Anyway, I watched it.
To save yourself 2 hours of your life here is the summary:
- Everything in this Universe is made up of Energy - we are merely energy formed into life.
- All energies are Attracted to Each Other by the 'Law of Attraction.'
- Every thought that you emit has a frequency. Negative thoughts have a different frequency to positive thoughts.
- The power of positive thinking is the most efective way of healing and getting what you want.
Now, as a woman of science, I have to disagree with the above - it's 'based on Science' they say and they like to back this up in the film a lot. This like attracts like 'Science' was put forth by Plato when we all believed that the Earth was flat. In slightly more modern times, along came Coloumb who's Law of Attraction dictates that likes repel & opposites attract. So I'd love to know how The Secret backs up this 'law of attraction.'
However, Did Aristotle not say "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." That said Plato and Aristotle were alive around abouts the same time give or take 100 years. But let's entertain this anyway. Let's pretend we're in ancient times and the Secret is based on fact. For example when my mother was in hospital receiving treatment for Breast Cancer, she was the first one to leave the ward and the doctor put it down entirely to her positive attitude. She is alive and healthy today. This book has changed the lives of millions of people, how can the all be wrong?
According to The Secret, we can channel these positive thought frequencies to get an Audi A5. The film even has a scene entirely dedicated to this! If you want it bad enough, you will get it. There are 3 steps to getting what you want:
- Ask - ask for it
- Receive - imagine yourself receiving it
- Gratitude - be grateful for what you have and through gratitude you release positive energies which attract more positive energies in the form of an A5
You need to think about it everyday, imagine yourself driving that car and if you release enough positive energy, the 'Law of Attraction' will attraction more positive energy to you and POOF your A5 will appear on your doorstep.
Now I want an Audi A5, but I'm not stupid enough to believe that an Audi A5 is going to appear on my doorstep. For one, I don't have a doorstep. So let's be a little more realistic. Let's say a boyfriend, actually no, a soul mate! According to the thought process outlined in the Secret, if I imagine myself having a boyfriend everyday, holding his hand and going on picnics, be totally grateful for everything I have then I'm going to get a boyfriend in the next 4 weeks. I haven't been on a date since .. 2010 maybe, so this would be a borderline miracle should this happen.
I did all the things I had to do (except buy a vibrator, I think it'd be a little sad to imagine myself fucking my imaginary boyfriend) but I wrote down all the things I'm grateful for and put them in my bathroom. I then drew a picture of myself and my new boyfriend holding hands and put it on my wall. See?
I put this into action yesterday. I walked through town with a big stupid smile on my face and I swear to God everyone was looking at me... but not in a good way. Oh no... in a 'what the fuck is wrong with yer wan?' way. Anyway, let's see how this goes. Since I'll be documenting this in my October photo-a-day project, this will hopefully make for a laugh in November.
Watch it yourself on Youtube if you fancy.
And download the Ad Blocker for Chrome so you don't keet getting interrupted by annoying In-Streams!
Caoi
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