Ever since the movie “The Secret” came in 2006 there has been a lot of chatter on the internet about how easy it is suppose to be.
Let us break it down really quickly.
1. Ask for what you want.
2. Believe with all your being you are going to get it.
3. be open to receive it.
I watched the movie;I read the book; I have visited the website of the various “teachers”. So you do everything they tell you, you’ve written your affirmations, you’ve given thanks, and you are truly grateful for your life, friends, gifts, etc…, you’re so open you’re practicality emotional.
Nothing, Nothing, Nothing.
So you go back and you ask why. You’re told one of two things, “Wait, be patience this takes time, when the universe feels that you’re really ready, you’ll receive your thing. Gee there is nothing about patience in their teaching. So the next step is sell you a program about being patient.
Or, you get this one, you don’t believe enough. So let me sell you this other thing about believing. And one question keeps coming back to me.
Is this the biggest scam of the 21st century? OK, that and the government is going to save us from the follies and criminals of Wall Street.
On the darker side –Does that mean we need to teach a teenager to control her every thought conscious and unconscious about how to guard against rape, because LOA says it’s her fault if it happens?
I find this outrageous. We do not want bad things to happen to us and our families. Tell me something if I send hundreds of dollars to that person, is that really going to attract something good in my life, or am I just a fool?
You have to admit these guys are marketing geniuses, or they hire them. Because there is always just one more piece they need to sell you in order to get it right. What is that saying” a fool and his money are soon parted” Or “a sucker is born every minute.”
That’s right, we believe them, we want our 15 minute of fame, and we want the beautiful house, the new car, and tones of money.
Wouldn’t life just be so easy? If just got everything we asked for? Well there is another saying I heard it on Star Trek, yes, Star Trek, Mr. Spock said “You may find that having a thing may be different experience than wanting a thing”
Basically what is meant by that is that reality sets in, the fantasy is over, and now that you have the thing, not only do have to take care of it, but the thrill of fantasizing and wanting is gone.
The Law of Attraction teaches that everything in our lives we attracted either consciously or unconsciously. So does that mean the 9 year old attracted the bully to steal her lunch money? Does that mean the woman attracted the abusive husband she married at 19? Does that mean we attracted the banking fiasco?
We have a wonderful guide already. For the last 1700 years this guide has been helping hundreds of people live better, happier, healthier lives with out the entire BS. It is called the Bible.
Yes the Bible. The Bible says “ask and it is given to you” That doesn’t mean you’ll get a new car and lots of money. That passage means Ask, and the Kingdom of Heaven is given to you”. Those that follow the teachings will be taken care of. I don’t’ think we have a real clue as what the “Kingdom of Heaven really is, but sounds like it might be worth the effort.
Think about this, if we give it up to God, Don’t you think we will be totally taken care of? Don’t you think we will have everything we need? We need to stop being so selfish and stop sending the scam artists and vultures our money, because then we will have the money for what we really need.
