In fact I quite agree with the message, but all the emotions clearly show that tabloids and co. have clearly got their job well done. I mean, she's this person is associating with a multimillionaire. Then again, maybe this is fake.
So I got The Secret. Well, not that I got it, I just have the movie. Not that I wanted to. It's just it was mentioned one too many times for me to ignore it. But I am still skeptical about it. I believe beforehand this is one of those positive attitude talks wrapped in some sort of mysticism. Those all look up the wrong side of the ass. So I figured I'll watch it and then say just precisely how much I did not like it.
But as I started, it is now clear there's just too much bullshit to remember it all. So there you go. This will be interactive, I'll blog as I go. Not a problem as I am watching alone, on my laptop.
It all starts immediately. It's Ancient times, and Romans are taking over what appears to be a Greek temple of some sorts. In a hurry, somebody is copying the secret to preserve it for future generations. The dude rubs charcoal against paper placed against a carved stone plate, so there remains an imprint on the paper. He then runs away. Dude, they didn't use paper those days. Paper's from China. Greeks used fine bull's skin, Egyptians had papyrus and none of those came from OfficeMax. OK, lets just say this is an artistic interpretation.
Then they show you the folks that supposedly knew the Secret. Plato, Newton, Shakespeare, Beethoven, Lincoln, Edison. Yeah, and Einstein of course. Then come the supposed modern day adepts. Meet Bob Proctor, a "philosopher". Anyone with a blog can call themselves a philosopher. But did you ever hear about Bob Proctor? How is he useful? Or is the movie his personal breakthrough? Bob tells us right away the Secret will provide us with anything we want. Sorta like credit card but better.
Meet Joe Vitale, a "Metaphysician". Huh? Doesn't look like he did his own teeth, metaphysically you know. Comes along John Assaraf the entepreneur. What a crap. Bill Gates is an entepreneur, this dude is not even on the Forbes 400 list. Didn't they just say they can have anything they want? Then comes a line of your typical new-age style gurus of the usual kind. Starting with a visionary all the way to a Feng Shui lady. Not that I mind them, it's just unclear to me how are these people useful in a sense of say Newton or Lincoln. In fact, I would dare to say your average pediatrician saved more lives, created more happy families than these folks, and possibly makes more money.
Then they say the Secret, right away. You have to prey harder.
Well, not how they put it, but hey it wouldn't sell well. So, this time you have to attract harder. Can't wait to see what's coming. I have been already blogging way longer then the movie - it's been just a few minutes.
So, all the cards have been laid down. Now they have to prove it. Starts with a rhetoric question - why do you think is that that 1% of all people earn 96% of all money? Well, 1% is about sixty million people, and includes those people with a few hundred thousand of income or more. Remember that pediatrician? See, at some point she skipped her parties and didn't smoke that joint on her way home, didn't get pregnant from wrong people and studied late hours. Now she's in that top percent. Huh? No way! This is just because she understands the Secret. That's right, all sixty millions of them, most living in the US. Hidden knowledge, yo.
OK, they already think they got me. Now the motto. Thoughts become things, it is. My, I will like write like an entire post on this. Like, some time later.
OK, here's the box of excuses. If something bad happens, it's because you've attracted it too. Because negative thoughts get attracted also. Your fault. Sorta like devil hearing your prayers. I've heard this somewhere before.
Oh, crap. Here's John Hagelin, a "Quantum Physicist". No such things exists in the known universe. A physicist uses as much of quantum description as is necessary for her problem (notice how PC I got?) but anybody calling themselves a "quantum physicist" is either a dick or a liar. Ask your local physicist.
They say you even attract people. What about all those girls I was staring at the other day? Oh wait, did I have to come over and say something?
Fred Alan Wolf is apparently also a quantum physicist, whatever that means. I think that means he's full of crap.
Now the main dude, Bob Proctor aka unknown philosopher, says nobody knows how electricity works, as in a light bulb. Should have asked one of his quantum physicists. Oh wait. How about all those people building computers with billions of transistors, creating megawatt lasers, looking at faint light that originated billions of years ago and was thinning ever since at the speed of light? Do they know how electromagnetism works? Nah, they just probably know the Secret.
Since you cannot control your thoughts, you should control your emotions, and they will guide what ya attracting, so the movie goes. I have a strong feeling they are about to tell me I should smile more. No shit, they actually did! Wait, is this still called The Secret?
They also got a demonstration. A little scene of some dude being afraid his bike will be stolen, so he chains it extra, and later the bike gets stolen indeed. No kidding. I had two bikes stolen from me, and I had it both ways. Then again, I probably didn't **** enough. I meant I didn't attract enough, that's what. Berkley's G., I am really sorry for making all this pun of praying.
Now they are telling me I should not loose my faith even if it hasn't worked (yet), and yes, it now does feel like Sunday indeed.
This is very much due:
Man, is this a long movie. So I am taking a break till tomorrow.
Monday
I am learning that people neck deep in delinquent bills have attracted that state of affairs. I always though this happens when you spend too much money and commit future income. It's comical this "truth" is revealed by an African American lady. Kinda racist.
Apparently the entire film will be focused around getting a swanky new car. Perhaps because you indeed cannot buy these on credit cards. This includes some gross fella pretending to drive the thing in his stinky old armchair. OK, at this point I am no longer pissy about watching this. This scene totally saves the whole movie. It is deeply imprinting on my personality just as I am writing this.
If you tell your children that you cannot afford something, this will make you broke forever. So much for kid's financial education,
Cathy Goodman says she healed her breast cancer by being ignorant and watching lame comedy. Oh I hate this part. Think of all the people who will die because of this shit. And they seem to have absolutely no restrain on this, no second thoughts. I am truly amazed you've read to this point. Please let me know if you did. Whoops. Says she didn't use radiation or chemotherapy, but wouldn't say about surgery. How many folks will have caught that?
"When the voice and vision on the inside become more profound and more clear and loud than the opinions on the outside, you've mastered your life". John F. Demartini. Nice. How come they all have uncommon last names?
OK, God's in. Had to be there. Their "quantum physicists" thinks God is mc2, and I think you have to ask before you smoke it.
I am always utterly puzzled at how good religious leaders of all sorts are able to connect spiritual matters with most mundane and greedy desires. Hey folks, remember your movie is about getting cars and lots of girls. That's your central line, a pitch with actual case studies and instructions. Now you are doing the image-of-God talk! Putting this together, I am made in the image of God and therefore have the ability to get swanky cars and lots of pussy, and I totally should use it. Fucking gross. I am disgusted.
Alright, good place to be over.
Now in the next post, I will write what I actually think about the so called law of attraction. Cuz ut works for me so awesomely ;-b
