Did I miss the small print while reading The Secret by Rhonda Byrne?

The author is trying to say if everyone was like me, there would be no hunger, pain, or discord in the world. Animals would beg to be eaten, plants would joyfully sacrifice themselves to be our food, and no one would ever disagree with their brothers and sisters.

It is a lot like the flower child syndrome, they pass out flowers to everyone as a sign of love, not even realizing that the gift they are handing out is dead.

The 1950's were the ideal life, in that we could play in the fields around our house, go the the mall without even worrying about predators, schools still celebrated Christmas, etc, etc

unless you were a black person in Mississippi, or contracted polio.(What's that?) It's all selective blindness.

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Actually, under "The Secret"s code, feminists are doing the absolute WRONG thing. by concentrating on injustices in the world, the feminists are MAKING them happen. we all must think happy thoughts and the bad things will go away. *marshmellowsrainbowsunicornsmarshmell...

As much as she thinks she has all the answers (she should hook up with Tom Cruise), that's not everything. Each person has a certain ammount of control over their own lives, but even more limited over others' lives. Why would she think each of those people decided to be there at those times, for that particular hell? Not one (I'm willing to bet) would have opted to be there, had they been told before hand what would have happened. Hope all goes well with you.

Richard, I think you DO understand but you are keeping that understanding a secret from us. The real secret of The Secret is this - it is easy to make money off of peoples' gullibility for any New Age hoax trhat comes along as long as you throw in some pseudo-quantum physics sounding language and you get Oprah to endorse it for you. I sure hope you didn't pay for that crap.

My friend Tezra used to say of "secrets" like in secret societies that when you get to the center they tell you the secret: that there is no secret. It's really all out in plain sight.

Like one or more of the other answerers said, it's just another positive thinking, affirmations, new age BS book/movie. The purpose is to make money, honey!

You might be interested in 'The making of The Secret">

http://www.thesecret.tv/behind-the-secret.html

I believe the old fashioned standard , "The Power of Positive Thinking" is the more useful dissertation by Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (http://www.thesecret.tv/behind-the-secret.html).

It is easily applicable and life changing.

It is another power of positive thinking kinda thing. The Unity Christians have been doing it for years.

You know, I honestly don't know. That sounds like an interesting book though. Sounds like a book I need to read though. Good luck figuring it out.

Yeah the small print said buy this book so I can get rich, I have been broke for years. And by the way there is no secret because all you needed to know is in the bible.