Dear Friend,

While I agree with many of the topics mentioned in "The Secret," there are many things that merit further clarification...

I first want to say that I have personally worked with "The Secret" (or the Law of Attraction) for the last 10 years. In the past, I have read the materials or attended the workshops of most of the teachers on The Secret.

And while I'm glad that the inherent messages about consciousness and energy are getting out to the masses, I'm afraid that the true secret is getting distorted...

I WAS USING THE SECRET TO GET SOMEWHERE INSTEAD OF EXPERIENCING JOY IN THE MOMENT

For YEARS, I used The Secret to get somewhere: My goal was to be a famous author and experience all the wonderful things that come with that "title."

I had my vision board. I had all the details written out. I did my visualizations. I tried to MAKE things happen.

But what I realized in all of this was that I was always looking to the future which would hopefully make me happy.

I was looking for my sense of self in a future event. I was looking for something outside of myself to MAKE me happy.

And how many of us, once we have accomplished our goals want something else?

How many of us, realize that ultimately, the new BMW we thought would make us happy, no longer makes us happy? How many of us realize the dream house on the ocean that we thought would be the answer to all of our problems, no longer makes us happy? Or, the new relationship no longer makes us happy?

What's the COMMON factor in all of these circumstance?

Seeking salvation in the world of "form" to make you happy. Yet, your happiness, joy and peace come from within.

Once you live in the joy of your Essence (Presence) things of the material world may come to you, or may not, and you're fine either way!

THE FLAW IN USING THE LAW OF ATTRACTION TO MAKE YOU HAPPY

The law of attraction as presented in the movie, is often used to gain "things."

If we want the big house, we think about the big house, we focus on the big house and we manifest the big house at some future point, and that will MAKE US HAPPY.

The mere law of attraction used to attract something, implies lack.

If you're trying to attract something into your life, you are doing it because you think that the "thing" will make you happy at some future point.

Nothing can be added to you. You are already perfect peace, love and joy.

Through the law of attraction we are seeking salvation in something that promises to make us whole or happy in the future.

The real secret is to accept this moment completely and fully as it is.

The real secret is to tap into your inner essence in the moment, and not seek salvation outside yourself. By doing so, you experience peace, joy and love.

And that becomes your reality. You resonate at a higher frequency and those things that resonate with you are actually drawn into your life, not the other way around!

THE LAW OF ATTRACTION?

It's interesting that from a purely physics point of view the law of attraction really states that "opposites attract."

A positive charge is attracted to a negative polarity and vice versa.

However, there is a law of resonance that says that like resonates with like.

Darkness cannot prevail in the presence of light because they don't resonate.

When you resonate at a high energy, through meditation, you are drawn to people, situations, circumstances that you resonate with and people, circumstances and situations are drawn to you.

When you live from the inside out, life flows because life resonates with you.

USING THOUGHT TO ACHIEVE A GOAL

Most self-help material talks about using "thought" to achieve a goal.

Yet there are Eastern teachings and those of others, like Eckhart Tolle, that talk about "freeing yourself from thought."

Instead of using thought to achieve something, access your inner essence--the place of no thought--and experience true peace, abundance, joy and love right where you are.

So instead of trying to "choose your thoughts" you become the observer of thoughts, and you utimately become free from your thoughts.

Then LIFE automatically starts to unfold as it should.

Everything is beauty"full" the way it is.

ACCEPTANCE INSTEAD OF DENIAL

IS The Secret teaching denial?

From the messages of The Secret, it is revealed that whatever one thinks, one attracts (thus the law of attraction).

So it is mentioned that in order to attract wonderful things into your life, you must think wonderful thoughts. And, if you have "bad" thoughts or feelings, it's important to "shift your thinking" to "good" thoughts in order to attract good things...

Yet, really it is about allowing yourself to FEEL whatever you're feeling in the moment.

If you're feeling angry, or sad, it's not about DENYING those feelings, it's about bringing your consciousness into those feelings.

We've seen the effects of DENIAL: Addictions, violence, crime, broken relationships and more...

When we deny our experiences, we become like walking time bombs ready to explode or implode at any situation. What you resist, persists.

Suppression of our emotions because they are "bad" only perpetuates the problem. Those "bad" feelings are just shoved under the surface, waiting to erupt at any time.

It's important to honor your feelings in the moment. And then it's important to realize that you are NOT your feelings or thoughts or emotions.

You may be feeling pain and anger in the moment. This is okay. First acknowledge it.

Then, bring your consciousness into your pain. Bring your Presence into that pain. You can transmute that pain by being present with it, not denying it.

The TRUE SECRET

If the true secret could be summarized in a nutshell, it would be...

- to live in the moment
- to free yourself from thought by becoming the observer of thought
- to realize that nothing outside yourself can complete you
- to experience the joy of Being

What if inner peace was your "goal?" Learn how to become the "observer" of your thoughts... Learn how to tap into your inner essence...