Tell me your thoughts about "The Secret"

[CathrynRose]

MAKmom Congrats that is awesome! Good for you. What kind is it?


Just want to share something with you all..

I have been dreaming of a home with a big yard for years. I kept visualizing this and last week I stumbled upon a beautiful home in our price range with a beautifully landscaped 1/2 acre backyard! We really were not planning on moving just yet but made an offer, seller accepted and yesterday we put our home on the market.

Now we just need to sell our house and so far everything else has fallen into place so I just KNOW what's meant to be will be.

That is SO wonderful!!! Congrats!!!! You'll sell!!!

It's funny how many "coincidences" you see when you are actively participating in life. And that maybe those coincidences aren't coincidences at all, but just things you've attracted.

Bingo!!!

 

[TheBigBadWolf]

I bought the Secret dvd and now I just need to watch it. I'm pretty jazzed about finally seeing it.

I, too, bought The Secret, mainly due to reading this thread. DH & I both love it and are pretty pumped up by what we've learned. I've been keeping a gratitude journal for about a month, and am trying to rid myself of negative thoughts. I've always been too negative and I'm trying to change. I have learned so much from this thread. THANKS to everyone.

Planogirl, my daughter is also a "Plano girl" who now lives in Frisco. Your name always reminds me of her. She has been telling me about The Secret since it first came out, and telling me I needed to watch it. She, fortunately, did not inherit my negativity, and she's a very positive, non judgmental type of person, who "knows" the secret and practices it in her life. I am striving to be more like her!

 

[beckmrk04]

You know, since this thread has started, I feel so much better on the DIS.

I mainly post at the New Moms thread, but I am glad to have another thread here that shares my interests and ideas, and is just such a positive, uplifting, encouraging place to be. The DIS can be so depressing or volatile, and I have really learned not to even click on the threads that will get me all up in arms.

It's nice to just relax, have a "conversation" and feel better when I step away from the computer.

I bought a notebook at wal-mart (OT- but I have a notebook addiction. I have all kinds, all sizes, all over). I love to write. Anyway- they had notebooks for $.05/each, so I grabbed a couple, and I am keeping one with me to jot down ideas, things I'm grateful for, questions, my Universal "wish list"- whatever. I feel like committing more things to paper will help me focus on what I want and help me ask for it in a more clear manner.

 

[DreaminDisney]

That's so great!!! How amazing that you just happened to find the perfect house with just the back yard you are looking for! And you jumped on it! Too cool. It's funny how many "coincidences" you see when you are actively participating in life. And that maybe those coincidences aren't coincidences at all, but just things you've attracted.

That is SO wonderful!!! Congrats!!!! You'll sell!!!

Thanks you guys! I agree that there are no coincidences and this was meant to happen. PERFECT example is I requested this week off from work 8 months ago. I had no plans just picked this week (with kids on summer break) I figured it would be good. Well then all this house stuff happened and I NEEDED to be home this week to do stuff to put it on market. DH and I have been working hard painting, packing clutter etc. just trying to make place look nice for a showing. Now I could not have planned it better. Something higher was working with me on this

I agree this thread is so uplifitng and I also read it everyday to start day off upbeat.

I will keep you updated.

Have a great day everyone!! Think Positive

 

[Planogirl]

I, too, bought The Secret, mainly due to reading this thread. DH & I both love it and are pretty pumped up by what we've learned. I've been keeping a gratitude journal for about a month, and am trying to rid myself of negative thoughts. I've always been too negative and I'm trying to change. I have learned so much from this thread. THANKS to everyone.

Planogirl, my daughter is also a "Plano girl" who now lives in Frisco. Your name always reminds me of her. She has been telling me about The Secret since it first came out, and telling me I needed to watch it. She, fortunately, did not inherit my negativity, and she's a very positive, non judgmental type of person, who "knows" the secret and practices it in her life. I am striving to be more like her!

I don't like the name since we're no longer in Plano and I'm no girl but we moved to Plano when life was turning around for the better and I have all of these posts so I just leave it alone. I'm glad my name reminds you of your daughter though.

 

[Planogirl]

You know, since this thread has started, I feel so much better on the DIS.

I mainly post at the New Moms thread, but I am glad to have another thread here that shares my interests and ideas, and is just such a positive, uplifting, encouraging place to be. The DIS can be so depressing or volatile, and I have really learned not to even click on the threads that will get me all up in arms.

It's nice to just relax, have a "conversation" and feel better when I step away from the computer.

I bought a notebook at wal-mart (OT- but I have a notebook addiction. I have all kinds, all sizes, all over). I love to write. Anyway- they had notebooks for $.05/each, so I grabbed a couple, and I am keeping one with me to jot down ideas, things I'm grateful for, questions, my Universal "wish list"- whatever. I feel like committing more things to paper will help me focus on what I want and help me ask for it in a more clear manner.

I like the idea of making lists. I make lists anyway and I could makes lists of what I want or wish for. I could even write out scenarios.

By the way, the negative threads don't usually bother me. I feel downright serene in most of them maybe because I've been posting in those for a while? I don't know.

 

[Planogirl]

I was mulling over something.

Could the Secret be used for someone else? If you knew someone was working to realize a dream could a person help by using the Secret for that person? Or are we all responsible for just our own hopes and wishes? I guess it would be kind of like sending good vibes as they say.

 

[DreaminDisney]

I was mulling over something.

Could the Secret be used for someone else? If you knew someone was working to realize a dream could a person help by using the Secret for that person? Or are we all responsible for just our own hopes and wishes? I guess it would be kind of like sending good vibes as they say.

imho I think any positive energy is good and comes back to you where ever it's directed and I do believe in the goodvibe to others

 

[Imzadi]

Woohoo! Congrats on manifesting the dream car and the dream home!

Coming back from the beach, I sent out to the Universe my reservation for a safe, close, legal parking space in front of my building. When I arrived on my block at 4am, there wasn't a soul on the street, and most of the parking spaces were taken. As I pulled up toward my building, someone turned on their car & headlights, & pulled out of the space directly across from my building, and I slid seamlessly into the space!

 

[CathrynRose]

I was mulling over something.

Could the Secret be used for someone else? If you knew someone was working to realize a dream could a person help by using the Secret for that person? Or are we all responsible for just our own hopes and wishes? I guess it would be kind of like sending good vibes as they say.

I think that!!!

 

[AllyandJack]

I remember talking to DH about it. I wondered at what point you just faced REALITY. I vividly remember telling him that I could visualize and make a list and I wasn't going to get pregnant (not that I was even contemplating it at that point, I was just using it as an example). So, at what point do I just face reality? Is it healthy to keep harping on something like that and not just accept what you can't have and move on?

Two days later, I found out I was pregnant.

It took almost 3 years and 4 rounds of IVF to have my daughter. Yet, 8 weeks later, I was pregnant again with my 2nd daughter.

So, now I don't know what to believe. I really don't think it's healthy to keep focusing on things that you can't have. I'd like to win Powerball....should I keep dumping $ into it and visualizing and all that? But, it seemed to work for something else that appeared to be equally impossible.

So, I'm torn.

 

[tinkerdorabelle]

Wow, just got back on this site after being away a few months, and this thread is fabulous! I'm a huge fan of Wayne Dyer and heard of the Secret but haven't read it myself yet, but got a lot of great info just from some of the posts here. Didn't get a chance to read through all yet but its so great. I feel that I was lead back here just for these posts. I particularly love some of the ones that stated that Jesus and Christianity is not in opposition to this, but Jesus and the Bible stated these same things. I really needed this.

 

[beckmrk04]

I So, now I don't know what to believe. I really don't think it's healthy to keep focusing on things that you can't have. I'd like to win Powerball....should I keep dumping $ into it and visualizing and all that? But, it seemed to work for something else that appeared to be equally impossible.

But who says you can't have those things?

Of course, chances are very slim that you'll win the powerball. But what's the harm in dreaming about it? Visualizing it? It's fun, at the very least. And maybe you'll attract some money- it may not be powerball money, but that's ok.

I don't even play the lottery. If I never win it, that's ok. But I do visualize being comfortable. Not billionare comfortable, just having enough, kwim? And every day I am grateful for what I already have.

Just practicing being grateful, and noticing my blessings and all the beautiful things around me has been so, so tranformative. I am changing my entire mindset. I focus on what I do have, not what I lack. I visualize things that are important to me (not just material goods- although I do sneak in a Coach purse now and again ).

You may not win the lottery, but you may be so focused on all the amazing things you already have, that you won't care.

 

[beckmrk04]

I have amazing, wonderful news!!!!!

DH GOT THE DAYTIME POSITION!!!

I am so excited!!!!

I will have my DH home every night for dinner and Vaylie will get to kiss Daddy goodnight every night. AND- he'll be working 4 days/week instead of 5, AND he is going to carpool with his brother, so instead of driving back and forth 5 days/week, he'll only have to do 2, saving us and BIL/SIL money!!! It's a win, win, win!

I'm just so happy I could bust. Thank you for your positive thoughts and wishes.

Now, I'm busy visualizing MY new job. I just know it's going to work out!

 

[DreaminDisney]

I have amazing, wonderful news!!!!!

DH GOT THE DAYTIME POSITION!!!

I am so excited!!!!

I will have my DH home every night for dinner and Vaylie will get to kiss Daddy goodnight every night. AND- he'll be working 4 days/week instead of 5, AND he is going to carpool with his brother, so instead of driving back and forth 5 days/week, he'll only have to do 2, saving us and BIL/SIL money!!! It's a win, win, win!

I'm just so happy I could bust. Thank you for your positive thoughts and wishes.

Now, I'm busy visualizing MY new job. I just know it's going to work out!

Awe Wonderful news, that's awesome! Congrats! and Yes you will get your new job too! It's all falling into place!
Sending more positive vibes your way!

 

[Planogirl]

I remember talking to DH about it. I wondered at what point you just faced REALITY. I vividly remember telling him that I could visualize and make a list and I wasn't going to get pregnant (not that I was even contemplating it at that point, I was just using it as an example). So, at what point do I just face reality? Is it healthy to keep harping on something like that and not just accept what you can't have and move on?

Two days later, I found out I was pregnant.

It took almost 3 years and 4 rounds of IVF to have my daughter. Yet, 8 weeks later, I was pregnant again with my 2nd daughter.

So, now I don't know what to believe. I really don't think it's healthy to keep focusing on things that you can't have. I'd like to win Powerball....should I keep dumping $ into it and visualizing and all that? But, it seemed to work for something else that appeared to be equally impossible.

So, I'm torn.

I wondered about this too. I kept reading and what struck me is that you wouldn't necessarily win powerball if you kept visualizing it but something similar could happen - in other words you would get money from somewhere.

I don't know - I like the idea of positive thinking but one thing that does bother me is the specific nature of this. I prefer to think of something similar happening and if something doesn't work it's because something better is about to happen. But I'm still experimenting.

 

[beckmrk04]

I wondered about this too. I kept reading and what struck me is that you wouldn't necessarily win powerball if you kept visualizing it but something similar could happen - in other words you would get money from somewhere

Yep-I have an example from my recent events.

I have been visualizing Dh getting that new shift. For about a week now, I would visualize him interviewing, and then accepting the position, then calling me with the news! And I would feel the feelings of gratitude and excitement when I pictured all of this happening. All week, I have been careful to say, "When you get that new shift..."

Well, tonight he text messaged me- he didn't get an interview for the shift- they just gave it to him. AND, he didn't call me (he wasn't on break yet but wanted me to know right away so he texted).

DId things happen exactly the way I visualized? no. Same basic outcome? Yep!! You don't need get hung up on the how, or get too specific. Be open to the Universe's interpretation. If you want more money, visualize it. But if you get more money from your job (ie a raise) instead of the lottery, that doesn't mean the Universe ignored your request, kwim?

And maybe if you don't get what you are visualizing, it's because if you got that, you wouldn't be able to get something even better!

 

[Planogirl]

And maybe if you don't get what you are visualizing, it's because if you got that, you wouldn't be able to get something even better!

I like that. It sounds perfect.

 

[beckmrk04]

Awe Wonderful news, that's awesome! Congrats! and Yes you will get your new job too! It's all falling into place!
Sending more positive vibes your way!

Thank you so much! It's been a couple of hours, and I am still so excited I can barely make myself go to bed.

 

[JodyLynC]

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