The Law of Attraction isn’t some magical force, but it sure feels that way when you take the real, pragmatic steps necessary to build positive momentum.
In 2006, a book and movie about the Law of Attraction, The Secret, went super meme.
Suddenly, all my friends, coworkers, and family were like, “Just think positive! Have you seen The Secret?”
Now in 2019, it seems like everyone is a certified life coach. Or they at least watch Joe Rogan. But in 2006, the idea that “energy” could be manipulated by pure intention was still foreign, at least outside Yogis, Buddhists, and stoners.
Contents
I. The Science of the Law of Attraction
II. Positive Thought + Taking Action
IV. Believe in Your Dream, Then Act
V. What Does Success Look Like?
VI. Don’t Pray for What You Want
Even I was seduced at first that “positive thought” could, through pure intent and without action, manifest your wildest dreams. At the time, spurred by my recent discovery of seduction material, it keyed up with my interest in self-development, which had a similar philosophy of “always positive, never negative.”
But could I just “think positive” and attract the most beautiful women into my life? Like magic? Could I just write a best-selling novel on my first try?
Not exactly.
The basic premise of The Secret is that there’s a universal energy called “The Law of Attraction,” and if you harness its power, you can create the reality you desire. The documentary had plenty of expert interviews with new-age pseudo-scientists, philosophers, and even Buddhist monks, who, with the power of love chants, could allegedly change the molecular structure of snowflakes. On the other spectrum, they claimed that negative words made the snowflakes wither and melt.
After watching The Secret, one couldn’t help but feel like their whole life had been lived in a deep, dark well of negativity, and if they only believed, then all their prayers would be answered. You didn’t need to actually “do” anything but “believe.” It’s your negativity and limiting beliefs that manifest your problems. So, if you just stop focusing on your problems, you won’t create them. Just focus on positive thoughts, and you’d create only positive outcomes.
That’s where the philosophy lost me. It just sounded an awful lot like prayer for agnostics, a religion for people without religion. Instead of praying to Jesus, you pray to the Law of Attraction. “Oh, The Secret, please fill my bank account with money and help me get laid!”
The Secret was a massive success, and a long-forgotten Buddhist philosophy was re-introduced to the Western world: a world without religion, desperate for some sort of spiritual guidance. And thousands of motivational Facebook memes later, its influence can still be felt.
Comments
Thanks, Tony for this article
Thanks, Tony for this article, It's good to see someone who found a middle ground on how to talk and how to use the LOA. Most people are very polarized about this subject, either it's magic or bullshit.
When it comes to the LOA and how to use it, the Secret, in my opinion, does a very poor job. However other older authors that the book cites in the references are on the other hand way better and advocate the necessity of action. The best one I found is The Master Key System from Charles F Haanel which is now in the public domain, and you will see that in the book he goes against the "pry only feel good" and you get what you want.
Now when it comes to that famous exercise of "Creative Visualization", there is some science saying that it doesn't work or at least it does not work alone. A new exercise has been recently developed called "Mental Contrasting" which consists of imagining the future and also the obstacles then coming with plans. A lot of research found this approach way more efficient.
That was my two cents!
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Hey Tony,
Imagine a no fluff and believable version of the secret, actually backed by science
The author is a very well known scientist that has a Ph.D. (i think, anyway...)
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It even has a couple of seduction mindset principles
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