tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post2945991012364125509..comments2024-03-18T09:53:12.654-04:00Comments on MotherReader: The Secret: Part IMotherReaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11274509991340797264noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-79428359313396278802007-07-23T20:00:00.000-04:002007-07-23T20:00:00.000-04:00I hope this doesn't come across as ugly, but hones...I hope this doesn't come across as ugly, but honestly, I can't believe people are falling for this "Secret" nonsense. This is just Benny Hinn, Kenneth Copeland, and every other slick-haired, TV evangelist/pocket-picker dressed up in New Age clothes. I'm serious - this is "Word of Faith" minus the Christian lingo.<BR/><BR/>Sure, positive thinking is a good thing - it is called optimism, but "attracting" and being on the same "frequency" - are you kidding me? Didn't we try this stuff out in our Hippie days and get over it?<BR/><BR/>MotherReader, I appreciated your Part 2 post...thanks for reading and reviewing this book.<BR/><BR/>Please forgive me if I've been to "heated". I've had friends get themselves into huge messes because of this kind of thinking.Kerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08779939436015866490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-91024352125197217512007-07-12T05:30:00.000-04:002007-07-12T05:30:00.000-04:00Never read the book, hadn't heard much about it, a...Never read the book, hadn't heard much about it, and am not even remotely tempted now. But how much am I with you on the chaos and the disorganization and the ambivalence about it. <BR/><BR/>I'm going to throw out a totally unbaked thought for this morning (should be working on an essay, but have got to get rid of the headache a bit before even attempting that). Instead of focusing as the book tells you to on positive and negative as completely opposed forces in your life, mightn't there be more (or equal) value in trying to look for the positive that comes through the negative? Or maybe, to put it in those terms, thinking of it all as just <I>energy</I> rather than black-and-whiteing it. <BR/><BR/>I'm warming to this as I go, actually! Because I was thinking a bit about the difference between me (horribly disorganized slob, accomplishes very little) and a very good friend (midwife who went back to work a few years ago - perfectly clean and tidy house, gourmet cook, etc.). We've two kids the same age (nearly 21) and it just now occurred to me that I handled a very serious crisis my daughter had 'well', for her and for my younger daughter, in part because I'm used to mess. I don't like it, in literal or metaphoric terms, but good things can also come through it, as they did in this case. My friend reacted more rigidly to a situation that wouldn't 'tidy up' nicely, to the extent that her behaviour towards her son became quite unsupportive, though she's a very loving mother.<BR/><BR/>Which is what you said, really, in a much more long-winded, rambling way!Lady S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15082805324614635011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-80154209575830797292007-07-11T21:28:00.000-04:002007-07-11T21:28:00.000-04:00Was waiting to get my hair done and someone had le...Was waiting to get my hair done and someone had left this in the stylist's chair... so I picked it up.<BR/><BR/>And giggled madly.<BR/><BR/>I really <I>don't</I> like how it has that built-in, fail-safe, "you suck if you can't make this work" clause, I really don't like that. But I always appreciate the idea of accentuating the positive or what not. I do, however, tend to think of this book in the same breath as "Chicken Soup for the Damned Soul" and suchlike...tanita✿davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01671822274852087499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-53950292421736668852007-07-11T21:07:00.000-04:002007-07-11T21:07:00.000-04:00One way to get the positive thoughts in your head ...One way to get the positive thoughts in your head is to PRETEND. Think about what you want to happen, as Robin says, then PRETEND it's happening, or that some small part is happening, or that you can do what you previously have not been able to do. Then you are focused on it, and it is more likely to happen. Does that make sense?<BR/><BR/>I even verbalize that I am pretending to do or be what I want to do or be better at, and often I get immediate results...enough to make me believe that pretending has worked.Judyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15059140864597091686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-51842234577878296432007-07-11T20:34:00.000-04:002007-07-11T20:34:00.000-04:00Thanks everyone for input. Robin, I know that you...Thanks everyone for input. <BR/><BR/>Robin, I know that you liked ideas from this book - while at the same time being able to see what's funny in it. I value your opinion on the topic. Your way of looking at my chaos problem makes a lot of sense, that "change has to start with a thought." I'm still not sure how to get the right thoughts in my head when it is filled with the wrong ones, but I suppose that is an evolution as well. <BR/><BR/>And Sara, I'll get to work on another DC Drink Night, even if it's just you and me. ;^)MotherReaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11274509991340797264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-23058032248486341002007-07-11T19:39:00.000-04:002007-07-11T19:39:00.000-04:00MR: I would like to "attract" another DC KidLit Dr...MR: I would like to "attract" another DC KidLit Drink Night. Think about it.<BR/><BR/>No, I mean *really think hard* about it. <BR/><BR/>Is this positive thinking thing working at all???Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12225998457253574928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-57857583408728662672007-07-11T19:27:00.000-04:002007-07-11T19:27:00.000-04:00I've watched the DVD a few times. And while some ...I've watched the DVD a few times. And while some of it is a little hokey, I really love the overall message about turning our thoughts around. That's something I've focused a LOT on in the last year or so, and it's made such a tremendous difference in my own happiness and peace of mind. So count me in the favorable aisle.<BR/><BR/>But your question, Mother Reader, about how wishing your house is clean doesn't make it so is a valid one. This isn't about magical thinking, it's about evolution. Change has to start with a thought. I imagine myself in the home I want--without all this clutter I'm looking at right now--and even that thought moves me a little closer to doing something about it. I imagine what it would feel like to be lighter, healthier, etc., and that inspires me to make the necessary changes.<BR/><BR/>Is anyone waving their magic wand? Not in my world. But I've managed to accomplish an awful lot just by behaving as if I'm already that person I intend to be. <BR/><BR/>Now I just need to act as if she lives in an orderly house, and then figure out how she manages that.Robin Brandehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07971393580756079934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-5292999841573130142007-07-11T14:18:00.000-04:002007-07-11T14:18:00.000-04:00Frances Hodgson Burnett has this idea running thro...Frances Hodgson Burnett has this idea running through all her books. She explores the power of positive and negative thoughts to heal in THE SECRET GARDEN, for example, and connects to a concept of God-- "The Big Good Thing", "The Joy Giver". In THE LITTLE PRINCESS she speaks to the idea that noble thoughts can lift one above ignoble circumstances; first in imagination, and then in reality. And in THE LOST PRINCE she expresses her belief that when a person calls out for help, help is given. She references God again-- "Thought Which Knows All"--as well as a paraphrased version of Jesus's "Ask and you shall receive", along with similar New Testament verses.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-84099773986111799462007-07-11T14:00:00.000-04:002007-07-11T14:00:00.000-04:00Have not read the book yet, but have read others l...Have not read the book yet, but have read others like it by some of the contributing authors.<BR/><BR/>On a positive note, if you DO focus on the positive, you might be more likely to experience it... and this may be BECAUSE you are focused on it, you might tune into some opportunities you might otherwise overlook. In general, 'as you think, so shall it be' is an often quoted axiom, and it can't hurt to think positively. <BR/><BR/>Will save other thoughts for tomorrow.Judyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15059140864597091686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-89605564898381436472007-07-11T13:37:00.000-04:002007-07-11T13:37:00.000-04:00Part of my problem with the whole Secret phenomeno...Part of my problem with the whole Secret phenomenon is the part about how if it doesn't work, you didn't focus on it enough. Think about that for a minute, and it starts to get a little evil. You've got cancer and the treatment's not working? It's because you're not focusing on it enough! That sort of thing. Ugh.Emyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02364222250642116170noreply@blogger.com