I just finished the book, The Secret by Rhonda Byrnes. As I started reading it a few days ago, I was really excited about it’s message of the law of attraction. All the presenters, including one of my favorite authors, Lisa Nichols, were really convincing and inspiring. Now, after having finished the book last week and having some time to think about this “secret”, I was bothered by all the examples of asking for wealth for no other reason than to be rich and have a lot of toys. It seemed a little ego oriented.
Then I thought more about the concept, went back and read parts over, thought back on how things were brought about about in my own life over the years, and made one fantastic discovery when I said to my husband, “You should read this book. It’s how I lived my life. It’s why I’m married to you.”
My fantastic discovery? “The Secret” is just PRAYER in action. It’s not called prayer because of the ego orientation. People who pray, using the tools taught in the book, rarely ever pray for something that doesn’t benefit someone else or make themselves a better person. I can’t see myself praying for a million dollars unless I was going to use it to build something to help the unfortunateness all around us today. When it came to money, all my life I just asked God for “just enough” for the few things I wanted to do for my family in my small life. And, according to the book, that’s exactly what I got.
When I tell people I had my life planned out from 9 years old, they can’t believe it, but I’ve always prayed and visualized my future job, spouse, home, children, education, money, etc. And just what I asked for by praying and visualizing and believing, was just what I got.
There is a second book out to The Secret called The Power. I immediately went to my kindle to find it, and just below it was a book that I intrigued me more, called Beyond the Secret by Lisa Love. Just what I was looking for – a book that explores “the secret” in a spiritual realm – hence – prayer. I am anxious to begin this book and see where it goes.
The Secret, the law of attraction, or prayer, it all works – just be careful what you ask for ….many times it doesn’t work out like you thought it would after you received it. Be judicious in your motives and intentions.
And so, as another day goes by, maybe the secret is that it’s really a SNOWY day in NY just made for reading, and….I have written.
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