Comments on: The Truth About the Law of Attraction – Or – “The Secret” is Retarded http://formerslacker.com/blog/2007/02/19/the-truth-about-the-law-of-attraction-or-the-secret-is-retarded/ A Journey to Productivity Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:11:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: The Future of Former Slacker | Former Slacker http://formerslacker.com/blog/2007/02/19/the-truth-about-the-law-of-attraction-or-the-secret-is-retarded/comment-page-2/#comment-194902 The Future of Former Slacker | Former Slacker Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:11:20 +0000 http://formerslacker.com/blog/2007/02/19/the-truth-about-the-law-of-attraction-or-the-secret-is-retarded/#comment-194902 [...] nearly as well received as my more off-the-cuff posts about programming, or resume tips, or even the secret. The truth is that posts that I wrote to be interesting were just boring. The posts I wrote because [...] [...] nearly as well received as my more off-the-cuff posts about programming, or resume tips, or even the secret. The truth is that posts that I wrote to be interesting were just boring. The posts I wrote because [...]

]]> By: aj http://formerslacker.com/blog/2007/02/19/the-truth-about-the-law-of-attraction-or-the-secret-is-retarded/comment-page-2/#comment-177277 aj Mon, 27 Feb 2012 08:44:47 +0000 http://formerslacker.com/blog/2007/02/19/the-truth-about-the-law-of-attraction-or-the-secret-is-retarded/#comment-177277 Hi All , For some reason I have been through this phase i kept thinking about good things i wished about things , i had no clue how m gonna get i just lived my normal life and things keep happening good things , its just so true as m not much educated but i had confidence n inner belief that i will get a good job i applied for it and one day i got it , after 2 years i was not happy n scared of losing job , guess what i got sacked cos some girl complaint against me i dint knew that girl but she came out of no where as irate customer n bang and I dint lose hope i was actually happy as my inner self always wanted to do business and I got a idea from somewhere about some business where investment is ;less so i just started that business and now i am in middle of setting up that business and have no job but i am happy and i positive about making a lot of money in coming years now law of attraction will be true if my business takes off well and by end of the year if i will be satisfied with what my goals are i will come back to this page and edit it and let you all know what happen good luck all trust me this works , it worked for me so far Hi All , For some reason I have been through this phase i kept thinking about good things i wished about things , i had no clue how m gonna get i just lived my normal life and things keep happening good things , its just so true as m not much educated but i had confidence n inner belief that i will get a good job i applied for it and one day i got it , after 2 years i was not happy n scared of losing job , guess what i got sacked cos some girl complaint against me i dint knew that girl but she came out of no where as irate customer n bang and I dint lose hope i was actually happy as my inner self always wanted to do business and I got a idea from somewhere about some business where investment is ;less so i just started that business and now i am in middle of setting up that business and have no job but i am happy and i positive about making a lot of money in coming years now law of attraction will be true if my business takes off well and by end of the year if i will be satisfied with what my goals are i will come back to this page and edit it and let you all know what happen good luck all trust me this works , it worked for me so far

]]> By: Jonatan http://formerslacker.com/blog/2007/02/19/the-truth-about-the-law-of-attraction-or-the-secret-is-retarded/comment-page-2/#comment-169652 Jonatan Sat, 21 Jan 2012 01:51:13 +0000 http://formerslacker.com/blog/2007/02/19/the-truth-about-the-law-of-attraction-or-the-secret-is-retarded/#comment-169652 All I can say is this. The Secret has a point, and is perfectly logical and it makes sense. Everything about it. But, there is one thing that it for some reason does not bring up. And it is called confidence. Confidence and self-esteem are two entirely different things. You can simply NOT think yourself to better confidence, which I have read some followers of the LOA claims in some places. There is a quote that goes To be you must do - Niietzsche (misspelling probably) To do you must be - Kant do be do be do - Frank sinatra This is quite smart. To gain confidence, you must take a risk. You must be willing to accept the fact that the whole fantasy scenario that you have vizualised -MIGHT- not turn out as you WISHED for. Because regarding the future there are simply no easy way outs. There is always a little black hole that no one knows will happen with. Now the secret teaches greatfulness, which is good. Because when you go for the ride, take the ticket and really go all out butt naked to do that thing that you have visualized, and you do not succeed, to get back up again its good to be greatful for something. But still, The secret sais nothing about confidence and this is what me personally believe is dangerous as fuck with this book. I saw the DVD about a year ago, and bought the whole thing. I just got out of the psychiatric hospital diagnosed with severe deppression and panic-anxiety. So, to ACT on your visualizations as they say. Does NOT HAVE TO BE EASY, which they claim. They throw around words such as "easy" all the time in the film and it is ridiculous. Things can very well be really really hard and you have to accept that. You need confidence and you dont just get that. You earn it, for yourself. Its like your own christmaspresent. You go out and do entirely NEW things, and You get rewarded by yourself because of it. So, become whatever you want, set goals, learn that you are not worthless you can actually do whatever you set your mind to do. But, you will need confidence. You will need belief in your own ability, as well as the ability to let yourself cry like a little wimp and accept and chew on those "negative emotions" that the secret so deeply want you to avoid, if you fail. All I can say is this. The Secret has a point, and is perfectly logical and it makes sense. Everything about it. But, there is one thing that it for some reason does not bring up. And it is called confidence. Confidence and self-esteem are two entirely different things. You can simply NOT think yourself to better confidence, which I have read some followers of the LOA claims in some places. There is a quote that goes

To be you must do – Niietzsche (misspelling probably)
To do you must be – Kant
do be do be do – Frank sinatra

This is quite smart. To gain confidence, you must take a risk. You must be willing to accept the fact that the whole fantasy scenario that you have vizualised -MIGHT- not turn out as you WISHED for. Because regarding the future there are simply no easy way outs. There is always a little black hole that no one knows will happen with. Now the secret teaches greatfulness, which is good. Because when you go for the ride, take the ticket and really go all out butt naked to do that thing that you have visualized, and you do not succeed, to get back up again its good to be greatful for something. But still, The secret sais nothing about confidence and this is what me personally believe is dangerous as fuck with this book.

I saw the DVD about a year ago, and bought the whole thing. I just got out of the psychiatric hospital diagnosed with severe deppression and panic-anxiety.

So, to ACT on your visualizations as they say. Does NOT HAVE TO BE EASY, which they claim. They throw around words such as “easy” all the time in the film and it is ridiculous. Things can very well be really really hard and you have to accept that. You need confidence and you dont just get that. You earn it, for yourself. Its like your own christmaspresent. You go out and do entirely NEW things, and You get rewarded by yourself because of it. So, become whatever you want, set goals, learn that you are not worthless you can actually do whatever you set your mind to do. But, you will need confidence. You will need belief in your own ability, as well as the ability to let yourself cry like a little wimp and accept and chew on those “negative emotions” that the secret so deeply want you to avoid, if you fail.

]]> By: angela http://formerslacker.com/blog/2007/02/19/the-truth-about-the-law-of-attraction-or-the-secret-is-retarded/comment-page-2/#comment-136388 angela Mon, 19 Sep 2011 13:23:18 +0000 http://formerslacker.com/blog/2007/02/19/the-truth-about-the-law-of-attraction-or-the-secret-is-retarded/#comment-136388 To put it simply..this debate is also proof that it works...Without a doubt and I do mean without a doubt. Fact: All the believers have experienced it because they beleive 100% Fact: All the non believers haven't exprienced it because they believe less than 100% It doesn't take a genuis to work out why. To put it simply..this debate is also proof that it works…Without a doubt and I do mean without a doubt.

Fact: All the believers have experienced it because they beleive 100%

Fact: All the non believers haven’t exprienced it because they believe less than 100%

It doesn’t take a genuis to work out why.

]]> By: John Connor http://formerslacker.com/blog/2007/02/19/the-truth-about-the-law-of-attraction-or-the-secret-is-retarded/comment-page-2/#comment-128152 John Connor Mon, 01 Aug 2011 07:22:35 +0000 http://formerslacker.com/blog/2007/02/19/the-truth-about-the-law-of-attraction-or-the-secret-is-retarded/#comment-128152 Oh yes, I read the book, followed the steps pictured on my mind what I wanted, concentrated on the positive aspects and this is what happened: 1) Every week I get a check for $10,000 in the mail 2) my penis grew from 6 to 10 inches 3) Lost 40 pounds and I now I have an 8 pack 4) I am dating two Victoria Secrets models at the same time 4) I don't pay taxes, just concentrate on it really hard... It works, if it didn't work for you is because you are not being positive enough and picturing your wishes hard enough Oh yes, I read the book, followed the steps pictured on my mind what I wanted, concentrated on the positive aspects and this is what happened:
1) Every week I get a check for $10,000 in the mail
2) my penis grew from 6 to 10 inches
3) Lost 40 pounds and I now I have an 8 pack
4) I am dating two Victoria Secrets models at the same time
4) I don’t pay taxes, just concentrate on it really hard…
It works, if it didn’t work for you is because you are not being positive enough and picturing your wishes hard enough

]]> By: Daniel http://formerslacker.com/blog/2007/02/19/the-truth-about-the-law-of-attraction-or-the-secret-is-retarded/comment-page-1/#comment-114325 Daniel Tue, 31 May 2011 02:51:19 +0000 http://formerslacker.com/blog/2007/02/19/the-truth-about-the-law-of-attraction-or-the-secret-is-retarded/#comment-114325 First, if you want to be a critic and type a bad reveiw of anything you should spell correctly , in case you did not know it's VICTIMS, not VICTOMS. Secondly, you have missed the whole point of the book/movie. Nobody there has ever claimed that merely wishing something it makes it happen. If you have something in mind that you desire, the universe will give you a course of action to be taken that eventually will lead you into getting the thing that you asked for. It's not all about sitting down and visualize, big part of the work comes from you, the universe can put you on the right track. The way you look at things create your reality, like in the case of the gay guy who used to get bullied : Only focusing on the bad things makes you a magnet to them. That doesn't mean you have to neglect your bills or burdens, but instead of whining about it you should visualize yourself having more money.. Then the universe will give you an idea or create circumstances and open new doors for you, but it's all up to you and your intuition knowing and recognize which road to take. First, if you want to be a critic and type a bad reveiw of anything you should spell correctly , in case you did not know it’s VICTIMS, not VICTOMS. Secondly, you have missed the whole point of the book/movie. Nobody there has ever claimed that merely wishing something it makes it happen. If you have something in mind that you desire, the universe will give you a course of action to be taken that eventually will lead you into getting the thing that you asked for. It’s not all about sitting down and visualize, big part of the work comes from you, the universe can put you on the right track.
The way you look at things create your reality, like in the case of the gay guy who used to get bullied : Only focusing on the bad things makes you a magnet to them. That doesn’t mean you have to neglect your bills or burdens, but instead of whining about it you should visualize yourself having more money.. Then the universe will give you an idea or create circumstances and open new doors for you, but it’s all up to you and your intuition knowing and recognize which road to take.

]]> By: katie http://formerslacker.com/blog/2007/02/19/the-truth-about-the-law-of-attraction-or-the-secret-is-retarded/comment-page-1/#comment-86255 katie Tue, 14 Dec 2010 18:08:20 +0000 http://formerslacker.com/blog/2007/02/19/the-truth-about-the-law-of-attraction-or-the-secret-is-retarded/#comment-86255 I watched 'The Secret' a few months ago... it was a movie?? in all seriousness, it only came across to me as an infomercial.... and a pretty unconvincing one at that lol I watched ‘The Secret’ a few months ago… it was a movie?? in all seriousness, it only came across to me as an infomercial…. and a pretty unconvincing one at that lol

]]> By: Barry the real live Unicorn http://formerslacker.com/blog/2007/02/19/the-truth-about-the-law-of-attraction-or-the-secret-is-retarded/comment-page-1/#comment-82789 Barry the real live Unicorn Sun, 21 Nov 2010 23:35:03 +0000 http://formerslacker.com/blog/2007/02/19/the-truth-about-the-law-of-attraction-or-the-secret-is-retarded/#comment-82789 Hahaaa! Finally a result. I read this review almost four years ago now and I have to say that I too was skeptical of the whole thing because it didn't make sense to me. But I thought I'd give it the benefit of the doubt and try it. I have been concentrating really hard on somebody enlightening me on how it all (LOA) works for quite some time now, and at long last the LOA has proven itself to me! 'Dr. Carlos Garcia-Carranza' (2 posts above) has helpfully shared a direct link to a page where I can buy a copy of his book that explains all that I cannot comprehend. And for only $24! That is proof enough for me - I needed to understand, and now I do! If you are skeptical then you should buy his book, it will make you understand how to understand the LOA. Understand? Good. On a final note, here's just a little more proof to whet your appetite: I am now going to concentrate on you finding this page and reading my comment. Oh yeah, LOA in action baby! Hahaaa!
Finally a result. I read this review almost four years ago now and I have to say that I too was skeptical of the whole thing because it didn’t make sense to me. But I thought I’d give it the benefit of the doubt and try it. I have been concentrating really hard on somebody enlightening me on how it all (LOA) works for quite some time now, and at long last the LOA has proven itself to me! ‘Dr. Carlos Garcia-Carranza’ (2 posts above) has helpfully shared a direct link to a page where I can buy a copy of his book that explains all that I cannot comprehend. And for only $24!
That is proof enough for me – I needed to understand, and now I do!
If you are skeptical then you should buy his book, it will make you understand how to understand the LOA. Understand? Good.
On a final note, here’s just a little more proof to whet your appetite: I am now going to concentrate on you finding this page and reading my comment. Oh yeah, LOA in action baby!

]]> By: neil http://formerslacker.com/blog/2007/02/19/the-truth-about-the-law-of-attraction-or-the-secret-is-retarded/comment-page-1/#comment-71888 neil Sun, 15 Aug 2010 16:57:53 +0000 http://formerslacker.com/blog/2007/02/19/the-truth-about-the-law-of-attraction-or-the-secret-is-retarded/#comment-71888 hi all, i read the whole post, and comments. I just want to say that, people who dont have the complete knowledge and realisation about something, should not post such critising articles or comments. We have advanced so much, but we still lack the truth of existence. The critics here are a bit ignorant. So good creative thinkers should avoid to read this nonsense webpage. hi all,
i read the whole post, and comments.
I just want to say that, people who dont have the complete knowledge and realisation about something, should not post such critising articles or comments.
We have advanced so much, but we still lack the truth of existence.
The critics here are a bit ignorant. So good creative thinkers should avoid to read this nonsense webpage.

]]> By: Dr. Carlos Garcia-Carranza http://formerslacker.com/blog/2007/02/19/the-truth-about-the-law-of-attraction-or-the-secret-is-retarded/comment-page-1/#comment-68633 Dr. Carlos Garcia-Carranza Sun, 20 Jun 2010 18:41:49 +0000 http://formerslacker.com/blog/2007/02/19/the-truth-about-the-law-of-attraction-or-the-secret-is-retarded/#comment-68633 Your review was very interesting. You are are having the same problem 98% of the population has understanding how it all works because you are looking at it from a "it does not make sense to me perspective." In order for this to make some sense you need to read this book: The Millionaire Mindset is Conditioned Reflex http://www.iuniverse.com/Bookstore/BookDetail.aspx?Book=173930 after you read it and I am sure you will understand it...please rewrite your post you are causing a lot of harm to others that are probably not as smart as you. Dr. Carlos Garcia-Carranza Your review was very interesting. You are are having the same problem 98% of the population has understanding how it all works because you are looking at it from a “it does not make sense to me perspective.” In order for this to make some sense you need to read this book: The Millionaire Mindset is Conditioned Reflex
http://www.iuniverse.com/Bookstore/BookDetail.aspx?Book=173930
after you read it and I am sure you will understand it…please rewrite your post you are causing a lot of harm to others that are probably not as smart as you. Dr. Carlos Garcia-Carranza

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