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Reader2307 “The Secret to the universe is the law of attraction. This means that whatever you think about will manifest.

There are many holes in the theory behind The Secret. The first being that Byrne fails to address opposing wills. Imagine a woman excited for a ‘girls night out’ evening with her friends. Throughout the week she has been thinking positive thoughts about the outing and how well it will go and how relaxing it will be after a tough week at work. Now, imagine a sexual predator whose hunting ground is the bar where our imaginary woman is meeting her friends. This sexual predator has been imagining throughout the week how he will drug and attack a woman and get away with it. Unfortunately for our imaginary woman she falls prey to the sexual predator. According to The Secret this would have happened because our imaginary woman did not think enough positive thoughts about the outing and even subconsciously could have been attracting the attack towards her by packing pepper spray in her handbag. Seriously. In chapter two we are told all the terrible historic events we can think of happened because all the victims were somehow vibrating on the same negative frequency.

Let that sink in.

Another thing Byrne and her cohorts fail to consider is the benefits of endurance in the face of obstacles. According to The Secret anything that you do that feels difficult is a sign you are operating against the natural flow of the universe. Imagine if JK Rowling (pre-cancel culture) had believed in The Secret? She would have given up after her 12th rejection by a publisher and would be a billion dollars poorer today.

Maybe I’m being a Negative Nelly. Maybe we should eliminate the existence of opposing wills and obstacles. Fine. Let’s do that. Imagine a couple who believes they will have children. Even before they met each other and got married they would imagine their future family. Unfortunately for this couple unassisted pregnancy is not a viable option and they must consider IVF. Why did this happen? Why did decades of imagining cute children not result in an easier fertility journey? Anyway, our imaginary couple can afford IVF. There are no financial obstacles. Their doctor is positive (emphasis on positive) about their chances about conceiving in this manner and is eager to add yet another glowing testimonial to the clinic’s website. Still, our imaginary couple fails to conceive. Why did this happen? Why did the addition of a third positive person and enduring belief of our imaginary couple not result in successful conception? What would Byrne and her cohorts say to this couple?

In addition to my arguments above, there are other problems with this book. It’s just one long collection of repetitive quotes. I also suggest that if you have any type of religious inclination that you avoid this book. It also contains purposeful distortions of Christian scripture which are not only deliberately misleading but that also make no sense. How does any self-respecting philosopher (I imagine this is how Byrne markets herself) quote a text in one sentence only to contradict it in the next all the while claiming to support the text they quoted? I’m speaking specifically about her interpretation of Mark 11:24 which reads,”So I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.” Byrne conveniently sums this up as ask, believe, receive but goes on to explain that you are asking the benevolent Universe for abundance and believe that You are the creator of all that flows to you and receive all You wish. Other than the fact that Christians believe in a benevolent God that is the creator of all why on earth would You as ultimate creator (according to Byrne) need any type of help from any thing, even the Universe?

Lol. I can’t. I don’t even have the energy to sum up this review neatly. Just don’t buy this book.”