Getting to Know The Secret
By Elena Shoval
Many people nowadays are talking about the movie
The Secret. Why is this film so popular? Maybe
because it works
Six months ago a friend of mine sent me a link, and
recomended I watch a new and sensational film called:
The Secret. I think very highly of this friend, and know
she would never waste my time on something worthless,
so I took her advice, opened the link and found myself
mesmerized.
The film reveals a "secret" that called "the Law of Attraction",
which "traveled through centuries to reach you", according to
the film. The film is made up of short dramatized experiences
and interviews by specialists, spiritualists, authors, feng-shui
masters, and moneymaking experts, all sharing stories of
personal transformation. They all aim to demonstrate how the
Law of Attraction works in this universe, and how it can work
for each and every one of us.
According to this Law, people experience the corresponding
manifestations of their predominant thoughts, feelings, words,
and actions, and therefore have direct control over reality
and their lives through thoughts alone. A person's thoughts
(conscious and unconscious), emotions, beliefs and actions attract corresponding positive and negative experiences. There for, if you act upon the notion that you can and want to get rich - eventually this is exactly what will happen: You will attract abundance and wealth into your life. On the other hand, if you act upon the notion that you will always be poor - you will continuously attract poverty and deprivation into your life.
Where does The Secret come from?
After watching the The Secret, I discovered it was created by Rhonda Byrne, an Australian television producer, who lost her father a number of years ago, and went through a series of events that took her to breaking point.
"One day I woke up and received one phone call after another reflecting the disintegration of relationships with my team and my friends," Byrne says. "Then my accountant called and told me we'd run such a loss that year I'd be broke in a month, and we still had two films to complete. As if that wasn't enough, I got a phone call from my mother who said she didn't want to go on living. She missed my father so much that every day was unbearable. I understood, but I couldn't bear the thought of her not being there."
A chat with her daughter Hailey, then 24, pulled her together. Seeing her Mother's despair, she handed her a pile of photocopied papers, and told her to read them. Hailey had given her mother a copy of The Science of Getting Rich, by Wallace Wattles from 1910. "It lit a fire in me," says Byrne. "It was exactly the opposite of the way I thought life worked."
Byrne spent the next few weeks tracing Wattles' philosophy, discovering its roots, and decided to create a TV show about it. The result was The Secret, a film consisting of interviews and dramatisations related to "The Law of Attraction , which Wattles talks about in his book.
Although the film was made for Channel Nine in Australia, after viewing the completed version, they chose to not broadcast it. Apparently, they didn't think it would have mass appeal.
Eventually the movie was distributed through DVD, books and online, attracting the interest of media figures such as Oprah Winfrey , Ellen DeGeneres and Larry King , alongside criticism from the mainstream press. Soon enough, the film was advertised on the Internet by way of tease advertising and viral marketing techniques. In addition, Prime Time Productions > grants written permission to individuals or companies, so that they can provide free screenings to public audiences.
Ever since, The Secret is distributed through email, and discussed in forums, websites, and chat rooms all over the world, and is recognized as having a broad and varied impact on culture. It is also, of course, the source of many debates. Many fans believe the law of attraction works for them and think they should distribute everywhere, and there are many who critisize it's ideas and call it a fraud.
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By Elena Shoval
Many people nowadays are talking about the movie
The Secret. Why is this film so popular? Maybe
because it works
Six months ago a friend of mine sent me a link, and
recomended I watch a new and sensational film called:
The Secret. I think very highly of this friend, and know
she would never waste my time on something worthless,
so I took her advice, opened the link and found myself
mesmerized.
The film reveals a "secret" that called "the Law of Attraction",
which "traveled through centuries to reach you", according to
the film. The film is made up of short dramatized experiences
and interviews by specialists, spiritualists, authors, feng-shui
masters, and moneymaking experts, all sharing stories of
personal transformation. They all aim to demonstrate how the
Law of Attraction works in this universe, and how it can work
for each and every one of us.
According to this Law, people experience the corresponding
manifestations of their predominant thoughts, feelings, words,
and actions, and therefore have direct control over reality
and their lives through thoughts alone. A person's thoughts
(conscious and unconscious), emotions, beliefs and actions attract corresponding positive and negative experiences. There for, if you act upon the notion that you can and want to get rich - eventually this is exactly what will happen: You will attract abundance and wealth into your life. On the other hand, if you act upon the notion that you will always be poor - you will continuously attract poverty and deprivation into your life.
Where does The Secret come from?
After watching the The Secret, I discovered it was created by Rhonda Byrne, an Australian television producer, who lost her father a number of years ago, and went through a series of events that took her to breaking point.
"One day I woke up and received one phone call after another reflecting the disintegration of relationships with my team and my friends," Byrne says. "Then my accountant called and told me we'd run such a loss that year I'd be broke in a month, and we still had two films to complete. As if that wasn't enough, I got a phone call from my mother who said she didn't want to go on living. She missed my father so much that every day was unbearable. I understood, but I couldn't bear the thought of her not being there."
A chat with her daughter Hailey, then 24, pulled her together. Seeing her Mother's despair, she handed her a pile of photocopied papers, and told her to read them. Hailey had given her mother a copy of The Science of Getting Rich, by Wallace Wattles from 1910. "It lit a fire in me," says Byrne. "It was exactly the opposite of the way I thought life worked."
Byrne spent the next few weeks tracing Wattles' philosophy, discovering its roots, and decided to create a TV show about it. The result was The Secret, a film consisting of interviews and dramatisations related to "The Law of Attraction , which Wattles talks about in his book.
Although the film was made for Channel Nine in Australia, after viewing the completed version, they chose to not broadcast it. Apparently, they didn't think it would have mass appeal.
Eventually the movie was distributed through DVD, books and online, attracting the interest of media figures such as Oprah Winfrey , Ellen DeGeneres and Larry King , alongside criticism from the mainstream press. Soon enough, the film was advertised on the Internet by way of tease advertising and viral marketing techniques. In addition, Prime Time Productions > grants written permission to individuals or companies, so that they can provide free screenings to public audiences.
Ever since, The Secret is distributed through email, and discussed in forums, websites, and chat rooms all over the world, and is recognized as having a broad and varied impact on culture. It is also, of course, the source of many debates. Many fans believe the law of attraction works for them and think they should distribute everywhere, and there are many who critisize it's ideas and call it a fraud.
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Seneca
"Wealth is
the slave of
a wise man,
and the master of a fool"
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BC-65 AD) was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist.
the slave of
a wise man,
and the master of a fool"
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BC-65 AD) was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist.
"The working class may become the master class whenever they will begin to do things in a certain way. The law of wealth is the same for them as it is for
all others"
all others"
Giordano, The death of Seneca (1684)