I paid for 'the Secret'
- Thread starter nkhoi
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Incorrect.
Even though it is true that what the secret tells is well known, up to now nobody had put it together in such a beautiful manner. It is a great product for those who can appreciate it.
If 50% of the people who have seen the documentary learn or receive a positive message from it, why would the other 50% who didn't see value in it dismiss it and make a universal claim of it being a con or waste of money or whatever?
In my experience, from those who I have shown or gifted the movie to, invariably (and I am not making this up) the underachievers were the ones who didn't find any value in it.
Not trying to imply anything here, just my personal observation.
I mean just because 50% of the people don't see value in this product, is it fair for them to be called all a bunch of losers by the other side? I don't think so.
I've been conned before and I know when it happens. Example...I purchased new cell phones a few years ago. The salesperson said you can also buy insurance and if you don't use it in 2 years, you get your premium back.
The new phones were expensive and looked fragile. I purchased the insurance thinking if I never use it, I'll get my money back...this is what the man said and I believed him.
I never needed the insurance. I went back to get my insurance premiums and it turns out that the money is not refunded in US dollars. Instead, you are provided with a gift certificate to purchase additional merchandise from the store.
That's a con and it sucked.
I did spend the $25 on The Secret or whatever it was. I've pissed more than that away on beer with friends. While the material was nothing new, it was enjoyable, it does help me and it is up to me to decide if I was conned, not you.
It may be a con for you and that's your decision. Don't generalize your experience for everyone else. You come off sounding like a dip@#%!.
Quote from nkhoi:
the positive though part is well known but the channeling part is too far out for public consumtion. But it need to be told
I just watched it (the free Abraham version), thanks for the link. I'm glad I didn't pay anything for it, but I don't think I wasted my time watching it (once) either.
I came to it having just read Eckhart Tolle's "Now" book and so I was receptive to the sentiments which I probably would have dismissed as new-age mumbo jumbo before. The packaging and back story is not to my taste (as in the Secret has been withheld deliberately for millennia by the cognoscenti - WTF!) but that does not mean there is not some good messages contained within. It chimes with a lot of Buddhist thought too, which I like.
Unfortunately most people seem to take a selfish and materialistic message away - see MindMovies.com for nauseating examples of people wishing unlimited abundance for themselves - and miss the part where to get what you want you first have to know what you really want and fix yourself and your thoughts.
nkhoi's point that the masses aren't ready for the message has always been true - but globally awareness is improving I think (I hope).
Did someone say BE-DO-HAVE yet? That would be my 3-word summary of the whole thing.
Peace.
Ironically, it is those very same "masses" who aren't "ready for the message" that are making the author rich.
BE-DO-HAVE? Scientology, anyone?
I think that a distinction should be made between bibliotherapy and retail therapy. Guess which one I think this book is. (Gosh, I hope that the universe doesn't get angry at me. I hate when that happens.)