so there's a new fad in town. it's called "the secret." i haven't watched the dvd, but i have heard alot about it. it's everywhere. on the internet, on popular secular television programs, like oprah and ellen (not too surprising actually), at my work, in the lives of my extended family, 
and in my dreams. it's like i am being totally exposed to this secret. hmm...some secret. i guess it's this thought that if you constantly think it, it will happen, no matter if it's bad or good. so why hasn't anyone flown, or ruled the world with such great power and authority, besides satan? i know it's a crock, but it's insane how so many people believe it. why would you want to depend on yourself for every single thing, and be responsible for everything that happens or doesn't happen to you? how stressful it would be to think it would be your fault. your life depends on your thoughts. think positive and your dreams will come true. that sounds like a big headache to me. i guess it's pretty easy to fall into this mind set. we're humans. we're down right selfish and satan knows that he can totally mess with that. whatever it takes to get your mind off of what really matters, which is Jesus, he will. he has with people that i know. i guess i should look at this as an opportunity. there is definitely some significance to this circumstance, and i am truely ready for it.
Monday, February 12, 2007
"the secret"
Posted by jami at 7:54 PM
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i was going to actually blog about this too. i saw the oprah show that was about this and i had to laugh. some truth mixed in with a whole lotta rubbish, isn't that the way it always works. it was a pretty interesting panel of guru's that she had up there talking about the answer to life.
this same kind of philosphy runs in church circles too, it's called the "believe and recieve" theology. i am thinking that it really isn't a secret at all and that it has been around for a long time and like you said it is the religon of me,myself, and i.
oh yeah, good point to all of this is that it is an awesome oppurtunity for those that are searching to really start asking some bigger questions. you are right about that.
Self-sufficiency & humanism... a couple of ideas Gene Roddenberry posited w/the Star Trek series - in his future, humankind had overcome many of the issues that plague us (poverty/inequitable distribution of wealth,) many health issues, injustice, & many other things using education, human thought, & good intenttions as the means of deliverance...
I'm guessing that those selling the special knowledge (so called mysteries) of the secret are banking on the same false premise...
Thanks for blogging again - I enjoy reading what you are thinking about.
Also, I would differentiate a "believe & receive doctrine" from a "whatever I name, I will claim" usually meaning the accumulation of material wealth & specific possessions.
As an example of this differentiation: You could classify Romans 10:9,10 9For if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by confessing with your mouth that you are saved as an example of the "believe & receive" doctrine.
The "whatever I name, I will claim" may be something along the lines of "God wants me to drive a Mercedes, so I'm going to confess it over & over again until He gives it to me." To me, this lines up better with the "secret".
"If I can conceive it and believe it, I shall receive it!" :-)
thanks for the clarification of theology louie.
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