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A friend on my FaceBook recently wrote, "Many people think that the Secret was new materials. That is simply NOT TRUE! Centuries ago people were writing about the Law of Attraction. Scholars in this century have written about the Law of the Attraction..."  Here is my response:

You only have to read the bible and you realise that all personal development material was originated by God and spoken through His Word. Even Genises 1, written by divine inspiration over 4000 years ago contains the very concepts conveyed in The Secret.

The Secret didn't provide any new information (actually I have never heard a speaker who has); what Rhonda Byrne did achieve though is something no other modern day presentor has done ... Rhonda & team packaged the information is such a way that millions of people who had no concept of the Law of Attraction not only wanted to know about it but they actually got the message.

All personal development speakers take the same message that was told to mankind thousands of years ago and they add their own stories and references to it (many substract the bits they don't like!) in hope that their audience will grasp the truth and live an abundant life and build a better world. And as we do, we are lifted to higher levels of understanding and awareness and act more by faith rather than by sight.

We still have so much to do and to learn!

Two people are dead and numerous others hospitalised following a Spiritual Retreat hosted by Secret Teacher, James Arthur Ray.

To view my comments and insights click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgVMNDrFTxs

I received this great email from Maureen Baxter ... thank you for sharing Maureen.

We are not humans beings going through a temporary spiritual experience, we are spiritual beings going through a temporary human experience.

 

THE BUZZARD:

 

If you put a buzzard in a pen that is 6 feet by 8 feet and is entirely open at the top, the bird, in spite of its ability to fly, will be an absolute prisoner. The reason is that a buzzard always begins a flight from the ground with a run of 10 to 12 feet. Without space to run, as is its habit, it will not even attempt to fly, but will remain a prisoner for life in a small jail with no top.  

 

THE BAT: 

 

The ordinary bat that flies around at night, a remarkable nimble creature in the air, cannot take off from a level  place.  If it is placed on the floor or flat ground, all it can do is shuffle about helplessly and, no doubt, painfully, until it reaches some slight elevation from which it can throw itself into the air. Then, at once, it takes off like a flash.

 

THE BUMBLEBEE:

 

A bumblebee, if dropped into an open tumbler, will be there until it dies, unless it is taken out.  It never sees the means of escape at the top, but persists in trying to find some way out through the sides near the bottom..  It will seek a way where none exists, until it completely destroys itself.

 

PEOPLE: 

 

In many ways, we are like the buzzard, the bat, and the bumblebee. We struggle about with all our problems and frustrations, never realizing that all we have to do is look up!  That's the answer, the escape route and the solution to any problem!  Just look up.
 

Sorrow looks back, Worry looks around, but faith looks up!

 

Live simply, love generously , care deeply, speak kindly and trust in our Creator who loves us.

This is written for all people that you might understand and follow the steps to creating your life exactly how you desire it.  This is written for the believing Christian; especially those who are confused with the teachings of The Secret and the Law of Attraction. 

Many Christians have much to say against The Secret; most have never watched it.  They follow what a Pastor or someone else has said without ever studying the Word of God to see what it says.  Ignorance is the primary cause of poverty.  Understand that I do not agree with some of the beliefs of other Secret Teachers - they are non-scriptual and are spiritually, mentally and physically dangerous to entertain. 

Often people quote verses from the bible that lead you to believe that they either have an understanding of the truth or believe the bible.  Yet when questioned these same people are anti-Christ.  You either believe that the bible is true or it's not, God's word is truth or it's a lie.  I believe every word in the bible is true.

I trust these insights will help you gain greater revelation that all people can have abundance and prosperity in the fullest measure.  It is only a choice ... your choice!!

I will probably tell you a lot you already know – A great wise man once said "Be doers of the word, not hearers only, otherwise you deceive yourself." – James 1:22 ... even I don't do what I know at times!

Your mind and body is ALWAYS a reflection of your spirit realm or thought realm. "For as a man thinks in his heart, so is he." – Proverbs 23:7

Ignorance (a lack of knowledge or understanding) leads to worry and doubt, which leads to fear, which leads to depression, lack, poverty in every area of ones life, sickness, even death.

All depression and hopelessness come from the mind being in chaos or lack of order. For example, chaos in our financial thoughts leads to financial lack; chaos in our in our health thoughts lead to disease and sickness; chaos in our vision leads to depression. This may seem logical and simple, but if only the world would grasp it with understanding!

To change our results from lack to abundance, we must first create order in our mind. This was God’s first act of creation: To create order on this formless void planet. (Genesis 1:2)

The Apostle Paul said in Romans that you have to renew you mind - Romans 12:2 "Do not be conformed to this world, fashioned after and adapted to its external, superficial customs, but be transformed (changed) by the entire renewal of your mind, by its new ideas and its new attitude, so that you may prove for yourself what is the perfect, acceptable and good will of God, even the thing which is good and acceptable and perfect in His sight for you."

What Paul was saying is don’t be like the world around you, your present circumstances and environment; but rather change what you think about and focus on, create your perfect life with your God given gift of imagination and hold that image with your will until your mind is renewed, just like God did when He created this world.

"Where there is no vision, the people perish." Proverbs 29:18. No wonder we life in a generation of frustrated people, (click 'Read more...' below to view the rest of this blog)