So many people have seen The Secret film and “hope” that it’ll work for them. But, despite their wishes nothing has changed. So why is that?

I came across this article which had me captivated from start to end:-

The past few years, with an absolute peak in 2006 as the movie ‘The Secret’ was exposed to hundreds of thousands, an ever growing number of people is slowly waking up to the knowledge that there may just be more to life than the often robot-like existence of daily routines they lead.

With movies like ‘The Secret’ and ‘What the Bleep Do We Know’, and books like ‘The Attractor Factor’ by Joe Vitale and the resurfacing of ‘The Law of Success’ by Napoleon Hill, people increasingly realize that they can have much more success in life, if only they knew ‘the secret’ that all these sources talk about.

Still, although hundreds of thousands of people have seen the movie ‘The Secret’, why are so few people living their ultimate lifestyle? Why aren’t all those people living the success they long for so bad? The success that all these movies promise them? Is there an additional secret to movies like ‘The Secret’?

The obvious answer is ‘yes’. If there weren’t, every person having seen the movie ‘The Secret’ would be living the lifestyle of their dreams, would be ‘attracting’ everything they long for, and would be ‘manifesting’ everything they desire into their lives ‘without any conscious effort’.

At least, isn’t that what you would think after watching movies like ‘The Secret’?

Let me tell you what the problem is, what is also the cause of so many people still not achieving their desires and dreams, and what is also the additional ’secret’ or ‘edge’ to the movie ‘The Secret’ and others. The problem rests in a psychological phenomenon called ’selective retention’.

In simple terms, ’selective retention’ means that you only remember the things you want to hear. In other words, you filter out the things you’d rather not hear. Let’s relate this to the contents of movies like ‘The Secret’ and other films and books with regard to this subject.

What we can agree upon is that all these movies like ‘The Secret’ and books like ‘The Attractor Factor’ are about a Universal Law called ‘The Law of Attraction’. According to the Law of Attraction, you can supposedly attract and manifest anything you want or desire into your life, based on what you focus your thoughts.

That’s the secret, according to the movie ‘The Secret’.

What I can tell you upfront is that the Law of Attraction is real, but only to an extent. There are very important nuances to its application, which movies like ‘The Secret’ either don’t tell you about, or which you filter out through the psychological process of ’selective retention’.

The actual nuances and details of the application of the Law of Attraction are a subject to be discussed at another time and another place. For now, it’s important to realize and acknowledge the one thing that most people are missing from movies like ‘The Secret’ and the whole range of other products dealing with the Law of Attraction.

You see, movies and books dealing with the Law of Attraction often overemphasize the word ‘effortless’. You are led to believe that you can attract things and manifest things into your life without any conscious effort from your side.

Quite likely, ‘effortless’ is exactly what you want to hear. Who wouldn’t like to do nothing while bringing about the most profound changes? People are hardly ever satisfied with their circumstances, so they desire change.

However, although they desire change, at the same time they resist change. Sounds like a paradox, but it’s true. Because as soon as any effort is required to actually make the change they desire come about, or to overcome the resistance experienced to make that change come about, people ‘cop out’. Do you recognize that?

Maybe you do, or maybe you don’t. But that’s exactly why so many people don’t achieve any success, although they’ve seen the movie ‘The Secret’ and supposedly know about ‘the secret’.

Through their ’selective retention’, the only thing that they remember and engrain is that ‘no effort is required’, and they filter out the part that says they should actually take inspired action. As a consequence, many people think that if they just think positively and try to focus on positive emotions most of the time, everything they desire will magically manifest into their lives while they’re sitting on the couch watching movies like ‘The Secret’ and ‘What the Bleep Do We Know’.

They think suddenly some distanced relative they never heard of before in their lives, will leave them a legacy of millions of dollars while they’re eating potato chips and ice cream, as they keep on watching the movie ‘The Secret’.

Or they visualize themselves as a Scrooge McDuck-equivalent, swimming around in a pool of money. Perhaps they include the Money Bin too. And they expect a big bag of money to fall out the sky.

As a side-effect, they get bigger and unhealthier, and more and more miserable because nothing happens to make their lives better. Apparently, even a movement has come about that believes that you can apply the Law of Attraction to create a body they’ve always dreamed about. They think they’ll look lean and muscular without effort through ‘attracting’ their dream bodies by visualizing how they want to look. I kid you not.

Let’s reintroduce some common sense. Butt sitting never got anyone anywhere. The Law of Attraction that the movie ‘The Secret’ and other sources are about is real, but to reap its benefits and seize its fruits, you need to know how to apply it in your life, and you need to know the nuances to its application.

You can’t just start thinking positive thoughts and feeling positive emotions and wait for all your desires to magically pop up while doing nothing. That’s the missing link to achieving your success from the knowledge of the movie ‘The Secret’ and other films and books. The true secret is ‘inspired action’.

Doing nothing doesn’t help you. You need to act. You can get clear on your intention and then go do something else to get your mind off it. It’s during those moments of ’silence’, the moments that you’re not obsessed with what you want, that you suddenly get ideas, inspirations, hunches and so on. You must act on those inspirations.

The ‘act of acting’ alone will make you turn on the switch of the Law of Attraction, so to speak. Then, through an interplay of other Universal Laws that the movie ‘The Secret’ and a whole range of books on the Law of Attraction forget to mention, the Universe will start rearranging itself according to your thoughts, emotions and actions. You’ll get new ideas, meet new people, stumble upon new knowledge, and so on, all of which you can use in your actions that lead you to your envisioned goal step by step, through a chain of events.

And that’s how the changes you desire come about.

Your job is to recognize what exactly to act upon. For that, you need to know exactly how the Law of Attraction works in reality, in conjunction with other Universal Laws, and how things actually manifest into your life so you actually recognize your opportunities. There’s not a great number of other Universal Laws, only a few main Universal Laws that automatically cover all minor and subsidiary Universal Laws.

By understanding the nuances of the application of the Law of Attraction in conjunction with some few other universal principles (or Laws) as boundary conditions, you can make all your dreams come true. You just need to overcome your ’selective retention’ and acquire the knowledge of just the few additional nuances you must understand to really achieve the things that the movie ‘The Secret’ and others talk about.

True enough, it does require some effort, but by applying these Laws correctly you make the Universe work with you, instead of against you. And as you ‘get the hang’ of this application, the conscious effort required from you will keep on decreasing.

But you’ll always need to act. Nothing is going to happen if you don’t act. That’s the additional secret to the movie ‘The Secret’. You just need to learn how to bring those inspirations about, how to recognize them, and then what to act upon.

And there are simple ways to do that.

Welcome to the Revolution.

====== Nicholas P. Kidd and Henk J.M. Schram are the instigators of the alleged ‘Great Revolution’, which provides the members with truthful instructions regarding the universal principles of life. The Revolution is receiving increasingly widespread attention for its straightforward explanations and instructions with regard to complex issues, which are made understandable for people from all walks of life. In essence, the true secrets of the ‘Law of Attraction’ and the other ‘Universal Laws’ are explained in much clearer and practical ways than the ‘enigmas wrapped in riddles’ that usually characterize the descriptions of the Law of Attraction and its application. More information on the Great Revolution, on joining and on the ‘universal principles of life’ (the true ‘Universal Laws’) can be found at Revolutioniz ======

I hope you enjoyed the article as much as me.

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I visited the British International Motor Show on Saturday as part of my process for helping the Law of Attraction (you will have heard about this in The Secret) work in my life.

For it to work for me I need more than just thought. I need to see and feel, to smell and live the things that I want in my life. So a visit to see some of the best cars in the world makes perfect sense. But that’s not the point of this post…

There is so much more to The Secret than first appears obvious. It is possible to attract anything you want into your life and the best way is to start small and build your belief that it works.

In my free report – The Best Four Letter Word – FREE download at top right of this page – I give three examples of this working in my life long before I had any idea what was really happening. On Saturday, I noticed some incredible things, even though I wasn’t trying. It all comes naturally to me now. The difference is that now I know why these things occur.

Let me ask you some questions:

• Do you find people are always polite and helpful to you?
• Do people always smile when they meet you? I mean, ticket collectors, service staff, stewards etc.
• Do people go out of their way to help you, without you asking?

Whether you realise it or not, you control those things.

I always have a big smile and a few words to say to everyone. Not about the weather but something personal to them.

The response is brilliant. I get upgrades, I get special service, I get extra help but above all I get smiles. The benefit to me is I feel happier and good about myself. And that starts the attraction process. The next person I meet is already pleased to meet me.

Tills open and I get called to the front of the line. Coincidence? You may think so but I know differently.

Give it a try. I promise you it works.

On Saturday I had a great time with about 8 people I’d never met before. They all went out of their way to give me extra help.

• Instead of just pointing “it’s over there” I was escorted where I wanted to go.
• Rather than being left to collect the jacket I left behind, I was remembered and found amongst hundreds of people.
• Instead of a grunted thanks I had a great laugh & joke with people who looked bored & disinterested in their jobs.

Most people would just walk straight past the ticket collector. They would never have any interaction and would not fire themselves or the other person up with a smile.

It takes only about 20 seconds to make someone feel great. And you’re the ultimate beneficiary. How good is that?

Another persons attitude is a reflection of your own.

Now here’s my revelation about The Secret and the Law of Attraction in general.

For years I’d stand in front of the mirror in the morning repeating my affirmations and waiting for my life of wonder to appear.

Strange it never did.

Jobs offers appeared, business opportunities came and went but that earth shattering change in my fortunes remained elusive.

In the Secret Movie (you can watch part of the movie below) we are told that really successful people kept the secret to themselves so that others couldn’t copy what they were doing.

It didn’t matter – nor would it today.

That’s because most people will never do anything with the information even when they know the secret!

The Secret will not work on its own. It needs action. It needs each of us to do something other than chant affirmations, think positive thoughts or focus on what we truly want.

Sure, without those ingredients what you want may never arrive but even with them unless you take action nothing will ever change.

So start small, attract a few great people into your life. Take some positive action, smile and say a few kind words and really mean them.

The secret law of attraction really isn’t such a secret!

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