The Secret...

I'm not usually a fan of the books/infomercials/presentations/etc about how to be successful - most of them are just hooey. However, after taking my CPM class, some things have become a bit clearer for me to explain to others. Last night Kerstin and I watched a film that I had seen in class called 'the secret'

I find that the cinematography of the film to be well-done (i.e., it fit to the story well) even if the message was a bit 'too much' for me. The main theme that they discuss in the film is called "The Law of Attraction" - if you want something enough, your thoughts will manifest themselves into that object, i.e., fulfilling your dreams. In other words, the universe will provide. Personally, this manifestation part is hard to swallow. My view is that opportunities/contacts/connections are flying by us all the time - one fellow CPM student described it like the starfield zipping past the Enterprise in the opening sequence of the original Star Trek series - each star was an opporunity/connection. By visualizing the object of your dreams, I don't think you manifest anything - rather, I think you become aware of the opportunities/contacts/connections that can help you achieve your goal. You can then pick out the next step that will help you towards achieving your goals. Same result, different way of expressing that, for me, doesn't seem so cultish.

"You become/attract what you think about most"
"Whatever you're thinking and feeling today is creating your future"