Healthy Living Books Books

Rating: - So-so
I watched the video, and it was good, with a high production value and a nifty, simple message/technique/philosophy that should be able to slot into your religion. The book is not nearly as good, loosing a lot of the slickness of the video. The basic message of The Secret is a good one, and definitely worth checking out and aligning yourself to, but as books go, I'd pass. I would recommend reading The Fates by Tino Georgiou. I loved it.

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Rating: - I loved it
This book is an inspiration. I started using the ideas in this book on Friday and asked for a small windfall on Saturday. Lo and behold I won £105. I have since asked for parking spaces and other small things which have all materialised. I am toally hooked on this book. I believe in it and when I become a successful multi millionaire I will write another review to let you know how I get on. The power of positive thinking. A few people have given this book negative feedback. My words to them is just try it. It may surprise you.

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Rating: - nonsense
I can't believe I read this book. It is probably the most insulting piece of writing I've come across in a long time. Any pseudo-philosophy that propounds the idea that a person's circumstances are directly manifest from their beliefs/attitudes to life is not only wrong but appalling in the light of the hideous atrocities committed by human beings upon each other throughout history. According to the book, if you are having trouble, you should try your best to believe your problems don't exist, because if you think about them and worry about them, it sends out 'messages' that will attract similar problems to you. Poverty, then, is a result of you focusing on how poor you are, so if you live your life like a rich person you will attract riches. I never read such BS!

It follows, then, that 'cruelty attracts cruelty'. Tell this to the people of Rwanda, Burma, Tibet, Iraq! Tell it to the disabled, to AIDS or cancer victims, to murder victims. Anyone who could even hint that they are responsible for what happened to them must be sick. Even worse, it encourages you not to dwell on such things because you will attract them into your life. So lets all pretend they aren't happening and they will all go away. Don't look at or mix with the poor, the disabled, the overweight, the sad, because it might be catching. It's all about blaming the individual without accepting that society can hurt people as well as protect them. It all seems like Thatcherism dressed up in woolly pseudo-New Age philosophy to me. This book is utter rubbish. I'm sorry I read it - it is now in the bin where it belongs. Read it if you want to, but don't be taken in by it. Please disregard the 1 star I gave 'the Secret', but there isn't an option to give it no stars.

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Rating: - The Secret
Since The Secret first came out there have been dozens of books that follow the key points of manifesting as laid out by Rhonda Byrne. Some clarify. Some add a few new points. However, the basic foundation remains the same.

The overall premise of The Secret is that thoughts magnetize/attract/create matter. Therefore, if we spend all our time worrying that a certain event will come, that we don't have enough of something, or that we will never achieve a certain thing then the universe assumes we want these things and complies. So the more we focus on what we don't want, the more we continue to receive exactly that.

Knowing this key point, we can make real changes to our lives. We can start focusing on the things we actually do want. Then let our positive energy work for us, rather than against us.

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Rating: - Why is it inpossible for people to accept they are responsible for their own happiness?
Last year I was in a situation that I had unwittingly agreed to. What I believed was happening was completely the opposite of the reality. I spent six weeks virtually crying every five minutes. I then woke up one morning and said enough. This is not the real me. The real me is always full of joy and love and can find a lesson in every situation and a reason to laugh. I bought a copy of the Secret and read it non stop. I understood that the concept of the secret is 'What is it that you REALLY want?' Of course the book works on the material aspects of life, because that's what most people believe they want. However the reality of being told you can have any thing your heart desires becomes too much for most people to bear. This is because they really do not know what they want. This book is very confronting as it makes you realize that what you thought you wanted is not really true.

I have seen tremedous change in my life as a result of following the practises set out in this book. I did find a period of time at the begining when I was becomming aware of my thoughts of a quite deep depression as my thoughs were so negative. It seemed as if I was purging myself of my negativity. I am not saying that I now walk on water and that everything is always fantastic, however I will say that when a grey cloud passes by I now have the resouces to handle it wisely and there is always a positive result.