"The Secret" via Oprah Winfrey & actor Jim Carey

As I've mentioned here before, I think "The Secret" is a lot of fluff and is just putting a new twist on something that can be easily explained.

There are no "universal laws" that make this work.

It has nothing to do with "attraction" We don't attract anything.

We don't put out vibrations that "attract" similar magnetic vibrations.

I hate listening to this "secret" and having people talk about "scientific proof" associated with the theory. There is none.

What we DO have scientific proof of, is how the human brain functions and we understand many things about how it functions at the conscious and the subconscious level.

"Manifestation" can and does happen all the time but only with things that we have total control over and nothing that requires us to "attract" anything into our lives.

Lawrence - Your example of your friend telling you about the FD sign....

There was nothing you or your friend could have done to "attract" that meeting and conversation. It just happened.

Coincidentally, it happened at a time when you had already "programed" your subconscious mind, through your conscious thoughts, to pick up and recognize the opportunity there.

Had you not already been thinking about it, the meeting with your friend would have still happened. You just wouldn't have seen the opportunity there. Nothing "attracted" anything here.

Same thing with Steve. I'm sure that he had the image of the perfect woman already in his head at the subconscious level and understood exactly who she would be.

When their "chance" meeting occurred, it became obvious to him that she was the one because he had already programmed his brain for her.

The human mind is the most powerful force on the planet. We can make it do anything we want it to do and make it believe anything we want it to believe.

When we have clear, consistent thoughts at the conscious level, our subconscious picks up on those thoughts and they become our reality. It drives us into whatever direction we need to go.

Did that make any sense at all? It confused the hell out of me when I reread it :-)

Jim