Where does The Secret get it right? Part 4

I’ve heard it said different in different ways: The person you become is easily predicted by the books you read, the people you associate with, the media you consume. The sources we allow access to our minds without the filters up (should we ever allow uncritical access?) shape us.

Why does a book, highlighted by Oprah, become a best seller? Because she is an influencer, second to pretty well no one in the world today. People respect her, and believe that her opinion is right. Whether you and I agree with her or not is irrelevant; many do, and so her opinions become their opinions.

Whose opinion do you believe is right, just because it’s their opinion? Your parent’s? Best friend’s? Some spiritual leader’s or author’s, your horoscope, a celebrity’s? What if they’re wrong? What you and I think is the result of who and what we have allowed in. And what we think is a huge piece of who we are.
It takes a lot of mental energy to dig in and develop our own opinions rather than just uncritically adopting the opinions and convictions of others. In fact, to be honest, all of us have synthesized opinions which are based on our life context, including the views of others, with greater or lesser portions of original thought injected into the mix.

So, again, I agree with The Secret that what we think is huge. But ironically, many have adopted the book wholesale without actually thinking for themselves.

Where does The Secret get it right? Part 3

While I don't buy the idea that your thoughts explain everything about you and that they bring every good or bad event into your life, which is what The Secret teaches, who can help but agree with the idea that what we think is very, very important?

Your thinking doesn’t explain everything that goes on in your life or in the world- even if your thoughts affect things, hopefully there’s someone else out there thinking besides you and also affecting reality, so it's not all you- but your thinking does explain a lot about you and me and it truly shapes us in some measure.

What you believe affects the decisions you make, which brings about the outcomes you experience. It is not 100% cause and effect, there are other factors besides your thinking, but there is a link between our thoughts and our experiences. Even the Big Black Book says that transformation takes place via the renewing of your mind.

So, Secret people, I agree, what you think is important. It’s not the whole deal, but it is a big part of our lives.