Comments on: Looking for The Secret? http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/do-you-know-anyone-looking-for-the-secret/ Heart of Wisdom Author Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:34:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: LookAgain http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/do-you-know-anyone-looking-for-the-secret/#comment-1140 LookAgain Thu, 21 Oct 2010 06:04:40 +0000 http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/2007/06/18/do-you-know-anyone-looking-for-the-secret/#comment-1140 When I read "The Secret", the main point I got was that positive thinking should be encouraged, negative thinking tends to make things worse. I already ask God what I should do/not do, according to His will. So, what is wrong with combining that with an optimistic attitude? I've noticed that some Christians move from discernment to a spirit of fear. If you spend most of your time obsessing about evil, full of fear, when will you have a moment for God, for love? "Speak (or think!) of the Devil and (sure enough) he appears." When I read “The Secret”, the main point I got was that positive thinking should be encouraged, negative thinking tends to make things worse. I already ask God what I should do/not do, according to His will. So, what is wrong with combining that with an optimistic attitude? I’ve noticed that some Christians move from discernment to a spirit of fear. If you spend most of your time obsessing about evil, full of fear, when will you have a moment for God, for love? “Speak (or think!) of the Devil and (sure enough) he appears.”

]]> By: Joyce http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/do-you-know-anyone-looking-for-the-secret/#comment-1139 Joyce Tue, 04 May 2010 01:20:09 +0000 http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/2007/06/18/do-you-know-anyone-looking-for-the-secret/#comment-1139 Hi Robin! The Secret and the Law of Attraction it teaches is something that is speedily spreading its teachings in the world nowadays, influencing many people in subtle ways until they lose track of what the truth in Christianity is really all about. I myself have been drawn towards it. But the difficulty in standing up against it, is that its promises are so attractive and alluring to people, offering almost an instant solution to any problem we might have. People are attracted to it because: -it is easy -it promises almost everything -it (presumes) that it does not judge Hence, when somebody stands up against it, the one who stands up for the truth will most often appear to be a mere judgmental person condemning people with a different belief. Also, whereas the Secret offers them a power or force they can manipulate at will, they see organized religion with a God that tries to control His people and prevent them from having the power that He has, as though God is selfish and a dictator. People also hear only what they want to hear. And what they hear about the Secret is definitely one thing they wish to continue hearing. We have to pray really hard how to counter this teaching, in such a way that people's hearts would be opened to the truth. They have to see what it is in Christ that they cannot find in the Secret. Hi Robin! The Secret and the Law of Attraction it teaches is something that is speedily spreading its teachings in the world nowadays, influencing many people in subtle ways until they lose track of what the truth in Christianity is really all about. I myself have been drawn towards it.

But the difficulty in standing up against it, is that its promises are so attractive and alluring to people, offering almost an instant solution to any problem we might have. People are attracted to it because:

-it is easy
-it promises almost everything
-it (presumes) that it does not judge

Hence, when somebody stands up against it, the one who stands up for the truth will most often appear to be a mere judgmental person condemning people with a different belief. Also, whereas the Secret offers them a power or force they can manipulate at will, they see organized religion with a God that tries to control His people and prevent them from having the power that He has, as though God is selfish and a dictator.

People also hear only what they want to hear. And what they hear about the Secret is definitely one thing they wish to continue hearing.

We have to pray really hard how to counter this teaching, in such a way that people’s hearts would be opened to the truth. They have to see what it is in Christ that they cannot find in the Secret.

]]> By: tekhelet http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/do-you-know-anyone-looking-for-the-secret/#comment-1138 tekhelet Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:20:23 +0000 http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/2007/06/18/do-you-know-anyone-looking-for-the-secret/#comment-1138 That author and her book are the worst. Makes me mad to read the red flag stuff. Christians need to stay close to G-d, stay in His Word, fix there eyes on Yeshua/Jesus and never take their focus off Him. That author and her book are the worst. Makes me mad to read the red flag stuff. Christians need to stay close to G-d, stay in His Word, fix there eyes on Yeshua/Jesus and never take their focus off Him.

]]> By: Mark | hereiblog http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/do-you-know-anyone-looking-for-the-secret/#comment-1137 Mark | hereiblog Thu, 21 May 2009 19:20:41 +0000 http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/2007/06/18/do-you-know-anyone-looking-for-the-secret/#comment-1137 Good post. My wife and I watched most of this DVD until we couldn't stand it anymore. There seems to be another biblical dilemma. Did the Apostles not know "the secret" yet? Seems like they would have. If so, was their faith so weak that they desired to take upon themselves the physical violence by those who hated Christ? Unto death? If this was the case that they wanted such violent acts did they use "the secret" to attract them? If so, shouldn't we Christians today do like wise by following their example? Just a thought. Good post. My wife and I watched most of this DVD until we couldn’t stand it anymore.

There seems to be another biblical dilemma. Did the Apostles not know “the secret” yet? Seems like they would have. If so, was their faith so weak that they desired to take upon themselves the physical violence by those who hated Christ? Unto death?

If this was the case that they wanted such violent acts did they use “the secret” to attract them? If so, shouldn’t we Christians today do like wise by following their example?

Just a thought.

]]> By: Robin http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/do-you-know-anyone-looking-for-the-secret/#comment-1136 Robin Thu, 19 Jun 2008 06:13:54 +0000 http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/2007/06/18/do-you-know-anyone-looking-for-the-secret/#comment-1136 Michael, I can't believe you just referred to someone as a weak christian. A christian is a christian. One may be a christian longer than another. The Secret is what I've always been taught. I've never abided by it because my faith is weak, obviously. Though it wasnt called "The Secret" when taught, it was called asking God and haveing faith. I am sometimes ashamed of Christians, not all, but the ones who try to find something wrong in everything. The Secret isn't anything new. It is all in the Bible. Let those who want to read it read it and those of you who don't or thinks it is wrong don't read. Simply put. Michael, I can’t believe you just referred to someone as a weak christian. A christian is a christian. One may be a christian longer than another. The Secret is what I’ve always been taught. I’ve never abided by it because my faith is weak, obviously. Though it wasnt called “The Secret” when taught, it was called asking God and haveing faith.
I am sometimes ashamed of Christians, not all, but the ones who try to find something wrong in everything. The Secret isn’t anything new. It is all in the Bible. Let those who want to read it read it and those of you who don’t or thinks it is wrong don’t read. Simply put.

]]> By: Pastor Kelly http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/do-you-know-anyone-looking-for-the-secret/#comment-1135 Pastor Kelly Wed, 02 Apr 2008 07:40:56 +0000 http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/2007/06/18/do-you-know-anyone-looking-for-the-secret/#comment-1135 John I believe you are one of those weaker christians that these people are talking about. You do need to not only read but study the Bible for all it's worth. Satan understood the law of attraction also in the Garden of Eden when he attracted Adam and Eve with the forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. He also said that they would be gods and everything would be theirs. Satan tried to attract Jesus in the wilderness with the law of attraction when he told Jesus to turn stones into bread and jump off the temple etc. and He (Jesus) could have everything if He did. People are right when they say the secret is not new and it's not. It's as old as satan himself. Jesus said to be weary and on the alert because satan comes as an angel of light decieving even the very elect. Jesus said either you're 100% for me or you're against me. He also said that anything that isn't from the Father is not worth having. This book IS NOT worth having or spending your time with. Spend it wisely read and study your Bible. God Bless John I believe you are one of those weaker christians that these people are talking about. You do need to not only read but study the Bible for all it’s worth. Satan understood the law of attraction also in the Garden of Eden when he attracted Adam and Eve with the forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. He also said that they would be gods and everything would be theirs. Satan tried to attract Jesus in the wilderness with the law of attraction when he told Jesus to turn stones into bread and jump off the temple etc. and He (Jesus) could have everything if He did. People are right when they say the secret is not new and it’s not. It’s as old as satan himself. Jesus said to be weary and on the alert because satan comes as an angel of light decieving even the very elect. Jesus said either you’re 100% for me or you’re against me. He also said that anything that isn’t from the Father is not worth having. This book IS NOT worth having or spending your time with. Spend it wisely read and study your Bible. God Bless

]]> By: Michael http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/do-you-know-anyone-looking-for-the-secret/#comment-1134 Michael Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:14:17 +0000 http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/2007/06/18/do-you-know-anyone-looking-for-the-secret/#comment-1134 I want you to look at a post by a very weak Christian who makes assumptions and tries to lead you to believe that this new age philosophy is in line with scripture but does a very poor job of it. I have purposely left in the mis-spellings, not to say that this person is stupid or un-educated but to keep the linear feel of the post: I’m a Christian and I can tell you for a fact the stuff in “The Secret” is real. I’ve been doing it for years and I didn’t even realize it. It really works. While I do not agree with the books saying that we are gods. I do agree with a lot of what is in the book. There really is something to this “Law Of Attraction” thing. Maybe not exactly as the books says. But something close. One of us Christians out there needs to write a Christian version of The Secret. One that puts Jesus in the picture and gives him the praise he deserves. Or it also could be that the law of attraction is a fact itself (as I am typing buttons) and this people is just putting it on a higher level. This doesn’t deny God. God is so good that allows you decide for what you want (or you think you want), this doens’t prevent God operating in your life depending also on the choice you make. Jesus said something about how life is a table full of food at which we can serve ourselves (or something) didn’t he? Isn’t this the law of attraction? Isn’t this the secret? I think that sometimes Christians are blinded by their own cult of the Book. They use the Law as a shield but sometimes they abuse it and as a result of that they can’t see the whole picture like in this case…they just focus on the “no compatibility” issue. …but that’s the same for a lot of Gentiles (baptised, reborn, catolics, atheists, false idols follower, protestant, satanists, bla bla bla) and Jewish people…they all tend to see the worse in other people at some point for self-defence. Just to take this point by point. a. Christians did write a book about this. It is called the New Testament. Reference Matthew 6:19-21, 24 and Matthew 6:25-33. We are told plainly what to focus on. This Christian needs to get more into the Word than these New Age books. b. “Or it also could be that the law of attraction is a fact itself (as I am typing buttons) and this people is just putting it on a higher level. This doesn’t deny God. God is so good that allows you decide for what you want (or you think you want), this doens’t prevent God operating in your life depending also on the choice you make.” Who is this person trying to convince? What does he/she mean by “higher level”? Is there a higher level than God? This gets into a dangerous area that leads people to look outside of the Word for answers instead of seeking God through His Word. This does deny God because the central theme of the book is making yourself a god and to say that God is so good that he allows us to just decide what we want is erroneous at best and heresy at worst. God has already outlined what he wants for us in the scriptures, what we want doesn’t apply and this type of thought should be avoided because of the New Age mentality it focuses on. The Lord will continue to work in our lives as this poster suggests but it will be in a way that leads us back to and more in line with scripture. c. Jesus said something about how life is a table full of food at which we can serve ourselves (or something) didn’t he? Isn’t this the law of attraction? Isn’t this the secret? Now the poster is begging the question and again pulling scripture out of context to try to fit it with the book. d. I think that sometimes Christians are blinded by their own cult of the Book. What cult is this person talking about? What book? The Bible? If this is true then this “Christian” is in more trouble than he/she realizes. If we cannot take the Bible as the Word of God and inspired as said in 2 Timothy 3:16-17 then what are we supposed to take it as? Are we to look in other places for “secret knowledge” as this person seems to have done. This attack on other Christians and the attack on the Bible is a big warning sign that this person is not following the teachings of Christ and is looking to outside sources for guidance. This shows the immaturity of this “Christian”. e. They use the Law as a shield but sometimes they abuse it and as a result of that they can’t see the whole picture like in this case…they just focus on the “no compatibility” issue. …but that’s the same for a lot of Gentiles (baptised, reborn, catolics, atheists, false idols follower, protestant, satanists, bla bla bla) and Jewish people…they all tend to see the worse in other people at some point for self-defence. What “whole picture” are we supposed to be seeing? If a new age book uses scripture to make itself valid to Christians or appear more Christian so that Christians buy it then it does have to pass the “compatability test”. Acts 17:11 Now the Bereans were of more noble character than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true. Sounds like the Bereans had the right idea. It wasn’t enough that Paul had all the outward signs of being a Christian, the Bereans tested every word that he taught them to make sure it aligned with the scriptures. We get a clear warning that most “Christians” these days keep choosing to ignore. 2 Timothy 4:3-4 For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. It seems this person falls in line very well with this scripture. You must continue to guard your hearts against the assault that the secular world is continuing to wage on us. This book and others like it continue to pop up and take Biblical scripture out of context to peddle their own new age garbage. But if you do the “compatibility test” you will see that these books always falls short of what the Lord wants for us. I want you to look at a post by a very weak Christian who makes assumptions and tries to lead you to believe that this new age philosophy is in line with scripture but does a very poor job of it. I have purposely left in the mis-spellings, not to say that this person is stupid or un-educated but to keep the linear feel of the post:
I’m a Christian and I can tell you for a fact the stuff in “The Secret” is real.
I’ve been doing it for years and I didn’t even realize it. It really works.
While I do not agree with the books saying that we are gods. I do agree with a lot of what is in the book. There really is something to this “Law Of Attraction” thing. Maybe not exactly as the books says. But something close. One of us Christians out there needs to write a Christian version of The Secret. One that puts Jesus in the picture and gives him the praise he deserves. Or it also could be that the law of attraction is a fact itself (as I am typing buttons) and this people is just putting it on a higher level. This doesn’t deny God. God is so good that allows you decide for what you want (or you think you want), this doens’t prevent God operating in your life depending also on the choice you make.
Jesus said something about how life is a table full of food at which we can serve ourselves (or something) didn’t he? Isn’t this the law of attraction? Isn’t this the secret?
I think that sometimes Christians are blinded by their own cult of the Book.
They use the Law as a shield but sometimes they abuse it and as a result of that they can’t see the whole picture like in this case…they just focus on the “no compatibility” issue.
…but that’s the same for a lot of Gentiles (baptised, reborn, catolics, atheists, false idols follower, protestant, satanists, bla bla bla) and Jewish people…they all tend to see the worse in other people at some point for self-defence.
Just to take this point by point.
a. Christians did write a book about this. It is called the New Testament. Reference Matthew 6:19-21, 24 and Matthew 6:25-33. We are told plainly what to focus on. This Christian needs to get more into the Word than these New Age books.
b. “Or it also could be that the law of attraction is a fact itself (as I am typing buttons) and this people is just putting it on a higher level. This doesn’t deny God. God is so good that allows you decide for what you want (or you think you want), this doens’t prevent God operating in your life depending also on the choice you make.” Who is this person trying to convince? What does he/she mean by “higher level”? Is there a higher level than God? This gets into a dangerous area that leads people to look outside of the Word for answers instead of seeking God through His Word. This does deny God because the central theme of the book is making yourself a god and to say that God is so good that he allows us to just decide what we want is erroneous at best and heresy at worst. God has already outlined what he wants for us in the scriptures, what we want doesn’t apply and this type of thought should be avoided because of the New Age mentality it focuses on. The Lord will continue to work in our lives as this poster suggests but it will be in a way that leads us back to and more in line with scripture.
c. Jesus said something about how life is a table full of food at which we can serve ourselves (or something) didn’t he? Isn’t this the law of attraction? Isn’t this the secret? Now the poster is begging the question and again pulling scripture out of context to try to fit it with the book.
d. I think that sometimes Christians are blinded by their own cult of the Book. What cult is this person talking about? What book? The Bible? If this is true then this “Christian” is in more trouble than he/she realizes. If we cannot take the Bible as the Word of God and inspired as said in 2 Timothy 3:16-17 then what are we supposed to take it as? Are we to look in other places for “secret knowledge” as this person seems to have done. This attack on other Christians and the attack on the Bible is a big warning sign that this person is not following the teachings of Christ and is looking to outside sources for guidance. This shows the immaturity of this “Christian”.

e. They use the Law as a shield but sometimes they abuse it and as a result of that they can’t see the whole picture like in this case…they just focus on the “no compatibility” issue.
…but that’s the same for a lot of Gentiles (baptised, reborn, catolics, atheists, false idols follower, protestant, satanists, bla bla bla) and Jewish people…they all tend to see the worse in other people at some point for self-defence. What “whole picture” are we supposed to be seeing? If a new age book uses scripture to make itself valid to Christians or appear more Christian so that Christians buy it then it does have to pass the “compatability test”. Acts 17:11 Now the Bereans were of more noble character than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true. Sounds like the Bereans had the right idea. It wasn’t enough that Paul had all the outward signs of being a Christian, the Bereans tested every word that he taught them to make sure it aligned with the scriptures. We get a clear warning that most “Christians” these days keep choosing to ignore. 2 Timothy 4:3-4 For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. It seems this person falls in line very well with this scripture.
You must continue to guard your hearts against the assault that the secular world is continuing to wage on us. This book and others like it continue to pop up and take Biblical scripture out of context to peddle their own new age garbage. But if you do the “compatibility test” you will see that these books always falls short of what the Lord wants for us.

]]> By: dirtysilver http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/do-you-know-anyone-looking-for-the-secret/#comment-1133 dirtysilver Sun, 10 Feb 2008 07:13:31 +0000 http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/2007/06/18/do-you-know-anyone-looking-for-the-secret/#comment-1133 ...or it also could be that the law of attraction is a fact itself (as I am typing buttons) and this people is just putting it on a higher level. this doesn't deny God. God is so good that allows you decide for what you want (or you think you want), this doens't prevent God operating in your life depending also on the choice you make . Jesus said something about how life is a table full of food at which we can serve ourselves (or something) didn't he? isn't this the law of attraction? isn't this the secret? I think that sometimes Christians are blinded by their own cult of the Book. they use the Law as a shield but sometimes they abuse it and as a result of that they can't see the whole picture like in this case...they just focus on the "no compatibility" issue. ...but that's the same for a lot of Gentiles (baptised, reborn, catolics, atheists, false idols follower, protestant, satanists, bla bla bla)and Jewish people...they all tend to see the worse in other people at some point for self-defence. …or it also could be that the law of attraction is a fact itself
(as I am typing buttons) and this people is just putting it on a higher level. this doesn’t deny God. God is so good that allows you decide for what you want (or you think you want), this doens’t prevent God operating in your life depending also on the choice you make
. Jesus said something about how life is a table full of food at which we can serve ourselves (or something) didn’t he?
isn’t this the law of attraction? isn’t this the secret?
I think that sometimes Christians are blinded by their own cult of the Book.
they use the Law as a shield but sometimes they abuse it and as a result of that they can’t see the whole picture like in this case…they just focus on the “no compatibility” issue.
…but that’s the same for a lot of Gentiles (baptised, reborn, catolics, atheists, false idols follower, protestant, satanists, bla bla bla)and Jewish people…they all tend to see the worse in other people at some point for self-defence.

]]> By: John http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/do-you-know-anyone-looking-for-the-secret/#comment-1132 John Tue, 22 Jan 2008 03:53:20 +0000 http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/2007/06/18/do-you-know-anyone-looking-for-the-secret/#comment-1132 I'm a Christian and I can tell you for a fact the stuff in "The Secret" is real. I've been doing it for years and I didn't even realize it. It really works. While I do not agree with the books saying that we are gods. I do agree with a lot of what is in the book. There really is something to this "Law Of Attraction" thing. Maybe not exactly as the books says. But something close. One of us Christians out there needs to write a Christian version of The Secret. One that puts Jesus in the picture and gives him the praise he deserves. I’m a Christian and I can tell you for a fact the stuff in “The Secret” is real.
I’ve been doing it for years and I didn’t even realize it. It really works.
While I do not agree with the books saying that we are gods. I do agree with a lot of what is in the book. There really is something to this “Law Of Attraction” thing. Maybe not exactly as the books says. But something close. One of us Christians out there needs to write a Christian version of The Secret. One that puts Jesus in the picture and gives him the praise he deserves.

]]> By: Caroline http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/do-you-know-anyone-looking-for-the-secret/#comment-1131 Caroline Fri, 07 Dec 2007 16:25:58 +0000 http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/2007/06/18/do-you-know-anyone-looking-for-the-secret/#comment-1131 Hello, My name is Caroline; I'm with a media production company in Baltimore and I thought folks who were disappointed in The Secret might be more interested in our blog. The Euphoria Stream is a video blog made by Lee Boot, who asks the question: In a country built for the pursuit of happiness, is it working? Are you happy? It's a new sort of art-documentary about what makes you (personally) happy. We're trying something new, and we hope it’s thought-provoking and meaningful. Anyway, if you have a minute, check out The Euphoria Stream (and if you are feeling so moved, it would be great if you would leave a comment on the site telling us what you think!) www.theeuphoriaproject.com Thanks! Caroline Hello,

My name is Caroline; I’m with a media production company in Baltimore and I thought folks who were disappointed in The Secret might be more interested in our blog.

The Euphoria Stream is a video blog made by Lee Boot, who asks the question: In a country built for the pursuit of happiness, is it working? Are you happy? It’s a new sort of art-documentary about what makes you (personally) happy. We’re trying something new, and we hope it’s thought-provoking and meaningful. Anyway, if you have a minute, check out The Euphoria Stream (and if you are feeling so moved, it would be great if you would leave a comment on the site telling us what you think!)

http://www.theeuphoriaproject.com

Thanks!

Caroline

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