The Secret was launched globally on March 26, 2006 and I am sure by now you’ve heard about it. Maybe you’ve seen it too.

The Secret is a feature length account of an age old secret, said to be 4000 years in the making, and known only to a fortunate few. The Secret promises to reveal this great knowledge to the world - The Secret to wealth, The Secret to health, The Secret to love, relationships, happiness, eternal youth… The Secret to life itself.

Of course, the information in The Secret is far from new. Earl Nightingale had the same message nearly 50 years ago when he released his program called “The Strangest Secret”, and Napoleon Hill wrote about it in his legendary book “Think And Grow Rich”.

The Secret is simply a dramatisation of The Law of Attraction, one of the Immutable Laws of Nature. My only criticism of this particular DVD is that it focusses too much on wealth creation, as if that were the only important thing in the world. The producers have also taken many liberties in their interpretation of the science behind wave and particle theory, so consider The Secret as your first foray into this fascinating subject. This is one of the most clearly spelled out principles of The Law of Attraction, and if this concept is new to you I’d highly recommend getting a copy.

If you’d like to take the concept a little further, try What the Bleep do We Know?

And finally, once you’ve seen The Secret, here is an analysis of where the producers have taken a little liberty in their interpretations of science: The Real Secret.

Have you seen The Secret? What did you think? Let’s hear your opinion below.

Few people have impacted Christianity in this regard as has Fr. Thomas Keating. A Cistercian monk from St. Benedict’s Monastery in Snowmass, Colorado, Fr. Thomas has spent a lifetime in deep Christian practice, and in sharing the fruits of this contemplation with countless others. In an interview with Fr. Thomas, Ken Wilber presents some of the foundational concepts of Integral Spirituality.

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