*WARNING - RANT ALERT*
Moz has fallen into what I can only describe as a trap.
It's called 'The Secret'. (I call it 'The Poocret')
I've tried to get interested so I could understand the fascination, but every time I try to listen to the CD, watch the DVD or read the book, my stomach starts to roll. I don't know if it's the preponderance of wealthy, white men in the DVD or the ridiculousness of the CD or the ceaseless italics of the book, oh wait, I think I just attracted the answer - It's the whole darn thing.
I can't stand to listen to/read such mindless, HEARTLESS tripe. As someone who grew up in the Baptist church with the idea that we are meant to do good with our lives and to live as God wants us to, I can't wrap my head around a book that is so Godless and selfish. So I've come to a conclusion: What they are pushing is satanism.
The tenet of satanism is 'do what you will'. No thought to the repercussions for others, no concern for helping those who need it, only to get and do what you want to do. No one else matters. That seems to sum up 'The Poocret' in a nutshell.
Even Wicca, a form of witchcraft, prefaces all requests with "IF IT HARMS NONE". Not The Poocret. You want it, baby, you got it.
It's full of damaging ideas: If you're sick, your brought it on yourself. What you ask for, you get. Oh, you didn't want to go to a concentration camp? Oh, sorry, the universe doesn't understand 'don't' so off you go. You didn't believe it enough, you let bad thoughts in, your fault. And don't worry about what others want, this isn't about them, it's about You.
To even touch the book makes my skin crawl, it goes against everything I believe in.
I've tried hard to 'get' it because Moz thinks it's so amazing, but I can't and now that I've tried to read the book, I don't think I want to anymore. It's exactly what I thought it would be. Self-aggrandizing, selfish, self-centred. Life isn't meant to be like that. Life lived like that doesn't mean anything. Build up all the wealth you want, but remember the universe won't let you take it with you and you can't wish yourself immortal.
Only God offers that.
2 comments:
Yeah. It's the power of a positive outlook gone horribly, horribly wrong.
It pisses me off, too.. I guess I thought my way into a miscarriage.. premature birth.. nevermind the infertility to start with.
It aggravates me.
Wow. That sounds like a load of crap. I think I'd have a hard time swallowing something that taught that too. If all you want out of this life is to serve yourself, it will all be meaningless. True happiness is found in helping and making those around us happy.
I'm with you. It would make my skin crawl too.
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