October 22, 2010

The Strange World Of The Secret

By Karen Blanks

The Secret is the title of a motion picture which released in 2006. It was a production by Prime Time Productions of Melbourne, Australia. The prime objective of a film is to promote or bring forward a thought or concept which the scriptwriter deems necessary to be noticed. Here, the concept is 'optimistic thinking'. This is similar to the law of attraction, affirming the idea that a person may fulfill his or her desire if he can wish and pursue it badly enough.

Unlike other conventional movies, this one was marketed simply through DVDs and was distributed over the internet. It won a lot of popularity among the famous talk-show hosts of America, like Larry King, Ellen DeGeneres and Oprah Winfrey. However, the film also had to face some criticism.

The film has been created in the form of a documentary, and many people have called it a 'self-help' movie. We have already mentioned that it makes use of the law of attraction, and the power of the human emotion. The movie also mentions the fact that influential people who have used the law, tend to hide it from others.

The series of interviews are of people from different walks of life from medicine, physics, psychology, metaphysics, and finance to theology and personal development. Such diversity is required when commenting on a general topic as this.

The matter was also addressed in a book named 'The Secret' , published by Simon & Schuster publishing house in 2006. The book reached the number 1 spot on the New York Times bestseller list. Other similar nooks on cosmic ordering and self help also gained from its success by acquiring boosted sales graphs.

The author of the book, Rhonda Byrne said that she was inspired to write 'The Secret' after reading 'The Science of Getting Rich' by Wallace Wattles published in 1910.

The principle of the Law of Attraction is endorsed and encouraged by many people. We cannot name them all, but mention can be made of some of the people who were shown in the film, like, Jon Assaraf, James Arthur Ray, Bob Proctor, and so on. Esther Hicks has contributed a lot to the making of the film. Here, we must say, that there were many people, who spoke about concepts analogous to the one of the Law of attraction, but they did not say the exact expression during their interviews.

The very famous American talk-show host Oprah Winfrey talked about 'The Secret' in two or three episodes of her show. This is a very clear indicator of the film's success around the globe. The film also reached the number one spot in the Amazon DVD chart, in March 2007. Thud we can see very clearly, that film as well as the book, have gained huge amounts of admiration and popularity.

'The Secret' can be said to be an alternative kind of documentary soliciting the fact that the hugely evolved human mind is capable of controlling the outcome of any decision that we may make if only the power of the mind is aptly regulated and properly utilized. The reason may not be known to us as of now since we are not aware of all the whys and wherefores of the universe but wise men tell no tales.

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