{"id":266,"date":"2007-02-13T17:26:01","date_gmt":"2007-02-14T01:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/godammit.com\/2007\/02\/13\/the-secret-and-me\/"},"modified":"2007-03-23T17:45:12","modified_gmt":"2007-03-24T01:45:12","slug":"the-secret-and-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/the-secret-and-me\/","title":{"rendered":"The Secret and Me"},"content":{"rendered":"

Forgive me for being behind the curve<\/a>, but now that I\u2019ve heard about \u201c The Secret<\/a>,” I am bursting with excitement, not to mention negative energy. The Secret has been revealed even to those of us who didn\u2019t buy the book or DVD! The Secret to fulfilling all your desires is \u201cThe Law of Attraction,” which has been interpreted to mean \u201cLike attracts like.”<\/p>\n

Does everyone know this already? If so, why wasn\u2019t I informed? Maybe it\u2019s because I\u2019m sending out too much negativity into the universe. Shit. At this point, I don\u2019t think I can change. It\u2019s just the way I roll. Around 20 years ago, someone tried to fix me up with an eligible single man, a surgeon or something. During our first and only phone conversation, he said to me: \u201cI\u2019m sensing a lot of negative energy from you.” I laughed somewhat maniacally and said, \u201cLet\u2019s stop right now, we already can\u2019t stand each other!”<\/p>\n

According to The Secret, \u00a0 you can change your life by matching the vibrational energy of your desires. If you follow these principals, you can start to \u201cmanifest” your desires to achieve a joyous life of prosperity, which is your birthright! \u00a0<\/p>\n

I love the word \u201cmanifest” more than I can possibly express. It has brought me bushels of joy today, even though it has irritated my husband. I guess I have been putting out positive energy without even knowing it!<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t want to seem ungrateful, but I\u2019m thinking that people who buy into this Secret business are too stupid to deserve any sympathy. What leads human beings to look for a Secret? What accounts for their belief that there is one Secret of Existence, and it\u2019s really easy? Looking into this crap has led me to read about Gnosticism<\/a> and Rosicrucians<\/a>, dubious belief systems that at least involved morality. \u00a0 Maybe that\u2019s the key difference in New Age beliefs about self-actualization. You don\u2019t have to do anything good; you just have to cultivate positive energy and wish hard, like Wendy in Peter Pan.<\/p>\n

I think we know what this says about all the world\u2019s poverty and suffering. People in Africa are really, really negative. I am, too, but I am nonetheless hoping to manifest a new pair of wide-leg jeans<\/a> and if I don\u2019t lose my job, maybe even a new car<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"