Deepti Verma
Jul 23, 2017 · 4 min read

What the Book ‘The Secret’ Didn't Tell You....

Rhonda Byrne’s book and documentary ‘The Secret’ changed the perspective of the world. All of a sudden, from the west to the east, people became optimistic and started applying the Law of Attraction to get that which they desired to change their reality.

For those who believed and experimented, much to their surprise, their thoughts did turn into things. After successfully conquering their wishes with the beginner’s luck, soon, they started applying the Law of attraction to get bigger things in life as explained in the book. Much to their surprise, sometimes they got and sometimes they didn’t — making them question the theory in the book.

“Does positive thinking alone can turn our thoughts into things? Give us that which we desire? Help us manifest things that we really really want?”

Well, positive thinking is a great step when it comes to manifesting things, however, it is the beginning and the basic step towards manifestation. Moving forward, there are more steps before you reach your goal, and these steps is precisely what the book ‘secret’ misses.

The Book Secret is Effective but Deficient

Staying positive and excited about our desires is a healthy start to turn them into our reality. After all, it is a prerequisite to Law of Attraction. It can let us have what we want (small or even big for some people), but not always and not consistently.

Not just me, the timely betrayal by Law of Attraction have been experienced by all of us across the world. We blame ourselves for getting offtrack but what we don’t realize is the fact that though Law of Attraction is an excellent tool, it is not complete. Yes, the Law of Attraction is incomplete as it doesn’t tells us anything beyond positive thinking.

And most importantly it misses the step of ‘Action!’ Didn’t your logical mind question you several times — “How can you think of earning millions, and then go and eat a sandwich?

This is the reason why both, ‘Secret’ and ‘Law of Attraction’ fails at many occasions because the theory at some point or the other creates a lot of doubt in our mind, contrary to its dictatum.

Does that mean you cannot dream big and change your reality? Well, you definitely can, but there’s more to it. Real life manifestation happens when you put into your thoughts i.e. positive intentions into actions and accelerate the process with immense belief in yourself. Well, you cannot simply dream of earning millions, and then put everything on the Universe. The Universe conspires things for you but don’t forget it is a co-creator and does things when you yourself get into the action mode, both, consciously and subconsciously!

So, if your intention is to earn millions, you need to start something that can make you reach at a level that can attract millions. It can be anything, but you need to get into your action mode. While, you are working hard and smart, you’ll notice your belief and determination will intensify, leaving no room for doubts, fears or unnecessary worry which will then accelerate your positive intention manifolds — eventually turning your intentions into reality.

If your mind doubts earning millions you can start from thousands, maybe a figure that smartly convinces your subconscious mind so that neither any doubt nor any fear creeps in your mind to spoil your manifestation party.

Similar things can be done for attracting love and relationships because you cannot just think about love, dream of a loving relationship, but be miserable all the time. And same thing goes for health and fitness — you cannot think about gaining that perfect weight and shape, dream of it continuously, be excited about being slim but then hop into Mcdonalds and slurp a cheesy burger every now and then.

In order to gain the desired shape, you need to have your action plan ready and walk into the path of your action steps. Once you are on the action mode, you’ll surely turn your thoughts (that of a perfect shape) into your reality. That is how real manifestation works — forever and always!

Nevertheless, positive thinking is a great step but it will only change your reality, if you set your thoughts into intentions, and take it forward by your action steps. Without taking actions, your positive thinking is prone to several distraction including fear, stress and self doubt along with doubt over your co-conspirator, the Universe! …And you wouldn’t want to doubt the Universe, would you?

Deepti Verma

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Wandering into the land of the unknown to seek the unexplored & create my own reality. #Manifesting http://nationalviews.com/tag/positive-enlivening

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