If you truly dont want feel depressed or fat anymore get the book "the secret"

I want to suggest to the cc community that you guys go out and buy or atleast read at a bookstore "the secret" its soo good. I always kinda knew that there was an energy force in the world. If I truly believed in something...good or bad it happened to me. I dont know if I should reveal what the secret is cause I want you guys to go read it...but its sooo good and it was the final nail in my "fat" coffin. I was about to binge, I was depressed and I said God I dont want to binge again. Im tired of this...then I just thought Im going to the bookstore. I originally was going to look up some vegan books but when there the secret popped into my head, now I rarely buy books at barnes & nobles cause im cheap...but I wanted to have this one with me, I also bought the bible. Anyhow next time your looking for some reading or if you want something that maybe can reach your soul then check it out :) God Bless

That how I feel about about Viktor Frankl's "Man's Search for Meaning". It changed my life in a very positive way. It's so wonderful to find books that speak to your soul.

Thanks for sharing ghanja, I will check it out... I enjoy reading. 

BTW who is the author?

Is this the book that tell you if you all you have to do is want something really bad and it'll happen?  Do you think that if I really really want my money back after buying the book that it'll happen?

I have the real secret to weight loss and I'm giving it away for free.  The secret is.... THERE IS NOT SECRET! if there was everyone would be thin.

I read this book and unfortunately I think I was more excited about seeing the Oprah show about it than reading it.. I also saw the movie.. I don't know.. there's really nothing new that I learned.. maybe I missed it? IDK

Original Post by floggingsully:

Is this the book that tell you if you all you have to do is want something really bad and it'll happen?  Do you think that if I really really want my money back after buying the book that it'll happen?

I have the real secret to weight loss and I'm giving it away for free.  The secret is.... THERE IS NOT SECRET! if there was everyone would be thin.

 Actually you should be able to get your money back.  I can't imagine a reputable book store would risk losing future profits for the sake of one return that they can easily resell.  My local book store would take it back.  Also, if you would consider a small cut in price, you could sell the book at a yard sale or in combination with another item that have severed it's purpose and consider the profits toward the cost of the book.  There are many ways to get what you want, you just have to know the secret.   ;)

I read it and I dunno, personally it seemed a little odd. In their chapter on losing weight they say to visualize yourself at the weight you want to be (good advice). But then they say don't weigh yourself or buy new clothes at your current weight because it detracts from visualizing the goal. So if you're not weighing yourself or trying on different sizes, how do you know if it's working.

Also it said if you see a fat person on the street avert your gaze or else you will just be reinforcing "fatness energy" on yourself or something like that. It remeinded me of all those bizarre "studies" that came out last year saying fat was contagious.

Yeah my mom got the movie, and if any of you have ever seen Requiem for a Dream. It reminds of me of the tv show the mom is always watching. Creepy....

Anywho I think the Secret has a good overall message but some people read to far into it.

Original Post by sublimelife087:

Anywho I think the Secret has a good overall message but some people read to far into it.

 From what I can tell by a brief scan through (my mom has it), it's really just a more new-agey take on "The Power of Positive Thinking" by Norman Vincent Peale.  I agree there's some good advice, but nothing revolutionary or a "secret"- it's a known fact that your attitude can determine how you do many things.  As for weight loss: while easier with a positive attitude, at it's core, it's just a metabolic equation - and people have known this for years.

I did find the part about "asking the universe" for something to happen to be a little off the wall.  I'm sorry, getting up every morning and saying "I want my mother to be healed of cancer" isn't going to make it happen.  But then, I suppose, it would classify that as "negative thinking."  I guess I'm too much of a realist, to a certain extent.

I always believed in the law of attraction and its worked out for me. I wanted nothing more than a soulmate...Ive had a rough history when it comes to that so it really was a stretch. Ive gotten my soulmate now. I visualized a thinner me and I havent binged in a long time. I dont have any desire to do it. It also said to test it visualize a check coming in the mail...now Ive never had a check come in the mail so I was like whatever to that one. I was bored a few days so I visualized a check coming and guess what...one came :) It was some insurance company telling me that if I switch my car insurance...blah blah and it had a check written on the top with my name on it lol. I was like what the F!

The main thing about the law of attraction which I think really has helped me is the fact that it cannot differentiate between what you say you want and what you say you don't want. If you focus on negativity then all you bring is more negativity. For example the saying misery loves company.

About the whole fat thing, its kind of true, I know its taboo to say it. I never really realized how much weight I was putting on because I was hanging out with other big people. Once I was around thin people again I felt how fat I truly was. Its about awareness I wouldnt avoid big people or anything, but your surroundings influence you whatever they may be.

The secret takes some life lessons from the greatest philosophers in world history. Its not saying there is a secret to weight loss or a secret to this or that. Its saying there is a universe on another plane whether you call it God or Goddess, mother earth. Whomever, or Whatever that guides the world. You are the master of your domain and if you are open to your potential then no one can take that away from you.

I pray for you all to find whatever it is that will help you on your journey. I know that book has helped me so I figured I would share it. I still think you guys should read it, because scanning it will not give you the full effect, after all though its just a book. I was already kind of there in my own mind and the book reinforces it for me. I'm sure you'll find what works for you. God Bless All

The author is Rhonda Byrne but its kind of a hodge podge of authors. The person that wrote chicken soup for the soul has a major voice in the book too.

" If you truly dont want feel depressed or fat anymore get the book "the secret""

 

As someone who has suffered from depression (as in clinical depression, not "I feel a little blue sometimes") for over half my life, I have had all sorts of suggestions from people.  I read this book when someone suggested it to me and it's of no more use than the people who have told me that if I would just cheer up and smile more that I wouldn't be depressed.  It's all a load of BS.

Law of attraction = 0

Anti-depressants, therapy, diet, and excercise = 1

 

Just like there's no secret to weight loss, if there was we'd all be thin, there's no secret to curing depression, if there was no one would be depressed.

Oh god, one of my co-workers tried to push this book on me. She thought it would help with my anxiety. I personally couldn't even finish the book, that kind of stuff doesn't touch me.

I guess it works for some people.