{"id":1806,"date":"2010-02-15T18:12:06","date_gmt":"2010-02-15T22:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lwlworldwide.com\/blog\/?p=1806"},"modified":"2010-02-15T18:58:41","modified_gmt":"2010-02-15T22:58:41","slug":"billions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lwlworldwide.com\/blog\/billions\/","title":{"rendered":"Bringing ___(?) To Billions?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our first thought was to just ask you to read what the ever-so-out-of-touch The Secret<\/em> founder wrote below, and then just write:<\/p>\n

“Any Questions?”<\/strong><\/p>\n

You know, like that old commercial: “This is your brain on drugs<\/strong>…”\"\"<\/p>\n

The idea was to provide an element of rhetorical energy around why we do we what we do… which is: purposely spin a little critical-thinking and common sense around Manifestation\/LOA precepts and practices.<\/p>\n

But then, it hit us that some of our NEW LWL subsribers would probably misinterpret that by thinking that we’re saying we actually agree with the nonsense below.<\/p>\n

First, we’ll re-post the nonsense, which was disguised, of course (as always) with a dash of “lofty-head-in-the-clouds-feel-good” energy:<\/p>\n

Entertaining and Amusing thoughts from…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Secret Daily Teachings<\/em><\/p>\n

“Whatever feelings you have within you are attracting your tomorrow.<\/p>\n

“Worry attracts more worry. Anxiety attracts more anxiety. Unhappiness attracts more unhappiness. Dissatisfaction attracts more dissatisfaction.<\/p>\n

“AND . . .<\/p>\n

“Joy attracts more joy. Happiness attracts more happiness. Peace attracts more peace. Gratitude attracts more gratitude. Kindness attracts more kindness. Love attracts more love.<\/p>\n

“Your job is an inside one. To change your world, all you have to do is change the way you feel inside. How easy is that?<\/p>\n

May the joy be with you,”<\/p>\n

Rhonda Byrne
\nThe Secret<\/strong><\/em>… bringing joy to billions<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Now, for our take on her surface-level, non-intellectual drivel…<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

– Cont’d<\/em> –<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

>><\/span><\/strong> Feelings are only one aspect \u2014 one component \u2014 of being a person of accomplishment<\/strong>; a person who has the power to experience a different<\/em> future, including a short-term (tomorrow) future. In other words, what you feel AT THIS MOMENT not only may change in three minutes, but it certainly doesn’t take control of your body and make you into an automatron who can ONLY experience that SAME feeling tomorrow. More…<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

>><\/span><\/strong> No, Rhonda’s frightful so-called “bad” feelings, listed above, don’t attract more of the same<\/strong>. What they DO is snowball, if you let them, but again… that’s your choice. You’re not a mindless robot. If you worry about something in the moment when the worry is warranted, and then move on once you’ve solved what you’re worried about, you’ll be fine. More…<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

>><\/span><\/strong> No, Rhonda’s delightful so-called “good” feelings, listed above, don’t attract more of the same<\/strong>. They may attract more opportunities to feel that feeling again… but it’s up to you to let that happen, and follow through on the experience. On the other hand, if you think clinging to “happiness” or “joy” will make your life perfect, you’re going to end up acting like the classic alcoholic, which is usually in denial of reality. More…<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

>><\/span> Your job is to\u00a0blend and adapt your inner \u2014 your thinking, your belief systems, your discovery of self \u2014 to your outer<\/strong>. The human brain doesn’t operate in a vaccum. Nor do you live in one. You are exposed to “outside” stimuli \u2014 people, events, situations, scenery, etc. \u2014 that also plays a part in the reality you experience. While “change” and experiencing bigger and better “results” STARTS with proper mindset, conscious awareness, and metaphysical conditioning, that activity, by itself, does NOT produce it. More…<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

>><\/strong> <\/span>“How easy is that?”\u00a0 What is this, an ad for Staples?<\/strong> We all know that even getting office supplies is NOT as simple as banging on a big red button, OR working up a FEELING of joy.<\/p>\n

And, the whole elitist “bringing joy to billions<\/span><\/em>” tagline just doesn’t do it for us. Not only does it reek of “delusions of grandeur,” but it stinks of a McDonald’s commercial (how many billions have you served, Rhonda?) Hmm… do we see a trend here? Is The Secret<\/em> just empty commercialism taken to the extreme?<\/p>\n

Anyhow, the point here is this<\/span>: even if there is SOME truth to what Rhonda wrote, we don’t think (or feel) that the current trend of putting out little feel-good soundbites, with no explanation of deeper meaning, is doing anybody any good.<\/p>\n

That shallow one-dimensional\u00a0type of thinking<\/strong> (“If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands!”)\u00a0is fine for preschoolers, but we’re all adults here. We can’t just go around clapping our hands all day, every day, and chanting, “If I’m happy, I’ll be happy… because I’m happy… and that’ll make me happy!”<\/p>\n

Rhonda’s email is\u00a0the equivalent of spiritual junk food. Ahh… now THAT’S why she’s trying to sound like McDonald’s!<\/p>\n

If you’re tired of the junk and want some REAL results in your life \u2014 the financial kind, which more people struggle with than anything else \u2014 we have the solution for you…<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Your Partners in the Quest For
\nLiving a Life Without Limits,<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Barry<\/p>\n

P.S.<\/strong> By the way, our Wealth Vault Charter offer<\/strong> <\/a>ends tonight at midnight (EST)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Our first thought was to just ask you to read what the ever-so-out-of-touch The Secret founder wrote below, and then just write: “Any Questions?” You know, like that old commercial: “This is your brain on drugs…” The idea was to provide an element of rhetorical energy around why we do we what we do… which […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[410],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-self-help-nonsense"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lwlworldwide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lwlworldwide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lwlworldwide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lwlworldwide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lwlworldwide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1806"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/lwlworldwide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1813,"href":"https:\/\/lwlworldwide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1806\/revisions\/1813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lwlworldwide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lwlworldwide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lwlworldwide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}