The Secret

Das ist eine sehr gute Ausgabe von The Secret auf English

I'm not sure if I can find the right words for how I feel about this book but I'll try. Unfortunately, this book did not convince me. So much so that I couldn't even finish it. Granted, I only read the first two chapters but since these already carried quite the undertone of toxic positivity I decided that I got the gist of it. For context: it's about the concept of the law of attraction - with the book making the claim that you will attract good things for your life by thinking positive thoughts. I can get on board with the idea that a positive outlook on things can make (parts of) life easier and more manageable. I myself have made the experience that there is some truth to that. But there's so many more variables and other people that will interact with and affect your life. And to make the claim that someone attracts everything - the good and the bad - to them seems ludicrous to me. You mean to tell me that the people on the street in Liverpool ultimately brought the wild car driver on themselves (and yes, there is the exact quote from the book, that the car accident you were in was because of your own negative thoughts - what the …)??? A young girl battling with cancer should have just have some more positive thoughts for her to not get cancer??? I know these are the big and mostly not recurring examples in live but if you are so bold as to make the claim that everything in life builds on the law of attraction then these kinds of examples should also be brought forward and tested against this concept. Another quote from the book that I myself haven't gotten to but seen in another review: Food cannot cause you to put on weight, unless you think it can. Give me a break! I feel like this book is for people that are already successful, beautiful and healthy to make them feel even better about themselves. Because they were so positive they now reap the benefits, so to speak. It felt like the rich and popular kid in school talking down to their classmates - à la "if your parents would work more you'd be able to afford more" while completely disregarding the fact that her family has generational wealth to build on and the classmate's parents grew up struggling themselves and already work 4 jobs. So, needless to say, I got very icky feelings while reading the first two chapters of this book. Because, if you make the argument that people attract everything in their lives themselves then you'll always be able to make any bad situation they're dealing with their fault - which is just not true. And as much as I think there is some truth to the law of attraction I cannot get behind message this book expatiates on.There's so much more I could highlight but I think you get my stance on this book just fine like that :)