A Course in Miracles and the Message of The Secret2616677
Over the past year, many people have approached me asking me about my viewpoint, and the viewpoint of A Course in Miracles, on the well-liked book and film The Secret. I was also recently asked to participate in an expert panel discussion on The Secret and the law of attraction at the Body Soul Spirit Expo in Calgary.
As I see it, The Secret offers a few potent and essential global messages worth appreciating. The first message is that our thoughts have a powerful influence on our life. The next insight is that we are entitled to a wealthy life, even though accurate wealth is much more than just cash and "toys." Instead, it entails feeling fulfilled in all locations of life, including our relationships, career, and health. What we need to do is look within to discover if, in fact, we feel worthy of genuine wealth.
An additional message that is subtly conveyed in The Secret, and one that I think to be true, is that when we have a heartfelt want and we say yes to doing our part to manifest the want, synchronicities arise, and dormant forces come alive.
On the flip side, I feel the idea that more "toys" in the type of cars, houses, jet planes, and boats will make us happy and will be the demonstration of our capacity to manifest is potentially damaging and crippling for many people who are currently "bankrupt" in the areas of self-love and self-appreciation. The problem with this image is that the desire to have frequently comes from a feeling of lack rather than a feeling of completeness. And because of this, whatever we gain in hopes of feeling "full," whole, pleased, or achieved, will inevitably not work, since we really feel a void internally.
The truth is that we are not empty, but already full, and when we understand and feel this to be our new reality, then the outer globe starts to "echo" our inner awareness.
A Course in Miracles reminds us that to the degree that we can accept and be truly grateful for our inheritance as being an unbounded, abundant, entire, and limitless Self, we will attract to ourselves the perfect outward expressions of our claimed inner worth. This reclaiming of our authentic Self will then miraculously bring into manifestation any material items that will serve the greater great of each our life and of those around us, and yet we will feel no dependency upon them for our happiness.
