A Course in Miracles and the Message of The Secret1381267
Over the previous year, many people have approached me asking me about my perspective, and the viewpoint of A Course in Miracles, on the popular book and film The Secret. I was also recently asked to participate in an professional panel discussion on The Secret and the law of attraction at the Body Soul Spirit Expo in Calgary.
As I see it, The Secret provides a couple of potent and necessary international 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, although true wealth is a lot much more than just cash and "toys." Rather, it involves feeling fulfilled in all areas of life, including our relationships, career, and health. What we require to do is look within to uncover if, in fact, we feel worthy of authentic wealth.
An additional message that is subtly conveyed in The Secret, and one that I think to be accurate, is that when we have a heartfelt desire and we say yes to doing our part to manifest the want, synchronicities arise, and dormant forces come alive.
On the flip side, I really feel the concept that much more "toys" in the form of cars, houses, jet planes, and boats will make us pleased and will be the demonstration of our capacity to manifest is potentially damaging and crippling for many people who are currently "bankrupt" in the locations of self-love and self-appreciation. The problem with this image is that the desire to have often comes from a feeling of lack rather than a feeling of completeness. And simply because of this, whatever we acquire in hopes of feeling "full," entire, pleased, or achieved, will inevitably not work, since we really feel a void internally.
The truth is that we are not empty, but currently full, and when we understand and really 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 unlimited Self, we will attract to ourselves the ideal outward expressions of our claimed inner worth. This reclaiming of our genuine Self will then miraculously bring into manifestation any material items that will serve the greater good of each our life and of these around us, and however we will really feel no dependency upon them for our happiness.
