A Course in Miracles and the Message of The Secret7270431
Over the previous year, many individuals 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 offers a couple of powerful and necessary 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 much more than just cash and "toys." Rather, it entails feeling fulfilled in all areas of life, including our relationships, career, and health. What we need to do is look inside to discover if, in fact, we feel worthy of authentic wealth.
Another message that is subtly conveyed in The Secret, and one that I believe to be true, is that when we have a heartfelt desire and we say yes to performing our part to manifest the want, synchronicities arise, and dormant forces come alive.
On the flip side, I feel the concept that 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 individuals who are already "bankrupt" in the locations of self-love and self-appreciation. The issue with this picture is that the desire to have frequently comes from a feeling of lack rather than a feeling of completeness. And simply because of this, what ever we acquire 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 currently full, and when we understand and really feel this to be our new reality, then the outer world begins 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, whole, and unlimited 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 higher great of both our life and of those about us, and yet we will feel no dependency upon them for our happiness.
