“The Secret”, ever heard of this book? Well, one of the best selling books right after it has been published. In fact, the content and the concept started off as a visual presentation leaded by Drew Heriot as the producer.

The book is basically about the “law of attraction” and it is nothing new. This theory existed long time ago, it is even mentioned in some of religious scripture. Especially in Hinduism, this is one of the concepts in their religious practice. Just right after a good packaging and “dressing up”, and it caught the attention from public. Think carefully, had we ever did that before? When we do not know anything about “the secret”, do we practice it?

According to the definition given in Wikipedia:
The Law of Attraction refers to an esoteric principle that individuals experience physical and mental manifestations corresponding to their predominant thoughts, feelings, words, and actions; and that they thereby have the ability to control the reality of their lives through thought alone. The principle is based on the concept that a person's thoughts (conscious and unconscious), emotions, beliefs and actions attract corresponding positive and/or negative experiences. This process has been described as "harmonious vibrations of the law of attraction", [1] or "you get what you think about; your thoughts determine your experience."[2]

In the book, it mentions that it actually related to Quantum Physic and according to them, thought has an energy that attracts energy. In order to control this energy, w must practice 4 things. I could summarize it into “desires and ask”, “Focus”, “Feel”, “open to receive”. Alright, maybe it sounds too scientific and doesn’t make sense for you. Well, putting aside whether they make use of physical science either as proof or as metaphor or portraying it in good faith, it’s really a secret which we had practice all this long. If we think twice, doesn’t it sounds like our “pray”. No matter whether you hold a religion or not, you PRAY. Perhaps for free thinker, we called it “hope”. It’s usual for us human being to hope and pray for something.

We had been practicing this since century ago! Now only you come and tell us that this is “the secret”? It’s just that we seldom realize about how it really work. And even when they reveal “the secret”, it is still a mystery where no one can prove how the mechanism works. There has been a controversy when the publication of this book where many religion believers claim that it mistakenly usurping the role of God. But if think in another perspective, we might consider it as a book which strengthens us towards our beliefs. It doesn’t deny the existence of him, the Creator. Even some theory makes use of scientific explanation does not mean anything. If the Creator is so great, we should always believe that even the science itself (or Quantum physic) is one of the formulas created by Him.


The best part of this book is that, it actually encourages more and more of us to “pray” and to “hope”. If we look around, we notice every religions teach their believers to pray. Babies are born with hands putting together if you notice. If “law of attraction” is so true, why there are still so many wars out there? Why it still bring so many harms and damages to the nation. I would say that when there are 2 different attractions, the energy might condemn each others. In the en, it will only cause mass destruction to both sides.


I believe, it’s like an agreement with universe in bona fide (good faith) on what we are hoping for. If there is any “hope” which might cause imbalance to the rest of circle, it will definitely pay for the consequences. I quoted one of the speeches by survivor of booming:

Why have you had to suffer this?
Why this, the cruellest of inflictions?
Was there some purpose?
Why?
You look so monstrous, but could not know
How far removed you are now from mankind

--Toge Sankichi (A-bomb survivor), "At the First-Aid Station"

Never stop to believe until you’re “pray” get granted. Destruction is not meant to be as what we see it as. Never put ourselves at the position of judgment of Creator. We will never understand His justice as it’s too great for us to understand. At the same time, pray for the same humanity and peace that we hope for. Tragedies like this would not happen if there aren’t 2 groups of people “praying” for 2 different objectives.

Peace. Pray hard ! ~