Topic: Spirituality
Every so often, in the course of history, a person or an idea comes along that shifts the human paradigm. Weather in the arts, sciences, philosophy, legal systems, technology or spiritual thought, a concept has been developed that turns the status quo on its head. Are these ideas accepted by ruling authorities? As a rule, new concepts have resulted in censorship, torture, death, excommunication, banishment and ridicule.
When art to turned to expressionism, it was shunned. When it was proposed that the earth revolved around the sun, banishment was the response. “Love thy neighbor” brought out the crucifixion. The idea that people should have the right to participate in decisions that affect their lives led to revolutions. The notion that kings were not divine led to beheading. This list is endless and even high school historians could give a litany of retaliations against any concepts that challenged existing dogma.
There is a commonality among all of the great concepts that rocked the proverbial government or religious boat. They all sought to free humanity from ignorance or to find a new way to free the human spirits from the chains of mental oppression imposed by others. Martin Luther King, Jr. went to the ‘mountain’ and saw humanity living as one. Gandhi went to the same mountain, as did Jesus and had the same vision. All knew that they would never, in their life time, see the manifestation of their vision and all knew that they would die at the hands of others.
The great things about ideas are that while you can kill the messenger, the message can become immortal. An idea cannot be crucified, burnt at the stake, put into prison, tortured, or otherwise eliminated unless people stop thinking about it. While the flesh can be destroyed, a concept can live forever. An event has occurred that will live forever-the release of THE SECRET.
Both the film and the book under the same title are rocking the spiritual and sectarian world. The book has no single author even though it is released by Rhonda Byrne. It is an accumulation of ancient and current wisdom that hold the promise of freedom for all. While practiced by the select few, either on a conscious or unconscious level, throughout history, the revelations in THE SECRET hold out the hope that all can not only reach the ‘mountain’ and see the vision, but also experience the vision in the lifetime of each who take up its principle.
THE SECRET is not a new religion. There is no guru to follow, no target to destroy, no leader to murder. It is a way of thinking that can transform the lives of all and lead to a new reality where each is free to follows one’s own dream. It attacks no one. It singles out no religion. It is apolitical. It is proven. It reveals secrets long held hidden in the initiation rights of mysterious societies. It unlocks the parables of great spiritual avatars. It brings science to the thin line that it has been unwilling cross with regards to the power of thought. It explains quantum physics and shows that the Universe is truly guided by intelligent design. It is not a movement as it is focused on the individual.
THE SECRET is probably the most dangerous document to ever confront organized religion or suppressive authorities even though it attacks neither. It is the most positive book you will ever read. That is not to say that others have not gone on the attack to reveal the oppressive nature of religious thought. Sam Harris’ END OF FAITH and LETTERS TO A CHRISTIAN NATION; the ideas of Richard Dawkins, the concepts presented in Doe and Harris’ novel, WAKING GOD and many more have all gone on the offensive to say the things not found in THE SECRET. Byrne’s book throws no stones, except at ignorance. It is a book that will fulfill Mr. King’s refrain, “Free at last, free at last….”
