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Sunday, April 20th, 2008

How to have everything you ever wanted?

Hi,

Another thing I’ve wanted to reflect on, but have not had the oppertunity without somewhere to publish it. This is my view on TheSecret, the guide on how to attract everything you want into your life.

TheSecret says that you can attract anything you want into your life by the images held in your mind. If you think about something over and over, the law of attraction will make this come into your life. Supposedly. First off, it sounds crazy right? I thought that too when I first heard about it. However, the way that the producers have put together this film with real life examples and convincing people to talk about it makes this concept much more easy to swallow.  Afterwards you really want to try their theory out.

Yes, it is more of a magic stroke hokus pokus idea rather than something that can be explained scientificially. Myself, I don’t think it’s magic, or that there is a law of attraction. I think that it has more to do with noticing what you are wanting to notice.  It is known that the mind will recognise something that it spots if you’ve been thinking about for a while, maybe that’s all it is - a different perspective.

The other part of the secret is the attitude you’re in. Happier attitude means faster results. This can also be explained, because when dealing with other people happier attitudes will get you further and this idea of a healthy mind means a healthy body comes into practice.

Then again, TheSecret does also have a disclaimer. That is if you, for whatever reason, should look at results and think “This secret dosent work” then because you are probably saying it with much enthusiasm then the secret will not work for you! Perhaps by posting this the secret will not work for me? Maybe it’s all just a way for the people who made the video to be safe in the knowledge that people cannot doubt the idea because if they do then it will not work for them.

Overall, I’m not condemning it. I think it’s a good movie that is very beneficial, and what’s good about it is that it is open for a variety of perspectives of how to view and apply the idea. You might be able to swallow the idea of the law of attraction, I’m happy to accept the alternative that it’s a mix of being positive and turning a blind eye.

Thanks for reading,

-H.

Friday, April 18th, 2008

The Uncultured Project

Hi,

I was looking around YouTube a number of weeks ago when I came across the UnculturedProject, which is the channel of a single student who was inspired by a speech at the university of Notre Dame that encouraged the students to help end poverty.

As a result he went to rural areas of Bangladesh where he helps the poor in numerous situations. However, what made me subscribe to this channel is that he truly changed my perceptions of the people who live in poverty. Before seeing his videos, I had been easily swayed by the media and charity organisations that need money, which portrayed these people as in constant suffering.

It is true, the conditions that they live in are poor, and that cannot be ignored, but the true face of the poverty that he explored was that of optimism and hope.  Here is a video where he challenges the adverts that we see every day and shows you that actually there are faces behind the people you help.

Hopefully we can look at poverty with optimism, because extreme poverty can be ended within our lifetime.

Please check out his page.

-H.

Friday, April 18th, 2008

I guess this is “Hello World!”

Hi,

Well, here I am. A blog!

Usually I make a website that is more purposeful and has a set function, but it’s nice to have a break from that and be able to do what I like here. I’ll be posting regularly, trying to keep the mood light and funny - After all this is lolfest.net. I saw the domain was available and went upon the oppertunity to start a blog using it.

Well, that’s the introduction. Thanks for reading it, hopefully the first of many.

-H.