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KG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-04-07 09:37 PM
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103. another example of 'how to make money pointing out the obvious to the willfully obtuse,
who will ignore it anyway'

that my psycho ex is into it speaks volumes.
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  -"The Secret" - worthwhile or a load of crap? terrya  Mar-01-07 01:19 PM   #0 
  - Complete and utter hoo-haa  Fran Kubelik   Mar-01-07 01:22 PM   #1 
  - They're not really  lildreamer316   Mar-01-07 03:29 PM   #14 
  - Sounds quite familiar  MorningGlow   Mar-01-07 01:24 PM   #2 
  - Not just pagans  Morgana LaFey   Mar-01-07 04:27 PM   #16 
     - Absolutely  MorningGlow   Mar-01-07 08:25 PM   #40 
  - It's funny you should bring this up!  CBHagman   Mar-01-07 01:25 PM   #3 
  - Nope.  Morgana LaFey   Mar-01-07 04:35 PM   #18 
  - No, the teachings and wisdom are much older than the Landmark work  Shine   Mar-01-07 06:08 PM   #35 
  - We discussed it in church a couple of weeks ago  KamaAina   Mar-01-07 01:27 PM   #4 
  - Ernest Holmes didn't have anything 'new' ...  votesomemore   Mar-01-07 04:11 PM   #15 
  - No, Holmes was by NO means the originator of these concepts  Morgana LaFey   Mar-01-07 04:30 PM   #17 
     - To a Religious Science church  KamaAina   Mar-01-07 04:37 PM   #20 
     - Well that person was wrong  Beaverhausen   Mar-01-07 04:58 PM   #25 
     - Oh, I'm dreadfully sorry.  Morgana LaFey   Mar-01-07 06:20 PM   #37 
     - Ageless ..  votesomemore   Mar-01-07 05:46 PM   #27 
  - I think it isn't a load of crap  johnnie   Mar-01-07 01:29 PM   #5 
  - I kind of agree with you, there, johnnie.  Midlodemocrat   Mar-01-07 05:53 PM   #29 
     - Maybe I can shed a little more light on the illness thing  MorningGlow   Mar-02-07 09:37 AM   #51 
        - Yeah, I hear what you are saying.  Midlodemocrat   Mar-02-07 09:51 AM   #53 
           - I totally understand  MorningGlow   Mar-02-07 10:04 AM   #55 
  - Big, steaming load of crapola  Lilith Velkor   Mar-01-07 01:30 PM   #6 
  - ...What?  MorningGlow   Mar-01-07 03:06 PM   #12 
     - Actually, that is *exactly* what it does  lukasahero   Mar-05-07 08:44 AM   #107 
  - I really liked it. n/t  I Have A Dream   Mar-01-07 01:38 PM   #7 
  - The secret is awesome  judaspriestess   Mar-01-07 01:51 PM   #8 
  - I liked it better...  dannofoot   Mar-01-07 01:55 PM   #9 
  - Bzzzzt. WRONG ANSWER. You also lose.  Morgana LaFey   Mar-01-07 04:39 PM   #21 
     - Yes, I certainly have, Morgana.  dannofoot   Mar-02-07 11:35 AM   #59 
        - I'm sorry  Morgana LaFey   Mar-02-07 06:17 PM   #75 
  - Love it.  lildreamer316   Mar-01-07 02:46 PM   #10 
  - I've heard it's strong enough for a man, but made for a woman.  RedStateShame   Mar-01-07 02:48 PM   #11 
  - Ding ding ding!  Hardhead   Mar-05-07 09:17 AM   #109 
  - Baa Baa SHEEP!  deepthought42   Mar-01-07 03:06 PM   #13 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Mar-01-07 04:42 PM   #22 
  - I've been waiting for this topic. Crapola.  Beausoir   Mar-01-07 04:36 PM   #19 
  - OMG ...that is not what it says at all  L A Woman   Mar-01-07 04:49 PM   #23 
  - Here's how that would work  Morgana LaFey   Mar-01-07 06:12 PM   #36 
     - "a general and all-pervading sense of victimization". Tell that to the dead children in Iraq.  Beausoir   Mar-01-07 09:04 PM   #45 
     - karma nt  Morgana LaFey   Mar-02-07 06:09 PM   #74 
        - So...those dead kids in Iraq had bad karma?  Beausoir   Mar-02-07 08:49 PM   #84 
           - That's not from The Secret - and I'm stating, not implying.  Morgana LaFey   Mar-03-07 11:38 PM   #98 
              - No, just insulting victims of war crimes  Lilith Velkor   Mar-04-07 07:05 PM   #101 
     - Please tell me your post is a parody  Medium Baby Jesus   Mar-04-07 08:30 PM   #102 
     - So how does it work in Darfur? What are the victims there doing wrong?  lukasahero   Mar-05-07 08:49 AM   #108 
  - It's all about what you think about it=what YOU believe  Beaverhausen   Mar-01-07 04:56 PM   #24 
  - The concepts are not new, in the least  KitchenWitch   Mar-01-07 05:01 PM   #26 
  - It works even if  votesomemore   Mar-01-07 05:53 PM   #30 
     - Exactly!  KitchenWitch   Mar-01-07 06:07 PM   #34 
  - Here's a link to an excerpt for you:  jane_pippin   Mar-01-07 05:50 PM   #28 
  - Based on a lifetime of reading the same truths  Morgana LaFey   Mar-01-07 05:57 PM   #31 
     - I'm sorry, but I'm not quite understanding you.  jane_pippin   Mar-01-07 06:25 PM   #38 
        - I think I misread your post  Morgana LaFey   Mar-01-07 08:20 PM   #39 
           - Well that could be too. My comment wasn't all that  jane_pippin   Mar-01-07 08:34 PM   #41 
  - Extremely worthwhile, in my opinion. I totally recommend it.  Shine   Mar-01-07 06:02 PM   #32 
  - I keep hearing about it, but I have no idea what it is.  Left Is Write   Mar-01-07 06:06 PM   #33 
  - If I have to choose between those 2: a load of crap  edwin   Mar-01-07 08:44 PM   #42 
  - Several thoughts come to mind  MorningGlow   Mar-02-07 07:37 AM   #47 
  - Dear MorningGlow  edwin   Mar-02-07 09:07 AM   #49 
     - Dear Edwin,  MorningGlow   Mar-02-07 09:45 AM   #52 
     - Oh absolutely, MorningGlow!  edwin   Mar-02-07 09:57 AM   #54 
        - Cool indeed!  MorningGlow   Mar-02-07 10:06 AM   #56 
     - Edwin!  Morgana LaFey   Mar-02-07 06:21 PM   #76 
        - Dear Morgana,  edwin   Mar-02-07 06:44 PM   #80 
           - I wasn't actually talking about those in the film  Morgana LaFey   Mar-02-07 08:48 PM   #83 
              - I'm sorry if I wasn't clear.  edwin   Mar-03-07 12:17 AM   #89 
  - I'm guessing that's a rhetorical question?  Blue in Portland   Mar-02-07 08:52 AM   #48 
     - American?  edwin   Mar-02-07 09:27 AM   #50 
  - I loved the movie...It is worth checking out for yourself  Digit   Mar-01-07 08:47 PM   #43 
  - Not a load of crap, but certainly not a big secret.  Blue in Portland   Mar-01-07 09:03 PM   #44 
  - Hooray overall for the Secret!  ricochetastroman   Mar-01-07 09:51 PM   #46 
  - And Shakti Gwain's work...  Hell Hath No Fury   Mar-02-07 11:01 AM   #58 
  - And maybe the guy who wrote Psycho Cybernetics?  Blue in Portland   Mar-02-07 12:11 PM   #63 
     - The Secret Doctrine, HP Blavatsky, copyright 1882.  Lilith Velkor   Mar-02-07 12:15 PM   #65 
        - Haven't read it but have certainly heard of her. n/t  Blue in Portland   Mar-02-07 12:49 PM   #68 
        - I can go you one better than that  Morgana LaFey   Mar-02-07 06:28 PM   #78 
           - If it's from all cultures  Lilith Velkor   Mar-03-07 12:50 AM   #91 
  - Related, perhaps  Morgana LaFey   Mar-02-07 06:23 PM   #77 
     - So is it magick? eom  Blue in Portland   Mar-03-07 10:17 AM   #95 
        - I'm not the best one to ask about that  Morgana LaFey   Mar-03-07 11:41 PM   #99 
  - Look for the commonalities.  davsand   Mar-02-07 10:51 AM   #57 
  - My guess is that The Secret fans are uneducated  stanwyck   Mar-02-07 11:55 AM   #60 
  - Worse: raised by television.  Lilith Velkor   Mar-02-07 12:07 PM   #61 
  - Okay, no need to be mean  MorningGlow   Mar-02-07 12:09 PM   #62 
  - Prove you control reality and make her. n/t  Lilith Velkor   Mar-02-07 12:13 PM   #64 
     - Ha! Too funny. n/t  stanwyck   Mar-02-07 02:08 PM   #69 
     - Nice devolution  MorningGlow   Mar-02-07 03:14 PM   #73 
        - You fail to see the irony here  Lilith Velkor   Mar-02-07 11:14 PM   #87 
           - I see lots of irony here  MorningGlow   Mar-03-07 07:17 AM   #93 
              - No problem  Lilith Velkor   Mar-03-07 09:48 AM   #94 
                 - LOL!  MorningGlow   Mar-03-07 10:24 AM   #96 
  - Gee  stellanoir   Mar-02-07 12:34 PM   #67 
     - I guess knowing the meaning of "secret"  stanwyck   Mar-02-07 02:17 PM   #72 
        - Hey I didn't make up the name or anything. LOL  stellanoir   Mar-02-07 06:42 PM   #79 
        - Wonderful post  stanwyck   Mar-02-07 07:58 PM   #81 
           - LOL publishing is my greatest challenge  stellanoir   Mar-02-07 08:45 PM   #82 
        - You hit the nail on the head  GoneOffShore   Mar-05-07 10:49 AM   #112 
  - A load of crap-my church showed the movie  noonwitch   Mar-02-07 12:24 PM   #66 
  - The "new age thinking" here is  Le Taz Hot   Mar-03-07 10:46 AM   #97 
  - The Secrect is...it's a scam  Neo   Mar-02-07 02:11 PM   #70 
  - only $5.00 to see the Great Egress!  Cobalt-60   Mar-02-07 11:41 PM   #88 
  - I am suspicious of money making spirituality.  graywarrior   Mar-02-07 02:15 PM   #71 
  - I believe in the premise on which  u4ic   Mar-02-07 10:30 PM   #85 
  - Oprah likes = Meaty Pile Of Rancid Shit.  LostInAnomie   Mar-02-07 10:34 PM   #86 
  - Complete Load of Crap. The Stepford side of the Emo coin.  philosophie_en_rose   Mar-03-07 12:32 AM   #90 
  - It's a good fit for middle-class American consumers  DerekG   Mar-03-07 01:07 AM   #92 
  - yes  stuntcat   Mar-05-07 08:42 AM   #106 
  - Crapola. That is all.  progressoid   Mar-04-07 12:11 AM   #100 
  - another example of 'how to make money pointing out the obvious to the willfully obtuse,  KG   Mar-04-07 09:37 PM   #103 
  - This Salon review says it's a load of crap.  ocelot   Mar-04-07 09:45 PM   #104 
  - Thanks for the link  Lilith Velkor   Mar-05-07 08:01 AM   #105 
  - A former Amway executive is involved?  GoneOffShore   Mar-05-07 11:04 AM   #113 
  - Load of old bollocks  GoneOffShore   Mar-05-07 09:58 AM   #110 
  - There are aspects that I think are true, hear me out....  churchofreality   Mar-05-07 10:10 AM   #111 
  - I'm not familiar with it, but from some comments here it sounds like  raccoon   Mar-05-07 11:26 AM   #114 
 

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