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]]> Comment on The Last Alchemist by Lifestyle Alchemist http://www.alchemistmagazine.com/2008/09/29/the-last-alchemist/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Lifestyle Alchemist Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:52:21 +0000 http://www.alchemistmagazine.com/?p=3#comment-3 I think that's a very realistic and well defined viewpoint. And I agree I think what you touched on about getting rid of emotional baggage may be the biggest part of finding your point B. You can't move forward until you deal with where you are now. So maybe that's the biggest part of the secret: Dropping all the dead weight that's dragging you down. -It might be negative people. -It might be childhood trauma. -It might be fear of failure. But until you make the conscious decision to accept it or solve it you can't move on to your true greatness. Would you agree? I think that’s a very realistic and well defined viewpoint. And I agree I think what you touched on about getting rid of emotional baggage may be the biggest part of finding your point B.

You can’t move forward until you deal with where you are now.

So maybe that’s the biggest part of the secret:

Dropping all the dead weight that’s dragging you down.

-It might be negative people.
-It might be childhood trauma.
-It might be fear of failure.

But until you make the conscious decision to accept it or solve it you can’t move on to your true greatness.

Would you agree?

]]> Comment on The Last Alchemist by Scott http://www.alchemistmagazine.com/2008/09/29/the-last-alchemist/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Scott Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:50:08 +0000 http://www.alchemistmagazine.com/?p=3#comment-2 I think there is truth to it, but, it doesn't give you the full "how to". There are a lot of people that do have the "midas touch", where they always come out on top, and it's not a "by chance" happening. What "The Secret" does is tell you how to get from point "A" to point "C", but leaving out point "B". It's like giving someone a microchip and saying "This will make you happy and answer your dreams", but they don't tell you how to take apart the computer and where to plug the microchip in. Someone that has been unhappy, frustrated, depressed or financially insolvent is not going to just release all of their inhibitions and become positive, happy and project positive vibes all of a sudden. It's more complicated that just flipping a light switch. People are the way they are for a reason, where it was something tramatic from their childhood that they may or may not consciously remember, or whether someone is strong minded versus weak minded. We can all stay positive and visualize positive things we want for a short period of time, but it's human nature to leave that when something crops up or comes out of left field at you. The human mind is a very complex thing, and most people deal on the negative or skeptical side versus the utopian or positive side. I think, before you can truly use "The Secret", you have to figure out what make you tick, why do you have the outlook you have, why do you have certain tendicies, why do you make the decisions you make, etc,etc. I don't know if true self discovery alone is enough to fill the gap needed, but I have to believe it's a big part of it. The way I know it's a big part is this: we all want to be happy and experience true joy, yet we tend to spend a lot of our time gossiping negatively about people or things, and being closed minded about things we don't know or understand. I know I don't have all the answers, but I feel I have a glimpse. I think there is truth to it, but, it doesn’t give you the full “how to”.

There are a lot of people that do have the “midas touch”, where they always come out on top, and it’s not a “by chance” happening.

What “The Secret” does is tell you how to get from point “A” to point “C”, but leaving out point “B”. It’s like giving someone a microchip and saying “This will make you happy and answer your dreams”, but they don’t tell you how to take apart the computer and where to plug the microchip in. Someone that has been unhappy, frustrated, depressed or financially insolvent is not going to just release all of their inhibitions and become positive, happy and project positive vibes all of a sudden. It’s more complicated that just flipping a light switch.

People are the way they are for a reason, where it was something tramatic from their childhood that they may or may not consciously remember, or whether someone is strong minded versus weak minded. We can all stay positive and visualize positive things we want for a short period of time, but it’s human nature to leave that when something crops up or comes out of left field at you. The human mind is a very complex thing, and most people deal on the negative or skeptical side versus the utopian or positive side. I think, before you can truly use “The Secret”, you have to figure out what make you tick, why do you have the outlook you have, why do you have certain tendicies, why do you make the decisions you make, etc,etc. I don’t know if true self discovery alone is enough to fill the gap needed, but I have to believe it’s a big part of it.

The way I know it’s a big part is this: we all want to be happy and experience true joy, yet we tend to spend a lot of our time gossiping negatively about people or things, and being closed minded about things we don’t know or understand. I know I don’t have all the answers, but I feel I have a glimpse.

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