From Primetime Australia, The Secret has made the rounds of the changework community in such a way that it is being bought wholesale:

Believed to have been in existence for thousands of years, The Secret is only now being shared to the world. It’s supposedly what brought success to such greats as Plato, Leonardo da Vinci, Albert Einstein and Andrew Carnegie. In this video, The Secret is revealed and taught by over 50 teachers, including writers, philosophers, doctors and scientists, to empower viewers to achieve success in their careers, relationships and health.

The film posits the Law of Attraction as is it has been a closely guarded secret.  It hasn’t been quite so quarded, there are numerous readily available philosophical and religious texts that are based upon the concept.  The film posits that Quantum Physics proves that the Law of Attraction is actually manipulating the nature of reality, it doesn’t.  Quantum Physics does indeed have interesting implications but they’re at the quantum level and we exist on the macro level.  So far, there is no way to prove that intention as it affects the quantum level (and it does) affects the macro level.  However, it’s an interesting idea.

To me, the Law of Attraction does work, but not in the magickal way it is presented in the film.  It is a form of Magick, a different kind.  There are still things that just are beyond your ken.  Good people do get hit with bad things and it isn’t because they’re thoughts are bad and attracted those bad things.  Also, some folks are rather on the delusional side of things.  Magick is real, I do believe in it . . . however, it’s not really doing a service to folks to imply that thought alone creates manifestation . . . effort is also very important and an optimistic adaptative strategy to input experiences that are not desirable.

Still . . . worth seeing.  Worth taking some things on board.  Shifting your emotions does change your entire day and your entire life.  That is true.  Your attitude affects everything.  However, effort is still necessary.  Programming your perceptions is important.

The Law of Attraction is REAL, it really does work . . . but it doesn’t work in quite the "control the universe" way that some folks are pushing it.  However, it does work.  Your emotional states do indeed affect your response to the world.

Oh . . . here’s the pitch . . . one way to help you change your perceptions and feelings . . . hypnosis.  Learn to focus and feel positive states, learn to creatively and positively adapt to life.  FEEL a manifesting life in terms of positive emotional processes.

All the best,
Brian

Brian David Phillips, PhD, CH [phillips@nccu.edu.tw]Certified Hypnotherapist
President, Society of Experiential Trance
Associate Professor, NCCU, Taipei, Taiwan
http://www.BrianDavidPhillips.com