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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
PostPosted: Jan 08 2009 03:22 pm Reply with quote Back to top

I might have to go and read this book.

The Secret by Rhonda Byrne:
http://www.amazon.com/review/R2X2TB3S4O5I60

EDIT: It would seem that I have fooled many people by accident. This thread wasn't intended to discuss the book itself, rather to entertain people with the review link on Amazon.com



 
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Tyop
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Joined: May 04 2008
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PostPosted: Jan 08 2009 03:52 pm Reply with quote Back to top

I hope you're kidding. That sounds like pseudo-scientific bullshit for New Age idiots.

EDIT: Turns out it is pseudo-scientific bullshit for New Age idiots.



 
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Title: owner of a lonely heart
Joined: Jul 06 2007
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PostPosted: Jan 08 2009 05:21 pm Reply with quote Back to top

lol nice tyop.

some girl at work was trying to sell me on this book and i told her it sounded like BS to me after reading a little of it on wikipedia. now, thanks to tyop, i can show her it is BS.


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Lottel
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Joined: Sep 02 2008
PostPosted: Jan 08 2009 05:31 pm Reply with quote Back to top

I work at a book store. It is a huge seller to old ladies. They loooove this New Age book.


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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
PostPosted: Jan 08 2009 05:52 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Tyop wrote:
I hope you're kidding. That sounds like pseudo-scientific bullshit for New Age idiots.

EDIT: Turns out it is pseudo-scientific bullshit for New Age idiots.


You clearly didn't read the linked review.

Perhaps I should have specified

It is funny.

http://www.amazon.com/review/R2X2TB3S4O5I60



 
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Tyop
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PostPosted: Jan 08 2009 06:29 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Ah. I read until "science of attracting the things in life that you desire and need". That's when my bullshit detector went off and my brain shut down to protect itself from further exposure. I should have known that you wouldn't fall for crap like that. My bad.



 
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Title: owner of a lonely heart
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PostPosted: Jan 09 2009 12:45 am Reply with quote Back to top

i read on wikipedia that it was featured TWICE on Oprah. thats enough of an endorsement for me to NOT get the book

EDIT: i just read the amazon review and that was hilarious Smile


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Optimist With Doubts
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PostPosted: Jan 14 2009 01:44 am Reply with quote Back to top

it appears the review doesn't exist anymore...anyone save it?


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Tyop
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PostPosted: Jan 14 2009 06:15 am Reply with quote Back to top

Through the power of Google Cache:

Ari Brouillette wrote:
Please allow me to share with you how "The Secret" changed my life and in a very real and substantive way allowed me to overcome a severe crisis in my personal life. It is well known that the premise of "The Secret" is the science of attracting the things in life that you desire and need and in removing from your life those things that you don't want. Before finding this book, I knew nothing of these principles, the process of positive visualization, and had actually engaged in reckless behaviors to the point of endangering my own life and wellbeing.
At age 36, I found myself in a medium security prison serving 3-5 years for destruction of government property and public intoxication. This was stiff punishment for drunkenly defecating in a mailbox but as the judge pointed out, this was my third conviction for the exact same crime. I obviously had an alcohol problem and a deep and intense disrespect for the postal system, but even more importantly I was ignoring the very fabric of our metaphysical reality and inviting destructive influences into my life.
My fourth day in prison was the first day that I was allowed in general population and while in the recreation yard I was approached by a prisoner named Marcus who calmly informed me that as a new prisoner I had been purchased by him for three packs of Winston cigarettes and 8 ounces of Pruno (prison wine). Marcus elaborated further that I could expect to be raped by him on a daily basis and that I had pretty eyes.
Needless to say, I was deeply shocked that my life had sunk to this level. Although I've never been homophobic I was discovering that I was very rape phobic and dismayed by my overall personal street value of roughly $15. I returned to my cell and sat very quietly, searching myself for answers on how I could improve my life and distance myself from harmful outside influences. At that point, in what I consider to be a miraculous moment, my cell mate Jim Norton informed me that he knew about the Marcus situation and that he had something that could solve my problems. He handed me a copy of "The Secret". Normally I wouldn't have turned to a self help book to resolve such a severe and immediate threat but I literally didn't have any other available alternatives. I immediately opened the book and began to read.
The first few chapters deal with the essence of something called the "Law of Attraction" in which a primal universal force is available to us and can be harnessed for the betterment of our lives. The theoretical nature of the first few chapters wasn't exactly putting me at peace. In fact, I had never meditated and had great difficulty with closing out the chaotic noises of the prison and visualizing the positive changes that I so dearly needed. It was when I reached Chapter 6 "The Secret to Relationships" that I realized how this book could help me distance myself from Marcus and his negative intentions. Starting with chapter six there was a cavity carved into the book and in that cavity was a prison shiv. This particular shiv was a toothbrush with a handle that had been repeatedly melted and ground into a razor sharp point.
The next day in the exercise yard I carried "The Secret" with me and when Marcus approached me I opened the book and stabbed him in the neck. The next eight weeks in solitary confinement provided ample time to practice positive visualization and the 16 hours per day of absolute darkness made visualization about the only thing that I actually could do. I'm not sure that everybody's life will be changed in such a dramatic way by this book but I'm very thankful to have found it and will continue to recommend it heartily.



 
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Lady_Satine
Title: Head of Lexian R&D
Joined: Oct 15 2005
Location: Metro area, Georgia
PostPosted: Jan 14 2009 07:48 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Awesome review there, simply awesome.


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