Comments on: 2008 Delete Key Awards Finalist #10 – ‘The Secret’ by Rhonda Byrne http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/2008-delete-key-awards-finalist-10-%e2%80%93-%e2%80%98the-secret%e2%80%99-by-rhonda-byrne/ Janice Harayda Reviews Fiction, Nonfiction and Poetry for Adults and Children Thu, 16 May 2013 19:28:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: 1minutebookreviewswordpresscom http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/2008-delete-key-awards-finalist-10-%e2%80%93-%e2%80%98the-secret%e2%80%99-by-rhonda-byrne/#comment-7039 Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:45:11 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=820#comment-7039 There seems to be more and more well-grounded research being done about the hazards of positive thinking when it’s carried to excess. Apart from being dangerous as a substitute for medicine, as you noted, it can foster guilt in very ill patients who may blame themselves for not “thinking positively” enough.

Thanks for your comment.

]]> By: jasonhenle http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/2008-delete-key-awards-finalist-10-%e2%80%93-%e2%80%98the-secret%e2%80%99-by-rhonda-byrne/#comment-7038 Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:44:31 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=820#comment-7038 I listened to the audio book of “The Secret.” Thinking positively can encourage a healthy lifestyle. However, quantum physics does not work that way at all. Any positive things that happen to you, are not magical. Also, thinking positively is an extremely dangerous substitution for medicine.

]]> By: 1minutebookreviewswordpresscom http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/2008-delete-key-awards-finalist-10-%e2%80%93-%e2%80%98the-secret%e2%80%99-by-rhonda-byrne/#comment-5733 Sat, 01 Mar 2008 22:55:13 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=820#comment-5733 “Soap on a rope” fits more than one these books … I’m going to remember that line.

]]> By: oh http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/2008-delete-key-awards-finalist-10-%e2%80%93-%e2%80%98the-secret%e2%80%99-by-rhonda-byrne/#comment-5728 Sat, 01 Mar 2008 19:37:45 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=820#comment-5728 Pooh. Poop. But honestly, it’s not the writing that gets me. I can’t even get that far. It’s the premise. The audacity. Published soap on a rope this one is, and should go down the drain. I think we all just need to get outdoors more often to get in touch with ourselves and the universe.
Yeah, this might be my sole choice on your list.

]]> By: 1minutebookreviewswordpresscom http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/2008-delete-key-awards-finalist-10-%e2%80%93-%e2%80%98the-secret%e2%80%99-by-rhonda-byrne/#comment-5716 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:47:44 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=820#comment-5716 Thom: I agree that problems with the “The Secret” go beyond the idea that “the universe works exactly as Aladdin’s lamp” (and that phrase nicely sums up some of them). So much of it just seems to be an exercise in magical thinking. Jan

]]> By: thomrutledge http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/2008-delete-key-awards-finalist-10-%e2%80%93-%e2%80%98the-secret%e2%80%99-by-rhonda-byrne/#comment-5714 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:38:29 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=820#comment-5714 I have a good friend who is overweight. No problem: when I am talking to him, I just close my eyes. I’m feeling thinner already. If any of you have a moment, and are so inclined, please visit the web site I created specifically to register my objections to The Secret: http://www.thesecretantidote.com. As a psychotherapist, it has become apparent to me that Rhonda Byrne & Company’s project goes well beyond silly simplifications and fantasies (the universe works exactly as Aladdin’s lamp, except that we get endless wishes, not just 3); it is dangerous to a lot of people. Please help me distribute The Antidote. Thanks. Thom Rutledge / http://www.thesecretantidote.com

]]> By: 1minutebookreviewswordpresscom http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/2008-delete-key-awards-finalist-10-%e2%80%93-%e2%80%98the-secret%e2%80%99-by-rhonda-byrne/#comment-5711 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 19:19:32 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=820#comment-5711 Malcolm: Some people would say “The Secret” is, in itself, bacon grease.

Moonbeam: If you dislike Byrne’s book, you may want to stay far away from the just-named No. 4 finalist, “A New Earth,” the latest pick of Oprah’s Book Club.
Jan

]]> By: moonbeammcqueen http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/2008-delete-key-awards-finalist-10-%e2%80%93-%e2%80%98the-secret%e2%80%99-by-rhonda-byrne/#comment-5709 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:36:42 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=820#comment-5709 I wrote a rant on my blog about “The Secret” some time ago. I dislike it on so many levels, and it actually gets me a little angry just thinking about it. Thank goodness that in her vast storehouse of wisdom, Rhonda has passed on the cure for my angst– don’t look at this stupid book.

]]> By: knightofswords http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/2008-delete-key-awards-finalist-10-%e2%80%93-%e2%80%98the-secret%e2%80%99-by-rhonda-byrne/#comment-5704 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:51:24 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=820#comment-5704 If this is true, then perhaps I can go back to eating at McDonalds and frying everything in bacon grease. Those were the days.

Malcolm

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