Why the Secret Law of Attraction DOES NOT WORK

[batfly]

So what this guy is really saying is... You got to become a complete sociopath in order for you to take what you want.

[anunhealthydistrust]

"Hey guys, what if you gave me money to convince you that the law of attraction doesn't work? Wouldn't that be great?"

Nice try. Title got my attention, I'll give you that.

[anunhealthydistrust]

"Hey guys, what if you gave me money to convince you that the law of attraction doesn't work? Wouldn't that be great?"

Nice try. Title got my attention, I'll give you that.

[anunhealthydistrust]

"Hey guys, what if you gave me money to convince you that the law of attraction doesn't work? Wouldn't that be great?"

Nice try. Title got my attention, I'll give you that.

[anunhealthydistrust]

"Hey guys, what if you gave me money to convince you that the law of attraction doesn't work? Wouldn't that be great?"

Nice try. Title got my attention, I'll give you that.

[maxlarocca78]

A belief is a thought that you keep thinkingas Abraham time and time again has said words alone do not create. Abraham does not teach that affirmations can manifest what you desire. Abraham teaches that words alone do not create but it is about vibrational alignment which means feeling just as happy as you would be, just as excited as you would be or, at least, becoming as a close match to that which you would feel like if what you wanted was already present.

[maxlarocca78]

A belief is a thought that you keep thinkingas Abraham time and time again has said words alone do not create. Abraham does not teach that affirmations can manifest what you desire. Abraham teaches that words alone do not create but it is about vibrational alignment which means feeling just as happy as you would be, just as excited as you would be or, at least, becoming as a close match to that which you would feel like if what you wanted was already present.

[hammett7262000]

The thing is, it is working for you and you don't even know it. Phrases like "I"m not worthy of this" keeps you away from what you "want/need". You not having it is a product of you being negative. Which proves law of attraction more than you thought. Smile guy, you deserve it. BTW you higher self would never tell you that you are not worthy, that is your insecurities talking.

[gregoriodavila]

Very true. It's not what you say abd think, it's about the vibration you're offering.

[JNdigital]

so essentially this message says what prevents the law of attraction from working (in your experience and what you've observed) findyourbrilliance, not necessarily that it won't work regardless

[MilitaryMan68564]

The law of attraction does work. The thing is, it works on everything going on inside of you. And it takes a while to 100% change your thoughts, feelings and actions. It's not an overnight miracle process like the secret makes it out to be. Just keep working on yourself. Once you've mastered yourself, miracles will happen. Have patience and love yourself.

[shredmetalmike]

I dunno man, I was brought up poverty stricken, way in the woods away from town with now way to get out to get work etc, I looked into the laws of attraction and things skyrocketed immediately, as well as for every single person Ive turned to the Laws of Attraction. Its changed everyones lives 200%. Just takes the will power and dedication to really push into it, or else its simply not going to work

[revolution698]

If you push a thought far back enough in your mind, it becomes rooted in your subconscious as a truth, and if it's a bad thing you try not to think about it but what you resist, persists. Don't fight your thoughts. Just let them pass through you like a window, and know deeply in your soul that negativity is an illusion.

[revolution698]

What they don't tell you about this Law of Attraction is that what is most IMPERATIVE is the understanding that in a soulful, spiritual sense...we are all ONE...and none of us is separated from that universal consciousness...therefore, whether you realize it or not...on SOME LEVEL...you are attracting these things to you, conscious or unconscious.

[sk8nboomer900]

this video provides no good points and is designed to make this prick some money. lol. boo hoo.

[roosje63]

I wish you losts of strenght, and positive thinking. May your "truth" provide you of everything you wanted !

[dukesterduf]

If your inner self is saying 'this is not true' to what you're speaking then you have started with too deep a statement. Understand and use the Focus Wheel technique and you will understand what I'm saying. There are a few videos here on YouTube that show you how to do that. The ones by Abraham are the best examples. All this video is doing is showing how a negative statement can stop you dead in your tracks.

[dropspin5678]

I'm in another country right now because of applying the principles of the Secret. This video doesn NOT tell us WHY the Secret doesn't work, it tells you HOW it is failing for those that are trying. You need to study perceptions, study how a mental image is created and how it causes neurons to function in Electromagnetic Fields...and then put it to work. It absolutely works...and your skepticism and disbelief ARE pollutants to the effects you are trying to create.

[rustydusty40]

heres a secret for ya,seek God and his goodness and all these things will be added unto you :-)

[biggyrat57]

Sincerely desire it, it will be made manifest but, it will have to conform to the root assumptions about the nature of the reality within which it is to take "form". Desire is the engine of manifestation. Don't complicate it further.

[whatthehellsucka]

you said it yourself, clean up the inner you before you can manifest on the outside. thats exactly what the law of attaction teaches. its called ALIGNMENT.

[spillerjuice]

You shouldn't have said that, baldy.

[ORENDAGAIA]

What you are saying is true but also the cleaning up in the inside is also based on the law of attraction. And there are many ways to do so without resistance of your unconciousness. And Source or God is bringing you the answers or solution to clean up your negative feelings from the past. Just let go and selfishly follow bliss.

[ballen900]

true

[kobasica]

This is all spiritualism. I wouldnt recommend it to anyone.

[U2ber17]

How do you fix the inside of you before you start manifesting???

I would like to see someone answer this its easy to say start changing from within then you can manifest

but actually doing the changes is alot harder

[tdarnold]

This guy is dead on except once you start saying it and having small successes the inside will began to believe and change.

[tjmeyer526]

if you want to know more about the power of the subconscious and its connection to the Law of Attraction, read The Master Key System by Charles F. Haanel.

[tjmeyer526]

sorry pal, but you're wrong. i agree with everything you say in your video, but not with the title. the law of attraction absolutely works. you just proved it. if subconsciously you're thinking to yourself, "i can't do this," and then you fail, guess what? you just witnessed the law of attraction. "you end up attracting to you the predominant thoughts that you are holding in your awareness, whether those thoughts are conscious or whether they're unconscious." straight from The Secret.

[cometblazt]

More people are more screwed today than they were before the loa. It's all mumbo jumbo

[FigurinItOut]

findyourbrilliance -- You are ABSOLUTELY RIGHT!!! I grew up in this world believing that sacrificing self/pleasing others was the "norm." Manifesting for myself wasn't part of the equation. It's literally taken me YEARS, with very little outer rewards, to transform a false identity.

It's frustrating because people look at me and think "Well he's not a real go-getter." WRONG. The inner work I've done had been a rigorous daily process. Others simply can't see the results.

[DavidOwenCA]

What if your real belief system were aligned with your conscious thought?

[kenmare17]

One must also understand that because of the "buffer of time", positive thoughts may not necessarily manifest instantly. Essentially, your present moment experience is an outcrop of thoughts you planted in the past. What you're planting now thought-wise, you will experience its manifestation in days ahead. So, if you feel impatience and frustration that your positive affirmations are not bearing immediate results, you'll be lapsing back into the negative mode which will only work against you.

[kenmare17]

The Law of Attraction works - regardless of whether you believe it does or not. As Abraham clearly explains, Law of Attraction does not respond to the sound of words; it responds to thought vibration. If you merely mouth affirmations against a background of thoughts that don't feel good, it matters not how long you utter your affirmations. In all of that, Law of Attraction will only be hearing your thought vibrations and then matching you up with the manifestational essence of those thoughts.

[rashousemusic]

it iz so true u need to go in and change the inner mental set up...check out nithyananda on you tube...wonderful wisdom..he has come to help raise us all with love....

[LifeIsThePrayer]

We have always been creators, no matter if believed it or not.

[Toddjumper]

What if you truly believe on the inside and out but things still are not coming to pass. When I started using the law of attraction not too long after I lost the love of my life, my home, my family, my job... And I was very happy right before this all happened, so I have a hard time believe I manifested it through doubt or whatever. 3 years later.. I still find myself hurt and alone.

[findyourbrilliance]

What is working and what is not? I recommend going through the training but its not for everyone. If you are too entrenched in your rightness, not open to looking at yourself without delusion, or unwilling to step outside your comfort zone, its probably not for you. Not related to the training, but along similar lines, google Byron Katie "thework" dot com, and also read a short little book called The Four Agreements. I would love to hear back from you to see if any of this has been useful.

[Sybernetik]

The Four Agreements is a pretty good introduction.

[bubblerings]

What this man's video says... is true.

When those things 'happened to you', if you were not in a space of diminishing yourself, FEELING UNWORTHY OR PUNISHED, OR FEELING 'BAD ABOUT YOU', YOU ALMOST CERTAINLY WOULD BE IN A VERY GOOD PLACE, NOW.

If this man is as good at his teaching, as he is implying... then check him out... or what he is recommending.

[OcultOprah]

Todd - this is all a FRAUD! EVERY WORD!......if this ACTUALLY worked! Then Oprah & Rhonda Bryne SHOULD be out every day TEACHING it to Desperate Parents and their children/patients. This book was=plagarized off an old 1910 book a con man made up to get = MONEY! When you see that people get sick and die and loose jobs = Rhonda B. LAUGHS and blames YOU for all you troubles! That is because the CLEAN UP YOUR INSIDES = job is what Jesus Christ came to tell mankind. Listen to - Ravi Zacharais =4TRUTH

[maxlarocca78]

@Toddjumper - If the law attraction is true then there must've been a way on which you created those experiences. It is posible that your attention to contrast - maybe losing your wife first - escalated to something worse..your house and job

[maxlarocca78]

@Toddjumper - If the law attraction is true then there must've been a way on which you created those experiences. It is posible that your attention to contrast - maybe losing your wife first - escalated to something worse..your house and job

[graphicunit]

there you go it just worked. You thought negatively and there is your outcome...LOL

[Jaime439]

Wow, people like Oprah are just more generous than the poor and the sick. That's why their reality sucks. Thanks Oprah for sharing that philosophy with the world!

[cashfan123]

brother its true its pure truth mate its working for me and ive suffered from depression for years and now im happy and content every day im so thankfull for the way i am thinking now i have cured myself were as drugs didnt work cancellers didnt work but the secret the secret works i swear to u keep at it and u will set urself free peace be with u all

[bodhisattva99]

How do you clean up the inner part of you so you can start manifesting?

[LifeIsThePrayer]

Just stop paddling upstream.

And you HAVE been manifesting all your life.

[tkdwoman]

And how do you "clean" that?

Thinking in a different way right?

And what is a Belief that you talk about?  It is a thought you keep thinking!

[Casmige]

I may or may not be what I think I am, However, what I think, I am.

[Treyacet]

very true

[TheCultivatedMind]

That's what the job of affirmations are, to get your subconscious mind moving in the right direction.

[tabletopphoto]

@TheCultivatedMind

Even affirmations don't work if they don't give you a feeling when you say them

[subbtopp]

watch

Where Mind Meets Matter

Law of attraction explained by science

[spectra24]

its the third law of creation... what you are, the universe reflects,, ie. what you put out,, you get back.

[reddupo]

I'll say Good-day to you this day of your time!!

[Jaime439]

bullshit. u don't put out love and get hit by a drunk driver the next minute. or was that due to PAST LIFE karma? christianity teaches we are ALL sinners. i'm sorry that you and oprah are the most generous people on the damm planet.

[gmrtrumpet]

Thoughts are very powerful. It all begins with a thought. Neotropic9 above said it doesn't work because it is all BS. That is true for him. As a man thinketh so is he. One must believe first and think positive. If one wants to think negative then so be it. Notice those who say it is BS are the ones that are not successful. The world contains both the haves and the have nots. Which side do you want toe be on ?

[realslimshaddyy]

haves :D

[krystal288]

I always marvelled how golden retrievers are wonderful dogs. A neighbor brought a GR puppy to my door and offered him for free. I accepted him as a gift from God.

My cousin brought me a gift of teddy bears "grouping" in a basket. I loved it and put a positive strong thought in the idea. Next day, when I entered my office, a stranger offered me a calendar with an image of teddy bears on the cover.

P of A really works as long as you are in the state of allowing and strong positive feeling.

[bunnyforlife]

absolutely true. you have to do a LOT of internal work and balancing before you can even get to the point of readiness for manifesting.

[dukovni2000]

here is the real scoop in law of attraction. here is HOW you become a MILLIONAIRE.

the real secret to becoming rich using law of attraction is TO SELL THE IDEA of law of attaraction. THAT IS THE SECRET.

sell books, videos, audios, conferences, consultations, etc etc. people are stupid, they will believe anyting related to "law" of attraction. THEIR STUPIDITY IS YOUR PROFITABILITY.

this is the real secret on how rhonda byrnes and co. made millions.

[nchero21]

First of all, you can only believe what you mind has the ability to precieve. You cant fly, its a proven fact and even if you wanted to and believed you could there is that built in since birth "fact" that says you cant. But Being rich, happy, healthy and so forth are things you can see in everyday life, its all around you. What he says is true yes, but if he actually watched the secret he would have realized the way to make yourself believe is to practice positive thought. Thats the answer.

[yuva47]

I agree 100% with what you say. You need to get your belief system in your subconscious mind sorted out with the "good" files, including a file called "confidence".

So how do you do it. I guess this can only be done through repetition and affirmation from the outside, i.e through conscious behaviour modification. You need to clear the virus in the subconcious thats reinforcing the negative belief. One way is to replace it with positive throughts.

[alltycham]

. I agree with what you say and I believe that most people tend to ignore this very powerful aspect of ourselves when addressing manifestation.

It is often the case that on a conscious level, we may believe that we are worthy of abundance and health etc,, but on an Unconscious level, we may believe that we are worthless and have no right to happiness.

Being in psychodynamic therapy explores our unconscious beliefs, in the long run, this can open the gates to more successful manifestations.

[8bloc]

He did NOT make a good point. Attraction says if you think you "can't" then you probably "won't". If you think you "can" then you probably "will". Your thoughts attract the results that it projects. The law of attraction is not to only yield "Gold" and good wishes if these are not your true thoughts and intentions.

[DvsPolak]

thats the point, u gotta love yourself first... then wish for some hair

[Fryitonapanandstuff]

Brett, interesting...I like your honesty, and the law of attraction really isn't a "secret."

[Alcazar1024]

That's where the Law of Allowing comes into play. As one person in the Secret did say "You were created on this earth in perfection", if you allow yourself to BE worthy, which you are, then you will allow yourself to have your desire.

I think "The Secret" romanticizes this too much as though it's a fantasy, it's a law of life and has and always been in operation.

[zerozsum]

I agree entirely, the only problem is how do you make yourself believe whatever you want to believe?

[tosaha33]

I don't think that it's a matter of making yourself believe what you want. I feel it's more about understanding what is and then having that knowledge incorporated into your point of view.

In other words, it's the difference between delusion and denial: accepting the Law of Attraction doesn't mean dismissing evidence contrary to its validity, it means perceiving the truth of what is and acknowledging it; applying it as we do the law of gravity.

[solana0156]

we are energy beings, everything we do begins with our thoughts...think positive and create the most wonderful you, you are the secret.

~~~sending you all healing energy~~~

[kdog80]

you must ask yourself..do you really want it and why? and if you really want it you will see it and believe it.

[Kosanin]

Really easy, instead of trying to FORCE yourself to believe it. By saying I so & so am SO rich. It doesn't get through to your subconscious because your conscious says "Pffft.. what are you talking about you aren't rich." Just put it into a question. "Why am I SO rich? What am I SOOO rich?!" Guess what your brain is... it's an answer questioning machine! Once you ask the right questions, you will get the right answers. Trying searching on youtube for "Afformations" <3

[kawan222]

"A belief is just a thought that you keep thinking." -A B R A H A M

"Begin to tell a different story of your life." -Abraham from new book: Money and The Law of Attraction, August 2008

Go to library - test out one of their books.

[yusoupoff]

Change the story, the story you tell is what your life will be. TELL THE STORY OF What YOU REALLY WANT!!!Then your life will start to change. We tell our story everyday...

[ZLostAlien]

I would agree with what u said in this video:)

[dropkickdrop]

Micheal Losier address this point. For example he says to use 'in the process of' when affirming to make it true.

[streettraining]

lobextomy... you're so right! if you're positive in life, the way you think, how you go about your daily activities, you will achieve whatever you want... but you have to truely, deep down, believe in it!

[Nolantm]

It doesn't take that long to change a belief. The Law of Attraction is working every moment of your life, so you can't ever really "not manifest". The easiest way to go about this is to just search for a thought that feels a little better, and truly discover that you are one who deserves well-being! You don't need to prove your worthiness here, you ARE worthy because everyone deserves to be happy.

[Nolantm]

it was never about the manifestations anyway. it was all about feeling good

[ementele]

I bet the secret would work a whole lot better if we weren't inundated with so much crap. So many people say that if they could manifest something it would be a million dollars. If that is the extent of your creative power. No wonder it wont work for you. Society has given us a false sense of value and wealth. I think the secret works if you get in touch with what manifestations will make you truly happy. Not what society says will make you happy.

[dietrichian]

You've completely missed the point. You see even when you don't believe it works, it still works. Jesus himself said many times "ask and ye shall receive" so I guess now you'll tell me the Bible is wrong too.

[anonymous915]

How about we try it in prisons and Darfur to see how well it works?

[jazzybird8]

Brett:Hypnosis is an extremely effective way to change a belief in your sub-conscious mind in order to better visualize and, believe, what it is that you want. Yes you must think it first, then believe it to attract it...

[neotropic9]

Or could the reason it doesn't work be because the "secret" is a bunch of BS?

[georgepeorgey]

I think I'm with ya on this one. The Secret is a whole lot of wishful thinking. You have to put some action behind those thoughts if you really want anything to happen in your life. Wouldn't it be great if there was a place that taught you how to do that? Oh yeah, there is.

[lobextomy]

It is BS, in that way. You cant just think something and get a million dollars the next day. But there is also truth to it. What you believe about yourself will usually guide your life. Your beliefs guide the way you act, and your actions determine a lot about how your life proceeds. eg.. a person who believes they are unworthy may not try to get a promotion at work, or may shy away from people who attract them

[thewaytosuccess]

I think your 100% right, but what you've just descibed can be achieved without the so called 'law of attraction'

[SoilWzelot]

so again u proved SECRET is not just BS :))))

[cojobo34]

If you believe that to be true, it will be (for you).Wishful thinking and unstopable desire are two COMPLETELY DIFFERENT things. I don't agree with the Genie metaphor in The Secret, because most people are not smart enough to understand that it is simply a metaphor.Law of Attraction is ALWAYS working, because it is directly connected with your thoughts.If you think and feel a certain way, that is the way you will feel more of the time.That is the simple part. The complexity is found in DOING.