tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766906560812521746.post8036190322217431225..comments2024-02-10T02:58:07.102-05:00Comments on Celestial Reflections: Oprah, James Ray, and the Media EffectLaVaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09147322061125012346noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766906560812521746.post-47883672718602681572011-05-28T00:02:27.305-04:002011-05-28T00:02:27.305-04:00Hey Sweetpea, I think you mean Rhonda Byrne on the...Hey Sweetpea, I think you mean Rhonda Byrne on the whole researched the entire history of esoteric thought in 2 and half weeks thingo. Have you watched the movie? She makes that research look very dramatic. But that's The Secret in a nutshell. It's all just cheap and shallow and very, very pretty. She just found slick, new ways to pander to the desire for instant gratification. All of life's complicated problems? Leonardo Da Vinci said to just think different thoughts. No really! He did! That's the thing. She ascribes this dumbed down pile of crap to all these great thinkers who never said anything of the kind. She's even dumbed down the so-called "law of attraction" which is oversimplified and incomplete to begin with.<br /><br />The Lisa Nichols comment I'm referring to is at the beginning of the fifth video. She actually makes shutting people down and steamrolling over their emotional issues sound like a good thing; like she's doing people a favor by telling them to shut the fuck up about their problems. Obviously, the goal is to come complete with our past so that we really can let it go. But I've found that just deciding to let it go because someone tells you too... It doesn't work so well. Shocker.LaVaughnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09147322061125012346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6766906560812521746.post-76142980923773722682011-05-27T11:33:03.004-04:002011-05-27T11:33:03.004-04:00I am so glad you touched upon this. As I was watch...I am so glad you touched upon this. As I was watching Oprah's last episode/sermon. I was thinking the same thing, especially about James Ray. Not a peep from Oprah. Where are the family's of the people that died? Haven't seen them on the show. God forbid her image is tainted by making a mistake and supporting someone who ended up destroying so many people's lives. I believe she did play a part in feeding his megalomania. <br />So I watched the video clip with Lisa Nichols. She admits that she scanned the internet, listening to other people's audio talks, and articles and then she says she traced back the secret through history in 2 and half weeks. Wow!! Impressive. Not so impressive when you're basically taking a bunch of other people's ideas and piecing them together to make a book and video and calling your own. Law of attraction? Wayne Dyer has been talking about that for years!!I just want to slap this woman.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13066678934858611177noreply@blogger.com