For the second iTunes Podcast review, I chose to listen to “The Law of Attraction” from Richard Lloyd Jones’ Thinking With Somebody Else’s Head. I chose to listen to this podcast because I have been very interested in the law of attraction for a couple of years now, ever since The Secret came out. I originally thought that this review would be about the positives about the secret, but it was actually about the negatives associated with it. One point that he made that I really agreed with was when he disagreed with the point made in the secret about how we are the centre of the universe and the world revolves around us. He said that we are in fact part of a large universe and the world does not revolve around us. I agree with this because it proves why so many people in the world are selfish and inconsiderate nowadays because they think that the world revolves around them and that they should get whatever they want in life. He talks about how if we only use the secret to our personal benefit and continually wanting more in life, then that will get us nowhere and the world will continue to have poverty, war and injustice. I also agree with this point in that we need to use the secret to benefit everyone in the world, and not just for ourselves. He also talks about how the secret says that anyone in the world is able to get anything they want in life, if they just think positively and use the law of attraction. He said that this is impossible, as every human being has their limits and may have a goal in mind that is unattainable. Of course this may be true for everyone as we may have certain dreams or goals that are a little far fetched, but isn’t that part of living your life is thinking about what you want, what you want to be, or where you want to go? That’s what keeps you going in your life is always having a goal to reach.
I agree with some of the points that he made in his talk, but I also still believe that the secret is a very positive and good thing for people to have in their lives. We are continually surrounded by negativity in this world through the media, whether we know it or not. Having a positive outlook on life and having certain goals in mind allows people to have something to work towards, and not always having the negatives in life to focus on. The positives in life always outweigh the negatives, and I think people need to see that more nowadays.
