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I got this movie from Netflix last weekend and it was great. I highly recommend it to everyone on this board. Another member had told me about the book so when I saw the movie I got it and it is very much in line with Alanon thinking and literature. It's about changing the way we think and feel about things to bring positive change to our lives. Much of it is about gratitude and I have noticed more and more talking about gratitude lately, maybe I'm just seeking it out unconsciously?
It's an awesome video isn't it? I have watched it about 5 times, I always hear something I missed. The challenge is to live how it says and ridding ourselves of the negative thinking. Amazing things happen when you do :)
Christy
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yep, I agree, much related to al-anon program. I agree. I have the book which is not as good but better than nothing! I do believe in this and our negative assumptions and thinking is what gets us into deep do do every time (speaking for myself). I also know this works in order to get jobs, etc. I see it happening a lot in peoples lives and my own, too, if I can stay on the sunny side. I cannot wait to watch the DVD.
Hmmmmm CG....who coulda that been?? LOL.....I am not making much progress on the book right now as I don't really have much time to read....more of an inspiration kinda thing....I will have to check out the movie. I heard good things about it. :)
What is The Secret? And where can I ge this from? And what is Netflick? Have I totally lost the plot? Think I really am having a 'blonde moment or two'! It really does sound as though I should read it/see it, but I am completely lost here.
I am in England and have NOT heard of this at all.
Heartbroken
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I do feel fleeting moments of happiness these days. I feel more self reliant and far less lonely than I ever have. I know all of that is due to feeling known in Al anon. I craved for the A to know me and he was never interested. I feel less and less inclined to contact him all the time. I am grateful for that.
Heartbroken, please google The Secret and Netflicks to find out what they are. In a nutshell: The Secret is a recently reformed take on a very old idea that you send out energy (positive like LOVE or negative like FEAR) which will return to you amplified. So, for example, your nickname in here Heartbroken will insure that you remain always heartbroken. This is super over-simplified and its all quite controversial, I might add. Netflicks is a way to order DVD's that come in the mail so you do not need to go out and get them- they come to you. I have no idea if this service/company is international or not. There may be a version of this where you are- most likely.
Thank you (((Jean4444))) Sometimes I do feel that I am just plain stupid. Thank you again, and that is an interesting thought, I chose the nickname at the time because it described the place I was at at that time, however I feel that slowly I am being put together again, thanks to this wonderful family and knowing and reading makes me aware that I am not alone in all of this. Thank you again. Hearbroken[in the process of being made whole]
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Heartbroken, Here's an excerpt from a book called: Earth School and Back Home Again.
The Big Secret: your life is a reflection of your beliefs. If your life sucks, don't complain about life; examine your beliefs because that's where the root of the problem lies. This is classic "chicken and egg." Does your life suck because your beliefs suck, or do your beliefs suck because your life sucks? Contrary to popular belief, it's the former. Thoughts come first and reality follows. Of course, it looks the other way round which is why it's still The Big Secret. So, to change your reality, first change your thoughts about reality, and your reality will then change, albeit slowly. What you believe and how you think are habits that took years to form. The good news is that you formed them unconsciously; now that you're conscious, change will come more quickly.
To simplify, it just means your thoughts create your reality. If you are sure life sucks, it will. If you think life=joy, it will. No one can possible be in those two places at the same time. For sure the person that chooses joy as their reality will live it, find it attract it. Equally so for the "life sucks" person. Christy
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