"The Secret" is the law of attraction. Law of Attraction says that like attracts like. At first I thought to myself, this is exactly what I teach and believe in and have been practicing for several years. This is much of what Yoga is about, i.e. the words of Patanjali when he writes about Vinyasa Yoga:

"Vinyasa Yoga is the sequencing of moments in time together to realize an intention we set for ourselves." - The Yoga Sutras

Or, as in the words of Buddha which I have written on my website.

As I continued to watch, however, I found myself looking at this idea that our thoughts create our reality in a completely new perspective. So many powerful awarenesses opened up for me as I watched so I will share a few of them with you here...

1) Indeed, our thoughts create our reality. But, not only our thoughts, but the feelings we have connected to the thoughts we are having. It is the feeling which is most powerful. Our feelings send out waves of energy into the Universe, which then in turn attract toward us whatever the frequency of that feeling is. If it is a high frequency, positive feeling, we will attract more of that into our life. In contrast, if it is a negative, heavy feeling, we will manifest more of this in our life. I recognize I have feelings attached to my thoughts, but I've never considered it's the feelings that are affecting what I'm attracting into my life. Awareness: Wake up and be conscious of what I'm feeling moment-to-moment throughout my day, not just what I'm thinking. I have the power to change my feelings into positive feelings, just as I have the power to change my thinking.

2) Ask, Believe, Receive. Ask once and only once. If you are asking for what you want more than once, than you are not fully faithful and fully believing you will actually receive it. Therefore, after you've asked once, believe fully you will indeed receive. And, finally, receive. Awareness: I've always believed in the Christian teaching Ask and You Shall Receive. However, I've often found myself asking more than once for what I would like to open up to or realize in my life. Now, I will ask once and only once and trust completely what's in my Highest Good will manifest for me on every level, personally with my health and wellness, professionally, financially, spiritually, philantrhopically, and in my relationships.

3) The Universe is like a restaurant. We place an order and we receive what we've ordered. For instance, "I'll never have a great relationship." Or, "I have a crazy family full of drama" or "I'll never be good enough at X,Y,Z to be successful." Any time we've had an awareness like this, we've placed an order. When we go to a restaurant and order our meal, we expect to receive what we've ordered. The Universe works in the same way. All day long we are having thoughts about anything and everything. In many of these thoughts we are actually telling or ordering certain things to the Universe both to our delight and our detriment. So, realizing our thoughts are this powerful, we have the ability to change what we're ordering for ourselves and our life. Awareness: Be conscious of what I'm ordering and asking for all day long. This takes practice because of course it's our unconsciouss thinking which has the power to be so detrimental. Spiritual growth is allowing that which is unconsciouss to become conscious. This is how we transform our experience by becoming conscious and recognizing what we are actually asking for each moment of the day.

4) Be grateful. So often we want more, more, more or at least better and different of what we have. Before we can attract "more" into our life, it's essential to be fully appreciative and grateful for everything we have, exactly as it is. Awareness: Open up to gratitude and being grateful for everything in my life, exactly as it is.

I hope you find these insights powerful for you. All of these teachings are the same awarenesses that have been taught since the beginning of time, but said in another way. It's amazing how the Truth expressed in a different way, can resonate with us so we actually hear it and listen to it and make changes in our way of thinking and ultimately Being. I haven't watched "The Secret" movie yet, but I intend to see it for the whole experience.