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The Secret (Extended Edition) | 
 enlarge | Director: Drew Heriot
Actors: Rhonda Byrne, Paul Harrington, Rev. Dr. Michael Beckwith, Neale Donald Walsch
Studio: TS Production, LLC
Category: DVD
List Price: $24.95
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Rating:  1773 reviews
Sales Rank: 55
Format: Full Length, Subtitled, Ntsc, Dolby
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 92
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.3 x 0.5 x 7.5
UPC: 094922638960
EAN: 0094922638960
ASIN: B000K8LV1O
Theatrical Release Date: 2006
Publication Date: 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| + | The Internet's #1 Smash Hit -Law of Attraction- Movie | | + | New Extended Edition | | + | Experience The Secrets discussed on Larry King & Oprah | | + | Behind the Sceens, Outtakes and Commentary |
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Product Description
The new "extended edition" of this ground-breaking feature length movie presentation reveals The Great Secret of the universe. It has been passed throughout the ages, traveling through centuries... to reach you. This is The Secret to everything - the secret to unlimited joy, health, money, relationships, love, youth: everything you have ever wanted. In this astonishing program are ALL the resources you will ever need to understand and live The Secret. For the first time in history, the world's leading scientists, authors, and philosophers will reveal The Secret that utterly transformed the lives of every person who ever knew it... Plato, Newton, Carnegie, Beethoven, Shakespeare, Einstein.Now YOU will know The Secret. And it can change your life forever.
Amazon.com
Not really a movie or documentary, The Secret is more of a video seminar, a presentation featuring a series of authors, philosophers, doctors, quantum physicists, entrepreneurs, and spiritual practitioners expounding on the powers of The Secret (probably the most well-known of the presenters is Jack Canfield, author of Chicken Soup for the Soul and The Success Principles). What is The Secret, exactly? "That principle can be summed up in three simple words: thoughts become things," proclaims writer Mike Dooley, author of Notes from the Universe. Put it another way, it's The Power of Positive Thinking and how it can be applied to attracting more money, better health, and relationships; in short, happiness. (There is a rundown of topics on the DVD Chapters menu). Most of the material here is given in a straightforward manner, with the presenters simply talking into the camera to address the audience directly, which is good because it avoids the trap of pretense. On the other hand, the quick edits between presenters (would it hurt to let them say more than one sentence at a time?) don't help because it reduces many of their points to palatable sound bites and aphorisms. To many viewers, this may make the program come across as a series of nice ideas not rooted in reality. Plus it's somewhat spurious to claim that The Secret was well understood and practiced by specific individuals like Plato or Shakespeare (it's well known that some of the historical figures noted didn't exactly live happy or even prosperous lives, despite their achievements). But still, the primary message is one of positivity and hope for everyone. So what to make of it? In the end, programs like this generally find an audience that is open to the message, and many will probably find it to be a source of inspiration. Others will approach it with a good deal of skepticism or dismiss it as another way of marketing happiness the masses. It simply won't resonate with everyone, but if it resonates with you, you're likely to enjoy it and get a lot out of it. Those looking for more on The Secret might want to check out the companion book by Rhonda Byrne. --Daniel Vancini
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 SALES PITCH January 8, 2009
A friend and I settled down to watch what we thought would be an exciting film and found it to be an infomercial about a group. We could not watch it to the end, so found something much better to watch.
 The Secret January 6, 2009
I was very pleased at how fast my order arrived, and it was in excellent shape.
 Hyped up simplicity January 6, 2009
Like the reviewer Denise above, I was interested to find out what all the excitement was over this movie. Seeing the movie unfold, I expected some great profound mysterious secret to be unveiled. I was quite disappointed to find that the entire movie revolved very simply over something that every church goer or anyone who has picked up a bible or even a positive self help book and that is, "Believe that you have already received and it shall be given unto you...". After seeing the entire movie, I said to myself, "That's IT? This whole secret business is revolving around this one-sentence truth?" I was a bit disappointed.
Another premise of the movie is that the "universe will align itself to us..." which means that the entire universe will shift itself for us. But this is false since it isn't the universe that changes, it is the way we think and the positive changes in our own mind and lives that bring about the already awaiting blessings of the universe. It is US who must change, make the positive changes to align ourselves to the fundamental principles of the laws of the Universe, not the other way around. So the movie conveys two messages which seem to conflict: 1) That the universe changes for us and 2) that when we think positive, we make the universe change for us.
The way I see it, people must change their heart and minds to be one of abundance, love, and giving, in order to be the recipients of what blessings are waiting for them from the "universe". Also, what is the definition of the "Universe"? Is it supposed to be God or the Creator? God MADE the universe, not the other way around. God is bigger and greater than the thing He made and He made the universe as a fertile magnificant resource for us. When we change ourselves to be in alignment and living these very positive fundamental spiritual principles, we become the recipients of what is already stored up for us - as great gifts from a Creator who loves each of us.
Seems like the movie has a message that positive thinking brings everything you want. The movie seems to be want-and-attain based and certainly could have been more about how not only to receive but how to be a blessing and a resource of love and joy for others. I do like how the movie did state several times that receiving is very important. Many times in this society of selfishness and control, we think more about getting, attaining, and controlling, than we do about loving, resting, and receiving. You can just tell by our social conditioning that many people receive with a selfish heart instead of a greatful abundant filled heart that has gratitude. Gratitude begins with being greatful for exactly what you have around you before you can be greatful for what you don't have - yet. The movie did talk about this and that was a very good reminder.
There was a kind of selfish undertone to it and it was more about getting and attracting and wanting and desiring. Not that these things are bad but they were certainly out of proportion to the other side of the same coin principle: That in order to be a recipient of great blessings, we also have to have open love and blessings for others so that the great power of the laws of abundance can flow through us to all. This was hinted upon but mostly missed. It is mentioned as one of the principles but could have been pressed a little more since this is an area that people often severely overlook.
I was a bit disappointed at the end of the movie when the genie popped out because first of all, the Aladdin character was desperate, sneaking around corners of the building as if he had stolen the lamp and then desperately, he rubs the lamp with anxiety on his face. The genie came out of the lamp and it seemed like suddenly the great potent force of the entire physical world was reduced down to a hunky looking blue guy saying "your wish is my command". It may have reached some people in this symbology but it sort of weakened the concept of the "universe" to me.
I see the universe as God's creation and in that creation He made all things available and set the laws of Love in motion so that it could be a self regulating, self operative and self sustaining power and when we align OURSELVES to that power by changing ourselves, (not aligning the universe to us), we reap the benefits of living a positive love filled live has to offer.
And I use the word God which seems to be less popular these days as many people are anti-God and anti-Christ so they prefer benign distant terms like "universe" and "universal power" in order to keep the personal relationship aspect of a Deity at a distance. Whatever!
Good merits of the movie is that if no one has any foundational understanding or introduction to the power of positive thinking or for someone just beginning to have some kind of hope and faith in their dreams, this movie is a good beginning, a very beginner simplistic concept. Anyone with any more substantial education in spiritual development and positive thinking probably can use the movie as a refresher course in "Postive Thinking 101".
I'm not saying this movie is bad, it is very good, especially for people trying to get their breakthrough. I bought a copy of it and refer to it now and then. But it is only part and parcel to a bigger picture. Also, I find the book more interesting than the movie and the book is a very good thing to have in one's collection.
awsome dvd....see it once a week January 6, 2009
excellent seller, arrived very quickly....i have given the dvd to others and try to see it at least once a week. it really works
Biblically Accurate. January 5, 2009
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've studied the Word for nearly twenty years and found the principles taught in The Secret to be Biblically accurate. To me, The Secret, helps to make clear many priciples that are taught in the Word of God. Unfortunately, it doesn't give God the credit but refers to Him as the universe or genie, etc., when it was He that created the universe, our minds and the wonderful way our minds work. The only place Rhonda B. gives God the credit is in her personal interview in the Commentary.
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