THE SCIENCE OF GETTING RICH
THE SCIENCE OF GETTING RICH
Finally there is an email circulating amongst Mary Kay sales directors with which I agree! I have heard plenty about “The Secret” and women using this as part of Mary Kay events and meetings. I am not in agreement with “The Secret.” It does not align with my Christian values, and I think it is a very simplistic, materialistic, damaging bit of teaching. I commend Priscilla McPheeters for standing up and conveying these thoughts so eloquently.
I’m writing this letter to you regarding a movie that is being recommended by many in our company called The Secret. This DVD has been shown and utilized at many of our Mary Kay retreats and at sales meetings.
First, I would like to convey my deep respect for you all, for your position and for the immense impact you are having upon the Mary Kay world, and indeed, the world at large. I write this letter with humility as well as gratitude for all you do to perpetuate Mary Kay’s dream. I know many of you personally, and I honor you all.
I have watched this movie three times, and have taken several pages of notes in order to more fully understand the message it seeks to convey. Perhaps you have watched the movie; if so, you are aware that the ‘secret’ is termed the Law Of Attraction; the idea being: that everything that comes into your life, you have attracted by virtue of the images you hold in your mind.
While the video is professionally done and the music and imagery combine to make for a compelling experience, once the script is separated from the movie and analyzed, it is my opinion that the statements made by the film are not consistent with many of the principles upon which Mary Kay Ash built our company, principles long held to be fundamental to successful living and well understood. Indeed, it has almost become a proverb to state “the secret is… There is no secret.”
The men and women who teach these ideas in the movie maintain that “the universe at large is a grand genii saying, ‘your wish is my command; it is your holy guardian angel, your higher self… The universe is a catalog in which you simply place your order; it’s really that easy.’ ” They continue, and I quote, “Everything in your life, you have attracted… Car accidents, illnesses, disease, conflict… Yes, you have attracted it. This law, like gravity, works every time, with every person; there are no exceptions.”
They go on to assert, for example, that “disease is an indication that we have an imbalanced perspective and we are not loving and grateful” and that “disease cannot live in a body that’s in a healthy emotional state.”
My friends, let us consider the implausibility of this assertion. Did Mary Kay Ash “attract” her debilitating stroke? Did Sue Vickers attract the tragic situation which led to her death? What about the little Amish girls who were murdered last week? Were they not “thinking and feeling positive” that day?