I wonder if the authors and contributors of 'the secret' value the teachings of Jesus? For instance Jesus taught that the 'prince' of this world is satan. That because of this fact, in order to inherit eternal life, we must hate our lives in a world ruled by a dark, deceitful master (this in no way translates into hating life itself-quite the contrary). Jesus cautioned us to: 'make sure the light within us is not darkness'. What does He mean? That worldly wealth, with all it's temporal niceties is nothing to be happy about. We live in a world where senseless, needless suffering has been imposed on the populations of the world as far back as history teaches. Are we to say; I am o.k. with this knowledge as long as I am not suffering directly? If so, we love our lives in this world,trust the system, therefore support the dark, deceitful forces in charge (at the top of the pyramid), of this world, and the light within us therefore is darkness. Personally, you couldn't pay me enough to be one of these deceived individuals. The irony is that these poor folks think they are rich when actually they are poor, they actually believe they've 'got it goin' on'. How very, very sad to trade eternal wealth for what amounts to a dream in terms of security and permanence.