Integral Critique of The Secret
Writing for KenWilber.com, Stuart Davis posts an interesting critique of The Secret, called The Secret: The Spirituality of Narcissism.
Kathy and I have found aspects of The Secret (both the book and the movie) to be quite valuable, in our pursuit of understanding one’s own mind. At the same time, some of Davis’s criticisms sound spot-on to me.
Pithy quote:
The secret takes a statement like:
Thought can influence reality
and amplifies it to: “Thoughts create reality.” Not just any thoughts, but YOUR thoughts.
(By the way, are you a rape victim? I guess you created that reality with your thoughts. Was your family member killed in Iraq? I guessed you created that experience for yourself so you could learn from it. Wow. You are one sadistic cat.)
Bonus points if you can wade through Davis’s AQAL analysis of it all. I couldn’t.
