Magic Bean Mentality
Posted: Sunday, November 15, 2009
by Robin Newman
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The secret to the success of the Secret' was good marketing and promotion. It was the new age version of a pyramid scheme selling nothing more than magic bean mentality. You can boo and hiss all you like but the people who manifested all the money were the ones who sold the beans not the ones buying the magic'.
Magic bean mentality has been around since the beginning of time when princesses turned frogs into handsome princes with a single kiss. And how many women out there are waiting for their knight in shining armour to come take them away from their sadness and loneliness. You can cover the walls with pink paint but it only hides the faults it doesn't make them go away.
There are days when I would gladly hand over all my possessions for a few magic beans. Sadly enough the New Spiritual movement is littered with the empty pockets of people who have done just that. If I have to keep saying it will:
Spirituality is about learning to live and be happy in all situations and circumstances. It's not about running from reality but embracing life with all it's ups and downs. The greatest teachers, inventors and mentors are not the ones who have never faced hardship. They are the ones who have been moulded into the person they were born to be by the events of their lifetime.
Michael J Fox, Christopher Read are shining examples of people embracing the realities of their life and creating happiness not by thinking it all away but by thinking differently about it. There is no secret never was, there is only the ability to embrace life as the divine gift it has always been. Martin Luther King didn't need a secret but a faith in the goodness of the human soul. Mother Teresa didn't manifest by thoughts but by deeds. People saw what she was doing and were inspired to help her. Ghandi didn't say you have to see the change you want. No he said you have to be the change you want to see.
And here's the fine print in the Secret' you don't get to see:
" What you need and what you want are 2 very different things"
I might want a Mercedes but I might need to learn how to manage money. I might want a soulmate but I might need to learn how to have a healthy relationship first. I might want to own a big company but I might need to learn how to communicate effectively first. These are the realities not the fairytale.
My advice, trade in your magic beans for a bit of commonsense, a lot of faith and the wisdom to know happiness comes from the heart and not the head.
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Top-level comments on this article: (5 total)You are absolutely right Robin. Sometimes we become so focused on material things we 'want' or think we need to be happy, we lose sight of what we already have. Great article.
Excellent Robin J. The secret is that the Secret simply markets a concept called karma that's 6,000 years old, and is free! You can accumulate all you want to!
Metta...........eI just don't like it when people are told they are doing something wrong if they can't manifest what they want. Thats simply not true it just means you haven't found the right tools for you or maybe there is a bigger picture waiting to unfold.
Trines book 'in tune with the infinite' was out long before the secret so if anyone wants a more balanced perceptive on how thoughts create thats the book I would recommend
Great work here, Robin.Whether one calls it a magic bean or a magic bullet, there is no substitute for hard work and savvy.The saying goes the Angels are not here to do the work for you but to show the work that needs to be done
Thank you. I have read a great deal of this kind of information and never found that it lives up to its promise. It's as if there is always something missing. Now I know that I'm not the only one who feels that way.I think with everything you read (including what I have written)you have to take what resonates with you and disregard the rest. My point is why should anyone be made to feel less because they try a new age concept and it doesn't work for them. As I say a teacher builds with books a carpenter with a hammer, different tools for different people and different dreams. So don't beat yourself up if you try something and it doesn't work just means you havent found the right tool for you yet
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