I must be the last person in Baristaville to be let in on "The Secret."
In March, when the movie was screened at the Center for Conscious Living in West Orange, the Center's organizers tell me the crowd was so huge that people stood in the aisles. Back then, you talked about it here. But last Friday night, only a handful of viewers (including me and two neighbors I'd invited along) showed up for an encore presentation of the film. The crowd numbered less than 30, and not all of those stayed for the post-screening discussion (which turned out to be more about the Center than about the film).
Maybe the Oprah-fueled buzz for this best-seller is finally waning. Or maybe we're a skeptical bunch around here, not swayed by anything that smacks of a get-rich-quick scheme. (Or have you all just downloaded the film online already? Be honest. Is the book on your nightstand?) I'm told a "Secret" group has sprung up in Clifton, meeting monthly to discuss the members' pursuit of the Law of Attraction. I don't have details yet on when/where this group meets. But I suppose, according to the film, if I think positively and imagine that I already know the details, then one day I suddenly will know without much effort.
I'm glad I finally ticked this item off my list of pop culture tidbits to be consumed. But I've spent the weekend trying to decide what to post about it. I'm very much open to the possibility that the Law of Attraction is real. But the film was cheesier than I'd been expecting, given its popularity. Was it a slick infomercial for a preposterous self-help scheme, or an unfortunately ham-handed presentation of a potentially valuable idea? I kept wanting to buy into it, but feeling like I was being sold time-share property in North Carolina. Maybe I should have read the book instead. Any thoughts, from those of you who've seen and/or read it?
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It would not surprise me that a "Secret" group sprung up in Clifton, but we will keep my reasons why such a group sprung up there a secret!