tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2352648376305239677.post7045497491627207808..comments2023-10-20T08:32:14.040-04:00Comments on Heaving Dead Cats: The Secret Divides Part 2Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12653141544095753595noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2352648376305239677.post-43075052750171207442010-01-15T09:22:46.000-05:002010-01-15T09:22:46.000-05:00Dearest Neece:Thanks again for all the effort you ...Dearest Neece:<br><br>Thanks again for all the effort you put into this complex problem. I have been gnawing on our correspondence, and to be honest, I have no idea what I am going to do. <br><br>Part of me says "we never talked much before so I guess this is really going to be anything different". Part of me says I should just play along. Part of me says to let her go - the pain of not talking to her will be less than the pain of her accusations. Part of me wants to go to her house, hit her over the head, and send her to a deprogramming commune.<br><br>I don't have much family left, and while I agree that family is what you create, not just a circumstance of birth, I do want to hang on to it. I wish there was a magic wand....but I am practical and I know that this is going to take its own course. <br><br>I do sincerely appreciate your efforts, and I will keep an eye on things at HDC and update if there are any changes. <br><br>Thanks again, <br>Ruth"Ruth"noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2352648376305239677.post-67096996136952777752010-01-15T10:47:13.000-05:002010-01-15T10:47:13.000-05:00Tell her that by focusing on negative friends in h...Tell her that by focusing on negative friends in her life and outcasting them, she is focusing on those negative fears and will only become an outcast herself.<br><br>I hate hypocritical messages, especially when they are right next to each other. Instead of healing and fixing problems, they just put them out of mind and think the problem solved.<br><br>Tell her you got the real secret to the secret. And tell her you'll tell her for free instead of $19.99. That in life, it becomes positive by fixing and mending the problems and working hard on it.<br><br>She's not supposed to remove negative things from her life, she's supposed to think of them positively. That has real benefit to life, not some magical BS, but leads to a healthy consciousness. I thought that was what the secret says in the first bloody place, but evidentally, people like to take shortcuts when they can't really cut it.GMNightmarenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2352648376305239677.post-42600075607558390182010-01-15T12:46:00.000-05:002010-01-15T12:46:00.000-05:00You're welcome Ruth. Yes, let us know how thin...You're welcome Ruth. Yes, let us know how things go. Like I said, maybe she'll snap out of it.<br><br>Maybe the baby jesus himself will take pity on you and give you a christmas miracle. :P<br><br>Just kidding, of course. I sincerely hope you find some peace and a happy compromise with your sister. :)Neecehttp://www.heavingdeadcats.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2352648376305239677.post-77400612267162605502010-01-15T12:49:38.000-05:002010-01-15T12:49:38.000-05:00That's good advice, GMN. Life becomes positive...That's good advice, GMN. <br><br>Life becomes positive, not by ignoring it and pretending the negative doesn't exist, but by focusing on the problem, finding solutions and implementing them. Hard work, not magical thinking, is the solution.<br><br>While I think it's good to be positive, I think being realistic and pragmatic is much more conducive to a healthy outlook on life. <br><br>Thanks very much, GMN. As always, your perspective is quite helpful. :)Neecehttp://www.heavingdeadcats.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2352648376305239677.post-903700493573229442010-01-16T20:51:30.000-05:002010-01-16T20:51:30.000-05:00That is excellent insight GMN! Here is another rea...That is excellent insight GMN! Here is another really twisted hypocrisy with Esther and her husband (the one who introduced her to the lie of attraction) that make no sense to me. They recently started a blog. As soon as I discovered this, I was at the site reading all nasty things about me and the rest of the family being 'toxic'. Then I started noticing that there were people I did not recognize listed as authors and staff of the blog. In a sneaky way, a neutral 3rd party (lets call him Bob) asked about staff members and wanted to meet one that had a particularly good post. Bob was told that this person DOES NOT EXIST. There is no staff - none! And the majority of posts supposedly written by Esther were written by the husband. Even better, 2 of the contributing authors (whose names I recognized) are .... wait for it .... the family pets. That's right, kiddies, they are not just sending lies into the magical parts of the universe that bow to their every whim, they are sending lies out to the people they are trying to educate and convert. <br><br>Brilliant"Ruth"noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2352648376305239677.post-87529022905304076482010-01-17T09:25:59.000-05:002010-01-17T09:25:59.000-05:00Wow, that's amazingly hypocritical, Ruth. I wi...Wow, that's amazingly hypocritical, Ruth. I wish there were a stronger word for hypocrisy, because that would be it. That's horrible! <br>Keep us posted with how things develop.Neecehttp://www.heavingdeadcats.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2352648376305239677.post-9292445228023966162010-04-09T16:30:15.000-04:002010-04-09T16:30:15.000-04:00Reading this, two things occur to me.First, the ch...Reading this, two things occur to me.<br><br>First, the chances of changing "Esther"s view by presenting evidence from the source material are about as likely -- or even less likely, given that "The Secret" is probably carefully tuned to present a believable argument -- than the chances of turning a Christian atheist by presenting evidence from the Bible.<br><br>Second, where is the compassion? If I believed in the power of thought (and hence that my sister's illness was due to her own toxicity) I think I'd be spending a little less time visualising my new car, and a little more time focussing on healing my sister! Sadly it seems that in this situation (as in most other instances of religious craziness) the religion (ie, "The Secret") is the excuse for the behaviour, not the cause...Petenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2352648376305239677.post-82338437099790213862010-04-16T13:00:05.000-04:002010-04-16T13:00:05.000-04:00I agree, Pete. You can't make people change th...I agree, Pete. You can't make people change their views and shed their self-serving nature.<br>There is no compassion, exactly! How cruel, huh? <br>Yes, I agree, the Secret is the excuse for the behavior. It lets self-centered jerks justify their shallow thoughts and desires while ignoring what really matters in life. :(Neecehttp://www.heavingdeadcats.com/noreply@blogger.com