OK, this book/movie has gotten so much attention, become such a big hit that you can barely breathe without someone mentioning it near you.
I just read a very funny review by a woman who practiced the secret for two months describing her experience. She was disappointed to say the least, but she WAS very funny about it. Look, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to realize that this book and movie are total oversimplifications. Hmm, then again, maybe it DOES take a rocket scientist. This book IS selling at a rate of 150,000 copies per week. It is not just a book or just a movie, it is a movement.
I find it telling that this movie came out in the middle of the Jupiter-Pluto alignment that is all about winning at all costs. Clearly this IS the theme of The Secret Movement.
Look, I spent the first decade of my life immersed in the midst of all those mind-control guys who started the personal development movement, guys like Guru Ram Dass and all the psychedelic hippie guys like Timothy Leary. Yes, Aura IS my real name. (I’m probably the only person on the Internet not afraid to say who I am.) This was kind of the birth of the whole ‘mind-control’ movement. And let me just say this for the record, there was more than just a little bit of an ugly side to it all. But that’s a subject for a different article.
I won’t exactly say that the motivating force behind the desire for mind control is megalomania, but well, it is megalomania.
And then as a young adult I studied the esoteric principles that make the universe work. I belonged to some of those ‘secret societies’ and I learned what they were about. Today I own “The Complete Teachings of The Golden Dawn” and if you have any knowledge of these things you will understand that it will contain pretty much all the secrets of all the secret societies that ever were. The exception here would be the teachings of Alestair Crowley who was waaaay too creepy for any reasonable person to want to learn about. But this is just my point. Megalomania, creepy. This is what you find when you dig deep into the vaults of those who seek to manipulate the inner mind.
Here’s the truth: The REAL SECRET: the inner mind can definitely be manipulated. If you want to really learn how, then study some of the great salesmen of time. They know how to manipulate your inner mind – that’s why they make so much money.
The archetypes are very real, they really work – but not in the way people have been led to believe in ‘The Secret’. They work in real time, they work in the way we humans process information and understand the world – this is why a salesman can manipulate others with them. Whole religions have been started by the manipulation of these archetypes. Don’t get me started on that track. I am very pro spirituality, I believe in the church of the big trees. But I am not fond of organized religions. Hierarchy is a device of those creepy megalomaniacs. Jesus would never have stood for it, he was a very non-hierachy kind of guy.
We can’t get away from it, this manipulation of consciousness, our whole society is bound up in it. We even see it in the symbols used by McDonalds – those golden arches, which I nicknamed the tefflon tits. No real nourishment there, but that’s what we go there thinking we’ll get. Even the symbolism of oil companies, like 76 is designed to trigger specific reactions in our minds. Believe me, these people DO understand what they are doing. But no, they won’t be handing out the whole instruction manual in a movie like ‘The Secret’. Frankly even if anyone was inclined to share the real truths with humanity, it’s just too complicated to put on the 5th grade reading level.
So, yes there are SECRETS TO THE UNIVERSE, but you won’t be grasping them in a 90 minute movie. They can’t be explained in a few short sentences. And all those famous people who seem to have known ‘The Secret’ knew WAY MORE than this movement alludes to.
The real secret is that Byrne, who wrote the secret either really does know some of this esoteric archetype stuff (that’s why she’s sold so many books) OR she is a darling of someone who does. Either way, they’ve sold the books and movies to you! Isn’t it time you understood how your own mind is working to make you think that solving all of life’s problems is as simple as thinking positive?
Isn’t it time to actually break free of the hypnosis that is thrown upon us?
My real theory here is that The Secret was so successful because so many people are looking around at the world and realizing that there is some pretty bad news. Al Gore made a pretty compelling statement about global warming. War is hell, and it’s not ending. Celebrities delight in showing us the famine in Africa and India. We should think we’ve got it pretty good. But fantasy thinking is just, well, a lot more appealing.
Hey, I love all sorts of shiny new toys too, but I know a truth about the Universe and Universal principles – Nobody can manifest anything that isn’t in alignment with their level of consciousness. In other words, I’m too aware of oil problems to go out and get a guzzler, no matter how much delirious wishful thinking I apply to the situation. My argument is that if you know someone who IS creating things like this by using the Secret, you should probably run, you’re not likely to find a lot of consciousness there.
If you’re reading this, then it’s a good bet that YOU are a little too self aware to waste your time in wishful or shallow thinking – at least not all the time. So I made a CD, called The REST of the Secret that explains how this really works. I’m not selling wishful thinking. I am explaining how the archetypes of the mind work. These archetypes ARE principles of Astrology, and the CD will give you an overview of how it works. Oh, and it’s free.
And, by the way, if you DO try and use The Secret without a full understanding of it, don’t be surprised if it backfires on you. That’s what happens when you tell your unconscious something that is out of alignment with your inner being. But how do you know what IS in alignment with your inner being? Well, that’s what I teach.
But in a nutshell, as far as ‘The Secret’ goes here’s what it is: Venus is the Law of Attraction. She is also Earth and nature. We have been kicking her ass for a very long time, and if we want to clear that up we’ve got a lot of work to do. That’s the real story. But you’re right, the way Byrne dressed it up sounded a whole lot better.
A certain obsessive energy is in the air this month and well in to September. Take extra care to create balance in your life and not get swept into the obsessions of others. On July 27 Venus Retrograded in Virgo at 3′ – this is a very sticky scenario in August. Venus won’t turn direct until Sept 9th and won’t exit the shadow until Oct 13. This is one LONG cycle that may cause strange tastes to emerge – has anyone besides me seen how anorexic models are getting? Who finds this attractive? It’s not the Retrograde of Venus so much (although she does require us to re-evaluate our values and desires) it’s the aspects she makes to Saturn, the first of which takes place on August 13. The short story is that money matters get tough and serious during the 3 conjunctions of Venus to Saturn. Venus is “The Secret” they talk about in the movie, and right now she is imparting profound (and sometimes karmic) lessons about the meaning and value of service and health in our lives. Seriously folks, when an extra handful of peas serve as a decadent desert for those who walk the Paris runways – what’s next?
Mercury turns Direct on the 10th at 2′ Cancer and then Mercury leaves his shadow on the 24th. This means that most of July is spent recovering whatever Mercury related issues came to the surface in June. On July 27 Venus Retrogrades in Virgo at 3′ – this is a very sticky scenario all the way into August. Venus lessons bring us into direct contact with our personal values, and this time Venus will tangle with unpleasant Saturn 3 times over the summer. Also in late July endings, breakdowns and completions are highlighted by what I call the “It’s over” aspect. The upcoming August Full moon comes equipped with a Total Lunar Eclipse – which is extremely emotional – on August 28 in Pisces. Eclipses are felt up to 3 months in advance, so we’re already under it’s spell. Spiritual, mental, emotional and physical health and well-being are the focus now, as well as psychic insight and connecting to divine knowledge. Join me for a free 








