What the "Secret" should have been.

The popular video "The Secret" is a modern adaptation of the idea that if you are clear about what you want, if you believe what you want is on its way and if you are open to the "universe" bringing it to your doorstep, whatever it is you want will show up.
If you want to explore a bit deeper into this idea, to find out how the "Secret" should have been presented, read 'The Power of Intention" by Dr. Wayne Dyer.

In the "Secret" we learn that intention, the human drive to receive or own what it is WE ourselves want, is the path to having almost anything. Dr. Dyer takes a very different approach, describing intention as a force that is universal, not a human drive at all, but rather much like a force or will that brings everything into its own creation, existence and recycling. Dyer says that if we know how to align ourselves with intention(not if we have the drive to be, get or do what we intend), then indeed our lives will manifest what was intended for us.
The difference between the two concepts of intention is significant.
One is mystical, and packaged to be attractive in a marketing sense. Dyer's concept, and apparently the concept of many other world recognized deep thinkers has little to do with what WE determine our path is(our ego), and more to do with a power of creation that has a purpose for everyone and everything.
If you are interested in what a connection to "intention" can produce in your life, I'd suggest leaving "The Secret" and picking up Dr. Dyer's book.
It certainly was my intent to do so.