Keep your "secret" to yourself

I was at Wal-mart last night and happened to see "The Secret" I decided to flip through the pages. I have heard it has changed peoples lives and turned some from the gospel even. I have heard from word of mouth that it is just the gospel, but put differently. There may be some parts that are, but the little parts I read seemed rather aethistic. I wasn't terribly impressed.
The first thing I saw said that we do not have a certain purpose predetermined for our lives. Our purpose is what we decide is our purpose. Because we have free agency this is true. But we all have a purpose greater than any of us could come up for ourselves. We have to turn to our Heavenly Father to find out what it is. It is our choice if we want to live it.

Then it went on to say we will not be judged for how we live our lives. Hmmm. Comforting and scary at the same time. But we do need to be accountable for the decisions we make. Imagine if those people who do horrible things in this life are not judged for them becaue it is the purpose they found in their lives. We cannot recieve the blessings we seek if we do not make the right choices. This is just the way it is. It is a frightening deception that is often fed to us that we will not be held accountable for our actions.

Another thing I read was that this "secret" is like Aladdin's Genie. We just ask the Universe for what we want and we shall receive. How many fables are there about people asking Genies for what they want and realizing how foolish they were for asking. Also, how sad to not acknowledge the true giver of these blessings. The universe doesn't give us the the things we want and need, the creator of the Universe does. We have a loving parent who cares for us and wants us to know him. He knows us very well and he is no secret to us if we seek him.

I am so grateful for the gospel. "The Secret" is a philosophy trying to help lost and unhappy souls. A noble purpose. I believe it has some truth to it. Therefore it will bring people some of the joy this world has to offer. But there is something far better. Something that gives us the things of this world that will give us some happiness, but gives us things this world cannot offer. A peace and comfort this world does not offer.

One of my favorite C.S. Lewis quotes says that we cannot expect to find joy in this world...It cannot be found. The only things that will give us joy in this life are the things of God. Our spirits are created to be fed by the things of its creator.
I know this is true. The things of this world bring no such satisfaction. SO many of the richest people in this world are some of the most unahppy people. They have everything they could ever want, but something is missing still. They think it is bcause they still don't have enough or something is wrong with them becauase it doesn't make them happy. They keep looking in the wrong place.