“The
Secret”
EXPOSED!
Complied and written
by
David J. Stewart
THE SECRET
by Rhonda Byrne is of the Devil. It is available in audio book or DVD
format. Byrne’s, THE SECRET, was recently featured on the Oprah
Winfrey show…
“It's making
headlines around the world—and buzz just keeps building. Some say it's the
secret to creating the life you truly want—losing weight, making money,
finding love. See why people everywhere are talking about The
Secret.”
SOURCE:
The Secret
Oprah is without a
doubt the biggest promoter of New Age authors and philosophy than anyone
else in the world today. THE SECRET is just another New Age
deception, being marketed to the public as a miracle solution for all of
one’s problems.
Here is what the
official
website
for THE SECRET advertises…
“Towards the end of 2004,
and following a string of traumatic events in her personal and professional
life, Rhonda Byrne discovered a great secret - the secret laws and
principles of the universe. Rhonda's daughter had given her a copy of The
Science of Getting Rich, a book written in 1910 by Wallace D. Wattles. Of
that moment, Rhonda says, "Something inside of me had me turn the pages one
by one, and I can still remember my tears hitting the pages as I was reading
it. It gave me a glimpse of The Secret and it was like a flame inside of my
heart…"
SOURCE:
http://www.thesecret.tv/behind-the-secret-making-of.html
Rhonda Byrne states
that she cried, and her tears fell upon the pages, as she read a 98-year old
book titled, “THE SCIENCE OF GETTING RICH.” The author of the book
is Wallace D. Wattles. As you will learn, Mr. Wattles was a heathen man,
who taught damnable heresies, and was a contributing pioneer of today’s
Satanic New Age Movement.
Wallace
D. Wattles: Unsaved Modernist
Since Miss Byrne
has based her entire work largely upon Wattles' book, and claims that she
discovered “The Secret” within its pages –- It is critically important that
we take a closer look at the book upon which she places so much emphasis.
Here is a free online edition of the book, “THE SCIENCE OF GETTING RICH,”
by Wallace Delois Wattles (1860-1911)…
http://www.universallawstoday.com/ebooks/Wallace%20Wattles%20-%20The%20Science%20of%20Getting%20Rich.pdf
Wattles Taught that God Wants Everyone to Be Financially
Wealthy
Throughout the
book, Mr. Wattles perverts the Scriptures to teach that God intended for all
of us to be filthy rich. In chapter 5, Increasing Life, Wattles
foolishly states:
“It is the desire
of God that you should get rich. He wants you to get rich because he can
express himself better through you if you have plenty of things to use in
giving him expression. He can live more in you if you have unlimited
command of the means of life… The universe desires you to have everything
you want to have…
You want to get
rich in order that you may eat, drink, and be merry when it is time to do
these things; in order that you may surround yourself with beautiful things,
see distant lands, feed your mind, and develop your intellect”
SOURCE: The
Science of Getting Rich, chapter 5, by Wallace D. Wattles.
In sharp contrast, the
Bible condemns the desire to be rich…
“And having food and
raiment let us be therewith content. But they that will be rich fall into
temptation and a snare, and [into] many foolish and hurtful lusts, which
drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is the root of
all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith,
and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. But thou, O man of God,
flee these things…” (1st Timothy6:8-11).
In fact, the Bible
teaches that more POOR people will enter into Heaven than RICH
people…
“And again I say unto
you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a
rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.” (Matthew 19:24)
“…Hath not God chosen
the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath
promised to them that love him?” (James 2:5).
Mr. Wattles fails
to speak of the reality of hellfire in his book, and the fact that all
Christ-rejecters will burn there FOREVER (2nd Thessalonians
1:8-9; Revelation 20:11-15). I am reminded of the Words of the Lord Jesus
Christ…
“For what is a man
profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what
shall a man give in exchange for his soul?” (Matthew 16:26)
In view of such
overwhelming Biblical evidence, only a fool would dare claim that God wants
everyone to be rich. Riches are a road to Hellfire, as we read in Matthew
19:24... “It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle,
than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.” There is nothing
in the Bible which teaches that God wants ANYONE to be financially wealth in
this earthly life. The only means to wealth which the Bible endorses is
good old-fashioned hard work and capitalism.
“The desire you
feel for riches is the infinite, seeking to express Himself in you…”
SOURCE: The
Science of Getting Rich, chapter 6, by Wallace D. Wattles.
Whoa! How absurd!
Whereas 1st Timothy 6:10 condemns the desire to be rich, Mr.
Wattles teaches that it is God working in us Who causes us to desire to be
financially rich. Blasphemy!
Wattles Taught Not to Sacrifice for Others
Wattles selfishly goes on to state:
"Get rid of the
idea that God wants you to sacrifice yourself for others, and that you can
secure his favor by doing so; God requires nothing of the kind.”
SOURCE: The
Science of Getting Rich, chapter 5, by Wallace D. Wattles.
I this what the Bible teaches? In sharp
contrast, 1st John 3:16 states, "Hereby perceive we the love of God,
because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives
for the brethren." Galatians 6:2 states, "Bear ye one another's
burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ." We ought to "lay down our
lives" for fellow Christians. Nearly every one of the Apostles were
martyred for preaching the Gospel. The Christian life is all about
sacrificing for others.
Wattles'
Demonic New Age Philosophy
In the concluding
chapter, titled, Summary of the Science of Getting Rich, Mr. Wattles
again foolishly states:
“THERE is a
thinking stuff from which all things are made, and which, in its original
state, permeates, penetrates, and fills the interspaces of the universe…A
thought in this substance produces the thing that is imaged by the thought…
Man can form things in his thought, and by impressing his thought upon
formless substance can cause the thing he thinks about to be created…
The man who wishes
to get rich must spend his leisure hours in contemplating his vision, and in
earnest thanksgiving that the reality is being given to him… The created
energy works through the established channels of natural growth, and of the
industrial and social order. All that is included in his mental image will
surely be brought to the man who follows the instructions given above…”
SOURCE: The
Science of Getting Rich, chapter 17, by Wallace D. Wattles.
Mr.
Wattles is a New Ager. The idea of "thinking stuff from which all things
are made" is 100% New Age doctrine.
In chapter 6, How
Riches Come To You, Mr. Wattles evidences his New Age philosophies:
“God, the One
Substance, is trying to live and do and enjoy things through humanity…
SOURCE: The
Science of Getting Rich, chapter 6, by Wallace D. Wattles.
Wattles Taught that the World is Becoming Wonderful and is
Not of the Devil
If that’s not bad
enough, listen to what the fruitcake has to say in chapter 10, Further
use Of The Will…
“Do not read
religious books which tell you that the world is soon coming to an end; and
do not read the writing of muck-rakers and pessimistic philosophers who tell
you that it is going to the devil. The world is not going to the devil; it
is going to God. It is wonderful becoming.”
SOURCE: The
Science of Getting Rich, chapter 10, by Wallace D. Wattles.
In sharp contrast, 1st
John 5:19 states:
“And we know that we are
of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.”
2nd Timothy
3:1 and 13 state:
“This know also, that in
the last days perilous times shall come… evil men and seducers shall wax
worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.”
Does this sound
like a world that is wonderful becoming? The Bible teaches that “God
hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.”
(Ecclesiastes 7:29). It is man’s greed, lust, and love of money that
destroys him. There is nothing “wonderful” about this sin-cursed world in
which we live — where thousands of children die every day from starvation,
and men needlessly kill one another in war over oil, and laws are passed to
legalize homosexual marriages. New Age teaches that the world is getting
better, and that mankind has the inherent potential to become as gods
through enlightenment. Of course, the Bible condemns such heresy. Mankind
is inherently sinful and prone to destruction (Romans 3:10,19-23).
Oprah Winfrey, New Thought, "The
Secret" and the "New Alchemy"
Though the demonism
of the Middle Ages seems to have disappeared, there is abundant evidence
that in many forms of modern thought - especially the so-called
"prosperity" psychology, "willpower-building" metaphysics, and systems
of "high-pressure" salesmanship - black magic has merely passed through
a metamorphosis, and although its name be changed its nature remains the
same.
SOURCE: Manly P. Hall,
Secret Teachings of All Ages, pp. 101-2
The
foregoing quote reads like an excerpt from a review of
the
movie, The Secret. This is not the case, however. Manly P. Hall
wrote those words in the late 1920s when
New Thought metaphysics was in full swing,
and the original self-help gurus combined the burgeoning science of applied
psychology with that of
Bernays-like manipulative advertising. An eager public was caught
unaware and would consume mass market "willpower-building" manuals, by the
millions. Each successive generation has had its own purveyors, and the
Oprah-inspired phenomenon that is The Secret, as we shall see,
stems from the same fount.
Self-Help Popular Religion and the New
Thought Movement
"Pray! In other
words, get an urgent, insistent desire. The first principle of success
is DESIRE - knowing what you want."
Desire is the planting of your seed.
SOURCE: Robert Collier
(1885-1950), The God in You, p. 7
"There is no limit, you know, to Mind.
Visualize this thing that you want. See it, feel it, BELIEVE in it. Make
your mental blue-print, and begin to build!"
SOURCE: Robert Collier,
The Law of Higher Potential, p. 368 (1947)
The creative power of thought is now
receiving increasing acceptance in the West, which is in some cases
taking over, and in others, discovering anew, for itself, what was
thought by the ancients in India. Because they have discovered it anew,
they call it "New Thought"; but its fundamental principle is as old as
the Upanishads which said, "what you think that you become". All
recognize this principle in the limited form that a man who thinks good
becomes good, and he who is ever harboring bad thought becomes bad. But
the Indian and "New Thought" doctrine is more profound than this. In
Vedantic India, thought has been ever held creative. The world is a
creation of the thought (Cit Shakti associated with Maya Shakti) of the
Lord (Ishvara and Ishvari). Her and His thought is the aggregate, with
almighty powers of all thought. But each man is Shiva and can attain His
powers to the degree of his ability to consciously realize himself as
such. Thought now works in man's small magic just as it first worked in
the grand magical display of the World-Creator. Each man is in various
degrees a creator. Thought is as real as any form of gross matter.
SOURCE: Arthur
Avalon, "Shakti
as Mantra," Shakti and Shâkta,
1918
At 0:00:34 in the DVD version of The Secret, we
get our first clue that Robert Collier's works are one of the main sources
of The Secret. Flashed upon the screen, as part of a rapid and
slick collage transition sequence (one of many), is a fleeting glimpse of
a page from Collier's The Secret of
the Ages:
As identified by the official site of the DVD,
Robert Collier is
a past secret teacher. Besides Collier, other past secret teachers
mentioned in the movie include Aristotle, Beethoven, Alexander Graham Bell,
Joseph Campbell, Andrew Carnegie, Winston Churchill, Thomas Edison, Albert
Einstein, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Charles Fillmore, Henry Ford, Charles F.
Haanel, Victor Hugo, Carl Jung, Martin Luther King, Isaac Newton, Plato, W.
Clement Stone, Thomas Troward, and Wallace D. Wattles.
SOURCE:
http://www.conspiracyarchive.com/Commentary/Oprah_The_Secret.htm
Wattles Sinfully Places His Book Over the Word of God
Wattles further
states:
“Read this book
every day; keep it with you; commit it to memory, and do not think about
other “systems” and theories.”
SOURCE: The
Science of Getting Rich, chapter 10, by Wallace D. Wattles.
Mr. Wattles
elevates his own personal writings above the Scriptures. In John 5:39 Jesus
commanded us to… SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES!!! But, Wallace
Wattles tells us instead to read, memorize, keep, and look ONLY to his book
—THE SCIENCE OF GETTING RICH. Mr. Wattles is of the Devil, as are
his demonic teachings. A born-again believer only needs One Book and that
is the Bible, God's Word.
Wattle's False Gospel
Wattles states in
chapter 15, The Advancing Man…
“In the field of
religion, the world cried out for the clergyman who can teach his hearers
the true science of abundant life. He who masters the details of the
science of getting rich, together will the allied sciences of being well, of
being great, and of winning love, and who teaches these details from the
pulpit, will never lack for a congregation. This is the gospel that the
world needs; it will give increase of life, and men will hear it gladly, and
will give it liberal support to the man who brings it to them.” [emphasis
added]
SOURCE: The
Science of Getting Rich, chapter 15, by Wallace D. Wattles.
In 2nd
Timothy 4:3-4 foretold about such apostates as Wallace Wattles…
“For the time will come
when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall
they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn
away [their] ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.”
Mr. Wallace teaches
that preachers ought to water-down the Truth — never speaking of a sinful
world, or of the end of times, or of a Hell that burns with fire and
brimstone for all unbelievers. Rather, Wattles says that preachers ought to
teach about getting rich, pursuing well-being, and exploiting others with
influential love. Yeah, it’s called a Health, Wealth, and Prosperity
gospel, and it’s taught all over the place today in apostate churches.
We are living in a
selfish generation of religious-seeking heathens — who desire health,
wealth, and prosperity; but refuse to accept the reality of the Word of
God. These people reject the saving power of the Gospel of Jesus Christ
(Romans 1:16; 2nd Timothy 3:5). Such apostate churchgoers have
no problem with homosexuality, no anger over abortion, no qualms about false
doctrines taught in the church, et cetera. The world is filled today with
falsely professed Christians, who have never been born-again, and are
woefully ignorant of the Truth of God’s Word; yet, they write books, appear
on the Oprah Winfrey show, and lead multitudes into Hell. Mr. Wattles
mentions the name of “Jesus” numerous times in his book; yet, he speaks of
his god as “One Substance” and talks of men “creating energy” from within
themselves to be channeled to achieve success. Wattle's gospel is a
financially abundant life achieved through increased self-awareness and
meditation. This is 100% New Age doctrine.
Wattles and the New Thought Movement
Wattles was associated with the Chicago-based
school of New Thought that centered around the teachings of Emma
Curtis Hopkins.
According to
Wikipedia...
"The New Thought Movement or New Thought
is a loosely allied group of organizations, authors, philosophers, and
individuals who share a set of metaphysical beliefs concerning healing,
life force,
Creative Visualization,
and personal power. The New Thought Movement developed in the United
States during the mid to late 19th century and continues to the present
time. It promotes the ideas that God is all powerful and ubiquitous,
spirit is the totality of real things, true human self-hood is divine,
divine thought is a force for good, most sickness originates in the
mind, and 'right thinking' has a healing effect."
SOURCE:
New Thought -
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Interestingly,
Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of
Christian Science, was a disciple and patient of New Thought
pioneer Phineas Quimby. Here's a
list of New Thought organizations.
New Thought is demonic, because it denies Jesus Christ as the
Savior. There's not a dime's difference between New Thought and
New Age. Like New Age, New Thought REJECTS any attempt to
compel humanity to worship God in any particular or prescribed manner.
Thus, the Biblical proclamation in Acts 4:10-12 that there is NO salvation
apart from the name of Jesus Christ, is totally rejected in New
Thought and New Age teaching. New Thought and New Age
are of the Devil.
Conclusion
I took much time to
expose the author, Wallace D. Wattles, because his book, THE SCIENCE OF
GETTING RICH, is the basis upon which
Rhonda Byrne concocted
THE SECRET. I could
not help but LAUGH at the idea of
Rhonda Byrne crying
over the content of Mr. Wattles' book. Certainly there is nothing to cry
over, except that it is such a terrible piece of work. Wattles was a New
Ager, who believed that true human selfhood is divine. Wattles adamantly
rejected the Biblical teaching that salvation can ONLY be obtained through
faith in Jesus Christ.
THE SECRET is
nothing more than New Age mumbo-jumbo, based upon New Thought, which
teaches that a person can solve all their life's troubles through New Age
techniques. Whereas the Bible teaches that we can be "complete" in Christ
Jesus (Colossians 2:10); Wattles taught that only though his book could a
person be helped. Mr. Wattle's is a liar.
Again, Oprah's website states...
“It's making
headlines around the world—and buzz just keeps building. Some say it's the
secret to creating the life you truly want—losing weight, making money,
finding love. See why people everywhere are talking about The
Secret.”
SOURCE:
The Secret
Money, money, money — There's a
sucker born every minute. It seems that everyone is looking for an easy way
out these days. It is sad that millions of people are buying garbage like,
THE SECRET, that is produced by unsaved heathens who love not the Lord
Jesus Christ, and only want your money. Jesus said that THE TRUTH would set
us free (John 8:32); NOT, "The Secret." The Truth of God's Word is free,
openly available to anyone who desires It's Truths, and it won't cost you a
penny. You don't need "THE SECRET"; you need the revealed Word of God, and
we have It in the
King James Bible.
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