Love the energy Mr.BD brings to this thread.
I am absolutely behind the power of positivity and though I haven't seen the Secret, I know without a doubt it is the kind of thing I would endorse because it follows the lines of my reasoning for the mechanizations of the universe.
However I must admit there is quite a gap between enthusiasm and belief and actual results ...lately. And it's funny that Mr.BD brings up the "board". I was listening to a book on tape last summer that suggested you put up a dreamboard to usher your desires to you. Basically you take a piece of posterboard and put on it words and images you desire to come into fruition. For example you cut images out of a magazine of your dreamhouse and then make a collage on the posterboard with words that describe your feelings when you get that house such as; joyful, exuberant, ect.
So I did this and made a dreamboard of romance, and one of lifestyle, and then a another one for two immediate wants; a dirt bike and a motorcycle. For the romance board I went through cosmo and various magazines and cut out pics of the type of female I am attracted to. I also cut out pics of flowers and words to describe what I was looking for such as love, passion, unconditional, crazy ass wild kinky sex...etc....etc.
I did the same for my lifestyle I took mag and cut out pics that describe what I wanted lifestyle wise. I cut out pics of nice houses, boats, personal aircraft, pics of stacks of money, rolex watches, yaughts...I mean I went all out; exotic cars, escalades with dubs...etc. Then I made a collage with words such as happiness, security..etc.
Same exercise for the posterboard with motorcycles. So I put a lot of time and effort via thoughtful consideration and focused intention, into putting these together, and they are still on my bedroom, though I must admit many times I have had the urge to go in there and rip them to shreds for breach of contract, because they have not delivered. In fact, things have gone steadily down hill since then, and life has been unkind for many years, but downright cruel as of late.
The funny thing is I believe in the power of thought and intention, and I do think this stuff works...how, I'm not quite sure. So somewhere there is a disconnect for me between theory and application. Somehow the universe is not getting my list of desires, the memo is not getting delivered. Something is amiss somewhere. But as Mr.BD points out there is no telling when the universe will deliver the goods. But obviously I want them now not when I'm 85.
I am simply in the funny position of encouraging you guys to really try this stuff out; there is power to it, yet I have no real proof to back up my agreable views. It's like a fat personal trainer, perhaps they have good advice on exercises but their own personal shape inspires little confidence in anything that comes out of their mouth.
But I like this thread and I hope it continues with others' experiences. The enthusiastic tone alone is inspiring, but really there is something to this.
Please continue.