i got the power

"The Power" photo by Gina Matchinsky


January 3, 2014 question is "What are you reading right now?

The last 2 books I bought in 2013 were 365 Questions Q & A a day book and The Power part of The Secret series by Rhonda Byrne bought last December 30, 2013 as part of my Target shopping card allotment. I am answering the questions of the 365 Q & A one day at a time through blog posts but The Power is what I am reading right now and learning a lot from.

The point of the book is basically the same as Dale Carnegie's The Power of Positive Thinking only it is presented in a way that you will see the logic as it applies to the general law of attraction of the universe - you attract what you give. In a way similar to the law of causation of Karma as stated by Samyutta Nikaya:
"According to the seed that's sown,
So is the fruit you reap from there from,
Doer of good will gather good,
Doer of evil, evil reaps,
Down is the seed and thou shalt taste
The fruit thereof."

But the book is not only about moral causation, it includes feelings, too. And people are like magnets, negative feelings attract more negative feelings and positive feelings attracts more positive feelings also. As one quote from Charles Haanel a New Thought author quoted in the book states, "Emotions must be called upon to give feeling to the thought so it will take form." So it is not just the "power of positive thinking" but the power of positive feeling that matters.

So as in all things be it material or feelings or deeds, "Give, and it will be given to you... for by your standard of measure it will be measured to you in return." And it is Jesus, founder of Christianity himself who said that.

So what is the Power that is the secret in the book? The power is that which every good thing and feeling emanates from - love.