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• Sunday, March 4, 2007 07:53 PM

  Don't confuse Oprah with The Secret

  I have never cared for Oprah. I thought that the free home makeovers and free cars were unnecessarily materialistic.

  It is also easy to bash new age roll-your-own religions, where you pick one from column "a" and another from column "b" and ignore what doesn't matter to you personally.

  I myself don't believe in 'one size fits all' religions - I accept anyone's choice of faith and understanding, just don't expect me to go along.

  While I don't agree with the beguiling slickness of "The Secret" I tend to agree that we do attract what we resonate, we each create our own reality and generally get what we ask for.

  I believe this because my personal life experience has pretty much proven it true for me.

  I am not going to try to reconcile this philosophy with the Holocaust or world AIDS crisis, because neither of these things currently have any direct effect on my day to day life.

  If this is doublethink, so be it. I don't care for Oprah nor do I care for Dr. Phil, the 'amazing' James Randi, Penn & Teller's "Bullshit" or Peter Birkenhead.

  With the exception of this letter, I have little to say about all of the mentioned parties. Getting riled up 'a la O'Reilly' just directs mental energy in useless directions.

  When you let someone get under your skin enough to piss you off, you are giving that person control, intentionally or otherwise.

  It is easy to mock and criticize the beliefs of others. It seems to be harder to keep one's opinion to one's self.

  —vaporland Read vaporland's other letters
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