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2020: A World Gone Wrong
How did we get here and can we fix it?
I just read an article on Medium “One Book Explains Everything That’s Wrong with America in 2020, “The Secret” inscribed a toxic ideology we must undo.”
It was very well-written; the contents were important, relevant, timely. I clapped. I read the comments. But, I was left with a bad taste in my mouth. Why? Because just as when The Secret came out, I wanted to scream “ ‘the law of attraction’ isn’t her’s (Rhonda Byrne’s) to write about! It isn’t a new concept and she is stealing U.S. Anderson’s work.” Worse, she perverted it, sold it short, made it simple, stupid, and trendy, and got rich at the same time. That just pissed me off; it still pisses me off.
U.S. Anderson’s book Three Magic Words changed my life. It was the first book I read on metaphysics. And the first book that spoke of things I’d held in my heart since I was a child… the connection of human beings to each other and all things, the Universe, God, the power we’d have if we recognized these connections and honored them instead of living disconnected lives, the importance of critical thinking and how our beliefs shape our lives.
Until Three Magic Words, I didn’t know I wasn’t the only one who thought these thoughts; this book made me realize I wasn’t alone. I was so amazed, so touched I memorized a…
