My friend Ern has been hammering me with this "Power of Positive-thought
Projection" bullsh1t. For weeks he's been telling me about it, and some
of the "success" he's had with it. "Try it Mike - go ahead, here's the
CD, and you never know, just TRY it, cuz I'm curious if its just
circumstance or if there's something to it." So, as part of a 'fair
trial' I agreed and said I'd give it an honest effort.

I listened to the lecture-CD. new-agey, evasive, 'buy more of my series'
kind of schlop. Whatever. And I decided to focus on something that would
be un-realistic, un-expected, just to disprove my buddy. After all, what
are friends for?

I focused on a lady I met some years ago. I talked with her once for 5
minutes on her wedding day - she is the sister of my friend in India.
Sweet lady, very impressive with the way she presents herself, expresses
ideas and so-on (pretty too). Other than that conversation, that was my
only interaction with her. So this was my focal point.

And damn it! I am not kidding when I tell you that 3 days later, out of
the blue, came an email from her. "hi mike, remember me? we havnt heard
from you in a long time, how's life?" I never had her email - or
anything like that. I really thought Ern was playing a joke on me, or
somebody (I never told anyone my 'focal point')

For a few weeks I jerked my buddy around by not telling him. Make him
wait and sweat it out. What are friends for anyway? I told him and he
was stunned.

A couple day

Forgot to add: She LIVES in india.

that's weird man, i'll have to try it sometime

They're all raving about "The Secret" over here, so I ordered the book
and my boss ordered the book and the DVD and now we're just waiting to
read all this stuff and make things happen!!

Im curious are you saying all you have to do is think of someone for
awhile, and you will hear from them?? what entirely was the cd about.

HD

Hope you're not paying for the CD/Book! I can summarize it all this way:
find something to meditate on, relax and meditate on it. Now, if that
worked then hurry up and make a cheezy DVD with spooky sound effects,
make vague references to "Wisdom of the Ancients", and "Secrets of the
Gods". Package it, and sell it for $19.95 + 4.99 shipping and handling.

Either way, let us know (or just email me) what experiences you get out
of it.

Mike - LOL you are so right about the marketing angle on all of this!
Your post made me laugh because i've known so many of those new age
consumers and seen so many of those books/videos/etc.