The Church of Oprah Exposed

[Anonymous]

Over 9 million views...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW4LLwkgmqA&feature=fvw

[michaelangelo]

What exactly is the problem ? Seems harmless to me.

[timfromga]

SHE IS SICK SICK SICK  MONEY IS THE ROOT TO ALL EVIL

[Bela]

The video is about Oprah promoting Eckhart Tolle-
The problem I have with him and all the other "success gurus" (and he is sort of but not quite a success guru) is the only thing they've been successful at is selling the public on some crap philosophy.  Some of it is ok, some of it is horseshit.  I mean, if you can do anything, wish anything into existence, then why can't Tolle wish himself a new face (just wondering, or is he happy with that one?)

The movie "The Secret" promoted the idea that "the reason 1% of the population owns 99% of the world's wealth is because they know "The Secret".  Oh Lordy,  How about maybe it's because they know "the secret of fractional reserve banking and out and out theft".  That would be more accurate.  

The new-ager crap that we invent our own reality may be partially true - but tell that to a poor Palestinian kid who might have seen his parents get blown away.  Sometimes I wonder if this is foisted on the rest of us to keep us from acting.  I mean, if circumstances are always the fault of the person going thru them, then wouldn't you just leave it up to them to work it out?  The Israelis must be great successes because they know "the secret".  Oh yeah.  And those people in Darfur.  Just a case of bad thinking all around.  One of those people on The Secret DVD recently got nailed for killing a few people in some sort of sweatlodge.  Didn't do enough positive thinking, I guess.

Oprah is a channel to promote this stuff. She has the ear of a lot of women in the US (mostly white, it seems) so I suspect there is some targeted conditioning going on there.  However, I get no diabolical vibe from her.