Magic vs Logic

The Secret talks mostly about the magic of life, NOT the logic of society.

Believing in the magic of life is necessary, but not sufficient. The (psychological?) necessity of believing in magic -- that amazing things can happen without a rational cause -- is shown by the almost universal tendency of children (including you and I when we were young) to believe. Children in fact believe INTENSELY. Perhaps this belief in magic is necessary to open their minds to new things, so that they would learn faster.

Indeed, imagine kids who are cynical and who constantly require proof. They would be so close-minded they would not learn anything!

At the same time, if we remained children who only believed in magic, and did not study to learn science and technology in order to master logic, we would not have the civilization we have today. Human progress would not be possible.

Similarly, it's great that The Secret helps people to make the first step to success by BELIEVING. But something else is required, and that is the mastery of logic.

I don't just refer to mathematical logic that can be proven by theorems, but systems logic as well (the kind that Peter Senge talks about in his awesome book The Fifth Discipline).