A Secret disaster

This is where I start to question The Secret.  The Christchurch earthquake on Tuesday brought destruction and devastation to everyone in the Christchurch area.  It is believed that hundreds of people have lost their lives, while others have lost their homes and jobs. 

Attracting a car accident - yes, I believe that is possible.  Attracting money – yes, I believe that is possible too.  But attracting a natural disaster that has destroyed the lives of thousands of New Zealanders - this I don’t understand.

I remembered reading something in The Secret about disasters like this one.  On page 28 (of my 2006 edition) Rhonda Byrne writes:

“Often when people hear this part of the Secret they recall events in history where masses of lives are lost, and they find it incomprehensible that so many people could have attracted themselves to the event.  By law of attraction, they had to be on the same frequency as the event.  It doesn’t necessarily mean they thought of that exact event, but the frequency of their thoughts matched the frequency of the event.  If people believe they can be in the wrong place at the wrong time, and they have no control over outside circumstances, those thoughts of fear, separation, and powerlessness, if persistent, can attract them to being in the wrong place at the wrong time.”

What I understand this to mean is that EVERYONE in Christchurch on Tuesday had to be on the same frequency.  Otherwise the Universe would have directed them to be somewhere else at the time.

The part about being in the wrong place at the wrong time does make some sense to me.  On the news I saw footage of two women who had been going back to their office after lunch when the earthquake struck.  When they got back to their office, they found it was now just a pile of rubble. 

If we believe what The Secret tells us, these two women had to be on a different frequency for the Universe to ensure they were out of the office during the earthquake.  They were saved from being trapped or crushed by the building, but they are still very much affected by the earthquake.  They had to watch as their friends and colleagues were carried out of the building, some with very severe injuries.  Their homes may have been destroyed, and their family members may have been hurt.  Regardless of what frequency they were on and what thoughts they were thinking, their lives have been changed forever because of this event.

Perhaps the earthquake was inevitable, and the Universe had no control over whether or not it happened.  Instead it was able to move individual people depending on their individual thoughts and frequencies.

All I know for certain is that I don’t understand it.  I’m sending all my positive thoughts towards Christchurch; you need them more than I do right now.