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Noel Edmonds and cosmic ordering

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An article in the Guardian today:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,1833852,00.html

covers Noel Edmonds and bits of it covers his beliefs in "cosmic ordering":

Three years ago, in the depths of his misery, Edmonds latched on to a book called Cosmic Ordering, which proposes a kooky kind of positive thinking whereby you ask for the cosmos for what you want, and it provides it (you write what you want on a piece of paper; you set a date; and you wait for your wish to arrive).
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It seems to be a mixture of believing in Karma, thinking positively and wishing. Does anyone have any more info. on this? Or how far into wooish beliefs Noel is?
 
It probably helps quite a lot to actually decide, in black and white, what it is you want out of life and focus yourself towards that end. "Cosmic" or not it seems a perfectly reasonable way of approaching things.
 
Saw Edmonds interviewd t'other day.

One of his orders was for "a new challenge". He went on to say that he "never imagined the challenge would be a new TV show".
Wow, cosmos 1, skeptics 0 --- I think not.

Well done Noel. :rolleyes:
 
Splossy said:
It probably helps quite a lot to actually decide, in black and white, what it is you want out of life and focus yourself towards that end. "Cosmic" or not it seems a perfectly reasonable way of approaching things.
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I suppose it all depends how it's supposed to work, if it's you write "I want a challenge" and then actively look for one then it's probably not so bad. If it's however writing "I want a challenge" and then doing nothing about it, then that's another matter. Still don't see the point of the mumbo jumbo though.
 
I don't think he believes in it.

After a bit of self-publicity a couple of months ago about the whole cosmos crap, it turns out he himself has written a book on the subject.

He is a businessman first and foremost, at times a quite successful one who has not had such a good time recently until his TV show took off.

Therefore on the back of his high media profile at the moment, he is cashing in on the gullibility of the public, and his 'fans'.

I dislike the man, but I think you would be hard pressed to find many people actually presenting on UK tv who have as much experience in business as him.
 
If you do a search on amazon.co.uk for "Noel Edmonds" it should throw up his book at the top.

interestingly, Jonathan Cainer has got a book out called "Cosmic Ordering: How to make your dreams come true", released on 10th July this year.

I wonder how quickly that one was thrown together, these guys don't miss a trick do they?
 
Noel Edmonds and his cosmic ordering was also featured in a double page Daily Mail spread earlier this month.

Of course Cosmic Ordering is complete drivel but it provides yet another handy platform for the shrewd to make a few extras bucks from the befuddled and confused. Already resident Daily Mail astrologer Jonathan Cainer is hawking his new book on the subject.

Of course Cosmic Ordering like psychic readings, relies on a steady stream of gullible types who are prepared to accept vague generalities as having 'special meaning' to them and them only.

As Noel says:

"If you’re too detailed in your requests to the cosmos, it won’t work.
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How very convenient.:rolleyes:
 
From the review of the Cainer book on amazon:

ordering is closely connected to ideas such as positive thinking, wish-fulfilment, prayer, goal setting and visualisation. So Jonathan Cainer invites you to meet your guardian angel, capable of granting your every wish, however big or small.
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So it's basically setting yourself goals but not giving yourself credit when you fulfill them, or blame when you don't :rolleyes: Still I wonder if it works with ordering pizza, and if the cosmos will give you the pizza free if it's not delivered on time :D
 
I ordered two pints of milk every day for a week.Imagine my suprise when every morning on my doorstep...

:D

Noel's book is just about positive thinking.Not particularly woo...?
 
Mid said:
An article in the Guardian today:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,1833852,00.html

covers Noel Edmonds and bits of it covers his beliefs in "cosmic ordering":
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Ah, but have you noticed this spectacularly apt part in the article?

'He gets out a piece of paper, with notes written in code, and shows it to me. "Woo - that's a nickname for my daughter Charlotte, who's trying to pull off a really interesting deal for her production company ..."'
 
Irish Murdoch said:
Ah, but have you noticed this spectacularly apt part in the article?

'He gets out a piece of paper, with notes written in code, and shows it to me. "Woo - that's a nickname for my daughter Charlotte, who's trying to pull off a really interesting deal for her production company ..."'
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I did find that funny, also caused me to rephrase my opening question as it could have come across as rather sick
 
What's the chances that an out of work TV presenter would finally find work presenting a crappy daytime TV program again? It's uncanny that he found work as a presenter when all he's ever done is presenting.

As for the program, I cant watch it. The poor dolts act like it's a game of skill and not a simple lottery.
 
Azrael 5 said:
I ordered two pints of milk every day for a week.Imagine my suprise when every morning on my doorstep...

:D

Noel's book is just about positive thinking.Not particularly woo...?
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Well I hope cosmic ordering is more accurate than Tescos online ordering.

Dear Tescos, I'd like 5lbs of potatos please.

Dear monoman, we ran out of potatos so we substituted them with a pineapple.
 
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