Are they Law of Attraction shite by any chance? Read a great book on new thought, last year. Its called Top Secret, the truth about todays pop mysticisms, by Robert M Price. He critiques Deepak Chopra, Rhonda Byrne, Wayne Dwyer, Eckhart Tolle, etc, the only one who comes off good in this book is Tolle. He's very scathing. As someone who practises Buddhism, I also read very widely on philosophy too. I have to say I find law of attraction very disturbing. It teaches a closed mind that cuts off all negativity as bad, does not acknowledge or engage with criticism at all, it teaches that depressed people, disabled people etc are bad energy and you can catch negativity from them. It teaches materialism self improvement above all to the point it turns you into a self centred selfish robot. So Im not at all surprised that it is standard reading fodder for mlm bots. I mean, in order to get into the right mindset to contact people youve had nothing to do with for decades, you have to start believing rubbish like 'attracting abundance', havent you? The most depressing thing, though, is when you realise it doesn't work. Wishing for a white range rover or a castle aint gonna work. Its Disney Princess philosophy, all castles and magic wishes.