An international bestseller, Rhonda Byrne’s ‘The Secret’ is a self-help book that focuses on the power of human thought. The book originates from an incident in the author’s life. Going through a difficult time in her life, the author consulted a variety of self-help books herself, which led her to find the key to success in life, which she called the “great secret of life.” By practicing her new theory, the author achieved remarkable changes in her own life that were nothing short of a miracle.
To share her discovery, the author first made a video film called ‘The Secret’ in the form of a documentary with several interviews. Released on the web in March 2006, the video was soon made into a DVD. She followed it up with the book of the same name which became an overnight success. The basic message of the book is that we can get everything we want, simply with the power of positive thinking. Byrne’s theory is largely based on the ‘Law of Attraction’ and states that we can control all aspects of our life through our thinking.
According to the ‘Law of Attraction’, to achieve anything, we must ask the Universe for that thing. We need to know what we want and visualize our dreams as reality. In order to make what we want happen, we must first make ourselves believe that what we want is actually happening. And we must be prepared to receive it. According to the law, if you honestly want something and believe it will happen, the Universe will help you make it happen.
Through her book, author Rhonda Byrne emphasizes that human beings have far greater control over our lives than we realize. ‘The Secret’ states that every time we think of something we attract it to us. Thinking about success would attract success, while, on the other hand, worrying about failure and thinking about it would attract failure. In other words, by controlling the direction of our thoughts we can change the outcome of events. Therefore, our thoughts can help us shape our own destiny. The book states that the current situation in our life is the result of our thoughts. The author is of the opinion that the entire Universe is connected and everything has a frequency of its own and when you focus your thoughts on the same frequency, you can achieve anything and everything you want.
Although through these principles you can achieve a positive change in your life, there are still some unanswered questions. When hundreds of individuals die in a plane crash, do they all have negative thoughts to attract that fate? Again, for high achievers it is not just asking, believing and receiving, but also strong desire, persistence and perseverance that help them get what they want. Even with the small drawbacks, the book is worth reading.
A self-help book, ‘The Secret’ by Rhonda Byrne is based on the theory that our thoughts have the power to help us get what we want. Based on the ‘laws of attraction’, the book tells us that thinking about something and believing it will happen draws it to us and actually makes it happen.