Secrets, Law & Attraction

The Secret, The Law Of Attraction & The Power Of The Universe.

A long-time fan of motivational and personal development gurus like Napoleon Hill and Andrew Carnegie, I was fascinated that The Secret became as big as it did so quickly. Afterall, it is as the author and multitude of contributors admit, based on pre-existing works that have been around for decades – most of which are freely available without spending a penny.This article provides a comprehensive summary of concepts discussed in The Secret such as the Law of Attraction and the power of the Universe.

This summary is based partly on my reading and viewing of The Secret book, CDs and DVD as well as many of the books The Secret is based on. I have included many links where you can read these books for free.

I conclude with my Review of The Secret.

The Universe Is

• Always listening – to your feelings and thoughts.
• The Grand Genie in the lamp: “Your wish is my command.”
• Aware of the shortest, quickest and most harmonious way to make your dreams come true.

Life Is

• Abundant – there is enough for everyone.
• A manifestation of your feelings and thoughts.

You

• Get what you ask for – if you focus on the bright side of life, you will live on the bright side of life.
• Are the architect of your life.
• Can only live in one state – either positive or negative – and that which you give power to dictates what the universe provides more of.

Feelings & Thoughts Lead To The Manifestation Of Your True Intentions

• Feelings come before thoughts. Thoughts become things.
• What you think about, will come about. You will materialize what you visualize.
• Affirmative thoughts are hundreds of times more powerful than negative thoughts.
• Your current circumstances are your current reality. Your past is a residual product of earlier feelings and thoughts.
• Wealth is a mindset. You must feel and know in your heart, mind, body and spirit that you are abundant in all areas before seeking prosperity in your physical environment.
• If you are consumed by negative thoughts and do not change your thoughts, they will continue to attract more negative vibrations and energies.
• When you master your feelings and thoughts you will become the deliberate creator of your life.
• You do not have to understand something for it to be or exist.
• What you resist – persists.
• For relationships to work we need to focus on what we appreciate about the other person.
• All dis-ease is a result of stress. Happier thoughts lead to a happier, healthier body.

22 Actions Necessary To Create Your Ideal future

1. Command the Universe to provide what you want. Place your order with the Universe from the Grand Catalogue.
2. Believe that what you want is already yours.
3. The Universe will rearrange itself to provide just that.
4. Choose your feelings, thoughts and actions carefully.
5. Feel positive emotions in your heart, mind, body and spirit so you can have positive thoughts to attract positive energy, power and vibrations.
6. Stop living on autopilot. Get involved in your life and change your way of thinking.
7. Visualize living your ideal life now. Feel the way you would feel when your dream is fulfilled.
8. Choose to live in positive vibrations to attract more positive vibrations and consequences.
9. Change your life by changing your thinking. Expect the best. Expect fortunes. Expect good health. Expect what you deserve.
10. Everyone has bad luck stories of the past. Stop talking about how bad it is and talk about how good it is instead.
11. Leave your stories of unfortunate events in the past and live in the present. Learn your lessons and put them to good use.
12. Spend more time feeling and thinking positively by focusing on the good. Negative feelings and thoughts will be overwhelmed; losing their power and hold on our lives.
13. Believe that everything goes right for you. Break free from social and cultural beliefs that limit your desires.
14. Write down exactly what you want in every aspect of your life. “I am so happy and grateful now that…”
15. Reinforce your Attitude of Gratitude. Surround yourself with affirmative words, images and items. Make your surroundings reflect your wishes.
16. Mentally rehearse your success in the present. Make living positively a daily habit.
17. Be grateful for what you have and what you are about to receive every day of your life from the moment you wake up to the time you go to sleep.
18. Believe that you don’t have to know how or the way of things for your ideal future to come into being. Shift your awareness to anything is possible.
19. Don’t be content fighting against things – fight for things. Don’t give the problem all the energy.
20. Enjoy your own company so others can enjoy your company too. Treat yourself the way you want people to treat you.
21. Remove stress and the body will do what it is meant to do – heal itself.
22. Find something that feels good, that resonates with your heart. Follow your bliss. Be excited to share your life and it will become contagious.

Further Reading

The following books are used extensively to form content that went into The Secret. For example Robert Collier’s book The Secret of The Ages (last link in the list) refers to the Genie and the three laws of gain, supply and attraction. All of these principles are used as foundations in The Secret.

You can visit the website of The Secret where the first three books are also available as a free download, or you can go directly to the source (probably where the author went) and read them for free at Sacred-Texts.com

I highly recommend the sacred-texts.com site for open-source material that many sites sell for a decent mark-up when you can get them for free. It is also a great source for material that may not be restricted by copyright and can be used to create eBooks. Do your own research into copyright law.

Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill, published in 1938.

The Master Key System by Charles F. Haanel, published in 1919.

The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace Dellois Wattles, published in 1910.

Others

Your Forces and How To Use Them by Christian D. Larson, published in 1912.

By Ernest Shurtleff Holmes – Creative Mind (1923) and The Science of Mind (1926)

In Tune With The Infinite by Ralph Waldo Trine, published in 1910.

The Secret of The Ages by Robert Collier, published in 1950.

My Review of ‘The Secret‘

You’ve probably picked up on the fact that the secret of The Secret is that the author has made money re-badging material written by bright-sparks of the New Thought Movement that has fallen out of copyright. Therefore, anybody could and still can use any of the material in the above links (generally) for free. What Rhonda Byrne did do was add the Hollywood touch with dramatic videos, music and guest-stars who are motivational gurus in their own right.

If you read my summary and read some of the content in the books I have provided links to, you probably don’t need to spend your hard earned money to buy the book, the DVD, the CDs or any of the other merchandise such as the Gratitude Book. Buy yourself a journal or better still fire up your word processor and plan how you will work on your Will Power. At the end of the day, if you don’t want your life to change, it won’t.

On a positive note, the DVD is probably all you need to share the concepts in a dramatic way with your children, your spouse or your friends if they have no idea what The Secret is all about. Alternatively, email your friends this article

The New Thought Movement On Sacred-Texts.com

If you explore the books available under the New Thought Movement category on Sacred-Texts.com, you will find many of the above and some extras. Some aren’t related to the Law of Attraction but are interesting all the same.

The New Thought movement, which originated in the late 19th and early 20th century, has at its core a belief that a higher power pervades all existence, and that individuals can create their own reality via affirmations, meditation and prayer. Early New Thought groups emerged from a Christian Science background, and many New Thought writers refer back to the Bible as their foundation text. New Thought resembles in some respects New Age philosophy, although some New Thought groups dismiss a connection. This page includes some of the writings of this movement, as well as related and similar texts.

[Source: Sacred-Texts.com]