Understanding 'The Secret': The Law of Attraction

Rhonda Byrne is an Australian television producer and author. The movie “The Secret” propose that many of the most successful people throughout history have known a "secret". The "secret" turns out to be the Law of Attraction. According to Whittaker, the law of attraction is the name given to the maxim "like attracts like" which in New Thought philosophy is used to sum up the idea that by focusing on positive or negative thoughts a person brings positive or negative experiences into their life. This belief is based upon the idea that people and their thoughts are both made from "pure energy", and the belief that like energy attracts like energy. The Secret claims that you can actually cause events to happen by wishing for them hard enough,

I always thought that people who fall in love are weak and because for me love is just like handing your self-destruct button to someone and trusting them not to push the button. I always believed that love is such a mediocre and cliché thing and I will never want to fall in love. Probably that is the reason why no one has fallen in love with me that time. I don’t give love therefore I don’t receive love either. But everything changed few months ago after I’ve watch a television series entitled “Gossip Girl”. After watching it, I’ve always prayed at night that someday I will fall in love just like how the protagonists did in the tv show. I want to experience it. I want to make someone feel valuable and show them that being loved is the most surreal feeling in this world. I want to love someone. And because I think of that every day, now, I fell in love. Although the feelings I’ve felt was not reciprocated by the other party, it was fine because I never prayed for someone to love me. I just prayed that I will fall in love. That must be how the law of attraction works. In this context, I also tried the law of attraction in terms of money. I always think that I have plenty of money and that I never run out of it. I always think that money is just around the corner waiting for me. Since then, I never run out of

It tells you to stop thinking about all the things you can’t get and all the things you can’t achieve, but instead, to figure out how you can make a few changes in your life in order to achieve all the things you want. For instance, I used to dread my preliminary and finals examination. I always thought that I’ll get low grades even though I’ve studied hard. And that’s what happened. But a few days before my preliminary exams, I watched “The Secret” and tried to use the Law of Attraction. I put in my head that the exams will be a piece of cake because I studied hard. And that’s what happened. The Secret helped me achieved a different way of thinking and it’s made me a more optimistic