by Laurel Phillips

Created on: February 28, 2009   Last Updated: March 09, 2009

Law of Attraction: Living the Life of Your Dreams

Rhonda Byrne, "The Secret"

Rhonda Byrne went from nobody to somebody, and rags to riches in just few months all on account of her little book "The Secret". Now through her message, Byrne want her readers to follow in her foot steps and live the life of their dreams. She believes whole-heartedly that she has unearthed an age old universal law, one that can be applied to life with astounding results, one called the Law of Attraction.

Byrne's revelation came amid personal upheaval and the deconstruction of her life. Her father had just died and her life had "collapsed around her." Then, serendipitously, and out of her "greatest despair was to come the greatest gift . . . a glimpse of a Great Secret - The Secret to life." (ix).

The book focuses on a simple message: "Everything that's coming into your life you are attracting into your life . . . Whatever is going on in your mind you are attracting to you." (Bob Proctor, 4). She makes a solid argument backed by many similar minded, popular, contemporary pundits, and she wraps it nicely in an easy, thought provoking read. Her book, although small in volume and dimension (only198 pg), is full practical advice on walking out the process of creating a perfect life. This process is powered by the contention that we are all in the driver's seat of our individual lives; responsibility and power for change rests on our use of this universal, unchanging Law.

Why haven't you heard of the ancient truth of the Law of Attraction' before? Byrne says it is because people in power (past and present) don't want you to partake in the possibilities available, nor do they want to share the accompanying wealth - thus the name of the book "The Secret". It could be, perhaps, that we've lost site of this age old truth - one that propagated in many other books on self-awareness. Byne does, however, wrap this timeless message in a smaller, more palatable, contemporary package. The movie images help with relevancy by linking the viewer with todays struggles for peace, success, and a life of harmonious reward - certainly something we all desire and relentlessly seek out.

Don't have time to read? This is one instance when the movie may be better than the book. It can be found under the same title on DVD (at the library), or downloaded from the website for about $5.

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