The Secret, The Law of Attraction and Gratitude

On March 23, 2006, a documentary-style film called “The Secret” was first broadcast via streaming media on the Internet. It was an international hit! Since then, more than 2 million DVDs have been sold and over 4 million of the hardcover book have sold in the United States alone! The DVD and Book are changing peoples lives because the principles taught in them do work!

This inspiring, self-help film, The Secret, was produced by Rhonda Brynes. Ms Brynes has stated that in 2004, her film company was on the brink of bankruptcy and she was having a hard time coping with the death of her father. As an antidote to her despair, her daughter gave her a book; suggesting it might help. Although the book is not specifically named in the film, it was the classic, “The Science of Getting Rich” by New Thought author Wallace D. Wattles (originally published in 1910). The “secret” contained in the book changed Rhonda Brynes' life. As she began to practice what she read in the book and other books of a similar genre she began to realize that scores of people who were affluent, successful, and living dynamic lives had already discovered and tapped into “the secret.”

In The Secret film, Ms. Brynes brought together prominent authors, leaders and teachers in the fields of self and personal development, business and financial building, coaching, philosophy, psychology, and a number of other disciplines to share how they themselves had used “the secret” to transform their lives. This secret, which we learn is called the Law of Attraction, affects every aspect of our lives — our money, our relationships, our health, and our happiness — whether we believe in it or not. Basically, the Law of Attraction states: We attract whatever we choose to give our attention to – whether wanted or unwanted.

The Secret DVD and The Secret book thoroughly explains this concept. Featured presenters in the film include: John Assaraf, Dr. Rev. Michael Bernard Beckwith, Lee Brower, Jack Canfield, Dr. John Demartini, Marie Diamond, Mike Dooley, Bob Doyle, Hale Dwoskin, Morris E. and Cathy Goodman, Dr. John Gray, Dr. John Hagelin, Bill Harris, Dr. Ben Johnson, Loral Langemeier, Lisa Nichols, Bob Proctor, James Arthur Ray, David Schirmer, Marci Shimoff. Dr. Joe Vitale, Dr. Denis Waitley, Neale Donald Walsch, and Dr. Fred Alan Wolf. Each of these highly successful men and women, effectively share how they have applied their knowledge of The Secret or the Law of Attraction and other transformational Universal Laws to achieve health, wealth and happiness in their own lives. They also make it abundantly clear, that this knowledge can dramatically change your life too!

Like Attracts Like!
The Law of Attraction is one of the Universal Laws that governs the Universe. It is one of the immutable laws established at Creation. Universal Laws cannot be changed; they cannot be broken; they cannot be manipulated. They are always at work, whether we understand them or not, or whether we believe in them or not. Universal Laws apply to everyone, everywhere, equally. It’s very much like gravity — it is what it is!

Through the Law of Attraction we realize we are like a magnet. We attract people, things, and situations to our lives that reflect what we are thinking about the most. Many great leaders and thinkers have discovered this truth.

The Buddha said, “What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow: Our life is the creation of our mind.” He also said, “All that we are is a result of what we have thought.”

“A man is but the product of his thought — what he thinks he becomes.” — Mahatma Gandhi

“You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.” — James Allen

“Our minds become magnetized with the dominating thoughts we hold in our minds, and these magnets attract to us the forces, the people, the circumstances of life which harmonize with the nature of our dominating thoughts.” — Napoleon Hill

Remember the definition of the Law of Attraction: We attract whatever we choose to give our attention to — whether wanted or unwanted. Norman Vincent Peale said, “There is a basic law that like attracts like. Negative thinking definitely attracts negative results. Conversely, if a person habitually thinks optimistically and hopefully, his positive thinking sets in motion creative forces — and success, instead of eluding him — flows toward him.”

In other words, if you focus only on the lack or limitations in your life; you will attract only more lack and more limitations. Certainly not what you want to have happen!

However, if you understand the basic principle of the Law of Attraction, you will immediately realize that the opposite of lack is abundance. So the solution is very simple — change your focus! Begin to apply your thoughts to seeing and expecting abundance, and begin to express gratitude for what you have and thankfulness for what is coming.

The Purpose of a Gratitude Rock
In the film “The Secret” one of the presenters talks about finding a rock that he carried in his pocket everyday to remind himself of everything he was grateful for. A friend nicknamed it The Gratitude Rock — which he really liked. First thing in the morning, he would put the rock in his pocket and remind himself of all the things he had to be grateful for. As he developed this attitude of gratitude he noticed that wonderful things were happening in his life. The Secret or the Law of Attraction showed him that when you express gratitude for what you have — you release God or the Universe to add more things to your life to be grateful for. Those that understand and are practicing this principle will all agree that “expressing gratitude” immediately brings more into our lives for which to be grateful.

Wallace Wattles in “The Science of Getting Rich” stated that, “The grateful mind is constantly fixed upon the best; therefore it tends to become the best; it takes the form or character of the best, and will receive the best.” — A profound truth!

Being grateful, being thankful, being mindful of all that we have is a wonderful character trait we should desire to cultivate in our lives. When we wake up in the morning we should immediately think about what we are grateful for. When we close our eyes at night, and we review the day, we should reflect on what happened that day and what we are grateful for. Creating this type of attitude will not only make you a better person but it will develop within you, something wonderful — happiness!

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