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May The Secret bring you love and 
joy for your entire existence. That is my intention for you, 
and for the world. Foreword ix 
Acknowledgments xiii 
The Secret Revealed 1 
The Secret Made Simple 27 
How to Use The Secret 45 
Powerful Processes 71 
The Secret to Money 95 
The Secret to Relationships 113 
The Secret to Health 125 
The Secret to the World 141 
The Secret to You 155 
The Secret to Life 177 
Biographies 185 A year ago, my life had collapsed around me. I'd worked myself 
into exhaustion, my father died suddenly, and my relationships 
with my work colleagues and loved ones were in turmoil. Little 
did I know at the time, out of my greatest despair was to come the 
greatest gift. I'd been given a glimpse of a Great Secret—The Secret to life. The 
glimpse came in a hundred-year-old book, given to me by my 
daughter Hayley. I began tracing The Secret back through history. I couldn't believe all the people who knew this. They were the 
greatest people in history: Plato, Shakespeare, Newton, Hugo, 
Beethoven, Lincoln, Emerson, Edison, Einstein. Incredulous, I asked, "Why doesn't everyone know this?" A burn-
ing desire to share The Secret with the world consumed me, and I 
began searching for people alive today who knew The Secret. One by one they began to emerge. I became a magnet: as I began 
to search, one great living master after another was drawn to me. ix x Foreword 
When I discovered one teacher, that one would link to the next, 
in a perfect chain. If I was on the wrong track, something else 
would catch my attention, and through the diversion the next great 
teacher would appear. If I "accidentally" pressed the wrong link 
on an internet search, I would be led to a vital piece of informa-
tion. In a few short weeks I had traced The Secret back through the 
centuries, and I had discovered the modern-day practitioners of 
the Secret. The vision of taking The Secret to the world in a film had become 
fixed in my mind, and over the following two months my film and 
television production team learned The Secret. It was imperative 
that every team member knew it, because without its knowledge, 
what we were about to attempt would be impossible. We did not have a single teacher secured to film, but we knew The 
Secret, and so with utter faith I flew from Australia to the United 
States where the majority of the teachers were based. Seven weeks 
later The Secret team had filmed fifty-five of the greatest teachers 
across the United States, with over 120 hours of film. With every 
step, with every breath, we used The Secret to create the The Se-
cret. We literally magnetized everything and everyone to us. Eight 
months later The Secret was released. As the film swept the world, stories of miracles began to flood in: 
people wrote about healing from chronic pain, depression, and 
disease; walking for the first time after an accident; even recovering 
from a deathbed. We have received thousands of accounts of The Se-
cret being used to bring about large sums of money and unexpected Foreword xi 
checks in the mail. People have used The Secret to manifest their 
perfect homes, life partners, cars, jobs, and promotions, with many 
accounts of businesses being transformed within days of applying 
The Secret. There have been heart-warming stories of stressed re-
lationships involving children being restored to harmony. Some of the most magnificent stories we have received have come 
from children using The Secret to attract what they want, including 
high grades and friends. The Secret has inspired doctors to share 
the knowledge with their patients; universities and schools with 
their students; health clubs with their clients; churches of all de-
nominations and spiritual centers with their congregations. There 
are Secret parties being held in homes around the world, as people 
share the knowledge with loved ones and families. The Secret has 
been used to attract all manner of things—from a specific feather 
to ten million dollars. All of this has taken place in the few months 
since the release of the film. My intention in creating The Secret was—and still is—that it will 
bring joy to billions around the world. The Secret team is experi-
encing the realization of that intention every day, as we receive 
thousands upon thousands of letters from people across the world, 
of all ages, all races/ and all nationalities, expressing gratitude for 
the joy of The Secret. There isn't a single thing that you cannot do 
with this knowledge. It doesn't matter who you are or where you 
are, The Secret can give you whatever you want. Twenty-four amazing teachers are featured in this book. Their 
words were filmed all over the United States, all at different times. xii Foreword 
yet they speak as one voice. This book contains The Secret teach-
ers' words, and it also contains miraculous stories of The Secret in 
action. I have shared all of the easy paths, tips, and shortcuts that I 
have learned so that you can live the life of your dreams. You will notice throughout the book that in certain places I have 
capitalized the word "You." The reason I did this is because I want 
you, the reader, to feel and know that I created this book for you. I 
am speaking to you personally when I say You. My intention is for 
you to feel a personal connection with these pages, because The 
Secret has been created for You. As you travel through its pages and you learn The Secret, you will 
come to know how you can have, be, or do anything you want. You 
will come to know who you really are. You will come to know the 
true magnificence that awaits you. With the deepest gratitude I wish to thank every person who 
has come into my life and inspired, touched, and illuminated me 
through their presence. I would also like to acknowledge and express my gratitude to the 
following people for their magnificent support and contributions 
to my journey and to the creation of this book: 
For generously sharing their wisdom, love, and divinity, I pay 
homage to the featured co-authors of The Secret: John Assaraf, 
Michael Bernard Beckwith, Lee Brower, Jack Canfield, Dr. John De-
martini, Marie Diamond, Mike Dooley, Bob Doyle, Hale Dwoskin, 
Morris Goodman, Dr. John Gray, Dr. John Hagelin, Bill Harris, Dr. 
Ben Johnson, Loral Langemeier, Lisa Nichols, Bob Proctor, James 
Ray, David Schirmer, Marci Shimoff, Dr. Joe Vitale, Dr. Denis Wait-
ley, Neale Donald Walsch, and Dr. Fred Alan Wolf. The magnificent human beings that make up The Secret production 
team: Paul Harrington, Glenda Bell, Skye Byrne, and Nic George. xiii xiv Acknowledgments 
Also to Drew Heriot, Daniel Kerr, Damian Corboy, and to all who 
journeyed with us in the creation of the film The Secret. Gozer Media, for the creation of the superb graphics and for im­
pregnating them with the feeling of The Secret: James Armstrong, 
Shamus Hoare, and Andy Lewis. The CEO of The Secret, Bob Rainone, who was delivered to us from 
heaven. Michael Gardiner and the legal and advisory team across Australia 
and the United States. The Secret website team: Dan Hollings, John Herren, and all at 
Powerful Intentions who manage and run The Secret Forum, along 
with the wonderful people on the forum. The great avatars and master teachers from the past, whose writ-
ings lit a burning fire of desire within me. I have walked in the 
shadows of their greatness, and I honor every one of them. Special 
thanks to Robert Collier and Robert Collier Publications, Wal-
lace Wattles, Charles Haanel, Joseph Campbell and the Joseph 
Campbell Foundation, Prentice Mulford, Genevieve Behrend, and 
Charles Fillmore. To Richard Cohn and Cynthia Black of Atria Books/Beyond Words, 
and Judith Curr of Simon & Schuster, for opening their hearts 
and embracing The Secret. For their editing: Henry Covi and Julie 
Steigerwaldt. Acknowledgments xv 
For their generosity in sharing their stories: Cathy Goodman; Susan 
Sloate and Colin Halm; Susan Morrice, director of Belize Natural En-
ergy; Jeannie MacKay; and Joe Sugarman. For their inspirational teachings: Dr. Robert Anthony, Jerry and Es-
ther Hicks and the teachings of Abraham, David Cameron Gikandi, 
John Harricharan, Catherine Ponder, Gay and Katie Hendricks, 
Stephen MR Covey, Eckhart Tolle, and Debbie Ford. For their gen-
erous support: Chris and Janet Attwood, Marcia Martin, members 
of the Transformational Leaders Council, the Spiritual Cinema Cir-
cle, the staff at Agape Spiritual Center, and the assistants and staff 
of all the teachers featured in The Secret. My precious friends for their love and support: Marcy Koltun-
Crilley, Margaret Rainone, Athena Golianis and John Walker, 
Elaine Bate, Andrea Keir, and Michael and Kendra Abay. And my 
amazing family: Peter Byrne; my very special sisters: Jan Child 
for her invaluable help with this book, Pauline Vernon, Kaye Izon 
(deceased), and Glenda Bell, who is always by my side and whose 
love and support knows no limits. My courageous and beauti-
ful mother, Irene Izon, and in memory of my father, Ronald Izon, 
whose light and love continue to shine through our lives. And finally to my daughters, Hayley and Skye Byrne. To Hayley, 
who was responsible for the beginning of my life and its true jour-
ney, and to Skye, who followed my footsteps in the creation of this 
book, and who brilliantly edited and transformed my words. My 
daughters are the precious jewels of my life, and they illuminate 
every breath I take through their very existence. 4 JOHN ASSARAF 
ENTREPRENEUR AND MONEYMAKING EXPERT 
We can have whatever it is that we choose. 1 don't 
care how big it is. You can have, do, or be anything you want. BOB PROCTOR 
PHILOSOPHER, AUTHOR, AND PERSONAL COACH 
The Secret gives you anything you want: happiness, 
health, and wealth. METAPHYSICIAN, MARKETING SPECIALIST, AND 
AUTHOR DR. JOE VITALE The Secret 
What kind of a house do you want to live in? Do you want 
to be a millionaire? What kind of a business do you want to 
have? Do you want more success? What do you really want? DR. JOHN DEMARTINI 
PHILOSOPHER, CHIROPRACTOR, HEALER, AND 
PERSONAL TRANSFORMATION SPECIALIST 
This is the Great Secret of Life. DR. DENIS WAITLEY 
PSYCHOLOGIST AND TRAINER IN THE FIELD OF 
MIND POTENTIAL 
The leaders in the past who had The Secret wanted 
to keep the power and not share the power. They kept 
people ignorant of The Secret. People went to work, they 
did their job, they came home. They were on a treadmill with 
no power, because The Secret was kept in the few. MICHAEL BERNARD BECKWITH 
VISIONARY AND FOUNDER OF AGAPE 
INTERNATIONAL SPIRITUAL CENTER 
I've seen many miracles take place in people's lives. Throughout history there have been many who coveted the knowl-
edge of The Secret and there have been many who found a way of 
spreading this knowledge to the world. JACK CANFIELD 
AUTHOR, TEACHER, LIFE COACH, AND 
MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER 
Alt of this happened because of knowing how to 
apply The Secret. Financial miracles, miracles of physical healing, mental 
healing, healing of relationships. BOB PROCTOR 
You've probably been sitting there wondering, "What is The 
Secret?" ill tell you how I've come to understand it. We all work with one infinite power. We all guide ourselves 
by exactly the same laws. The natural laws of the universe 
are so precise that we don't even have any difficulty building 
spaceships, we can send people to the moon, and we can time 
the landing with the precision of a fraction of a second. Wherever you are—India, Australia, New Zealand, 
Stockholm, London, Toronto, Montreal, or New York—we're 
all working with one power. One Law. It's attraction! The Secret Revealed 3 4 The Secret 
The greatest teachers who have ever lived have told us that the law 
of attraction is the most powerful law in the Universe. Poets such as William Shakespeare, Robert Browning, and William 
Blake delivered it in their poetry. Musicians such as Ludwig van 
Beethoven expressed it through their music. Artists such as Leo-
nardo da Vinci depicted it in their paintings. Great thinkers includ-
ing Socrates, Plato, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Pythagoras, Sir Francis 
Bacon, Sir Isaac Newton, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and Victor 
Hugo shared it in their writings and teachings. Their names have 
been immortalized, and their legendary existence has survived 
centuries. Religions, such as Hinduism, Hermetic traditions, Buddhism, 
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and civilizations, such as the 
ancient Babylonians and Egyptians, delivered it through their writ-
ings and stories. Recorded throughout the ages in all its forms, the The Secret is the law of attraction! Everything that's coming into your life you are attracting 
into your life. And it's attracted to you by virtue of the images 
you're holding in your mind. It's what you're thinking. Whatever is going on in your mind you are attracting to you. "Every thought of yours is a real thing—a force." The Secret Revealed 5 
law can be found in ancient writings through all the centuries. It 
was recorded in stone in 3000 BC. Even though some coveted this 
knowledge, and indeed they did, it has always been there for any­
one to discover. The law began at the beginning of time. It has always been and will 
always be. It is the law that determines the complete order in the Universe, 
every moment of your life, and every single thing you experience 
in your life. It doesn't matter who you are or where you are, the 
law of attraction is forming your entire life experience, and this all-
powerful law is doing that through your thoughts. You are the one 
who calls the law of attraction into action, and you do it through 
your thoughts. In 1912 Charles Haanel described the law of attraction as "the 
greatest and the most infallible law upon which the entire system 
of creation depends." BOB PROCTOR 
Wise people have always known this. You can go right back 
to the ancient Babylonians. They've always known this. It's a 
small select group of people. The ancient Babylonians and their great prosperity have been 
well documented by scholars. They are also known for creating 
one of the Seven Wonders of the World, the Hanging Gardens 6 The Secret 
of Babylon. Through their understanding and application of the 
laws of the Universe, they became one of the wealthiest races in 
history. BOB PROCTOR 
Why do you think that 1 percent of the population earns 
around 96 percent of all the money that's being earned? Do 
you think that's an accident? It's designed that way. They 
understand something. They understand The Secret, and now 
you are being introduced to The Secret. People who have drawn wealth into their lives used The Secret, 
whether consciously or unconsciously. They think thoughts of 
abundance and wealth, and they do not allow any contradictory 
thoughts to take root in their minds. Their predominant thoughts 
are of wealth. They only know wealth, and nothing else exists in 
their minds. Whether they are aware of it or not, their predominant 
thoughts of wealth are what brought wealth to them. It is the law 
of attraction in action. A perfect example to demonstrate The Secret and the law of attrac-
tion in action is this: You may know of people who acquired mas-
sive wealth, lost it all, and within a short time acquired massive 
wealth again. What happened in these cases, whether they knew 
it or not is that their dominant thoughts were on wealth; that is 
how they acquired it in the first instance. Then they allowed fear-
ful thoughts of losing the wealth to enter their minds, until those 
fearful thoughts of loss became their dominant thoughts. They 
tipped the scales from thinking thoughts of wealth to thinking The Secret Revealed 
thoughts of loss, and so they lost it all. Once they had lost it how-
ever, the fear of loss disappeared, and they tipped the scales back 
with dominant thoughts of wealth. And wealth returned. The law responds to your thoughts, no matter what they may be. JOHN ASSARAF 
The simplest way for me to look at the law of attraction is if 
I think of myself as a magnet, and I know that a magnet wilt 
attract to it 
You are the most powerful magnet in the Universe! You contain a 
magnetic power within you that is more powerful than anything 
in this world, and this unfathomable magnetic power is emitted 
through your thoughts. BOB DOYLE 
AUTHOR AND LAW OF ATTRACTION SPECIALIST 
Basically put, the law of attraction says that like attracts 
like. But we're really talking at a level of thought. The law of attraction says like attracts like, and so as you think a 
thought, you are also attracting like thoughts to you. Here are more BOB DOYLE 8 The Secret 
examples you may have experienced of the law of attraction in 
your life: 
Have you ever started to think about something you were not 
happy about, and the more you thought about it the worse it 
seemed? That's because as you think one sustained thought, the 
law of attraction immediately brings more like thoughts to you. In a 
matter of minutes, you have gotten so many like unhappy thoughts 
coming to you that the situation seems to be getting worse. The 
more you think about it, the more upset you get. You may have experienced attracting like thoughts when you lis-
tened to a song, and then found that you couldn't get that song 
out of your head. The song just kept playing over and over in your 
mind. When you listened to that song, even though you may not 
have realized it, you gave your full attention and focus of thought 
to it. As you did that, you were powerfully attracting more like 
thoughts of that song, and so the law of attraction moved into 
action and delivered more thoughts of that song, over and over 
again. JOHN ASSARAF 
Our job as humans is to hold on to the thoughts of what we 
want, make it absolutely clear in our minds what we want, 
and from that we start to invoke one of the greatest laws in the 
Universe, and that's the law of attraction. You become what 
you think about most but you also attract what you think 
about most. The Secret Revealed 9 
Your life right now is a reflection of your past thoughts. That in-
cludes all the great things, and all the things you consider not so 
great. Since you attract to you what you think about most, it is easy 
to see what your dominant thoughts have been on every subject of 
your life, because that is what you have experienced. Until now! Now you are learning The Secret, and with this knowledge, you 
can change everything. BOB PROCTOR 
If you see it in your mind, you're going to hold it in your 
hand. If you can think about what you want in your mind, and make that 
your dominant thought, you will bring it into your life. MIKE DOOLEY 
AUTHOR AND INTERNATIONAL SPEAKER 
And that principle can be summed up in three simple 
words. Thoughts become things! Through this most powerful law, your thoughts become the things 
in your life. Your thoughts become things! Say this over to yourself 
and let it seep into your consciousness and your awareness. Your 
thoughts become things! JOHN ASSARAF 
What most people don't understand is that a thought has 
a frequency. We can measure a thought. And so if you're 10 The Secret 
thinking that thought over and over and over again, if you're 
imagining in your mind having that brand new car, having 
the money that you need, building that company, finding your 
soul mate... if you're imagining what that looks like, you're 
emitting that frequency on a consistent basis. DR, JOE VITALE 
Thoughts are sending out that magnetic signal that is 
drawing the parallel back to you. "The predominant thought or the mental 
attitude is the magnet, and the law is that like 
attracts like, consequently, the mental attitude 
will invariably attract such conditions as 
correspond to its nature." Thoughts are magnetic, and thoughts have a frequency. As you 
think, those thoughts are sent out into the Universe, and they 
magnetically attract all like things that are on the same frequency. Everything sent out returns to the source. And that source is 
You. Think of it this way: we understand that a television station's trans-
mission tower broadcasts via a frequency, which is transformed 
into pictures on your television. Most of us don't really understand 
how it works, but we know that each channel has a frequency, The Secret Revealed 11 
and when we tune into that frequency we see the pictures on our 
television. We choose the frequency by selecting the channel, and 
we then receive the pictures broadcast on that channel. If we want 
to see different pictures on our television, we change the channel 
and rune into a new frequency. You are a human transmission tower, and you are more powerful 
than any television tower created on earth. You are the most pow­
erful transmission tower in the Universe. Your transmission cre­
ates your life and it creates the world. The frequency you transmit 
reaches beyond cities, beyond countries, beyond the world. It re­
verberates throughout the entire Universe. And you are transmit­
ting that frequency with your thoughts! The pictures you receive from the transmission of your thoughts 
are not on a television screen in your living room, they are the pic-
tures of your life! Your thoughts create the frequency, they attract 
like things on that frequency, and then they are broadcast back to 
you as your life pictures. If you want to change anything in your 
life, change the channel and change the frequency by changing 
your thoughts. "The vibrations of mental forces are the 
finest and consequently the most powerful in 
existence." 12 The Secret 
BOB PROCTOR 
See yourself living in abundance and you will attract it. It 
works every time, with every person. As you think of yourself living in abundance, you are powerfully 
and consciously determining your life through the law of attrac-
tion. It's that easy. But then the most obvious question becomes, 
"Why isn't everybody living the life of their dreams?" The only reason why people do not have what they want is be-
cause they are thinking more about what they don't want than 
what they do want. Listen to your thoughts, and listen to the 
words you are saying. The law is absolute and there are no mis-
takes. An epidemic worse than any plague that humankind has ever 
seen has been raging for centuries. It is the "don't want" epidemic. JOHN ASSARAF 
Here's the problem. Most people are thinking about what they 
don't want, and they're wondering why it shows up over and 
over again. The Secret Revealed 13 
People keep this epidemic alive when they predominantly think, 
speak, act, and focus on what they "don't want." But this is the 
generation that will change history, because we are receiving the 
knowledge that can free us of this epidemic! It begins with you,, 
and you can become a pioneer of this new thought movement by 
simply thinking and speaking about what you want. BOB DOYLE 
The law of attraction doesn't care whether you perceive 
something to be good or bad, or whether you don't want it or 
whether you do want it. It's res-ponding to your thoughts. So 
if you're looking at a mountain of debt, feeling terrible about 
it, that's the signal you're putting out into the Universe. "I 
feel really bad because of all this debt I've got." You're just 
affirming it to yourself. You feel it on every level of your 
being. That's what you're going to get more of. The law of attraction is a law of nature. It is impersonal and it does 
not see good things or bad things. It is receiving your thoughts and 
reflecting back to you those thoughts as your life experience. The law 
of attraction simply gives you whatever it is you are thinking about. LISA NICHOLS 
AUTHORAND PERSONAL EMPOWERMENT 
ADVOCATE 
The law of attraction is really obedient. When you think of the 
things that you want, and you focus on them with all of your 
intention, then the law of attraction will give you exactly 14 The Secret 
what you want, every time. When you focus on the things 
that you don't want — "I don't want to be late, I don't want 
to be late"—the law of attraction doesn't hear that you don't 
want it. It manifests the things that you're thinking of and 
so it's going to show up over and over and over again. The 
law of attraction is not biased to wants or don't wants. When 
you focus on something, no matter what it happens to be, you 
really are calling that into existence. When you focus your thoughts on something you want, and you 
hold that focus, you are in that moment summoning what you 
want with the mightiest power in the Universe. The law of attrac-
tion doesn't compute "don't" or "not" or "no," or any other words 
of negation. As you speak words of negation, this is what the law 
of attraction is receiving: 
"I don't want to spill something on this outfit." "I want to spill something on this outfit and I want to spill 
more things." "I don't want a bad haircut." "I want bad haircuts." "I don't want to be delayed." "I want delays." "I don't want that person to be rude to me." "I want that person and more people to be rude to me." "I don't want the restaurant to give away our table." "I want restaurants to give away our tables." The Secret Revealed 15 
"I don't want these shoes to hurt." "I want shoes to hurt." "I can't handle all this work." "I want more work than I can handle." "I don't want to catch the flu." "I want the flu and I want to catch more things." "I don't want to argue." "I want more arguing." "Don't speak to me like that." "I want you to speak to me like that and I want other people to 
speak to me like that." The law of attraction is giving you what you are thinking about 
—period! BOB PROCTOR 
The law of attraction is always working, whether you believe 
it or understand it or not. The law of attraction is the law of creation. Quantum physicists tell 
us that the entire Universe emerged from thought! You create your 
life through your thoughts and the law of attraction, and every 
single person does the same. It doesn't just work if you know about 
it. It has always been working in your life and every other person's 
life throughout history. When you become aware of this great law, 
then you become aware of how incredibly powerful you are, to be 
able to THINK your life into existence. 16 The Secret 
LISA NICHOLS 
It's working as much as you're thinking. Any time your 
thoughts are flowing, the law of attraction is working. When you're thinking about the past, the law of attraction's 
working. When you're thinking about the present or the 
future, the law of attraction is working. It's an ongoing 
process. You don't press pause, you don't press stop. It is 
forever in action, as your thoughts are. Whether we realize it or not, we are thinking most of the time. If 
you are speaking or listening to someone, you are thinking. If you 
are reading the newspaper or watching television, you are think-
ing. When you recall memories from your past, you are think-
ing. When you are considering something in your future, you are 
thinking. When you are driving, you are thinking. When you arc 
getting ready in the morning, you are thinking. For many of us, 
the only time we are not thinking is when we are asleep; however, 
the forces of attraction are still operating on our last thoughts as 
we fall asleep. Make your last thoughts before going to sleep good 
thoughts. MICHAEL BERNARD BECKWITH 
Creation is always happening. Every time an individual has 
a thought, or a prolonged chronic way of thinking, they're in 
the creation process. Something is going to manifest out of 
those thoughts. What you are thinking now is creating your future life. You create 
your life with your thoughts. Because you are always thinking, you The Secret Revealed 17 
are always creating. What you think about the most or focus on the 
most is what will appear as your life. Like all the laws of nature, there is utter perfection in this law. You cre-
ate your life. Whatever you sow, you reap! Your thoughts are seeds, 
and the harvest you reap will depend on the seeds you plant. If you are complaining, the law of attraction will powerfully bring 
into your life more situations for you to complain about. If you are 
listening to someone else complain and focusing on that sympa-
thizing with them, agreeing with them, in that moment, you are 
attracting more situations to yourself to complain about. The law is simply reflecting and giving back to you exactly what 
you are focusing on with your thoughts. With this powerful knowl-
edge, you can completely change every circumstance and event in 
your entire life, by changing the way you think. I had a student named Robert, who was taking an 
online course I have, part of which entails email access 
to me. Robert was gay. He outlined all of the grim realities of his 
life in his emails to me. In his job, his coworkers ganged up 
on him. It was constantly stressful because of how nasty BILL HARRIS 
TEACHER AND FOUNDER OF 
CENTERPOINTE RESEARCH INSTITUTE 18 The Secret 
they were with him. When he walked down the street, he was 
accosted by homophobic people who wanted to abuse him in 
some way. He wanted to become a stand-up comedian, and 
when he did a stand-up comedy job, everybody heckled him 
about being gay. His whole life was one of unhappiness and 
misery, and it all focused around being attacked because he 
was gay. I began to teach him that he was focusing on what he did not 
want. I directed him back to his email that he sent me and 
said, "Read it again. Look at all the things you do not want 
that you're telling me about. I can tell you're very passionate 
about this and when you focus on something with a lot of 
passion, it makes it happen even faster!" Then he started taking this thing about focusing on what 
you want to heart, and he began really trying it. What 
happened within the next six to eight weeks was an absolute 
miracle. All the people in his office who had been harassing 
him either transferred to another department, quit working 
at the company, or started completely leaving him alone. He 
began to love his job. When he walked down the street, nobody 
harassed him anymore. They just weren't there. When he did 
his stand-up comedy routines he started getting standing 
ovations, and nobody was heckling him! His whole life changed because he changed from focusing on 
what he did not want, what he was afraid of, what he wanted 
to avoid, to focusing on what he did want. The Secret Revealed 19 
Robert's life changed because he changed his thoughts. He emitted 
a different frequency out into the Universe. The Universe must de-
liver the pictures of the new frequency no matter how impossible 
the situation might seem. Robert's new thoughts became his new 
frequency, and the pictures of his entire life changed. Your life is in your hands. No matter where you are now, no mat-
ter what has happened in your life, you can begin to consciously 
choose your thoughts, and you can change your life. There is no 
such thing as a hopeless situation. Every single circumstance of 
your life can change! MICHAEL BERNARD BECKWITH 
You attract to you the predominant thoughts that you're 
holding in your awareness, whether those thoughts are 
conscious or unconscious. That's the rub. Whether you have been aware of your thoughts in the past or not, 
now you are becoming aware. Right now, with the knowledge of 
The Secret, you are waking up from a deep sleep and becoming 
aware! Aware of the knowledge, aware of the law, aware of the 
power you have through your thoughts. 20 The Secret 
DR JOHN DEMARTINI 
If you look very carefully when it comes to The Secret, and the 
power of our mind and the power of our intention in our daily 
lives, it's all around us. All we have to do is open our eyes and 
look. LISA NICHOLS 
You can see the law of attraction everywhere. You draw 
everything to yourself. The people, the job, the circumstances, the 
health, the wealth, the debt, the joy, the car that you drive, the 
community that you're in. And you've drawn them all to you, 
like a magnet. What you think about you bring about Your whole 
life is a manifestation of the thoughts that go on in your head. This is a Universe of inclusion, not exclusion. Nothing is excluded 
from the law of attraction. Your life is a mirror of the dominant 
thoughts you think. All living things on this planet operate through 
the law of attraction. The difference with humans is that they have 
a mind that can discern. They can use their free will to choose their 
thoughts. They have the power to intentionally think and create 
their entire life with their mind. DR. FRED ALAN WOLF 
QUANTUM PHYSICIST, LECTURER, 
AND AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR 
I'm not talking to you from the point of view of 
wishful thinking or imaginary craziness. I'm 
talking to you from a deeper, basic understanding. The Secret Revealed 21 
Quantum physics really begins to point to this discovery. It 
says that you can't have a Universe without mind entering 
into it, and that the mind is actually shaping the very thing 
that is being perceived. If you think about the analogy of being the most powerful trans-
mission tower in the Universe, you will see the perfect correlation 
with Dr. Wolf's words. Your mind thinks thoughts and the pictures 
are broadcast back as your life experience. You not only create your 
life with your thoughts, but your thoughts add powerfully to the 
creation of the world, If you thought that you were insignificant 
and had no power in this world, think again. Your mind is actually 
shaping the world around you. The amazing work and discoveries of the quantum physicists 
over the last eighty years has brought us to a greater understand-
ing of the unfathomable power of the human mind to create. Their work parallels the words of the world's great minds, in-
cluding Carnegie, Emerson, Shakespeare, Bacon, Krishnamurti, 
and Buddha. BOB PROCTOR 
If you don't understand the law that doesn't mean you should 
reject it. You may not understand electricity, and yet you 
enjoy the benefits of it. I don't know how it works. But I do 
knew this: You can cook a man's dinner with electricity, and 
you can also cook the man! 22 The Secret 
MICHAEL BERNARD BECKWITH 
Oftentimes when people begin to understand the Great Secret, 
they become frightened of all the negative thoughts that they 
have. They need to be aware that it has been scientifically 
proven that an affirmative thought is hundreds of times more 
powerful than a negative thought. That eliminates a degree of 
worry right there. It really does take many negative thoughts and persistent negative 
thinking to bring something negative into your life. However, if 
you persist in thinking negative thoughts over a period of time, 
they will appear in your life. If you worry about having negative 
thoughts, you will attract more worrying about your negative 
thoughts, and multiply them at the same time. Decide right now 
that you are going to think only good thoughts. At the same time, 
proclaim to the Universe that all your good thoughts are powerful, 
and that any negative thoughts are weak. LISA NICHOLS 
Thank God that there's a time delay, that all of your 
thoughts don't come true instantly. We'd be in trouble if 
they did. The element of time delay serves you. It allows 
you to reassess, to think about what you want, and to make 
a new choice. All of your power to create your life is available right now, because 
right now is when you are thinking. If you have had some thoughts 
that will not be beneficial when they manifest, then right now you 
can change your thinking. You can erase your previous thoughts by The Secret Revealed 23 
One way to master your mind is to learn to quiet your mind. With-
out exception, every teacher in this book uses meditation as a daily 
practice. It wasn't until I discovered The Secret that I realized how 
powerful meditation can be. Meditation quiets your mind, helps 
you control your thoughts, and revitalizes your body. The great 
news is that you don't have to set aside hours to meditate. Just 
three to ten minutes a day to begin with, can be incredibly power-
ful for gaining control over your thoughts. To become aware of your thoughts, you can also set the intention, 
"I am the master of my thoughts." Say it often, meditate on it, and 
as you hold to that intention, by the law of attraction you must 
become that. You are now receiving the knowledge that will enable you to create 
the most magnificent version of You. The possibility of that version 
of you already exists on the frequency of "the most magnificent 
version of You." Decide what you want to be, do, and have, think 
the thoughts of it, emit the frequency, and your vision will become 
your life. replacing them with good thoughts. Time serves you because you 
can think new thoughts and emit a new frequency, now! DR. JOE VITALE 
You want to become aware of your thoughts and choose your 
thoughts carefully and you want to have fun with this, because you 
are the masterpiece of your own life. You are the Michelangelo of 
your own life. The David you are sculpting is you. • The Great Secret of Life is the law of attraction. • The law of attraction says like attracts like, so when you think a 
thought, you are also attracting like thoughts to you. • Thoughts are magnetic, and thoughts have a frequency. As you think 
thoughts, they are sent out into the Universe, and they magnetically 
attract all like things that are on the same frequency. Everything sent 
out returns to the source—you. • You are like a human transmission tower, transmitting a frequency 
with your thoughts. If you want to change anything in your life, 
change the frequency by changing your thoughts. • Your current thoughts are creating your future life. What you think 
about the most or focus on the most will appear as your life. • Your thoughts become things. 25 MICHAEL BERNARD BECKWITH 
We live in a universe in which there are laws, just as there is 
a law of gravity. If you fail off a building it doesn't matter if 
you're a good person or a had person, you're going to hit the 
ground. The law of attraction is a law of nature. It is as impartial and imper-
sonal as the law of gravity is. It is precise, and it is exact 
Everything that surrounds you right now in your life, 
including the things you're complaining about, you've 
attracted. Now I know at first blush that's going to 
be something that you hate to hear. You're going to 
immediately say, "I didn't attract the car accident. I didn't 
attract this particular client who gives me a hard time. I 
didn't particularly attract the debt." And I'm here to be 
27 DR. JOE VlTALE a little bit in your face and to say, yes you did attract it. This is one of the hardest concepts to get, but once you've 
accepted it, it's life transforming. Often when people first hear this part of the Secret they recall 
events in history where masses of lives were lost, and they find 
it incomprehensible that so many people could have attracted 
themselves to the event. By the law of attraction, they had to be on 
the same frequency as the event. It doesn't necessarily mean they 
thought of that exact event, but the frequency of their thoughts 
matched the frequency of the event. If people believe they can be 
in the wrong place at the wrong time, and they have no control 
over outside circumstances, those thoughts of fear, separation, and 
powerlessness, if persistent, can attract them to being in the wrong 
place at the wrong time. You have a choice right now. Do you want to believe that it's just 
the luck of the draw and bad things can happen to you at any time? Do you want to believe that you can be in the wrong place at the 
wrong time? That you have no control over circumstances? Or do you want to believe and know that your life experience is in 
your hands and that only all good can come into your life because 
that is the way you think? You have a choice, and whatever you 
choose to think will become your life experience. Nothing can come into your experience unless you summon it 
through persistent thoughts. The Secret The Secret Made Simple 29 
BOB DOYLE 
Most of us attract by default. We just think that we don't 
have any control over it. Our thoughts and feelings are on 
autopilot, and so everything is brought to us by default. No one would ever deliberately attract anything unwanted. Without the knowledge of The Secret, it is easy to see how some 
unwanted things may have occurred in your life or other people's 
lives. It simply came from a lack of awareness of the great creative 
power of our thoughts. DR. JOE VlTALE 
Now if this is your first time to hear this, it may feel like, 
"Oh, I have to monitor my thoughts? This is going to be a lot 
of work." It will seem like that at first, but that's where the 
fun begins. The fun is that there are many shortcuts to The Secret, and you get 
to choose the shortcuts that work best for you. Read on, and you'll 
see how. AUTHOR, INTERNATIONAL SPEAKER, AND 
TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADER 
It's impossible to monitor every thought we have. Researchers tell us that we have about sixty thousand 
thoughts a day. Can you imagine how exhausted you'd MARCI SHIMOFF 30 The Secret 
feel trying to control all sixty thousand of those thoughts? Fortunately there's an easier way, and it's our feelings. Our 
feelings let us know what we're thinking. The importance of feelings cannot be overstated. Your feelings are 
your greatest tool to help you create your life. Your thoughts are 
the primary cause of everything. Everything else you see and ex-
perience in this world is effect, and that includes your feelings. The 
cause is always your thoughts. BOB DOYLE 
/ The emotions are an incredible gift that we have to let us 
know what we're thinking. Your feelings tell you very quickly what you're thinking. Think 
about when your feelings suddenly took a dive—maybe when you 
heard some bad news. That feeling in your stomach or solar plexus 
was instant. So your feelings are an immediate signal for you to 
know what you are thinking. You want to become aware of how you're feeling, and get in tune 
with how you're feeling, because it is the fastest way for you to 
know what you're thinking. LISA NICHOLS 
You have two sets of feelings: good feelings and bad feelings. And you know the difference between the two because one 
makes you feel good, and the other makes you feel bad. It's the 
depression, it's the anger, it's the resentment, it's the guilt. It's The Secret Made Simple 31 
those feelings that don't make you feel empowered. Those are 
the bad feelings. No one can tell you whether you are feeling good or bad, because 
you are the only one who knows how you're feeling at any time. If 
you're not sure how you're feeling, just ask yourself, "How am I 
feeling?" You can stop and ask this question often during the day, 
and as you do you will become more aware of how you're feeling. The most important thing for you to know is that it is impossible 
to feel bad and at the same time be having good thoughts. That 
would defy the law, because your thoughts cause your feelings. If 
you are feeling bad, it is because you are thinking thoughts that are 
making you feel bad. Your thoughts determine your frequency, and your feelings tell you 
immediately what frequency you are on. When you are feeling bad, 
you are on the frequency of drawing more bad things. The law of 
attraction must respond by broadcasting back to you more pictures 
of bad things and things that will make you feel bad. As you feel bad, and don't make any effort to change your thoughts 
and feel better, you are in effect saying, "Bring me more circum-
stances that will make me feel bad. Bring it on!" LISA NICHOLS 
The flipside to that is that you have good emotions and good 
feelings. You know when they come because they make you 
feel good. Excitement, joy, gratitude, love. Imagine if we could 32 The Secret 
feel that way every day. When you celebrate the good feelings, 
you'll draw to you more good feelings, and things that make 
you feel good. BOB DOYLE 
It's really so simple. "What am I attracting right now? " Well, 
how do you feel? "I feel good." Well good, keep doing that. It is impossible to feel good and at the same time be having nega-
tive thoughts. If you are feeling good, it is because you are thinking 
good thoughts. You see, you can have whatever you want in your 
life, no limits. But there's one catch: You have to feel good. And 
when you think about it, isn't that all you ever want? The law is 
indeed perfect. MARCLSHIMOFF 
If you're feeling good, then you're creating a future that's on 
track with your desires. If you're feeling bad, you're creating 
a future that's off track with your desires. As you go about 
your day, the law of attraction is working in every second. Everything we think and feel is creating our future. If you're 
worried or in fear, then you're bringing more of that into your 
life throughout the day. When you are feeling good, you must be thinking good thoughts. So you are on track and you are emitting a powerful frequency that 
is attracting back to you more good things that will make you feel 
good. Seize those moments when you are feeling good, and milk The Secret Made Simple 33 
them. Be aware that as you are feeling good, you are powerfully 
attracting more good things to you. Let's go one step further. What if your feelings are actually commu-
nication from the Universe to let you know what you're thinking? JACKCANFIELD 
Our feelings are a feedback mechanism to us about whether 
we're on track or not, whether we're on course or off course. Remember that your thoughts are the primary cause of everything. So when you think a sustained thought it is immediately sent out 
into the Universe. That thought magnetically attaches itself to the 
like frequency and then within seconds sends the reading of that 
frequency back to you through your feelings. Put another way, 
your feelings are communication back to you from the Universe, 
telling you what frequency you are currently on. Your feelings are 
your frequency feedback mechanism! When you are feeling good feelings, it is communication back from 
the Universe saying, "You are thinking good thoughts" Likewise, 
when you are feeling bad, you are receiving communication back 
from the Universe saying, "You are thinking bad thoughts." So when you are feeling bad it is communication from the Uni-
verse, and in effect it is saying, "Warning! Change thinking now. Negative frequency recording. Change frequency. Counting down 
to manifestation. Warning!" 34 The Secret 
The next time you are feeling bad or feeling any negative emotion, 
listen to the signal you are receiving from the Universe. In that 
moment you are blocking your own good from coming to you be-
cause you are on a negative frequency. Change your thoughts and 
think about something good, and when the good feelings start 
to come you will know it was because You shifted yourself on to 
a new frequency, and the Universe has confirmed it with better 
feelings. BOB DOYLE 
You 're getting exactly what you're feeling about, not so much 
what you're thinking about. That's why people tend to spiral if they stub their toe getting 
out of bed. Their whole day goes like that. They have no clue 
that a simple shifting of their emotions can change their entire 
day—and life. If you start out having a good day and you're in that particular 
happy feeling, as long as you don't allow something to change 
your mood, you're going to continue to attract, by the law of 
attraction, more situations and people that sustain that happy 
feeling. We all have experienced those days or times when one thing after 
another goes wrong. The chain reaction began with one thought, 
whether you were aware of it or not. The one bad thought attracted 
more bad thoughts, the frequency locked in, and eventually some-
thing went wrong. Then as you reacted to that one thing going The Secret Made Simple 35 
wrong, you attracted more things going wrong. Reactions just at-
tract more of the same, and the chain reaction must keep occurring 
until you move yourself off that frequency by intentionally chang-
ing your thoughts. You can shift your thoughts to what you want receive confirma-
tion through your feelings that you changed your frequency, and 
the law of attraction will grab hold of that new frequency and send 
it back to you as the new pictures of your life. Now here is where you can harness your feelings and use them to 
turbo-charge what you want in your life. You can purposefully use your feelings to transmit an even more 
powerful frequency, by adding feeling to what you are wanting. MICHAEL BERNARD BECKWITH 
You can begin right now to feel healthy. You can begin to feel 
prosperous. You can begin to feet the love that's surrounding 
you, even if it's not there. And what will happen is the 
universe will correspond to the nature of your song. The 
universe will correspond to the nature of that inner feeling 
and manifest, because that's the way you feel. So what are you feeling now? Take a few moments to think about 
how you feel. If you're not feeling as good as you'd like to, focus 
on feeling your feelings inside and purposefully lift them. As you 
focus intensely on your feelings, with the intention to lift yourself, 
you can powerfully elevate them. One way is to close your eyes 36 The Secret 
(shutting out distractions), focus on your feelings inside, and smile 
for one minute. LISA NICHOLS 
Your thoughts and your feelings create your life. It will 
always be that way. Guaranteed! Just like the law of gravity, the law of attraction never slips up. You don't see pigs flying because the law of gravity made a mis-
take and forgot to apply gravity to pigs that day. Likewise, there 
are no exclusions to the law of attraction. If something came to 
you, you drew it, with prolonged thought. The law of attraction 
is precise. MICHAEL BERNARD BECKWITH 
It's hard to swallow, but when we can begin to open ourselves 
up to that, the ramifications are awesome. It means that 
whatever thought has done in your life, it can be undone 
through a shift in your awareness. You have the power to change anything, because you are the one 
who chooses your thoughts and you are the one who feels your 
feelings. 'You create your own universe as you go along." The Secret Made Simple 
DR. JOE VITALE 
It's really important that you feel good, because this feeling 
good is what goes out as a signal into the Universe and starts 
to attract more of itself to you. So the more you can feel good, 
the more you will attract the things that help you feel good, 
and are able to keep bringing you up higher and higher. BOB PROCTOR 
When you're feeling down, did you know that you can change 
it in an instant? Put on a beautiful piece of music, or start 
singing—that'll change your emotion. Or think of something 
beautiful. Think of a baby or somebody that you truly love, 
and dwell on it. Really keep that thought in your mind. Block 
every thing out but that thought. I guarantee you'll start to 
feel good. Make a list of some Secret Shifters to have up your sleeve. By 
Secret Shifters, I mean things that can change your feelings in a 
snap. It might be beautiful memories, future events, funny mo-
ments, nature, a person you love, your favorite music. Then if you 
find yourself angry or frustrated or not feeling good, turn to your 
Secret Shifters list and focus on one of them. Different things will 
shift you at different times, so if one doesn't work, go to another. It 
only takes a minute or two of changing focus to shift yourself and 
shift your frequency. 38 The Secret 
pets, for instance. Animals are wonderful, because they put 
you in a great emotional state. When you feel love for your 
pet, that great state of love will bring goodness into your life. And what a gift that is. "It is the combination of thought and love 
which forms the irresistible force of the law of 
attraction." There is no greater power in the Universe than the power of love. The feeling of love is the highest frequency you can emit. If you 
could wrap every thought in love, if you could love everything and 
everyone, your life would be transformed. In fact, some of the great thinkers of the past referred to the law 
of attraction as the law of love. And if you think about it, you will 
understand why. If you think unkind thoughts about someone else, JAMES RAY 
PHILOSOPHER, LECTURER, AUTHOR, AND 
CREATOR OF PROSPERITY AND HUMAN 
POTENTIAL PROGRAMS 
The principle of feeling good applies to your family The Secret Made Simple 39 
you will experience those unkind thoughts manifested. You cannot 
harm another with your thoughts, you only harm You. If you think 
thoughts of love, guess who receives the benefits—you! So if your 
predominant state is love, the law of attraction or the law of love 
responds with the mightiest force because you are on the highest 
frequency possible. The greater the love you feel and emit, the 
greater the power you are harnessing. "The principle which gives the thought the 
dynamic power to correlate with its object, 
and therefore to master every adverse human 
experience, is the law of attraction, which is 
another name for love. This is an eternal and 
fundamental principle inherent in all things, in 
every system of philosophy, in every Religion 
and in every Science. There is no getting away 
from the law of love. It is feeling that imparts 
vitality to thought. Feeling is desire and desire is 
love. Thought impregnated with love becomes 
invincible." MARCI SHIMOFF 
Once you begin to understand and truly master your 
thoughts and feelings, that's when you see how you create 
your own reality. That's where your freedom is, that's where 
all your power is. 40 The Secret 
Marci Shimoff shared a wonderful quote from the great Albert 
Einstein: "The most important question any human being can ask 
themselves is, 'Is this a friendly Universe?'" Knowing the law of attraction, the only answer to give is, "Yes, 
the Universe is friendly." Why? Because when you answer in this 
way, by the law of attraction you must experience that. Albert Ein-
stein posed this powerful question because he knew The Secret. He knew by asking the question it would force us to think and 
make a choice. He gave us a great opportunity, just by posing the 
question. To take Einstein's intention even further, you can affirm and pro-
claim, "This is a magnificent Universe. The Universe is bringing all 
good things to me. The Universe is conspiring for me in all things. The Universe is supporting me in everything I do. The Universe 
meets all my needs immediately." Know that this is a friendly Uni-
verse! JACKCANFlELD 
Since I learned The Secret and started applying it to my life, 
my life has truly become magical. I think the kind of life that 
everybody dreams of is one I live on a day-to-day basis. I live 
in a four-and-a-half-million-dollar mansion. I have a wife to 
die for. I get to vacation in all the fabulous spots of the world. I've climbed mountains. I've explored. I've been on safaris. And all of this happened, and continues to happen, because 
of knowing how to apply The Secret. The Secret Made Simple 41 
BOB PROCTOR 
Life can be absolutely phenomenal, and it should be, and it 
will be, when you start using The Secret. This is your life, and it's been waiting for you to discover it! Up 
until now you may have been thinking that life is hard and a strug-
gle, and so by the law of attraction you will have experienced life 
as hard and a struggle. Begin right now to shout to the universe, 
"Life is so easy! Life is so good! All good things come to me!" There is a truth deep down inside of you that has been waiting 
for you to discover it, and that Truth is this: you deserve all good 
things life has to offer. You know that inherently, because you feel 
awful when you are experiencing the lack of good things. All 
good things are your birthright! You are the creator of you, and 
the law of attraction is your magnificent tool to create whatever 
you want in your life. Welcome to the magic of life, and the mag-
nificence of You! The law of attraction is a law of nature. It is as impartial as the law 
of gravity. Nothing can come into your experience unless you summon it 
through persistent thoughts. To know what you're thinking, ask yourself how you are feeling. Emotions are valuable tools that instantly tell us what we are 
thinking. It is impossible to feel bad and at the same time have good thoughts. Your thoughts determine your frequency, and your feelings tell you 
immediately what frequency you are on. When you feel bad, you 
are on the frequency of drawing more bad things. When you feel 
good, you are powerfully attracting more good things to you. Secret Shifters, such as pleasant memories, nature, or your favorite 
music, can change your feelings and shift your frequency in an in-
stant. The feeling of love is the highest frequency you can emit. The greater 
the love you feel and emit, the greater the power you are harnessing. 43 You are a creator, and there is an easy process to create using the 
law of attraction. The greatest teachers and avatars have shared 
the Creative Process through their wondrous work, in a myriad of 
forms. Some great teachers created stories to demonstrate how the 
Universe works. The wisdom contained in their stories has been 
handed down through the centuries and has become legendary. Many people living today do not realize that the essence of these 
stories is the very truth of life. JAMES RAY 
If you think about Aladdin and his lamp, Aladdin picks up the 
lamp, dusts it off, and out pops the Genie. The Genie always 
says one thing: 
"Your wish is my command!" The story now goes that there are three wishes, hut if you 
45 46 The Secret 
trace the story back to its origins there's absolutely no limit 
whatsoever to the wishes. Think about that one. Now, let's take this metaphor and apply it to your life. Remember Aladdin is the one who always asks for what he 
wants. Then you've got the Universe at large, which is the 
Genie. Traditions have called it so many things—your holy 
guardian angel, your higher self. We can put any label on 
it, and you choose the one that works best for you, but every 
tradition has told us there's something bigger than us. And 
the Genie always says one thing: 
"Your wish is my command!" This wonderful story demonstrates how your whole life and ev-
erything in it has been created by You. The Genie has simply an-
swered your every command. The Genie is the law of attraction, 
and it is always present and always listening to everything you 
think, speak, and act. The Genie assumes that everything you 
think about, you want! That everything you speak about, you 
want! That everything you act upon is what you want! You are the 
Master of the Universe, and the Genie is there to serve you. The 
Genie never questions your commands. You think it, and the Genie 
immediately begins to leverage the Universe, through people, cir-
cumstances, and events, to fulfill your wish. How to Use the Secret 47 
The Creative Process used in The Secret, which was taken from the 
New Testament in the Bible, is an easy guideline for you to create 
what you want in three simple steps. LISA NICHOLS 
The first step is to ask. Make a command to the Universe. Let the 
Universe know what you want. The Universe responds to your 
thoughts. BOB PROCTOR 
What do you really want? Sit down and write it out on a 
piece of paper. Write it in the present tense. You might begin 
by writing, "I am so happy and grateful now that..." And 
then explain how you want your life to be, in every area. You get to choose what you want, but you must get clear about 
what you want. This is your work. If you're not clear, then the law 
of attraction cannot bring you what you want. You will be sending 
out a mixed frequency and you can only attract mixed results. For 
the first time in your life perhaps, work out what it is you really 
want. Now that you know you can have, be, or do anything, and 
there are no limits, what do you want? 48 The Secret 
Asking is the first step in the Creative Process, so make it a habit to 
ask. If you have to make a choice and you don't know which way 
to go, ask! You should never be stumped on anything in your life. Just ask! DR. JOE VlTALE 
This is really fun. It's like having the Universe as your 
catalogue. You flip through it and say, "I'd like to have this 
experience and I'd like to have that product and I'd like to 
have a person like that." It is You placing your order with the 
Universe. It's really that easy. You do not have to ask over and over again. Just ask once. It is 
exactly like placing an order from a catalogue. You only ever order 
something once. You don't place an order and then doubt the order 
has been received and so place the order again, and then again, and 
then again. You order once. It is the same with the Creative Process. Step One is simply your step to get clear about what you want. As 
you get clear in your mind, you have asked. LISA NICHOLS 
Step two is believe. Believe that it's already yours. Have what 
I love to call unwavering faith. Believing in the unseen. How to Use the Secret 49 
You must believe that you have received. You must know that what 
you want is yours the moment you ask. You must have complete 
and utter faith. If you had placed an order from a catalogue you 
would relax/ know you are going to receive what you ordered, and 
get on with your life. "See the things that you want as already yours. Know that they will come to you at need. Then 
let them come. Don't fret and worry about them. Don't think about your lack of them. Think of 
them as yours, as belonging to you, as already in 
your possession." In the moment you ask, and believe and know you already have it 
in the unseen, the entire Universe shifts to bring it into the seen. You must act, speak, and think, as though you are receiving it now. Why? The Universe is a mirror, and the law of attraction is mir-
roring back to you your dominant thoughts. So doesn't it make 
sense that you have to see yourself as receiving it? If your thoughts 
contain noticing you do not have it yet, you will continue to at-
tract not having it yet. You must believe you have it already. You 
must believe you have received it. You have to emit the feeling 
frequency of having received it, to bring those pictures back as 
your life. When you do that, the law of attraction will powerfully 
move all circumstances, people, and events, for you to receive. 50 The Secret 
When you book a vacation, order a brand new car, or buy a house, 
you know those things are yours. You wouldn't go and book an-
other vacation for the same time, or purchase another car or house. If you won a lottery or received a large inheritance, even before 
you physically had the money, you know it is yours. That is the 
feeling of believing it is yours. That is the feeling of believing you 
have it already. That is the feeling of believing you have received. Claim the things you want by feeling and believing they are yours. When you do that, the law of attraction will powerfully move all 
circumstances, people, and events for you to receive.
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The author's name is not specified in the passage, but it mentions that the author is a pioneer of this thought movement and has shared their journey of discovering the secret.
Who wrote the book "The Secret"?
The main message of the book is that the law of attraction is a universal law that can be used to create one's life and attract what one wants, and that it is the reader's choice to use this law.
What is the main message of the book?
The purpose of the book is to share the knowledge of the law of attraction and empower the reader to use it to create their life and manifest their desires.
What is the purpose of the book?
The author's intention is to inspire and empower the reader to use the knowledge of the law of attraction to bring love and joy into their life.
What is the author's intention for the reader?
The law of attraction is a universal law that responds to one's thoughts and emotions, and it is always working, regardless of whether one is aware of it or not.
What is the role of the law of attraction in the universe?