The 'Secret' society

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Are we finally discovering the truth that's been hidden from us for centuries, or is this new phenomenon just taking advantage of us?
February 23, 2007

BY MAUREEN JENKINS Staff Reporter
Imagine this scenario: Your bills are all paid, with unexpected dollars showing up everywhere you turn. Your career is flying high, with accolades and promotions coming fast and furious. You're madly in love; your kids are wonderfully behaved and earning top grades. Your body's in great shape and now that you think of it, you've never felt better.
If only life were that easy.

The Best-selling book 'The Secret' by Rhonda Byrne teaches readers how to take on life the easy way.
But it should be, insists Rhonda Byrne, creator of the controversial yet top-selling The Secret.
She says it's all about harnessing the 'laws of attraction,' which through the power of positive thinking woo health, wealth, great relationships and other earthly joys into your life. She believes it's this law that governs the universe and everything in it -- and that you've got the innate power to imagine, and then create, the fabulous life you want. And the Universe longs to give it to you. "