THE SECRET

The Secret was first published in 2006 along with the release of a movie version of the same name. This self-help book aims to show people how they can change their lives for the better and achieve success in all aspects of their lives. This is the Tamil edition of the bestselling book. According to the author the power of thoughts can shape lives. If people have positive attitude and express gratitude for things they already have and visualize their desires it opens up opportunities for those desires to become reality. The author believes that the whole universe is governed by the law of attraction. The power of this law can help fulfil a person s desire if they tune into the right frequency through their thoughts. Thus positive thoughts attract positive results. Thoughts both negative and positive have the power to influence events. For instance anger invites experiences that cause a person to feel aggressive. Positive feelings attract positive events. Carrying this further through visualization can help people actually get whatever they want according to the author. She places special emphasis on gratitude and visualization. The feeling of gratitude gives off a positive frequency that attracts good things. Visualization helps translate that power into objects that we desire. For instance if a person wants to own a car they have to tune their thoughts so that it feels like they already have it. The visualizations have to take practical shape like thinking about test driving the car deciding on where to park it thinking of all the positive effects having a car can have on their life. According to the author doing this will cause the frequency emitted by their thoughts to work with the law of attraction and create circumstances that will end up in the person actually getting a car. The Secret elaborates on how these principles can be applied to various situations to change the reader s life.