Dedicated to You
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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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."
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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
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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 no t 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
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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
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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.
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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 ca