It’s been 9 years since the inspirational film “The Secret” and the book with the same title were released. The concepts from this internationally best-selling book (it was on the New York Times bestsellers list for 42 consecutive weeks and has sold more than 21 million copies!) have been accepted and adopted by millions of people worldwide.

Although the book seems have to been influenced by a number of earlier books that have been classics on the concept of positive thinking, what is great about “The Secret” is that it has packaged positive thinking as a Law – The Law of Attraction.

The Law of Attraction simply put is – “We attract what we think about”, and so “Thoughts are Things”. We are constantly attracting into our world whatever it is we are thinking about. All the good things in our life AND all the not-so-good things too. We are therefore responsible for our circumstances because we were the ones who created them in the first place! This leaves no scope for complaining and blame and that’s a very powerful state to be in!

This also means that we can change our circumstances by changing our thinking. And we need to focus on what we think about and how we feel, because The Law of Attraction is in play whether we believe in it or not.

The Secret also dwells upon the importance of Visualization and Gratitude, both of which are very powerful tools to attract what we want more of, into our lives.

The book is wonderful, a must-read in my opinion. It’s had its share of controversy though – there are many who feel that in it, there is excessive focus on thinking and too little on action. My view on this is that Action is indispensable but when you are in a Feel-Good state and thinking clearly about what you want, Action happens effortlessly – you don’t have to focus so hard on taking steps forward. It’s what I called “Inspired Action.”