Biography of rhonda byrnes the secret
The Secret (Byrne book)
2006 book by Rhonda Byrne
The Secret is a 2006 self-help book by Rhonda Byrne, based on the earlier film of the same name. It is based on the law of attraction, which claims that thought alone can influence objective circumstances within one's life. The book alleges energy as assurance of its effectiveness. The book has sold 30 million copies worldwide and has been translated into 50 languages. Scientific claims made in the book have been rejected by a range of critics, who argue that the book has no scientific foundation.
Background
The Secret was released as a film in March 2006, and later the same year as a book. The book is influenced by Wallace Wattles' 1910 book The Science of Getting Rich, which Byrne received from her daughter during a time of personal trauma, in 2004.The New York Timesbestselling authors of The Passion Test, Janet Bray Attwood and Chris Attwood, are not featured in the film or the book, but arranged 36 of the 52 interviews for the film, many of which are referenced in the book.
The book served as the basis for the 2020 film The Secret: Dare to Dream.
Synopsis
Byrne re-introduces a notion originally popularized by persons such as Madame Blavatsky and Norman Vincent Peale that thinking about certain things will make them appear in one's life. Byrne provides examples of historical persons who have allegedly achieved this. Byrne cites a three-step process: ask, believe, and receive. This is based on a quotation from the Bible's Matthew 21:22: "Whatever you ask for in prayer with faith, you will receive."
Byrne highlights the importance of gratitude and visualization in achieving one's desires, along with alleged examples. Later chapters describe how to improve one's prosperity, relationships, and health, with more general thoughts about the universe.
Receptio The Secret
July 18, 2007this website is too kind. one star means "didn't like it". I hate, hate, hate this book with absolute passion. sorry if you like oprah but she seriously did the world a disservice by recommending this book. apparently there is a dvd also that i don't even think i could stomach. so here's the concept behind "The Secret". You can attract good things to you through your good thoughts. Ok, I'm on board with that. It has worked for me. Ooh, I already knew the Secret! too bad I didn't use it to make millions like this chick! But no, it goes further. You attract bad things to you through your negative thoughts. Well, negative thoughts are pretty useless, so I can see benefit in trying to decrease or eliminate them. And one time (true story) I did get robbed while traveling after worrying about it for 3 weeks. BUT. There is no gray area with this one. According to the author, people who are raped, killed, maimed, tortured - they all bring it on themselves with their negative thoughts. The people in Darfur should be thinking "here comes the food, there go the guns". The book goes on to say that weight management is simply a matter of "thinking thin" and not looking at fat people (for real), that if you have a stack of bills to pay you should instead picture checks coming in, that you can have everything you want through visualization, such as your hands on the steering wheel of your car, and that you can cure your cancer watching funny movies. There is a weak chapter at the end about how you can use your Secret powers for the common good, like world peace, but why would you want to waste it when you can be driving your new Hummer? I would go so far as to say that this book is not only BAD but it is DANGEROUS. It promotes the self-absorbed, materialistic, shallow outlook of predominantly rich white people to the exclusion of the rest of the planet - while managing to blame them for their problems and justify those in possession of the Secret for no Rhonda Byrne
Australian writer and producer
Rhonda Byrne
Born Rhonda Izon
(1951-03-12) 12 March 1951 (age 73)
Melbourne, Australia Occupation Writer, producer Notable works Children 2
Rhonda Byrne (BURN; née Izon; born 1951, Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian television writer and producer. Her book The Secret is based on the pseudoscientific belief of the law of attraction, which claims that thoughts can change a person's life directly. She wrote several sequels to the book, including The Power and The Magic.
Life before The Secret
Byrne was born in 1951 in Melbourne, Australia, to parents Ronald and Irene Izon. She worked as an executive producer for television, with credits including Oz Encounters: UFO's in Australia (1997), Sensing Murder: Easy Street (2003), Loves Me, Loves Me Not (2003), and The World's Greatest Commercials (1995–2004).
After the death of her father in 2004, Byrne became very depressed. At the instigation of her daughter Hayley, she read The Science of Getting Rich (1910) by Wallace D. Wattles. She began to work on The Secret.
The Secret
Byrne claims that all great men in history knew about the law of attraction, suggesting Abraham Lincoln, Ludwig van Beethoven, Winston Churchill and others. She asserts that current proponents of the laws of attraction include author Jack Canfield, minister Michael Beckwith, self-help speaker James Arthur Ray, author Joseph Vitale, and author John Gray.
Byrne found success with both the DVD and the book of The Secret. The Secret was published in 2006, and by the spring of 2007 had sold more than 19 million copies in more than 40 languages, and more than two million DVDs.The Secret book and film have grossed $300 million.
In 2007, Byrne was featured in Time Magazine's TIME 1 Read Rhonda Byrne’s personal account of her journey of discovery from The Secret to The Greatest Secret.
Before The Secretwas released, I had no doubt that it would sweep the world and change people’s lives, not only because I had visualized it, but because I knew that when people discovered the power they have to create their lives the way they want them, both their lives and The Secrethad to take off.
BEYOND THE SECRET
After The Secretcame out, my own life changed in every possible way, and it changed because I had changed my thinking. I became very aware of my thoughts and deliberately focused on positive thoughts and not negative ones. As a result, my health, finances, relationships, work, and every single aspect of my life improved so dramatically that my life was no longer recognizable from what it had been. And my life has continued that way ever since. Spiritually I feel a strong sense of peace that is with me day and night. I have what many people would call a dream life, whereas prior to The Secret I had moments of happiness, but I also had plenty of struggle, stress, worry, and anxiety.
A NEW DISCOVERY
Having uncovered the truth about the power of our mind, which is the essence of The Secret, I knew there must be more truth to discover, and so I set out on a search that ended up spanning 14 years. I was relentless, searching seven days a week, day and night. And what is strange is that I didn’t know what I was searching for, other than for more of the truth.
My journey of discovery began with studying the teachings of an ancient tradition in Europe, the Rose Cross order, and I studied their profound teachings for many years. I also spent some time studying Buddhism, the many works of the Christian mystics, theology, Hinduism, Taoism, and Sufism. After I studied the ancient traditions and their historical teachings, my search turned back toward the present time, and I started f
The Secret
Rhonda Byrne
Australian writer and producer
Rhonda Byrne | |
|---|---|
| Born | Rhonda Izon (1951-03-12) 12 March 1951 (age 73) Melbourne, Australia |
| Occupation | Writer, producer |
| Notable works | |
| Children | 2 |
Rhonda Byrne (BURN; née Izon; born 1951, Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian television writer and producer. Her book The Secret is based on the pseudoscientific belief of the law of attraction, which claims that thoughts can change a person's life directly. She wrote several sequels to the book, including The Power and The Magic.
Life before The Secret
Byrne was born in 1951 in Melbourne, Australia, to parents Ronald and Irene Izon. She worked as an executive producer for television, with credits including Oz Encounters: UFO's in Australia (1997), Sensing Murder: Easy Street (2003), Loves Me, Loves Me Not (2003), and The World's Greatest Commercials (1995–2004).
After the death of her father in 2004, Byrne became very depressed. At the instigation of her daughter Hayley, she read The Science of Getting Rich (1910) by Wallace D. Wattles. She began to work on The Secret.
The Secret
Byrne claims that all great men in history knew about the law of attraction, suggesting Abraham Lincoln, Ludwig van Beethoven, Winston Churchill and others. She asserts that current proponents of the laws of attraction include author Jack Canfield, minister Michael Beckwith, self-help speaker James Arthur Ray, author Joseph Vitale, and author John Gray.
Byrne found success with both the DVD and the book of The Secret. The Secret was published in 2006, and by the spring of 2007 had sold more than 19 million copies in more than 40 languages, and more than two million DVDs.The Secret book and film have grossed $300 million.
In 2007, Byrne was featured in Time Magazine's TIME 1 Read Rhonda Byrne’s personal account of her journey of discovery from The Secret to The Greatest Secret. Before The Secretwas released, I had no doubt that it would sweep the world and change people’s lives, not only because I had visualized it, but because I knew that when people discovered the power they have to create their lives the way they want them, both their lives and The Secrethad to take off. After The Secretcame out, my own life changed in every possible way, and it changed because I had changed my thinking. I became very aware of my thoughts and deliberately focused on positive thoughts and not negative ones. As a result, my health, finances, relationships, work, and every single aspect of my life improved so dramatically that my life was no longer recognizable from what it had been. And my life has continued that way ever since. Spiritually I feel a strong sense of peace that is with me day and night. I have what many people would call a dream life, whereas prior to The Secret I had moments of happiness, but I also had plenty of struggle, stress, worry, and anxiety. Having uncovered the truth about the power of our mind, which is the essence of The Secret, I knew there must be more truth to discover, and so I set out on a search that ended up spanning 14 years. I was relentless, searching seven days a week, day and night. And what is strange is that I didn’t know what I was searching for, other than for more of the truth. My journey of discovery began with studying the teachings of an ancient tradition in Europe, the Rose Cross order, and I studied their profound teachings for many years. I also spent some time studying Buddhism, the many works of the Christian mystics, theology, Hinduism, Taoism, and Sufism. After I studied the ancient traditions and their historical teachings, my search turned back toward the present time, and I started f
BEYOND THE SECRET
A NEW DISCOVERY