Nothing is spectacular about this book. Nothing.
The revelation is something that has been around for thousands of years, as said in the movie and in the book....which means it takes one person to make millions off of it, and millions of people looking for a microwave answer to provide said millions.
Let's face it, the only reason why the book (and the movie) got any attention is because Oprah mentioned it on the show. Other than that, nobody would've given it a second look. The simplest way to explain the supposed "secret" is law of attraction - attract the good and you get it back; attract the bad and it follows you around.
The simplest way to explain it for literary folk ?
The book is useful for many who don't read enough.
I'm not saying that people who read plenty wouldn't get anything out of it, all I'm saying is that if you've read alot of books even talking about, or related to : Buddhism, Zen, Shinto, Carl Jung, Sigmund Freud, Nietzsche, or any of the numerous self-help books already out there in the market - then you already know the "secret"....which doesn't seem so hush-hush anymore as everyone thought, nor as unique and new.
The concept of positive thinking and visualization has been around since psychology had been thought up by Freud and Jung. The concept even preceded them when Prince Siddartha (Buddha) began developing his thought of inner self underneath that tree thousands of years ago. This is an attempt to take concepts that already existed and was there for the whole world to see, and make something new and fancy for the twenty-first century.
How do you think the greatest thinkers in the world became who they were ?
Simple: they did what they always did, they sat there and thought.
Thinking is visualization in it's purest form, and Byrne just took a concept that she apparently discovered, and applied it to the way we see things in this day and age. Remember, that visualization and non-verbal communication is the strongest form of interaction we have - we are a visual generation. Which is why the "experts" in the book and movie are always encouraging a form of visualization in some way; we psychology students call it - Projection. But our society has dismissed the idea of thinking because of time and constraints. Seriously, when was the last time you sat still and thought about something you wanted to start or pursue ? Very few of us have the luxury, and very few of us have the time or will to do so.
How did these thinkers become so great ?
They worked for it. They worked hard, and long, and diligent.
Sure they thought positive, sure they set a goal for themselves, sure they visualized what they wanted...but sitting there thinking positive, setting goals for yourself, or visualizing won't get you anywhere. In the end, everybody in the movie and in the book had to work their asses off to be successful, which is how anybody gets anything they want. Work is something the "experts" don't mention too frequently.
...if you want more proof, the author Rhonda Byrne was a successful television producer who created three hit shows from her own creativity before she was given The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace Wattles (BTW, the title of the book is not mentioned in the movie, it's just mentioned as a book her daughter gave her....I guess it doesn't do the teachings that much justice when you hear what caused her to think about making the movie in the first place) ...she didn't need the secret to be successful or to make a film; she had the means and tools already.
...guess making more money can always help to ease a breakdown....
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