Rhonda Byrne has said that “The Secret” was inspired by “The Science of Getting Rich.”  That is a great book, and I love it – but the opeing scenes of the movie tells a different story and I wonder why.

The book that Byrne pulls out of the trunk in The Secret begins like this…

The World’s Greatest Discovery

A chapter title that is not from The Science of Getting Rich and a quote from Edgar Guest, that great poet.

This is not how The Science of Getting Rich begins but rather how Robert Collier’s The Secret of The Ages begins.

The scene goes by quickly but if you advance your DVD playback slowly, you can see it as in the screen capture above and in the Rhonda Byrne video clip at the end of this article.

Both of these books are great books and both have a similar message.  We have audio of chapter 11 (The Law of Attraction) of Collier’s book on this site.

Interesting is that Collier is listed in the part of of The Secret’s website called “Behind The Secret” but Wattles is not.  However you can get an ebook of “The Science of Getting Rich” but not of “The Secret of The Ages” on The Secret website.  In Byrne’s Recommended Reading List we find The Science of Getting Rich (and many other success classics) but not The Secret of The Ages.

This is only an observation, not any great controversy.  The messages of both books are congruent and both carry the same great message of the law of attraction.

The Science of Getting Rich is all about the law of attraction, but never calls it that, Collier’s book, The Secret of The Ages is likewise about the LOA and it even has a chapter by that name.

So I invite you to choose your success, watch The Secret and read The Science of Getting Rich or The Secret of The Ages…  Perhaps you’ll even double down and take both of these classics to heart.

Rhonda Byrne and The Secret of the law of attraction

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“The Secret of The Ages” by Robert Collier

By Nathan S. Collier

My grandfather, Robert Collier, died in 1950, two years before I was born. He was a tremendous businessman, a pioneer in the mail order sales business, and wrote “The Robert Collier Letter Book” on business correspondence.Robert Collier also had a strong spiritual side and in the late 1920s wrote some of the first self-help books, including one called “Secret of the Ages.”

The Science of Getting Rich:  The Origin Of The Secret Law Of Attraction

The Science of Getting Rich is a success book written by Wallace D. Wattles in 1910. It is considered a “philosophy of Mental Science or Mind Science.”  It is widely credited as preceding the New Thought Movement.

An Introduction To The Science Of Getting Rich

Although Rhonda Byrne, the author of “The Secret” says that “The Science of Getting Rich” is was one of the books she was influenced by, she missed some crucial points about what Wallace Wattles had to say.

The Science of Getting Rich – Secret Book – Wallace Wattles

The Science of Getting Rich – Secret Book – Wallace Wattles.  The Book Behind The SECRET is The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace D. Wattles.

The Science of Getting Rich Summary Affirmations

This is a video summary of The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace D. Wattles. The Science of Getting Rich is the book that inspired the movie “The Secret” Watch this video two times per day and observe positive changes in your life.

The Secret Law Of Attraction And The Science Of Getting Rich

The Science of Getting Rich preceded other financial success works such as Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill. Rhonda Byrne described the The Science of Getting Rich as the basis for her movie, The Secret, as well as the book by the same name.

The Law of Attraction by way of The Science of Getting Rich

Master the law of attraction, what if you could master it?  Did you know The Science of Getting Rich tells you exactly how to attain mastery?  What would mastery mean to you? Can you see yourself as master? Can you step into that vision and feel it? Your beautiful home, the ones you love around, and a knowing that you can advance in the direction of your dreams and overcome anything that might seem to be in the way. You might never have read the Bible but somewhere you heard the words of Jesus: “I tell you with certainty, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ if he doesn’t doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him.” And you think that is the place I am in, I do not doubt in my heart and any mountains or problems that seem like mountains move out of my way. You are the master of the law of attraction.

The Science of Getting Rich

In 1910 a rather strange man named Wallace D. Wattles wrote what has become a classic success book: The Science of Getting Rich. This book while always getting a little attention through the years has become hugely popular again since the release of The Secret movie. Rhonda Byrne, the creator of the movie has said that The Science of Getting Rich was a major factor in the movie.

The Science of Getting Rich doesn’t use the words: “law of attraction” anywhere in it – yet in reading the book it is unmistakable that the law of attraction is what it is all about. Hold the vision of the thing you want in the invisible thinking substance that makes up the universe. Profound for 1910, today people discussing the law begin to talk about Physics and discoveries in quantum mechanics. We were perhaps better off with the simpler language which is part of the charm of Wattles book.

Master The Law of Attraction

Hold the vision, see the vision and step into it, experience it. At some point you will learn what to do and you must act. Wattles says: “By thought, the thing you want is brought to you. By action, you receive it.” A lot of people leave out the discussion of the action part when talking about the law of attraction. It is nice to think that all you have to do is dream, and your dreams will see reality. The idea of action says you might have to work at it a little bit too.

Yet it is this very “action” that activates the law of attraction and this is a key part of what wattles focuses on in The Science of Getting Rich. It’s all there in that book, laying in the open, and not “Secret” since 1910. On the previously linked website you will find not only a free E-book but also a free audio book of The Science of Getting Rich. We believe it is one of the best presentations of the book available on the web. You can also subscribe to the podcast dealing with the Science of Getting Rich, The Law of Attraction, Think and Grow Rich, As A Man Thinketh, and many other topics. All here at www.TheRealMikeGriffin.com and all free.

If you are looking for a program to help you further understand and master the Law of Attraction, check out The 11 Forgotten Laws. The 11 Forgotten Laws is a program for sale by Bob Proctor one of the teachers in The Secret.

Bob Proctor along with Michael Beckwith, and Jack Canfield also have a program to help you better learn The Science of Getting Rich. It is a program I listen to everyday.  They have woven real experiences along with the book and spun it in the way that only those teachers of The Secret can.  Find it at: www.TheRealMikeGriffin.com/sgr.