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  <read_at>Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A friend asked me to read this book and tell her what I thought. I knew Oprah had endorsed it on her show, so of course it shot right up to number 1 best seller overnight. I was already familiar with the Law of Attraction, which in a nutshell is that Like attracts Like, so if you think negatively about your life, more than likely you will attract negative things (people, situations, energy, etc. ) to yourself; and the reverse it also true. Okay. I can buy that. I have even experienced situations where that could be the case, as I'm sure everyone has. What this book proposes is the dangerous idea that you and I attract 100% of the things that happen to us. Period. <br/><br/>Larry King interviewed one of the authors on his show and asked the burning question that Oprah wouldn't and that is &quot;how does a child attract sexual abuse to him or herself?&quot; Good question Larry. The author responded with something like &quot;Let me just say this Larry. The truth is, everything that happens to us is of our own doing&quot; Period. What, no follow-up question Larry?  Why is it the Truth;  because you say it is self-help author making millions off this book?<br/><br/>Books like these and how well they sell are indicative of the need people have for quick fix answers to the problems that have resulted from another law (that no one wants to write books about) called Cause and Effect.  I spend more money than I have, I get into debt. Cause and effect. How do I get out of debt? Think myself out of it according to The Secret. <br/><br/>This book is unbelievable hogwash and its authors are laughing all the way to the bank. <br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>]]></body>
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