Everyone wants to be happy. As children, and still as adults, we want to believe Jiminy Cricket's lullaby, "When you wish upon a star makes no difference who you are, when you wish upon a star your dreams really do come true."

"The Secret," a movie produced by Rhonda Byrne of Prime Time Productions which was featured February 8 on the Oprah Winfrey show, introduced a panel of philosophers, scientists, visionaries and entrepreneurs that teach "The Secret's" basic tenet of creating one's personal reality.

What is the Secret? These teachings, dating as far back as ancient Babylonia, Mesopotamia and Egyptian times, originally buried by authors who feared being accused of blasphemy or being subjected to torture or death for their beliefs, were "unearthed" in the seventies and eighties by thinkers who pursued the study of this ancient wisdom and brought it to the masses. Today's modern world believes more than ever in individual freedom. One click on Google and you can open your mind to a new way of being.

The simplest and yet most difficult concept to grasp of "The Secret" is that happiness is a birthright. Everyone can create wealth, health, love and abundance, according to "The Secret," because we are the creators of our own realities. We create everything-the good, the bad and the ugly. That is why you must learn to use "The Secret" correctly.

HOW THE LAW OF ATTRACTION WORKS

• Everything is energy
• Thoughts and feelings are energy
• Energy attracts energy

The stronger you feel about something and the more you think about it, the faster you will attract it: positive or negative.Whether consciously or unconsciously, what you think and feel PRESENTLY creates your future.

The ancient concept of Kabalistic knowledge, "Bitachon" shows us how we can use the Secret to its most uplifting outcome. Bitachon teaches that the universe is alive with joy; nothing lacking, perfect in all ways. When we live in this joyful manner, we can create ourselves anew in each moment.

The quest for happiness is not a new one. What is new is the re-discovery of the Universal Law of Attraction, as real as the Law of Gravity. The Law of Attraction directs every one of us, consciously or unconsciously. Quantum physics, the scientific validation of the Law of Attraction says that the mind shapes what you perceive. Bob Procter, one of the

Narrators of "The Secret" asserts, "Like attracts like. Thoughts and emotions have a frequency and send out a magnetic signal. Whatever you chronically think about is what you are creating for your future. Your present reality is the residual of past thoughts and feelings. The Law of Attraction is forever in action."

As a Psycho spiritual therapist, the first question I ask is, "What do you want?" Most reply, "I want to be happy." When I ask specifically what that means for them, their answers lack conviction and clarity. To make matters more poignant, most of the individuals I work with are experienced in various types of spiritual and psychological practices. They've read Louise Hay, Wayne Dyer, Deepak Chopra, Marion Williamson, Course in Miracles and are students of Esther and Abraham Hicks, the most sought after teachers of the Law of Attraction. However, "true" happiness eludes them.

Some people believe: If I just think positively, repeatedly affirm and only do "happy things," the Law of Attraction will accommodate me. However, intellect and imagination without feeling won't have the power to manifest.For more information on how you can use 'The Secret" in your life go to my website at

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Marta J. Luzim, M.S., is a psychospiritual therapist, novelist, poet, and playwright. For more information on Spiritual Healing, Holistic Healing, and Spiritual Awakening, please visit her website at