{"id":985,"date":"2007-04-27T11:13:00","date_gmt":"2007-04-27T11:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/idolchatter\/2007\/04\/secret-in-action.html"},"modified":"2007-04-27T11:13:00","modified_gmt":"2007-04-27T11:13:00","slug":"secret-in-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2007\/04\/secret-in-action.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The Secret&#8217; in Action"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.beliefnet.com\/imgs\/tout\/story\/thesecretart.jpg\" align=\"right\" \/>In case you haven&#8217;t seen it yet, Beliefnet recently posted an interesting gallery on how its readers have credited the &#8220;law of attraction&#8221;&#8211;the idea that we create our reality with our thoughts, popularized by the controversial best-selling book and DVD, &#8220;The Secret&#8221;&#8211;as having worked miracles in their lives (ie: quitting smoking, getting money for college, and even obtaining a swing set!) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/features\/top10\/secret\/readergallery.html\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to check it out.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s some more &#8220;Secret&#8221; coverage you might be interested in:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/features\/top10\/secret\/gallery.html\" target=\"_blank\">Ten Steps to Unlocking &#8220;The Secret&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/blogs\/idolchatter\/2007\/03\/salon-slams-oprah-for-ugly-secret.html\" target=\"_blank\">Salon Slams Oprah for Ugly &#8220;Secret&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/blogs\/idolchatter\/2007\/02\/dont-be-fooled-by-secret.html\" target=\"_blank\">Don&#8217;t Be Fooled by &#8220;The Secret&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/blogs\/idolchatter\/2006\/12\/dont-waste-time-unlocking-secret.html\" target=\"_blank\">Don&#8217;t Waste Time Unlocking &#8220;The Secret&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/boards\/message_list.asp?boardID=20046&amp;discussionID=535339\" target=\"_blank\">What Do You Think of &#8220;The Secret&#8221;?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In case you haven&#8217;t seen it yet, Beliefnet recently posted an interesting gallery on how its readers have credited the &#8220;law of attraction&#8221;&#8211;the idea that we create our reality with our thoughts, popularized by the controversial best-selling book and DVD, &#8220;The Secret&#8221;&#8211;as having worked miracles in their lives (ie: quitting smoking, getting money for college,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fbia_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-dvds"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&#039;The Secret&#039; in Action<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2007\/04\/secret-in-action.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"&#039;The Secret&#039; in Action\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In case you haven&#8217;t seen it yet, Beliefnet recently posted an interesting gallery on how its readers have credited the &#8220;law of attraction&#8221;&#8211;the idea that we create our reality with our thoughts, popularized by the controversial best-selling book and DVD, &#8220;The Secret&#8221;&#8211;as having worked miracles in their lives (ie: quitting smoking, getting money for college,&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2007\/04\/secret-in-action.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Idol Chatter\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2007-04-27T11:13:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/imgs\/tout\/story\/thesecretart.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"dross\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"'The Secret' in Action","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2007\/04\/secret-in-action.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"'The Secret' in Action","og_description":"In case you haven&#8217;t seen it yet, Beliefnet recently posted an interesting gallery on how its readers have credited the &#8220;law of attraction&#8221;&#8211;the idea that we create our reality with our thoughts, popularized by the controversial best-selling book and DVD, &#8220;The Secret&#8221;&#8211;as having worked miracles in their lives (ie: quitting smoking, getting money for college,&hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2007\/04\/secret-in-action.html","og_site_name":"Idol Chatter","article_published_time":"2007-04-27T11:13:00+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/imgs\/tout\/story\/thesecretart.jpg"}],"author":"dross","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2007\/04\/secret-in-action.html","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2007\/04\/secret-in-action.html","name":"'The Secret' in Action","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2007\/04\/secret-in-action.html#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2007\/04\/secret-in-action.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/imgs\/tout\/story\/thesecretart.jpg","datePublished":"2007-04-27T11:13:00+00:00","dateModified":"2007-04-27T11:13:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/#\/schema\/person\/49438e8227405eefe3adef6c493e4d51"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2007\/04\/secret-in-action.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2007\/04\/secret-in-action.html"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2007\/04\/secret-in-action.html#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/imgs\/tout\/story\/thesecretart.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/imgs\/tout\/story\/thesecretart.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2007\/04\/secret-in-action.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"&#8216;The Secret&#8217; in Action"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/","name":"Idol Chatter","description":"Beliefnet Entertainment blog, TV blog, Movie blog, Religion in entertainment blog","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/#\/schema\/person\/49438e8227405eefe3adef6c493e4d51","name":"dross","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/wp-content\/wphb-cache\/gravatar\/8fb\/8fb8c5ecdd9fea8fbfa03b1eaa5dc225x96.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/wp-content\/wphb-cache\/gravatar\/8fb\/8fb8c5ecdd9fea8fbfa03b1eaa5dc225x96.jpg","caption":"dross"},"url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/author\/dross"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/985\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}