I wrote a whole essay about "The Secret" and how its whole premise is fraudulent. I came to realize that Rhonda Byrne and whoever else basically slapped together a whole bunch of material in six weeks but without knowing what they were saying. But no doubt, Byrne was dead serious about thought waves, quantum physics, and metaphysical nonsense. In no sense was anything a metaphor, just a joke. Remember, the original narrator of "The Secret" was to be a woman who delusionally believes she's channeled by a spirit (just like the whacko JZ "Ramtha" Knight who believes she's a 35,000 yr-old warrior).

I'd be willing to post the essay (in another thread) if anyone would like.