The Secret Is Out: Megahit Writer Says Power of Love Will Fill Your Bank Account

Aug. 18, 21010— -- In the depths of a recession that won't go away, Rhonda Byrne, author of the megahit self-help book "The Secret," is out today with a new tome that promises happiness and riches to those who can harness an elemental force. Her message is landing at a time when many Americans are out of work and having trouble making ends meet.

Her just-released book, "The Power," claims the life of your dreams has always been closer than you realized. Perfect health, incredible relationships, a career you love, a life filled with happiness and the money you need to be, do, and have everything you want, all come from The Power.

Her publicists turned down interview requests from ABC News, but Byrne's book has some advice for those facing financial travails in these tough economic times.

This is not Donald Trump telling you how to make money in real estate. Byrne, an Australian, says the power source is love. Yep, that's the big secret. The law of attraction is the law of love, and it is the all-powerful law that keeps everything in harmony. What you give out, you receive back.

Whatever you want in life, you want it because you love it, says Byrne. So if you get caught up in talking about what you don't love, every one of those little things brings more struggle and difficulty to your life.

"The Power" has much to say about money. If you feel bad when you think about money because you don't have enough, you get back the negative feeling you're giving, the author says.

You want money because it feels good to buy and do the things you love, and it feels bad when you can't. If you have been living your life saying to yourself, "I will be happy when we have more money," or "I will be happy when my business is a success," you will never have those things because your thoughts are defying the way love works. They're defying the law of attraction, says Byrne.

The money in your life will never change while you don't feel good about it, she claims. Your negative feelings about money put you on a "negative frequency" and you will receive back negative circumstances such as big bills, or things breaking down, all things that drain you of money. "When you react with negative feelings to a big bill, you give out more negative feelings about money, which bring even more negative circumstances to you that drain you of more money," she writes.