From the mindhacks.org blog archives, here's an excerpt of John Lake's comment on the revised version of 'The Secret' by Rhonda Byrne which has now edited out Esther Hicks in the film. The post also presents Oprah Winfrey's audio interview with Esther Hicks. I have listened to the audio and can empathize with Esther on feeling left out, but appreciate even more the way she has responded in such a graceful and positive way. After all it's really about the message and understanding the Law of Attraction and not about who really got the word out first. Esther has benefited as well from the exposure and published 'The Law of Attraction' which is the next step once people learn about 'The Secret'...read on:

April 10, 2007

I think Rhonda Byrne and her crew are wonderfully good people and they have performed a great service to the world by packaging the Secret in such a way that the world was ready to wake up to it. Even Esther Hicks - on her website, mentions that there is no ill will. Although Esther does say - she felt she and her husband were “drawn in, utilized and then discarded”.

But it is a shame to see the Secret cut out Esther - both from the film and from her share of the revenue pie.

The fact should not be hidden from the public. Ester Hicks’ book is clearly the motivator for Rhonda’s film. And you should go out and BUY that book.

I would give the book “The Secret” a rating of 3 out of 5.
But I would give Ester Hicks’s “Law of Attraction” a 5 out of 5.

Read both books and judge for yourself. One feels like spiritual truth - the other like modern-day pop-culture psychology.

Esther Hicks is truly one of the greatest teachers I have come across (along with Jose Silva, Neale Donald Walsch and Bob Proctor).

Thank You Esther!

Now About Oprah’s Interview with Esther Hicks:

In the interview Ester discusses how she met Rhonda Byrne of the Secret, how she and her husband met Jane Roberts of the Seth Book, and how she later learned to channel Abraham and wrote Ask And It is Given and The Law of Attraction.

There are 2 parts and you can listen to them from the link below:

Oprah Winfrey Interviews Esther Hicks on the Law of Attraction and Her Being Cut from "The Secret"

http://www.mindhacks.org/2007/04/10/oprah-winfrey-interviews-ester-hicks-on-the-law-of-attraction-and-her-being-cut-from-the-secret/