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DR. JOE VITALE

/ can imagine what a lot of people are thinking: "How can I attract more money into my life? How can I get more of the green stuff? How can I get more of wealth and prosperity?

How can I, when I love my job, deal with the credit card debt that I have, and the realization that maybe there's a ceiling on the money that can come in, cause it's coming to me through my job? How can I bring in more?" Intend it!

This goes back to one of the things we've been talking about throughout the whole Secret. Your job is to declare what you would like to have from the catalogue of the Universe. If cash is one of them, say how much you would like to have. "I would like to have twenty-five thousand dollars, unexpected income, within the next thirty days," or whatever it happens to be. It should be believable for you.

If you have held thoughts in the past that the only way money can come to you is through your job, then let that go immediately. Can you appreciate that as you continue to think that, it must be your experience? Such thoughts do not serve you.

You are now coming to understand that there is abundance for you, and it is not your job to work out "how" the money will come to you. It is your job to ask, to believe you are receiving, and feel





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happy now. Leave the details to the Universe on how it will bring it about.

BOB PROCTOR

Most people have a goal of getting out of debt. That will keep you in debt forever. Whatever you're thinking about, you will attract. You say, "But it's get out of debt." I don't care if it's get out or get in, if you're thinking debt, you're attracting debt. Set up an automatic debt repayment program and then start to focus on prosperity.

When you have a pile of bills that you have no idea how you are going to pay you cannot focus on those bills, because you will continue to attract more bills. You have to find a way that works for you to focus on prosperity despite the bills around you. You have to find a way of feeling good, so you can bring your good to you.

JAMES RAY

So many times people say to me, "I'd like to double my income in the next year." But then you look at their actions and they're not doing the things that are going to make that happen. They'll turn right around and they'll say, "I can't afford that." Guess what? "Your wish is my command."

If the words "I can't afford it" have passed your lips/ your power to change that is now. Change it with, "I can afford that! I can buy that!" Say it over and over. Become like a parrot. For the next





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thirty days, make it your intention that you are going to look at everything you like and say to yourself, "I can afford that. I can buy that." As you see your dream car drive past, say, "I can afford that." As you see clothes you love, as you think about a great vacation, say, "I can afford that." As you do this you will begin to shift yourself and you will begin to feel better about money. You will begin to convince yourself that you can afford those things, and as you do, the pictures of your life will change.

LISA NICHOLS

When you focus on lack and scarcity and what you don't have, you fuss about it with your family, you discuss it with your friends, you tell your children that you don't have enough —"'We don't have enough for that, we can't afford that"—then you'll never be able to afford it, because you begin to attract more of what you don't have. If you want abundance, if you want prosperity, then focus on abundance.

Focus on prosperity.

"The spiritual substance from which comes all visible wealth is never depleted. It is right with you all the time and responds to your faith in it and your demands on it."

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are on wealth and not on scarcity, and that they have drawn wealth to them—whether they did it consciously or unconsciously. They focused on thoughts of wealth and the Universe moved people, circumstances, and events to deliver wealth to them.

The wealth that they have, you have also. The only difference between you and them is that they thought the thoughts to bring the wealth to them. Your wealth is waiting for you in the invisible, and to bring it into the visible, think wealth!

DAVID SCHIRMER

When I first understood The Secret, every day I would get a bunch of bills in the mail I thought, "How do I turn this around?" The law of attraction states that what you focus on you will get, so I got a bank statement, I whited out the total, and I put a new total in there. I put exactly how much I wanted to see in the bank. So I thought, "What if I just visualized checks coming in the mail?" So I just visualized a bunch of checks coming in the mail Within just one month, things started to change. It is amazing; today I just get checks in the mail. I get a few bills, but I get more checks than bills.

Since the film The Secret was released, we have received hundreds and hundreds of letters from people who have said that since watching the film they have received unexpected checks in the mail. And it happened because as they gave their focus and attention to David's story, they brought checks to them.

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A game I created that helped shift my feelings about my pile of bills was to pretend that the bills were actually checks. I would jump for joy as I opened them and say, "More money for me!

Thank you. Thank you." I took each bill, imagined it was a check, and then I added a zero to it in my mind to make it even more. I got a notepad and wrote at the top of the page "I have received,"

and then I would list all the amounts of the bills with an added zero. Next to each amount I would write "Thank you," and feel the feelings of gratitude for receiving it—to the point where I had tears in my eyes. Then I would take each bill, which looked very small compared to what I had received, and I would pay it with gratitude!

I never opened my bills until I had got myself into the feeling that they were checks, if I opened my bills before convincing myself they were checks, my stomach would churn when I opened them. I knew that the emotion of the churning in my stomach was powerfully bringing more bills. I knew I had to erase that feeling, and replace it with joyful feelings, so I could bring more money into my life. In the face of a pile of bills, that game worked for me, and it changed my life. There are so many games you can create, and you will know what works best for you by the way you feel inside. When you make-believe, the results come fast!









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LORAL LANGEMEIER

F I N A N C I A L STRATEGIST, SPEAKER, A N D

PERSONAL A N D CORPORATE C O A C H

I grew up on, "You have to work hard for money."

So I replaced that with, "Money comes easily and frequently." Now in the beginning it feels like a lie, right?

There is a part of your brain that will say, "Oh you liar, it's hard." So you have to know it's this little tennis match that will go on for a while.

If you have had thoughts of, "I have to work really hard and struggle to have money," let them go immediately. By thinking those thoughts you emitted that frequency, and they became the pictures of your life experience. Take Loral Langemeier's advice, and replace those thoughts with, "Money comes easily and frequently."

D A V I D SCHIRMER

When it comes to creating wealth, wealth is a mindset. It's all about how you think.

LORAL LANGEMEIER

I'd say 80 percent of the coaching that I do with folks is about their psychology and the way they think. I know when people say, "Oh, you can do it, I can't." People have the capability to change their inner relationship and conversation with money.







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"The good news is that the moment you

decide that what you know is more important than what you have been taught to believe,

you will have shifted gears in your quest for abundance. Success comes from within, not

from without."

You have got to feel good about money to attract more to you. Un-derstandably when people do not have enough money they do not feel good about money, because they don't have enough. But those negative feelings about money are stopping more money coming to you! You have got to stop the cycle, and you stop it by starting to feel good about money, and being grateful for what you have. Start to say and feet, "I have more than enough." "There is an abundance of money and it's on its way to me." "I am a money magnet." "I love money and money loves me." "I am receiving money every day." "Thank you. Thank you. Thank you/'

Giving is a powerful action to bring more money into your life, because when you are giving you are saying, "I have plenty." It will not be surprising to you to learn that the wealthiest people on the planet are the greatest philanthropists. They give away vast





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amounts of money, and as they give, by the law of attraction, the Universe opens up and floods vast amounts of money back to them

—multiplied!

If you are thinking, "I don't have enough money to give," bingo!

Now you know why you don't have enough money! When you think you don't have enough to give, start giving. As you demonstrate faith in giving, the law of attraction must give you more to give.

There is a big difference between giving and sacrificing. Giving from a heart that is overflowing feels so good. Sacrificing does not feel good. Don't confuse the two—they are diametrically opposed.

One emits a signal of lack and the other emits a signal of more-than-enough. One feels good and one does not feel good. Sacrifice will eventually lead to resentment. Giving from a full heart is one of the most joyous things you can do, and the law of attraction will grab hold of that signal and flood even more into your life. You can feet the difference.

I find so many people who make a tremendous amount of money, but their relationships stink. And that's not wealth.

You can go after the money and you might get rich, but it doesn't guarantee you'll be wealthy. I'm not suggesting that money isn't a part of wealth, it absolutely is. But it's only a part.



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And then I meet a lot of people who are "spiritual" but they're sick and broke all the time. That's not wealth either.

Life is meant to be abundant—in all areas.

If you have been brought up to believe that being wealthy is not spiritual, then I highly recommend you read The Millionaires of the Bible Series by Catherine Ponder. In these glorious books you will discover that Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, and Jesus were not only prosperity teachers, but also millionaires themselves, with more affluent lifestyles than many present-day millionaires could conceive of.

You are the heir to the kingdom. Prosperity is your birthright, and you hold the key to more abundance—in every area of your life—

than you can possibly imagine. You deserve every good thing you want, and the Universe will give you every good thing you want, but you have to summon it into your life. Now you know The Secret. You have the key. The key is your thoughts and feelings, and you have been holding the key in your hand all of your life.

MARCI SHIMOFF

Many people in Western culture are striving for success. They want the great home, they want their businesses to work, they want all these outer things. But what we found in our research is that having these outer things does not necessarily guarantee what we really want, which is happiness. So we go for these outer things thinking they're going to bring us 110 The Secret

happiness, but it's backward. You need to go for the inner joy, the inner peace, the inner vision first, and then all of the outer things appear.

Everything you want is an inside job! The outside world is the world of effects; if s just the result of thoughts. Set your thoughts and frequency on happiness. Radiate the feelings of happiness and joy within you, and transmit that into the Universe with all of your might, and you will experience true heaven on earth.



• To attract money, focus on wealth. It is impossible to bring more money into your life when you focus on the lack of it.

• It is helpful to use your imagination and make-believe you already have the money you want. Play games of having wealth and you will feel better about money; as you feel better about it, more will flow into your life.

• Feeling happy now is the fastest way to bring money into your life.

• Make it your intention to look at everything you like and say to yourself, "I can afford that. I can buy that." You will shift your thinking and begin to feel better about money.

• Give money in order to bring more of it into your life. When you are generous with money and feel good about sharing it, you are saying,

"I have plenty."

• Visualize checks in the mail.

• Tip the balance of your thoughts to wealth. Think wealth.





MARIE D I A M O N D

FENG SHUI CONSULTANT, TEACHER,

AND SPEAKER

The Secret means that we are creators of our Universe, and that every wish that we want to create will manifest in our lives. Therefore, our wishes, thoughts, and feelings are very important because they will manifest.

One day I went into the home of an art director, a very famous film producer. In every corner he had this beautiful image of a naked woman draped with a fabric, kind of turning away as if she were saying, "I don't see you." I said to him, "I think you might have trouble in your romance." And he said, "Are you clairvoyant?" "No, but look. In seven places, you have exactly that same woman." He said, "But I love that kind of painting.

I painted it myself." I said, "That's even worse because you put all your creation and creativity in it."

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He's a gorgeous-looking man with all these actresses around him because that's the work he does, and he doesn't have any romance. I asked him, "What do you want?" "I want to date three women a week." I said, "OK, paint it. Paint yourself with three women, and hang it in every corner of your living space."

Six months later I saw him and asked, "How is your love life?" "Great! Women call me, they want to date me."

"Because that's your wish," I said. He said, "I feel great. I mean, for years I did not have a date and now I have three dates a week. They're fighting over me." "Good for you,"

I said. Then he told me, "I really want to stabilize. I want marriage now, I want romance." I said, "Well, then paint it."

He painted a beautiful romantic relationship, and a year later he got married, and he's very happy.

This is because he put another wish out. He wished it in himself for years without it happening because his wish could not manifest. The outer level of himself—his house—was contradicting his wish all the time. So if you understand this knowledge, you just start playing with it.

Marie Diamond's story of her client is a perfect demonstration of how Feng Shui reflects the teachings of The Secret. It illustrates how our thoughts create powerfully when we put them into action. Any action we take must be preceded by a thought. Thoughts create the words we speak, the feelings we feel, and our actions. Actions are particularly powerful because they are thoughts that have caused us to act.

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We may not even realize what our innermost thoughts are, but we can see what we have been thinking by looking at the actions we have taken. In the story of the film producer, his innermost thoughts were reflected in his actions and surroundings. He had painted many women, all turning away from him. Can you see what his innermost thoughts were? Even though his words were saying he wanted to date more women, his innermost thoughts did not reflect that in his paintings. By deliberately choosing to change his actions, it caused him to focus his entire thought on what he wanted. With such a simple shift, he was able to paint his life and call it into existence through the law of attraction.

When you want to attract something into your life, make sure your actions don't contradict your desires. One of the most wonderful examples of this is given by Mike Dooley, one of the teachers featured in The Secret, in his audio course, Leveraging the Universe and Engaging the Magic. It is a story of a woman who wanted to attract her perfect partner into her life. She had done all the right things: She got clear about what she wanted him to be like, made a detailed list of all of his qualities, and visualized him in her life. Despite doing all these things, there was no sign of him.

Then one day as she arrived home and was parking her car in the middle of her garage, she gasped as she realized that her actions were contradicting what she wanted. If her car was in the middle of the garage, there was no room for her perfect partner's car! Her actions were powerfully saying to the Universe that she did not believe she was going to receive what she had asked for. So she immediately cleaned up her garage and parked her car to one side, 116 The Secret

leaving space for her perfect partner's car on the other side. She then went into her bedroom and opened her wardrobe, which was jammed full of clothes. There was no room for her perfect partner's clothes. So she moved some of her clothes to make space. She had also been sleeping in the middle of her bed, and so she began sleeping on "her" side, leaving space for her partner.

This woman related her story to Mike Dooley over a dinner, and sitting next to her at the table was her perfect partner. After taking all of these powerful actions and acting as if she had already received her perfect partner, he arrived in her life and they are now happily married.

Another simple example of "acting as if" is a story of my sister Glenda, who is the production manager of the film The Secret. She was living and working in Australia, and she wanted to move to the United States and work with me in our U.S. office. Glenda knew The Secret very well, and so she was doing all the right things to bring forth what she wanted, but months were passing by and she was still in Australia.

Glenda looked at her actions and realized she was not "acting as if" she was receiving what she had asked for. So she began to take powerful actions. She organized everything in her life for her de-parture. She canceled memberships, gave away things she would not need, and she got her suitcases out and packed them. Within four weeks, Glenda was in the United States working out of our U.S. office.









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Think about what you have asked for, and make sure that your actions are mirroring what you expect to receive, and that they're not contradicting what you've asked for. Act as if you are receiving it. Do exactly what you would do if you were receiving it today, and take actions in your life to reflect that powerful expectation. Make room to receive your desires, and as you do, you are sending out that powerful signal of expectation.

LISA NICHOLS

Inside relationships it's important to first understand who's coming into the relationship, and not just your partner. You need to understand yourself first.

JAMES RAY

How can you ever expect anyone else to enjoy your company if you don't enjoy your own company? And so again, the law of attraction or The Secret is about bringing that into your life. You 've got to get really, really clear. Here's the question I would ask you to consider: Do you treat yourself the way you want other people to treat you ?

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love and respect, you are emitting a signal that is saying you are not important enough, worthy enough, or deserving. That signal will continue to be broadcast, and you will experience more situations of people not treating you well. The people are just the effect. Your thoughts are the cause. You must begin to treat yourself with love and respect, and emit that signal and get on that frequency. Then the law of attraction will move the entire Universe, and your life will be full of people who love and respect you.

Many people have sacrificed themselves for others, thinking when they sacrifice themselves they are being a good person. Wrong! To sacrifice yourself can only come from thoughts of absolute lack, because it is saying, "There is not enough for everyone, so I will go without" Those feelings do not feel good and will eventually lead to resentment. There is abundance for everybody and it is each person's responsibility to summon their own desires. You cannot summon for another person because you cannot think and feel for another. Your job is You, When you make feeling good a priority, that magnificent frequency will radiate and touch everyone close to you.

DR. JOHN GRAY

You become the solution for you. Don't point to another person and say, "Now you owe me and you need to give me more." Instead, give more to yourself. Take time off to give to yourself, and in a sense to fill yourself up to fullness, to where now you can overflow in giving.





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"To acquire l o v e . . . fill yourself up with it until you become a magnet."

Many of us were taught to put ourselves last, and as a consequence we attracted feelings of being unworthy and undeserving. As those feelings lodged within us, we continued to attract more life situations that had us feel more unworthy and not enough. You must change that thinking.

"Undoubtedly to some, the idea of giving so much love to self will seem very cold, hard and unmerciful. Still this matter may be seen in a different light, when we find that 'looking out for Number One,' as directed by the Infinite, is really looking out for Number Two and is indeed the only way to permanently benefit Number Two."

Unless you fill yourself up first, you have nothing to give anybody.

Therefore it is imperative that you tend to You first. Attend to your joy first. People are responsible for their own joy. When you tend to your joy and do what makes you feel good, you are a joy to be around and you are a shining example to every child and every person in your life. When you are feeling joy you don't even have to think about giving. It is a natural overflow.



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LISA NICHOLS

I got into many relationships expecting my partner to show me my beauty, because I didn't see my own beauty. When I was growing up, my heroes or my "she-roes" were the Bionic Woman, Wonder Woman, and Charlie's Angels. And while they're wonderful, they didn't look like me. It wasn't until I fell in love with Lisa—I fell in love with my mocha skin, my full lips, my round hips, my curly black hair—it wasn't until that happened that the rest of the world was able to fall in love with me as well.

The reason you have to love You is because it is impossible to feel good if you don't love You. When you feel bad about yourself, you are blocking all the love and all the good that the Universe has for you.

When you feel bad about yourself it feels as though you are suck-ing the life out of you, because all of your good, on every single subject—including health, wealth, and love—is on the frequency of joy and feeling good. The feeling of having unlimited energy, and that amazing feeling of health and wellness, are all on the frequency of feeling good. When you don't feel good about You, you are on a frequency that is attracting more people, situations, and circumstances that will continue to make you feel bad about You.

You must change your focus and begin to think about all the things that are wonderful about You. Look for the positives in You. As you focus on those things, the law of attraction will show you more great things about You. You attract what you think about. All you





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have to do is begin with one prolonged thought of something good about You, and the law of attraction will respond by giving You more like thoughts. Look for the good things about You. Seek and ye shall find!

BOB PROCTOR

There's something so magnificent about you. I have been studying me for forty-four years. I wanna kiss myself sometimes! Because you're going to get to love yourself. I'm not talking about conceit I'm talking about a healthy respect for yourself And as you love yourself, you'll automatically love others.

MARCI SHIMOFF

In relationships we're so used to complaining about other people. For instance, "My coworkers are so lazy, my husband makes me so mad, my children are so difficult." It's always focusing on the other person. But for relationships to really work, we need to focus on what we appreciate about the other person, not what we're complaining about. When we're complaining about those things we're only getting more of those things.

Even if you're having a really hard time in a relationship-things aren't working, you're not getting along, someone's in your face—you still can turn that relationship around. Take a piece of paper, and for the next thirty days sit down and write all the things that you appreciate about that person. Think about all the reasons that you love them. You appreciate their



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sense of humor, you appreciate how supportive they are. And what you'll find is that when you focus on appreciating and acknowledging their strengths, that's what you'll get more of, and the problems will fade away.

LISA NICHOLS

Oftentimes you give others the opportunity to create your happiness, and many times they fail to create it the way you want it. Why? Because only one person can be in charge of your joy, of your bliss, and that's you. So even your parent, your child, your spouse—they do not have the control to create your happiness. They simply have the opportunity to share in your happiness. Your joy lies within you.

All your joy is on the frequency of love—the highest and the most powerful frequency of all. You can't hold love in your hand. You can only feel it in your heart. It is a state of being. You can see evidence of love being expressed through people, but love is a feeling, and you are the only one that can radiate and emit that feeling of love. Your ability to generate feelings of love is unlimited, and when you love you are in complete and utter harmony with the Universe.

Love everything you can. Love everyone you can. Focus only on things you love, feel love, and you will experience that love and joy coming back to you—multiplied! The law of attraction must send you back more things to love. As you radiate love, it will appear as though the entire Universe is doing everything for you, moving every joyful thing to you, and moving every good person to you.

In truth, it is.





• When you want to attract a relationship, make sure your thoughts, words, actions, and surroundings don't contradict your desires.

• Your job is you. Unless you fill yourself up first, you have nothing to give anybody.

• Treat yourself with love and respect, and you will attract people who show you love and respect.

• When you feel bad about yourself, you block the love and instead you attract more people and situations that will continue to make you feel bad about you.

• Focus on the qualities you love about yourself and the law of attra-tion will show you more great things about you.

• To make a relationship work, focus on what you appreciate about the other person, and not your complaints. When you focus on the strengths, you will get more of them.

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DR, JOHN HAGELIN

QUANTUM PHYSICISTAND

PUBLIC POLICY EXPERT

Our body is really the product of our thoughts. We're beginning to understand in medical science the degree to which the nature of thoughts and emotions actually determines the physical substance and structure and function of our bodies.

DR JOHN DEMARTINI

We've known in the healing arts of a placebo effect. A placebo is something that supposedly has no impact and no effect on the body, like a sugar pill.

You tell the patient that this is just as effective, and what happens is the placebo sometimes has the same effect, if not greater effect, than the medication that is supposed to be







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designed for that effect. They have found out that the human mind is the biggest factor in the healing arts, sometimes more so than the medication.

As you are becoming aware of the magnitude of The Secret, you will begin to see more clearly the underlying truth of certain occurrences in humankind, including in the area of health. The placebo effect is a powerful phenomenon. When patients think and truly believe the tablet is a cure, they will receive what they believe, and they will be cured.

DR. JOHN DEMARTINI

If somebody is in a situation where they're sick and they have an alternative to try to explore what is in their mind creating it, versus using medicine, if it's an acute situation that could really bring death to them, then obviously the medicine is a wise thing to do, while they explore what the mind is about.

So you don't want to negate medicine. Every form of healing has a place.

Healing through the mind can work harmoniously with medicine. If pain is involved, then medicine can help to eliminate that pain, which then allows the person to be able to focus with great force on health.

"Thinking perfect health" is something anybody can do privately within themselves, no matter what is happening around them.

LISA NICHOLS

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experience the wonder, joy, bliss, and all the great things that the Universe has for you —good health, good wealth, good nature. But when you shut yourself off with negative thoughts, you'll feel the discomfort, you'll feel the aches, you'll feel the pain, and you'll feel as if every day is painful to get through.

DR. BEN JOHNSON

PHYSICIAN, AUTHOR, AND

LEADER IN ENERGY HEALING

We've got a thousand different diagnoses and diseases out there. They're just the weak link. They're all the result of one thing: stress. If you put enough stress on the chain and you put enough stress on the system, then one of the links breaks.

All stress begins with one negative thought. One thought that went unchecked, and then more thoughts came and more, until stress manifested. The effect is stress, but the cause was negative thinking, and it all began with one little negative thought. No matter what you might have manifested, you can change i t . . . with one small positive thought and then another.

DR. JOHN DEMARTINI

Our physiology creates disease to give us feedback, to let us know we have an imbalanced perspective, or we're not being loving and grateful. So the body's signs and symptoms are not something terrible.









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Dr. Demartini is telling us that love and gratitude will dissolve all negativity in our lives, no matter what form it has taken. Love and gratitude can part seas, move mountains, and create miracles. And love and gratitude can dissolve any disease.

MICHAEL BERNARD BECKWITH

The question frequently asked is, "When a person has manifested a disease in the body temple or some kind of discomfort in their life, can it be turned around through the power of 'right' thinking?" And the answer is absolutely, yes.

CATHY GOODMAN, A PERSONAL STORY

I was diagnosed with breast cancer. I truly believed in my heart, with my strong faith, that I was already healed. Each day I would say, "Thank you for my healing." On and on and on I went, "Thank you for my healing." I believed in my heart I was healed. I saw myself as if cancer was never in my body.

One of the things I did to heal myself was to watch very funny movies. That's all we would do was just laugh, laugh, and laugh. We couldn't afford to put any stress in my life, because we knew stress was one of the worst things you can do while you're trying to heal yourself.

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From the time I was diagnosed to the time I was healed was approximately three months. And that's without any radiation or chemotherapy.

This beautiful and inspiring story from Cathy Goodman demonstrates three magnificent powers in operation: The power of gratitude to heal, the power of faith to receive, and the power of laughter and joy to dissolve disease in our bodies.

Cathy was inspired to include laughter as part of her healing, after hearing about the story of Norman Cousins.

Norman had been diagnosed with an "incurable" disease. The doctors told him he had just a few months to live. Norman decided to heal himself. For three months all he did was watch funny movies and laugh, laugh, laugh. The disease left his body in those three months, and the doctors proclaimed his recovery a miracle.

As he laughed, Norman released all negativity, and he released the disease. Laughter really is the best medicine.

DR. BEN JOHNSON

We all come with a built-in basic program. It's called "self-healing. " You get a wound, it grows back together. You get a bacterial infection, the immune system comes and takes care of those bacteria, and heals it up. The immune system is made to heal itself









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B O B P R O C T O R

Disease cannot live in a body that's in a healthy emotional state. Your body is casting off millions of cells every second, and it's also creating millions of new cells at the same time.

DR. JOHN HAGELIN

In fact, parts of our body are literally replaced every day.

Other parts take a few months, other parts a couple of years.

But within a few years we each have a brand new physical body.

If our entire bodies are replaced within a few years, as science has proven, then how can it be that degeneration or illness remains in our bodies for years? It can only be held there by thought, by observation of the illness, and by the attention given to the illness.

Think thoughts of perfection. Illness cannot exist in a body that has harmonious thoughts. Know there is only perfection, and as you observe perfection you must summon that to you. Imperfect thoughts are the cause of all humanity's ills, including disease, poverty, and unhappiness. When we think negative thoughts we are cutting ourselves off from our rightful heritage. Declare and intend, "I think perfect thoughts. I see only perfection. I am perfection."



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I banished every bit of stiffness and lack of agility right out of my body. I focused on seeing my body as flexible and as perfect as a child's, and every stiff and aching joint vanished. I literally did this overnight.

You can see that beliefs about aging are all in our minds. Science explains that we have a brand new body in a very short time.

Aging is limited thinking, so release those thoughts from your consciousness and know that your body is only months old, no matter how many birthdays you have chalked up in your mind.

For your next birthday, do yourself a favor and celebrate it as your first birthday! Don't cover your cake with sixty candles, unless you want to summon aging to you. Unfortunately, Western society has become fixated on age, and in reality there is no such thing.

You can think your way to the perfect state of health, the perfect body, the perfect weight, and eternal youth. You can bring it into being, through your consistent thinking of perfection.

BOB PROCTOR

If you have a disease, and you're focusing on it, and you're talking to people about it, you're going to create more diseased cells. See yourself living in a perfectly healthy body. Let the doctor look after the disease.

One of the things that people often do when they have an illness is talk about it all the time. That's because they're thinking about it all the time, so they're just verbalizing their thoughts. If you are feel-



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ing a little unwell, don't talk about it—unless you want more of it.

Know that your thought was responsible and repeat as often as you can, "I feel wonderful. I feel so good," and really feel it. If you are not feeling great and somebody asks you how you are feeling, just be grateful that that person has reminded you to think thoughts of feeling well. Speak only the words of what you want.

You cannot "catch" anything unless you think you can, and thinking you can is inviting it to you with your thought. You are also inviting illness if you are listening to people talking about their illness. As you listen you are giving all of your thought and focus to illness, and when you give all of your thought to something, you are asking for it. And you are certainly not helping them. You are adding energy to their illness. If you really want to help that person, change the conversation to good things, if you can, or be on your way. As you walk away, give your powerful thoughts and feelings to seeing that person well, and then let it go.

LISA NICHOLS

Let's say you have two -people, both stricken with something, but one chooses to focus on joy. One chooses to live in possibility and hopefulness, focusing on all the reasons why she should be joyful and grateful Then you have the second person. Same diagnosis, but the second chooses to focus on the disease, the pain, and the "woe is me."

BOB DOYLE

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occur until they shift their attention from being sick to being well. Because that's the law of attraction.

"Let us remember, so far as we can, that every unpleasant thought is a bad thing literally put in the body."

DR, JOHN HAGELIN

Happier thoughts lead to essentially a happier biochemistry.

A happier, healthier body. Negative thoughts and stress have been shown to seriously degrade the body and the functioning of the brain, because it's our thoughts and emotions that are continuously reassembling, reorganizing, re-creating our body.

No matter what you have manifested in regards to your body, you can change it—inside and out. Start thinking happy thoughts and start being happy. Happiness is a feeling state of being. You have your finger on the "feeling happy" button. Press it now and keep your finger pressed down on it firmly, no matter what is happening around you.

DR. BEN JOHNSON

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You don't have to fight to get rid of a disease. Just the simple process of letting go of negative thoughts will allow your natural state of health to emerge within you. And your body will heal itself.

MICHAEL BERNARD BECKWITH

I've seen kidneys regenerated. I've seen cancer dissolved. I've seen eyesight improve and come back.

I had been wearing reading glasses for about three years before I discovered The Secret. One night as I was tracing the knowledge of The Secret back through the centuries, I found myself reaching for my glasses to see what I was reading. And I stopped in my tracks.

The realization of what I had done struck me like a lightning bolt.

I had listened to society's message that eyesight diminishes with age. I had watched people stretch their arms out so that they could read something. I had given my thought to eyesight diminishing with age, and I had brought it to me. I hadn't done it deliberately but I had done it. I knew that what I had brought into being with thoughts I could change, so I immediately imagined myself seeing as clearly as when I was twenty-one years old. I saw myself in dark restaurants, on planes, and at my computer, reading clearly and effortlessly And I said over and over, "I can see clearly, I can see clearly." I felt the feelings of gratitude and excitement for having clear vision. In three days my eyesight had been restored, and I now do not own reading glasses. I can see clearly.

When I told Dr. Ben Johnson, one of the teachers from The Secret, about what I had done, he said to me, "Do you realize what had





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to happen to your eyes for you to do that in three days?" I replied,

"No, and thank goodness I didn't know, so that thought was not in my head! I just knew I could do it, and that I could do it fast."

(Sometimes less information is better!)

Dr. Johnson eliminated an "incurable" disease from his own body, so the restoration of my eyesight seemed like nothing to me, compared with his own miracle story. In fact, I expected my eyesight to come back overnight, so three days was no miracle in my mind.

Remember, time and size do not exist in the Universe. It is as easy to heal a pimple as a disease. The process is identical; the difference is in our minds. So if you have attracted some affliction to you, reduce it in your mind to the size of a pimple, let go of all negative thoughts, and then focus on the perfection of health.

DR. JOHN DEMARTINI

I always say that incurable means "curable from within."

I believe and know that nothing is incurable. At some point in time, every so-called incurable disease has been cured. In my mind, and in the world I create, "incurable" does not exist. There is plenty of room for you in this world, so come join me and all who are here.

It is the world where "miracles" are everyday occurrences. It is a world overflowing with total abundance, where all good things exist now, within you. Sounds like heaven, doesn't it? It is.







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You can change your life and you can heal yourself.

MORRIS GOODMAN

AUTHORAND INTERNATIONAL SPEAKER

My story begins on March 10,1981. This day really changed my whole life. It was a day I'll never forget. I crashed an airplane. I ended up in the hospital completely paralyzed. My spinal cord was crushed, I broke the first and second cervical vertebrae, my swallowing reflex was destroyed, I couldn't eat or drink, my diaphragm was destroyed, I couldn't breathe. All I could do was blink my eyes. The doctors, of course, said I'd be a vegetable the rest of my life. All I'd be able to do is blink my eyes. That's the picture they saw of me, but it didn't matter what they thought. The main thing was what I thought. I pictured myself being a normal person again, walking out of that hospital.

The only thing I had to work with in the hospital was my mind, and once you have your mind, you can put things back together again.

I was hooked to a respirator and they said I'd never breathe on my own again because my diaphragm was destroyed.

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to come into my mind that would distract me from my goal or from my vision.

I had set a goal to walk out of the hospital on Christmas.

And I did. I walked out of the hospital on my own twofeet.

They said it couldn't be done. That's a day I will never forget

For people who are sitting out there right now and are hurting, if I wanted to sum up my life and sum up for people what they can do in life, I would sum it up in six words: "Man becomes what he thinks about."

Morris Goodman is known as The Miracle Man. His story was chosen for The Secret because it demonstrates the unfathomable power and unlimited potential of the human mind. Morris knew the power within him to bring about what he chose to think about. Everything is possible. Morris Goodman's story has inspired thousands of people to think, imagine, and feel their way back to health. He turned the greatest challenge of his life into the greatest gift.

Since the film The Secret was released, we have been inundated with miracle stories of all types of diseases dissolving from people's bodies after they watched The Secret. All things are possible when you believe.

On the subject of health I would like to leave you with these illuminating words from Dr. Ben Johnson: "We are now entering the 138 The Secret

era of energy medicine. Everything in the Universe has a frequency and all you have to do to is change a frequency or create an op-posite frequency. That's how easy it is to change anything in the world, whether that's disease or emotional issues or whatever that is. This is huge. This is the biggest thing that we have ever come across."



The placebo effect is an example of the law of attraction in action.

When a patient truly believes the tablet is a cure, he receives what he believes and is cured.

"Focusing on perfect health " is something we can all do within ourselves, despite what may be happening on the outside.

Laughter attracts joy, releases negativity, and leads to miraculous cures.

Disease is held in the body by thought, by observation of the illness, and by the attention given to the illness. If you are feeling a little unwell, don't talk about it —unless you want more of it. If you listen to people talk about their illness, you add energy to their illness.

Instead, change the conversation to good things, and give powerful thoughts to seeing those people in health.

Beliefs about aging are all in our minds, so release those thoughts from your consciousness. Focus on health and eternal youth.

Do not listen to society's messages about diseases and aging. Negative messages do not serve you.

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People have a tendency to look at the things that they want and say, "Yes, I like that, I want that." However, they look at the things that they don't want and they give them just as much energy, if not more, with the idea that they can stamp it out, they can eliminate it, obliterate it. In our society, we've become content with fighting against things. Fighting against cancer, fighting against poverty, fighting against war, fighting against drugs, fighting against terrorisim, fighting against violence. We tend to fight everything we don't want, which actually creates more of a fight.

HALE DWOSKIN

TEACHER AND AUTHOR OF THE SEDONA METHOD

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or suffering, we're adding our energy to it. We're pushing ourselves, and that only creates resistance.

"What you resist persists."

BOB DOYLE

The reason that what you resist persists is because if you're resisting something, you're saying, "No, I don't want this thing, because it makes me feel this way—the way I am feeling right now." So you're putting out a really strong emotion of, "I really don't like this feeling," and then it comes racing toward you.

Resistance to anything is like trying to change the outside pictures after they have been transmitted. It's a futile pursuit. You have to go within and emit a new signal with your thoughts and feelings to create the new pictures.

As you resist what has appeared, you are adding more energy and more power to those pictures you don't like, and you are bringing more of them at a furious rate. The event or circumstances can only get bigger, because that is the law of the Universe.

JACK CANFIELD

The anti-war movement creates more war. The anti-drug movement has actually created more drugs. Because we're focusing on what we don't want—drugs!







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LISA NICHOLS

People believe that if we really want to eliminate something, focus on that. How much sense does it make for us to give the particular problem all of the energy, as opposed to focusing on trust, love, living in abundance, education, or peace?

JACK CAN FIELD

Mother Teresa was brilliant. She said, "I will never attend an anti-war rally. If you have a peace rally, invite me." She knew.

She understood The Secret. Look what she manifested in the world.

HALE DWOSKIN

So if you're anti-war, be pro-peace instead. If you're anti-hunger, be pro-people having more than enough to eat. If you are anti-a-particular politician, be pro-his opponent. Often elections are tipped in favor of the person that the people are really against, because he's getting all the energy and all the focus.

Everything in this world began with one thought. The bigger things get bigger because more people give their thoughts to it after it has appeared. Then those thoughts and emotions keep that very event in our existence, and make it bigger. If we took our minds off it and focused instead on love, it could not exist. It would evaporate and disappear.





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"Remember, and this is one of the most difficult as well as most wonderful statements to grasp.

Remember that no matter what the difficulty is, no matter where it is, no matter who is affected, you have no patient but yourself; you have

nothing to do but convince yourself of the truth which you desire to see manifested."

JACKCANFIELD

It's OK to notice what you don't want, because it gives you contrast to say, "This is what I do want." But the fact is, the more you talk about what you don't want, or talk about how bad it is, read about that all the time, and then say how terrible it is—well, you're creating more of that You cannot help the world by focusing on the negative things. As you focus on the negative events of the world, you not only add to them, but you bring more negative things into your own life at the same time.

When the pictures have appeared of something you do not want, it is your cue to change your thinking and emit a new signal. If it is a world situation, you are not powerless. You have all the power.

Focus on everybody being in joy. Focus on abundance of food. Give your powerful thoughts to what is wanted. You have the ability to give so much to the world by emitting feelings of love and well-being, despite what is happening around you.









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JAMES RAY

So many times people say to me, "Well, James, I have to be informed," Maybe you have to be informed, but you don't have to be inundated.

When I discovered The Secret I made a decision that I would not watch the news or read newspapers anymore, because it did not make me feel good. The news services and the newspapers are not in any way to blame for broadcasting bad news. As a global community, we are responsible for it. We buy more newspapers when a huge drama is the headline. The news channels' ratings skyrocket when there is a national or international disaster. So the newspapers and news services give us more bad news because, as a society, that's what we are saying we want. The media is effect, and we are cause. It is just the law of attraction in action!

The news services and newspapers will change what they deliver to us when we emit a new signal and focus on what we want.

MICHAEL BERNARD BECKWITH

Learn to become still, and to take your attention away from what you don't want, and all the emotional charge around it, and place the attention on what you wish to experience....

Energy flows where attention goes.

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Are you beginning to see the phenomenal power you have in this world, just through your existence? As you focus on the good things you feel good, and you are bringing more good things to the world. At the same time, you are bringing more good things into your own life. When you feel good you uplift your life, and you uplift the world!

The law is perfection in operation.

DR. JOHN DEMARTINI

I always say, when the voice and the vision on the inside become more profound, clear, and loud than the opinions on the outside, you've mastered your life!

LISA NICHOLS

It's not your job to change the world, or the people around you. It's your job to go with the flow inside of the Universe, and to celebrate it inside the world that exists.

You are the master of your life, and the Universe is answering your every command. Don't become mesmerized by the pictures that have appeared if they are not what you want. Take responsibility for them, make light of them if you can, and let them go.

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DR. JOE VITALE

One of the questions I get asked all the time is if everyone uses The Secret, and they all treat the Universe like a catalogue, aren't we going to run out of stuff? Won't everyone just make a run for it and bust the hank?

MICHAEL BERNARD BECKWITH

What's beautiful about the teaching of The Secret is that there's more than enough to go around for everyone.

There is a lie that acts like a virus within the mind of humanity. And that lie is, "There's not enough good to go around. There's lack and there's limitation and there's just not enough." And that lie has people living in fear, greed, stinginess. And those thoughts of fear, greed, stinginess, and lack become their experience. So the world has taken a nightmare pill.

The truth is that there's more than enough good to go around.

There's more than enough creative ideas. There's more than enough power. There's more than enough love. There's more than enough joy. All of this begins to come through a mind that is aware of its own infinite nature.





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To think there is not enough is to look at the outside pictures and think that everything comes from the outside. When you do that, you will most surely see lack and limitation. You now know that nothing comes into existence from the outside, and that everything first comes from thinking and feeling it on the inside. Your mind is the creative power of all things. So how can there be any lack? It's impossible. Your ability to think is unlimited, and so the things you can think into existence are unlimited. And so it is with everyone.

When you truly know this, you are thinking from a mind that is aware of its own infinite nature.

JAMES RAY

Every great teacher who has ever walked the planet has told you that life was meant to be abundant.

"The essence of this law is that you must think abundance; see abundance, feel abundance,

believe abundance. Let no thought of limitation enter your mind."

JOHN ASSARAF

And so just when we think that resources are dwindling, we find new resources that can achieve the same things.

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of Belize Natural Energy Limited were trained by the eminent Dr. Tony Quinn, who specializes in Humanistic Physiology training. With Dr. Quinn's mind power training, the directors were confident that their mental picture of Belize being a successful oil-producing country would be achieved. They took a brave step forward to drill for oil in Spanish Lookout, and in one short year their dream and vision became a reality. Belize Natural Energy Limited discovered oil of the highest quality, in abundant flows where fifty other companies had failed to find any. Belize has become an oil-producing country because an extraordinary team of people believed in the unlimited power of their mind.

Nothing is limited—not resources or anything else. It is only limited in the human mind. When we open our minds to the unlimited creative power, we will call forth abundance and see and experience a whole new world.

DR. JOHN DEMARTINI

Even though we say we have lack, it's because we don't open up our vision and see all of what is around us.

DR, JOE VITALE

You know when people start to live from their heart and go for what they want, they don't go for the same things. That's the beauty of this. We don't all want BMWs. We don't oil want the same person. We don't all want the same experiences. We don't all want the same clothing. We don't all want... (fill in the blank).







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You are here on this glorious planet, endowed with this wonderful power, to create your life! There are no limits to what you can create for You, because your ability to think is unlimited! But you cannot create other people's lives for them. You cannot think for them, and if you try to force your opinions on others you will only attract like forces to You. So let all others create the life they want.

MICHAEL BERNARD BECKWITH

There's enough for everyone. If you believe it, if you can see it, if you act from it, it'll show up for you. That's the truth.

"If you have any lack, if you are prey to poverty or disease, it is because you do not believe or do not understand the power that is yours. It is not a question of the Universal giving to you.

It offers everything to everyone—there is no partiality."

The Universe offers all things to all people through the law of attraction. You have the ability to choose what you want to experience. Do you want there to be enough for you and for everyone? Then choose that and know, "There is abundance of all things." "There is an unlimited supply." "There is so much magnificence." Each of us has the ability to tap into that unlimited invisible supply through our thoughts and feelings, and bring it



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into our experience. So choose for You, because you're the only one who can.

LISA NICHOLS

Everything that you want—all the joy, love, abundance, prosperity, bliss— it's there, ready for you to grab ahold of it. And you've got to get hungry for it. You've got to be intentional. And when you become intentional and on fire for what you want, the Universe will deliver every single thing that you 've been wanting. Recognize the beautiful and wonderful things around you, and bless and praise them. And on the other side, the things that aren't currently working the way you want them to work, don't spend your energy faulting or complaining. Embrace everything that you want so you can get more of it.

Lisa's wise words, to "praise and bless" the things around you, are worth their weight in gold. Praise and bless everything in your life! When you are praising or blessing you are on the highest frequency of love. In the Bible, the Hebrews used the act of blessing to bring forth health, wealth, and happiness. They knew the power of blessing. For many people the only time they have blessed someone was when they sneezed, and so they have not used one of the greatest powers to their full advantage. The dictionary defines blessing as "invoking divine favor and conferring well-being or prosperity," so begin right now to invoke the power of blessing in your life, and bless everything and everyone. Likewise with praising, for when you are praising someone or something you are giv-



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ing love, and as you emit that magnificent frequency, it will return to you a hundred-fold.

Praising and blessing dissolves all negativity, so praise and bless your enemies. If you curse your enemies, the curse will come back to harm you. If you praise and bless them you will dissolve all negativity and discord, and the love of the praising and blessings will return to you. As you praise and bless, you will feel yourself shift into a new frequency with the feedback of good feelings.

DR. DENIS WAITLEY

Most of the leaders in the past missed the great part of The Secret, which is to empower and share with others.

This is the best time to have ever been alive in history. It's the first time we've ever had the power to gain knowledge at our fingertips.

With this knowledge you are becoming aware—of the truth of the world, and yourself. My greatest insights into The Secret on the subject of the world came from the teachings of Robert Collier, Prentice Mulford, Charles Haanel, and Michael Bernard Beckwith.

With that understanding came total freedom. I truly hope that you can come to the place of that same freedom. If you can, then through your existence and the power of your thoughts, you will bring the greatest good to this world and to the future of all humankind.



• What you resist, you attract, because you are powerfully focused on it with emotion. To change anything, go within and emit a new signal with your thoughts and feelings.

• You cannot help the world by focusing on the negative things. As you focus on the world's negative events, you not only add to them, but you also bring more negative things into your own life.

• Instead of focusing on the world's problems, give your attention and energy to trust, love, abundance, education, and peace.

• We will never run out of good things because there's more than enough to go around for everyone. Life is meant to be abundant.

• You have the ability to tap into the unlimited supply through your thoughts and feelings and bring it into your experience.

• Praise and bless everything in the world, and you will dissolve negativity and discord and align yourself with the highest frequency—love.

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When we look around us, even at our own bodies, what we see is the tip of the iceberg.

B O B P R O C T O R

Think of this for a moment. Look at your hand. It looks solid, but it's really not. If you put it under a proper microscope, you'd see a mass of energy vibrating.

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Everything is made up of the exact same thing, whether it's your hand, the ocean, or a star.

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and then individuals, and then inside of this body are organ systems, then cells, then molecules, and then atoms. And then there is energy. So there are a lot of levels to think about, but everything in the Universe is energy.

When I discovered The Secret I wanted to know what science and physics understood in terms of this knowledge. What I found was absolutely amazing. One of the most exciting things about living in this time is that the discoveries of quantum physics and new science are in total harmony with the teachings of The Secret, and with what all the great teachers have known throughout history.

I never studied science or physics at school, and yet when I read complex books on quantum physics I understood them perfectly because I wanted to understand them. The study of quantum physics helped me to have a deeper understanding of The Secret, on an energetic level. For many people, their belief is strengthened when they see the perfect correlation between the knowledge of The Secret and the theories of new science.

Let me explain how you are the most powerful transmission tower in the Universe. In simple terms, ail energy vibrates at a frequency.

Being energy, you also vibrate at a frequency, and what determines your frequency at any time is whatever you are thinking and feeling. All the things you want are made of energy, and they are vibrating too. Everything is energy.

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want to vibrate at that frequency and you bring it to You! As you focus on what you want, you are changing the vibration of the atoms of that thing, and you are causing it to vibrate to You. The reason you are the most powerful transmission tower in the Universe is because you have been given the power to focus your energy through your thoughts and alter the vibrations of what you are focused on, which then magnetically draws it to you.

When you think about and feel those good things that you want, you have immediately tuned yourself to that frequency, which then causes the energy of all those things to vibrate to you, and they appear in your life. The law of attraction says that like attracts like.

You are an energy magnet, so you electrically energize everything to you and electrically energize yourself to everything you want.

Human beings manage their own magnetizing energy, because no one outside of them can think or feel for them, and it is thoughts and feelings that create our frequencies.

Almost one hundred years ago, without the benefit of all the scientific discoveries of the last hundred years, Charles Haanel knew how the Universe operated.

"The Universal Mind is not only intelligence, but it is substance, and this substance is the attractive force which brings electrons together by the law of attraction so they form atoms; the atoms in turn are brought together by the same law and form molecules; molecules take









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objective forms and so we find that the law is the creative force behind every manifestation, not only of atoms, but of worlds, of the Universe, of everything of which the imagination can form any conception."

BOB PROCTOR

I don't care what city you're living in, you've got enough power in your body, potential power, to illuminate the whole city for nearly a week.

"To become conscious of this power is to become a 'live wire/ The Universe is the live wire. It carries power sufficient to meet every situation in the life of every individual. When the

individual mind touches the Universal Mind, it receives all its power."

JAMES RAY

Most people define themselves by this finite body, but you're not a finite body. Even under a microscope you're an energy field. What we know about energy is this: You go to a quantum physicist and you say, "What creates the world?"

And he or she will say, "Energy." Well, describe energy.

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"OK, it can never be created or destroyed, it always was, always has been, everything that ever existed always exists, it's moving into form, through form and out of form." You go to a theologian and ask the question, "What created the Universe?" And he or she will say, "God." OK, describe God.

"Always was and always has been, never can be created or destroyed, all that ever was, always will be, always moving into form, through form and out of form." You see, it's the same description, just different terminology.

So if you think you're this "meat suit" running around, think again. You're a spiritual being! You're an energy field, operating in a larger energy field.

How does all of this make you a spiritual being? For me, the answer to that question is one of the most magnificent parts of the teachings of The Secret. You are energy, and energy cannot be created or destroyed. Energy just changes form. And that means You!

The true essence of You, the pure energy of You, has always been and always will be. You can never not be.

On a deep level, you know that. Can you imagine not being? Despite everything you have seen and experienced in your life, can you imagine not being? You cannot imagine it, because it is impossible. You are eternal energy.





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DR. JOHN HAGELIN

Quantum mechanics confirms it. Quantum cosmology confirms it. That the Universe essentially emerges from thought and all of this matter around us is just precipitated thought. Ultimately toe are the source of the Universe, and when we understand that power directly by experience, we can start to exercise our authority and begin to achieve more and more. Create anything. Know anything from within the field of our own consciousness, which ultimately is Universal consciousness that runs the Universe.

So depending upon how we use that power, positively or negatively, that's the kind of body in terms of health, that's the kind of environment we create. So we are the creators, not only of our own destiny, but ultimately we are the creators of Universal destiny. We are the creators of the Universe. So there's no limit, really, to human potential. It's the degree to which we recognize those deep dynamics and exercise them, the degree to which we harness our power. And that really has to do again with the level at which we think.

Some of the greatest teachers and avatars described the Universe in the same way as Dr. Hagelin, by saying that all that exists is the One Universal Mind, and there is nowhere that the One Mind is not. It exists in everything. The One Mind is all intelligence, all wisdom, and all perfection, and it is everything and everywhere The Secret to You 161

at the same time. If everything is the One Universal Mind, and the whole of it exists everywhere, then it is all in You!

Let me help you understand what that means for you. It means that every possibility already exists. All knowledge, all discoveries, and all inventions of the future, are in the Universal Mind as possibilities, waiting for the human mind to draw them forth.

Every creation and invention in history has also been drawn from the Universal Mind, whether the person consciously knew that or not.

How do you draw from it? You do it through your awareness of it, and by using your wonderful imagination. Look around you for needs waiting to be filled. Imagine if we had a great invention to do this, or imagine if we had a great invention to do that. Look for the needs, and then imagine and think their fulfilment into being. You don't have to work out the discovery or the invention.

The Supreme Mind holds that possibility. All you have to do is hold your mind on the end result and imagine filling the need, and you will call it into being. As you ask and feel and believe, you will receive. There is an unlimited supply of ideas waiting for you to tap into and bring forth. You hold everything in your consciousness.

"Divine Mind is the one and only reality."



JOHN ASSARAF

We're all connected. We just don't see it. There isn't an

"out there" and an "in here." Everything in the Universe is connected. It is just one energy field.

So whichever way you look at it, the result is still the same. We are One. We are all connected, and we are all part of the One Energy Field, or the One Supreme Mind, or the One Consciousness, or the One Creative Source. Call it whatever you want, but we are all One.

If you think about the law of attraction now, in terms of us all being One, you will see its absolute perfection.

You will understand why your negative thoughts about someone else will return to harm only You. We are One! You cannot be harmed unless you call harm into existence by emitting those negative thoughts and feelings. You have been given free will to choose, but when you think negative thoughts and have negative feelings, you are separating yourself from the One and All Good. Think about every negative emotion there is and you will discover that every one of them is based in fear. They come from thoughts of separation and from seeing yourself as separate from another.

Competition is an example of separation. First, when you have thoughts of competition, it is coming from a lack mentality, as you are saying there is a limited supply. You are saying there is The Secret to You 163

not enough for everybody, so we have to compete and fight to get things. When you compete you can never win, even if you think you won. By the law of attraction, as you compete you will attract many people and circumstances to compete against You in every single aspect of your life, and in the end you will lose. We are all One, and so when you compete, you compete against You. You have to get competition out of your mind, and become a creative mind. Focus only on your dreams, your visions, and take all competition out of the equation.

The Universe is the Universal supply and supplier of everything.

Everything comes from the Universe, and is delivered to you through people, circumstances, and events, by the law of attraction.

Think of the law of attraction as the law of supply. It is the law that enables you to draw from the infinite supply. When you emit the perfect frequency of what you want, the perfect people, circumstances, and events will be attracted to you and delivered!

It is not people who are giving you the things you desire. If you hold that false belief, you will experience lack, because you are looking at the outside world and people as the supply. The true supply is the invisible field, whether you call that the Universe, the Supreme Mind, God, Infinite Intelligence, or whatever else. Whenever you receive anything, remember that you attracted it to you by the law of attraction, and by being on the frequency and in harmony with the Universal Supply. The Universal Intelligence which pervades everything moved people, circumstances, and events to give that thing to you, because that is the law.









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LISA NICHOLS

We often get distracted with this thing called our body and our physical being. That just holds your spirit. And your spirit is so big it fills a room. You are eternal life. You are God manifested in human form, made to perfection.

MICHAEL BERNARD BECKWITH

Scripturally we could say that we are the image and the likeness of God. We could say toe are another way that the Universe is becoming conscious of itself We could say that we are the infinite field of unfolding possibility. All of that would be true.

"Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable."

You are God in a physical body. You are Spirit in the flesh. You are Eternal Life expressing itself as You. You are a cosmic being. You are all power. You are all wisdom. You are all intelligence. You are perfection. You are magnificence. You are the creator, and you are creating the creation of You on this planet.

JAMES RAY

Every tradition has told you that you were created in the image and likeness of the creative source. That means that you have God potential and power to create your world, and you are.







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Maybe you've created things to this point that are wonderful and worthy of you, and maybe you haven't. The question I'd ask you to consider is, "Are the results you have in your life what you really want? And are they worthy of you?" If they're not worthy of you, then wouldn't now be the right time to change those? Because you have the power to do that.

"All power is from within and therefore under our control."

JACKCANFIELD

A lot of people feel like they're victims in life, and they'll often point to past events, perhaps growing up with an abusive parent or in a dysfunctional family. Most psychologists believe that about 85 percent of families are dysfunctional, so all of a sudden you're not so unique.

My parents were alcoholics. My dad abused me. My mother divorced him when I was six. ... I mean, that's almost everybody's story in some form or not. The real question is, what are you going to do now? What do you choose now? Because you can either keep focusing on that,





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or you can focus on what you want. And when people start focusing on what they want, what they don't want falls away, and what they want expands, and the other part disappears.

"A person who sets his or her mind on the dark side of life, who lives over and over

the misfortunes and disappointments of

the past, prays for similar misfortunes and disappointments in the future. If you will

see nothing but ill luck in the future, you are praying for such ill luck and will surely get it."

If you go back over your life and focus on the difficulties from the past, you are just bringing more difficult circumstances to You now.

Let it all go, no matter what it is. Do it for you. If you hold a grudge or blame someone for something in the past, you are only harming You. You are the only one who can create the life you deserve. As you deliberately focus on what you want, as you begin to radiate good feelings, the law of attraction will respond. All you have to do is make a start, and as you do, you will unleash the magic.

LISA NICHOLS

You are the designer of your destiny. You are the author. You write the story. The pen is in your hand, and the outcome is whatever you choose.







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MICHAEL BERNARD BECKWITH

The beautiful thing about the law of attraction is that you can begin where you are, and you can begin to think "real thinking," and you can begin to generate within yourself a feeling tone of harmony and happiness. The law will begin to respond to that.

DR. JOE VITALE

So now you start to have different beliefs, like, "There is more than enough in the Universe." Or you have the belief that, "I'm not getting older, I'm getting younger."

We can create it the way we want it, by using the law of attraction.

MICHAEL BERNARD BECKWITH

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And you can break yourself free from your hereditary patterns, cultural codes, social beliefs, and prove once and for all that the power within you is greater than the power within the world.

DR FRED ALAN WOLF

You may be thinking, "Well, that's very nice, but I can't do that." Or, "She won't let me do that!" Or, "He'll never let me do that." Or, "I haven't got enough money to do that." Or,

"I'm not strong enough to do that." Or, "I'm not rich enough to do that." Or, "I'm not, I'm not, I'm not, I'm not."

Every single "I'm not" is a creation!

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It is a good idea to become aware when you say, "I'm not" and to think about what you are creating as you say it. A powerful insight shared by Dr. Wolf has been equally documented by all the great teachers with the power of the words I am. When you say "I am,' the words that follow are summoning creation with a mighty force, because you are declaring it to be fact. You are stating it with certainty. And so immediately after you say, "I am tired" or "I am broke" or "I am sick" or "I am late" or "I am overweight" or "I am old," the Genie says, "Your wish is my command."

Knowing this, wouldn't it be a good idea to begin to use the two most powerful words, I AM, to your advantage? How about, "I AM receiving every good thing. I AM happy I AM abundant. I AM

healthy. I AM love. I AM always on time. I AM eternal youth. I AM

filled with energy every single day."

In his book The Master Key System, Charles Haanel claims that there is an affirmation that incorporates every single thing any human being can want, and that this affirmation will bring about harmonious conditions to all things. He adds, "The reason for this is because the affirmation is in strict accordance with the Truth, and when Truth appears every form of error or discord must necessarily disappear."

The affirmation is this: "I am whole, perfect, strong, powerful, loving, harmonious, and happy."

If it sounds like work to drag what you want out of the invisible and into the visible, try this shortcut: see what you want as





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absolute fact. This will manifest what you want with the speed of light The second you ask, it is fact in the Universal spiritual field, and that field is all that exists. When you conceive something in your mind, know it is a fact, and that there can be no question about its manifestation.

"There is no limit to what this law can do for you; dare to believe in your own ideal; think of the ideal as an already accomplished fact."

When Henry Ford was bringing his vision of the motor vehicle into our world, people around him ridiculed him and thought he had gone mad to pursue such a "wild" vision. Henry Ford knew much more than the people who ridiculed him. He knew The Secret and he knew the law of the Universe.

"Whether you think you can or think you can't, either way you are right."

Do you think you can? You can achieve and do anything you want with this knowledge. In the past you may have underestimated how brilliant you are. Well, now you know you are the Supreme Mind and that you can draw anything you want from that One Supreme Mind. Any invention, any inspiration, any answer, any-





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thing. You can do anything you want. You are a genius beyond description, so start telling yourself that and become aware of who you really are.

MICHAEL BERNARD BECKWITH

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Are there any limits to this? Absolutely not. We are unlimited beings. We have no ceiling. The capabilities and the talents and the gifts and the power that is within every single individual that is on the planet, is unlimited.

All your power is in your awareness of that power, and through holding that power in your consciousness.

Your mind can be like a runaway steam train if you let it. It can take you off to thoughts of the past, and then take you off to thoughts of the future by taking past bad events and projecting those into your future. Those out-of-control thoughts are creating too. When you are aware, you are in the present and you know what you are thinking. You have gained control of your thoughts, and that is where all your power is.

So how do you become more aware? One way is to stop and ask yourself, "What am I thinking now? What am I feeling now?" The moment you ask you are aware, because you have brought your mind back to the present moment.



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Whenever you think of it, bring yourself back to the awareness of now. Do it hundreds of times each day, because, remember, all of your power is in your awareness of your power. Michael Bernard Beckwith sums up the awareness of this power when he says, "Remember to remember!" Those words have become the theme song of my life.

To help myself become more aware, so I would remember to remember, I asked the Universe to give me a gentle nudge to bring me back to the present whenever my mind has taken over and is "having a party" at my expense. That gentle nudge happens by me bumping myself or dropping something, a loud noise, or a siren or an alarm going off. All of these things are signals to me that my mind has taken off, and to come back to the present. When I receive these signals I stop immediately and ask myself, "What am I thinking?

What am I feeling? Am I aware?" And of course in the moment I do that I am aware. The very moment you ask yourself if you aware, you are there. You are aware.

"The real secret of power is consciousness of power."

As you become aware of the power of The Secret, and begin to use it, all of your questions will be answered. As you begin to have a deeper understanding of the law of attraction you can start to make asking questions a habit and as you do, you will receive the answer to each one. You can begin by using this book for that very 172 The Secret

purpose. If you are seeking an answer or guidance on something in your life, ask the question, believe you will receive, and then open this book randomly. At the exact place where the pages fall open will be the guidance and answer you are seeking.

The truth is that the Universe has been answering you all of your life, but you cannot receive the answers unless you are aware. Be aware of everything around you, because you are receiving the answers to your questions in every moment of the day. The channels those answers can come through are unlimited. They could be delivered in the form of a newspaper headline that attracts your attention, or overhearing someone speaking, or a song on the radio, or signage on a truck passing by, or receiving a sudden inspiration. Remember to remember, and become aware!

I have found in my own life and in others' lives that we do not think well of ourselves or love ourselves completely. To not love ourselves can keep what we want from us. When we don't love ourselves, we are literally pushing things away from us.

Everything we want, whatever it may be, is motivated by love. It is to experience the feelings of love in having those things—youth, money, the perfect person, job, body, or health. To attract the things we love we must transmit love, and those things will appear immediately.

The catch is, to transmit the highest frequency of love, you must love yourself, and that can be difficult for many. If you focus on the outside and what you see now, you may trip yourself up, because The Secret to You 173

what you see and feel about you now is the result of what you used to think. If you don't love you, the person you see now is likely to be full of faults that you have found in yourself.

To love yourself fully, you must focus on a new dimension of You.

You must focus on the presence inside of You. Take a moment and sit still. Focus on feeling the life presence inside you. As you focus on the presence within, it will begin to reveal itself to You. It is a feeling of pure love and bliss, and it is perfection. That presence is the perfection of You. That presence is the real You. As you focus on that presence, as you feel, love, and praise that presence, you will love yourself fully, quite possibly for the first time in your life.

Any time you look at yourself with critical eyes, switch your focus immediately to the presence within, and its perfection will reveal itself to You. As you do this, all imperfections that have manifested in your life will dissolve, because imperfections cannot exist in the light of this presence. Whether you want to regain perfect eyesight, dissolve disease and restore well-being, turn poverty into abundance, reverse aging and degeneration, or eradicate any negativity, focus on and love the presence within you and perfection will manifest.

"The absolute truth is that the ' I ' is perfect and complete; the real ' I ' is spiritual and can therefore never be less than perfect; it can never have any lack, limitation, or disease."



• Everything is energy. You are an energy magnet, so you electrically energize everything to you and electrically energize yourself to everything you want.

• You are a spiritual being. You are energy, and energy cannot be created or destroyed—it just changes form. Therefore, the pure essence of you has always been and always will be.

• The Universe emerges from thought. We are the creators not only of our own destiny but also of the Universe.

• An unlimited supply of ideas is available to you. All knowledge, discoveries, and inventions are in the Universal Mind as possibilities, waiting for the human mind to draw them forth. You hold everything in your consciousness.

• We are all connected, and toe are all One.

• Let go of difficulties from your past, cultural codes, and social beliefs. You are the only one who can create the life you deserve.

• A shortcut to manifesting your desires is to see what you want as absolute fact.

• Your power is in your thoughts, so stay aware. In other words,

"Remember to remember."

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NEALE DONALD WALSCH

AUTHOR, INTERNATIONAL SPEAKER,

AND SPIRITUAL MESSENGER

There is no blackboard in the sky on which God has written your purpose, your mission in life. There's no blackboard in the sky that says, "Neale Donald Walsch. Handsome guy who lived in the first part of the twenty-first century, who .. ."And then there's a blank. And all I have to do to really understand what I'm doing here, why I'm here, is to find that blackboard and find out what God really has in mind for me. But the blackboard doesn't exist.

So your purpose is what you say it is. Your mission is the mission you give yourself Your life will be what you create it as, and no one will stand in judgment of it, now or ever.

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You get to fill the blackboard of your life with whatever you want.

If you have filled it in with baggage from the past, wipe it clean.

Erase everything from the past that does not serve you, and be grateful it brought you to this place now, and to a new beginning.

You have a clean slate, and you can start over—right here/ right now. Find your joy and live it!

JACK CAN FIELD

It took a lot of years for me to get this point, because I grew up very much with this idea that there was something I was supposed to do, and if I wasn't doing it, God wouldn't be happy with me.

When I really understood that my primary aim was to feel and experience joy, then I began to do only those things which brought me joy. I have a saying: "If it ain't fun, don't do it!"

NEALE DONALD VVALSCH

Joy, love, freedom, happiness, laughter. That's what it is. And if you just experience joy sitting there and meditating for an hour, by golly, do that. If you experience joy eating a salami sandwich, then do that!

JACKCANFIELD

When I pet my cat I'm in a state of joy. When I walk in nature I'm in a state of joy. So I want to constantly put myself in that state, and when I do, then all I have to do is have the intention of what I want, and what I want manifests.





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Do the things that you love and that bring you joy. If you don't know what brings you joy, ask the question, "What is my joy?"

And as you find it and commit yourself to it, to joy, the law of attraction will pour an avalanche of joyful things, people, circumstances, events and opportunities into your life, all because you are radiating joy.

DR. JOHN HAGELIN

So inner happiness actually is the fuel of success.

Be happy now. Feel good now. That's the only thing you have to do.

If that's the only thing you get from reading this book, then you have received the greatest part of The Secret.

DR. JOHN GRAY

Anything that makes you feel good is always going to be drawing in more.

You are reading this book right now. It's you that drew this into your life, and it's your choice whether you want to take it and utilize it, if it feels good. If it doesn't feel good, then let it go. Find something that feels good, that resonates with your heart.

The knowledge of The Secret is being given to you, and what you do with it is entirely in your hands. Whatever you choose for You is right. Whether you choose to use it, or whether you choose not to use it, you get to choose. The freedom of choice is yours.













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"Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors for you where there were only walls."

LISA NICHOLS

When you follow your bliss you live in a constant space of joy. You open yourself to the abundance of the Universe.

You're excited to share your life with those you love, and your excitement, your passion, your bliss become contagious.

DR. JOE VITALE

That's what I'm doing almost all the time—following my excitement, my passion, my enthusiasm—and I'm doing it throughout my day,

BOB PROCTOR

Enjoy life, because life is phenomenal! It's a magnificent trip!

MARIE DIAMOND

You will live in a different reality, a different life. And people will look at you and say, "What do you do different from me?"

Well, the only thing that is different is that you work with The Secret.

MORRIS GOODMAN

And then you can do and have and be things that people once said that's impossible for you to do and have and be.









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DR. FRED ALAN WOLF

We're really now moving into a new era. It's the era where the last frontier is not space, as "Star Trek" would say, but it's going to be Mind.

DR. JOHN HAGELIN

I see a future of unbounded potential, unbounded possibilities.

Remember we're using, at mast, 5 percent of the. potential of the human mind. One hundred percent human potential is the result of proper education. So imagine a world where people are using their full mental and emotional potential. We could go anywhere. We could do anything. Achieve anything.

This time on our glorious planet is the most exciting time in history. We are going to see and experience the impossible becoming possible, in every field of human endeavor and on every subject.

As we let go of all thoughts of limitation, and know that we are unlimited, we will experience the limitless magnificence of humankind, expressed through sport, health, art, technology, science, and every single field of creation.

BOB PROCTOR

See yourself with the good that you desire. Every religious book tells us that, every great book on philosophy, every great leader, all the avatars who have ever lived. Go back and study



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the wise ones. Many of them have been presented to you in this book. They all understood one thing. They understood The Secret. Now you understand it. And the more you use it, the more you'll understand it.

The Secret is within you. The more you use the power within you, the more you will draw it to you. You will reach a point where you won't need to practice anymore, because you will Be the power, you will be the perfection, you will Be the wisdom, you will Be the intelligence, you will Be the love, you will Be the joy.

LISA NICHOLS

You've come to this juncture in your life, merely because something in you kept saying, "You deserve to be happy."

You were born to add something, to add value to this world.

To simply be something, bigger and better than you were yesterday.

Every single thing you've been through, every single moment that you've come through, were to all prepare you for this moment right now. Imagine what you can do from this day forward with what you now know. Now you get that you are the creator of your destiny. So how much more do you get to do? How much more do you get to be? How many more people do you get to bless, simply by your mere existence?

What will you do with the moment? How will you seize the moment? No one else can dance your dance, no one else can sing your song, no one else can write your story. Who you are, what you do, begins right now!





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MICHAEL BERNARD BECKWITH

I believe that you're great, that there's something magnificent about you. Regardless of what has happened to you in your life. Regardless of how young or old you think you might be.

The moment you begin to "think properly," this something that's within you, this power within you that's greater than the world, it will begin to emerge. It will take over your life. It will feed you. It will clothe you. It will guide you, protect you, direct you, sustain your very existence. If you let it Now that is what I know, for sure.

The earth turns on its orbit for You. The oceans ebb and flow for You. The birds sing for You. The sun rises and it sets for You. The stars come out for You. Every beautiful thing you see, every wondrous thing you experience, is all there, for You. Take a look around.

None of it can exist, without You. No matter who you thought you were, now you know the Truth of Who You Really Are. You are the master of the Universe. You are the heir to the kingdom. You are the perfection of Life. And now you know The Secret.

May the joy be with you!

"The secret is the answer to all that has been, all that is, and all that will ever be."



• You get to fill the blackboard of your life with whatever you want.

• The only thing you need to do is feel good now.

• The more you use the power within you, the more power you will draw through you.

• The time to embrace your magnificence is now.

• We are in the midst of a glorious era. As we let go of limiting thoughts, we will experience humanity's true magnificence, in every area of creation.

• Do what you love. If you don't know what brings you joy, ask, "What is my joy?" As you commit to your joy, you will attract an avalanche of joyful things because you are radiating joy.

• Now that you have learned the knowledge of The Secret, what you do with it is up to you. Whatever you choose is right. The power is all yours.

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JOHN ASSARAF

A former street kid, John Assaraf is now an international bestselling author, lecturer, and business advisor, committed to helping entrepreneurs create greater wealth while living an extraordinary life. John has dedicated the last twenty-five years to researching the human brain, quantum physics, and business strategies, as they relate to achieving success in business and life. By applying what he learned, John has built four multi-million-dollar companies from scratch, and he now shares his unique business-building and moneymaking ideas with entrepreneurs and small business owners worldwide. To learn more, visit www.onecoach.com.

MICHAEL BERNARD BECKWITH

In 1986 Dr. Beckwith, a nonaligned, trans-

religious progressive, founded the Agape

International Spiritual Center, whose mem-

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wide. He serves on international panels with spiritual luminaries such as His Holiness the Dalai Lama; Dr. A. T. Ariyaratne, founder of Sarvodaya; and Arun Gandhi, grandson of Mohandas K. Gandhi. He is co-founder of the Association for Global New Thought, whose annual conference brings together scientists, economists, artists, and spiritual leaders at the cutting edge of guiding humanity to its highest potential.

Dr. Beckwith teaches meditation and scientific prayer, conducts retreats, and speaks at conferences and seminars. He is the origi-nator of the Life Visioning Process, and author of Inspirations of the Heart, 40 Day Mind Fast Soul Feast, and A Manifesto of Peace. Please go to www.Agapelive.com for more information.

GENEVIEVE BEHREND

(c. 1881-c. i960)

Genevieve Behrend studied with the great

Judge Thomas Troward, one of the early

teachers of spiritual metaphysics, and author of Mental Science. Thomas Troward chose Behrend as his only pupil, and she went on to teach, lecture, and practice "mental science" in North America for thirty-five years, as well as write her own popular books, Your Invisible Power and Attaining Your Heart's Desire.





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LEE BROWER

Lee Brower is the founder and CEO of Em-

powered Wealth, an international consult-

ing firm that offers businesses, foundations, families, and individuals systems and solu-tions for empowering their Core, Experience, Contribution, and Financial Assets. He is also the founder of The Quadrant Living Experience, LLC, a boutique firm that licenses and trains an international network of Quadrant Living Advisors.

Lee is co-author of Wealth Enhancement and Preservation and author of The Brower Quadrant. His two websites are www-empowered

wealth.com and www.quadrantliving.com.

JACKCANFIELD

Jack Canfield, author of The Success Principles™, is the co-creator of the phenomenal number one New York Times bestselling Chicken Soup for the Soul® series, which currently has more than 100 million copies in print. He is America's leading expert in creating success breakthroughs for entrepreneurs, corporate leaders, managers, sales professionals, employees, and educators, and has helped hundreds of thousands of individuals achieve their dreams. For more information on Jack Canfield, visit www.jackcanfield.com.







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ROBERT COLLIER (1885-1950)

Robert Collier was a prolific and hugely successful American writer. All of his books,

which include The Secret of the Ages and Riches within Your Reach, were founded on Collier's own extensive research into metaphysics and on his personal belief that success, happiness, and abundance are easily and rightfully attainable by everyone. The excerpts contained in this book were taken from the seven-volume set The Secret of the Ages, with the generous consent of Robert Collier Publications.

DR. JOHN F. DEMARTINI

D . C , B.SC

Once told he was learning disabled, John Demartini is now a doctor, philosopher, author, and international speaker. For many years

he had a successful chiropractic clinic, and was once named Chiropractor of the Year. Dr. Demartini is now a consultant to health professionals, and speaks and writes on the subjects of healing and philosophy. His personal transformation methodologies have helped thousands of people find a greater order and happiness in their lives. His website is www.drde

martini.com.

MARIE DIAMOND

Marie is an internationally known Feng Shui master who has been practicing for more

than twenty years,, refining the knowledge

given to her at an early age. She has advised



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numerous Hollywood celebrities, major film directors and producers, music giants, and famous authors. She has helped many well-known public figures create more success in all areas of their lives. Marie created Diamond Feng Shui, Diamond Dowsing, and Inner Diamond Feng Shui to bridge the law of attraction in an individual's environment. Her website is www.mariediamond

.com.

MIKE DOOLEY

Mike is not a "career" teacher or speaker; instead, as a "life adventurer" he has successfully navigated both the corporate and entre-preneurial arenas. After living and working around the world for Price Waterhouse, in

1989 he co-founded Totally Unique Thoughts (TUT) to retail and wholesale its own line of inspirational gifts. From the ground up, TUT grew into a regional chain of stores, was carried by every major U.S. department store, and reached consumers around the globe through distribution centers in Japan, Saudi Arabia, and Switzerland, selling over one million Totally Unique T-shirts®.

In 2000 he transformed TUT into a web-based inspirational and philosophical Adventurers Club, which now has over 60,000 members from more than 169 countries. He is the author of a number of books, including three volumes of Notes from the Universe and the internationally acclaimed audio program, Infinite Possibilities: The Art of Living Your Dreams. You can learn more about Mike and TUT

at www.tut.com.







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BOB DOYLE

Bob Doyle is the creator and facilitator of the Wealth Beyond Reason program, a powerful multi-media curriculum on the law of

attraction and its practical application. Bob focuses on the science of the law of attraction to help you more purposefully activate the law in your life, and to attract wealth, success, awesome relationships, and anything else you desire. For more information, visit www.wealthbeyon-

dreason.com.

HALE D W O S K I N

Author of the New York Times bestseller The Sedona Method, Hale Dwoskin dedicates himself to freeing people of limiting beliefs in order to help them achieve whatever their

hearts desire. The Sedona Method is a unique and powerful technique that shows you how to release limiting and painful feelings, beliefs, and attitudes. Hale has taught these principles to corporations and individuals worldwide for the past thirty years. His website is www.sedona.com.

M O R R I S G O O D M A N

Dubbed "The Miracle Man," Morris Goodman made headlines in 1981 when he recov-

ered from horrific injuries after crashing his airplane. He was told he would never walk,

speak, or function normally again, but today Morris travels the world inspiring and uplifting thousands of peo-





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ple with his astounding story. Morris's wife, Cathy Goodman, is also featured in The Secret, telling her own inspiring account of self-healing. To learn more, visit www.themiracleman.org.

JOHN GRAY, PH.D.

John Gray is the author of Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus, the number one bestselling relationship book of the last decade, selling over thirty million copies. He has authored fourteen other bestsellers, and conducts seminars for thousands of participants. His focus is to help men and women understand, respect, and appreciate their differences, in both personal and professional relationships. His new book is The Mars and Venus Diet and Exercise Solution. To learn more, visit www

.marsvenus.com.

CHARLES HAANEL (1866-1949)

Charles Haanel was a successful American

businessman and the author of several books, all of which contained Haanel's own ideas

and methods that he used to achieve great-

ness in his own life. His most famous work is The Master Key System, which gives twenty-four weekly lessons to greatness, and is as popular today as it was when it was first published in 1912.











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JOHN HAGELIN, PH.D.

Dr. John Hagelin is a world-renowned quan-

tum physicist, educator, and public policy

expert His book, Manual for a Perfect Govern-ment, explains how to solve major societal and environmental problems and create world

peace through policies in harmony with the laws of nature. John Hagelin was awarded the prestigious Kilby Award, which recognizes scientists who have made major contributions to society. He was also the Natural Law Party presidential candidate in 2000.

John is regarded by many as one of the greatest scientists on the planet today. His website is www.hagelin.org.

BILL HARRIS

Bill Harris is a professional speaker, teacher, and business owner. After studying ancient

and modern research about the nature of

the mind and transformational techniques,

Bill created Holosync, an audio technol-

ogy that results in the benefits of deep meditation. His company, Centerpointe Research Institute, has enabled thousands of people worldwide to lead happier, stress-free lives. To find out more, visit

www.centerpointe.com.

DR. BEN JOHNSON

M.D., N.M.D., D.O.

Originally trained in Western medicine, Dr.

Johnson became interested in energy healing after overcoming a life-threatening illness





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using unconventional methods. He is chiefly interested in The Healing Codes, a form of healing discovered by Dr. Alex Lloyd.

Today Dr. Johnson and Alex Lloyd rim The Healing Codes Company, which distributes the teachings. Visit www.healingcodes.com

to learn more.

LORAL LANGEMELER

Loral Langemeier is the founder of Live

Out Loud, which provides financial educa-

tion and support to help people reach their monetary goals. She believes that mindset is the key to building wealth, and has assisted many people in becoming millionaires. Loral speaks to individuals and corporations, passing on her knowledge and expertise.

Her website is www.liveoutloud.com.

PRENTICE MULFORD (1834-1891)

Prentice Muiford was one of the earliest

writers and founders of the New Thought

movement, and was a recluse for much of

his life. He has influenced countless writers and teachers with his work, which deals with mental and spiritual laws. Titles include Thoughts Arc Things and The White Cross Library, a collection of his many essays.





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LISA NlCHOLS

Lisa Nichols is a powerful advocate of per-

sonal empowerment. She is the founder and

CEO of Motivating the Masses and Motivat-

ing the Teen Spirit, two comprehensive skills programs that work to bring about profound

change in the lives of teenagers, women, and entrepreneurs, as well as provide services to the educational system, corporate clients, empowerment organizations, and faith-based programs. Lisa is the co-author of Chicken Soup for the African American Sow/, from the bestselling worldwide series. Her website is www.Iisa-nichols.com.

BOB PROCTOR

Bob Proctor's wisdom came to him through

a lineage of great teachers. It began with An-drew Carnegie who passed it to Napoleon

Hill, and then Hill passed it to Earl Nightingale. Earl Nightingale then passed the torch of wisdom to Bob Proctor. Bob has worked in the area of mind potential for over forty years. He travels the globe teaching The Secret, helping companies and individuals to create lives of prosperity and abundance through the law of attraction. He is the author of the international bestseller, You Were Born Rich. To learn more about Bob, visit www.bobproctor.com.







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JAMES ARTHUR RAY

A student of the principles of true wealth and prosperity his entire life, James developed The Science of Success and Harmonic Wealth®,

which teaches people how to receive unlim-

ited results in all areas: financially, relationally, intellectually, physically, and spiritually. His personal performance systems, corporate training programs, and coaching aids are utilized worldwide, and he speaks regularly on the subjects of true wealth, success, and human potential. James is also an expert on many Eastern, indigenous, and mystical traditions. Visit his website at www.jamesray.com.

DAVID SCHIRMER

David Schirmer is a highly successful share trader, investor, and investment trainer who conducts workshops, seminars, and courses.

His company, Trading Edge, teaches people

how to create unlimited income by develop-

ing a mindset that is conducive to wealth. Schirmer's analysis of the Australian and overseas share and commodity markets is held in high regard due to his regular accuracy. To learn more, visit

www.tradingedge.com.au.

MARCI SHIMOFF, MBA

Marci Shimoff is co-author of the enormously successful Chicken Soup for the Woman's Soul and Chicken Soup for the Mother's Soul. She is a transformational leader who speaks pas-





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sionately about personal development and happiness. Her work is specially geared toward enhancing women's lives. She is also co-founder and president of The Esteem Group, a company that offers self-esteem and inspirational programs for women. Her website is www.marcishimoff.com.

DR. JOE VlTALE, MSC.D.

Joe Vitale, homeless twenty years ago, is

now considered to be one of the top market-

ing specialists in the world. He has written numerous books concerning principles of

success and abundance, including Life's Miss-ing Instruction Manual, Hypnotic Writing, and The Attractor Factor, all number one bestsellers. Joe holds a doctorate degree in Metaphysical Science and is a certified hypnotherapist, metaphysical practitioner, ordained minister, and Chi Kung healer. Visit www

.mrfire.com to learn more.

DR. DENIS WAITLEY, P H . D .

Dr. Waitley is one of America's most re-

spected authors, lecturers, and consultants on high-performance human achievement. He

was employed to train NASA astronauts, and

later implemented the same program with

Olympic athletes. His audio album, The Psychology of Winning, is the all-time bestselling program on self-mastery, and he is also the author of fifteen non-fiction books, including several international bestsellers. His website is www.waitley.com.







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NEALE DONALD WALSCH

Neale Donald Walsch is a modern-day spir-

itual messenger and the bestselling author

of the groundbreaking three-book Conversa-tions with God series, which broke all records on the New York Times bestsellers list. Neale has published twenty-two books, as well as video and audio programs, and travels the world carrying the message of a New Spirituality. He may be contacted at www.nealedonald

walsch.com.

WALLACE WATTLES (1860-1911)

American-born Wallace Wattles spent many

years studying various religions and phi-

losophies before he began to write about the practice of "New Thought" principles. Wattles's many books have had a significant impact on today's prosperity and success teachers. His most famous work is the prosperity classic The Science of Getting Rich, published in 1910.

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FRED ALAN WOLF, PH.D

Fred Alan Wolf is a physicist, writer, and lecturer, with a doctorate in theoretical physics.

Dr. Wolf has taught at universities throughout the world, and his work in quantum

physics and consciousness is well known

through his writing. He is the author of twelve books, including 198 Biographies

Taking the Quantum Leap, which won the National Book Award.

Today Dr. Wolf continues to write and lecture throughout the world and carry out his fascinating research into the relationship of quantum physics and consciousness. Visit his website, www

.fredaIanwoIf.com.

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joy for your entire existence.

That is my intention for you,

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