On page one of The Secret, Bob Proctor says, “The Secret gives you anything you want: happiness, health, and wealth.”
Can you imagine this?
Can you believe this? If you don’t, it won’t work. But if one is used to the way things have been, how does one believe in the secret enough to see real results?
I wonder if the “catch 22″ for most people trying to implement a way of thinking based on “The Secret” will be the question of belief rather than a lack of imagination. Should one start “small” or should one start with something of “no consequence” and figure nothing ventured nothing gained? And then “work up” to “larger” things?
When you first came across the law of abundance, either in “The Secret” or elsewhere, how did you handle the challenge of belief?
Interesting questions you pose. When I first learned the law of attraction. I knew that I had been practicing it for a long time without knowing what it was called, so it was not too much of a leap for me. For me, it was more a moment of clarity and a knowing that I could do so much more than I had before. I go without limits, that is the key. You have to fully embrace the concept, any doubt that you have will impede your manifesting abilities.
tobeme,
Those moments of clarity are quite dear. Suddenly, it’s like somebody scraped the ice and snow off the car windows. The experts on the film correctly point out that there’s no need to concern oneself with how the universe will manifest what one has asked for. Nonetheless, I’ve always wanted to know the precise “how” of things. This is not the best of routes to be walking.
I find that it shifts from time to time; sometimes, I just jump in and immerse myself in abundance, and other times, I take the “working up” approach. It also has to be a learned way of thinking because it’s so different than mainstream views, which focus first on lack, then on ways to make lack go away. Better would be to focus on the limitless resourcefulness contained within each person. Even if we can’t do it ourselves (i.e. I can’t drive a car cross-country, let alone pull out safely in traffic!), I can find plenty of people who can and will do it for me.
halfnotes,
Getting away from the lack focus is difficult at first, especially if the lack is very obvious and in one’s face most of the day. But yes, sometimes the process works naturally and other times the “working up” route seems better.