The Secret
What they didn't tell you in the movie
Things to watch for when manifesting, and real
life examples
Things you absolutely,
positively must
do when manifesting
Things to Know and
Things to Remember
Dear Friends,
Suddenly, it's all over the place. The movie: The
Secret. Referenced in conversation, it's cast is on Oprah, people are
calling and writing to ask if I teach the principles shown in the
movie (I do. See Visualizing
and Manifestation).
Socially speaking, the timing and the spin in the movie
couldn't have been better. After five years of upheaval in our world
state since 9/11 the public is ready to gobble up anything they think
has been "kept" from them by the greedy elites.
But the movie didn't tell the whole story. A lot of
what was told in the movie is accurate. You can change your reality
with the power of your mind.
But some of what was told in the movie wasn't accurate,
and it left out some important points for your safety, and the safety
of those around you when you use this knowledge to change your world.
What they didn't tell
you in the movie
To begin with, there was more than one reason this
information has been kept secret. And the reasons, as you'll read
below, are good.
Review the images in the movie: who knew the secret and
was keeping it from the people? The Pharaohs, the Nazis, and the
cigar smoking fat-cats in the corporate boardrooms.
But what they didn't tell you was the other part of the
story. The other people who were keeping The Secret from you. The
good guys. The keepers of the secret knowledge and all of its'
nuances. The Teachers. The people of the "Mystery Schools".
They're still around and functioning today, and what they know that
the people who made the movie ignored is that not everyone is ready
for this knowledge. That those who are on a spiritual path will come
upon this information as they seek out their knowledge in spiritual
growth. Initially, it's a self-qualifying process.
But even then, it isn't all given at one time. It can't
be digested and understood at once as an intellectual curiosity. It
needs to be experienced, and grown into, and felt. And people who
teach this, know this. Hence, it's delivered in stages, allowing the
pupil to grow with their increasing knowledge. A movie, by it's
nature can't answer your questions, and give you guidance.
The powers described in the movie are huge. And they
are available to everyone. But through the ages people were taught
proper methods and ways to use these abilities, not just "how"
to use them. Remember the Disney movie Fantasia? And the segment
about the Sorcerers' Apprentice? Attempting to make his life easier
and save himself some work, Mickey had the floors mopped for him, and
in doing so unleashed a flood he couldn't control.
It's a lot like handing the car keys to a nine year old
and saying "Here. Teach yourself to drive." Even the most
mature and well intentioned nine year old is going to end the day
with some damage, and possibly some casualties.
Things to watch for
when manifesting
Here's a real life example from one of my classes in
Visualizing and Manifestation.
In preparation for my classes, I ask people to think
about what they would like to manifest in their lives, and write it
down in great detail. Then at some point we go around the room and
read aloud the goals of their Visualizations.
When it was her turn, one woman said she was going to
manifest a wife for son. Commensurate 'oohs' and 'ahhs' of approval
from everyone present. But it set off alarm bells in me. She
described this wife as strong, and mature and directed.
After everyone finished congratulating her for her
thoughtfulness and selfless vision, I asked her why she wanted to
manifest a wife for her son, and initiated an exercise I call the
Five Whys.
When you ask a person why they want to manifest a
specific thing (or situation, or event) they'll respond to you with
an intellectual answer that represents the culmination of their
thinking on the subject.
If you ask them again, they'll give you a slightly
different, but still intellectual answer.
Ask again. Again a different, but still intellectual
answer.
With each round the answers contain a little more
emotion that the previous one.
By the time you get to the fifth round (and it's never
gone past five, hence the name) the person will respond with a purely
emotional cause for the goal of their Visualization. And that is what
needs to be evaluated against their Visualization for accuracy and
appropriateness. Quite often the desire and the goal have nothing to
do with one another.
By the fifth time I asked her why she wanted to
manifest a wife for her son she blurted out:
"Because I want my house back! I want him out of
there! I want my space back!"
And that is a very different thing than wanting a wife
for your son. Chocolate and pineapples. Not at all the same thing.
Her reasoning, convoluted as it was, was that no woman
would want to live with her Mother-In-Law and so a wife would force
her son to become more responsible, seek full time work, get a place
of his own, etc. etc.
Imagine if she had manifested a wife for her son. What
if things didn't happen as assumed after the wedding? For the
supposed benefit of getting her space back (no guarantee there –
remember: it wasn't mentioned in the Visualization that he would
leave home) hers, her sons' and a strangers' lives would be
intertwined and complicated in ways completely unforeseen. No mention
of a happy marriage, no mention of a healthy marriage.
Another real life example
Here's another example of
what can happen when people set out too soon to realize their
desires, and this one is practically text book in it's illustration
of cause and effect.
A woman in one of my
ongoing Visualizing and Manifesting Groups had brought her aging
Mother into her home to live with her.
Apparently Mom was a
handful, and difficult at times just because she craved some
attention and interaction after being alone all day. The fact that
she was hearing impaired and played her radio and television really
loud didn't help.
After a hard day at work all the woman wanted when she
got home was a little time to herself, some quiet, and an opportunity
to gather herself. But the situation didn't allow for that.
So, midweek between group meetings, and without talking
to any of her fellow group members, she decided to manifest a
vacation for herself. Then she decided she couldn't afford the time
or expense of a vacation (perfect examples of 'over thinking' or
micro-managing the Manifesting process). In order to make her desires
fit with something she could comfortably comprehend, she decided she
just needed five days of quiet that wouldn't cost her anything.
She visualized having five days of complete quiet in
her personal life.
The second day after she began the Visualization she
went home from work to find her mother had fallen and broken a bone.
Her mother was taken away in an ambulance, and kept in the hospital
for observation for five days.
Sadly stories like this one abound in the teaching
world of Visualization.
Things you absolutely,
positively must
do when manifesting
So what could have saved this cause and effect tripwire
for the this woman and her mother?
A simple amendment we teach in every class, recite and
drill until it's in your head forever.
One of my teachers called it the 'Get Out Of Jail Free
Card'. Because whatever happens as a result of your Manifestation,
you know that no one will get hurt.
As you finish your Visualization, and you finish your
oral intent, you always add:
"I want this to happen for the benefit of all
parties involved, and to the detriment of no one."
Sound hokey? Go back and read the previous two
sections.
This way, no matter what form your Manifestation takes
to come to you (and it will come to you, one way or another) it will
not take the most expeditious route if that means causing damage to
another.
Things to Know and Things to Remember
As you can see, an
unprepared mind can wreak havoc on their own lives and the lives of
others all in the name of wanting the best. Old sayings stick around
for a reason: The Road to Hell is paved with Good Intentions.
The difficulty with films
and self-help books is that they tell people they
can do these
things, and how to do these
things, but they don't tell how
to do so responsibly, or
warn them about the potential pitfalls. There are a few
anecdotal stories, but no actual methods, exercises or best practices
taught.
You can create anything you
can imagine. A person, a place, a thing, a situation, an environment.
The people I've had the
pleasure of observing in my classes have successfully manifested the
spectrum of what's available to us in this world: Cars (lots of
cars), Houses (several), Partners, Spouses, Jobs, Changes in the
Behavior of Others, Changes in Themselves (physical and behavioral),
Animals and in some really wonderful cases to observe: Opportunities
(an elegant example high-order thinking).
It's all available to you.
It's a power, or really, an ability you possess as a birthright. Use
it. But use it wisely. And use it for the greater good of everyone
involved.
Remember: Every good deed
you do raises all of us just that little bit higher.
Be happy, and healthy.
Sincerely,
Robert
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Robert
Hayes
415-651-4018
http://www.roberthayes.com
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(020) 7669 4317
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