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October 2nd, 2008

June 2008

June 2008

Inspiration and Motivation

The Truth about “The Secret”

“The Secret” and “Law of Attraction” certainly have not wasted any time becoming household words. Everyone seems to be talking about it. Even myself. (I began a series of articles titled “Why the Law of Attraction Doesn’t Work.” )  The internet has become inundated with it.

By now, most everyone is familiar with “The Secret Movie” and the programs shown on Oprah Winfrey, Larry King Live, and a host of others. All this has caught people’s attention; attention the media has used to stir up controversy and debate.

All this is by no means an accident. This controversy was created by the media for a reason…Money!
The more controversy generated, the more advertising dollars created. That is what they are supposed to do.

This has also created untold millions in revenues from movies, websites, books, programs, coaching, etc. But much more importantly in my opinion, this has created better lives for hundreds and thousands of people who have aligned themselves with the Law of Attraction and the Laws of the Universe.

What we are NOT supposed to do is get caught up in this controversy or debate. Why?

Because we don’t want to let the controversy and hype keep us from the TRUTH. And the truth is….

  1. There is no secret. The “Law of Attraction” has never been a secret. In “The Secret” movie, they claim the information they were releasing has been suppressed and kept a secret by a select few for centuries. In reality, most people throughout the years were just not ready to hear about it. The normal response to these ideas is one of fear. We fear the unknown and we fear our own powers. Most people are just not ready to work with these ideas. Any one who is ready to hear about the Law of Attraction will take hold of this new approach to living their life. “When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.” It’s only now that this information is so accessible and popular that there is such a great movement toward our own Spiritual truth.
  2. The Law of Attraction is real and working in the life of every human being. It always has been and always will be. It’s just that for most of us, it works against us most of the time. Most people’s lives are driven by fear and worry. We are a society or worriers and we are used to living that way. We spend our days worrying and thinking about all the negative stuff in our lives. (Don’t Worry; Be Happy)

We are not conscious of the fact we are spiritual beings capable of unlimited feats and achievements. The Law of Attraction works in the favor of anyone and everyone who becomes conscious of it.

“You are what you think”. You are able to create your own destiny simply by the things you think about. If you expect to fail, then that’s what you will do. Recognizing and managing what you already have within you is the key - the first step - and possibly the hardest. It all has to do will belief and confidence and desire.

If you believe you are all powerful, and you have the confidence according to your belief that you are unlimited, then take this non-secret and begin to enjoy your life and all the successes, happiness, health and wealth you were born with. You already have the powers. You already have all the answers. You already have all the potential and achievement within you.

Seek and you shall find. Ask and it shall be given to you. Knock and the door shall be opened. This is the truth. The whole truth. And nothing but the truth. So help me God.

Gina

“The Secret” News from Around the Web

My strange yet powerful secret, part 2

Just watch that movie, and you’ll understand. READER: What do you mean by “manifestation process”? PETER: Read the three books written by Esther Hicks. Read also Harv Eker’s Secrets of the Millionaire Mind. They’re talking about the …

The 7 Steps To Creating Abundance & Prosperity By Using Your …

These questions certainly highlight missing links between The Secret movie and how to apply the Law of Attraction. Many people watch the movie, get all excited about manifesting abundance, think about a life of prosperity yet never take …

The Secret :: Official Web Site of The Secret Movie :: Law of …

What Is The Secret.

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Channel: Do-It-Yourself Tags: law of attraction prosperity secrets success secrets the secret movie attracting success inspired action take action wealth thoughts take inspired action attracting wealth positive thinking negative …

The Secret

… (both books being recommended by Wel, thanks Wel) and of course - “The Secret” by Rhonda Byrne All these books tells you how to use your mind to visualise and also feel what you want to have. See a trailer of “The Secret” movie : …

Until next month, stay Motivated, stay Inspired, and remember “It’s never too late to be who you might have been.”

Gina

October 2nd, 2008

July 2008

July 2008 Newsletter

Inspiration and Motivation

I Don’t Need to Hear This Again!
I know, you’re probably saying that volumes have already been written on the power of setting goals and you don’t want to hear it again. This is true. Including a couple of articles by Your’s Truly. But I thought it was necessary to repeat some important points regarding this subject. You see, I occasionally have to remind myself to follow my own advice. I occasionally have to get back in line. As a goal-setter, it becomes obvious when this happens. Things don’t go as smoothly, as quickly, or as completely as I had planned. Sometimes, I need to hear it again.

Back to the Basics
The powers of the mind and the powers of visualization are amazing. These come into play in full force when properly setting goals and making plans to achieve them. Your goals will assist you in achieving your dreams. Without goals you have no direction. How will you ever get where you want to be if you don’t know where you’re going? Where do you want to be in a year from now, two years from now, five years?

Have you written down what you want? Write down your main goals and what you’re willing to do to reach them. Read them out loud when you get up and before you go to sleep. This is how you will access your subconscious mind to respond, and it is a fact that you are four times more likely to achieve what you have written down.If it’s not important enough for you to write down, maybe it’s not important enough for you to accomplish! Writing down a goal can make the difference between achieving your goal or not.

Use Affirmations.An affirmation is a statement of an outcome you desire, spoken in the present tense as if this outcome was already achieved.

Goal Setting and The Law of Attraction
Most of you should be familiar with the Law of Attraction and the Secret Movie. Well, proper goal setting is the Law of Attraction at work. Goal setting (and achievement) is a perfect example. You have heard the oft-repeated statement, “What you think about with faith and emotion becomes your reality.”

How does Goal Setting and the Law of Attraction relate?
* You Identify your goals and write them down (Desire)
* You read them daily (repitition)
* You affirm the outcome (belief)
* You visualize the outcome (emotion)
* Your subconscious mind intervenes
* Things happen!

See my previous articles on Achieving Your Goals.

Do You Squidoo?

Gina has recently joined the ranks of the Squids. What this means is, I have joined Squidoo.com and began creating “Lenses.” Lenses are simple one-page mini web sites that any one can create and publish. A page where you can talk about anything that is of interest to you, and may be of interest to others. It’s easy and it’s fun. I have, of course, used my pages to introduce others to YourNeedToKnow while writing on my favorite subjects.Give it a try. Anyone can join. Visit my Squidoo Pages:

Inspiration and Motivation
What’s Luck Got to do With It?

New Addition to Gina’s Library

I have added a new book this month: The Path of Prosperity by James Allen. A very enjoyable and enlightening read and I invite you to download it for free. This book will not show up on YourNeedToKnow until next month as my subscribers will always be the first to download new additions. Download.pdf
I looked around upon the world and saw that it was shadowed by sorrow and scorched by the fierce fires of suffering. And I looked for the cause…and could not find it.
I looked within and found there both the cause an the self-made nature of that cause. I looked again, and deeper, and found the remedy. James Allen
SOME INSPIRATION

Giving and Receiving

I launched a smile, far out it sailed on life’s wide, troubled sea.
And many more than I could count came sailing back to me.
I clasped a hand while whispering, “The clouds will melt away.”
I felt my life was very blessed all through the hours that day.
I sent a thought of happiness where it was needed sore,
And very soon thereafter, found Joy adding to my store.
I wisely shared my slender hoard, toil-earned coins of gold;
But presently it flowed right back, increased a hundredfold.
I helped another climb a hill, a little thing to do;
And yet it brought a rich reward, a friendship that was new.
I think each morning when I rise of how I may achieve,
I know by serving I advance, by Giving I Receive.
- Thomas Gaines

Until next month, stay Motivated, stay Inspired, and remember “It’s never too late to be who you might have been.”

Gina

September 1st, 2008

The Enchanted Kettle

Fifty years ago, on old country doctor drove to town, hitched his horse, quietly slipped into a drug store by the back door, and began “dickering” with the young drug clerk.

His mission was destined to yield great wealth to many people. It was destined to bring to the South the most far-flung benefit since the Civil War.The Enchanted Kettle

For more than an hour, behind the prescription counter, the old doctor and the clerk talked in low tones. Then the doctor left. He went out to the buggy and brought back a large, old-fashioned kettle, a big wooden paddle (used for stirring the contents of the kettle), and deposited them in the back of the store.

The clerk inspected the kettle, reached into his inside pocket, took out a roll of bills, and handed it over to the doctor. The roll contained exactly $500. – the clerk’s entire savings!

The doctor handed over a small slip of paper on which was written a secret formula. The words on that small slip of paper were worth a King’s ransom. But not to the doctor. Those magic words were needed to start the kettle to boiling, but neither the doctor nor the young clerk knew what fabulous fortunes were destined to flow from that kettle.

The old doctor was glad to sell the outfit for five hundred dollars. The money would pay off his debts, and give him freedom of mind. The clerk was taking a big chance by staking his entire life’s savings on a mere scrap of paper and an old kettle! He never dreamed his investment would start a kettle to overflowing with gold that would surpass the miraculous performance of Aladdin’s lamp.Money

What the clerk really purchased was an IDEA! The old kettle and the wooden paddle, and the secret message on a slip of paper were incidental. The strange performance of that kettle began to take place after the new owner mixed with the secret instructions an ingredient of which the doctor knew nothing.

Read this story carefully; give your imagination a test! See if you can discover what it was the young man added to the secret message, which caused the kettle to overflow with gold. Remember, as you read, that this is not a story from Arabian Nights. Here you have a story of facts, stranger than fiction, facts which began in the form of an IDEA.

Let us look at the vast fortunes of gold this idea has produced. It has paid, and still pays huge fortunes to men and women all over the world, who distribute the contents of the kettle to millions of people.

The Old Kettle is now one of the world’s largest consumers of sugar, thus providing jobs of a permanent nature to thousands of men and women engaged in growing sugar cane, and in refining and marketing sugar.

The Old Kettle consumes, annually, millions of glass bottles, providing jobs to huge numbers of glass workers.

The Old Kettle gives employment to an army of clerks, stenographers, copywriters, and advertising experts throughout the nation. It has brought fame and fortune to scores of artists who have created magnificent pictures describing the product.

The Old Kettle has converted a small Southern city into the business capital of the South, where it benefits directly, or indirectly, every business and practically every resident of the city.

The influence of this idea now benefits every civilized country in the world, pouring out a continuous stream of gold to all who touch it.

Gold from the kettle built and maintains one of the most prominent colleges of the South, where thousands of young people receive the training essential for success.

The Old Kettle has done other marvelous things. All through the world depression, when factories, banks and business houses were folding up and quitting by the thousands, the owner of the Enchanted Kettle went marching on, giving continuous employment to an army of men and women all over the world, and paying out extra portions of gold to those who, long ago, had faith in the idea.

If the product of the old brass kettle could talk, it would tell thrilling tales of romance in every language. Romances of love, romances of business, and romances of professional men and women who are daily being stimulated by it.

The author is sure of at least one such romance, for he was a part of it, and it all began not far from the very spot on which the drug clerk purchased the old kettle. It was here that the author met his wife, and it was she who first told him of the Enchanted Kettle. It was the product of that kettle they were drinking when he asked her to accept him “for better or worse.”

Now that you know the content of the Enchanted Kettle is a world famous drink, it is fitting that the author confess that the home city of this drink supplied him with a wife, also that the drink itself provides him with stimulation of thought without intoxication, and thereby serves to give the refreshment of mind which an author must have to do his best work.

Whoever you are, wherever you may live, whatever occupation you may be engages in, just remember, in the future, every time you see the words ________________, that it’s vast empire of wealth and influence grew out of a single IDEA, and that the mysterious ingredient the drug clerk mixed with the secret formula was ___________________!

Do you know the answers?  See the rest of the story HERE..

Gina

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