How To Tap Into The Secret Of The Universe

Flat broke and searching for answers, I discovered the power of the ‘Secret,’ I was motivated with a burning desire to live a better, happier life.

We’d just arrived in California after having left Rhodesia, via South Africa. Our family of four was tightly packed into a one bedroom, ’cozy cottage’ in Anaheim. Like a little kid with her nose pressed up against the window pane, I was in awe of the opulence in California. It took my breath away. “These people know something that I don’t know, and I am going to find out what it is.”

From Africa To America

Having left everything behind in Africa, we were starting over. As new arrivals we scraped by at the bottom of the socio-economic scale. We didn’t have a TV, so part of our nightly entertainment was watching a young Mexican couple quarrel in the alley outside our bedroom window. (Evidently the husband had an eye for the women, which did not sit well with the young bride.)

We were so strapped for cash at the time, that we were thrilled when our nine year old son, AJ, found a string of discarded Christmas lights in a dumpster. He and his brother Steve fixed them up and draped them over a dead tree branch that we propped up in a pot. We felt blessed to be free and living in America. We were grateful to be in a country so rich as to throw away Christmas lights, which shone so brightly on our make-shift Christmas tree.

We Appreciated Being Free

Even though our day to day existence was a challenge, I kept thanking God that we were free,  I was delighted to finally be living in America. Although our situation was far from ideal, it was while we were in this impoverished set of circumstances that I made a discover that would uplift and set me on a course of constant growth, discovery and expansion. I had discovered a little known ‘Secret”.

The Lazy Man's Way To Riches

The discovery came in the form of a little book called, “The Lazy Man’s Way To Riches.” When I read the small print advertisement, I knew that I was anything but lazy Therefore, if a lazy man could become rich, then imagine what a self-starter like me could do!!! But the $10 price of the book was a huge investment for us at the time. I decided that it was worth the risk and the sacrifice.

Once I received the little green book through the mail, I read the first few pages and decided that I needed the $10 more than I needed the book. There was a guarantee with the book that stated that if after 3 weeks of following the advice exactly as suggested in the book, it did not work, then the full price of the book would be refunded. I wanted my $10 back, (because I didn’t believe that what was being suggesting would work). Besides, I rationalized, that $10 is a fortune and I need it!  So I proceeded to follow the guidance.

First Step – Decide what you want, then make a list

I decided I would be outrageous, so that when it didn’t work, I could get my refund. I wrote a list of things that I believed were impossible to achieve.

Second Step – Write the ‘Goals- Desires’ in present tense, positive, feel-good form as if they already exist and have already been achieved. For example I wrote:

“I am so excited to be living in a lovely home in San Clemente. I enjoy the breeze as I look at our ocean view, It is lovely being so close to the beach that we can walk to it. I am thrilled that we only pay $500 a month rent. ”

This was a huge stretch because houses close to the beach at that time were at least double that rent. The chances of finding such a place seemed out of the realm of possibility.

In addition to writing down the 'things' I wanted to experience I was to write down personal qualities that I felt that i did not have. So I came up with qualities that I never thought possible of me... (I am an intelligent person... i always beklieved that I was stupid and I had school reports to prove it.)

Third Step – Live it AM & PM Through An Inner Mental Movie - Every morning and every evening I was committed to reading and visualizing all the goals and qualities I'd written down. It was important for me to incorporate good feelings and imagine the experience of living the experience. I was to feel how wonderful it was to be living the life I had identified.

I confess, I was sure that this guy was bonkers! But I had integrity so I simply followed the instructions, sure that I was going to get my $10 refund.

Success Within Days

To my complete and utter amazement, things began to happen within days, not weeks. It was quite surreal. Within three weeks we moved into a delightful home, high on a cliff, with an ocean view and direct access to the beach below. The Landlord wanted a $800 a month, (and many were willing to pay it), but I wrote him a letter explaining our situation and said that I would like to pay him the full rent, but would it be possible for us to pay him only $500 amonth until my husband received a pay raise in three months time. Wonder of wonders! Miracles of miracles...He agreed to do just that!!!!

I Got Way More Than $10 Worth

Needless to say, I never returned the book. In fact I still have it 30 + years later. Joe Karbo has long since made his transition from this plane of existence. Bless his heart, he may have no idea of how many lives he has touched with his no-frills book. I so appreciate him for for creating a shift in my awareness and for teaching me, what has since become known as ‘The Secret’.

“If you want to discover the secrets of the Universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration” Nikola Tesla (1856 -1943)

So why should anyone give a hoot about everything being energy? Because once we truly grasp that we live in a field of Source Energy, with the ability to be arrange our vibrational frequencies so that we are conscious co-creators with Source Energy, we have discovered the freedom to be all that we can be. Free to choose and select who, what and how we want to experience this Soul Adventure called life and being human.

“The Power for happiness, for good, for everything we need of life is within each one of us. The Power is there – unlimited Power” Robert Collier (1885 – 1950)

The growing awareness that we are on the ‘leading edge of thought’ and that thoughts become things, helps to awaken the magic Genie in the bottle; it gives birth to paradigm shift in our Consciousness. To paraphrase Disney… “when we wish upon a star, makes no difference who we are, when we wish upon a star our dreams come true.”