How do you get yourself to a point of believing? Start make-
believing. Be like a child, and make-believe. Act as if you have it 
already. As you make-believe, you will begin to believe you have 
received. The Genie is responding to your predominant thoughts 
all the time, not just in the moment you ask. That's why after 
you've asked, you must continue to believe and know. Have faith. Your belief that you have it, that undying faith, is your greatest 
power. When you believe you are receiving, get ready, and watch 
the magic begin! "You can have what you want—if you know 
how to form the mold for it in your own 
thoughts. There is no dream that may not come 
true, if you but learn to use the Creative Force 
working through you. The methods that work 
for one will work for all. The key to power lies in 
using what you have ... freely, fully ... and thus How to Use the Secret 51 
opening wide your channels for more Creative 
Force to flow through you/' 
DR. JOE VlTALE 
The Universe will start to rearrange itself to make it happen 
for you. JACKCANFIELD 
Most of us have never allowed ourselves to want what we 
truly want, because toe can't see how it's going to manifest. BOB PROCTOR 
If you do just a little research, it is going to become evident 
to you that anyone that ever accomplished anything, did not 
know how they were going to do it. They only knew they were 
going to do it. DR. JOE VlTALE 
You don't need to know how it's going to come about You 
don't need to know how the Universe will rearrange itself 
How it will happen, how the Universe will bring it to you, is not 
your concern or job. Allow the Universe to do it for you. When 
you are trying to work out how it will happen, you are emitting a 
frequency that contains a lack of faith—that you don't believe you 
have it already. You think you have to do it and you do not believe 
the Universe will do it for you. The how is not your part in the 
Creative Process. 52 The Secret 
BOB PROCTOR 
You don't know how, it will be shown to you. You will attract 
the way. LISA NICHOLS 
Most of the time, when we don't see the things that we've 
requested, we get frustrated. We get disappointed. And we 
begin to become doubtful. The doubt brings about a feeling of 
disappointment. Take that doubt and shift it. Recognize that 
feeling and replace it with a feeling of unwavering faith. "I 
know that it's on its way." LISA NICHOLS 
Step three, and the final step in the process, is to receive. Begin to feel wonderful about it. Feel the way you Will feel 
once it arrives. Feel it now. MARCI SHIMOFF 
And in this process it's important to feel good, to be happy, 
because when you're feeling good you're putting yourself in 
the frequency of what you want. MICHAEL BERNARD BECKWITH 
This is a feeling Universe. If you just intellectually believe 
something, but you have no corresponding feeling underneath How to Use the Secret 53 
that, you don't necessarily have enough power to manifest 
what you want in your life. You have to feel it. Ask once, believe you have received, and all you have to do to 
receive is feel good. When you are feeling good, you are on the 
frequency of receiving. You are on the frequency of all good things 
coming to you, and you will receive what you have asked for. You 
wouldn't ask for anything unless it was going to make you feel 
good in the receiving of it, would you? So get yourself on the feel-
good frequency, and you will receive. A fast way to get yourself on that frequency is to say, "I am receiv-
ing now. I am receiving all the good in my life, now, I am receiving 
[fill in your desire] now." And feel it. Feel it as though you have 
received. A dear friend of mine, Marcy, is one of the greatest manifestors I 
have seen, and she feels everything. She feels what it would feel like 
to have what she is asking for. She feels everything into existence. She doesn't get caught up in how, when, or where, she Just feels it 
and it then manifests. So feel good now. BOB PROCTOR 
When you turn that fantasy into a fact, you're in the position 
to build bigger and bigger fantasies. And that, my friend, is 
the Creative Process. 54 The Secret 
"Whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall 
receive."' "What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe 
that ye receive them, and ye shall have them." BOB DOYLE 
The law of attraction, the study and practice of the law of 
attraction, is just figuring out what will help you generate 
the feelings of having it now. Go test drive that car. Go shop 
for that home. Get in the house. Do whatever you have to do 
to generate the feelings of having it now, and remember them. Whatever you can do to achieve that will help you to literally 
attract it. When you feel as though you have it now, and the feeling is so real 
that it is like you have it already, you are believing that you have 
received/ and you will receive. BOB DOYLE 
It could be you wake up and it's just there. It's manifested. Or, 
you might get some inspired idea of some action to take. You 
certainly shouldn't be saying, "Well, I could do it this way, 
but man, I would hate that." You 're not on the right track if 
that's the case. How to Use the Secret 55 
Action will sometimes be required, but if you're really doing 
it in line with what the Universe is trying to bring to you, it's 
going to feel joyous. You're going to feel so alive. Time will 
just stop. You could do it all day. Action is a word that can imply "work" to some people, but in-
spired action will not feel like work at all. The difference between 
inspired action and action is this: Inspired action is when you are 
acting to receive. If you are in action to try and make it happen, 
you have slipped backward. Inspired action is effortless, and it 
feels wonderful because you are on the frequency of receiving. Imagine life as a fast-moving riven When you are acting to make 
something happen it will feel as if you are going against the current 
of the river. It will feel hard and like a struggle. When you are act-
ing to receive from the Universe, you will feel as if you are flowing 
with the current of the river. It will feel effortless. That is the feel-
ing of inspired action, and of being in the flow of the Universe and 
life. Sometimes you will not even be aware you used "action" until 
after you've received, because the acting felt so good. You will then 
look back and see the wonder and matrix of how the Universe car-
ried you to what you wanted, and also brought what you wanted 
to you. DR. JOE VlTALE 
The Universe likes speed. Don't delay. Don't second guess. Don't doubt. When the opportunity is there, when the impulse 56 The Secret 
is there, when the intuitive nudge from within is there, act. That's your job. And that's all you have to do. Trust your instincts. It's the Universe inspiring you. It's the Universe 
communicating with you on the receiving frequency. If you have an 
intuitive or instinctive feeling, follow it, and you will find that the 
Universe is magnetically moving you to receive what you asked for. BOB PROCTOR 
You will attract everything that you require. If it's money you 
need you will attract it. If it's people you need you'll attract 
it. If it's a certain book you need you'll attract it. You've got 
to pay attention to what you're attracted to, because as you 
hold images of what you want, you're going to be attracted to 
things and they're going to be attracted to you. But it literally 
moves into physical reality with and through you. And it does 
that by law. Remember that you are a magnet, attracting everything to you. When you have gotten clear in your mind about what you want 
you have become a magnet to draw those things to you, and those 
things you want are magnetized to you in return. The more you 
practice and begin to see the law of attraction bringing things to 
you, the greater the magnet you will become, because you will add 
the power of faith, belief, and knowing. MICHAEL BERNARD BECKWITH 
You can start with nothing, and out of nothing and out of no 
way, a way will be made. How to Use the Secret 57 
All you require is You, and your ability to think things into being. Everything that has been invented and created throughout the 
history of humankind began with one thought. From that one 
thought a way was made, and it manifested from the invisible 
into the visible. JACK CANFIELD 
Think of a car driving through the night The headlights only 
go a hundred to two hundred feet forward, and you can make 
it all the way from California to New York driving through 
the dark, because all you have to see is the next two hundred 
feet. And that's how life tends to unfold before us. If we just 
trust that the next two hundred feet will unfold after that, 
and the next two hundred feet will unfold after that, your 
life will keep unfolding. And it will eventually get you to 
the destination of whatever it is you truly want, because you 
want it. Trust the Universe. Trust and believe and have faith. I truly had no 
idea how I was going to bring the knowledge of The Secret onto 
the movie screen. I just held to the outcome of the vision, I saw the 
outcome clearly in my mind, I felt it with all my might, and every-
thing that we needed to create The Secret came to us. "Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see 
the whole staircase. Just take the first step." Let's look at using the Creative Process for those who feel they are 
overweight and who want to lose weight. The first thing to know is that if you focus on losing weight, you 
will attract back having to lose more weight so get "having to lose 
weight" out of your mind. It's the very reason why diets don't 
work. Because you are focused on losing weight, you must attract 
back continually having to lose weight. The second thing to know is that the condition of being over­
weight was created through your thought to it. To put it in the most 
basic terms, if someone is overweight, it came from thinking "fat 
thoughts/' whether that person was aware of it or not. A person can­
not think "thin thoughts" and be fat. It completely defies the law of 
attraction. Whether people have been told they have a slow thyroid, a slow 
metabolism, or their body size is hereditary, these are all disguises 
for thinking "fat thoughts." If you accept any of those conditions as 
applicable to you, and you believe it, it must become your experi-
ence, and you will continue to attract being overweight. After I had my two daughters I was overweight, and I know it 
came from listening to and reading the messages that it is hard to 
lose weight after having a baby, and even harder after the second 
baby. I summoned exactly that to me with those "fat thoughts," 58 The Secret How to Use the Secret 59 
and it became my experience. I really "beefed up," and the more I 
noticed how I had "beefed up," the more "beefing up" I attracted. With a small frame, I became a hefty 143 pounds, all because I was 
thinking "fat thoughts." The most common thought that people hold, and I held it too, is 
that food was responsible for my weight gain. That is a belief that 
does not serve you, and in my mind now it is complete balderdash! Food is not responsible for putting on weight. It is your thought that 
food is responsible for putting on weight that actually has food put 
on weight. Remember, thoughts are primary cause of everything, 
and the rest is effects from those thoughts. Think perfect thoughts 
and the result must be perfect weight. Let go of all those limiting thoughts. Food cannot cause you to put 
on weight unless you think it can. The definition of the perfect weight is the weight that feels good for 
you. No one else's opinion counts. It is the weight that feels good 
for you. You most likely know of someone who is thin and eats like a horse, 
and they proudly declare, "I can eat whatever I want and I am al-
ways the perfect weight." And so the Genie of the Universe says, 
"Your wish is my command!" To attract your perfect weight and body using the Creative Process, 
follow these steps: 60 The Secret 
Get clear on the weight you want to be. Have a picture in your 
mind of what you will look like when you have become that per-
fect weight. Get pictures of yourself at your perfect weight, if you 
have them, and look at them often. If not, get pictures of the body 
you would like to have and look at those often. You must believe you will receive and that the perfect weight is 
yours already. You must imagine, pretend, act as if, make-believe, 
that the perfect weight is yours. You must see yourself as receiving 
that perfect weight. Write out your perfect weight and place it over the readout of your 
scale, or don't weigh yourself at all. Do not contradict what you 
have asked for with your thoughts, words, and actions. Don't buy 
clothes at your current weight. Have faith and focus on the clothes 
you are going to buy. Attracting the perfect weight is the same 
as placing an order with the catalogue of the Universe. You look 
through the catalogue, choose the perfect weight, place your order, 
and then it is delivered to you. Make it your intention to look for, admire, and inwardly praise 
people with your idea of perfect-weight bodies. Seek them out and How to Use the Secret 61 
as you admire them and feel the feelings of that—you are summon-
ing it to you. If you see people who are overweight, do not observe 
them, but immediately switch your mind to the picture of you in 
your perfect body and feel it. You must feel good. You must feel good about You. This is impor-
tant, because you cannot attract your perfect weight if you feel bad 
about your body now. If you feel bad about your body, that is a 
powerful feeling, and you will continue to attract feeling bad about 
your body. You will never change your body if you are critical of 
it and find fault with it, and in fact you will attract more weight to 
you. Praise and bless every square inch of your body. Think about 
all the perfect things about You. As you think perfect thoughts, as 
you feel good about You, you are on the frequency of your perfect 
weight, and you are summoning perfection. Wallace Wattles shares a wonderful tip about eating in one of his 
books. He recommends that when you eat, make sure you are en-
tirely focused on the experience of chewing the food. Keep your 
mind present and experience the sensation of eating food, and 
do not allow your mind to drift to other things. Be present in 
your body and enjoy all the sensations of chewing the food in 
your mouth and swallowing it. Try it the next time you are eat-
ing. When you are completely present as you eat, the flavor of the 
food is so intense and magnificent; when you let your mind drift. 62 The Secret 
the flavor virtually disappears. I am convinced that if we can eat 
our food in the present, entirely focused on the pleasurable expe-
rience of eating, the food is assimilated into our bodies perfectly, 
and the result in our bodies must be perfection. The end of the story about my own weight is that I now maintain 
my perfect weight of 116 pounds and I can eat whatever I want. So, 
focus on your perfect weight! DR. JOE VlTALE 
Another thing people wonder about is, "How long will it take 
to manifest the car, the relationship, the money?" I don't have 
any rulebook that says it's going to take thirty minutes or 
three days or thirty days. It's more a matter of you being in 
alignment with the Universe itself. Time is just an illusion. Einstein told us that. If this is the first time 
you have heard it, you may find it a hard concept to get your head 
around, because you see everything happening—one thing after 
the other. What quantum physicists and Einstein tell us is that ev­
erything is happening simultaneously. If you can understand that 
there is no time, and accept that concept, then you will see that 
whatever you want in the future already exists. If everything is 
happening at the one time, then the parallel version of you with 
what you want already exists! How to Use the Secret 63 
It takes no time for the Universe to manifest what you want. Any 
time delay you experience is due to your delay in getting to the 
place of believing, knowing, and feeling that you already have it. It 
is you getting yourself on the frequency of what you want When 
you are on that frequency, then what you want will appear. BOB DOYLE 
Size is nothing to the Universe. It is no more difficult to 
attract, on a scientific level, something that we consider huge 
to something that we consider infinitesimally small. The Universe does everything with zero effort. The grass 
doesn't strain to grow. It's effortless. It's just this great design. It's all about what's going on in your mind. It's about what 
we put in place, saying, ''This is big, it's going to take some 
time." And, "This is small. I'll give it an hour." Those are 
our rules that we define. There are no rules according to the 
Universe. You provide the feelings of having it now; it will 
respond—whatever it is. There is no time for the Universe and there is no size for the Uni-
verse. It is as easy to manifest one dollar as it is to manifest one 
million dollars. It is the same process, and the only reason why 
one may come faster and the other may take longer is because you 
thought that a million dollars was a lot of money and that one dol-
lar was not very much. 64 The Secret 
BOB DOYLE 
Some people have an easier time with little things, and so we 
sometimes say start with something small, like a cup of coffee. Make it your intention to attract a cup of coffee today. BOB PROCTOR 
Hold an image of talking to an old friend that you haven't 
seen for a long time. Somehow or another somebody's going to 
start talking to you about that person. That person's going to 
phone you or you'll get a letter from her. Starting with something small is an easy way to experience the law 
of attraction with your own eyes. Let me share a story with you of 
a young man who did exactly that. He watched The Secret and he 
decided to start with something small. He created a picture of a feather in his mind/ and he made sure this 
feather was unique. He created particular markings on the feather 
so he would know without any doubt that if he saw this feather, 
it had come to him through his intentional use of the law of at­
traction. Two days later, he was about to walk into a high-rise building on 
a street in New York City. He said he did not know why, but he 
just happened to look down. There at his feet, at the entrance to a 
high-rise building in New York City, was the feather! Not just any 
feather, but the exact feather he had imagined. It was identical to 
the picture he had created in his mind, with all of its unique mark-
ings. In that moment he knew, without a shred of doubt, that this How to Use the Secret 65 
was the law of attraction working in all its glory. He realized his 
amazing ability and power to attract something to himself through 
the power of his mind. With total faith, he has now moved onto 
creating much bigger things. DAVID SCHIRMER 
INVESTMENT TRAINER, TEACHER. AND WEALTH SPECIALIST 
People are amazed at how I line up parking 
spaces. I've done this right from when I first 
understood The Secret. I would visualize a parking space 
exactly where I wanted it, and 95 percent of the time it would 
be therefore me and I would just pull straight in. Five percent 
of the time I'd have to wait just a minute or two, and the 
person would pull out and I'd pull in, I do that all the time. Now you might understand why a person who says, "I always get 
parking spaces," gets them. Or why a person who says, "I am re-
ally lucky, I win things all the time," wins one thing after another, 
all the time. These people expect it. Begin to expect great things, and 
as you do, you will create your life in advance. 66 The Secret 
You can use the law of attraction to create your whole life in ad-
vance, right down to the next thing you are doing today Prentice 
Mulford, a teacher whose writings share so many insights into the 
law of attraction and how to use it, demonstrates how important it 
is to think your day in advance. "When you say to yourself 'I am going to have 
a pleasant visit or a pleasant journey/ you are 
literally sending elements and forces ahead 
of your body that will arrange things to make 
your visit or journey pleasant. When before the 
visit or the journey or the shopping trip you 
are in a bad humor, or fearful or apprehensive 
of something unpleasant, you are sending 
unseen agencies ahead of you which will make 
some kind of unpleasantness. Our thoughts, 
or in other words, our state of mind, is ever 
at work 'fixing up' things good or bad in 
advance." Prentice Mulford wrote those words in the 1870s. What a pioneer! You can see clearly how important it is to think in advance every 
event in every day. You will no doubt have experienced the oppo-How to Use the Secret 67 
site of thinking your day in advance, and one of the repercussions 
of that is having to rush and hurry. If you are rushing or hurrying, know that those thoughts and ac-
tions are based in fear (fear of being late) and you are "fixing up" 
bad things ahead for you. As you continue to rush, you will attract 
one bad thing after another into your path. In addition to that, the 
law of attraction is "fixing up" more future circumstances that will 
cause you to rush and hurry. You must stop and move yourself off 
that frequency. Take a few moments and shift yourself, if you don't 
want to summon bad things to you. Many people, particularly in Western societies, chase "time" and 
complain that they don't have enough time. Well, as someone says 
that they don't have enough time, so it must be by the law of at-
traction. If you have been chasing your tail with thoughts of not 
having enough time, from now on declare emphatically, "I have 
more than enough time," and change your life. You can also turn waiting into a powerful time to create your fu-
ture life. Next time you are in a situation where you are waiting, 
seize that time and imagine having all the things you want. You 
can do this anywhere, anytime. Turn every life situation into a 
positive one! Make it a daily habit to determine every event in your life in advance, 
through your thoughts. Set the Universal forces ahead of you in every-
thing you do and everywhere you go, by thinking the way you want 
it to go in advance. Then you are creating your life intentionally. 68 • Like Aladdin's Genie, the law of attraction grants our every 
command. • The Creative Process helps you create what you want in three sim-
ple steps: ask, believe, and receive. • Asking the Universe for what you want is your opportunity to get 
clear about what you want. As you get clear in your mind, you have 
asked. • Believing involves acting, speaking, and thinking as though you 
have already received what you've asked for. When you emit the 
frequency of having received it, the law of attraction moves people, 
events, and circumstances for you to receive. • Receiving involves feeling the way you will feel once your desire 
has manifested. Feeling good now puts you on the frequency of what 
you want. • To lose weight, don't focus on "losing weight." Instead, focus on 
your perfect weight. Feel the feelings of your perfect weight, and 
you will summon it to you. • It takes no time for the Universe to manifest what you want. It is as 
easy to manifest one dollar as it is to manifest one million dollars. • Starting with something small, like a cup of coffee or parking 
spaces, is an easy way to experience the law of attraction in action. Powerfully intend to attract something small As you experience the 
power you have to attract, you will move on to creating much big-
ger things. • Create your day in advance by thinking the way you want it to go, 
and you will create your life intentionally. DR. JOE VITALE 
A lot of people feel stuck or imprisoned or confined by their 
current circumstances. Whatever your circumstances right 
now, that is only your current reality, and current reality will 
begin to change as a result of beginning to use The Secret 
Your current reality or your current life is a result of the thoughts 
you have been thinking. All of that will totally change as you begin 
to change your thoughts and your feelings. "That a man can change himself... and master his 
own destiny is the conclusion of every mind who 
is wide-awake to the power of right thought." (1866-1954) 
71 72 The Secret 
LISA NICHOLS 
When you want to change your circumstances, you must 
first change your thinking. Every time you look inside 
your mail expecting to see a bill, guess what — it'll be 
there. Each day you go out dreading the bill! You're never 
expecting anything great. You're thinking debt, you're 
expecting debt. So debt must show up so you won't think 
you're crazy. And every day you confirm your thought: Is 
debt going to be there? Yes, debt's there. Is debt going to 
be there? Yes, debt's there. Is debt going to be there? Yes, 
debt's there. Wiry? Because you expected debt to be there. So it showed up, because the law of attraction is always 
being obedient to your thoughts. Do yourself a favor— 
expect a check! Expectation is a powerful attractive force, because it draws things 
to you. As Bob Proctor says, "Desire connects you with the thing 
desired and expectation draws it into your life." Expect the things 
you want and don't expect the things you don't want. What do 
you expect now? JAMES RAY 
Most people look at their current state of affairs and they 
say, "This is who I am." That's not who you are. That's 
who you were. Let's say for instance that you don't 
have enough money in your bank account, or you don't 
have the relationship that you want, or your health and 
fitness aren't up to par. That's not who you are; that's the 
residual outcome of your past thoughts and actions. So Powerful Processes 73 
we're constantly living in this residual, if you will, of the 
thoughts and actions we've taken in the past. When you 
look at your current state of affairs and define yourself by 
that, then you doom yourself to have nothing more than 
the same in future. '"All that we are is a result of what we have 
thought." I would like to share a process with you that came from the great 
teacher Neville Goddard in a lecture he delivered in 1954, entitled 
"The Pruning Shears of Revision." This process has had a pro-
found effect on my life. Neville recommends at the end of every 
day, before you go to sleep, to think through the events of the 
day. If any events or moments did not go the way you wanted, 
replay them in your mind in a way that thrills you. As you re-
create those events in your mind exactly as you want, you are 
cleaning up your frequency from the day and you are emitting a 
new signal and frequency for tomorrow. You have intentionally 
created new pictures for your future. It is never too late to change 
the pictures. DR. JOE VITALE 
What can you do right now to begin to turn your life 
around? The very first thing is to start making a list of 
things to be grateful for. This shifts your energy and starts to 
shift your thinking. Whereas before this exercise you might 
be focusing on what you don't have, your complaints, and 
your problems, you go in a different direction when you do 
this exercise. You start to be grateful for all the things that 
you feel good about. "If it is a new thought to you that gratitude 
brings your whole mind into closer harmony 
with the creative energies of the Universe, 
consider it well, and you will see that it is true.' MARCI SHIMOFF 
Gratitude is absolutely the way to bring more into 
your life. 74 The Secret Powerful Processes 75 
DR- JOHN GRAY 
PSYCHOLOGIST, AUTHOR, AND 
INTERNATIONAL SPEAKER 
Every man knows that when his wife is 
appreciating him for the little things that he does, what 
does he want to do? He wants to do more. It's always about 
appreciation. It pulls things in. It attracts support. DR. JOHN DEMARTINI 
Whatever we think about and thank about we bring about. JAMES RAY 
Gratitude has been such a powerful exercise for me. Every 
morning I get up and say "Thank you." Every morning, 
when my feet hit the floor, "Thank you." And then I start 
running through what I'm grateful for, as I'm brushing 
my teeth and doing the things I do in the morning. And I'm 
not just thinking about them and doing some rote routine. I'm putting it out there and I'm feeling the feelings of 
gratitude. The day we filmed James Ray sharing his powerful exercise of 
gratitude is one I will never forget. From that day on, I made 
James's process my life. Every morning, I do not get out bed until 
I have felt the feelings of gratitude for this brand new day and all I 
am grateful for in my life. Then as I get out of bed, when one foot 
touches the ground I say, "Thank," and "you" as my second foot 
touches the ground. With each step I take on my way to the bath-76 The Secret 
room, I say "Thank you." I continue to say and feel "Thank you" as 
I am showering and getting ready. By the time I am ready for the 
day, I have said "Thank you" hundreds of times. As I do this, I am powerfully creating my day and all that it will 
contain. I am setting my frequency for the day and intentionally 
declaring the way I want my day to go, rather than stumbling out 
of bed and letting the day take control of me. There is no more 
powerful way to begin your day than this. You are the creator of 
your life, and so begin by intentionally creating your day! Gratitude was a fundamental part of the teachings of all the great 
avatars throughout history. In the book that changed my life, The 
Science of Getting Rich, written by Wallace Wattles in 1910, gratitude 
is its longest chapter. Every teacher featured in The Secret uses grat-
itude as part of his or her day. Most of them begin their day with 
thoughts and feelings of gratitude. Joe Sugarman, a wonderful man and successful entrepreneur, 
watched the film The Secret and contacted me. He told me his fa­
vorite part was the gratitude process, and that his use of gratitude 
had contributed to all he had achieved in his life. With all the success 
Joe has attracted to himself, he continues to use gratitude every day, 
even for the smallest things. When he gets a parking space he always 
says and feels, "Thank you." Joe knows the power of gratitude and 
all it has brought to him, and so gratitude is his way of life. With all that I have read and with all that I have experienced in my 
own life using The Secret, the power of gratitude stands above eve-Powerful Processes 77 
rything else. If you only do one thing with the knowledge of The 
Secret use gratitude until it becomes your way of life. DR. JOE VITALE 
As soon as you start to feel different about what you already 
have, you will start to attract more of the good things. More 
of the things you can he grateful for. You could look around 
and say, "Well, I don't have the car I want. I don't have the 
house I want. I don't have the spouse I want. I don't have the 
health I want" Whoah! Back up, back up! Those are all the 
things you don't want. Focus on what you already have that 
you're grateful for. And it might be that you have the eyes 
to read this. It might be the clothes that you have. Yes, you 
might prefer something else and you might get something 
else pretty soon, if you start feeling grateful for what you 
have. "Many people who order their lives rightly in all 
other ways are kept in poverty by their lack of 
gratitude." It is impossible to bring more into your life if you are feeling un-
grateful about what you have. Why? Because the thoughts and 
feelings you emit as you feel ungrateful are all negative emotions. Whether it is jealousy, resentment, dissatisfaction, or feelings of 
"not enough" those feelings cannot bring you what you want. 78 The Secret 
They can only return to you more of what you do not want. Those 
negative emotions are blocking your own good coming to you. If 
you want a new car but you are not grateful for the car you have, 
that will be the dominant frequency you are sending out. Be grateful for what you have now. As you begin to think about all 
the things in your life you are grateful for, you will be amazed at 
the never-ending thoughts that come back to you of more things 
to be grateful for. You have to make a start, and then the law of at-
traction will receive those grateful thoughts and give you more just 
like them. You will have locked into the frequency of gratitude and 
all good things will be yours. "The daily practice of gratitude is one of the 
conduits by which your wealth will come to 
you." LEE BROWER 
WEALTH TRAINER AND SPECIALIST, 
AUTHOR. AN D TEACH ER 
I think everybody goes through times when 
they say, "Things aren 't working right," or, 
"Things are going had." Once, when there were some 
things going on in my family, I found a rock, and I just sat 
holding it. I took this rock, I stuck it in my pocket, and I said, 
"Every time I touch this rock I'm going to think of something Powerful Processes 79 
that I'm grateful for." So every morning when I get up in the 
morning, I pick it up off the dresser, I put it in my pocket, and 
I go through the things that I'm grateful for. At night, what 
do I do? I empty my pocket, and there it is again. I've had some amazing experiences with this idea. A guy from 
South Africa saw me drop it. He asked, "What is that?" I 
explained it to him, and he started calling it a gratitude rock. Two weeks later I got an email from him, in South Africa. And he said, "My son is dying from a rare disease. It's a 
type of hepatitis. Would you send me three gratitude rocks?" They were just ordinary rocks I found off the street, so I said, 
"Sure." I had to make sure that the rocks were very special, so 
I went out to the stream, picked out the right rocks, and sent 
them off to him. Four or five months later I get an email from him. He said, 
"My son's better, he's doing terrific." And he said, "But you 
need to know something. We've sold over a thousand rocks at 
ten dollars apiece as gratitude rocks, and we've raised all this 
money for charity. Thank you very much." So it's very important to have an "attitude of gratitude." The great scientist Albert Einstein revolutionized the way we view 
time, space, and gravity. From his poor background and poor be-
ginnings, you would have thought it impossible for him to achieve 
all that he did. Einstein knew a great deal of The Secret, and he 
said, "Thank you" hundreds of times each day. He thanked all 80 The Secret 
the great scientists who had preceded him for their contributions, 
which had enabled him to learn and achieve even more in his 
work, and eventually become one of the greatest scientists who 
has ever lived. One of the most powerful uses of gratitude can be incorporated in 
the Creative Process to turbo-charge what you want. As Bob Proc-
tor advised in the first step of the Creative Process, Ask, start by 
writing down what you want. "Begin each sentence with, I am so 
happy and grateful now that..." (and you fill in the rest). When you give thanks as though you have already received what 
you want, you are emitting a powerful signal to the Universe. That 
signal is saying that you have it already because you are feeling 
gratitude for it now. Each morning before you get out of bed, make 
it a habit to feel the feelings of gratitude in advance for the great day 
ahead, as though it is done. From the moment I discovered The Secret and formulated the vi-
sion to share this knowledge with the world, I gave thanks every 
day for the film The Secret, which would bring joy to the world. I 
had no idea how we would bring this knowledge to the screen, but 
trusted that we would attract the way. I stayed focused and held 
to the outcome. I felt deep feelings of gratitude in advance. As that 
became my state of being, the floodgates opened and all the magic 
flowed into our lives. For the magnificent team of The Secret, and 
for me, our deep, heartfelt feelings of gratitude continue to this 
day. We have become a team that resonates gratitude with every 
moment, and it has become our way of life. Powerful Processes 81 
Visualization is a process that has been taught by all the great 
teachers and avatars throughout the centuries, as well as by all the 
great teachers living today. In Charles Haanel's book, The Master 
Key System, written in 1912, he gives twenty-four weekly exercises 
to master visualization. (More important, his complete Master Key 
System will also help you become the master of your thoughts.) The reason visualization is so powerful is because as you create 
pictures in your mind of seeing yourself with what it is you want, 
you are generating thoughts and feelings of having it now. Visu-
alization is simply powerfully focused thought in pictures, and it 
causes equally powerful feelings. When you are visualizing, you 
are emitting that powerful frequency out into the Universe. The 
law of attraction will take hold of that powerful signal and return 
those pictures back to you, just as you saw them in your mind. DR. DENIS WAITLEY 
I took the visualization process from the Apollo program, 
and instituted it during the 1980s and '90s into the Olympic 
program. It was called Visual Motor Rehearsal. When you visualize then you materialize. Here's an 
interesting thing about the mind: we took Olympic athletes 82 The Secret 
and had them run their event only in their mind, and then 
hooked them up to sophisticated biofeedback equipment. Incredibly, the same muscles fired in the same sequence when 
they were running the race in their mind as when they were 
running it on the track. How could this be? Because the mind 
can't distinguish whether you're really doing it or whether it's 
just a practice. If you've been there in the mind you'll go there 
in the body. Think about the inventors and their inventions: The Wright 
Brothers and the plane. George Eastman and film. Thomas 
Edison and the light bulb. Alexander Graham Bell and the tele-
phone. The only way anything has ever been invented or cre-
ated is because one person saw a picture in his mind. He saw it 
clearly, and by holding that picture of the end result in his mind, 
all the forces of the Universe brought his invention into the 
world, through him. These men knew The Secret. These were men who had utter faith 
in the invisible, and who knew the power within them to leverage 
the Universe and bring the invention into the visible. Their faith 
and their imagination have been the cause of the evolution of hu-
mankind, and we reap the benefits of their creative minds every 
single day. You may be thinking, "I do not have a mind like these great in-
ventors." You may be thinking, "They could imagine those things, 
but I can't." You could not be further from the truth, and as you 
continue on this great discovery of the knowledge of The Secret, Powerful Processes 83 
you will learn that you not only have the mind they had, but 
much more. MIKE DOOLEY 
When you 're visualizing, token you 've got that picture 
playing out in your mind, always and only dwell upon the 
end result. Here's an example. Look at the back of your hands, right now. Really look at the back of your hands: the color of your skin, 
the freckles, the blood vessels, the rings, the fingernails. Take 
in all those details. Right before you close your eyes, see those 
hands, your fingers, wrapping around the steering wheel of 
your brand new car. DR. JOE VITALE 
This is such a holographic experience—so real in this 
moment—that you don't even feel as if you need the car, 
because it feels like you have it already. Dr. Vitale's words brilliantly sum up the place you want to get 
yourself to when visualizing. When it feels like a jolt as you open 
your eyes in the physical world, your visualization became real. But that state, that plane, is the real. It is the field where everything 
is created, and the physical is just the result of the real held of all 
creation. That's why you won't feel as if you need it anymore, be-
cause you tuned in and felt the real field of creation through your 
visualization. In that field, you have everything now. When you 
feel that, you will know it. 84 The Secret 
JACK CAN FIELD 
It's the feeling that really creates the attraction, not just 
the picture or the thought. A lot of people think, "If I think 
positive thoughts, or if I visualize having what I want, that 
will be enough." But if you're doing that and still not feeling 
abundant, or feeling loving or joyful, then it doesn't create the 
power of the attraction. . BOB DOYLE 
You put yourself in the feeling place of really being in that 
car. Not "I wish I could get that car," or, "Some day I'll have 
that car," because that's a very definite feeling associated with 
that. It's not in the now. It's in the future. If you stay in that 
feeling, it will always be in the future. MICHAEL BERNARD BECKWITH 
Now that feeling and that inner seeing will begin to be an 
open doorway through which the power of the Universe will 
begin to express. "What this power is I cannot say. All know is 
that it exists." JACK CANFIELD 
Our job is not to figure out the how. The how will show up 
out of a commitment and belief in the what. Powerful Processes 85 
MIKE DOOLEY 
The "hows" are the domain of the Universe. It always knows 
the shortest, quickest, fastest, most harmonious way between 
you and your dream. DR. JOE VITALE 
If you turn it over to the Universe, you will be surprised and 
dazzled by what is delivered to you. This is where magic and 
miracles happen. The teachers of The Secret are all aware of the elements you bring 
into play when you visualize. As you see the picture in your mind 
and feel it, you are bringing yourself to a place of believing you 
have it now. You are also implementing trust and faith in the Uni-
verse, because you are focusing on the end result and experiencing 
the feeling of that, without giving any attention whatsoever to 
"how" it will come about. Your picture in your mind is seeing it 
as done. Your feelings are seeing it as done. Your mind and your 
entire state of being are seeing it as already happened. That is the art 
of visualization. DR. JOE VITALE 
You want to do this virtually daily, but it should never 
be a chore. What's really important to the whole Secret is 
feeling good. You want to feel exhilarated by this whole 
process. You want to be high, happy, in tune, as much as 
possible. 86 The Secret 
Here's a tip about visualizing, which Dr. John Demartini shares in 
his Breakthrough Experience seminars. John said that if you create 
a static picture in your mind it can be difficult to hold that picture, 
so create lots of movement in your picture. To illustrate this, imagine your kitchen again, and this time imag-
ine yourself entering that kitchen, walking to the refrigerator and 
putting your hand on the door handle, opening the door, looking 
inside, and finding a cold bottle of water. Reach in and grab it. You 
can feel the coldness on your hand as you grasp the bottle. You 
have the bottle of water in one hand, and you use your other hand 
to close the refrigerator door. Now that you are visualizing your 
kitchen with detail and movement it's easier to see and hold the 
picture, isn't it? Everyone has the power to visualize. Let me prove it to you with 
a picture of a kitchen. For this to work, first of all you have to get 
all thoughts of your kitchen out of your mind. Do not think of your 
kitchen. Totally clear your mind of pictures of your kitchen, with 
its cupboards, refrigerator, oven, tiles, and color scheme ... 
You saw a picture of your kitchen in your mind, didn't you? Well, 
then you just visualized! "Everyone visualizes whether he knows it or 
not. Visualizing is the great secret of success." Powerful Processes 87 
MARCI SHIMOFF 
The only difference between people who live in this way, who 
live in the magic of life, and those who don't is that the people 
who live in the magic of life have habituated ways of being. They've made a habit of using the law of attraction, and magic 
happens with them wherever they go. Because they remember 
to use it. They use it all the time, not just as a one-time event. Here are two true stories that clearly demonstrate the powerful law 
of attraction and the immaculate matrix of the Universe in action. The first story is about a woman named Jeannie, who bought a 
DVD of The Secret and was watching it at least once a day so that 
she would absorb the message right into the cells of her body. She 
was particularly impressed with Bob Proctor, and she thought it 
would be wonderful to meet him. One morning Jeannie collected her mail, and to her utter amaze-
ment the mailman had accidentally delivered Bob Proctor's mail "We all possess more power and greater 
possibilities than we realize, and visualizing is 
one of the greatest of these powers." 88 The Secret 
to her address. What Jeannie didn't know is that Bob Proctor lived 
just four blocks away from her! Not only that, but Jeannie's house 
number was the same number as Bob's. She immediately took 
the mail to deliver it to the correct address. Can you imagine her 
utter delight when the door opened and Bob Proctor was standing 
before her? Bob is rarely at home as he travels all over the world 
teaching, but the matrix of the Universe knows only perfect timing. From Jeannie's thought of how wonderful it would be to meet Bob 
Proctor, the law of attraction moved people, circumstances, and 
events throughout the Universe so that it happened. The second story involves a ten-year-old boy named Colin, who 
had seen and loved The Secret. Colin's family made a weeklong 
visit to Disney World, and on their first day they experienced long 
lines at the park. So that night, just before Colin fell asleep, he 
thought, "Tomorrow I'd love to go on all the big rides and never 
have to wait in line." The next morning, Colin and his family were at the gates of 
Epcot Center as the park opened, and a Disney staff member ap­
proached and asked them if they would be Epcot's First Family of 
the Day. As First Family they would be given VIP status, a special 
escort by a staff member, and walk-on passes for every big ride in 
Epcot. It was everything and more that Colin had wished for! Hundreds of families were waiting to enter Epcot that morning, 
but Colin didn't have the slightest doubt as to why his family had 
been chosen First Family. He knew it was because he had used The 
Secret. Powerful Processes 89 
Imagine discovering—at the age of ten—that the power to move 
worlds lies within you! "Nothing can prevent your picture from coming 
into concrete form except the same power which 
gave it birth—yourself." JAMES RAY 
People hold that for a while; and they're really a champion 
at it. They say, "I'm fired up. I saw this program and I'm 
going to change my life." And yet results aren't showing. Beneath the surface it's just about ready to break through, but 
the person will look just at the surface results and say, "This 
stuff doesn 't work." And you know what? The Universe says, 
"Your wish is my command," and it disappears. When you allow a thought of doubt to enter your mind, the law 
of attraction will soon line up one doubtful thought after another. The moment a thought of doubt comes, release it immediately. Send that thought on its way. Replace it with "I know I am receiving 
now." And feel it. JOHN ASSARAF 
Knowing the law of attraction, I wanted to really put it to 
use and to see what would happen. In 1995 I started to create 
something called a Vision Board, where I take something that The Secret 
I want to achieve, or something that I want to attract, like 
a car or a watch or the soul mate of my dreams, and I put a 
picture of what I want up on this board. Every day I would 
sit in my office and I would look up at this board and I would 
start to visualize. I would really get into the state of having 
already acquired it. I was getting ready to move. We put all the furniture, all the 
boxes, into storage, and I made three different moves over a 
period of five years. And then I ended up in California and 
bought this house, renovated it for a year, and then had all 
the stuff brought from my farmer home five years earlier. One 
morning my son Keenan came into my office, and one of the 
boxes that was sealed for five years was right at the doorstep. He asked, "What's in the boxes, Daddy?" And I said, "Those 
are my Vision Boards/' He then asked, "What's a Vision 
Board?" I said, "Well, it's where I put alt my goals up. I cut 
them out and I put all my goals up as something that I want 
to achieve in my life." Of course at five and a half years old 
he didn't understand, and so I said, "Sweetheart, let me just 
show you, that'll be the easiest way to do it." I cut the box open, and on one Vision Board was a picture 
of a home that I was visualizing five years earlier. What was 
shocking was that we were living in that house. Not a house 
like it—I actually bought my dream home, renovated it, and 
didn't even know it. I looked at that house and I started to 
cry, because I was just blown away. Keenan asked, "Why are 
you crying?" "I finally understand how the law of attraction Powerful Processes 91 
works. I finally understand the power of visualization. I 
finally understand everything that I've read, everything that 
I've worked with my whole life, the way I've built companies. It worked for my home as well, and I bought our dream home 
and didn 't even know it." "Imagination is everything. It is the preview of 
life's coming attractions." You can let your imagination go wild with a Vision Board, and 
place pictures of all the things you want, and pictures of how you 
want your life to be. Make sure you put the Vision Board in a place 
where you see it and look at it every day as John Assaraf did. Feel 
the feelings of having those things now. As you receive, and feel 
gratitude for receiving, you can remove pictures and add new 
ones. This is a wonderful way to introduce children to the law of 
attraction. I hope the creation of a Vision Board inspires parents 
and teachers worldwide. One of the people on The Secret website Forum put a picture of 
The Secret DVD on his Vision Board. He had seen The Secret but 
didn't own his own copy. Two days after he created his Vision 
Board, I felt inspired to post a notice on The Secret Forum giving 
away DVDs to the first ten people who posted. He was one of the 
ten! He had received a copy of The Secret DVD within two days of 
putting it on his Vision Board. Whether it is a DVD of The Secret or 
a house, the joy of creating and receiving is magnificent! 92 The Secret 
Another powerful example of visualizing comes from my moth-
er's experience of buying a new house. Several people besides 
my mother had put in offers for this particular house. My mother 
decided to use The Secret to make that house hers. She sat down 
and wrote her name and the new address of the house over and 
over. She continued doing this until it felt as though it was her ad-
dress. She then imagined placing all of her furniture in that new 
house. Within hours of doing these things, she received a phone 
call saying her offer had been accepted. She was so thrilled, but it 
didn't come as a surprise to her because she knew that house was 
hers. What a champion! JACK CAN FIELD 
Decide what you want. Believe you can have it. Believe you 
deserve it and believe it's possible for you. And then close 
your eyes every day for several minutes, and visualize having 
what you already want, feeling the feelings of already having 
it. Come out of that and focus on what you're grateful for 
already, and really enjoy it. Then go into your day and release 
it to the Universe and trust that the Universe will figure out 
how to manifest it. Expectation is a powerful attractive force. Expect the things you 
want, and don't expect the things you don't want. Gratitude is a powerful process for shifting your energy and bring-
ing more of what you want into your life. Be grateful for what you 
already have, and you will attract more good things. Giving thanks for what you want in advance turbo-charges your 
desires and sends a more powerful signal out into the Universe. Visualization is the process of creating pictures in your mind of 
yourself enjoying what you want. When you visualize, you gener-
ate powerful thoughts and feelings of having it now. The law of at-
traction then returns that reality to you, just as you saw it in your 
mind. To use the law of attraction to your advantage, make it a habitual 
way of being, not just a one-time event. At the end of every day, before you go to sleep, go back through the 
events of the day. Any events or moments that were not what you 
wanted, replay them in your mind the way you wanted them to go. 93 "Whatever the mind ... can conceive it can 
achieve." JACK CANFIELD 
The Secret was a real transformation for me, because I grew 
up with a very negative father who thought that rich people 
were people that had ripped everyone off and thought that 
anyone that had money must have deceived somebody. So I 
grew up with a lot of beliefs about money; that if you had it, 
it made you bad, only evil people have money, and money 
doesn't grow on trees. "Who do you think I am, Rockefeller?' That was one of his favorite phrases. So I grew up truly 
believing that life was difficult. It was only when I met W. 
Clement Stone that I began to shift my life. 95 96 The Secret 
When I was working with Stone he said, "I want you to set a 
goal that's so big that if you achieved it, it would blow your 
mind, and you would knew it's only because of what I've 
taught you that you would have achieved this goal" At the 
time I was making about eight thousand dollars a year, so I 
said, "I want to make a hundred thousand dollars in a year." Now, I had no idea how I could do that. I saw no strategy, 
no possibility, but I just said, "I'm going to declare that, I'm 
going to believe it, I'm going to act as if it's true, and release 
it" So I did that. One of the things he taught me was every day to close your 
eyes and visualize the goals as if it's already achieved. I had 
actually made a hundred-thousand-dollar bill that I'd put on 
the ceiling. So first thing in the morning I'd look up and there 
it was, and it would remind me that this was my intention. Then I would close my eyes and visualize having this hundred-
thousand-dollar-a-year lifestyle. Interestingly enough, nothing 
major happened for about thirty days. I didn't have any great 
breakthrough ideas, no one was offering me more money. About four weeks into it, I had a hundred-thousand-dollar 
idea. It just came right into my head. I had a book I had 
written, and I said, "If I can sell four hundred thousand 
copies of my book at a quarter each, that'd be a hundred 
thousand dollars." Now, the book was there, but I never had 
this thought. (One of The Secrets is that when you have an 
inspired thought, you have to trust it and act on it.) I didn't 
know how I was going to sell four hundred thousand copies. The Secret to Money 
Then I saw the National Enquirer at the supermarket. I had 
seen that millions of times and it was just background. And 
all of a sudden it jumped out at me as foreground. I thought, 
"If readers knew about my book, certainly four hundred 
thousand people would go out and buy it." About six weeks later I gave a talk at Hunter College in 
New York to six hundred teachers, and afterward a woman 
approached me and said, "That was a great talk. I want to 
interview you. Let me give you my card." As it turns out, she 
was a freelance writer who sold her stories to the National 
Enquirer. The theme from "The Twilight Zone" went off in 
my head, like, whoah, this stuff's really working. That article 
came out and our book sales started to take off. The point I want to make is that I was attracting into my life 
all these different events, including this person. To make a 
long story short, I did not make a hundred thousand dollars 
that year. We made ninety-two thousand three hundred and 
twenty-seven dollars. But do you think we were depressed and 
saying, "This doesn't work"? No, we were saying, "This is 
amazing!" So my wife said to me, "If it works for a hundred 
thousand, do you think it'd work for a million ?" And I said, 
"I don't know, I think so. Let's try it." My publisher wrote me a royalty check for our first Chicken 
Soup for the Soul book. And he actually put a smiley face in 
his signature, because it was the first million-dollar check he'd 
ever written. 98 The Secret 
So I know from my own experience, became I wanted to test it 
Does this Secret really work? We put it to the test. It absolutely 
worked, and now I live my life from that every single day. The knowledge of The Secret and the intentional use of the law of 
attraction can be applied to every single subject in your life. It is the 
same process for everything you want to create, and the subject of 
money is no different. To attract money, you must focus on wealth. It is impossible to 
bring more money into your life when you are noticing you do not 
have enough, because that means you are thinking thoughts that 
you do not have enough. Focus on not enough money, and you will 
create untold more circumstances of not having enough money. You must focus on the abundance of money to bring that to you. You have to emit a new signal with your thoughts, and those 
thoughts should be that you currently have more than enough. You 
really do need to call your imagination into play and make believe 
you already have the money you want. And it is so much fun to do! You will notice as you pretend and play games of having wealth 
that you feel instantly better about money, and as you feel better 
about it, it will begin to flow into your life. Jack's wonderful story inspired The Secret Team to create a blank 
check available as a free download on The Secret website, www 
.thesecret.tv. The blank check is for you, and it is from the Bank of 
the Universe. You fill in your name, the amount, and details, and 
place it in a prominent place where you will see it every day. When The Secret to Money 99 
The only reason any person does not have enough money is be-
cause they are blocking money from coming to them with their 
thoughts. Every negative thought, feeling, or emotion is blocking 
your good from coming to you, and that includes money. It is not 
that the money is being kept from you by the Universe, because all 
the money you require exists right now in the invisible. If you do 
not have enough, it is because you are stopping the flow of money 
coming to you, and you are doing that with your thoughts. You 
must tip the balance of your thoughts from lack-of-money to more-
than-enough-money. Think more thoughts of abundance than of 
lack, and you have tipped the balance. When you need money, it is a powerful feeling within you, and so 
of course through the law of attraction you will continue to attract 
needing money. I can speak from experience about money, because just before I 
discovered The Secret my accountants told me that my company you look at the check, feel the feelings of having that money now. Imagine spending that money, all the things you will buy and the 
things you will do. Feel how wonderful that is! Know it is yours, 
because when you ask, it is. We have received hundreds of stories 
from people who have brought huge sums of money to them using 
The Secret check. It's a fun game that works! 100 The Secret 
had suffered a major loss that year, and in three months it would 
be history. After ten years of hard work, my company was about to 
slip through my fingers. And as I needed more money to save my 
company, things just got worse. There seemed no way out. Then I discovered The Secret, and everything in my life—includ-
ing the state of my company—was totally transformed, because I 
changed the way I was thinking. As my accountants continued to 
fuss about the figures and focus on that, I kept my mind focused on 
abundance and all being well. I knew with every fiber of my being 
that the Universe would provide, and it did. It provided in ways I 
could not have imagined. I had my moments of doubt, but when 
the doubt came I immediately moved my thoughts to the outcome 
of what I wanted. I gave thanks for it, I felt the joy of it, and I be-
lieved. I want to let you in on a secret to The Secret. The shortcut to any-
thing you want in your life is to BE and FEEL happy now! It is the 
fastest way to bring money and anything else you want into your 
life. Focus on radiating out into the Universe those feelings of joy 
and happiness. When you do that, you will attract back to you all 
things that bring you joy and happiness, which will not only in-
clude an abundance of money, but everything else you are want-
ing. You must radiate out the signal to bring back what you want. As you radiate out those feelings of happiness, they will be sent 
back to you as the pictures and experiences of your life. The law of 
attraction is reflecting back your innermost thoughts and feelings 
as your life. The Secret to Money 101 
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 102 The Secret 
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 con-
tinue 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 BOB PROCTOR happy now. Leave the details to the Universe on how it will bring 
it about. The Secret to Money 103 
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 af-
ford 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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        How do you get yourself to a point of believing. Start make-
believing. Be like a child, and make-believe. Act as if you have it 
already. As you make-believe, you will begin to believe you have 
received. The Genie is responding to your predominant thoughts 
all the time, not just in the moment you ask. That's why after 
you've asked, you must continue to believe and know. Have faith. Your belief that you have it, that undying faith, is your greatest 
power. When you believe you are receiving, get ready, and watch 
the magic begin. "You can have what you want—if you know 
how to form the mold for it in your own 
thoughts. There is no dream that may not come 
true, if you but learn to use the Creative Force 
working through you. The methods that work 
for one will work for all. The key to power lies in 
using what you have. freely, fully. and thus How to Use the Secret 51 
opening wide your channels for more Creative 
Force to flow through you/' 
DR. JOE VlTALE 
The Universe will start to rearrange itself to make it happen 
for you. JACKCANFIELD 
Most of us have never allowed ourselves to want what we 
truly want, because toe can't see how it's going to manifest. BOB PROCTOR 
If you do just a little research, it is going to become evident 
to you that anyone that ever accomplished anything, did not 
know how they were going to do it. They only knew they were 
going to do it. DR. JOE VlTALE 
You don't need to know how it's going to come about You 
don't need to know how the Universe will rearrange itself 
How it will happen, how the Universe will bring it to you, is not 
your concern or job. Allow the Universe to do it for you. When 
you are trying to work out how it will happen, you are emitting a 
frequency that contains a lack of faith—that you don't believe you 
have it already. You think you have to do it and you do not believe 
the Universe will do it for you. The how is not your part in the 
Creative Process. 52 The Secret 
BOB PROCTOR 
You don't know how, it will be shown to you. You will attract 
the way. LISA NICHOLS 
Most of the time, when we don't see the things that we've 
requested, we get frustrated. We get disappointed. And we 
begin to become doubtful. The doubt brings about a feeling of 
disappointment. Take that doubt and shift it. Recognize that 
feeling and replace it with a feeling of unwavering faith. "I 
know that it's on its way. " LISA NICHOLS 
Step three, and the final step in the process, is to receive. Begin to feel wonderful about it. Feel the way you Will feel 
once it arrives. Feel it now. MARCI SHIMOFF 
And in this process it's important to feel good, to be happy, 
because when you're feeling good you're putting yourself in 
the frequency of what you want. MICHAEL BERNARD BECKWITH 
This is a feeling Universe. If you just intellectually believe 
something, but you have no corresponding feeling underneath How to Use the Secret 53 
that, you don't necessarily have enough power to manifest 
what you want in your life. You have to feel it. Ask once, believe you have received, and all you have to do to 
receive is feel good. When you are feeling good, you are on the 
frequency of receiving. You are on the frequency of all good things 
coming to you, and you will receive what you have asked for. You 
wouldn't ask for anything unless it was going to make you feel 
good in the receiving of it, would you. So get yourself on the feel-
good frequency, and you will receive. A fast way to get yourself on that frequency is to say, "I am receiv-
ing now. I am receiving all the good in my life, now, I am receiving 
[fill in your desire] now. " And feel it. Feel it as though you have 
received. A dear friend of mine, Marcy, is one of the greatest manifestors I 
have seen, and she feels everything. She feels what it would feel like 
to have what she is asking for. She feels everything into existence. She doesn't get caught up in how, when, or where, she Just feels it 
and it then manifests. So feel good now. BOB PROCTOR 
When you turn that fantasy into a fact, you're in the position 
to build bigger and bigger fantasies. And that, my friend, is 
the Creative Process. 54 The Secret 
"Whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall 
receive. "' "What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe 
that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. " BOB DOYLE 
The law of attraction, the study and practice of the law of 
attraction, is just figuring out what will help you generate 
the feelings of having it now. Go test drive that car. Go shop 
for that home. Get in the house. Do whatever you have to do 
to generate the feelings of having it now, and remember them. Whatever you can do to achieve that will help you to literally 
attract it. When you feel as though you have it now, and the feeling is so real 
that it is like you have it already, you are believing that you have 
received/ and you will receive. BOB DOYLE 
It could be you wake up and it's just there. It's manifested. Or, 
you might get some inspired idea of some action to take. You 
certainly shouldn't be saying, "Well, I could do it this way, 
but man, I would hate that. " You're not on the right track if 
that's the case. How to Use the Secret 55 
Action will sometimes be required, but if you're really doing 
it in line with what the Universe is trying to bring to you, it's 
going to feel joyous. You're going to feel so alive. Time will 
just stop. You could do it all day. Action is a word that can imply "work" to some people, but in-
spired action will not feel like work at all. The difference between 
inspired action and action is this: Inspired action is when you are 
acting to receive. If you are in action to try and make it happen, 
you have slipped backward. Inspired action is effortless, and it 
feels wonderful because you are on the frequency of receiving. Imagine life as a fast-moving riven When you are acting to make 
something happen it will feel as if you are going against the current 
of the river. It will feel hard and like a struggle. When you are act-
ing to receive from the Universe, you will feel as if you are flowing 
with the current of the river. It will feel effortless. That is the feel-
ing of inspired action, and of being in the flow of the Universe and 
life. Sometimes you will not even be aware you used "action" until 
after you've received, because the acting felt so good. You will then 
look back and see the wonder and matrix of how the Universe car-
ried you to what you wanted, and also brought what you wanted 
to you.
Make-believe and act as if you have it already.
What is the first step in the Creative Process?
No, it's not your job to know how, and you should focus on believing and knowing instead.
Can you know how the Universe will bring what you want?
You must believe you will receive and feel good.
What is the key to using the law of attraction?
Yes, you can change your life by changing your thoughts and focusing on gratitude.
Can you change your life by changing your thoughts?
Focus on abundance and prosperity, and radiate those feelings out into the Universe.
How can you use the law of attraction to bring abundance into your life?