You're an interesting species. An interesting mix. You're capable of such beautiful dreams, and such horrible nightmares. You feel so lost, so cut off, so alone, only you're not. See, in all our searching, the only thing we've found that makes the emptiness bearable, is each other.
From Contact starring Jodie Foster
THINGS ARE NEVER AS THEY FIRST APPEAR!!!!!
In what all the New Age Nerds who follow my blog readily know by now, my favorite book of all time is THINK AND GROW RICH by Napoleon Hill. For the uninitiated, the book was written just after the Great Depression. And it came about all because of two great visionaries. One, of course, was Napoleon Hill. The other was Dale Carnegie. Napoleon Hill had a burning desire to understand the secrets of self actualization. He had seen many self made men profit, even during the worst economic times this world has even seen. He also saw many men take their own life after they fell into financial ruin. So after seeking sage advice from one of the greatest self made men in history, Mr. Dale Carnegie, they decided to team up like a modern day Batman and Robin. And use their combined resources to try and discover the FORMULA for becoming successful in life!
Mr. Carnegie, with unlimited financial resources and personal connections to many of the worlds greatest self made men, actually paid Napoleon Hill. He desired Hill to make it his life's mission to interview such luminaries as Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, etc. to see if he could find a common denominator to what it takes to create an abundance of whatever you DESIRE in this lifetime.
And from this dynamic duo's decades long endeavor came many books, the most famous being THINK AND GROW RICH. And if you have never read it, stop reading this post IMMEDIATELY and go pick yourself up a copy. Seriously.... I'm a patient fellow....I'll wait... ;0)
Throughout the book, Hill references THE SECRET that every self made man has used without fail as the blueprint to becoming successful and obtaining anything they DESIRED in life. He promises to NEVER mention this secret outright anywhere in the book. For he believes it is much more powerful if it is discovered by each reader. As you might imagine, the exact answer to what this SECRET may be has caused many of the world's brightest minds to come to a finite answer!
And as you may imagine, there are a myriad of possible answers that have been debated over the past 70 years as to what this secret Napoleon Hill discusses in his book may be and goes so far as to say that it is purposely mentioned in EVERY CHAPTER OF THE BOOK! I'm quite sure, though never his intention, it has driven more than one erudite mind many sleepless nights trying to uncover this hidden message within his tome.
Here are just a few of the answers I have come across while trying to uncover this puzzle within an amalgam worthy of Indiana Jones himself:
1. The SECRET must be discovered through action.
2. You have your own free will to choose whatever you want in life. Napoleon Hill focuses very strongly on this concept, especially in his other works. In his classic, 'Outwitting The Devil', he explains most men are drifters, and never firmly decide what they want out of life. I like this explanation, but I believe the real secret is a little more abstract than that…
3. This concept lies just below the surface of his books “The Law of Success” and “Think…” and in fact Napoleon Hill tells the reader that it will jump out at you. He describes to the reader that the moment it will jump out at you, one must stop and ponder the full effect. If you haven’t experienced this epiphany yet, than you haven’t experienced “the secret”. The concept takes a lot more thought than one might think. Here’s why…
The golden rule states to “do unto others as you would wish upon yourself”. If you extrapolate upon every avenue that this statement suggests in the book, you will become rich in all forms and ventures in life, including but not limited to wealth, happiness, peace, love (sex) and richness of life.
4.To quote Napoleon Hill:
The list goes on and on and on.....and on....LOL......
And one of the greatest aspects I believe was so brilliant of Napoleon Hill was to NOT out and out give us the answer to this so called SECRET!
Before you call me crazy (Which would be just fine with me...because BEING outta' your mind is one of the BEST places you can BE) let me explain. I choose to believe that there are many paths back to the LIGHT from which we came. The transformative book A COURSE IN MIRACLES says so much! And that book was channeled from the words and thoughts of Jesus the Christ himself! So to my humble understanding, it makes perfect sense there would be many paths towards uncovering the SECRET on your own! Doesn't it?
I think the Secret Napoleon Hill was referencing actually has more to do with accessing and harnessing the Power of the Universe. And why would that NOT make sense. We are all a unique emanation of Infinite Intelligence! Yet, we are each but a drop in makeup of the ocean in all its greatness!
So after reading and re-reading this book many times, the biggest aspect towards discovering this SECRET is the following; ACTION. ACTION. ACTION!! Did I mention ACTION? LOL
The Universe is NOT our own personal wishing well. It is a well oiled mechanism that is more than willing (in fact it derives joy) from seeing us putting our DREAMS INTO ACTION! It even makes our life easier once we decide to stop drifting and make tangible action plans toward our DESIRES!
The hidden SECRET in this book is YOU BECOME WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT MOST OF THE TIME. YOUR BELIEFS CREATE YOUR REALITY! Thoughts become things, because everything we create happens first in our minds. If you decide about a goal and begin thinking about it all the time, you will plant this goal in your subconscious mind. However, you MUST believe in the power of your subconscious mind first! For it is only then that your subconscious mind will give you plans on how to reach your goal! I can't even begin to describe how many times in my life, I have just started moving in the direction of what I am trying to achieve and I begin to become deluged with signs, hunches, ideas, and alternate plans that seem to come from all areas! And I have a distinct feeling that many of you have had very similar experiences! Am I right?! ;0)
I have witnessed this too many times to not believe this may NOT BE THE ONLY SECRET, it is at least ONE of the many ways toward bringing a wealth of health, joy, peace, happiness, and love into our lives!
So if there is something that you truly desire to manifest into your earthly experience, just start moving toward that goal with the smallest of steps, and let the Universe show you the rest of the way. As long as you BELIEVE IT IS ALREADY YOURS!
BE SUPER HEROIC!
LOVE-SERVE-INSPIRE
Nerdmaste,
Jeffrey Louis Martinez
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