The Secret Within 'The Secret.'

Few have not heard of 'The Secret.' The Law of Attraction that promises to change our lives simply by 'Thinking Positive.' Think about it long enough and that which you think about will manifest in your life. Think of the Money you need to pay 'Bills' and you will open a mailbox full of Bills. Think of Money - and you will open a mailbox full of Checks.

If it were that simple!

The Secret touches on one aspect of the Formula. It is true that we need begin with the correct Thought. However, without Action no matter how 'positive' that thought, we are not going to get anything! You can Think yourself Rich until the cows come home...until you take Action to create the means for wealth to enter...nothing will change. No-one wins the Lotto without buying a ticket first.

The second aspect The Secret and many motivational guru's fail to emphasise is the State of Mind or Emotion behind that thought that is needed to bring it to fruition.

You have the Thought: I want to be Rich.

Nothing much changes.

You word it according to Universal Principles that one must bring it into the present to manifest it totally. So you change it: I am Rich.

Nothing much changes.

You hold that thought for 6 to 20 seconds at a time to allow the neural pathways to form around the new thought.

Nothing much changes.

You even go out and Buy the Lotto ticket (you take Action)...

Nothing Happens!

Why? Your emotional state was not aligned to the concept of being Rich! You have umpteen subconsious 'truths' about money that prevents you from attaining it or keeping it. "Money is the root of all Evil." "Work Hard for your Money." "Wealthy people are lazy swines..."

Until your Thoughts are aligned with your Emotions and you take the correct Action...satisfactory results will continue to elude you.

T.E.A.

Thought aligned with the correct Emotion + Action will manifest your desires!

Lets look at in a different light. You have the Thought you want to lose weight. You take Action - you join a gym and diet. The Results you hope for will not be achieved until you are emotionally in sync with the idea that you are slim and fit.

The moment the numbers on the scale or tape measure start decreasing - it creates the emotional readiness for the weightloss. The Body-Mind becomes aligned with the feeling of weightloss and can therefore produce more of it.

Just as a 'Bad Hair' day gets worse as it progresses and you 'expect' more disaster, so too does a run of 'Luck' where you expect to win based on the previous feeling of winning.

The truth of this Success Formula (Thought + Emotion + Action) was brought home to me in a 'Miraculous' manifestation of a holiday to Zanizibar last year. I was in my office and rather alot was happening.(i.e I was an exhausted wreck!) I was visited at 10h00 by a Car Rental Representative who was new to the position. I remarked at her 'unique' accent. South African by birth, she had lived in London with Australian and New Zealand flatmates and worked for American Airlines. The result was a cosmopolitan accent that put me right back into my own experiences of traveling! Recounting familiar anecdotes with a backpack and hiking boots I would describe it as a 'Wash' of emotion that came over me. In an instant I YEARNED to be back in the freewheeling world of the Backpack traveler: Hiking boots, a pair of tattered jeans and no fancy expectations: just a neat and clean hotel room, adequate shower facilities and of course, an Exotic location.

She left at 11h00. By 12h00 I was attending my Godson's First birthday party. At 12h20 his aunt arrived with a dilemma: She had booked and paid for an 8 day trip to Zanzibar and schedule adjustments meant her one daughter could not take the trip. She was looking for some-one (anyone) with a) Valid Passport and b) Time to Travel to use the fully paid for ticket. The trip started in less than a week and she had tried umteen friends, associates and colleagues to no avail.

Guess what? With just a few minor diary adjustments and a Yellow Fever shot, I was en-route to Zanizibar! A fully paid for vacation in a 'comfortable' beach lodge on the best beach of the island! As an exotic location Zanizibar is THE BEST vacation destination. As the final functioning port for the Slave Trade, the Spice Trade and a conglomeration of almost every tribe in Africa: Zanzibar was the epitome of the EXACT experience I had YEARNED for less than 2 hours earlier!

The KEY to manifestation: the house, the car, the job, the partner you want...is the Emotional State that aligns itself with the thought and, of course, the action.  In the instances that I have gotten anything instantaneously it is that emotion that goes with it that is the key to Attracting that which you Desire.

I would describe it as a feeling so intense that it must come from the soul itself. Not the Ego's false sense of pride and false glory, but a genuine urge from the core of your being.

When your Thoughts are aligned with your Emotions - you will take the correct Actions and manifestation is the definitive outcome. It is only the length of Time to manifestation that varies.