Neville Goddard - Feeling Is The Secret

Back in 2010 I posted a lot of Neville's book, "Feeling Is The Secret".
Well it's three years later and I'm reading it again and this part really sticks out to me....

"To impress the subconscious with the desirable state, you must assume the feeling that would be yours had you already realized your wish. In defining your objective, you must be concerned only with the objective itself. The manner of expression or the difficulties involved are not to be considered by you. To think feelingly on any state impresses it on the subconscious. Therefore, if you dwell on difficulties, barriers or delay, the subconscious, by its very non-selective nature, accepts the feeling of difficulties and obstacles as your request and proceeds to produce them in your outer world."

So instead of saying "I have a million dollars"...focus on what the feeling would be like AFTER you have the million dollars.
Don't limit yourself by thinking of how the million gets to you, just that you have it now.
Of course this would work with anything, health, wealth, whatever you need.
You can affirm until you are blue in the face, but what gets you to the point is feeling what happens AFTER, not before.
I think this is why Neville said that one of the most effective prayers is "Thank you Father", because you are already thanking God for something that hasn't happened yet.
Or at least happened in the physical world.

The Master Key System, Charles F Haanel

American New Thought author and a businessman Charles Francis Haanel wrote The Master Key System as a mail order course in 1912.
Yes, 1912.
Five years later it was released in book format.

Years later, Rhonda Byrne quoted Haanel in her bestseller, The Secret.
But you know, sometimes it's best to go right to the source.
Of course I'm not saying that Haanel was new in all of these thoughts.
Some came from centuries before him.
But the Master Key System made such an impact, that in 1919, Napoleon Hill (Think and Grow Rich) wrote Charles a letter thanking him for the book.
You can read a copy of this letter here:
http://members.shaw.ca/themasterkey/Napoleon_Hill_Letter.htm

And there is the rumor that he was attending Harvard University, Bill Gates discovered and read The Master Key System by Charles F. Haanel.
It was this book that inspired Bill Gates to drop out of the University and pursue his dream of "a computer on every desktop."
Now if this is true or not, I have no idea.

Too get you started, here are the first 10 "points" in the first chapter of The Master Key System.
Following them is a link where you can go read the entire book online for free.

1. That much gathers more is true on every plane of existence and that loss leads to greater loss is equally true.

2. Mind is creative, and conditions, environment and all experiences in life are the result of our habitual or predominant mental attitude.

3. The attitude of mind necessarily depends upon what we think. Therefore, the secret of all power, all achievement and all possession depends upon our method of thinking.

4. This is true because we must "be" before we can "do," and we can "do" only to the extent which we "are," and what we "are" depends upon what we "think."

5. We cannot express powers that we do not possess. The only way by which we may secure possession of power is to become conscious of power, and we can never become conscious of power until we learn that all power is from within.

6. There is a world within – a world of thought and feeling and power; of light and life and beauty and, although invisible, its forces are mighty.

7. The world within is governed by mind. When we discover this world we shall find the solution for every problem, the cause for every effect; and since the world within is subject to our control, all laws of power and possession are also within our control.

8. The world without is a reflection of the world within. What appears without is what has been found within. In the world within may be found infinite Wisdom, infinite Power, infinite Supply of all that is necessary, waiting for unfoldment, development and expression. If we recognize these potentialities in the world within they will take form in the world without.

9. Harmony in the world within will be reflected in the world without by harmonious conditions, agreeable surroundings, the best of everything. It is the foundation of health and a necessary essential to all greatness, all power, all attainment, all achievement and all success.

10. Harmony in the world within means the ability to control our thoughts, and to determine for ourselves how any experience is to affect us.

http://masterkeycommunity.com/

The 'Secret' society

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Books :: 'Secret' society: "'Secret' society
Are we finally discovering the truth that's been hidden from us for centuries, or is this new phenomenon just taking advantage of us?
February 23, 2007

BY MAUREEN JENKINS Staff Reporter
Imagine this scenario: Your bills are all paid, with unexpected dollars showing up everywhere you turn. Your career is flying high, with accolades and promotions coming fast and furious. You're madly in love; your kids are wonderfully behaved and earning top grades. Your body's in great shape and now that you think of it, you've never felt better.
If only life were that easy.

The Best-selling book 'The Secret' by Rhonda Byrne teaches readers how to take on life the easy way.
But it should be, insists Rhonda Byrne, creator of the controversial yet top-selling The Secret.
She says it's all about harnessing the 'laws of attraction,' which through the power of positive thinking woo health, wealth, great relationships and other earthly joys into your life. She believes it's this law that governs the universe and everything in it -- and that you've got the innate power to imagine, and then create, the fabulous life you want. And the Universe longs to give it to you. "

How to Manifest Prosperity into Your Life So You Can Stay at Home and Write Full

This came from a website that appears to be gone now....

"Tool #1 - The 17-Second Focus
Every 17 seconds of pure thought is equal to 2000 hours of action. In 17 seconds you do more in attracting to you what you desire by thinking, saying and visualizing it than you could by going out and applying 2000 hours of action. Warning: You can UNDO that work by thinking 'it won't happen thoughts' for 17 seconds!
Use the following tool to help you focus for 17 seconds.
With your dominant hand, write a one-sentence affirmation or prayer for something you WANT.
Write it 9 times.
Write it 3 times with your non-dominant hand.
Write it 8 times with your dominant hand.
You will notice, especially when writing with your non-dominant hand, how focused you are, and it happens to be MORE than 17 seconds!
Using the 17-second Focus Tool is a powerful exercise because it combusts into 2000 hours of work/energy. As you learn to ask for what you want, pay attention because you WILL get answers and you WILL feel that you have been given an answer. The next step is for you to trust what you heard, saw, felt.
You create what you want through your thoughts and NOT through a lot of action."