You Have To DO Something

A lot of the time you hear people equate New Thought with "Magical Thinking".

Well it is magical thinking I suppose.
But you can think, feel, all you want, but unless you DO, nothing will happen.
The money, health, wealth, abundance, relationships will not just fall out of the sky.
You have to get out there and do.

Tony Robbins said, "Never leave the scene of an Intention without taking action".
Neville Goddard said many times to do the mental side, but to "go about your Father's business."

Now I have heard some, Reverend Ike for one, say that no matter what happens, if the money has to fall out of the sky, you will get it.
But even he admitted that it was a rare occurrence.

Yes I have seen money appear literally out of thin air.
But it does not happen often and since it is not a reproducable event, it is not a "Law".
It just does happen sometimes.
I have seen people healed out of the blue.
But not enough to call it a law.

Think, feel, affirm, chant, whatever you need to do.
But do as well.

I dont think that you will find a rich person anywhere that will tell you that all they did was affirm and feel and they became billionaires.
They did something.
The money had to come through acknowledged channels.

Listen to the old teachers like Hill, Nightingale, they all teach this.

Now I remember that Louise Berlay said that she locked herself in a bedroom for days and focused on one thing.
Carole Dore has the "I am at one with a tremendous amount of money" chant along with money smelling.
People use attraction sigils.

But you are not gonna hear a single billionaire say that he wished for money until it appeared.
He (or she) did something.

Here is a video by Earl Nightingale that gives some mental activities to try every day, and here is a link to a PDF that contains the lecture and more.
The PDF is here: http://communitysuccess.org/sites/default/files/u9/LeadTheField-Earl%20Nightingale.pdf
Miracle of Your Mind is Chapter 4.
Earl Nightingale - The Miracle of Your Mind

The Secret, Neville and Anthony Robbins

A lot of people rag Anthony Robbins.
Yes he sells books, DVDs, CDs, he's appeared in movies and they even ripped him on "Family Guy".
But I am convinced the guy knows his stuff.
His technique is a little different from most of " The Secret" clones.
And he was around WAY before The Secret.
Tony preaches positive thought, but also positive action.
You can sit in a room thinking " I'm a millionaire" all you want, but until you take positive action, the universe wont have a way to get that million to you.
David Schirmer (who was in The Secret) is a wealth coach, entrepreneur, private share investor and trader. He has acknowledged Robbins' effects on him.
http://davidschirmer.blogspot.com/2007/09/my-first-day-with-tony-robbins.html

Yeah I know Schirmer has run into trouble. One thing you have to realize, is that even if a person embraces manifestation and understands it, they are HUMAN and make mistakes. Your job as a human is to see what they did right and wrong. Learn from their mistakes. You can also, according to Neville, try to work in the spiritual realm to help them see their mistakes and work things out.

Anyway, back to Tony....
I think he was really the first positive thinking author I read. Oh I'd read Carlos Castaneda and his stuff really freaked me out, but Robbins taught HOW to apply his teachings to life.
Tony is a big man. Some people don't realize he's 6 feet 7 inches tall, that's one inch shorter than the WWE's Kane. He really has an imposing presence, he gets your attention.
The one thing I read in Tony's books that has really stuck with me is " A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action, you haven't truly decided."
This goes back to what I posted earlier about " Right Now". Do it now, not tomorrow or next week or next month.
Positive decision, positive action.

Lots of his sayings sound like they came from Neville or Trowel or Wattles.
"Beliefs have the power to create and the power to destroy. Human beings have the awesome ability to take any experience of their lives and create a meaning that dis-empowers them or one that can literally save their lives."
"Take control of your consistent emotions and begin to consciously and deliberately reshape your daily experience of life."
"The only limit to your impact is your imagination and commitment. "
"We can change our lives. We can do, have, and be exactly what we wish. "

Tony's main points, as opposed to some others, seems to be focus, commitment and action.
As always though, you can read what he says with an objective eye. Don't accept his every word as gospel.
Like I have said before, I see all this like Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do.
Try something, if it works, keep it.
If it doesn't, throw it away and replace it with something else.
The thing is keep trying!