Authored by Rhonda Byrne, The Secret, is what instilled in me the power of believing.
In 2013, I was experiencing turbulent times – relationship issues, financial hardship and an unstable family life. I was depressed, contemplated suicide and was on the brink of giving up everything when The Secret landed on my doorstep as an opportunity. I was roaming at the Crossword bookstore when I noticed the book for the first time. Intrigued, I wanted to buy but didn’t have spare money.
I went home. Looked up the book online and downloaded the PDF version. I also read through wonderful stories on their official website. The experience of the storytellers was amazing. The Secret was turning their lives around and my interest piqued. There was still a dose of unbelief in thinking ‘how can a book change someone’s life?’
It did.
If not fully, I have achieved what I set out to receive after reading the book. The achievements are partial because the learning is a long way to go. There is the power of believing but sometimes you waver out of the chosen path and it takes some time to return. I guess I am this junction of life and I am determined to bring about the changes I desire.
What is The Secret?
The Secret is Rhonda’s journey of life and emancipation. In the book, she explains the simplicity of the laws that governs everyone’s life and offer the knowledge of how to create a joyful life – intentionally and effortlessly.
Einstein, Plato, Galileo, Carnegie, Beethoven, Napoleon and Hugo are some eminent personalities who discovered the Secret of life and went on to become one of the greatest people the world has ever known.
You will need to read the book or listen to the audio to appreciate the full extent of its miraculous powers. It works on the premise that ‘like attracts like’. We get what we want. It says that the universe understands only affirmations.
I remember a story from the book. A father was suffering from a deadly disease and was on the brink of dying. His son came home one day and gave him a small stone, saying that he found it in a place of worship and that he has miraculous powers. The father grabbed the stone with fervent admiration and started praying. He slept while clutching the stone. In the next morning, the father was changed. The symptoms of his problems were less and in few days, his disease vanished and the doctors had no clue how this happened.
The amazing this here is the stone was not found in any place of worship. The son had picked it from the road and gave to his father. He knew his father believed in miracles and it is the power of believing which worked when the father clutched the stone whole night and prayed for his wellbeing.
Some will say the son tricked him. Yes, that can be another way of looking at things but if you expand your horizon, you will see that the son had his fathers’ best interest at heart. He just channelized his father’s power in believing in the right direction and he went on to live few more years!
Isn’t this amazing?
Understand the Power of Believing
Since we are young, we are told by parents and elders to believe and trust the power of believing. Without the necessary tools to form our own belief systems, our reliance was mainly on what we were told by others.
You need to understand the path of your life, the current one and your envisioned future. You need to ask yourself what is your true and deeply held subconscious beliefs are. These subconscious beliefs are what that is often the key to your true happiness – your fate and your success.
Sometimes our mind pulls us back from achieving its true potential. This is due to negative life experiences. The mind absorbs negative experiences. In trying to make sense of these experiences, our mind protects us by creating a set of rules that falsely holds us from achieving our true potential.
Remember that “our beliefs create the values that we live our life by”.
If you want to pursue a certain career and you trust in the power of believing, you can achieve it because then your work ethics will be strong and solid. In the same way, if we feel that things should come easy, then our work ethics will be weak.
To begin with, understand what your beliefs are, where did those beliefs come from and how to repair them when they are misaligned with what your desire from life.
The power of believing works like an ‘ordering system’. The universe believes in affirmations and whatever you order from the universe, it gives you. However, the universe does not understand negative. If you say, “I don’t want to gain weight”. The universe cannot comprehend “don’t”, the negation. Rather it will be interpreted as “I want to gain weight”. Focus on what you want and not on what you do not want. Say “I want’ to whatever it is desired. Order from the universe and believe that you have received it. The universe will conspire to make it happen.
For example, it is similar to buying in a shopping mart. You know what you want, you see it, you extend your hand and pick it off the shelf, right? It is the same here.
Achieving anything is life is easy if our mind is put to it but to begin with, we must believe in the ‘power of believing’ that is true. Often, we have to re-program ourselves and eradicate all the negative clutter around us, accumulated through years of experiences.
Stay positive, believe and achieve!
Not only The Secret, there are countless other books that will help you to understand the power of believing. Start your journey towards positive belief systems today.
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