My "Secret" Experiment: Watch (First 20 Minutes) Of "The Secret" Here!

My "Secret" Experiment: Post 20

• Ed. Note:What is the "experiment" I am testing for? Find out here.

I have 10 more posts before my "secret" experiment is finalized. I figured now is as good a time as any to share with the Active Rain community the first 20 minutes of the movie, The Secret, as is available on YouTube.

At this point, after nearly two months of constant exposure via audio cd, book, and movie, I feel I have soaked up just about as much as I can from the message that The Secret gives.

As wonderful of a movie as it is, there is definitely a limit to the depth of understanding - or reasoning of why the law of attraction works.

Matter of factly, just by watching the movie and believing what it says (or not believing it), will not get you everything you want in life. While it can help you make your goals a reality, just "believing" it is going to happen and sitting on your couch will not result in much of anything - common sense tells us this.

But if it tips something off in your psyche and has some truth to it - I encourage you to commit yourself to understanding it further. It has not only achieved the goals I set forth at the start of my experiment, but much, much more.

There is no limit to what this law can do for you; dare to believe in your own ideal; think of the ideal as an already accomplished fact.
~Charles Hannel

Secrets Behind The Secret?

For the final posts I will be addressing some issues that I had in trying to understand the movie and the application of the secret in my life. I thought I'd start with this great interview with Michael Beckwith on CBS's "Eye to Eye".

In it he simplifies the process of how we go about shaping our own destiny. By changing our outlook upon our own life we directly change how we experience it - it's all in how we perceive our own reality.

My life has done a complete 180 in it's fulfilling potential, limitless possibilities, and overall happiness. I know I am on the path to achieving my full potential in all aspects of my life and can't wait to share my achievements with the rest of the community here to encourage others to do the same!

I am literally starting from nothing here, with little under 7 months of real estate experience under my belt - so the story is going to be - quite literally, from the bottom up!

 

My "Secret" Experiment: A Truly Inspirational Video

My "Secret" Experiment: Day 19

• Ed. Note:What is the "experiment" I am testing for? Find out here.

The video depicts the pictures taken from the Hubble Telescope, aptly named The Hubble Deep Field. Astronomers were able to take a snap shot unveiling the deepest portrait of the visible universe taken by man. The shot also goes back in time, showing the developing universe "within a stone's throw of the big bang" - the picture shows about 10,000 galaxies.

This may be one of my most important posts thus far in my "secret" experiment. If you are reading this, I believe it is for a reason. Life in itself, especially for real estate agents, is filled with appointments, meetings, and everything else in between.

When, where, and why should we find the time to improve upon ourselves? I'm not talking about your moral compass or increasing your faith in your religion. Grasp your purpose - what truly can you do to live to your fullest potential as a human?

By achieving our fullest potential we don't singularly benefit our well-being - it will transpire in to our work, our families, and our social networking. As a new agent, I see the difference between a successful full time realtor and a part time some time agent. Why not increase our capacities to work harder, love more, and enjoy all that life has to offer?

So ... The Universe Is Pretty Big Huh?

Back to the video. If you can understand what the images depicted in the video represent I believe it will, if but momentarily, allow you to realize the expansiveness of it all.

Of the billions of galaxies in our universe, we exist as humans here. Of the billions of years it took to form life, you are here - connected to a world wide web of information, reading a blog from a realtor in Guam for that matter! Of the billions of particles that have simply existed since the beginning of time, the same elements that comprise distant galaxies, comprise us.

After seeing the video I was simply in awe. Look up in to the sky tonight, and understand it goes on forever! There is such a grand design not just our environment, but the universe itself, that it's almost too much to take in all at once.

Don't Miss Out

This realization has further enhanced my understanding of the connectedness of it all. The design of life and the natural laws that serve to make sure life functions properly are now, and always will be. The law of attraction goes beyond helping us lead more fulfilling, purpose driven lives. It is why atoms bond together to form molecules - it's why stars formed and it's why grass doesn't strain to grow.

The simple fact that we can be aware of our thoughts and feelings, that we can cognitively understand and are beginning to comprehend our existence and the creation of that, is mind blowing. It further goes to prove, in my opinion, that we are the creators of our own life. That we are magnificence, perfection, strength, power, love, harmony, and happiness.

Life is about so much more than the regular daily grind - and coming to appreciate that improves our quality of life. Be grateful for everything you have done - pat yourself on the back for being a motivated real estate agent, thank everyone around you that means anything to you - better yet do something completely unexpected and generous for a complete stranger - it could be as simple as smiling genuinely and saying hello to brighten their day, see how it makes you feel. We're all connected!

 

Status of Goals

My "Secret" Experiment: Can Money Buy Happiness?

My "Secret" Experiment: Day 18

• Ed. Note:What is the "experiment" I am testing for? Find out here.

After another brief hiatus I am posting my 18th entry of my “secret” experiment. To be open I have been a bit lackadaisical and too satisfied with the way my life has been going so far.

I say too satisfied to reiterate that life is great at the moment, but also that I can’t possibly be content with what I have now when boundless opportunities await my not so distant future! Yet another flaw in my personality, and one that will be (or already is in my mind), correctable.

The experiment so far has taken me places that a month ago I never would have imagined. The contacts I have made, the exposure that awaits, and opportunities for big time deals are waiting for me to take action upon physically and mentally. I’m visualizing deals going through, my first six figure commission, that everything I touch turns to gold (another secret affirmation).

Money Doesn’t Buy Happiness

The age old sentiment couldn’t be further from the truth. Everybody knows it, but do you really believe it? Society is quick to think that a lot of their problems in life would be solved if they just had the money.

The antithesis of this is shown when these same people win the lottery and end up worse off than they were before (I think I saw a special documentary on discovery about it). No matter how much money you desire, how much power you want to accumulate, and how influential of a person you become – none of these things will give you the most important aspect of life – simple, pure, unadulterated, HAPPINESS.

So while much of my motivation is making money, and loosing myself from the bondage of students loans and bill payments, I’m fully aware, much in thanks to this experiment and introduction to the movie, that my joy doesn’t necessarily come from having a lot of money – it’s more so the vision that one day, I won’t have to worry about money. I won’t have a single worry about how I’m going to pay off a mortgage, my future kid’s college tuition, and anything else that may be considered a significant expense.

The Daily Creation Process

I came across a great little e-book called It Works. You can request a copy at www.thesecretvisionbooks.com (no affiliation to the secret, at least I don’t think so). Or feel free to email me and I’ll forward the pdf to you. In the less than 10 page e-book it hones in on some key issues involving being the creator of your life on a daily basis, and not in auto-pilot.

How to purposefully intend to enjoy your day, to expect good things, and reach your full potential. One particular subject that will remain with me forever is that you can use this process of awareness and the law of attraction to not only strive towards the big goals, but minute ones as well.

What do you want this minute?

Think about it! In exactly one minute, what is it you would really like to be doing? Now obviously you have to be realistic – you’re not going to teleport to Waikiki because you’d rather be there instead of at work , but think, what would make me happy in this minute of my life? For me? It was lunch with my mom this afternoon. Would I have thought of calling her if I didn’t ask myself what I wanted to attract for this minute in my life? I don’t think so.

Status of Goals

Still waiting for official contract signings!

My "Secret" Experiment: Hold Off On The Sun Screen To Reduce Cancer?

My "Secret" Experiment: Day 17

• Ed. Note:What is the "experiment" I am testing for? Find out here.

According to a Fox Report, a daily dose of vitamin D (15 minutes exposure in the sun) decreases cancer risk by 77%!Is it not amazing to think about just how in tune our bodies are with the intricacies of our environment? It is suggested you don't put sunscreen on for 10 to 15 minutes (a bit longer the darker your skin gets), because a sunscreen as small as spf 8 reduces your skins ability to produce vitamin D by 95%! That's not to say you shouldn't overdue the exposure either.

Think about what has to happen for your body to assimilate the vitamin D. Pure energy that a mediocre size star creates and sustains, for billions of years, reaches us. The skin absorbs the energy and it kick starts a chemical reaction that produces more Vitamin D than if we drank 10 glasses of orange juice and 10 glasses of milk. Energy is absorbed and transfers in to something else entirely within our body that helps to promote cellular reproduction regulation, a healthy immune system, calcium absorption, and stronger bones!

So get out there and walk your dog, read a book at a park, go for a swim, or if you can, swim at the beach! It's not only beneficial to your overall health but it will help you enjoy life just a little bit more. Anything that makes you happy! Even if you don't feel like it or are not an exercise person, I promise if you just go out and do it you will feel SO much better. (This speaking from my experience as a personal trainer).

"Experiment" Perseverance

It has not been an easy experiment so far by any means. While the benefits of a more fulfilling life can not be compared to anything less than just that, the true effort that it takes to fully and completely be aware is pretty intense. The solution comes in the form of using the times that you are focused and aware to accept your shortcomings and move on. A lot of my problems seemed to start rather insignificantly, then build almost exponentially as one negative thought compiled upon another until they manifested as negative emotions and (what I perceived) circumstances in my life.

Let go of any past resentments or disappointments you may be holding about you. -The Secret

Any chance we get to be aware of our state and intentionally change our frame of mind should be counted as a blessing! Instead of emphasizing our failures to ourselves get over it and move on with life - what good does it do to remind ourselves of past failures but to bring us down? This perseverance has been an up and down road, but one I'm convinced must be traveled to get to the place of unwavering faith in the power of simply being aware of my state of mind and emotional well being.

Status Of Goals

Still nothing official on the listing contracts, I'm having difficulty locating a valid exlusive agency listing contract. There are some out there but I'd like to find a local specific one, hopefully by the end of the day one of my contacts here will be able to assist me further. Feeling good, feeling great!

My "Secret" Experiment: Midway - How Far Has Positivity Taken Me?

My "Secret" Experiment: Day 16

• Ed. Note:What is the "experiment" I am testing for? Find out here.

Thoughts produce feelings, feelings initiate action, and action precedes results. If there is anything I have learned from watching, listening, and reading The Secret during this experiment it's that just because I want something really bad doesn't mean it's going to appear before my eyes, as the movie often depicts in it's slightly too hollywoodesque dramaticisms (I totally just made up that word).

I understand that it is trying to get the point across that we can have anything we truly set our thoughts upon, but I feel it's missing a vital piece of the process in the action that is going to be necessary to take to get where we want to go. Nonetheless it has inspired millions to improve their well being, and at that, it has served the purpose intended.

The Difficulties

I am in a state of mind and being now where I am constantly conscious of my feelings -and it has become quite alarming. I don't know how different I am from everybody else, but the negative thoughts and emotions I have on a daily basis heavily outweigh the positive outlook I should be having.

I can declare all I want how positive I am but if I don't feel it as a feeling it really doesn't matter. This is usually followed by an internal dilemma about my belief that my life really is changing for the better, and I'm not making any progress in the matter.

Sounds depressing doesn't it! But it's not; it's progress, it's awareness, and it's hope that whatever I am doing is working because it is making me aware of my negative expectations of my day and reminding me that I don't have to live that life - I can create my own with the right thoughts; with gratitude towards everything I have, with the belief that my life is going to be everything and more that I could have imagined.

Sorry For The Tangent

I really didn't mean to go off on such a tangent, but as part of the experiment I think it's important I document the positive things that happen to me as well as the struggles. On a much more positive note, I launched GuamLand.biz, part of the Guam Real Estate Resource family.

I've also published, as the online portion of my land presentation to interested developers, a chance for a multi-million dollar potential land deal for a planned residential subdivision. I also completed a very, very basic website for a fellow realtor at TriniGuamProperties.com, which is the first of three that will be going up soon.

Whatever the mind can conceive, it can achieve

Status Of Goals

My income has officially doubled with my first real paycheck since I've been back in Guam. My mom found a few rocks that she thought might meet my requirements for my gratitude rock - and so far they are working as their purpose intended, but more about that tomorrow. The last thing needed to accomplish my goals is the official signing of my open listings for some main highway prime commercial space- talk about good exposure! Be looking for those website listings soon!

My "Secret" Experient: Why Pigs Don't Fly

My "Secret" Experiment: Day 15

• Ed. Note:What is the "experiment" I am testing for? Find out here.

Today has been a great day so far, with insight and clarity of my definitive purpose inspiring me to work harder, be more proficient, and improve myself every day. Looking back on my momentary lapse of inspiration I can see where I went off course - and everything (by everything I mean my emotional state of being) was trying to tell me, "Gabe, you're going in the wrong direction" - but for some reason it's almost as if I enjoy loathing in my own self pity.

Blaming outside circumstance is just so easy, isn't it? Rather than look within for the power to change our situations from within ourselves we remain content in the mud of negativity, however, as the pig to the left would say, to each their own brother!

Hope, Satisfaction, Love, Joy, Passion, Joyful Expectation, Happiness/Excitement, Gratitude. I'm making it a point to memorize the list of feelings associated with positivity to be able to dwell on any one of them at the moment that I become discouraged or feel depressed. Sometimes it's almost as simple as telling myself that feel those feelings, even if I don't, to make me feel better.

There is no reason why I should not be feeling one of these feelings at any point in my day - and even if an outside circumstance threatens to drag me down, there is no reason why I can't react to it in a positive way that allows me to consistently remain in a positive vibration.

Money Making Ideas

One particular part of my regular visualization movies I watch affirms that "I am receiving money making ideas everyday". This has definitely caused me to think outside the box more than I ever have before.

Ideas have been flowing in regards to real estate deals, potential, and strategies to become the successful real estate agent I see myself as. I'm not going to jot them down in my blog just yet until some of them become more of a reality - which reminds me I need to take action on a few of them. I also need to start consistently carrying around a notepad of sorts when the random inspirations hit!

Speaking of inspired action, next week I am going to start the Wealth Beyond Reason program by Bob Doyle, one of the teachers in The Secret. I will also be documenting my experience within his program. Any insights or valuable information will most definitely be posted for all to read.

Pigs Don't Fly

The Law of Attraction is not magic. Things don't happen just by thinking about them. I can't visualize myself breathing underwater, then try and go free dive 500 feet with unwavering faith that I will magically grow gills, like Kevin Costner in Underwater World. (But that would be awesome)

No, this universe works on scientific laws ... laws that dictate our existence and laws that assure everything is in balance ... gravity, Coulomb's law, Archimedes' Principle, Law of Thermodynamics, Boyle's Law, General Relativity ... this list goes on and on. The Law of Attraction, as I am coming to know it, works through these various laws to assist us in bringing in to our lives only that which we dwell upon most.

And it's not magic, it's simply because our we attract more of what we think about by the thoughts we are thinking; and we all know this innately ... when we think negatively more negative thoughts come. If you can say, I am happy, then there is no lack in your life. It's finding things that continually keep us happy, the inspired action that drives us to conquer our goals to feel that feeling of accomplishment and gratitude for everything we have.

Our "reality" today is nothing more than the result of how we have been flowing our energy up to this point by using our feelings ... YOU are the only one responsible for where your life is right now. - TodayIsthatDay.com

Status Of Goals

My main objective today is to complete 3 websites for fellow BHI Realty agents that I have needed to finish for quite a while. I'm picturing them completed and will be taking inspired action to do so very shortly! Hopefully my listings will finalize within the next week as well, yet again more inspired action I will need to take. Doesn't "inspired action" sound so much better than "work?", I know I've said that before but it really does!

My "Secret" Experiment: Back From The Dead!

My "Secret" Experiment: Day 14

• Ed. Note:What is the "experiment" I am testing for? Find out here.

I'm vulnerable, imperfect, and going to be completely honest with you. I must first apologize to anyone who had subscribed to the experiment for my sudden disapearance from the blog scene. A number of factors contributed to the sudden halt of my blog posts, mostly dealing with computer problems and a rut of negative thinking towards the experiment and the reality of the law of attraction. In utter and complete honesty, since my last post, I have been struggling mightily with the reality of The Secret and some of the aspects of the law that confused me.

Doubt, disbelief, anger, resentment and many other negative emotions were accounted for and at full force during this period of time. It wasn't a depressive bout that kept me from completing my daily tasks and taking care of basic work related responsibilities, but my intellectual mind was not satisfied the deeper that I enveloped myself within my experiment. I felt like nothing was manifesting, that this, like many other motivational techniques, would pass and not become a way of being.

I felt like I wasn't doing something right, that I didn't believe enough in it for it to work for me, and that maybe the law of attraction could even be against my Christian beliefs. Depression has been something I have battled throughout the years, if it's any more or any less than what any other regular person goes through I don't know for sure - but I know it affects me. Which is why, initially, The Secret was so transforming for me. So, if you've read this far, I'm sure your thinking - what do I think of it now?

Depression

A person who sets his or her mind on the dark side of life, who lives over and over the misfortunes and disappointments of the past, prays for similar misfortunes and disappointments in the future. If you will see nothing but ill luck in the future, you are praying for such ill luck and will surely get it. - Prentice Mulford

My life reverted back to the same, mundane, ordinary day to day struggle. I kept holding on to the notion of positive thinking, and made valiant attempts to keep listening to, watching, and reading The Secret. However none of it was registering, none of it was helping. All that I had built up to this point seemingly dissipated. What happened?

My dedication became my worst enemy. I began to over analyze my life and the concepts that I have been so diligently studying. I realized that for a few hours out of the day, mostly during my meditation sessions and blog entries, my entire attention was on good vibrations and positive thinking. But in reality, other than those few hours, was I convincing myself that my life was different or was it actually different?

Life Changing Realization

The struggle has ended with a mind-altering realization. My "experiment" up to this point has been a complete success! I'm going to have 4 new listings, one of which might bring me in a six-figure commission. My income has and will doubled by the end of the month. My relationships all improved and I've even gained a new confidant in my mother for discussion about the secret - she actually has asked me questions pertaining to it to help herself clarify the law of attraction. What was I so depressed about? I still don't know what made the switch turn off and why I couldn't, despite my best efforts, flip it the other way. My only answer is I thought about it to much, I gave all my attention to the negatives and - by the law of attraction - became those negatives. My life, for no reason, became dull.

I realized something that is going to change my life tonight.

This entire experiment, my whole purpose since I began my journey in to the law of attraction, has been to get to the point of reaching my full potential - when my full potential already is. What does this mean? It means my train of thought has been that, one day I will achieve and be the best possible Gabriel Lombard I can be ... one day, after I dive deep enough in to the law of attraction, I will become my ideal self.

Do you see my thought patterns? I was believing that I was working towards something ... that it wasn't realized now ... that I had so much work to do to get where I want to be in controlling my thoughts and emotions. It must be realized now. It must be a way of being now. It can't be a "goal" you will achieve. You must realize that your best self is yours to be now - otherwise I would be forever trying to get there! This doesn't mean there won't be work involved, or that 5 years from now I won't be light years ahead in my conceptualization of the law of attraction than where I am now - but it does mean I have to be fully and completely satisfied with myself now in order to keep improving myself in the future.

Status Of Goals

There is no more, I'm working towards, in my vocabulary. Everything is already visualized and realized in my life. Of course, I will continue to report on the facts of the experiment, but in my mind - everything is already achieved. The only goal that has not manifested since the beginning of the experiment is the gratitude rock I have been visualizing. I have come across rocks that have caught my eye, but I'm thinking of one in particular and won't be satisfied until that has manifested in my life. This will be the tell all to end all for me. And it is coming; I'm waiting in joyful expectation that by the end of this experiment it will be completed.

I've also decided to pick up where I left of, on day 14 of the experiment. I was contemplating simply starting where it should be, but in all reality the past week I have not been in the train of thought to successfully validate the experiment based upon my vibrations. So I will complete the experiment from day 14 to 30, confident, persistent, and with unwavering faith in my ability to change my life for the better.

My "Secret" Experiment: Vacation!

My "Secret" Experiment: Day 11 & 12

• Ed. Note:What is the "experiment" I am testing for? Find out here.

I'm not sure how it actually came about, I think it was a combination of my fatigue, allergies, and possibly pushing myself a little too hard and not resting enough. My daily schedule runs from 4:30am to however early I can sleep; which is rarely before 11:00pm. Anyhow, I gave myself a 2 vacation days from everything. Granted, I took care of what I had to take care of for my real estate clients came first. But after that it was a lounge around the house, complete recharge and recover day. I even was able to get a lot of sleep last night, and feel much better today. For me at least, there is a fine line between being motivated to do something and almost being too compulsive about it - which probably results in my past failures of not being able to "keep up" that level of motivation and just quitting whatever it may be that I am trying to change.

Got Resonance?

My last post was about your "vibration" that results from your frequency of thought. I thought I'd go a little deeper today because the past few days my understanding of this has heightened. This law is not about faith, belief in the unknown, or "imaginary craziness" as they say in the movie. It is not about religion, "new age thinking", nor is it a cult. It is simply a law of the universe - just like gravity. It occurs whether we are aware of it or not.

All of this is only possible because of the creative force that put this in place - it is the utmost honoring of this force to be who we are and use what we've been given. -Bob Doyle

This is why it becomes so important to simply be aware of the present, of your feelings, so you know what you are attracting to you. A lot of times they quote like attracts like, but it's really what you are in resonance with - Bob Doyle likens resonance to a song, you have felt a song's emotional level before, as if it was written for you; that is nothing more than because you are receptive to the underlying resonance of the song - or the emotion that was put in to the creation of it. If you are not on that resonance level, you will not feel the song as you did before. I know I've experienced it similar to this. This is the same reason why people who accept this as a truth are receptive to it's teachings. If you choose not to believe or think it's balderdash (I've wanted to use that word since hearing it on The "Secret" audio cd!) then that is exactly what you will get, and you have every right to believe what you want.

Status Of Goals

The initial excitement felt when I first learned about the law and began this experiment has worn itself out at this point. I'm still more than determined to accomplish the tasks at hand, and need to plan on trying to get more sleep on a more organized and productive schedule so that more things can get done in less time to avoid any type of "burn out" that I experienced (I've always been an "all or nothing" personality type). The further along I get in this experiment the more I am consistently learning not so much about what it can do for me, that I already know - instead I am learning more about the science of the law, which I think may be leading me directly to Bob Doyle's Wealth Beyond Reason program - if anybody has a grasp on the validity of the law, and not exaggerating or over-emphasizing pieces of it, I believe it is him. I found a great website I would highly encourage any fan of The Secret to watch:

• Bob Doyle's response to common questions and objections to The Secret.

No change of status on my goals, I'm still believing and receiving doubling my monthly income, a specific gratitude rock, and 3 new listings by the end of the 30 day experiment. Thank you to everyone who has sent me such encouraging emails, it is such a blessing and humbling at the same time to know people are actually reading this blog series and rooting for me along the way.

My "Secret" Experiment: [Day 10] Deeper Understanding

My "Secret" Experiment: Day 10

• Ed. Note:What is the "experiment" I am testing for? Find out here.

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I am now officially one-third of the way through My "Secret" Experiment. Yesterday turned out great, with a little more unexpected income coming in - I love it! This blog series and the AR community has been such a blessing to me I can't even express it in words. My current reality is so much more fulfilling than how I used to go about my daily life that I can't imagine myself living without this powerful knowledge. When I started this blog series I had no idea what I would write, how I would come up with content, or even if I could devote enough time to the experiment. 10 days in to the experiment and I still don't know what I'm going to write before I write it; it's more or less whatever feels right - "pulling from the infinite", if you will. More or less, by the time I finish typing, I am satisfied with the post. I believe every post has a purpose for me to realize something, or to share something with someone else that they need to hear. While it is far from being related to real estate I am believing that by exercising my mind to reach my potential as a person, it must reciprocate in my business.

Keeping My Vibration In Check

I have such a desire to make this a way of life that sometimes I'm almost apprehensive about trying too hard, or expecting too much out of it. Bob Proctor has a very inspiring "Secret Summary" in the special features section of the movie. In it he summarizes the major points that we should understand about the law of attraction. It gets pretty deep!

The vibrations of mental forces are the finest, and consequently the most powerful in existence. - C. Haanel

Everyone has a vibration that is a direct result of their current state of mind - this often makes me think of myself as a blur of moving energy - which, at the tiniest elements that comprise us - we are! Now, what kind of vibration are we emitting? Doesn't it make sense that whatever vibration we are sending out, only like vibrations would be attracted to it? Take this one step further, as Rev. Michael Beckwith stated in the movie - experiments have been tested and recorded to prove that a positive thought has a much stronger frequency (or vibration) that emanates from our mind as compared to a negative thought. So we control our vibration - and you can tell this by people that cross your path that are in good moods and bad moods ... by their good "vibes" or bad "vibes". I want my vibrations to be good, full of life, love, and energy - and when I focus on that that becomes how I feel - everytime. It's just a matter of keeping it more consistent instead of only when I realize that I'm not aware that I'm in a bad mood, or depressive, stressed out state. I become whatever it is that I am thinking about.

Status Of Goals

I've been getting so busy outside of my Guam real estate business that I've started feeling stressed out about it. There are definitely things I need to take care of in the coming week and a half, but what good is it doing for me to stress out about it? Changing your mind set is definitely not easy ... especially when you have habituated ways of being - but I will continue to believe in myself and in this experiment to get me to that place. What I use to remind myself often is that if I feel like I'm fighting myself and my train of thought, I'm not doing it right! I need to follow my bliss and shift my state of mind to something that will give me joy, and act upon that. I just did it right this second and I'm feeling much better about my day already. I am still believing for my specific gratitude rock and for my 3 new Guam real estate listings, not to mention doubling my monthly income. Life is good!

My "Secret" Experiment: [Day 9] Unexpected Income!

My "Secret" Experiment: Day 9

• Ed. Note:What is the "experiment" I am testing for? Find out here.

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Unexpected income! For the first time I received, on two seperate occasions in the same day, cash that was completely unexpected. Sure, it wasn't a lot of money, but unexpected and more than welcome nonetheless! Either way, I'm marking it as one point for my "Secret" experiment!. The point could be argued that it would have happened whether or not I have been seeing myself living in abundance, meditating on the lifestyle that I want to have, and believing that "I am a money magnet" - but what I've been trying to emphasize is that whatever I choose to believe will be my reality. And I choose to believe that it is a direct result and just the beginning of what's to come from changing my way of thinking to that of prosperity and abundance in life. Life is good my friends!

Enjoying Life More And More

The most significant effect thus far in my experiment has been, simply, I am thoroughly enjoying life more and more each day. Even when negative circumstances occur that I have no control over, I am able to look at it in a different light. I know I've said that before and I don't want this experiment to be repetetive - but I can't stress enough that I have never gotten more out of simply being alive than I have since I was introduced to, and begun practicing attracting a positive life by thinking positive thoughts.

Radiate the feelings of happiness and joy within you, and transmit that into the Universe with all of your might, and you will experience true heaven on earth. -The Secret

One thing in particular that I have noticed more so, and that I do meditate on quite frequently as well, is that other people seem to enjoy being around me more than before. I think I am naturally slightly stand offish and may even seem arrogant (which of course I'm not!) to people that don't know me - but now I'm more confident, and as a direct result of that - more comfortable around people. I still have a ways to go to become who I truly envision myself being - but aren't we all working towards that every day?

Status Of Goals

As stated earlier, unexpected income was not a specific goal - but will contribute to my set goals. Nothing is set in stone yet, but it is safe to say that my monthly income goal will be met this month (trust me it wasn't much to start with!), and we aren't but a week in to my experiment. I have a Guam Real Estate seminar on 1031-Like Kind Exchanges this morning that I need to go get ready for. I'm still not entirely used to the whole real estate seminar environment - I think it's a sense of being so new to the industry that I almost feel like I shouldn't be there! Negative thinking anyone? I'll have to work on that - gotta love it when you're writing your blog and you realize something, huh? I can't wait for the rest of my day today, what great things does life have in store for me?