How else can you explain this occurence?

Ok, so my wife takes our 4 year old son to one of those fancy European stores that sells baby items. My wife proceeds to show him a fancy piggy bank. It's called the big belly bank, and they come in different animal types - dinosaurs, dolphins, dogs, etc. They eat coins which proceed to navigate down their throat and into a plastic see-through belly. They cost about $52 plus tax. She calls me to confirm, I tell her that she can buy a normal piggy bank for $10 and fill it with $40 worth of change. Anyway, Oscar wanted it and was worried that somebody else might buy it and take it. So I looked online - ebay, craigslist, yahoo shopping, amazon, you name it, I looked into it. All of them sold it for at least $40 or as much as $55 plus shipping. We all wanted that green dinosaur big belly bank. A few days later, my wife is talking to one of her co-workers, in his office. The first thing she sees as she walks into his office - the exact same dinosaur big belly bank - same color and everything. It turns out that he was cleaning house and he had ran into the dino and was about to get rid of it. He had bought it on sale for $19.99 about 15 years ago. After he heard of how Oscar wanted one, he gave it to Oscar, with some money already in it. And we thought this big belly bank concept was brand new. It's been around for a while. So, in summary I ask you (the reader): How in the heck could this exact dinosaur big belly bank be at the guy's office that day? How could he have bought it 15 years earlier - the exact one - decide that it was time to clean out his garage, find it, not throw it away, bring it into the office, call my wife to come over to talk at his office, and have the dinosaur on display? All those things...Only the Law of Attraction at its finest. Or please provide me with a different explanation, please....

NFL Quarterback Uses The Secret?

I was reading Thursday's edition of the St. Pete Times, or was it the Tampa Tribune? One of those. In the Sports section, one of the articles was about Jeff Garcia and how he has split personalities. Off the field, he is the nicest guy, perfect behavior. But when he's in the huddle, in practice or in a game, he starts to yell, cuss and bark orders. As a leader of the pack, he has to do that. He even does this during practice - he takes all snaps as if they were in a real game. That is what makes him so good. As he was interviewed, he mentioned some things that agree with The Secret. One of the assistant coaches also mentioned something interesting. The coach mentioned that Jeff always has high expectations of himself and of this teammates. That his positive thinking tends to manifest itself on the field on game day. Jeff mentioned that he approaches every game as if they're going to win. He also practices each snap as if it were a real game. That way, he can picture the play, and repeat it on game day. As I have discussed on this blog before, these ideas are in alignment with The Secret. On the one hand, you have the concept of visualization. Practicing as if it were the real game. On the other hand, you have the concept of manifestation. All teams, in all sports or activities, need to believe in success. By all having the same vision, it will manifest itself. The difficult part is to have all members of a team believe in the final result. That is where leadership and management has to step in and convince the people that it can happen, that it will happen. And all have to believe, beyond any doubt, that it will happen. Go Bucks!

Mind Over Matter? - Sungazing, Not Eating

Recently, one of the world's top research scientist who is featured in the DVD series, What the Bleep Do We Know, was summoned to Central Florida to talk to a man who has not eaten food for 10 years. Apparently, he only drinks water and that's about it. The phenomenon of sungazing has been documented for quite a while now, but many people still don't know what this is all about. Basically, per Hira Ratan Manek (HRM), sungazing allows your body to "energize" itself and therefore, no food is necessary. "Either at sunrise or sunset (when the intensity of the sun is at its minimum) stand on the earth and stare directly at the sun for 10 seconds. Adding an additional 10 seconds to the total sungazing time each consecutive day. In 6 months your hungers would be under control and understood. Stand there for 10 months you would never need food again. Not only that, but, you would not have to stare at the sun again. After 44 minutes of sungazing one would be 'full', energized, just like a solar charged battery. There was no need to continue the practice. Essentially, HRM preached to the world that within one year, anyone could learn to live without the need for food. "

To read more on this topic, please click on the following links:

Sungazing Link

Solar Healing Link

This has to be definite proof of Mind Over Matter, and how powerful the mind can be. It also shows that the human body can be in concert with mother nature. Food is only a commodity that we can live without. It is a luxury to have so many options 3 or 4 times a day. However, all you really need is the sun's energy to keep you going. What an interesting topic. Please comment.

The Science of Getting Rich - LOA

I just finished reading Wallace Wattles's book The Science of Getting Rich. It is a great book, which was written about 100 years ago, but whose concepts on attaining riches is still applicable today. The interesting thing is how it parallels the ideas of the book The Secret. In reality, Rhonda Byrne reiterates some of the ideas from this book, and expands on it. But, imagine how it must have been like 100 years ago, when people first read this book. They must have thought that it was crazy, yet today, it may not seem so crazy. A good summary of the book is provided at this website: HERE. If you would like to have a free copy of it, just contact me and I'll let you know how to get one.


Some of the basic ideas in the book are:
1. There is a scientific process by which you can become rich.
2. Anybody can become rich, in virtually any industry. There are some limitations here, for example, you don't want to sell salmon in Florida because there is no salmon in Florida. You don't want to sell snow tires in Florida because we don't get snow in FL.
3. There is no set human behavior pattern for rich people, but there is a "Certain Way" that they do things. If you learn how to act in this "Certain Way", you too can become rich.
4. There is a thing he calls "formless substance" which exists and will help manifest your thoughts. If you can conceive it with your mind, it can be done, and the formless substance will work with the Universe to bring about your thought into the real physical world.
5. Gratitude is very important and fortifies your relationship with the "formless substance". In everything that you do, receive, or want, you must first show gratefulness.
6. To claim wealth, you have to be active. Riches just don't appear on your front porch one morning. But if you ask, believe and don't doubt, and show gratitude, the opportunity will be made available to you.
7. You have to change the way your think from the Competitive realm to the Creative realm. Competition is bad for everyone (lose-lose); Creativity is good for all (win-win)
8. You must have unwavering faith and devout gratitude in all that you ask for (ask-believe-receive).

ENJOY! and GOOD LUCK!

10 Steps to Unlocking The Secret

I found this website which outlines 10 steps to unlocking the Law of Attraction. To read them, click HERE. The steps are similar (if not the same) as I have described in this blog. But I thought that it would help my readers to reiterate the steps and ideas behind the LOA. Besides, this is a nice, compact summary of The Secret, and it's a little bit different than the way I presented it. Therefore, enjoy! If you would like to elaborate on these 10 steps, please post a comment.

Also, if you attain something via the Law of Attraction after reading my blog and/or following the principles stated by these 10 steps, please post comments. Even if you have a negative experience, please share. Maybe other readers can help in finding an explanation for the failure. Remember, the Universe is abundant. So other readers should help unselfishly. Good Luck!