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By Ginny Lucas, PhD This is a fast, easy and enjoyable100-page read, packed full of success stories about members who have been in our FREE peer support group. It also outlines specifically what happens in a meeting. Members gain helpful insight into group dynamics, and every reader holds in their hands the specific steps to starting and maintaining their own Rising Tide support group if joining one of ours isn't practical.
ASAP - Affirming Success And Prosperity By Ginny Lucas, PhD & Frank Lucas, CCH This is the
100+-page workbook used in
our Science of Success class. It covers an important aspect of the class,
and also stands alone for those who cannot attend. It's informative and
entertaining, while turning life travelers in the right direction along their
personal path to self-fulfillment. We know it works... because it helped us
get to where we are AND these are the exact techniques that still help us
continue to expand our horizons personally and professionally. When others
see what we've accomplished and ask, "How did you do it?" we say, "Get your
hands on and your minds around ASAP -- Affirming Success and Prosperity."
It's a winning combination of: simple, fun and effective. Once you've read
through it, you'll discover we've done most of the "work" for
you. We don't just hand you tools -- we've already used them to
build a kit. We give you the kit! Since the
original writing of ASAP, a piece of work known as The
Secret became a new age phenomenon and remains on the scene, although more
now in the background than the foreground.
For those of you who viewed
the popular DVD, heard the CD, or read the book -- believed it, tried it, and
met with failure, please read on, after
we assure you that:
1. DO
remain alert as you study it, in
search of what may be true, partially true,
or not true at all. There
are two ways to watch a movie: (1)
as a fan -- relax, enjoy it for what it is – entertainment, or (2) or as a
critic -- be alert and be judgmental. The
second mindset is in your best interest in considering The
Secret.
2. DON’T
accept the premise that if it doesn’t work for you,
you’re to blame. The assurance
that it works 100% of the time is a red
flag. Pay attention to
it. Even prayers are sometimes answered with, “No…”
The basic message of The Secret
is that we are in complete control of our destiny and are responsible for
everything that comes our way in life. Everything
is a result of how we are using our mental powers. We have the ability to
manifest anything we want in life, from a parking place to a million dollars or
a villa in Morocco – all through the power
of attraction.
We (Frank and Ginny) do not believe in the power of attraction.
We believe in the power of attention!
Start thinking about red
convertibles and you’ll start noticing them everywhere you go. Are you
attracting them to you? No,
you’re just noticing what you weren’t looking for before.
When you use affirmations to help you achieve important goals, they will become a
part of your psyche, and act as guides pointing out this or that along the path.
You’ll start paying attention and you’ll start noticing opportunities you may
not have noticed before.
3. DO
what we did – a little research. In The
Secret Winston Churchill is quoted as saying: universe
as you go along.”
We also learned, by contacting The Emerson Institute in Oakhurst,
California, that the statement attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson:
4. DON’T be fooled by the anecdotes portraying miraculous
results. Most certainly there are many stories
of failure not being told.
5. DO consider:
If The Secret were a totally
valid body of work, wouldn’t we now have world peace?
Surely thousands of people were, are and may continue to be wishing for
it, imagining it, believing in it -- but they haven’t attracted it, have they?
6. DON’T
confuse a promise of certainty with
the teachings of ASAP, which prepare you to cope realistically with the
unexpected. That’s life!
Yes, believe in and use the power of your subconscious
mind; however, remember that our thoughts, feelings, visualizations and beliefs influence
our future. They do not, cannot, set it in stone.
Consider that there is an energy that moves throughout the universe and
that our thoughts and feelings are a part of that force field. Is it not
arrogant to presume that we are in control of everything
that occurs in our lives?
When asked, “Did the people in Katrina attract the hurricane and
manifest all the death and destruction?” the
author of The Secret said, “Yes, in
a sense, they did.”
We say, “Explain that to the babies, children, elderly, who were
helpless victims.” Their fate was certainly not the result of their thoughts,
feelings, visualizations or beliefs!
At a dinner party years ago the topic of world
peace came up. I (Ginny) listened to
all the wistful thinking from others, and then said that, as much as I would
love for it to be otherwise, I believe there will always be wars.
There will always be feast and famine.
There will always be man’s inhumanity to man.
Is it not naïve to deny the existence of evil, or negative forces? We
can, however reject them… vote them out of office.
They may still exist but they no longer run our lives. They serve as bad
examples that let us appreciate the good even more.
The universe rests largely upon the concept of polarity – positive and negative. Both good
and bad are in constant flux. It is
this polarity that keeps the universe from spinning or scattering out of
existence.
It is in our best interest to acknowledge that there are powers at play
far greater than our own, direct our ATTENTION toward the positive, invest our
time and energy into being and doing good,
and -- one more thing -- to quote a highly successful and very prosperous friend
when his son asked him about the future – So Help Me God: The Psychology of Religion and Its Influence on the Self-help Movement By Ginny Lucas, PhD Charming Children How the Relaxation Game Helps Good Parents Raise Great Kids. by Ginny Lucas, PhD with James Rightmire, CCH
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