Shortly after The Secret first came out, The Secret Version 2 was Released …

The Secret DVD & Book

… and the first version was NOT allowed to be sold!!  Many people who have watched The Secret actually watched the second version of the DVD.  The first version had Ester Hicks in it, the second version doesn’t!

I don’t profess to know what went on between Rhonda Byrne & The Secret team and Ester & Jerry Hicks.  Being reasonably close to Rhonda Byrne and her sister Glenda, plus the Drew Harriott’s (The Secret Director) then girlfriend is a daughter of our client, I was privy to some information which most do not know.

I have been around long enough to know there is always three sides to every story … Rhonda’s, Ester’s and the Truth!  I have never personally spoken to Ester or Jerry and have nothing against them as people.  They do a great work and I honour them for who they are.  I do not take on some on their beliefs as they are contrary to what I know as the truth … and then again, nor do I uphold everything on The Secret or what some other Secret Teachers believe.

From time to time I hear and read some real rubbish!  One of those is that Ester maintains the The Secret was handed to her from the Ester ‘Abraham’ spirits and that other Teachers on The Secret and Rhonda Byrne stole The Secret from her!!  Here is what someone posted on their FaceBook Wall today:

“I am a great fan of Esther & Jerry Hicks, please understand Abraham was the first to teach “The Secret,” yes-the info was basically unfairly stolen from Abraham-channeled from the wonderful Hicks!! She/they are phenominal. Keep up the good work for Abraham, Ester, I am proud of you regardless of what anyone thinks. I was/am a ‘different’ child.”

As you guessed … I could not resist responding … here it is:

“That is so far from the truth it is ridiculous.

How do you explain The Secret being taught by Zig Ziglar, Og Mandino, Napoleon Hill, Wallace D Wattles, Thomas Troward, Apostle Paul, Jesus Christ and Moses (plus many others) long before Ester Hicks was heard of or even born?

I had never heard of Ester Hicks or the ‘Abraham’ spirits when I first started applying The Secret (long before Rhonda Byrne called it The Secret).

Apart from the obvious, how can someone steal that which is not owned by any human but rather given directly by God (not the Ester’s ‘Abraham’ spirits).”

Let me also suggest that there is a “money side” that hasn’t been told truthfully, and that the real facts to why Ester Hicks was cut out have nothing to do Ester been given The Secret or that it was stolen from her.  Just some ordinary common sense will tell you someone is using fantasy to cover up fact.  And I’m amazed by the gullible people who fall for it.

• Have you ever wondered why it was scheduled to show on ‘free-to-air’ television around the world simultaneously on February 12, 2005 and two weeks before (even after massive advertising campaigns) it got pulled …
• then in May it got release via the internet and DVD??
• Did you know it wasn’t able to be purchased online in Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea until version 2 came out!?!??!

Hmmmm …. Something to think about!

Everything I need to know about life, I learned from Noah ‘s Ark

Noah's Ark - The Woodpecker Has To Go

1. Don’t miss the boat
2. Remember that we are all in the same boat
3. Plan ahead. It wasn’t raining when Noah built the Ark
4. Stay fit. When you’re 600 years old, someone may ask you to do something really big
5. Don’t listen to critics; just get on with the job that needs to be done
6. Build your future on high ground
7. For safety sake, travel in pairs
8. Speed isn’ t always an advantage. The snails were on board with the cheetahs
9. When you’re stressed, float a while
10. Remember, the Ark was built by amateurs; the Titanic by professionals
11. No matter the storm, when you are with God, there’s always a rainbow waiting.

HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY!

It Is God Who Gives You The Power To Get Wealth

My Sunday Special

As I have mentioned before, we are a three part being: A Spiritual being, with a Soul, living in a Physical body.

We must understand that there are laws governing every single thing, seen and unseen.  There are laws of the spirit world, there are laws of the soul world, and there are laws of the physical world.

A law is “a rule or collection of rules imposed by authority.” In this case, the authority is the Creator of the spirit, soul and body … I call Him God.  A law, its operation and consequence or penalty for disobedience, does not change because of our belief in it or our knowledge of it.  A three month old baby does not know about the law of gravity and if not supervised or protected, could crawl off a balcony 10 stories up; the law of gravity will still work.

As we study these laws we learn that the laws of the soul realm (the soul being the conscious mind, the will and the subconscious mind) are more powerful then the physical world and the laws of the physical realm; and the laws of the spirit realm are more powerful than the soul world and the laws of the soul realm.

Now that means, whether money is part of the spiritual realm, soul realm, physical realm or all realms, there are laws which govern its acquisition and disposal!  That means …

… there are exact laws which govern poverty and exact laws which govern financial wealth.

We can talk about the different laws which govern the creation of wealth, and we will over time.  I want to draw your attention to one law which I believe is vitally important! Disobeying this law won’t stop you from acquiring wealth, however it will cause you to be unfulfilled with any amount of wealth and even lose whatever you create!!

It appears this law was first recorded between 1446 BC and 1406 BC by Moses in the Torah. It can be read in the bible in Deuteronomy 8:17-20:

17And beware lest you say in your mind and heart, “My power and the might of my hand have gotten me this wealth.”

18But you shall [earnestly] remember the Lord your God, for it is He Who gives you power to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day.

19And if you forget the Lord your God and walk after other gods and serve them and worship them, I testify against you this day that you shall surely perish.

20Like the nations which the Lord makes to perish before you, so shall you perish, because you would not obey the voice of the Lord your God.

This is worthwhile a considerable amount of your time to mediate and ponder on.

This does NOT say that God will punish you.  What it does say is if you puff yourself up, or believe you are God and that you alone created the wealth and do not give gratitude and praise to the source of all wealth and prosperity, you will suffer the penalty of not obeying the law.

This is a law, and the consequence of being ignorant to it or disobeying it is not altered by your belief whether it exists or works or not!

The Secret To A Good Life

This wonderful video puts some common sense into the not-so-common-sense world.  Watch New York Times bestselling author Mark Albion’s 3-minute animated movie based on Mark’s book, More Than Money.

“The Good Life” takes you to a chance meeting between an MBA and a fisherman on a small island. As the MBA tries to teach the fisherman about business, the fisherman teaches him about life.

Success and fulfillment in life is about having, doing and being what we want to have, do and be.

It is more about giving and less about getting.

Every man, woman and child must have a vision for without a vision they quickly die. You vision can be living in a village and fishing, it can be building a global corporation, neither are wrong … the question is are you happy and fulfilled with your life and your contribution?

You Can Learn The Secret Of How I Made Over $1mil In 1 Day!

Will you do it, or will you take the easy path?

Many people have asked me over the years what was the one thing I did which had the greatest impact on my finances.  I have told every person who has asked me.  The most amazing thing is, very few people have done what I said!!

The important question is, “Will you?”

Just in case you don’t know my story (and I won’t share it all here);

15 years ago I was flat broke!  I was married with 4 children under 10 years old, unemployed, uneducated (I didn’t go to college or learn a trade), massively in debt, about to be evicted from our rental home, driving around in an unregistered car, so shy I hated speaking to people even on the phone and didn’t have enough money to buy food for my family.  (Yes, I have a book coming out soon sharing the whole story)

I felt defeated, useless and so low! So low that I could walk under a snake with my umbrella up and not scratch its belly!  Now that’s low!!  People sometimes say that they are at the bottom of the barrel financially … well, I could look up and see the bottom of the barrel!!!

Seven years on from that day I had made over $1 million in a year, and in just another 4 years I made over $1.2 million dollars in one day! (To give you some perspective, it would take a person earning the average income in the US over 34 years to make that much money.)

I don’t share this with you to boast, I know that it was not in my power that I created the wealth, it wasn’t possible for me to do it all.   I share it with you to inspire and empower you, regardless of your situation you can learn and do what I did.

I created a ‘Future Budget’!

Most people hate budgets … including me!  They can be very depressing and they are in fact in opposition to creation.  With a normal budget, you are working out your income and then trying to squeeze your life into it!  That’s dumb!

Why not work out how you want your life to be and then expand your income to meet it?

• Decide what home or homes you really want to live in and figure out how much per month that will cost;
• Decide what cars you want to drive and figure out how much per month that will cost;
• Decide where you want to travel, how much you want to have in investments, how much you want to give away, what ministries and missions you would like to support or start, what jewellery and clothing you want to wear, what hobbies you want to pursue and so on … and figure out how much each one will cost!

Add all this up and you will know how much money you need to earn to live the lifestyle you desire to live. (If you would like a worksheet or spreadsheet to help fill out and calculate this leave me a comment below)

This is much more than just a nice exercise in dreaming; it actually starts the path of changing your mental programming from poverty to abundance which I have mentioned in Parts 1-5 of “Where Does Money Come From?”  The question is, “Will you do it?”

Part 1 – The Secret To Wealth: Where Does Money Come From?

Part 2 – Six Symptoms That Expose Fear of Poverty

Part 3 – Does God Want You To Be Poor, Sick and Broke?

Part 4 – Are You Worth More Than 9 cents Per Day??

Part 5 – From $16.2 million To Living On Food Stamp In 12 Month

From $16.2 million To Living On Food Stamp In 12 Months

So far I have shared about the spiritual side of money.  We will get on to some strategies for building wealth soon.

In fact, I will give you a step-by-step process of how to make money and create financial abundance regardless of your present circumstance, age, country, race, colour, situation, skill, education or ability. However, the reason I have spent time on the non-physical aspect of money is because it is the root cause of poverty and lack in people’s lives.

You cannot have abundance and prosperity while you think or focus on lack.  Even if you are given or win a large amount of money, you will dispose of it rapidly down to your own self-image of what you believe you are worth.

Some say that 96% of all lotto winners are worst off within five years than before they won the money.  I don’t know the exact statistics but I do know it is extremely high.  I have spoken to at least three people who have won over a million dollars and each one said that it made their life a mess and they wished they had never won!

Here is just one story I found on MSN.com:

Living On Food Stamps

William “Bud” Post won $16.2 million in the Pennsylvania lottery in 1988 but now lives on his Social Security.

“I wish it never happened. It was totally a nightmare,” says Post.

A former girlfriend successfully sued him for a share of his winnings. It wasn’t his only lawsuit. A brother was arrested for hiring a hit man to kill him, hoping to inherit a share of the winnings. Other siblings pestered him until he agreed to invest in a car business and a restaurant in Sarasota, Fla., — two ventures that brought no money back and further strained his relationship with his siblings.

Post even spent time in jail for firing a gun over the head of a bill collector. Within a year, he was $1 million in debt.

Post admitted he was both careless and foolish, trying to please his family. He eventually declared bankruptcy.

Now he lives quietly on $450 a month and food stamps.

“I’m tired, I’m over 65 years old, and I just had a serious operation for a heart aneurysm. Lotteries don’t mean (anything) to me,” says Post.

So what I am trying to get you to understand is that the acquiring and accumulation of money is not about hard work or the right job or winning lotto.  In fact, I believe that trying to acquire wealth through any form of gambling is in direct opposition to the natural laws of the universe.

Getting money and keeping it is always dependant on your mindset.

Napoleon Hill in his book “Think and Grow Rich” states that you much work yourself into a white hot burning desire for the money you want.  You must first decide the exact amount of money you desire and why you want it.

Tomorrow I will share with you the exercise which changed my life and my back account.  I’ll show you how I started to get checks in the mail instead of just bills!  I went from making less than $5,000 per year to creating over $1,000,000 in one day using the principles I’ll show you.

Are You Worth More Than 9 cents Per Day??

In Part 1 of this series I suggested that there were two key concepts you must accept:

1. That money is an energy which flows according to your thoughts; and
2. The source of money is NOT other people.

We have been brought up to look at the world as a world of visible things such as people, machines, buildings, computers and so on.  We very much focus on the physical realm and take little thought of other realms or even if they exist.  Many people even say, “I have to see it before I believe it.”

Let me prove it to you … In the United States alone:

1. Physical – Over $450 billion is spent per year on diet foods, supplements and gym memberships, 22 billion on fashion, $65 billion on cosmetics, food at $785 billion, health care of $1.2 trillion … that’s not counting research on the body and a myriad of other things … total of $2.5 trillion;
2. Mental - Around $110 billion is spent per year on education, most of that is before you leave school, little is spent from age 25 to death;
3. Spiritual - Less than $11 billion is spent per year on self-help and personal development which includes spiritual development!

Courtesy of http://www.visualeconomics.com/how-the-average-us-consumer-spends-their-paycheck

My guess is that more money is spent per year studying the physical part of a human being than what has been spent since the beginning of time studying the spiritual part of a human being!!

Want the math?

The average American spends about 7 and a half hours a day eating and watching TV and over $21.40 per day feeding, developing, learning about and looking after there body; they spend less than a buck a day developing their mind; and spend only seconds a day meditating, praying or visualizing and just 9 cents per day feeding, looking after, learning about and developing their spiritual being!!!  Yet the more we learn and understand about the process of creation the more we realise that ALL physical manifestation is first created on the spiritual plane and processed on the mental plane.

Isn’t it interesting that long before the ‘New Age’ or ‘New Thought’ or ‘I’m spiritual’ movements that Paul (in the bible) wrote to the Thessalonians about being Spirit, Soul AND Body (Thess 5:23)  and that if we want to change our outside world we had to change or renew our mind (Romans 10:2).  We are a spiritual being with a soul (mind, will and emotions) living in a physical body.

I will prove to you that EVERYTHING that appears on the physical plane, whether it be money or poverty or health or sickness or happiness or sadness or success in business or failure, is ALWAYS created first in the spiritual plane. If we understand that, we then know the source of money and it is not other people.

History has it that the Creator of the universe and of man said to a bloke called Moses a few thousand years ago, “I give you the power to get wealth for the establishment of my covenant on earth.”

So where DOES money come from?

Does God Want You To Be Poor, Sick and Broke?

My special Sunday edition!

Many people around the world, when they become aware of their spirituality and spiritual needs they are introduced to religion, or they are brought up being taught religion as truth.  All religion is bondage and binds people up in a prison of false teachings.  Religion primarily teaches and upholds the concept of poverty and lack.

Hear me out here for a moment!

A person will say, “I’m a Christian” or “I’m a Muslim” etc. and others will immediately assume that they are ‘religious’.  Others will say “I’m a Universalist” or “I’m a Spiritualist” or they just believe in universal consciousness and they don’t think they are religious.  The truth is that the Christian may not be religious at all while the Universalist is bound by poverty thinking and is far more religious.

Don’t read something in here that I’m not saying!!  MANY Christians are religious, not because they are followers of Christ though, rather that they are followers of other men’s teachings of which Christ never taught or lived.

One root of the word religion is ‘religare’, which means ‘to bind fast’; or the Greek word is ‘deisidaimonia’ which means ‘to fear a pagan deity’.  Religion is a bondage or prison to a set of man-made rules, which normally include that lack and poverty are not only OK, but sometimes even righteous!!  Even God Himself was and is against religion … not only the bible tells us that, so does common sense when we understand that God is love.

A short time ago one of The Secret Teachers wrote on FaceBook “Where is God?” I responded with biblical quotations referencing my answer to the bible.  He wrote back saying that he didn’t believe any religious books as they were all written by man.  I had to chuckle at the stupidity of the reply.  Does that mean he doesn’t believe any inspired writings nor does he believe what he writes himself! Hmmm … interesting!

Nothing in the story of Jesus was about bondage except what others did to Him.  His whole life’s example was setting people free from captivity, sickness and poverty.  He scolded the religious leaders of the day for their abuse of the poor.  Jesus’s one message was salvation.

The word ‘salvation’ when we go back to its Greek origin is “soteria.” Soteria denotes deliverance, preservation and salvation … but from what!  In context of its usage; deliverance from danger and apprehension, from prison, from sickness and disease, from poverty, from sin (feeling inferior because we have missed the mark), and from the wrath of God by His grace.

So might this mean that when we study the Word of God written in the bible, rather than listen to false doctrines from religious leaders seeking to bind us,  that we will find it is more about abundance and prosperity than lack and poverty?  And that God’s will for His children is more life not less!  Jesus said in John 10:10, “I come to give you life and life more abundantly.” Did you know that there are twice as many bible passages that speak of riches, abundance, prosperity and health than there are that speak of the opposite.  That doesn’t sound like lack to me.

Does that mean if we are suffering lack, poverty and disease that we are outside the will of God? OUCH!

Our God is a god of life, love and abundance beyond our comprehension or wildest dreams.

I challenge you:

• that if you believe you should be just happy with your lot in life,
• or that it is wrong to be financially wealthy,
• or that having riches is some sort of curse,
• or even that it is OK to be poor or mediocre …

… I challenge you to find out why you believe that.  And to ask yourself where those ideas came from, are they truth, and are they serving you.

If you haven’t downloaded and listened to my free Science of Getting Rich seminar, I encourage you to do that immediately:  http://www.SignpostsToFreedom.com

Six Symptoms That Expose Fear of Poverty

How did you go with the questions from yesterday?

The majority of people, if asked if they have a fear of poverty they will answer, “No.” Few people realize that they are in a prison, bound by the shackles of fear.  Fear of poverty is a mental bondage which shows up in the physical realm.  Like an alcoholic is bound to drink alcohol and hate the consequences of drunkenness, yet does not know how to escape it, so is the prison of poverty; many people are bound in mental poverty and speak poverty and hate the consequences of poverty yet they do not know how to escape lack and poverty.

If you answered yes to any one of the nine questions you have a symptom of fear of poverty.

Jesus said, “If you stick with this, living out what I tell you, you are my disciples for sure.  Then you will experience for yourselves the truth, and the truth will free you.” (John 8:31-32)  Truth will always free us from a spiritual or mental prison.

The 6 symptoms that expose fear of poverty (as written by Napoleon Hill in ‘Think & Grow Rich’):

1. INDIFFERENCE – Commonly expressed through lack of ambition; willingness to tolerate poverty; acceptance of whatever compensation life may offer without protest; mental and physical laziness; lack of initiative, imagination, enthusiasm and self-control.
2. INDECISION – The habit of permitting others to do one’s thinking. Staying “on the fence”.
3. DOUBT – Generally expressed through alibis and excuses designed to cover up, explain away, or apologize for one’s failures, sometimes expressed in the form of envy of those who are successful, or by criticizing them.
4. WORRY – Usually expressed by finding fault with others, a tendency to spend beyond one’s income, neglect of personal appearance, scowling and frowning; intemperance in the use of alcoholic drink, sometimes through the use of narcotics; nervousness, lack of poise, self-consciousness and lack of self-reliance.
5. OVER-CAUTION – The habit of looking for the negative side of every circumstance, thinking and talking of possible failure instead of concentrating upon the means of succeeding.  Knowing all the roads to disaster, but never searching for the plans to avoid failure. Waiting for “the right time” to begin putting ideas and plans into action, until the waiting becomes a permanent habit. Remembering those who have failed, and forgetting those who have succeeded.  Seeing the hole in the doughnut, but overlooking the doughnut. Pessimism, leading to indigestion, poor elimination, bad breath and bad disposition.
6. PROCRASTINATION – The habit of putting off until tomorrow that which should have been done last year.  Spending enough time in creating alibis and excuses to have done the job. This symptom is closely related to over-caution, doubt and worry.  Refusal to accept responsibility when it can be avoided.  Willingness to compromise rather than put up a stiff fight. Compromising with difficulties instead of harnessing and using them as stepping stones to advancement. Bargaining with life for a penny, instead of demanding prosperity, opulence, riches, contentment and happiness. Planning what to do IF AND WHEN OVERTAKEN BY FAILURE, INSTEAD OF BURNING ALL BRIDGES AND MAKING RETREAT IMPOSSIBLE.  Weakness of and often total lack of self-confidence, definiteness of purpose, self-control, initiative, enthusiasm, ambition, thrift and sound reasoning ability.  EXPECTING POVERTY INSTEAD OF DEMANDING RICHES.  Association with those who accept poverty instead of seeking the company of those who demand and receive riches.

Fear of poverty is a state of mind, nothing else. As such, every person has control over it … they may not know how to exercise that control but they do have that ability.  Money will not come to us in gushers until we change our state of mind to faith of abundance and prosperity.

So how do you change your state of mind from fear to faith?  Read by recent blog called “Change Your Life” and listen to my audio on Faith below.

‘Faith’ by David Schirmer

Download audio file (Faith.mp3)

The Secret To Wealth: Where Does Money Come From? – Part 1

Since The Secret DVD and book, I am known around the world as the “Checks-in-the-Mail” guy!

If you have watched The Secret more than a few times you will remember me saying:

“Today I just get checks in the mail. I still get a few bills but I get more checks than bills.”

There have been times in my life when that has not been true … when the money coming in has been less than the money going out … where the end of the money comes before the end of the month!

So where does money come from? How do I get some?

To fully answer those two questions will take me weeks … maybe months! I invite you to come on the journey with me as I share my insights and little known secrets on wealth, abundance and prosperity.

First there are two key concepts you must accept:

1. That money is an energy which flows according to your thoughts; and
2. The source of money is NOT other people.

These two concepts may challenge you initially, however I will prove to you their validity.

To create real wealth you have to abolish the idea that there is only so much to go around. The fear of poverty is the greatest and most destructive fear in the world today. It stems from the taught thinking that there is a limited supply of money.  Did you know that the study of economics is the study of lack?  That which a person studies they create.  While ever you live on that mental plane of lack and poverty thinking you cannot attain financial freedom.

Financial freedom means to be set free from the worries and doubts of money, to have no fear that something can be taken from you or that you will be left with less and not more. Money is most people’s god and master. They are ruled by debt, interest rates, mortgage payments, credit cards and bills.

Freedom /fri:dem/ noun:

1. the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraint
2. immunity from an obligation or duty

Oh, you can have stacks of assets and money in the bank and still not have financial freedom! You cannot be happy or feel that you have achieved success while you are constantly fearful of getting ripped off, losing your money, someone stealing from you or that you simply don’t have enough. Chances are though that you will remain in lack and never acquire any wealth.

While you operate on the thought plane in lack, thinking there is only so much to go around; you will always be operating from the level of competition.  “What can I get for me?”

The only lack that exists is in a person’s mind … and that, my friend, causes the lack to show up in their circumstances.

So here are some questions for you to ask yourself … about YOU. Please take a sheet of paper (a journal is better), write today’s date on the top of the page, and answer these questions:

1. Do I willingly tolerate poverty and accept whatever compensation life offers without protest?
2. Do I lack initiative, imagination, enthusiasm and self control with money?
3. Am I in the habit of allowing others to do my thinking?
4. Am I envious of others who are successful or do I criticize them?
5. Do I drink alcohol in excess?
6. Do I look for what can go wrong in every circumstance?
7. Am I in the habit of putting off until tomorrow?
8. Do I always have a ‘back up plan’ … just in case?
9. Do I believe there is only so much money to go around?

Tomorrow we will look at the symptoms that show up when a person has a fear of poverty.