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Submitted by: MSH
ChicagoI am 29 living in Chicago, trying to implement The Secret in my daily life.
I started reading The Secret a few weeks ago. I could get behind most of the basic guiding principles and ideas, although some still seemed implausible. I wanted to believe, but the “success stories” I read seemed impossible and fake. I tried to change my thinking, especially by spending time each night going over what I was thankful for, both in the present and future.
One night, I started to think I wanted to receive somewhere around $700. The next day at work, I decided I wanted $712.58 and wrote it down on two pieces of paper, intending to put it underneath both my pillows & write it on my mirror.
I received my W-2 at work that same night, so I began to visualize that money was coming to me in the form of an IRS refund check for $712.58. I was planning on going home and drawing up a refund check made out to me for that amount and hanging it on my wall. On the walk home, I kept repeating that number to myself and even thought that I should get it tattooed on me just to demonstrate my commitment. That night, I was prepared to think about and visualize that number every day for months.
However, that night I went home and did my taxes using my W-2 I had just taken home from work. MY first result was my federal refund of $854, which immediately floored me because I had been expecting around $100 at most. Next, I saw my state results…which was that I owed $142. After I saw those numbers, I did a quick rough calculation in my head and thought the result must be around $712. I was shaking as I grabbed my phone to do the calculations.
Do the math. My net refund was $712, merely hours after visualizing and asking and writing that same exact number. Yes, to be fair, I did write $712.58. But lets be honest, the .58 is completely insignificant. There is no way I could have known my net refund would have been $712. Once I finished my taxes and did the calculation and saw that number, I literally cried. I cried tears of joy and shock and happiness and belief. At that point, I was able to actually feel the immense power of the universe and realize everything I had been reading and been putting into practice was in fact real.
I had started reading The Secret a few weeks ago and wanted to believe and tried to implement it’s practices in my daily life. Some of it seemed fishy at times, and like I couldn’t really get behind it. I kept pushing down those negative thoughts and focusing on the positive. Obviously after this experience, my life is transformed and I am a complete believer. This time my wish manifested the very same day I asked, but now I have proof that this system works and is true. I realize that not every wish/desire will be granted the same day, like I was lucky enough to experience, but it gives me a deep faith that if you ask and believe you shall receive. This has given me faith for the future that if I keep asking and believing and visualizing I shall receive eventually.