thoughts which will put you into harmonious vibration with
the good that you desire.
Everything you are seeking is seeking you in return.
Therefore, everything you want is already yours. So you don't
have to get anything; it is simply a matter of becoming more
aware of what you already possess.
The moment you bring your life into harmony with the
Law, into harmony with the current of Divine Order, you will
find that the "negative" will have "taken wings." For its cause
will have been removed and you will no longer attract what
you don't want.
The secret to receiving, on the physical plane, the results
you desire is always locked into the Law of Attraction. This
entire book has been designed to help you understand how to
get into harmonious vibration with the good you desire, and
then how to stay in that positive vibration, so you will begin to
attract whatever you need for your image of prosperity to move
into form.
The Acorn Analogy
In Raymond Holliwell's magnificent book, Working with
The Law, Holliwell points out in the chapter entitled "The Law
of Success," the following: "All of the processes of nature are
successful. Nature knows no failures. She never plans
anything but success. She aims at results in every form and
manner. To succeed in the best and fullest sense of the term
we must, with nature as our model, copy her methods. In her
principles and laws we shall discover all the secrets of
success."
Keep in mind that everything in this universe you can see
with the naked eye and everything you cannot see, is an
expression of Spirit. Also bear in mind that Spirit operates by
exact laws. You are subject to those laws, in just the same
manner nature is. Therefore, Holliwell is right-we definitely
should copy nature's methods.
For years I have held up an acorn in the seminar and
used it as a device for helping people to gain a better
understanding of how the law of attraction actually works in
their lives. So please visualize, if you will, an acorn. Then
think-really think-about what it is you are looking at.
Although the acorn may appear to be a solid object, by
now you should clearly understand that the acorn, like
everything else which appears to be solid, is in truth, "a mass
of molecules at a very high speed of vibration." Within the
acorn, there is a nucleus or a patterned plan that dictates the
vibratory rate at which these molecules will move. Moreover,
the same principle holds true for all seeds. In other words,
every seed has a nucleus or a patterned plan within it, which
dictates the vibration it will be in and which thereby governs
the end-product into which it will expand or grow.
I believe you are all aware of this fact: everything in the
universe is governed by a basic law-"Either create or
disintegrate." Therefore, it follows that, if something is not in
the process of growing, it must, by the law of its being, be
dying. For example, so long as the acorn is kept out of the
earth, it is slowly but surely disintegrating. However, as soon
as you plant the acorn in the earth, the patterned plan or the
vibratory rate of the acorn sets up an attractive force and the
acorn begins to attract everything that vibrates in harmony
with it. If you were able to observe with the naked eye exactly
what is taking place, you would see a "parade" of particles of
energy-a never-ending stream of them-marching in a very
orderly manner toward the acorn. As they came in contact
with the molecules making up the acorn, they would join,
marry, become one, and of course, the acorn would expand,
become larger, grow.
Now consider this - if you were to put two drops of water
and two drops of oil on an arborite table and then you were to
move them together, the two drops of water would resonate
and become one larger drop of water, as they came in contact
with each other. On the other hand, if you were to move the
water toward the oil, they would actually repel each other
because they are not in harmonious vibration. Likewise, with
the acorn, the only things which join with the acorn are those
particles of energy which are vibrating in harmony with it. All
the other particles of energy, which make up the earth, are
repelled.
As the acorn expands from the never-ending stream of
molecules which are attracted to it, little shoots begin to come
out of the bottom and out of the top of it. These shoots, in
turn, begin to develop into roots. As they grow or expand and
burst through the earth into the earth's atmosphere, this
attractive force continues, and particles of energy from the
atmosphere are attracted to it (just as the particles of energy
in the earth were attracted to it). As the acorn continues to
expand, at some point it ceases to be an acorn and it begins to
become an oak tree. The roots, the trunk, the bark, the
branches, the twigs, and the leaves, are all in the universe and
they are attracted to the acorn, because of the nucleus or the
patterned plan which rests within the seed.
Now, unlike the human creature, the acorn does not have
the ability to change its vibratory rate. It can therefore only
grow into what it has been programmed to grow into; namely,
an oak tree. You are much like the acorn in many respects.
For example, you are also a "seed," relative to the whole
scheme of things. However, the difference between you and the
acorn is that since you are a co-creator, you can choose your
own programming. Therefore, the image you choose to hold,
on the screen of your conscious mind, and plant deeply in the
treasury of your subconscious mind is the patterned plan or
the nucleus which determines what you will eventually grow
into. It dictates the vibration you will be in and also controls
what you will attract to you and what you will repel.
This is an orderly universe; nothing happens by accident.
The images which you plant in your marvelous mind instantly
set up an attractive force, which governs your results in life.
You must remember though, if your image is continually
fluctuating, you will continually be growing into something
different and that sets in motion a most chaotic process.
Unfortunately, those individuals who are unaware of these
very exact laws are planting images of plenty in their minds
one minute and then images of poverty the next. They are
continually "switching" vibrations, so they are attracting good
things one minute and then bad things the next. The sad truth
is, the vast majority of people spend their entire lives
oscillating between these two extreme positions, with the
resulting effect that their lives become disordered and chaotic
to the "nth" degree.
Although it is true that everything you will ever want is
already here, it is up to you to get into harmony with it.
Clearly, you will never get into harmony with prosperity, if you
insist upon holding images of lack and limitation in the
storehouse of your marvelous mind. Since you are always
magnetized toward something, it follows it can never be
anyone else's fault, when something comes into your life you
supposedly do not want. Understand you have ordered it and
it is being delivered to you, right on schedule!
The Risk-Takers
The days of defending your present "possessions" and
"positions" are gone forever. Therefore, from this day forward,
you will never have to concern yourself with such problematic
issues as "maintaining your present job", or "keeping up your
current standard of living." Instead, you will put the things
which "can go wrong" on the defensive, and you will put the
things which "must go right", in ready formation for the
attack. As of today, you are a dynamic, vigorous risk-taker,
whose eyes are always turned toward your strengths and
assets, rather than toward your weaknesses and liabilities.
Henceforth, you will wake up in the morning, thinking only of
"ways to do the things you want to do", rather than waking up
thinking of "all the reasons why you cannot do those things."
As of today, you will think repeatedly of the many
achievements which you are going to accomplish in the future,
that are vastly superior to anything you have ever done in the
past. Clearly, these are the results that can only be obtained if
you are first willing to take some kind of a risk. Believe me,
once you undertake this process, it won't be long before you
start winning-and in a big way. You should understand,
however, that as you become increasingly involved in the risk-
taking process, you will find yourself forced to draw upon
resources which you previously didn't even realize you
possessed. At first, this may prove very frightening to you.
Nevertheless, you must always remember you will never hear
of, read about, or see anyone who achieves anything of
greatness in his or her own life, without first taking some kind
of a risk.
As a case in point, just consider the monumental risks
which all of our great religious leaders have undertaken
during the course of their heroic lives. Then stop and reflect
upon the enormous risks which all of our great business
leaders have also undertaken, during the span of their
illustrious careers. Finally, as you seriously meditate upon
these stupendous accomplishments, you will become
increasingly aware of the fact that you too must become a
risk-taker for you to develop the greatness you were born with.
Moreover, you should understand, that in truth, no genuine
satisfaction in life can ever be attained by you or anyone else,
who simply refuses to take risks. For the life of anyone who
chooses to live with extreme caution will never amount to
anything more than a succession of dull, soporific days,
continuing on, without interruption.
The Diving Board Analogy
To help you grasp the full implication of what I am
saying, consider the following analogy. Just cast your mind
back to the time when you were a child and attempt to recall
the degree to which you admired "the neighborhood kid" who
went right up the ladder, and dived off the high diving board
without any hesitation whatsoever. Then see if you can recall
the feelings which you harbored in yourself, as you watched
him take that first "risky" leap into the water below. If you are
like most of us, you probably lost just a little bit of your own
self-respect at that time, until finally, out of sheer
embarrassment, you too mustered up enough courage to
jump. Finally, see if you can recollect how good you felt once
you actually made the plunge and proved to the world that you
could do it too.
Now that you have taken your mind on this mental
journey through your past, bring it forward to the present
time. Let it become fully aware of the legions of men and
women today who-like the young child looking longingly at the
high diving board-would dearly love to quit their jobs, set out
on an independent path and do their own thing. However, due
to their overwhelming fear of failure, these unfortunate people
never quite work up enough courage to step out and actually
take the plunge. As a result, such individuals miss out on
many of the opportunities that life affords us all, and what is
even sadder, they never get a chance to plumb "the depths" of
their own innate resources. Since they are afraid they might
not make it, afraid they might lose, afraid they might fail, they
simply choose to maintain the status quo and do nothing. The
irony is, however, that even if a person should assiduously
attempt to avoid all risks, he or she will still inevitably end up
failing from time to time! But the point is, so what? What
difference does it really make? After all, "failing" does not make
us a "failure", and the only time we do become a failure is
when we decide to stop trying any more. Therefore, even if we
should falter along the way, we never really fail because we
always retain the capacity to try once more.
Flip Wilson's Story
Flip Wilson, the famous comedian, is best known for his
ability to make people laugh. But here is what he said in a
somewhat more serious vein, about his own experience with
the risk-taking process. "I fell down and got up, I fell down and
got up. For sixteen years I did practically nothing else but fall
down and get up."
Even so, do you think Flip Wilson ever thought of himself
as a failure? You bet your life he didn't. For if he had, he
would never have found the courage to try "just one more
time," and you and I would probably have never even heard
his name!
You should understand, at this juncture, that as soon as
you seriously set a big goal for yourself, you are going to
become involved in a process of risk-taking which will add a
dimension of excitement, indeed a whole new flavor to the
course of your life. But at the same time you should be aware
that as you start engaging in more risk-taking behavior, the
majority of people will be trying to avoid it "at all costs." In
other words, instead of taking meaningful risks, most people
will continue to ensure themselves in a series of empty
compromises. These compromises, in turn, will ultimately
have the effect of reducing their existence to the level of a
meaningless charade. To understand how this phenomenon
operates, just consider the people whom you know who have
compromised when buying their new home. "Why did they
compromise?" you ask-because they were afraid that they
wouldn't be able to make the mortgage payments on that
"dream home" they truly wanted to live in.
