[Rocket Surgery]

I think if you asked three times over three days because you got it in your head that you should ask daily, then it is NOT negated because you never sent out any energy of doubt. You were simply following what you thought was a necessary ritual.

However, if you asked again because you weren't sure you said it right, or because you felt perhaps the message didn't get through somehow, then that does imply there may be some doubt involved and the negation of the original intent becomes a possible outcome.

But it is a VERY difficult thing to accept that these seemingly magical things can transpire with so little effort on our part. We have been conditioned to accept a very different kind of reality here in SpaceTime, and that is not so easily discarded by we so-called "Smart People." It takes lots of practice, courage, and faith to get The Secret to work for you every time without fail. People should not think of it as just that gigantic genie in the bottle where our every wish is his command and that's all there is to it.

We must truly believe and trust in the genie, even though we will never see him; only his works. We cannot micro-manage the genie. We cannot second-guess the genie. And we can never, ever sabotage the genie. This means that you can't use The Secret to get into Harvard next year when you're only twelve with average grades. And you met the Dean and called her horrible names. And you never even filled out an application.

In other words, you must WORK WITH the genie to put yourself in a position where what you're asking falls reasonably within the boundaries of the logical and possible.

I can ask the Universe to award me the Pulitzer Prize in Literature within a year when I've never written anything more substantial than a sixth-grade essay that wound up with a B-minus and a week-long posting on the side of the family fridge. This seems ridiculous, but an unexpected opportunity to help co-author a book for a friend could manifest because I do have unique knowledge of the subject matter of the friend's topic. I have to look for every hint of an opportunity to make the magic happen, regardless of how far-fetched the "wish" may seem.

Of course, it's hard to imagine asking for such things when I have no desire to win a Pulitzer Prize. But this is an example to show how when you work with your genie, even the seemingly ridiculous requests become possible.

~ RS