[nantucketsunset]

I took notes on the Secret movie when I watched it.

Apparently I have seen a different version than the one that is out now, but I don't know.

These are my notes at they relate to Dor's question about a recommended series of steps for IM, at least as given in the Secret movie, whether overtly or not.

When I have put a step into parentheses, that means I think that it was implied by the speakers, but not stated directly.

Even if they don't have quotation marks, these sentences below are actual quotes from the movie, as far as I could be accurate, and I listened to the movie 3 times to make sure I got them down correctly.

Many of the statements that I wrote down are from Mrs. Hicks, so if she's not in the movie anymore, you won't recognize some of these statements as being from the current version of the movie.

I have seriously re-organized all the statements I wrote down from the film in real-time (which were frankly all over the place, topic-wise) into a structure that made sense to me. I list the steps (alphabetical) and then the relevant info of each step (numerical).

I don't know what it means, but I have just noticed that this posting has given me a little green dot by my name = hope that is a positive!


====nantucketsunset NOTES from Secret movie=====

Steps to getting what you want in life

A. (Decide what you want)
B. Ask
C. (Hold positive emotions)
D. (Visualize)
E. Be Answered
F. Receive (,Trust, Act)


A. Decide what you want:

A1. What you want

Whatever your circumstances are, they are only your current reality – what you are observing now – but it can change

Concentrate on your wants, not your shoulds

You must be absolutely clear about what it is you want

Your job is to declare what you would like to have from the “catalog” of the universe

It should be believable to you

Some people search a long time for their purpose in life. God does not have a blackboard where it is written what your mission is. Don’t look for it because you won’t find one.

Your primary aim is to experience joy, love, freedom, laughter, happiness

Your real work is to decide what you want and then focus on it

If something doesn’t feel good, let it go – find something else that resonates with your heart

“Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors for you…” -Bill Moyers



A2. There is enough available, so you can ask for whatever you want

Size is nothing to the universe – it can give you big things as easily as small things, but sometimes people feel that big things will be more difficult so they can start with small things to gain confidence in the process

Sometimes it is easy to feel that everything is scarce. It is not true that there is not enough good to go around - there is more than enough power, joy, love, good.

Life is meant to be abundant

There is more than enough

When everyone goes for what they want, they go for different things – there will be enough for everyone even if everyone starts to go through this process


A3. Not what you don’t want

Don’t think about what you don’t want, don’t give it any emotion, any energy

Having a goal of getting out of debt will attract debt – instead focus on prosperity

Don’t complain about how bad things are because you will keep the status quo

Bad vibes, frequencies

As you push against the unwanted, you add power to it

You can’t say “no” and make it go away

What you resist, persists

If you are anti-war, be pro-peace – focus on what you want. It’s okay to notice what you don’t want, but pay much more attention to what you want

Remove your attention from the things you don’t want – don’t write about them, don’t campaign against them, don’t join groups fighting against them


A4. Concentrate on your own life

You are the only one who creates your reality – and likewise, don’t expect others to change or that you will be able to change them

Create the world around you that you choose, and allow the world of others to be what they want also

Your purpose is what you say it is, your mission is what you want it to be – no one can judge you about it, either now or after you have died

People might look at you and say what you want to do is impossible, but you will be able to do it



B. Ask for what you want

Write down a list of what you want and put it in present tense. E.g., “I am so happy and grateful now that…”

For a present-tense affirmation: make it a choice instead of wishful thinking or imagination – say “I choose to live in a beautiful apartment” for example, to make it easier to believe because “I am living in an expensive apartment” can sound false when you are actually not

Example: “I earn, easily and consistently, £100,000 per year”

Turn it over to the universe

Our words have great power

You don’t need to use words to ask for what you want – the universe responds to your thoughts


C. Hold positive emotions

Don’t try to monitor your thoughts – just look at your emotions

There are just 2 kinds of emotions – ones that make you feel good and ones that make you feel bad – if you feel good, keep doing what you are doing

It’s important that you are feeling good, so you can attract the things that help you to feel good

Whatever you are feeling is what you are in the process of becoming


C1. Gratitude

Have gratitude – focus on what you have to be grateful for currently

Appreciation attracts support – be in an “attitude of gratitude”

Make a list of things to be grateful for. Do this daily, but it should not be a chore - you want to feel exhilarated by the process, high, happy, in tune

Feel differently about what you already have. You might prefer something else, but be grateful for what you have now


C2. Enthusiasm

Live in the magic of life

Stir up your enthusiasm, joy, passion

When you are feeling down, change your emotion – think of something beautiful, play some special music, etc.

The world is based upon well-being, so allow that stream to flow in your life

Feel hopeful, not fearful

Put yourself in a state of joy, then have the intention of what you want to manifest


C3. Belief

Believe it can happen, believe you deserve it

Create things that are wonderful and worthy of you – you have the power to do that. Repeat: Worthy of you.

Say “I choose to let it be easy”

You have to think “money comes easily and frequently”

Life is meant to be abundant in all areas

Placebo effect – belief that something positive will happen – effective 33-50% of the time. Nocebo effect – belief that something negative will happen – effective 50-100% of the time [not from the movie]

“Belief relief” – reframing negative attitudes/expectations

Combine repetition (affirming) and emotion (imagining) to change beliefs [not from the movie]



C4. “Alignment”

Bring yourself into alignment with what you have asked for - generate the feelings of having it now

Feeling despair, fear and anger mean that you are not in alignment with what you have asked for

Feel the feeling place of what you asked for

Assume the feeling of the wish fulfilled

Don’t wish, don’t say I want this someday, but feel as if you have the thing now

Get into the state of having already acquired what you want

Make what you want your reality by becoming a match to it

You can begin to feel healthy, feel prosperous, feel the love surrounding you (even if it’s not there yet) – the universe will correspond to the nature of your song --the universe will manifest it for you

Feelings are our guidance system – if you feel good you are in alignment

Don’t contradict yourself by having images/items around you that clash with what you want

Do not let anything distract you from your goal, your vision


D. Visualize that you have what you want

Studies show that the same muscles fire in the same sequence when you are running through something in your mind and when you are doing it for real

Visualize it – “visual motor rehearsal” NASA term

When you vividly imagine something, the brain experiences it as real (example of imagining to cut and taste a lemon – makes mouth water)

If you go there in the mind, you go there in the body

When you visualize, you materialize

Imagine you already have what you want, then trust the universe to provide

See yourself living in abundance

Always, and only, dwell upon the end result when you are visualizing [do they mean not to imagine yourself going through the individual steps towards getting what you want?]

Imagine having the lifestyle you want

Visualize checks coming in the mail

“Imagination is the preview of life’s coming attractions.” -Einstein

Make a “vision board” to help you focus on what you want

Paint a picture of what you want – be clear

Take actions to help you visualize/experience the things you want: Test drive the car, go shopping for the thing you are wanting, tour inside the house you want to live in, etc.


E. Be Answered

Your thoughts don’t manifest immediately – and it’s a good thing


F. Receive, Trust, Act

Pay attention to what you find yourself attracted to

Don’t delay, doubt, second-guess – when the opportunity, impulse, intuitive nudge is there – you must act, that is your job

When you have inspired thought, you have to trust it, you have to act on it

We just need to trust that life will unfold before us – we don’t have to see the whole distance now – just having light from the headlights for the next 200 feet is enough to drive a car in the dark

You don’t need to know how you will do something, you just need to know that you want to do it and the universe will help you figure it out

Don’t try to figure out how you will do what you want, just decide that you want it and your antenna will tune into the opportunities [not from the movie]