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Choose To BelieveA Practical Guide To
Living Your Dreams
Alan Tutt
Author of:
Harmonic Prayer: How to Instantly Increase our Prayer Power
Awa!en the Avatar "ithin
2# Days to $ffortless %uccess
Pros&erity 'rom the Insi(e )ut
Treasure Ma& to )nline *iches
+eys To Power Persuasion
,reator of:
$m-*A,$% -elief $ntrainment %ystem
PowerKeys Publishing
Grand Rapids, MI
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Choose To BelieveA Practical Guide To
Living Your Dreams
Alan Tutt
PowerKeys Publishing
Grand Rapids, MI
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What People are Saying About
Choose To Believe
This may be the best in terms of ne3, useful information
ha4e hear* in years. An* &4e rea* an* hear* plenty.
C *obert -la!e from Philly
ou so clearly an( sim&ly e5&laine(
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Alan1"ith your boo!1 Choose to Believe, you have &rovi(e( an
enormous amount of information. To the &oint that I foun( my
%elf ta!in/ notes so that I may a&&ro&riately use them for myself
an( also in /ui(in/ others.
'rom your own &ersonal e5&eriences1 you are brin/in/ forth
an( e5&ressin/ what you !ow to -$ true1 which comes from the
inner "is(om that we all have1 an( in (oin/ so this will have a
&ositive an( ma/nificent ri&&le effect that will -$ for the benefit
of many.
I con/ratulate you for all of the above an( in what I believe
is a /reat boo! that you have written1 an( es&ecially with the
&rocesses you &resente( to enhance the lives of others.
Choose to Believe is for the best an* highest goo* of all.
It is time an( well (eserve(.
Ilumine 2 Ao1C Al DiaB
htt&:www.The Miracle)fLove.com
-eliefs are the blue&rints of a &ersonJs life an( the sin/le
most im&ortant as&ect to un(erstan( if you wish to ta!e control of
your life. This is why Alan TuttJs new boo!1 Choose to Believe,
3ill probably be the most important book you rea* this year.At 220K &a/es1 it isnt a uic! rea(1 however it is e(ucational1
ins&irin/1 thou/ht &rovo!in/ an( &otentially life chan/in/.
My favorite section is where Alan ta!es you by the han( to
uncover your current beliefs an( then hel&s you create new
em&owerin/ beliefs. He then /oes on to show you many ways
how to enforce these new beliefs into your life.
IJve rea( hun(re(s of &ersonal (evelo&ment boo!s but stilllearne( a wealth of new information. This is a boo! I will be
referrin/ bac! to many times an( IJ( recommen( it to anyone who
is serious about ta!in/ control of their future.
C Iain Le//
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"hat Peo&le are %ayin/ About ,hoose To -elieve i5
Alan writes so clearly1 so smoothly1 that even the most(ifficult subEects Fthe role of uantum &hysics in formin/ your
reality1 for e5am&leG become utterly sim&le. HeJll have you
won(erin/ why these thin/s ever seeme( har( before. -ut while
/oo( e5&lanations are crucial1 theyJre not enou/h1 an( Alan
!nows this. %o he also teaches you &ractical1 &roven metho(s an(
techniues for choosin/ more useful beliefs1 an( then ma!in/
them a &ermanent &art of your life. 5ith this book, Alan
*eli4ers 3hat other teachers only promise.
C ,harles -ur!e
-ulls$ye3Livin/.com
)f the hun(re(s of boo!s IJve rea(1 this has /ot to be in the
To& 6 IJve rea( about miracles before1 but never have I foun(
any material that clearly e5&lains how they ha&&ene(.
Choose to Believe not only reveals the (ee&est secrets ofhow beliefs can &ro(uce miracles in real life1 but also &rovi(es
un(eniable &roof an( case stu(ies to confirm the reality of its
&ower.
Anyone 3ho rea*s this book 3ill e6perience a miraculous
transformation7
C Michael Lee1 Persuasion $5&ert
htt&:www.20DayPersuasion.com
I havenJt come across a /em li!e this for a lon/ time. I
woul( li!e to avoi( usin/ &hrases li!e &ure /ol(1 or a treasure
trove of information1 but I canJt because the boo! is e5actly this.
f you really care to change your life for the better, this book is
for you.
"ithin its &a/es1 you will fin( answers to not only uestionswe all have about our worl(1 but also solutions to many &roblems
an( &ractical a(vice on how to &erform miracles in your own life1
inclu(in/ settin/ your financial thermostat. =et your co&y soon.
C Irena "hitfiel(
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5 ,hoose To -elieve
Dear Alan1our boo!s an( MP6Js were outstan(in/ an( very hel&ful.
The Choose To Believe boo! I have rea( 6 times the whole
220K &a/es of it. This is the book that hit home 3ith me an*
inspire* me to turn my life aroun*.
Alan1 I (onJt !now how to say than! you enou/h for your
hel& an( wis(om that came throu/h your boo!s. It has chan/e(
my thin!in/ aroun( in all as&ects of life1 love1 trust1 an( es&ecially
-$LI$'1 which I ha( so many &roblems with.
ou see1 I ha( a very challen/in/ life from the moment I was
born. I was born 6 months earlier than I shoul( have1 I e5&eri3
ence(: aban(onment reEection se5ual1 verbal1 emotional an(
mental abuses since I was a tiny little /irl I witnesse( slau/hter of
&eo&le in front of me (urin/ the war in my country1 inclu(in/ the
horror of a babyJs hea( bein/ blown out with a machine /un1
s&latterin/ its brain all over its mother an( me. My family an( Iesca&e( (eath with the count3(own to C by assassination for
attem&tin/ to esca&e the country1 but were sto&&e(. Two (ays
after that1 my family an( I (i( mana/e to esca&e from our war3
torn country1 in the mi((le of winter I mi/ht a((1 ris!in/ the
&ossibility of freeBin/ to (eath. "e wal!e( for 2 ni/hts an( 6
(ays /ettin/ lost1 realiBin/ that we wal!e( aroun( a hu/e
mountain three times1 however1 we finally foun( our way to anei/hborin/ country safely an( without any maEor &roblems I was
only 7 years ol( at the time.
%ome time later1 I marrie( a =ree! man whose mother1
frien(s an( the nei/hborhoo( =ree! community (i( not a&&rove
nor acce&t me as I wasnJt a =ree! myself1 an( after 6 beautiful
chil(ren1 I felt I ha( enou/h of their &reEu(ices1 I a&&lie( for a
(ivorce. I wont /o on anymore as my story woul( ta!e several
cha&ters to tell1 an( 400Js of &a/es to rea(1 however1 the above
e5&eriences are Eust a short syno&sis of my story. The fears1
insecurities1 self3(oubts1 (istrust1 an/er1 inability to believe an(
formulate meanin/ful relationshi&s with some &eo&le was a
bur(en that I carrie( with me all my life.
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"hat Peo&le are %ayin/ About ,hoose To -elieve 5i
our boo!1 Choose To Believe1 force( me to uestion an(analyBe my thin!in/1 values1 attitu(es an( my inner core beliefs.
It reveale( to me how my inter&retations of thin/s were very self3
(efeatin/ I came to realiBe that it was I who attracte( all those
&ains u&on myself throu/h my thin!in/ an( believin/. How
wron/ was IN I now acce&t an( believe that I am a s&iritual bein/
a (au/hter of =o(1 connecte( to the @niverse an( to all thin/s of
life with a more (efinite &ur&ose in life for me. The affirmations
hel&e( me /reatly.
I turne( everythin/ aroun( an( be/an to formulate new
beliefs new i(eas an( slowly lettin/ /o of ol( con(itione( beliefs.
I traine( myself to rely on my instincts an( &rayers1 an( I see! for
inner /ui(ance to brin/ out the truth an( reality about the issues
before me1 before I &lace any value an( acce&tance of it as the
truth or belief.
The outcome of all this e5ercise is that now I am more at&eace within myself every (ay I tell my self that My self3worth
(oes not (e&en( on otherJs acce&tance or a&&roval of me I have
to a&&rove of me. Therefore1 I now see thin/s in a (ifferent
&ers&ective1 I have a new level of thin!in/1 my relationshi&s with
challen/in/ &eo&le have won(erfully chan/e(1 I turne( to =o(1
an( currently IJm rea(in/ the -ible Few TestamentG. I can now
see that everythin/ is min( over matter as to how one &erceivesthe worl(1 thin/s1 es&ecially oneself as Oames Alan sai(: As A
Man Thin!eth1 %o Is He FI thin! thatJs in the -ible as wellG.
Alan, ha4e put all your theories an* e*ucation into
practice an* teste* them out 8 3ith the help of all the
affirmations throughout your book. !o far, all is 3orking for
me as 3ishe*, praye* an* hope* for, for so long. I Eust
nee(e( some /ui(ance an( new &ers&ective to &ut me on the ri/httrac!. $very now an( then1 I sli& bac! one ste&1 but I also ta!e 2
or 6 in re&lace of that one ste&.
I THA+ )@ %) $* M@,H "ITH ALL M H$A*T
AD %)@L.
C %incerely1 A/nes Ffrom AustraliaG
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AlanJs ins&irin/ boo! is a Qmin(3o&enerJ as he (elves (ee&lyinto ALL the as&ects of our belief systems C which vary wi(ely
amon/ in(ivi(uals1 cultures an( bac!/roun(s. He touches on the
(e&th an( brea(th of our innate i(eals an( the functions of our
beliefs1 as well as offerin/ &roof to bac! u& what he &resents to
you. This is not a casual rea(1 so &lan to s&en( some time1 an(
e6pect to be challenge*, inspire*, empo3ere* an* e*ucate*by
this boo!. Alan also bravely share( his &ainful &ast so that the
rea(er coul( truly /ras& the massive &ower of belief an(
e5&erience the immense &ower of our thou/hts much more
vivi(ly. ItJs not O@%T a boo! of facts an( information li!e so
many we rea( these (ays1 because Alan also shows you H)" to
&ut everythin/ to wor! in your own life1 an( that is &riceless. I
hi/hly recommen( this boo! for those see!in/ real /ui(ance for
life chan/es an( im&rovements.
C Donna Maher1 *htt&:DonnaMaher.com
This uni9ue book is unlike any other &4e e4er rea*
before7 I foun( myself learnin/ a lot an( /ainin/ ins&iration from
it ow I realiBe that even thou/h the intention3manifestation
&rocess wor!s1 one nee(s to -$LI$$ in it to successfully use it.This &rinci&le e5&lains the times when I /ot less than e5&ecte(
results because I was sli/htly (oubtin/ the intention3manifestation
&rocess. All s&iritual &owers o&erate by 'AITH. This boo! has
/iven me /reater insi/ht about reality creation an( ta!en my
un(erstan(in/ of consciousness to the ne5t level
C $noch Tan1 $noch Min( *eality
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Acknowledgments
If I have seen further than others, it is because I stood on
the shoulders of giants. IJm not e5actly sure where this uote
ori/inally came from1 but it comes u& in my thou/hts often.
Anythin/ inclu(e( in this boo! is here only because I have ha(
brilliant &eo&le to follow.
At the to& of this very lon/ list is Dr. Oose&h Mur&hy1 whowrote numerous boo!s about belief1 inclu(in/ the one that o&ene(
my eyes to the &ossibility of miracles occurrin/ within my own
life1 The Miracle of Mind yna!ics.
I also owe a hu/e (ebt of /ratitu(e to Ma5 'ree(om Lon/ for
his boo!1 The "ecret "cience Behind Miracles. It was his boo!
that le( me to search for the scientific basis behin( what we
commonly call miracles.OosR %ilva an( his %ilva Min( ,ontrol Metho( showe( me an
easy to use system that can alter what we believe an( thus alter
our life e5&eriences. 'ollowin/ the basic &rinci&les he set forth1 I
was able to (iscover several other techniues not commonly use(
for this &ur&ose.
$rnest Holmes an( ,harles 'ilmore both wrote many /reat
boo!s &rovi(in/ am&le e5am&les of faith in action. The reli/ious
or/aniBations that s&ran/ forth from their lea(ershi& F*eli/ious
%cience an( @nity1 res&ectivelyG are both won(erful sources of
ins&iration an( comfort.
Althou/h lesser !nown1 Phineas Par!hurst
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About the Author
Alan Tutt starte( out in life as an QAJ stu(ent1 but soon fell
into failure (ue to an overabun(ance of limitin/ beliefs. After
years of stru//le an( har(shi&1 Alan came u&on a messa/e of
faith1 an( &ursue( a line of scientific research until it &ai( off in a
lon/ series of &ersonal successes.
ow with over 2; years of e5&erience1 Alan s&en(s his time&resentin/ wor!sho&s an( coachin/ in(ivi(uals an( businesses to
hel& them fin( the un(erlyin/ beliefs res&onsible for har(shi&s
an( limitations1 an( hel&in/ them chan/e those beliefs to manifest
/reater success an( em&owerment.
Alan continues to refine his techniues an( maintains a blo/
at www.Power+eysPub.com1 where you will fin( many ins&ir3
ational articles that have alrea(y touche( thousan(s of lives allover the worl(.
Other Books by Alan Tutt
Harmonic Prayer
Awa!en the Avatar "ithin
2# Days to $ffortless %uccess
Pros&erity 'rom the Insi(e )ut
Treasure Ma& to )nline *iches
+eys To Power Persuasion
Audio Programs
$m-*A,$% -elief $ntrainment %ystem
A variety of /ui(e( me(itations
All of the above may be foun( on the Power+eys Publishin/
website1 at www.Power+eysPub.com.
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Table of Contents
5hat This ook 5ill Do ;or
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"hapter =: 5hy sn&t t )b4ious>..............................................+?,ontra(ictory $vi(ence........................................................;0
-elief Hierarchy...................................................................;2
The 'inal )bstacle...............................................................;9
The @niverse Always %u&&orts ou....................................;8
%ummary..............................................................................;#
"hapter +: Disco4er 5hat
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Table of ,ontents 5i5
'aith Anchorin/..................................................................44#@sin/ ,ontrast....................................................................422
Associative Lin!in/...........................................................426
%ubmo(ality Mo(ification.................................................42
-elief Levera/e..................................................................428
+eys To Power Princi&les..................................................427
"hapter 1: Li4ing in a @e3 $eality..........................................0=0
"or! from =eneral to %&ecific..........................................464
@se the Levera/e Princi&le................................................462
,reate a %et of Master -eliefs............................................466
'ocus on %uccess an( Ha&&iness.......................................46;
%ee Alternate Pers&ectives.................................................46;
-elieve in Ma/ic................................................................468
Mana/e our -eliefs..........................................................46#
,ultivate Positive -eliefs...................................................467
Pre&are for the Possibility of 'ailure.................................467
-uil( Momentum...............................................................40
,reate an Immersion $5&erience.......................................42
@se A((itional %essions.....................................................46
"atch 'or *esults..............................................................4
'ollow our Im&ulses Intuition.......................................4;
%ee! Inner =ui(ance..........................................................4#
If *esults Are Too %low.....................................................47
"hapter 2: ringing t All Together.........................................0/0
$5am&le S4: Increasin/ Pros&erity....................................4;4
$5am&le S2: Im&rovin/ A *elationshi&.............................4;#
$5am&le S6: Increase( Health an( itality.......................499
$5am&le S: Healin/ of Psoriasis......................................49#
$5am&le S;: True Love......................................................480
$5am&le S9: =eneral Pros&erity........................................482
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$5am&le S8: Home )wnershi&..........................................48$5am&le S#: -usiness %uccess...........................................48;
$5am&le S7: Dream ,ar.....................................................488
$5am&le S40: %te&&in/ out in 'aith...................................487
$5am&le S44: Inner %tren/th..............................................4#2
$5am&le S42: Peace of Min(.............................................4#
$5am&le S46: Increase( Pros&erity....................................4#8
$5am&le S4: "in(fall of Money......................................470
$5am&le S4;: The Perfect ehicle.....................................472
$5am&le S49: Healin/ of A *elationshi&...........................477
"hapter : Belping )thers........................................................=
,hoose To -elieve MasterMin( =rou&s........................20
*eachin/ )ut.....................................................................20;
Pin! $le&hant Princi&le.....................................................208
Pacin/ an( Lea(in/ %tatements.........................................20#
$mbe((e( ,omman(s.......................................................207
'aith Anchorin/.................................................................242
@sin/ )ther Techniues.....................................................246
@o3 5hat>.................................................................................0/
ibliography...............................................................................01
)ther *eferences................................................................224
n*e6............................................................................................
Also A4ailable ;rom %o3erCeys %ublishing...........................1
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What This ook Will Do !or "ou
ithin this boo!1 you will fin( the answers to many of the
worl(Js bi//est &roblems. Poverty1 sic!ness1 (iscor(1
loneliness1 (e&ression1 frustration1 an( Qba( luc!J can all become
(istant memories.
"
This isnJt a boo! offerin/ mystical mumbo3Eumbo1 nor shoul(
you thin! of it as a father &attin/ you on the bac! an( sayin/DonJt worry1 itJll all be o!ay without a (efinite &lan for !aking
it o!ay.
es1 it ,A be ma(e all better1 an( you can see your life
transforme( as if by ma/ic1 but you wonJt have to ste& out in
faith without a /oo(1 soli( reason why.
)ur society has recently seen a resur/ence of an ancient
conce&t calle( The Law of Attraction1 which basically says thatyour consciousness has the &ower to create chan/e in the worl(
aroun( you without (irect &hysical involvement. To many1 this
smac!s of &seu(o3science an( fairy tales that fool the innocent
an( /ullible.
#Any sufficiently advanced technology is
indistinguishable from magic.$% &rthur C. Clarke, #Profiles of The 'uture$
'nglish science fiction author (*+--)
icola Tesla (emonstrate( many electrical (evices that
seeme( ma/ical at the time. The communication of soun( across
miles without wires was thou/ht im&ossible before he
(emonstrate( the &rinci&le of electroma/netic transmission.Mo(ern ra(ios1 TJs1 an( cell &hones are base( on this one
scientific &rinci&le. "e use the same &rinci&le to communicate
with satellites in outer s&ace.
Ima/ine the sur&rise a &rimitive caveman mi/ht feel u&on
seein/ somethin/ as sim&le as a ta&e recor(er1 or a ci/arette
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li/hter. These thin/s Eust (onJt e5ist in his worl(. They arenJt&ossible as far as he !nows. ou woul( be Eust as sur&rise( to see
some common item from the 2 thcentury.
Oust because we (o not now un(erstan( the scientific
&rinci&les behin( somethin/ (oes not invali(ate the &henomenon.
In or(er to learn1 we must be o&en to the &ossibility that we (o not
yet !now everythin/1 an( that somethin/ we thin! we !now may
not be true at all.
#The great tragedy of Science the slaying of a
beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.$
% Tho!as /. /u0ley,
'nglish biologist (1%1)
Many stran/e thin/s e5ist in our worl(. Thin/s that (o not fitneatly into the acce&te( theories of science. If we are to call
ourselves intelli/ent bein/s1 itJs im&erative to acce&t the reality of
what actually ha&&ens an( not be swaye( into thin!in/ itJs only
su&erstitious nonsense1 as many scientists woul( try to convince
you.
At one time1 all intelli/ent &eo&le +$" the worl( was flat
an( that the %un revolve( aroun( the $arth. "e now believesomethin/ (ifferent because new information has come to our
awareness. )ur current scientific un(erstan(in/ of how the
universe wor!s coul( also be &roven wron/ as more information
comes into our awareness.
"ith so many &eo&le throu/hout history tellin/ us that our
beliefs affect the worl( aroun( us1 itJs hi/h time we ta!e a /oo(
loo! at what mi/ht be su&&ortin/ these claims an( investi/ate the
&ossibility of (evelo&in/ a technolo/y to &ut these &rinci&les into
action.
This boo! (oes e5actly that.
"ithin these &a/es1 you will fin( scientific evi(ence
su&&ortin/ the claims that our beliefs affect the worl( aroun( us.
This evi(ence comes from several fiel(s1 such as uantum
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&hysics1 molecular biolo/y1 me(ical science1 an( scientificresearch into the &henomena of faith healin/1 $%P1 an( min( over
matter.
Althou/h this boo! has a lot of scientific information1 IJve
ta!en the time to write in a rela5e( style so that anyone who
remembers their hi/h3school e(ucation can un(erstan( it.
The conce&t of faith is central to most reli/ions. Many boo!s
have alrea(y been written about what each reli/ion teaches
re/ar(in/ the &ower of faith1 an( so this boo! s&en(s very little
time re&eatin/ what may be foun( in other resources.
ou will fin( references to other resources1 allowin/ you to
e5ten( your stu(y if you feel the (esire to (o so. In fact1 I have
inclu(e( a s&ecial resource section in the bac! of this boo!
s&ecifically for that &ur&ose.
All this1 however1 is merely to &rovi(e a startin/ &oint. After
all1 what /oo( is !nowin/ about the &ower of belief if you canJt(o anythin/ with itN
The maEority of this boo! is (evote( to hel&in/ you use the
&ower of belief in your own life. ou will fin( an easy way to
(iscover what you believe on multi&le levels1 an( how you can
chan/e those beliefs to su&&ort a more em&owere( life.
I have inclu(e( many (ifferent techniues for you to use.
Inclu(e( here are not only the classic metho(s of belief chan/esuch as affirmations1 visualiBation1 hy&nosis1 an( &rayer1 but also
techniues from the relatively new fiel(s of euro3Lin/uistic
Pro/rammin/ FLPG an( conversational hy&nosis. "ith these1
you can literally chan/e what you believe within minutes.
ou will also fin( in this boo! useful /ui(elines to hel& you
/et the most from your efforts. These /ui(elines come from my
own e5&erience usin/ the &ower of belief1 as well as the
e5&eriences of many others. This way1 youJll benefit from the
many mista!es I an( others have ma(e an( thereby have a more
enEoyable time yourself.
In ,ha&ter 81 youJll rea( about several &eo&le who have use(
the &ower of belief to ma!e chan/es in their lives1 so you can see
how to brin/ this to/ether into real3life situations. As you rea(
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about how they use( the &ower of belief1 I invite you to ima/ineusin/ the same &ower in your own life.
Hel&in/ others is a natural (esire we all have. ThatJs why
,ha&ter # is focuse( on showin/ you how to hel& other &eo&le
chan/e their beliefs. $ven if youJre ha&&y with your life the way
it is now1 you may want to rea( this boo! to learn how you may
hel& those aroun( you im&rove their lives.
There are two &athways to hel&in/ other &eo&le with their
beliefs C (irectly an( in(irectly. Hel&in/ them (irectly may be
accom&lishe( by sharin/ this boo! an( the techniues it contains
with them. This &athway is familiar to most of us.
Hel&in/ someone in(irectly can be realiBe( throu/h the way
you &hrase thin/s when you s&ea! to them. "e normally (o this
unconsciously an( with un&re(ictable results. -y learnin/ some
techniues from conversational hy&nosis1 youJll be able to ta!e
conscious control over the way you s&ea! to others an( bye5tension1 the way you affect their beliefs.
Throu/h all this1 you will fin( out why so much Qcommon
wis(omJ is Eust &lain wron/1 what the real truth is1 an( how to &ut
it to &ractical use. ouJll fin( out why it seems that the har(er
you wor!1 the less successful you become. An( how you can
reverse the &rocess1 become immensely successful in everythin/
you (o1 an( have oo(les of fun (oin/ it.ouJll fin( the real secret to miracles1 an( why there will
never be )ne True *eli/ion. In a((ition1 youJll fin( out why so
many &eo&le believe the silly su&erstitious thin/s they (o1 an(
why horseshoes an( rabbitsJ feet wor! for some &eo&le1 but not
for others.
IJm e5cite( about the &ossibilities awaitin/ us as we be/in to
wor! to/ether throu/h this boo!. How about youN
LetJs /o ahea( an( /et starte(1 o!ayN
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Chapter #$ Why eliefs %atter
e all have many (ifferent beliefs about many (ifferent
thin/s. "e have beliefs about ourselves1 about what we
are ca&able of (oin/ an( what we deserve. "e have beliefs about
other &eo&le an( whether we can trust them or not. "e have
beliefs about the worl( in /eneral an( what we can e5&ect to
ha&&en in various situations. "e have beliefs about s&ecificsituations1 such as the Tues(ay mornin/ meetin/ with an
im&ortant client1 our ne5t vacation1 an( the first time we fell in
love. "e also have beliefs about the ultimate nature of the
universe an( where we fit in.
"
All of these beliefs influence the way we live our lives an(
the (ecisions we ma!e. There is also substantial evi(ence
su//estin/ that our beliefs are so &owerful1 they sha&e the eventsthat ha&&en in the worl( aroun( us.
LetJs ta!e a loo! at a few e5am&les which (emonstrate the
true &ower of beliefs in our worl(. I thin! you may be sur&rise( to
(iscover the amount of influence beliefs have over everythin/ you
e5&erience.
Practical Examples
The most obvious e5am&le of the effect our beliefs have in
our lives can be foun( in the (ecisions we ma!e.
LetJs say that two (ifferent com&anies woul( li!e to hire you.
The first Eob is with a local com&any an( offers a salary that is
;0 more than you currently earn. The secon( Eob is with a
com&any in another state an( offers to (ouble your current salary."hen ma!in/ this !in( of (ecision1 we usually wei/h the
&ros an( cons of each choice1 consi(erin/ factors we believe are
im&ortant.
'or instance1 (o we really believe that the outfit we ha&&en to
be wearin/ when we /et the news ma!es any (ifference in our
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(ecisionN Probably not. -ut factors such as the com&anyJslocation1 the salary offere(1 an( our chances for &romotion are
usually believe( to be im&ortant1 so we ta!e those into
consi(eration.
If we believe that im&ortant factors inclu(e the &ersonalities
of our &otential co3wor!ers1 or the ali/nment of the stars on the
&ro&ose( startin/ (ay1 then we woul( consi(er such information
before ma!in/ a final (ecision.
If youJre li!e most &eo&le1 you believe youJre worth more
than youJre currently bein/ &ai(1 yet may have trouble believin/
youJre worth twice as much. This incon/ruity may cause you to
bac! away from such an offer1 thin!in/ that itJs too /oo( to be
true.
Also involve( in this e5am&le are your beliefs about your
ability to succee( an( thrive in new e5&eriences. If you believe
itJs li!ely for you to fail when away from your frien(s an( family1youJll be less li!ely to ta!e the Eob in the other state1 an( will
&robably stic! with the local com&any. However1 if you feel
confi(ent in your ability to rise to the challen/e Fi.e.3 if you
believe you coul( be successful after movin/ awayG1 then thatJs
another matter entirely.
"hether we feel /oo( or ba( about movin/ to a new state an(
leavin/ frien(s an( family behin( comes from our beliefs aboutthose s&ecific relationshi&s an( the beliefs we have re/ar(in/
relationshi&s in /eneral.
If you have (ifficult &eo&le in your life1 (o you believe it
woul( be /oo( to leave them behin(1 or (o you believe itJs
im&ortant to resolve those (ifferences before movin/ onN These
universal beliefs affect almost every (ecision we ma!e.
"hen consi(erin/ the &ossibility of Eoinin/ a new
community1 (o you believe that the &eo&le there will acce&t you1
or (o you believe they may reEect you instea(N Do you believe
itJs easy to ma!e new frien(s1 or (o you believe that true frien(s
are har( to fin(N Most of us arenJt consciously aware of these
beliefs1 yet we res&on( to the overall feelingthey &ro(uce within
us on a subconscious level.
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Many of these same beliefs influence our (ecisions in otherareas of life as well. )ur beliefs about how easy it is to ma!e new
frien(s usually influence our (ecisions in romantic relationshi&s
too. If you believe itJs easy to ma!e new connections with other
&eo&le1 youJll a&&roach your love relationshi&s (ifferently than
someone who believes new connections ta!e months to form.
%omeone who believes intense relationshi&s never last may
bac! away from an intensely enEoyable relationshi& sim&ly
because they believe it will en( uic!ly an( (onJt want to be hurt
in the &rocess. *ather than res&on(in/ to the situation as it is1
they res&on( to what they believe will be true in the future.
Most of us have beliefs about what is QnormalJ in any /iven
situation. This ten(s to ma!e us sus&icious when somethin/ is
too /oo( to be true. $ven thou/h we may be /ettin/ everythin/
we ever (reame( of an( more1 we start loo!in/ for the &roblems
we believe M@%T be there1 subconsciously sabota/in/ thesituation because we (onJt believe it can be that /oo(.
These beliefs about what is QnormalJ will also motivate us to
im&rove a situation we feel is lac!in/. This is one reason why
those who focus on a lac! of success in their lives will often be
motivate( to wor! har(er to &ro(uce a better result. As lon/ as
they believe that success is &ossible1 they ten( to e5&erience the
success they believe is QnormalJ. This is one e5am&le of how a&erson can /et a &ositive result from ne/ative thin!in/.
Alrea(y1 we have &ractical evi(ence of how our beliefs affect
all areas of our life throu/h the influence they have over our
(ecisions. If weJve been ha&&y with the (ecisions weJve ma(e
over the course of our life1 then we can be satisfie( with the
beliefs su&&ortin/ them. -ut if our (ecisions have left a trail of
casualties in our wa!e1 with bri(/es burne( an( o&&ortunities lost1
then choosin/ a new set of beliefs seems to be a worthwhile
en(eavor.
LetJs see what else we can fin(.
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Support From Science
In to(ayJs /lobal society1 weJve almost ma(e a reli/ion of
science. "eJre tire( of the -% claims from all the Qsna!e oilJ
salesmen comin/ to our (oor an( &romisin/ fame an( riches if we
only trust them an( use their &ro(uct. -efore we acce&t any new
theory nowa(ays1 we chec! to see what science has to say about it.
An( those with a critical eye even loo! u&on science itself
with sus&icion. After all1 how far can you trust a /rou& of &eo&le
who claim to !now how the universe be/an 4 billion years a/o
after only 200 years of uality observation from a sin/le
view&oint F$arthGN ThatJs li!e watchin/ an arrow fly for 2
secon(s then claimin/ to !now where it was years a/o It may
have been movin/ in a strai/ht line the whole 2 secon(s1 but you
really (onJt !now what ha&&ene( yester(ay.
ot so lon/ a/o1 all res&ectable scientists +$" the $arthwas flat an( the sun revolve( aroun( it. To(ay1 we consi(er such
theories nonsense1 an( for/ive the ol( scientists because they
lac!e( sufficient information. However1 we must always
remember that there may still be hu/e volumes of information
mo(ern science (oes not yet !now.
Des&ite this1 science /enerally &ro(uces reliable results. )n a
fun(amental level1 the scientific &rocess is one of observation1lo/ic1 hy&othesis1 an( e5&erimentation. If you start with verifiable
evi(ence an( &rocee( with lo/ic1 you can create a hy&othesis Fan
e(ucate( /uessG about what cause( the thin/s you observe(.
"ith a wor!in/ hy&othesis1 you can construct an e5&eriment
to verify whether your hy&othesis is correct or not. However1 if
there is somethin/ fun(amentally wron/ with your e5&eriment1
such as im&ortant variables not bein/ consi(ere(1 the results you/et may su//est an inaccurate conclusion.
)nly when all involve( variables are ta!en into consi(eration
will scientific e5&erimentation &ro(uce a reliable conclusion.
However1 every faile( e5&eriment is an o&&ortunity to learn more
about the &henomenon bein/ stu(ie(. As you will later (iscover1
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&articles themselves can /o anywhere at any time1 then whatJs tosto& your chair from Eum&in/ to the ceilin/1 or a fancy new watch
showin/ u& on your wristN
Are these uantum irre/ularities res&onsible for the various
miracles an( &aranormal events that have been re&orte(
throu/hout historyN An( what (irects the course of these
subatomic &articles1 their un&re(ictable motions1 an( conseuently
the worl( we see aroun( usN
The current theory believe( by most scientists is that all the
un&re(ictable events on the uantum FsubatomicG level balance
each other out to form the Fmore or lessG &re(ictable universe we
see aroun( us. )nly time an( e5&erimentation will &rove whether
this theory is true or not.
In the meantime1 many scientists are &ro&osin/ theories that
echo those of ancient mysticism. ,once&ts such as we are all
connecte( on a fun(amental level an( the universe res&on(s tothou/ht have been aroun( for thousan(s of years1 an( now
science is startin/ to /ive serious consi(eration to the vali(ity of
these i(eas. Maybe the ancient mystics an( s&iritual see!ers1 who
were more intuitively incline(1 sim&ly !new thin/s that science is
only now be/innin/ to confirm.
)ne such scientific theory centers aroun( somethin/ calle(
The Uero3Point 'iel(1 which is (escribe( as a vast ener/y fiel(fillin/ the entire universe. Accor(in/ to the scientists1 if you use(
$insteinJs MassV$ner/y formula F$VM,2G to convert all the
matter in the entire !nown universe into ener/y Fmuch more than
4000 atomic bombsG1 the Uero3Point 'iel( woul( match that in
every sin/le cubic inch of s&ace. Many ancient mystical te5ts
refer to the universe as a vibratin/ sea of ener/y.
ow1 try to ima/ine that much ener/y in every inch of your
bo(y The scientists say that the only reason we (onJt notice this
is because itJs always there an( we have nothin/ less &owerful to
com&are it to. This is easy to un(erstan( when you thin! about
tryin/ to (etermine how hi/h u& an obEect is1 li!e a shelf on the
wall. @nless you !now how hi/h u& the floor is1 you cannot !now
how hi/h the shelf reallyis.
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)ne of the most res&ecte( scientists in the fiel( of uantum&hysics1 Davi( -ohm1 (escribes the universe as a continuum1 with
everythin/ connecte( li!e your han( is connecte( to your arm.
)ne e5am&le he uses is a whirl&ool in a river. It may a&&ear to be
a se&arate thin/1 but itJs still the same water1 Eust movin/ in a
(ifferent way.
-ohm also claims that consciousness an( matter are sim&ly
two forms of the same thin/. He says there is no fun(amental
(ifference between your min( an( the worl( aroun( you because
they are interconnecte( an( form a unifie( whole. irtually every
mystical an( reli/ious te5t to (ate has sai( in one way or another
that we are all one with =o(.
Des&ite our many technolo/ical a(vances1 we still (o not
have any eui&ment ca&able of ta!in/ an atomJs &icture. "hen
scientists tal! about measurin/ somethin/ (own to a sin/le
atom1 they are (e&en(in/ on the vali(ity of mathematicalassum&tions rather than (irect &erce&tion. @ntil we can see atoms
(irectly an( verify e5actly what is bein/ measure( by scientific
eui&ment1 we cannot +)" whether those assum&tions are
accurate or not. 'or now1 scientists are merely actin/ on faith in
these areas.
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!olecular Biology
"hat ha&&ens insi(e an atom will never be as fascinatin/ as
what ha&&ens within our own bo(ies. The fiel( of molecular
biolo/y Fthe biolo/y insidea livin/ cellG bri(/es the /a& between
the two sciences.
Molecular biolo/ists stu(y the way livin/ cells sustain life.
To (o that1 they stu(y &roteins an( other molecules1 which are
or/aniBe( collections of atoms. The relatively new science of
uantum &hysics has o&ene( u& a whole new way of thin!in/
about the life insi(e a cell1 which in turn has o&ene( u& a new way
of thin!in/ about life itself.
)ne of the lea(in/ scientists in the fiel( of molecular biolo/y
is -ruce Li&ton1 author of The Biology of Belief. In his boo!1
Dr. Li&ton &rovi(es a very clear an( easy to un(erstan(
(escri&tion of what ha&&ens within livin/ cells an( how ittranslates to life as we !now it.
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In 20001 the 6ournal of the &!erican Medical &ssociation&ublishe( the results of a stu(y conservatively estimatin/ that
&rescri&tion (ru/s accounte( for more than 4201000 (eaths in the
@nite( %tates annually an( was the thir( lea(in/ cause of (eath.
In 20061 another stu(y foun( &rescri&tion (ru/s to be res&onsible
for more (eaths in the @%A than anythin/ else1 inclu(in/ cancer
an( AID%1 causin/ more than 6001000 (eaths &er year.
"ith statistics li!e these1 you have to won(er how the
me(ical &rofession is able to hel& as many &eo&le as they (o.
Dr. Li&ton further e5&lains why our DA (oes not control
our lives the way many scientists woul( have you believe.
*esearch e5&eriments have &roven that DA is only a collection
of &otentials1 an( the environment in which we /row an( live
(etermines which of those &otentials are actually realiBe( an(
which &otentials are not.
The Human =enome ProEect (iscovere( that we have far toofew /enes to account for the many com&le5ities within us. In fact1
we have about the same number of /enes as the avera/e ro(ent1
an( not many more than a microsco&ic worm. *e&orts of such
thin/s as a math /ene1 or a &sychotic /ene1 or an ADHD
/ene must be false1 unless the microsco&ic worm has them too.
This realiBation le( to the conclusion that there are many
(ifferent factors which (etermine e5actly how our bo(ies /rowan( behave. Here(ity is only one factor amon/ many hel&in/ to
sha&e our bo(ies (urin/ our lifetimes1 an( even how lon/ those
lifetimes will be.
At least one author has ta!en these conce&ts an( surmise(
that it may be &ossible to sto& the a/in/ &rocess alto/ether an(
e5ten( life in(efinitely. Anet Paulina1 in her boo! Transcend the
&ging Process1 combines the conce&ts tau/ht by Dr. Li&ton an(
others with theories from uantum &hysics in a very intri/uin/
&resentation.
This has &rofoun( im&lications1 es&ecially if some uantum
&hysicists are ri/ht in sayin/ that our thou/hts are intimately
connecte( to the rest of the universe.
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The Placebo E""ect
"hile all this information about the foun(ations of life an(
the universe is nice to !now1 the uestion we are intensely
intereste( in answerin/ is how these microsco&ic events translate
to real worl( e5&eriencesN Does the un&re(ictable nature of
thin/s on the uantum level lea( to any un&re(ictability on the
conscious level in which we liveN An( more s&ecifically1 can we
choose to activate s&ecific chan/esN
In me(ical research1 it is common to test the effectiveness of
a new treatment by com&arin/ it to an inert1 functionally worthless
&lacebo. A &lacebo may be a su/ar &ill1 a brea( ca&sule1 an
inEection of sterile water1 a &hysical mani&ulation1 or anythin/ that
resembles the new treatment bein/ teste(. $ven sur/ery has been
use( as a &lacebo1 where sur/eons sim&ly o&en u& the area bein/
Qtreate(J an( sew the &atient bac! u& a/ain without (oin/ anythin/else.
In any /iven research stu(y1 the &eo&le &artici&atin/ as test
&atients Fthe subEectsG are /iven either the real treatment or a
&lacebo by the me(ical staff. The subEects are never tol( whether
they are receivin/ the real treatment or the &lacebo. In a Q(ouble
blin(J stu(y1 the me(ical staff themselves (o not !now which they
are a(ministerin/ to the &atients. In ALL cases1 the researcherswho set u& the stu(ies al4ays!now which is which1 an( tally the
results afterwar(s. $ven if no3one else has a belief about the (ru/
bein/ teste(1 these researchers cannot be eliminate( from the
e5&eriment1 an( their beliefs must be ta!en into consi(eration.
In some cases1 a research stu(y is set u& to fin( out how often
the con(ition bein/ treate( /oes into a natural s&ontaneous
remission1 by inclu(in/ a test /rou& that receives absolutely notreatment whatever. This also &rovi(es us with information on
how effective the &lacebo itself is in treatin/ the con(ition.
)ver the years1 it has been foun( that &lacebos are very
effective in treatin/ many ty&es of con(itions1 es&ecially &ain.
)ther con(itions where &lacebos have been &roven to be effective
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inclu(e aller/ies1 arthritis1 asthma1 cancer1 the common col(1(e&ression1 (iabetes1 motion sic!ness1 multi&le sclerosis1
Par!insonism1 ulcers1 an( warts. An avera/e of 6; of all
&atients receivin/ &lacebos have re&orte( feelin/ as much relief
from their con(itions as &atients receivin/ tra(itional treatment.
This healin/ res&onse to &lacebos is calle( the &lacebo effect.
The effectiveness of any &lacebo (e&en(s u&on the beliefs of
both the me(ical &ersonnel /ivin/ the &lacebo an( the &atient
receivin/ it. If the (octor /ivin/ the &lacebo believes it will be
effective1 the &atient is more li!ely to believe in it as well. "hen
the &atient believes the &lacebo will &ro(uce (ramatic chan/es1 it
(oes1 an( when the &atient is uncertain about the &romise( cure1
the results are eually (ismal.
In /eneral1 the form in which a &lacebo is /iven has a /reat
(eal to (o with itJs effectiveness. InEections are /enerally
&erceive( to be more effective than ca&sules1 which in turn are&erceive( to be more effective than &ills. %ur/ery is &erceive( to
be the most effective form of treatment1 an( &ro(uces the
stron/est &lacebo effect.
There have been many cases re&orte( where a (octor
&rescribe( what he or she thou/ht was a miracle (ru/ to a &atient
in nee(1 only to fin( out afterthe &atient was heale( that the new
(ru/ was (eeme( ineffective for treatin/ the con(ition for which itwas a(ministere(.
)ne such case1 as &ublishe( in the 6ournal of Pros2ective
Techni7ues in 47;81 ma!es it very clear how uic! an( (ramatic
the &lacebo effect can be.
The &atient1 "ri/ht1 ha( an a(vance( cancer of the lym&h
no(es. Tumors the siBe of oran/es fille( his nec!1 arm&its1 chest1
ab(omen1 an( /roin. Two uarts of mil!y flui( were bein/
(raine( out of his chest (aily. All the stan(ar( treatments ha(
been use(1 yet "ri/ht was not e5&ecte( to live much lon/er.
)bviously1 "ri/ht (i(nJt want to (ie1 an( when he hear(
about a new e5&erimental (ru/ calle( +rebioBen1 he be//e( his
(octor to try it. $ven thou/h the (ru/ was bein/ limite( to
&atients with at least 6 months to live1 Dr. +lo&fer eventually
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relente( an( /ave "ri/ht an inEection of the e5&erimental (ru/.This was on a 'ri(ay1 an( +lo&fer honestly (i( not e5&ect "ri/ht
to live out the wee!en(.
-y the followin/ Mon(ay1 "ri/ht was out of be( an( on his
feet. @&on e5amination1 Dr. +lo&fer foun( the tumors to be half
their ori/inal siBe. Ten (ays later1 "ri/ht left the hos&ital
a&&arently free of the cancer.
%everal months later1 research re&orts were bein/ &ublishe(
that reveale( +rebioBen ha( absolutely no effect on cancer of the
lym&h no(es. "hen "ri/ht rea( the re&orts1 he imme(iately ha(
a rela&se an( was rea(mitte( to the hos&ital.
At this &oint1 Dr. +lo&fer (eci(e( to try an e5&eriment. He
e5&laine( to "ri/ht that the re&orts were in error an( some of the
earlier su&&lies of the e5&erimental (ru/ ha( lost their &otency in
transit. He went on to say that he ha( a newer batch which was
hi/hly concentrate( an( so stron/ they ha( to ta!e &recautionsbefore a(ministerin/ it. In actual fact1 +lo&fer was bluffin/ an(
inten(e( to inEect "ri/ht with sterile water C a &lacebo.
Des&ite the bluff1 the healin/ res&onse was real. )nce a/ain
the tumors in "ri/htJs bo(y vanishe( in recor( time.
"ri/ht remaine( cancer3free for another two months1 until
the American Me(ical Association announce( that +rebioBen was
com&letely ineffective in the treatment of cancer. At that &oint1"ri/htJs tumors came bac! with renewe( vi/or an( he (ie( two
(ays later.
%u//estion has a &owerful influence on the effect of any
treatment. %everal stu(ies have foun( that a &erson receivin/ a
stimulant intro(uce( as a se(ative woul( become (rowsy an( fall
aslee&. Oust as surely1 a &erson receivin/ a se(ative intro(uce( as
a stimulant woul( &er! u& as if the (ru/ were a real stimulant.
This clearly shows that our belief in a (ru/ has a /reater effect
than the (ru/ itself.
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Faith #ealing
%ince we have foun( that the effectiveness of &lacebos
(e&en(s on the faith a &atient has in them1 an( a &atientJs faith in a
(ru/ has more of an im&act than the (ru/ itself1 then what (oes
science have to say about faith healin/ in /eneralN
"hen scientists set u& a new research stu(y1 they attem&t to
eliminate all variables from the &rocess e5ce&t the ones for which
they are testin/. This is inten(e( to &ro(uce a clear &icture of the
im&act those variables have on the treatment bein/ teste(.
'or instance1 when science tests the effect &lacebos have on
healin/1 they eliminate all variables they cannot control1 such as
the &ersonalities or re&utations of (ifferent healers1 an( the
environment in which healin/ ta!es &lace. They (o this by
ma!in/ sure these variables are the same in all cases.
As a result1 science only tests healin/ &erforme( in ahos&ital3ty&e settin/1 usin/ me(ical &ersonnel with no outstan(in/
re&utations an( very little charisma. Dull1 blan(1 an( borin/.
othin/ to /et e5cite( about.
ThereJs nothin/ wron/ with this1 but it (oes limit the
information science can collect. %ome stu(ies have shown
(ramatic evi(ence for the effect of faith on healin/1 an( yet other
stu(ies have shown no correlation between the two. The onlyconclusion science can ma!e with the current information is that
thereJs a /oo( chance faith healin/ is real1 an( there are other
variables involve( which have not yet been accounte( for.
Me(ical science has come un(er attac! for not a(euately
stu(yin/ the effects of faith healin/1 with many claims of self3
interest an( too much attention to the financial bottom3line. This
may be true1 but the honest truth is that science (oesnJt have theresources to stu(y everythin/1 an( faith healin/ Eust hasnJt risen to
the to& of the list.
In the same way as some &eo&le believe that ta!in/ time to
warm u& before e5ercise is a waste of time1 science in /eneral
(oesnJt consi(er faith healin/ to be an im&ortant subEect to stu(y.
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As an e5am&le1 (urin/ an investi/ation of Antonio A/&aoa1 a&sychic sur/eon in the Phili&&ines1 a Dr. %eymour "an(erman
was /iven an offer to &lace his han(s insi(e the o&enin/ of a
&atientJs bo(y to verify its reality1 an( later was offere( the
remove( tissues for analysis. -oth offers were refuse(1 yet Dr.
"an(erman later announce( that the sur/ery was a hoa5.
@nfortunately1 this is not a rare case1 an( many scientists
refuse to ac!nowle(/e the reality of evi(ence ri/ht in front of
them1 &referrin/ to believe in a universe of &erfect or(er an(
sim&le rules. -ecause we trust the intelli/ence of such scientists1
many of us have been misle( to believe these thin/s canJt &ossibly
ha&&en.
An( yet1 as weJve alrea(y seen1 the (iscoveries of uantum
&hysics1 molecular biolo/y1 an( me(ical research have alrea(y
&roven that the universe is not uite so sim&le1 an( many thin/s
doha&&en that (efy the ol(1 an( now out(ate(1 laws of science."hat we nee( to (o is ac!nowle(/e the reality of such &henomena
an( fin( out what causes them.
!ind Over !atter
,losely relate( to faith healin/ is the &henomenon !nown as&sycho!inesis FP+G1 tele!inesis1 or more commonly1 Qmin( over
matterJ. This is where a &erson is able to move &hysical obEects
usin/ mental &owers alone.
%ome of the most famous e5&eriments in this area were
con(ucte( by a scientist name( O.-. *hine at Du!e @niversity.
-esi(es &sycho!inesis1 *hine also stu(ie( many other areas of
what is /enerally calle( the &aranormal1 inclu(in/ $%P1 tele&athy1
clairvoyance1 an( &reco/nition. His wor! conclusively &rove(
that everyone has some (e/ree of &sychic ability1 althou/h various
factors alter the (e/ree of success in any /iven situation.
In the many e5&eriments con(ucte( by *hine1 a &ositive
result was recor(e( as a QhitJ1 an( a ne/ative result was recor(e(
as a QmissJ. Tallie( to/ether1 the &ercenta/e of hits to misses
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became each subEectJs QscoreJ. After many thousan(s of trials1 the(ata was analyBe( for statistical si/nificance an( the real truth
became clear.
*hine foun( that his subEectJs motivation affecte( the scores
they achieve(1 as (i( their interest level in the e5&eriments. Thus1
the more connectedthe subEect was with the e5&eriment1 the better
they &erforme(.
"hether a subEect believe( in the reality of &sychic abilities
or not was the most tellin/ factor. *hine calle( this the shee&3
/oat effect. Those who believe( &sychic abilities to be a natural
occurrence &erforme( much better than those who thou/ht the
subEect was a waste of time.
%ome of the stron/est criticisms of *hineJs wor! revolve
aroun( the conce&t of chance. After all1 even a bro!en cloc! is
ri/ht twice a (ay. %tatistically1 a ran(om series of /uesses woul(
be correct a certain &ercenta/e of times. 'or e5am&le1 ine5&eriments where a subEect tries to sense which one of five car(s
his or her &artner is hol(in/1 a ran(om /uess woul( be ri/ht about
20 of the time.
)ver the course of *hineJs research1 the avera/e scores
achieve( by his subEects were only a small (e/ree better than
chance. Des&ite the fact that the results were statistically
si/nificant Fin other wor(s1 they coul(nJt have ha&&ene( bychanceG1 critics ten( to su//est that the small results 2rove&sychic
abilities are wea! or cannot be truste(. However1 this may be
easily e5&laine( when you realiBe that *hine himself believe( the
results woul( not show anythin/ (ramatic.
The main thin/ to notice about these e5&eriments is that they
&rove scientifically that our consciousness e5ten(s outsi(e our
bo(ies an( can affect the worl( aroun( us1 accor(in/ to the belief
we have in the &rocess. They also (emonstrate that we are all
connecte( on a level beyon( the &hysical.
In situations where belief is stron/er1 the results of such
activity are &ro&ortionally more sensational. Ta!e1 for instance1
the case of %ri %athya %ai -aba1 an In(ian mystic1 famous for the
unen(in/ flow of materialiBations he &ro(uces out of thin air.
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A scientific investi/ation of %ai -aba1 as re&orte( inModern Miracles by $rlen(ur Haral(sson1 Ph.D.1 reveals that
&ractically everyone who has come into contact with %ai -aba has
observe( materialiBations of some !in(. Most have a loc!et or
rin/ /iven to them by the miracle3wor!er himself.
There are several factors that ten( to &rove the vali(ity of the
materialiBations &ro(uce( by %ai -aba. )ne is the continuous
flow of /ifts /iven since the 470Js1 many of which are com&ose(
of &recious metals. Another is the fact that no one has yet
(etecte( any frau( in his &resence. It stan(s to reason that of the
many scientists who sou/ht to (is&rove the claims of miracles1 at
least one of them woul( have foun( some evi(ence of frau( if it
e5iste(. %ince no one has1 we can confi(ently conclu(e that the
miracles are real.
The thir( &oint is the fact that he &erforms his miracles
o&enly for all to see1 with no restriction of any !in( re/ar(in/&hoto/ra&hy of the events. In all cases1 the cameras have recor(e(
e5actly what observers saw1 &rovin/ that no ty&e of Qmass
hy&nosisJ was involve(.
A fourth factor ten(in/ to &rove the reality of %ai -abaJs
materialiBations is his a&&arent ability to &ro(uce obEects u&on
reuest1 inclu(in/ fruits that are out of season an( (ifficult to
obtain in In(ia. )f the foo(s %ai -aba is re&orte( to &ro(uce1many are ba!e( sweets that are very hot to the touch when /iven1
as if they ha( Eust come out of an oven.
"hen as!e( how he &ro(uces these miracles1 his answer is
that he merely thin!s of what he wants1 ima/ines it1 an( then it
a&&ears. In this &rocess1 he (oes not nee( to ima/ine all the minor
(etails1 Eust the overall form of the obEect.
)ne e5am&le of this is when he &ulle( a statue of +rishna out
of the san( for some visitors. "hile out for a (rive alon/ the
seashore1 the /rou& sto&&e( at a beach an( be/an to (iscuss their
visit to a local tem&le1 where they ha( ho&e( to see a famous
statue of +rishna. %ai -aba offere( to show it to them1 whereu&on
he (rew a fi/ure in the san(1 reache( in with both han(s1 an(
&ulle( out a ma/nificent /ol(en statue. )ne of the visitors as!e(
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)ne messa/e clearly evi(ent in to(ayJs ew Testament is(emonstrate( by ,hrist re&eate(ly sayin/ that accor(in/ to your
faith is it (one unto you. This uote a&&ears in several cases of
healin/ miracles1 an( is an ever3&resent theme in his teachin/s.
There are many other uotes mentionin/ the value of faith1
es&ecially as it relates to &rayer. 'or instance1 when the (isci&les
were afrai( of the stormy sea1 ,hrist rebu!e( them for havin/
wea! faith an( then comman(e( the win( an( waves to be still1
confi(ent that the (esire( result woul( be forthcomin/. An( in
several &assa/es1 ,hrist is uote( to have sai( Fsli/htly
&ara&hrase(G If you comman(e( this mountain For treeG to cast
itself into the sea1 an( (i( not (oubt it woul( ha&&en1 it woul( be
(one for you.
)verall1 the two most re&eate( messa/es attribute( to the
foun(er of to(ayJs ,hristian reli/ion are about 'aith an( Love.
This coinci(es very neatly with the (iscoveries of mo(ern scienceas the core &rinci&les lea(in/ to a full an( satisfyin/ life. )ther
reli/ions also teach that faith is a &rereuisite to receive abun(ant
blessin/s from =o(.
The (evelo&ment of reli/ion is a vast an( interestin/ to&ic.
At its foun(ation1 reli/ion (evelo&e( as a way for humanity to
relate to the worl( aroun( them. In some cases it sou/ht to
&rovi(e meanin/ an( /ui(ance for livin/1 althou/h in many casesit was a call for hel& from invisible sources.
-efore or/aniBe( reli/ion1 everyone ha( their own i(ea of
how to /ain this assistance. %ome believe( there was one /reat
=o( res&onsible for everythin/. )thers believe( there were many
/o(s an( /o((esses1 as well as innumerable nature s&irits who
share( the res&onsibility of !ee&in/ the universe runnin/
smoothly. %ome &eo&le believe( that =o( reuire( a /reat
sacrifice before assistance woul( be /rante(1 an( others believe(
that =o( reuire( the &etitioner to meet some mysterious stan(ar(
of &urity. %till others believe( that assistance coul( be obtaine(
throu/h the stu(ious use of substances1 such as oils1 incense1 an(
Qma/ic &otionsJ.
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"hen we ste& bac! an( analyBe the various &rocesses use(throu/hout history for /ainin/ s&iritual assistance1 we fin( a sin/le
threa( runnin/ throu/h all of them C (e&en(ence on faith. 'aith
that a &rayer will be answere(1 or faith in a &rocess of wor!in/
with s&iritual forces.
Popular %iterature
In 47291 an intellectual by the name of $rnest Holmes wrote a
te5tboo! that forme( a bri(/e between science an( reli/ion. That
te5tboo! was rewritten in 476# an( has been in continuous
&ublication ever since. ,ountless other boo!s refer to it an( the
&hiloso&hy it teaches. In fact1 it became so &o&ular1 a movement
calle( *eli/ious %cience forme( aroun( it. This te5tboo! is The
"cience of Mind.If a boo!Js value can be measure( by the number of lives it
chan/es for the better1 then The "cience of Mind can
le/itimately be calle( one of the most valuable boo!s of the 20 th
century. "ithin it1 Holmes &resents a semi3scientific (escri&tion
of faith an( the means by which it wor!s. He also &resents a very
sim&le techniue for alterin/ faith in or(er to chan/e
circumstances for the better.The core techniue use( by &ractitioners of The "cience of
Mind is one calle( treatment. This is a &rocess of alterin/ your
belief about a situation by affirmin/ what you woul( li!e to
e5&erience1 as if it were your current reality. Many &eo&le
(escribe this as usin/ affirmations1 or affirmative &rayer.
In 47#1 a news&a&er re&orter name( ,lau(e -ristol wrote a
much smaller boo! about the &ower of belief calle( The Magic of
Believing1 which has also been in continuous &ublication since its
release.
As a news&a&er re&orter1 -ristol never too! anythin/ at face
value an( sou/ht to fin( &roof of any claim before /ivin/ it any
cre(ence whatsoever. Durin/ his career1 -ristol investi/ate(
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many reli/ious an( s&iritual events1 as well as &eo&le in all wal!sof life.
He notice( that two &eo&le coul( (o e5actly the same thin/
an( /et two com&letely (ifferent results. After seein/ this many
times1 he eventually conclu(e( that it was a (ifference in belief
which &ro(uce( the (ifferent results. )ne &erson believe( in
success an( the other believe( in failure.
-ristol offers several techniues for chan/in/ beliefs in or(er
to chan/e outcomes. )ne of these techniues involves writin/
(own your (esire( outcome on an in(e5 car( an( then every
mornin/ an( evenin/ visualiBin/ yourself e5&eriencin/ that
outcome. Throu/h continue( e5&osure to the i(ea1 your min(
naturally a(a&ts an( be/ins to ima/ine your (esire( outcome as
the most li!ely event to occur. )nce you believe it1 youJll see it
manifest in your life.
isualiBation has been written about in much of the &o&ularliterature of the last ;0 years. A famous boo!1 which focuse(
almost e5clusively on this to&ic1 was Creative 9isuali:ation by
%ha!ti =awain. isualiBation wor!s on the same basic &rinci&le
of con(itionin/ your min( to believe your (esire( reality is li!ely
to manifest.
In the last several (eca(es1 there has been a resur/ence of
new material base( on very ol( i(eas. Most of the materialfocuses on usin/ unseen forces to create or alter circumstances1
an( remin(s us of the ol( myths an( le/en(s about ma/ic an(
wiBar(s. An( yet with the new (iscoveries of uantum &hysics
an( the fun(amental nature of our &hysical universe1 the i(ea of
ma/ic seems &lausible a/ain.
*ecently1 many authors have been writin/ about somethin/
calle( the Law of Attraction. In essence1 the Law of
Attraction is a way of &resentin/ the same conce&ts weJve
(iscusse( in this cha&ter1 an( will continue to (iscuss throu/hout
this boo!.
The Law of Attraction states that &eo&le e5&erience
&hysical an( mental manifestations which corres&on( to their
&re(ominant thou/hts1 feelin/s1 an( beliefs1 an( that &eo&le
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therefore have (irect control over reality an( their lives throu/hthou/ht alone. %ome authors claim that the conce&ts have been
!e&t secret from the masses1 yet as weJve seen here1 that hasnJt
been the case.
Conclusions
$verywhere we loo!1 we fin( evi(ence su&&ortin/ the i(ea
that our beliefs affect the worl( aroun( us1 an( that they may even
chan/e &hysical reality itself. "hether science can verify this to
be the case or not remains to be seen1 but it certainly &resents an
interestin/ hy&othesis to test.
"hile some of the &ossibilities &resente( in this cha&ter may
a&&ear e5treme1 it is clear that we can ra(ically chan/e our lives
by choosin/ what to believe. $ven if the only effect of chan/in/ afew beliefs is that we be/in to ma!e (ifferent choices1 this alone
will enhance our lives in countless ways.
-ut what if it really is &ossible to &ro(uce chan/es in the
worl( aroun( us merely by thin!in/ about them an( believin/ that
the chan/es will ha&&enN An( what if the &rocess of choosin/ a
new set of beliefs can be uic! an( easyN
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6esus turned and sa4 her. #Take heart,
daughter,$ he said, #your faith has healed you.$
% Matthe4 ;
According to your faith will it be done to you.
% Matthe4 ;
I tell you the truth, if you have faith as s!all as a
!ustard seed, you can say to this !ountain,
#Move fro! here to there$ and it 4ill !ove.Nothing will be impossible for you.
% Matthe4 *;-,
I tell you the truth, if you have faith and do not
doubt, not only can you do 4hat 4as done to thefig tree, but also you can say to this !ountain,
#
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