THE ULTIMATE SECRET - Part 5

WHERE IT STARTS: WITH YOU

To get what you want , you must recognize something which at first may be difficult , even painful to look at. You must recognize that you alone are the source of all the condition and situations in your life. You must recognize that whatever your world looks like right now , you alone have caused it to look that way. The state of your health , your finances , your personal relationships, your professional life – all of it is yours and no one else’s.

This is difficult for many people to swallow. “I can’t help it if I was born poor,” they claim. That might be , but at birth , were you condemned to stay poor ?

“ A black person has all the cards stacked against him,” they say. That might be , but how many black Ph.D’s are there? How many black mayors and millionaires ?

Look carefully at any situation in your life , be honest about it , and I guarantee you will eventually see that , either consciously or unconsciously , you set it up to be that way. Whether you’re aware of it or not , you’ve allowed the situation to remain , even though you’re had the ability to change it all along.

When you recognize , once and for all , that you are the source of everything which happens in your life , you unleash a powerful force. Once you see that everything which exists for you is your creation and no one else’s , then you will exist in the future is your creation also.

This recognition of yourself as the source puts you , consciously into the driver’s seat – a place you’ve been all along , though perhaps unconsciously.

As long as look , at the situation and say , “I didn’t create this,” you’re letting the situation remain beyond your control. You’re saying there’s nothing you can do about it, that it must remain so forever. But as soon as you say , “I created this,” you make it own. You accept responsibility for it. When your accept responsibility for it , you’re then ready to assume responsibility fir changing it . You thus take control of your life .

Once again , the steps are :
- accept responsibility for creating thing the way they are
- assume responsibility for changing them ,
- take control

Note that none of the above require any physical action on your part. They are shifts in your attitude , your mental set. Together they constitute the vital , crucial beginning of an entirely new approach to life. An approach in which you are the cause of what happens.