Chapter 10. An Introduction to the Attractor Factor

A friend and I were having lunch in my hometown, Niles, Ohio, one day. I was there visiting my parents. My friend wanted to know the key secret to manifesting your own reality and attracting more wealth.

I thought for a moment and then said: "The hardest concept for most people to grasp is that they are the sole reason they are experiencing whatever they have in their lives. They are totally responsible."

I could see my friend's head rear back.

"How is that possible!" he almost shouted. "I'm not responsible for a car accident I might get into, or for losing my job, or anything else that life deals my way."

I took a deep breath. This wasn't going to be easy to explain, but I wanted to give it my best shot.

"Spirituality is all about taking full responsibility for whatever occurs in your life," I said. "Good or bad, it has all come to you from you. Joseph Murphy used to say your life is an out-picturing of your inner pictures."

"I don't sit around picturing car accidents," my friend blurted out.

"Maybe not consciously," I said. "But do you watch the news?"

"Yes."

"Wouldn't you say the news is all about negative stuff—from accidents to murders to crises in countries we never heard of?"

"Yes, but—"

"Your mind is soaking up that programming," I explained. "And have you ever noticed how movies plant ideas in your mind?"

"What kinds of ideas?"

"Well, ever notice how big business is always the bad guy?"

"You mean like in movies like Wall Street?"

"Yes! ...

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