Learning the Basics

Sally was telling me about her new job as office manager and the problems thatcame with it. One employee in particular, Alice, had gone out of her way to bedisagreeable and turn other employees against Sally. Morale and cooperation werelow and conditions defied management.

Sally and I hadn't gotten together in a while, but we had been friends for along time and this was an opportunity to do her a favor.

"Sally," I said, "I've learned a few things since we visited the last time, andif you like, we'll see what we can do about your office."

She agreed, and I began using a method to get the information needed to correctthe problem. It only took a few minutes and as I relayed the information to her,she nodded her head in agreement. The place was a disaster—low motivation,something draining everyone's energy, ill will—the list went on and on. It tooka while longer to make the corrections. Then I asked Sally how long it would bebefore she had a chance to get the office staff together.

"This Thursday we have a staff meeting, and that is only two days away!" sheexclaimed.

"Will you let me know how it goes?"

"Sure," she agreed.

On Friday she sent an e-mail saying that the level of cooperation and overallenergy in the office and staff had changed remarkably. Even Alice had come toher and offered to be more cooperative. A week later, conditions were stillimproved, making her job easier and more enjoyable.

Now, Sally had taken part in some unusual experiences with me before and thiswas not a great surprise to her. But you folks reading this probably want toknow how it happened. After all, affecting office conditions several hundredmiles distant is not what most people do for an evening's entertainment.

Well, that is one of the things this book is about. I just have to throw in somestories to get your attention. If you can survive the first few pages oftechnical information, the rest is easy. Once you learn the basics, everythingelse is just another technique.

You Can Perform Miracles

Now, folks, this book is about many things, but foremost is self-empowerment.Many examples are given here to encourage you, and to illustrate what can bedone. Most of these examples are written in the words of those who actuallyaccomplished these feats. They, for the most part, are people like you. Theydidn't have all the answers any more than you and I do. They just believed inthemselves enough to do something.

The bottom line is this: If you can relax your body and mind enough to focusyour thoughts, and use vivid visualization, you can perform miracles.

Now, don't complicate it. So many people miss the whole picture because it is sosimple. I'll say it again: If you can relax your body and mind enough to focusyour thoughts, and use vivid visualization, you can perform miracles.

We live in a world that wants to complicate everything. Lecturers and writersuse big words and complicated terms to make themselves appear superior. I knowfor a fact that some speakers dangle a tidbit of information in front of theaudience and then withhold the rest of the information. This appears to give thespeaker a sense of superiority. My goal is to present this information in amanner that can be understood by anyone of average intelligence. You will notneed a dictionary to read this book, because I never use a long word if a shortone will do the job.

The basic idea is this: The future is composed of thoughts not yet materialized.We have the choice to create our future or let it be created by our indecision.We have created our present by our thoughts, decisions, and actions, or by theirabsence. By the same method, or lack of it, we create our future. We have achoice of which future we create. There are probably infinite possible futuresfor us, all dependent upon our thoughts and actions.

If there is one single message for people who attend my classes, it is this. Youare not just victims of the elements and politicians. You have a choice, buthaving a choice is of little benefit unless you exercise it!

At each speaking opportunity, I make a statement that is in most part quotedfrom my friend Chief Two Trees. It goes like this:

"People have given their health to their doctor, their money to their banker,their soul to their preacher or priest, their children to the school system, andin so doing, have lost the power to control their lives." After the applausedies down, it is followed by this: "People buy things they don't need, at pricesthey can't afford, with money they don't have, to impress someone who doesn'tgive a damn."

The Power of Thought

OK, now that we know we have a choice in creating our future, how do we go aboutit? Well, first we have to learn how to think and to add power to our thoughts.Thoughts are the first step of creativity. Probably most people's thoughts areso scattered and at the wrong brain frequency that they don't really amount tomuch outside their own mind and body. Under stress, the brain frequency speedsup and this causes the thoughts to lose power. It also causes the immune systemto weaken, thereby making one more vulnerable to disease and germs.

It is common knowledge that stress isn't all that good for us, and that theopposite of stress is relaxation. Stress also hinders us from focusing our mind,and there is much more power in a focused mind than a scattered mind.

My friend Harold McCoy and I speak at most major dowsing societies across thecountry. Harold, the founder of the Ozark Research Institute, makes a mostimpressive talk on "The Power of a Focused Mind." He has used this power of mindto get the ticks and fleas out of his yard. He has also used it to stop an oilleak in his car, and in thousands of successful healings on people.

Let's explain it like this. Everything has a frequency, vibration, beat, orcycle. Pick whichever word you like best. The Earth goes around the sun every365 days, 6 hours, and a few minutes. The moon goes around the Earth every 28days. The leaves that fall to the Earth will decay and go back to the Earth, andthe tree, if left undisturbed, will go back to the Earth. All things come fromthe Earth and will return to the Earth. This is a cycle of nature.

Our heart has a cycle also; it beats about 70 times a minute. Now this is allunderstood by everyone. What is not so much understood is that the brain alsohas a frequency, beat, or cycle. In our normal state during the day, our brainis emitting about 20 beats per second, which is what is called the betafrequency. The brain frequency is separated into four parts. Depending on whoseresearch you choose to believe, the frequencies are something like this. From0.5 to 3 is...