MasterKey System Part 1:Point 3

July 24, 2009

Haanel wrote:
The attitude of mind necessarily depends upon what we think. Therefore, the secret of all power, all achievement, and all possession depends upon our method of thinking.
One of the things I really like about Haanel’s work is the slow, steady, (some might say stodgy, I prefer to say) strongly logical progression of his [...]

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You will always find what you are looking for.

July 22, 2009

A friend of mine tells the story of when he bought his new Alfa Romeo. He took delivery of it and drove out of the car dealer’s property. Now he admits the moment got the better of him and he was going a little faster than the speed limit. Sure enough within about [...]

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MasterKey Part 1: Point 2: Article 2

July 22, 2009

Haanel wrote:
Mind is creative, and conditions, environment and all experiences in life are the result of our habitual or predominant mental attitude.
It would seem Haanel takes us from one extreme to another via a comma. He tells us Mind is creative, and we have just considered at least some of the potential of that. Now [...]

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About me and the site

July 21, 2009

I’m just an average Joe who has spent a great deal of time over the past twenty years researching personal development. In 2007 I came across Charles Haanel’s work entitled The MasterKey System. As I worked through that material I was gob smacked by the similarities to the Book and Film entitled “The Secret” which [...]

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MasterKey System: Part 1:Point 2:Article 1

July 19, 2009

Haanel wrote:
Mind is creative
In order to explore the import of these three words I first want to share with you my understanding of ‘mind’. Most people relate the mind to the brain yet there is far more to it than that.
All living creatures have a brain to some degree or another. The brain performs [...]

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Why is this so surprising?

July 18, 2009

In her article Just Wish Real Hard, Annelli Rufus points out some of the abuses that have arisen from the popular film and book “The Secret”.
She writes
“even though I do believe in magic and [...]

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MasterKey System: Part 1: Point 1

July 17, 2009

Haanel wrote:
That much gathers more is true on every plane of existence and that loss leads to greater loss is equally true.
You would be doing a disservice both to Haanel and yourself if you interpreted this point as simply saying “The rich get richer and the poor get poorer” as I confess I did [...]

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Nothing New under the Sun

July 16, 2009

It would seem King Solomon, purportedly the wisest man who ever lived, was right. There is nothing new under the Sun. We only think it’s new because
(1)we have forgotten it or
(2) did not bother to learn the lessons from those who have gone before or
(3) As a species we have not yet reached that level [...]

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