The Secret is enjoying runaway success, as Oprah Winfrey, Larry King, and millions of other readers pick up on its tips for reaching your goals and attaining your dreams. But there’s at least one more secret behind The Secret, tucked away on the acknowledgements page of the book: the inspiration of Dr. Robert Anthony. No less an authority than author Rhonda Byrne has credited Dr. Anthony — the mastermind of The Secret of Deliberate Creation and a regular columnist right here at LA’s the Place — for the spark that eventually led to The Secret and the ensuing tidal wave of support from the public.
Dr. Anthony and The Secret of Deliberate Creation are no Johnnies-come-lately. For the past 30 years, Dr. Anthony has been leading lectures and sharing his knowledge on how to unleash the power of the subconscious and realize your full potential. And people have been listening, including some very successful and powerful individuals who’ve taken Dr. Anthony’s message to heart.
Why have these parties flocked to Dr. Anthony’s program? In part, because of what he doesn’t promise. He promises no actual secret or magic formula, but instead proposes guidelines detailing the steps you’ll need to take to attain tangible, quantifiable results. He promises no one-size-fits-all solution. Only you can supply the “self” in “self-help,” but Dr. Anthony can help you realize that “self” with the tools and techniques he’s accumulated over the years. Finally, he promises no overnight solution, either, but Dr. Anthony helps steer you away from making excuses and getting trapped by your own fears and doubts.
Unlike many other motivational speakers, Dr. Anthony’s training delves far below the surface. In his pursuit of knowledge, he has investigated every major philosophy, religion, and psychological system in the world, and he’s turned to dozens of master teachers. He also invokes quantum physics to explain the transformational forces of your own beliefs.
Do your ultimate desires continue to escape you? Do your visions and your reality seem miles apart? How come things never work out they way you want them to? According to Dr. Anthony, the biggest hurdles may not be the outside world; your main challenge may come from your own subconscious or, as the doctor defines it, the Saboteur Within. You may say and believe one thing (“I want more money”), but deep down, your subconscious mind throws up a major obstacle (“Earning the amount of money I want is very difficult”). The conflict between your conscious and subconscious result in negative emotion or negative energy, which in turn draws in all the things you don’t want, thus extending the internal conflicts that keep you apart from your ideal situation.
Dr. Anthony shares his methods for clearing away this negative energy, as well as his tips for living by design, in the six-CD set, The Secret of Deliberate Creation, which you can listen to at home, in the office, on the road–on your own time and anywhere you have a CD player. Your CD order also gets you a bonus of seven e-books, the Intention Activator software program, and the Quick Start Program, which includes a Rapid Manifestation audio CD; together, they’re worth more than $300, but they’re free with your order.
In addition to Dr. Anthony’s work as a lecturer and teacher, he earned a Ph.D. in behavioral psychology from Pacific Western University and has written more than 15 books that have been published in 22 countries. He’s also worked as a psychotherapist, NLP practitioner, master hypnotist, and personal performance trainer. He has brought his message to audiences in the United States, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Russia, New Zealand, and Australia, which now serves as the base for his practice and for his international consulting company.
One more thing: if you’re familiar with the DVD accompanying The Secret, you may be asking why you didn’t see Dr. Anthony in the footage. In fact, Dr. Anthony was asked to appear on the DVD, but he declined the offer. In keeping with the spirit of his body of work, Dr. Anthony tries to avoid hype and promotion, preferring to impart his lessons in a low-key, dignified manner. It’s what brought people to his teachings in the first place, and it’s still the best way to absorb his prescriptions.
Of course, The Secret‘s loss is LA’s the Place’s gain. For more words of wisdom from Dr. Anthony, don’t forget that you can check out his column right here, the premier online magazine for Los Angeles.
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