Ask, Believe Receive

If you've seen The Secret, you're likely familiar with the phrase "Ask, Believe, Receive". What are your thoughts around that? Is it really that easy?
I had an interesting conversation with my wife the other night about exactly that subject. The discussion began with a comment about her "believing it when she sees it". She was referring to some of the things on her wish list, and how she thinks it'll be easy to believe they'll come true once there are signs of progress. I mentioned that what I'm believing more all the time, is that in order for these dreams and desires to manifest, I must first define them with clarity. Then I must believe that what I've asked for is being delivered with unwavering faith, and lastly to be ready to receive them when they do arrive.
The analogy that I used to explain this process seemed to help clarify things. I asked her to imagine all of the things that have ever invented. Obviously if something is a new invention, it couldn't have existed before. The inventor must have had a vision of the thing to be created, had faith that it was possible and taken steps towards making it a reality.
In conclusion, nothing was ever created without there first being a vision and a belief in it. It is only after inspired action that results are produced. What do you dream of having or achieving, and what are you doing to turn it into a reality?

Dan Giercke is a Director at Gurutropolis.