Why is it that some people seem to get everything they want with very little effort, and yet others find themselves struggling day in and day out just to make ends meet? If you've every wondered about this and thought that there must be an explanation, then you'll be happy to know there is.

Below is a partial transcript of a talk that Lester Levenson gave on "demonstration"—on bringing what we focus on into existence. It is transcribed from the tape titled "Lester on Will Power," and is one of the bonus tapes included with the Abundance Course:

Lester goes on to talk about how if we only thought of the things we want, that that is all we would get. However, this is not so easy. Our thoughts are usually habitually negative, and therefore it is often difficult or nearly impossible to focus on what we want without countering it with a negative thought in the opposite direction of what we want just a few seconds later. Lester knew this, and so he gave us the Release Technique as the solution. With the Release Technique, one can easily release the negative programs from the mind that keep us habitually focused—both consciously and subconsciously—on the things we do not want.

When we release these negative programs, our minds become quiet and focussed, like a laser beam, on what we DO want. From there, it becomes effortless to have what we want. There is no need to struggle for it.

The belief that we need to "work hard" or "struggle" to have what we want is just another program, which is fostered very much by society. But, this is just a myth. In truth, if we believed that all we needed to do was to crow like a rooster twice a day in order to have abundance, then we'd crow like a rooster twice a day, and we'd have abundance.

But, this is so unbelievable to most, because we've been so conditioned to believe that we must work hard to have what we want. Many have apparently seen, in their own lives, that if they work harder they seem to get more (sometimes). And so, they end up attributing their receiving of more abundance to the hard work, when in reality it is due to their acceptance of more, which they have actually predicated upon their "hard work."

Many people feel they must work hard to "deserve" abundance, or that "money won't come if I'm just sitting on my butt." But, we must challenge this assumption. If it was hard work that brought abundance, than the ditch-digger would be the wealthiest.

We challenge you to spend some time doing nothing but sitting on your butt Releasing all the negativity that you've suppressed (we'll show you how), and tell us how your week went. You'll likely tell us it was an absolutely incredible week, where everything worked out perfectly---effortlessly.

We don't expect you to believe anything we say here. But rather, "take it for checking." It other words, try it out in your own life and prove or disprove it for yourself.

The law of the universe says that likes attract. So, if you are positive, you will attract more positive. And, conversely, if you are negative and feeing lacking, you will attract more lack. Hence, the saying, "the rich get richer and the poor get poorer." It is completely in our thinking—in what we are focussing on—rather than in how much effort we put into trying and struggling, which determines what we get.

If you haven't yet taken the Abundance Course, we invite you to try it out and put it to the test. Prove it or disprove it for yourself, rather than make assumptions from your past societal or parental conditioning.

You have nothing to lose—except your limitations, and you have everything to gain. How would your life be if you no longer had to scratch for a living like a slave? How would it feel if you knew that you were 100% in charge of your own thinking, instead of your thinking and programming running you all over the place? What is something like that worth, if you could even put a price tag on it?

If you've already taken the Abundance Course, then we invite you to read further to learn about the Goals & Resistance Course, designed by Lester.

If you are an Abundance Course graduate and are ready to supercharge your Releasing, then the next step is to take the Goals & Resistance Course.

This course was designed by Lester to corner our resistance and help us see where we run and distract ourselves from our feelings. It will show you exactly where you are sabotaging your success. And then it will give you the tools to dismantle this resistance. It's not always easy to face down subconscious resistance, which is why we pair you up with a Releasing partner who will help you stay on track and help you get the most out of the course.

If you don't have abundance after taking the Abundance Course, it's only because you are still holding onto wanting and there is still subconscious resistance to having.

Lester knew that we all had a lot of subconscious resistance. If we didn't, then we'd have everything we want in life. It's the subconscious resistance that's sabotaging even some who have taken the Abundance Course. Lester knew about resistance, so he designed the Goals & Resistance Course to corner your resistance so you can see it, and then knock it out.

Speaking with graduates who are in the middle of this six-week advanced course is always inspiring. They are usually flying high as a kite and feeling very open, free and unlimited. They tell us they have never felt so free in their entire lives. We know what they mean—we've done the course, too.

We receive many testimonials from graduates of the Goals & Resistance Course as they begin achieving their goals with an even greater ease. One goal that is given in the Goals & Resistance Course, which you can get to work on right now is, "I allow myself to have $100 or more by Releasing only." If $100 is too little, then move the decimal point and make it $1,000 or $10,000. Start with something your mind can reasonably accept, and then keep moving the decimal point over after you reach each goal.

As you read the goal statement, use the Release Technique as you learned in the Abundance Course to knock out any attachments or aversions to having the goal drop into your lap without any effort on your part. Then, let us know how it went.

We don't know anyone who the Goals & Resistance Course has ever cost any money. It gets more into the "butt system." Graduates start learning how the mind works and that it's only creative, so that if you are holding in mind wanting, which is lack, you are creating lack for yourself. When you let go of wanting, you move into having. There is no suffering in having.

Learn more about the Goals & Resistance Course.

If you have taken the Goals & Resistance Course, please send us your gains as it helps you and everyone else by sharing.

Here are some letters from graduates of recent live classes and advanced courses:

Relationships dramatically improved

Hi Larry,

I am sending you some of my gains. You may print them in your lewsletter, etc. if you'd like.

I attended the Abundance Course in the fall of 2000 in NYC. I was amazed at this simple and profound program .... I have since done the Goals and Resistance Course. I am now doing the What Do You Want To Do When You Grow Up? Course.

Here are some of the many gains I have experienced:

ALL of my relationships have dramatically changed and improved. I used to be continually bothered by what a number of people said or did. I was in constant negativity about other people and constant mode of Wanting Approval/Love. This has completely changed. I am much more open and joyful with everyone. I freely give love and approval. And I can feel others love come back. And when I am engaged with someone and feel a clutching, I now more readily chalk it up to [the three main wants] and release. I also now more readily see myself in others.

My relationship with my mother is now a loving and joyful one. We recently spent two wonderful hours together talking and laughing. And I can love my mother now exactly as she is with no expectations. This may not sound like much. But this would have never happened in the past. This is all due to releasing.

My business has dramatically improved!! I am a private music teacher. Before I continued with releasing and goals, I felt discouraged and in a rut with my business. Since releasing, ALL of my relationships with my parents and students are loving and fun. And I thoroughly enjoy teaching now!! (something I haven't felt in a while.) AND...

...I HARDLY ADVERTISE my business at all. Just a couple of flyers here and there with my business information and phone #'s. My students have increased from 16 to 25 students in ONE month. AND summer is supposed to be the "slow" season.

Another dramatic change in my business is that now I am in control of my business. I used to cater to my students' schedules. This put me in a constant state of anxiety and wanting. Now I set my own schedule and work when I want. And the students continue to pour in and I can easily let go of those I need to release.

I've had over $5,000 worth of gains just in the past couple of months.

These are two really fun gains for me:

I had a music recital for my students. This can be quite an overwhelming task. I kept releasing and it was a joyful experience. After getting everything I needed for the recital, I thought that I really wanted flowers for the piano and, in particular, tulips (since it was Spring). I released on it knowing someone would bring them. At the recital, my student Lydia said: "Kati, I brought you some flowers." The flowers were pink tulips in a pretty glass vase. I laughed and thought of Lester.

I was rehearsing to do a play. It was a lead part and particularly challenging. One sunday, I was feeling so exhausted I knew I needed to rest. I didn't want to go to the 12 p.m. rehearsal. Just two more hours, I thought. Then I realized I was trying to "figure things out". So I sat down to meditate/release and released the "figuring it out". 10 minutes into the meditation the phone rang. It was my director postponing rehearsal to 2pm and cancelling the next day rehearsal. I laughed and thought of Lester.

Thank you and Lester for your continued support. See you in Los Gatos.

Kati Kertesz
Philadelphia, PA

Gets sense of smell and taste back - Reads without glasses

I lost my sense of smell and taste for 8 years and I spent some time with Larry on the phone after the Abundance Course and my smell and taste have returned.

This weekend I came to take the live class with some of my business associates and I forgot my reading glasses—without which, in the past, I could not read anything. I was able to use the method and read the workbook clearly for the entire weekend.

I am happier now more than I can ever remember. Thank you so much.

B.Y., Orlando

"Surf's Up" in Boston
Hi I am on tape 4 of the Goals & Resistance Course and wanted to submit a few gains.

I released on surfing and then went 4 days that week. I live in the Boston area and its usually flat here all summer, so that was kind of shocking. To go surfing I also started throwing all the kids in the car and driving down the cape, something I never would have done.

Released on my mother in law and then had a positive conversation with her in which we were in agreement on a subject we were always at odds about.

Feel like I'm releasing all the time for the first time thanks to insights from the tapes.

M., Boston, Mass.

Happier and more abundant

Things get fixed by themselves. I had a goal of a new house and I got it. Not a different one, but the same house that I had, but it got fixed up, repainted, remodeled and it feels bigger and more beautiful. I am happier, calmer, more centered, freer, lighter, younger and more energetic. I recommend anybody who has taken the tapes to go to a live seminar. You won't be sorry.

Maria Gomez
Miami, FL

I just took the Miami Live Class and here's some of the gains that I have already achieved:

1. I got out of a speeding ticket
2. I made a goal to receive $100 or more and I kept releasing on it, and the next week I got a big raise, so I made another goal to receive $1,000 or more and I kept releasing on it, and the next week I got a $500 bonus.

Rebecca Cooley
Green Acres, FL

I just took the Miami Live Class with Larry. I love the tapes, but since taking the live class it has supercharged my releasing ability even more than before. I feel calmer and more confident. Thank you, Larry, for this course. I am much happier knowing I can release and stay in release 24/7. I was able to let go of old habits and beliefs. I am much more in the flow of life. I am truly finding great joy and harmony after years of unhappiness.

Nancy Winfrey
Miami, FL

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