Dr. Joe Vitale’s Blog

Last January I told actor James Caan — star of The Godfather, Rollerball, Elf, Las Vegas and many other hit movies and television shows — that if he ever wanted to sell his black beauty, a 2005 Bentley Continental GT, I’d buy it.

Well, he’s ready to sell.

I spoke to him last Friday night. He was at home, moaning because he had eaten too much for dinner.

I told him I had just moments earlier watched him on a rerun of his sexy TV show, Las Vegas. He said he knew they were airing them but he never watched them. He’s back at work filming the next season right now.

We talked about his car. He’s never driven anything finer. The seats massage you, the engine can take you into outer space, and the interior cabin makes you feel like you’re in a rocket. Oh, and the car looks hot. Talk about a head turner.

Jimmy didn’t try to sell me on his Bentley, though. He didn’t have to. I loved the car when I first saw it parked outside of Gold’s Gym, before I knew it belonged to James Caan. I later saw it when I visited him at his Las Vegas TV lot trailer. (See picture.) I lusted after it then, too.

Caan has two others ready to buy his Bentley, including the very dealership that sold it to him. He invited me out to drive his car for a while and see if I liked it or not.

I’m pretty sure I’ll love it.

So the real question is: Do I want it?

Hell yes, I want it.

A Bentley is a high-end luxury sports car for the super-rich. And this one has been driven by a celebrity, one of my all-time favorite actors. He’s asking fair market value for it, and he has others waiting to buy it.

Yes, of course, I want it.

But I already have two BMW’s and Nerissa has the 2007 Toyota Camry Hybrid. We’ve got plenty of wheels around here.

While I deliberate about this decision, let’s look at how this all came to be from an Attractor Factor standpoint:

1. I playfully stated what I wanted.

No addiction. No attachment. No desperation. This state of playfulness is the perfect place to state an intention that gets manifested fast. Again, the fundamental rule is that you get more of whatever you feel. If you feel anxious, you get more things to be anxious about. If you’re playful, you get whatever it is you are being playful about, or something even better. Detachment is the key. You can have anything you want as long as you don’t need it.

2. I took action.

When I learned James Caan was ready to sell his car, I got on the phone. I didn’t wait for him to call me. I got his number, cleared it with a mutual friend that it was ok to call, and I called. You usually have to do something to achieve or attract your goals. Yes, sometimes they will fall into your lap. But it helps if you’re there ready to catch the ball and run with it.

Will I get James Caan’s Bentley?

I don’t know yet.

The third step in attracting what you want is to get clear.

If you don’t feel you deserve something, or you have counter-intentions within yourself, you’ll slow down or even stop the process.

Right now I am getting clear within myself. Buying a car that costs more than you can imagine (around $165,000 for a new one) pushes a few of my buttons. Buying a car when I already have several also pushes some buttons.

I also have to look at what it means to me if I don’t buy the car. Am I saying I’m not rich enough, or not deserving, or not good enough?

Obviously, I have some clearing to do.

Clearing is the missing step in almost all talk of the Law of Attraction.

If you don’t get what you say you want, and it’s clearly out there for you to have or experience, then most likely something within you is stopping the final result.

Here’s an example of what I mean:

Last night I dreamed Caan’s Bentley was parked in my driveway.

But the odd thing was, it was parked half way down the driveway.

My interpretation is that the car didn’t know if it was to pull in and stay, or back up and drive off.

“It” wasn’t clear.

Until I get clear, the car will stay stuck in limbo.

Guess I better take a nap to see what happens next.

Ao Akua,

Joe
www.mrfire.com

PS – If you want to know how to attract a new car, see www.attractanewcar.com If you want to get clear and go way beyond The Attractor Factor, see www.BeyondManifestation.com

PPS – You can read about my earlier visits with James Caan by looking at my mid-January posts, such as http://mrfire.blogspot.com/2006/01/what-i-learned-from-meeting-james-caan.html Enjoy.

I’ve noticed a few people taking shots at the Law of Attraction and the Science of Manifestation.

More than a few are asking, “Are we attracting war?” or “Are we manifesting global warming?”

Let me address this with a story.

A few months ago a dear friend of mine had some personal problems. Rather than address them within himself, he lassed out at his friends, attacking some of them mercilessly.

It was not pretty.

After a few weeks passed and his inner thunder dissolved as he expressed it, he apologized to everyone he had hurt. Most of them accepted his apology. But one person didn’t, and she took her time in leveling him with a tirade of her own.

It wasn’t pretty, either.

That night my friend, shaken from being attacked, asked me, “Why am I attracting this abuse?”

Wasn’t it obvious?

He had caused it to begin with.

What he received was what he attracted, and he attracted it because he first gave it.

This is how wars start, at least from the inside out.

Yes, we attract them.

Yes, we manifest them.

And yes, we did it with our own unconscious and conscious anger, hatred, frustration and more.

The end result in the outer world isn’t pretty. But it didn’t start there. It started inside.

Global warming is the same. So many angry people in the world have “heated up” the planet.

I’m aware that these concepts may seem more psychological than practical to you, but for me, it’s exactly the place where everything begins: inside.

It’s all about working with the “shadow” side of yourself. This is why I love the work of Debbie Ford, Jung, and the Hawaiian system called ho’oponopono. It says if you truly attracted everything in your life, then what you experience — including the news of war or global warming — is something you helped create, too, at least on some internal level.

I know a lot of people over simplify the Law of Attraction. They basically say if you think it, you get it. Well, we all know that isn’t true. If it were, I’d be dating Lindsay Lohan by now.

The deeper truth is that you co-create your life.

I explain this in depth at the www.BeyondManifestation.com site.

Face it. You do not have total control over your life.

You have choice but you do not have control.

There are other elements at play, from the intentions and mindsets of others, to the intentions of the divine (whatever that energy field is called that is larger than both of us). You tend to attract others to you, and situations for yourself, by your thoughts, which lead to your actions. You’re very much a central player in everything in your life. But you (and I) are far from consciously aware of what we are doing on virtually any level.

I’m sure at some point we will have more control, and can better consciously create what we prefer, but most of us are babes in the woods at this manifesting stuff. We’re still learning, and s-l-o-w-l-y, at that.

This whole subject deserves more than a blog entry. But in this whole area of attraction, I see far too many people making these two fundamental mistakes:

1. Thinking they have all the power.

What an ego trip. You don’t have total control. You aren’t God. You can’t just think something and manifest it. You have to take action, too. And you have to clear yourself of anything in the way of your deserving what you want. You have more power than you ever imagined, but you don’t run the show. You barely run the projector.

2. Thinking they have no power at all.

This is worse. It’s where you blame the president, the terrorists, your family, your past, the neighbors; anyone other than yourself, for what occurs. I’m sad to see so many people dismiss the Law of Attraction and Art of Manifestation because they feel powerless or look at the news and feel depressed. Blame is the worst crime of all. Right behind despondency. And when you think the outer world proves you have no power, then you’ve attracted exactly that: powerlessness.

I’m no expert on this subject. Yes, I’m in the movieThe Secret. Yes, I wrote the book, The Attractor Factor. Yes, I teach weekend workshops on the subject of Beyond Manifestation.

But I’m in kindergarten or maybe first grade when it comes to how all of this works.

I just know that there’s more power in working with theLaw of Attraction than there is in dismissing it. I’ve seen a friend or two give in to the dark side and let their life dry up because it’s so easy to give in to the doom and gloom reported by the media.

But the real winners and achievers in the world are the ones who think they have power and who take action, working with the Law of Attraction and not against it.

If you don’t like war or global warming, do something about it, beginning by clearing the inside of yourself.

But don’t blame the Law of Attraction for it.

That’s what caused it to begin with.

Ao Akua,

Joe
www.mrfire.com

PS – You can see the August issue of my News You Can Use newsletter and all past newsletters (7 years worth) by going to www.mrfire.com and clicking on the “Past Newsletters” link on the left. Or just go to www.mrfire.com/nycu-archives/nycu-2006/august.html Enjoy.

In 1988, Richard Armstrong was a young freelance copywriter who charged about $2,500 for a direct-mail package.

A few years later, he was one of the highest paid copywriters in the business, routinely charging $22,500 per package.

What made the difference?

It wasn’t royalties.

It wasn’t inflation.

It wasn’t because Richard suddenly became a better copywriter.

It happened because of one little change Richard made in how he MANAGED his business. It was a tiny tweak in policy that YOU can make today. (And by the way, it applies not just to copywriters, but to any kind of consultant or marketing professional.)

To celebrate the publication of his new novel – “God Doesn’t Shoot Craps” (a novel about a direct-mail copywriter!) – Richard is giving away an instant PDF download of his special report, “Make More Money By Writing Less.”

To download your complimentary copy, please go to www.goddoesntshootcraps.com and click on the navigation bar that says, “GIFT FOR COPYWRITERS.”

No charge. Nothing to buy. No email address required.

Go get it.

Ao Akua,

Joe
www.mrfire.com

PS – About that Tesla Roadster all electric sports car. I decided not to buy it. A $100,000 car that contains 6,000 batteries and requires 4 hours to super-charge sounds like a different kind of energy drain than energy saver. Guess I’ll wait for a solar powered one.

You can see me meeting famed bodybuilder Lee Priest on the July 2006 DVD episode described at www.BodyBuildersReality.com

Brace yourself, though.

The language is rough, Lee’s comments about religion are blunt and controversial, and the tone is one of locker room sharing.

Still, there is thought-provoking material, some marketing thoughts, and, of course, Lee Priest and me.

If you want to order the DVD, ask for the July 2006 one.

See www.BodyBuildersReality.com

Ao Akua,

Joe
www.mrfire.com

PS – You can win $150,000 in services and get global publicity for yourself and your business by entering the world’s first fitness and business contest. For details, see www.yourbusinessbody.com/

I just moments ago found some insider photos of the Tesla Roadster, that sexy all electric sports car I am considering buying.

You can see them at http://news.com.com/2300-11386_3-6096355-1.html?tag=ne.gall.pg

Ao Akua,

Joe
www.mrfire.com

PS – Amy Terrill won a day with me a while back.If you want to know what it was like (she holds nothing back) go see http://www.joessecret.com