The Great Back-Door
Secret
to Wealth
I received a check in the mail today from a long-lost friend.
The check is for only a portion of the money he owes me. But
since he took almost ten years to send this amount, I am glad to see
it.
Ten years ago he hired me to write a detailed marketing strategy
for him. At that time, I charged a few thousand dollars for such a
service. He agreed to it and said he would pay. I did the work and he
didn't pay.
Because he was my friend, I let the invoice slide. Months went
by. Then years. Then he moved to another state. And I moved to
another city. He went on his way in life and basically dropped out of
my awareness. I went on my own way and fairly quickly became
somewhat famous on the Internet for my books and tapes.
One day a few months ago I received an email from someone
who wanted to co-author a book with me. He said he knew some of
my friends, and mentioned the one who owed me money.
As soon as I saw my old friend's name, my blood pressure rose.
I felt myself get angry. I felt ripped off. Betrayed. Hurt.
I took some deep breaths and calmed myself down. I talked to
myself. I reminded myself that the universe is a big place (some
understatement) and that wealth can come from many avenues, not
just from past invoices. I decided to forgive my friend. And I did,
mentally. I sincerely let him and his debt go. I didn't need the
money. And I didn't need to be right.
After maybe nine years, my friend sent me an email. He said he
knew he owed me money. He explained that he had tough times,
that he had moved, that he was trying to make it as a professional
speaker. He added that he wanted to bring peace to our old
friendship.
I wrote him a brief note saying we already had peace. I also
invited him to pay off his invoice by sending me a check for a tiny
percentage of what he owed me (about twenty percent, as I recall).
He agreed.
Well, he didn't send me a check. Not right away, anyway.
Several more months passed before I heard from him again. This
time it was another email, and this time he was again explaining his
situation to me.
I remained at peace. I knew I would have money. It didn't have
to come from him. The universe---whatever you want to call that
power bigger than you or I---would see that money came to me as
long as I stayed in the flow. And being at peace is a good way to
stay in the flow.
And, as I explained in the beginning of this chapter, the check
arrived today.
I have no idea how my old friend felt as he wrote that check. I
hope he did it with a heart full of joy. If so, he activated the money-attracting principle.
I know when I wrote a check for $500 to my brother, who had
helped me out of a bind twenty years before and I finally paid him
off, I felt exhilarated. Writing that check to Ted made me feel like a
king. And it gave me such an inner sense of peace that that alone
was worth a million dollars.
I'm calling this sense of peace --- or forgiveness, if you will --- a
back-door secret to wealth.
Where in your life are you holding grudges because someone
owes you money? Or maybe because you owe someone money?
Let it go. Talk to yourself. Allow yourself the heavenly
awareness that the universe provides, not your friends. Money
doesn't come to you from them, it comes to you through them.
Once you can let the grudges go, you free yourself to receive.
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通向财富的后门秘密
今天我从邮件中收到一张一个久违了的朋友寄来的支票。
虽然这张支票仅仅偿还了他欠我的钱的一部分，但这是他过了十年才寄来的，我还是很高兴。
十年前，他雇佣我为他起草一个详细的营销企画。那时，像这样的服务我收费大约数千元。他同意了，并说他一定会支付这笔费用的。我完成了工作，但他却未能守约。
因为他是我的朋友，所以我将费用的票据搁置一旁。几个月过去了；然后数年过去了；他搬到了另外一个州，我也移居另一个城市。他继续着他的生活，几乎从我的记忆中消失了。我也继续着我的生活，并因为我的书和录音带，
而迅速成为一个Internet上的名人。
几个月前的一天，有人给我来了一封电子邮件，说他想和我合作写一本书。他提到他认识我的一些朋友，其中说到了那位欠我钱的朋友的名字。
当我一看到这位老朋友的名字的时候，我的血压立刻升了起来。我可以感受到我的愤怒。我感到自己被侮辱、背叛和伤害。
我深吸了几口气，让自己平静下来。我开始对自己说——提醒自己：宇宙是一个相当大的地方（这样说实际上还太低估了宇宙），财富可以从任何方面来到，不一定非要从一张过去的票据那里来。我决定原谅我的朋友。于是，我从心里原谅了他。我真心的不再考虑这笔债务；我不需要这笔钱，我也不需要维护这个权利。
大约是
在那件事的9年以后，我的朋友给我发了一封Email，说他还记得他欠我的那笔账。他解释说，他近年来很困难，搬了家，并正在努力成为一个职业演说家。他还说想恢复我们之间的老朋友的关系。
我写了一封短签告诉他：我们的朋友关系已经恢复。我还告诉他，他可以只需支付原来所欠款项的很小一部分（我记得大约是20%），就算结帐了。他也同意了这个主意。
不过他仍然没有立刻寄来支票。我再次收到他的来信，已是几个月以后的事了。他这次仍然只是在电子邮件中解释他当前的境况。
我依然保持平静。我知道我会得到我的钱的——只是不一定从他那里。宇宙——不管你怎么称呼那个远比你强大得多的力量——会保证我的钱一定会到我的手里，只要我和宇宙的潮汐同步。保持心灵的宁静就是和宇宙的潮汐同步的一个好方法。
正如我在本章开头告诉你的那样：我的支票今天到了。
我不知道我的老朋友在写这张支票的时候是什么样的心情。我希望他是怀着满心的欢喜来写的，因为如果是这样的话，他也会激活宇宙的‘财富吸引’定律。
当我写一张500美元的支票给我的兄弟，以支付他20年前对我的帮助的时候，我的心情是无比的高兴，因为我终于可以偿还我的债务了。写支票的时候，我感觉自己简直像一个富有的国王。它给我带来的心灵的宁静，要比100万美元的金钱还更有价值。
我将这种宁静的感觉——你也可以称之为“仁恕之心”——叫做财富的后门秘密。
在你的生活中，是否也因为有人欠了你的钱而感到恼怒？或者，因为你欠了别人的钱而恼火？
让这些负面的情绪都消失吧！告诉自己，要清醒地认识到宇宙所能够给你的，而不是你的朋友所能给你的。金钱不是来自他们，只是通过他们来到你的。
一旦你消除了所有这些负面情绪，你就可以自由的收获了。
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